Author: hoenimochi (Page 76 of 95)

MTL and currently learning HSK

Chapter 67

       When Li Zhenruo heard that Yu Bingwei actually had chosen to break up with Li Zhenzi, Li Zhenruo would have laughed out loud if he hadn’t been concerned about Li Zhenran’s presence here. However, the smile on his face was not concealed, and he said, “It’s a good breakup.”

       Li Zhenzi frowned and looked at him, “What does my affair with her have to do with you?”

       Li Zhenruo didn’t want to say more, mainly because he didn’t want Li Zhenran to think too much. He grabbed Li Zhenran’s finger and put it to his mouth and bit it lightly, stood up from his lap and said, “Forget it, it really has nothing to do with me, do as you like it.”

       Li Zhenzi was a little upset when he saw their two actions being close, and said, “Don’t bring a man to my place to show your affection.”

       Li Zhenruo snorted coldly.

       Li Zhenran also stood up, patted Li Zhenruo’s face, and said to Li Zhenzi, “Then I’ll go first, you should be careful these two days.”

       Hearing Li Zhenran said he was going to leave, Li Zhenzi was somewhat reluctant, but he finally stood up and said, “I know.”

       Li Zhenran said, “There are too many people coming and going in the hotel, and if you are afraid that your place is not safe, I will find a place for you. After you made a contact, someone will pick you up.”

       Li Zhenzi nodded, looked at Li Zhenran, and said in a rare sincere tone, “Thank you, second brother.”

       Li Zhenran patted his shoulder.

       After getting into the car, Li Zhenruo said in a muffled voice, “Why are you being so nice to Li Zhenzi?”

       Li Zhenran drove the car out of the parking lot and asked him, “How nice I am?”

       Li Zhenruo put one hand on the edge of the car window, “I haven’t seen you care so much about my affairs since I was a child.”

       Li Zhenran smiled when he heard the words, “Do you want to say that you are jealous?”

       Li Zhenruo said frankly, “Um.”

       Li Zhenran reached out and pinched his jaw, “The timing is different, the circumstance is different, and there is no comparison.”

       Li Zhenruo looked at him, “Are you trying to say that now you and Li Zhenzi are going to fight against Li Zhentai?”

       Li Zhenran replied, “I didn’t want to deal with him, but I can’t let him screw me over.”

       Although such a big thing happened from Li Zhenzi’s side, the Li family was calm and no one mentioned it at all. Only occasionally when Li Zhenruo used his cell phone to surf the Internet, he would realize how much of a fuss this matter was.

       But Li Jianglin was not willing to ask, so other people naturally dared not mention it in front of him. Even Wang Ma secretly asked Li Zhenran what happened to Li Zhenzi.

       Li Zhenran said to Wang Ma, “Don’t worry, he is in his twenties, and he will handle his own affairs.”

       The temperature was getting lower and lower day by day, and Li Zhenruo felt like he was starting to shed his fur. As long as he stayed at home, there was cat hair everywhere.

       The aunt who cleaned the house didn’t like cats very much, so she disliked him a little. It was fine when there are other people around. If there is no one else around, the cleaning aunt will always drive him away with a broom when she saw him.

       Once he was lying on the couch quietly, and that aunt was also holding a hand-held vacuum cleaner, which was buzzing and waving at him to scare him away.

       Li Zhenruo was a little depressed.

       Fortunately, Li Zhenran didn’t dislike him no matter what, even if he was nestled in Li Zhenran’s arms and rubbed his fur all over him, Li Zhenran had no objection.

       It was a pity that Li Jianglin still giving Li Zhenran a cold shoulder.

       Regarding Li Zhenran’s unrepentance, Li Jianglin didn’t know if he would rather be tough with him to the end. Until now, half a month has passed, and neither father nor son was willing to give in.

       And so Li Zhenzi went into hiding. All the work was remotely controlled on the internet and telephone, and no one knew where he was.

       One afternoon, Li Zhenran was sitting on the bed reading a book, and Li Zhenruo was lying between his legs. He stared at the middle of his pants for a long time and when he just had the urge to bite down, Li Zhenran’s cell phone rang.

       At the same time that Li Zhenran connected the phone, Li Zhenruo gave a serious bite, causing Li Zhenran’s “hello” to instantly rose a few octaves.

       Li Zhenruo raised his head and looked at Li Zhenran. Li Zhenran carried him by the back of his neck and threw him off the bed, and said to the person over the phone, “I’m fine, you can talk.”

       Suddenly Li Zhenruo thought of trying to scare him. Li Zhenruo lowered his upper body and raised the back half of his height, making an ambush to attack, aiming at the middle of Li Zhenran’s legs.

       As a result, Li Zhenran answered the phone, raised his foot and kicked him in the face as he jumped up, causing Li Zhenruo to roll in midair and fall onto the bed.

       “Well, okay, I see, you send me the address.”

       This was Li Zhenran’s last sentence. He then hung up the phone and said to Li Zhenruo, “Uncle Luo’s address has been found.”

       Li Zhenruo’s hair was originally standing at first, and he wanted to fight with Li Zhenran. When he heard this sentence, he was stunned and raised his head to look at Li Zhenran.

       Nowadays, the internet was too developed. Unless Luo Yunguang could find someone to change his identity, he could only live in seclusion in the deep mountains and forests, to ensure that he would not be found.

       Despite this, Li Zhenran still spent some time because he didn’t want to alarm Li Jianglin, otherwise, it should be faster.

       When he saw Li Zhenruo stunned, Li Zhenran scratched Li Zhenruo’s chin with his toes and said, “Want to find him?”

       Of course.

       Li Zhenruo really wanted to know the past between Li Jianglin and his mother, but when he got closer to the truth of the matter, he suddenly felt a little afraid, and he was always afraid of knowing something terrible.

       Just like when he went to Zhao Yuqiong’s hometown at that time, the words he heard from Zhao Yusheng’s mouth made him feel depressed for a long time.

       Li Zhenran saw him lying motionless, shaking his feet in front of him, “What? Got attacked at the vital point?”

       Only then did Li Zhenruo come back to look at him.

       Li Zhenran probably guessed what he was thinking, and continued to gently scratch his chin with his toes, “Don’t worry too much, I’ll go with you.”

       Li Zhenruo hugged Li Zhenran’s feet and pressed his chin to the back of his foot.

       Li Zhenran said to him, “No matter how bad it is, it will not be worse than the time you died. What do you think?”

       When Li Zhenruo heard him say that, he thought to himself, how worse could it be? Anyway, he was kicked out of the house and died once. He clearly knew that he was not Li Jianglin’s son. No matter what happened to Li Jianglin in the past, it had nothing to do with him. He didn’t need to be so frightened, he just needed to understand the past clearly.

       Finally, Li Zhenruo nodded.

       After Luo Yunguang left the Li family back then, he went directly to other provinces and lived in a small county town.

       His life was very simple. For a long time, he really seemed to live in seclusion. If it was then, Li Zhenran might not be able to find out his whereabouts. However, now, he was not too young. He had a daughter who seemed to have just graduated from college, and the family lived a dull and happy life.

       Through his means, Li Zhenran was able to find out some traces of Luo Yunguang’s life, including the identities of his wife and daughter registered under his household registration.

       The distance was a little far, so they didn’t drive, but bought tickets to fly there directly.

       When he arrived at the nearest city, Li Zhenran borrowed a car from a friend and drove Li Zhenruo to that small county.

       The small county town was very old with many old houses with red bricks and blue tiles have wooden façades. For Li Zhenruo, who was not yet 24 years old, it was like a picture that can only be seen on TV.

       Although the memory was a little fuzzy, Li Zhenruo still remembered that Luo Yunguang and Li Jianglin had a very good relationship.

       Li Jianglin was a sentimental person, which could be seen from his attitude towards Wen Chun’s parents. If Wen Chun was not the daughter of his old friend, Li Jianglin would definitely not insist on marrying Li Zhentai and Wen Chun.

       But why did Li Jianglin allow Luo Yunguang who was his right-hand man for many years to live in such a cramped and dilapidated old county town?

       The narrowest old roads in the county were not even accessible by car.

       Li Zhenran parked the car on the side of the road, opened the door and got out of the car with Li Zhenruo and walked in together.

       Li Zhenruo put his hands in his pockets and said to Li Zhenran as he walked forward, “Is there any conflict between Li Jianglin and Uncle Luo?”

       In fact, Li Zhenran was not very old at that time. He recalled it and replied, “I didn’t notice it.”

       “Don’t you think that with Li Jianglin’s attitude towards his subordinates, he wouldn’t treat Uncle Luo like this?”

       Li Zhenran said, “It could be that Uncle Luo wants to retire himself.”

       Li Zhenruo walked in front of him, turned around and faced him, “Uncle Luo was not very old at that time, right? So he retired at a young age and lived in poverty in this small county?”

       Li Zhenran stopped, “Perhaps you misunderstood, this small county is indeed very poor, but it does not mean that Uncle Luo is poor.”

       Li Zhenruo frowned at him.

       Li Zhenran continued, “As long as you have money, you can live a good life anywhere.”

       Li Zhenruo thought for a while, nodded and said, “Okay.”

       In fact, Luo Yunguang’s living environment was really not as depressing as they imagined.

       According to the address obtained by Li Zhenran, they asked all the way and found that Luo Yunguang’s house turned out to be a small two-story building. On one side of the street, there was a big closed iron gate between the two shops.

       The street was narrow, and there were not many pedestrians.

       When they asked for directions, Li Zhenruo curiously asked the old man on the side of the road why this street was so old. The old man told them that this street was originally an old street in the old city and was the earliest commercial street in the county. Later, other streets were demolished, but this old street was not demolished because it was mostly private property. In the end, it was simply preserved as a pedestrian street. Every night after dinner, everyone liked to take a walk on this street.

       What Luo Yunguang owned was not only a small two-story building in the centre of the earliest commercial street but also all the shops around the small building were his.

       Li Zhenran looked at Li Zhenruo with a “See” expression on his face.

       Li Zhenruo ignored him and knocked on the big iron gate with his hand.

       The owner of the shop next to him poked his head out and said, “Not in, come later You see him and his wife are out this afternoon.”

       Li Zhenruo retracted his hand and said, “Oh, thank you.”


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Chapter 4

       On the way back, the heater in Ning Junyan’s car was still fully on.

       The two of them didn’t speak much, and Chen Yuncheng had been giving Ning Junyan directions. After spending more than forty minutes, Ning Junyan parked his car at the roadside of Chen Yuncheng’s small kiosk.

       Chen Yuncheng had no intention of inviting Ning Junyan to sit in his place, so he just said, “Thank you.”

       Ning Junyan glanced at the tightly closed rolling shutter by the roadside, reached out and picked up the mobile phone in the car, and asked, “Phone number?”

       Chen Yuncheng couldn’t help but glance at his cell phone and gave his mobile number. He then saw Ning Junyan calling him.

       The phone rang twice and hung up.

       Chen Yuncheng opened the car door and got out of the car. He stood in front of the car door, and said to Ning Junyan, “I’ll invite you to dinner next time when you have time.”

       Ning Junyan did not speak.

       Chen Yuncheng then said, “Be careful on the road.” This meant to send off the guest. After he said that, he raised his hand and closed the car door, took a half step back, and waved at Ning Junyan who was in the car.

       Ning Junyan drove away.

       Chen Yuncheng always had a feeling of being in a trance. He stood on the side of the road for a while, then squatted down and opened the door with the key, and got into his old kiosk that didn’t even have a signboard.

       The weather was getting colder day by day.

       Before going to bed, Chen Yuncheng boiled a pot of hot water and sat on the edge of the bed to heat his feet. He lazily fell on his back on the soft bed and reached for the phone that was thrown on the bed. He found that the screen still had the alert of the missed call from Ning Junyan.

       He opened the caller ID, saved Ning Junyan’s number and name in the address book, and then put away the phone. He raised his hand and rubbed his face, sighed, and closed his eyes.

       Ning Junyan later spent more than half an hour driving from Chen Yuncheng to his home.

       When he opened the door, the room was pitch black. He reached out and turned on the light in the entrance hall, and only then did a pale yellow light illuminates the smaller half of the room.

       This house was more than 130 square meters, which was actually a bit big for him to live alone. The decoration style of the whole house was very concise, the tones are also cold, and it seemed deserted all the time.

       Ning Junyan put his coat on the armrest of the sofa and walked inside wearing slippers.

       Although it was winter, he still opened the refrigerator and took out a bottle of mineral water, unscrewed the lid and drank a small half of the bottle, and then put the remaining half back.

       After he took a shower, Ning Junyan sat topless on the edge of the bed in the well-heated bedroom, reaching for the phone on the bed.

       The WeChat group that he joined because of work was flashing messages all the time, but most of the time had nothing to do with work.

       He copied Chen Yuncheng’s phone number, clicked on WeChat to find the other party, and saw that Chen Yuncheng’s WeChat name was Strange City1mòshēng de chéng..

       Ning Junyan’s WeChat name was only a simple “Ning”, and he added Chen Yuncheng WeChat. He then put the phone on the bedside table and reached out to turn off the lamp to sleep.

       While Chen Yuncheng sat at the counter to wait for the kiosk to open the next, he opened WeChat on his mobile phone, only to find that Ning Junyan had added him as a friend. After he clicked agree, he saw Ning Junyan appear in his friend column but did not take the initiative to contact him. And Ning Junyan never looked for him again, as if he was just going through a procedure.

       A few days later, Zhou Yan appeared on his own initiative.

       His overall mental state was much better than last time. He was wearing a white shirt and a tie inside the black down jacket.

       As soon as Chen Yuncheng saw him, he asked, “Have you found a new job?”

       Zhou Yan nodded. He walked into the store, leaned against the counter, and asked Chen Yuncheng to bring him a pack of cigarettes.

       Chen Yuncheng brought him a pack of ten yuan2$1.49 cigarettes, put them on the glass counter, and said, “It’s on me, but you should smoke less in the future.”

       However, Zhou Yan raised his hand and pulled out his down jacket. He took out his wallet from the inner pocket, and took out twenty yuan3$2.98 and put it on the cigarette box, “How dare I let you treat me, today I’m here to invite you to dinner.”

       Chen Yuncheng lowered his eyes, looked at the twenty yuan, and said, “Really?”

       “I’m currently working as a salesman at a shop that sells used cars.”

       The restaurant where Zhou Yan invited Chen Yuncheng to eat was a nearby chain store that did very good business. At dinner every day, the store was almost full, and the tables and chairs were placed outside, occupying the originally wide street.

       The two of them were sitting on the side of the street. The wind was too cold in the winter. The boss covered both sides with transparent plastic sheets. With the constant tumbling heat from the bottom of the pot, the open-air environment was barely warm.

       Chen Yuncheng put his chopsticks on the bowl, looked at the bamboo sticks inserted into the hotpot, leaned back in the chair, and asked Zhou Yan, “Is there enough money for the child’s treatment?”

       Zhou Yan shook his head, “But there is always hope.” He looked rather relaxed.

       Chen Yuncheng felt a little strange, “It’s so profitable to sell used cars now?”

       Zhou Yan heard the question in his tone, reached out and grabbed a handful of cooked beef, and handed it to Chen Yuncheng, “The market is not bad now,” he said, “It’s true, Cheng ge.”

       Chen Yuncheng took the beef and saw that Zhou Yan took out a work permit from his shirt pocket. It was a second-hand car sales permit.

       Zhou Yan stuffed the work permit back.

       Chen Yuncheng asked him, “You are not working with Zhang Wenyong, did you?”

       Zhou Yan asked strangely, “Why?”

       Chen Yuncheng shook his head. He didn’t know what Zhang Wenyong was doing recently, but that day Long Zhanyu specially came to ask him about Zhang Wenyong, which made him feel vaguely uneasy.

       The reason why this shop’s business was so good was that the food really tasted very good. Chen Yuncheng used chopsticks to put all the beef on the bamboo stick into the dipping plate, and then slowly picked it up and ate it.

       The bottom of the pot in front of him was churning, and the red oil rolled over the pale red soup base, and a white mist with a spicy taste emerged.

       Through the white mist, Chen Yuncheng said to Zhou Yan, “I met Ning Junyan.”

       Zhou Yan was obviously stunned and asked, “Who?”

       “Ning Junyan,” Chen Yuncheng repeated, he felt that Zhou Yan might not remember this person.

       However, Zhou Yan put down his chopsticks, and the whole person looked dazed, “Is it really Ning Junyan?”

       Chen Yuncheng nodded.

       Zhou Yan didn’t speak, as if he was instantly lost in memory.

       And following this gap, Chen Yuncheng also subconsciously remembered the first time he saw Ning Junyan. At that time, Ning Junyan was actually ten years old. Although the clothes he was wearing were a little dirty, he could see that he looked good. He squatted quietly in the corner with a pale and dull expression on his face.

       Chen Yuncheng was eight years old at the time, and e had not washed his hair for nearly half a month. He saw that his foster mother was finishing cooking and his foster father was not in the house, so he approached cautiously and called him, “Hello?”

       Ning Junyan did not speak.

       Chen Yuncheng reached out and pushed Ning Junyan’s shoulder.

       Ning Junyan still didn’t respond, didn’t even look at him.

       Chen Yuncheng retracted his hand in disappointment, thinking that he was a fool.

       “What is he doing now?” Zhou Yan suddenly spoke and interrupted Chen Yuncheng’s thoughts.

       Chen Yuncheng leaned to the other side and said, “A doctor.”

       Zhou Yan smiled when he heard the words, “I didn’t expect it.” He spoke to himself, and couldn’t help but add, “Actually, it’s normal, his family seems to be very rich, right? And we’re not from the same world in the first place.”

       Chen Yuncheng did not speak.

       Zhou Yan paused for a while and said, “Actually, I think he is quite scary.”

       Chen Yuncheng raised his eyes and looked at him.


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Chapter 66

       When you often walk by the river, how can you not wet your shoes?

       Li Zhenzi had an indulgent private life, and it was not the first time that he hooked up with a married woman. After all, one day he would be kick on the iron hotplate. When they first heard the news, not to mention Li Zhenran, even Li Jianglin was not surprised.

       It was just that since Li Zhenzi ran an entertainment company and had a handsome appearance, he had already been targeted by various media. As soon as the incident broke out, it naturally spread all over the world and became the headlines of gossip news.

       At this time, Li Zhenran took out his mobile phone and searched randomly, and saw the secretly photographed photos of Li Zhenzi and the actress kissing. The actress was currently well-known. She and her husband were famously loving couples before, and her husband’s background was not simple.

       Li Jianglin clasped his hands on the table and sighed deeply.

       Now, everyone was still unclear about Li Zhenzi’s situation. Li Zhenran said, “I’ll give him a call later.”

       Li Jianglin was not looking good, and he said, “Let him solve his own affairs.”

       First, he hooked up with his eldest brother’s fiancée, and then it was revealed that he had committed adultery with a married female star. No matter how much patience Li Jianglin had, he was about to run out with this son.

       Li Zhenruo looked up at Li Zhenran, lowered his head and ate his dinner silently.

       He really didn’t know if Li Zhentai was messing with Li Zhenzi, but if he saw Li Zhenzi, he could only send him the words: You deserve it!

       There was also Li Zhentai, the more small moves he made, the easier it was for Li Jianglin to lose patience, let’s see how long he could stay proud!

       Li Jianglin left the dining table without eating much. It seemed that his sons were making him very angry, so he went back to the study and closed the door.

       Li Zhenruo went around the back of the building and jumped onto the windowsill. He looked into the study through the glass and saw Li Jianglin sitting on the reclining chair, doing nothing but staring at the ceiling in a daze.

       There were three or four pictures hanging on the walls of the study, all of which are of Zhu Yun.

       Li Jianglin locked himself in such an environment every day. No one knew what or who he was reminiscing.

       Li Zhenruo suddenly wanted to know the truth about those years. He wondered if Li Jianglin, Zhao Yuqiong or Yuan Dong knew each other originally, so he adopted their child, and he never thought about telling the child the truth.

       Could Yuan Dong also be dead?

       But if that was the case, why was he kicked out of the house at that time? He was not his son, he knew it.

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but raise a paw and press it to the window glass. From this angle, his paw seemed to be pressing Li Jianglin’s chest.

       Suddenly, someone reached out and picked him up from the windowsill.

       Li Zhenruo was taken aback and turned to look, only to find that it was Li Zhenran.

       Li Jianglin seemed to have noticed it too and looked out the window from the study.

       Li Zhenran pointed to the cat in his arms and showed it to Li Jianglin. He then carried Li Zhenruo and left while saying, “Follow me to find the third child.”

       They sat in the car, Li Zhenruo changed into a human appearance but still remained silent. He raised one foot and stepped on the seat under him.

       Li Zhenran glanced at him and asked, “What?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “What’s the point of looking for Li Zhenzi? He should bear the consequences for his own sins.”

       Li Zhenran smiled when he heard the words, “Even if Dad doesn’t care about him now, I still have to go see him.”

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but glance at Li Zhenran, he suddenly felt that compared to his past self, Li Zhenran was actually really good to Li Zhenzi.

       However, he couldn’t help but remember that because of the western project, Li Zhenran seemed to have a clear intention to win over Li Zhenzi.

       In fact, this was completely understandable. If Li Zhenran were to compare Li Zhenzi and Li Zhentai, Li Zhenzi was the most deserving of their brothers in this family to be won over. First, he had no ambitions for Yunlin, and the other was that Li Zhenzi was in charge of an entertainment company as big as Yunyi. He had a lot of scoundrels friend outside, and the resources in his hand were very rich.

       The random thoughts that suddenly broke into his head made Li Zhenruo stare at Li Zhenran for a while.

       Li Zhenran reached out and touched his head and said, “What are you looking at?”

       Li Zhenruo grabbed Li Zhenran’s hand, put it on his lips and kissed it. Since that time he ran away from home, Li Zhenran had been much gentler to him than before. Now he thought of what Li Zhenran said to him in the coffee shop from time to time, he thought Li Zhenran was probably frightened by him, afraid that he would run away again.

       This kind of tenderness was probably a constant reminder that he loved him.

       For Li Zhenruo, this was also very useful, so he grabbed Li Zhenran’s hand and kissed it again. He thought to himself that it seemed like a long time since Li Zhenran had thrown him out of bed, but Li Zhenran, who left him out of bed in the past, loved him too.

       After all this time, Li Zhenruo could feel Li Zhenran’s feelings for him.

       He saw that Li Zhenran was driving smoothly, but the direction was not toward Yu Bingwei as he thought. He couldn’t help but feel a little strange and asked Li Zhenran, “Where is Li Zhenzi?”

       Li Zhenran said, “In the hotel.”

       Li Zhenruo said strangely, “Not with Miss Yu?”

       Li Zhenran glanced at him, “Do you want to see Miss Yu?”

       Li Zhenruo was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Li Zhenran was inexplicably jealous, and said, “I don’t…”

       “Really?” Li Zhenran said, “I thought you wanted to see her very much.”

       In fact, he still had a little thought. After all, he hadn’t seen her for a long time, but Li Zhenruo didn’t want Li Zhenran to be jealous of Yu Bingwei at all, and only said, “I’m not interested in her.” After a while, he added, “I am not interested in all women.”

       Li Zhenran didn’t say anything, just looked at him.

       He quickly added, “I’m not interested in humans other than you.”

       After this sentence, there was still no response from Li Zhenran.

       After a while, Li Zhenruo suddenly turned around and said to Li Zhenran, “I’m not interested in cats all over the world! Is that enough?”

       Li Zhenran finally responded, “That’s fine.”

       When the car drove near the hotel, Li Zhenran found a reporter squatting beside him. He called Li Zhenzi while taking Li Zhenruo upstairs in the elevator together.

       Finally, when they arrived at the suite Li Zhenzi was staying, the door was opened from the inside.

       Li Zhenzi looked at them and seemed a little dissatisfied that Li Zhenran brought someone, but still said, “Come in.”

       Li Zhenruo walked in behind Li Zhenran. He reached out and closed the door, and felt that the air in the whole room was a little stuffy.

       Li Zhenzi looked more or less dishevelled. Although it had only been half a day since the photos were exposed by the Internet media, the pressure he bore was not to be underestimated.

       He sat by the bed, Li Zhenzi lit a cigarette and asked Li Zhenran, “Do you want it?”

       Li Zhenran shook his head and said, “No need.”

       Li Zhenruo went to the window and opened it, trying to dispel the smell of smoke in the room.

       Li Zhenzi looked at his back and asked Li Zhenran, “You still have this kid with you? Not afraid of Dad’s thunderous wrath?”

       Li Zhenran pulled out the chair in front of the dressing cabinet and sat down, and said to Li Zhenzi, “I can afford it, but it looks like you can’t afford it anymore.”

       “fvck!” Li Zhenzi couldn’t hold back the swear word, “Someone is shadowing me.”

       Li Zhenran didn’t ask him why, but Li Zhenruo turned to look at him from the window.

       Li Zhenzi said, “My house is very secluded, and I am very careful when entering and leaving. Those people rented a high-rise house on the opposite side and secretly photographed the inside of the house with a high-power camera. If they hadn’t been tipped off, I believe no one would have known about it. “

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help saying at this time, “You slept with someone else’s wife.”

       Li Zhenzi looked at him and seemed a little unhappy, but he still explained, “Her husband is not a good thing. Do you think they are really in love? If they are really in love, she will not come out and fool around with another man.”

       Li Zhenran said at this time, “The husband of that Miss Zhang, whose name is You Bo, don’t you know what he does?”

       Li Zhenzi took a puff of cigarette irritably, “Doing import and export business.”

       Li Zhenran leaned forward slightly, “Not only that, his background is not very clean, I asked someone to check it for me, you should be careful these days.”

       Li Zhenzi’s face became even worse.

       Li Zhenran said, “If you are caught by a reporter, you will scratch your skin at most. You should be more careful about whether You Bo will do anything.”

       Li Zhenzi snuffed out the cigarette and threw it heavily on the ground. He swore emotionally, and said, “I must know who is behind me.”

       After he said this, he was suddenly stunned. He seemed to be sorting out in his head who had a deep hatred with him, starting with the people around him, and then he raised his head to look at Li Zhenran.

       Li Zhenruo stood by the window and clearly saw the two brothers staring at each other for a moment. Li Zhenruo always felt that everyone had the name in their mouths and didn’t say it.

       But Li Zhenruo couldn’t help mocking Li Zhenzi, “If you don’t sleep with other people’s wives, who will catch you in the act?”

       Li Zhenzi snorted coldly when he heard the words, “If you don’t seduce my second brother, do you think Dad will hand over all the business to the eldest?”

       Li Zhenruo didn’t refute angrily, but just said with a laugh, “Would you like to try to persuade him to leave me?”

       At this time Li Zhenran said, “You two, stop arguing, it’s pointless.” After he said that, he extended his hand to Li Zhenruo, “Come here.”

       Li Zhenruo looked at him for a while but went over to hold his hand and was pulled by Li Zhenran and sat on his lap.

       Li Zhenran pinched Li Zhenruo’s chin and said in his ear, “Don’t say the word ‘leave’ to me.”

       Li Zhenruo raised his head, facing Li Zhenzi’s direction, and saw Li Zhenzi turn his eyes away in disgust.

       He suddenly couldn’t help but ask, “Where’s Miss Yu?”

       Li Zhenran’s hand pinched his lower jaw even harder, and Li Zhenruo almost cried out in pain.

       Li Zhenzi responded strangely, “You said Yu Bingwei? We broke up.”

       Li Zhenruo didn’t care about the pain, and while reaching out to grab Li Zhenran’s hand, he asked, “Break up? Why?”

       Li Zhenzi looked a little frustrated, “She took the initiative to break up with me.”


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Chapter 65

       Uncle Luo’s full name was Luo Yunguang. Before Li Jianglin made a fortune, Luo Yunguang had been following and working for him and was loyal all his life.

       Li Zhenruo still remembered that when he was young, Luo Yunguang went in and out of Li’s house every day, and then suddenly disappeared one day. When he asked, Li Jianglin said that Uncle Luo wanted to retire and went back to his hometown with his wife.

       After that, there was no news about Luo Yunguang.

       They drove back to the city where they left in the morning and stayed at the hotel.

       Li Zhenran sat on the edge of the bed and made several calls in succession, asking someone to help him track Luo Yunguang’s whereabouts.

       Li Zhenruo was lying on the bed with his head resting on his arm and looked at him without saying a word.

       When Li Zhenran finished the call and waited for news, he reached out and stroked Li Zhenruo’s hair and asked him, “What’s the matter? Didn’t you already know about some of those things?”

       The fact that Li Zhenruo was not Li Jianglin’s son was no secret for a long time. Even now that Li Jianglin knew this in his heart at the beginning, Li Zhenran seemed to think that it should not have such a big impact on Li Zhenruo’s emotions.

       “I was just thinking…” Li Zhenruo said slowly, “He knew that I was not his son, why did he kick me out of the Li family at that time?”

       Li Zhenran’s thumb gently rubbed his forehead, “Maybe he doesn’t want others to know.”

       Li Zhenruo raised his head a little to look at him.

       Li Zhenran said, “Look, he hasn’t told us about this until now, and he may not plan to let others know in the future.”

       Li Zhenruo covered his face with his hands when he heard the words, “But I still feel bad. It’s obviously not my fault, but I ended up being the one who was abandoned.”

       “It wasn’t your fault in the first place,” Li Zhenran said, holding Li Zhenruo’s arm and half dragging him onto his lap, facing him face to face, “No matter what, it’s not your fault, you are not to blame.”

       Li Zhenruo looked up at him.

       Li Zhenran bent down and kissed his lips gently.

       After a while, Li Zhenran’s cell phone rang. He answered the phone, listened quietly to the person on the other side, and hung up after two minutes.

       Li Zhenruo had been waiting for him.

       When the phone hung up, Li Zhenran looked at Li Zhenruo and said, “Uncle Luo didn’t go back to his hometown after he left, and those old brothers in the past didn’t know where he went. They said that if he wanted to check his whereabouts, only Dad might know.”

       Li Zhenruo was a little surprised.

       Li Zhenran said to him, “We can only go back first. There is no way to rush this matter. I will let people check his whereabouts slowly, and there will always be news.”

       Li Zhenruo thought about it. There was no better way at present, so he stretched out his arms to hug Li Zhenran’s waist and nodded.

       He was not in a good mood. He always felt that this matter was not that simple, but he had simply become a victim. Not only did he not know who killed him, but now he even became more and more confused about why he died.

       On the way home, he was a little lethargic, and on the highway, he suddenly and silently changed back to the appearance of a cat, slumped on the seat and didn’t want to move.

       At first, Li Zhenran planned to drive directly back to the apartment in the city, so as not to let the rest of the family know that they had returned, but Li Zhenruo said that he wanted to go back to the Li family.

       He was very frustrated, but he had no plans to give up. Only the closer he was to Li Jianglin, the closer he could get to the truth.

       It was still afternoon when they got home, and Li Jianglin was in a rare good mood, so he took dog biscuits and fed Erhuang.

       Li Zhenran parked the car in the garage, and when he got out of the car, he saw that Li Zhenruo was still unmoving on the seat. He reached out and grabbed one of his cat legs to pull him out. Li Zhenruo reacted very quickly and hugged Li Zhenran’s arm with his front paws, and was taken out of the car by him.

       Because Li Jianglin noticed his car coming in just now, Li Zhenran carried Li Zhenruo and didn’t go back to the house, but went around to the front of the kennel and greeted Li Jianglin, “Dad.”

       “Back so soon?” Li Jianglin asked without looking back.

       Li Zhenran just responded, “Um.”

       Erhuang originally concentrated on asking Li Jianglin for dog biscuits, but seeing Li Zhenruo seemed distracted, he first wagged his tail to show affection to Li Zhenran and then wanted to jump up and touch Li Zhenruo.

       Li Zhenran reached out and stroked Erhuang’s head, and said to Li Jianglin, “I’ll go in first.”

       But unexpectedly Li Jianglin said, “Wait a minute, I have something to tell you.”

       When he heard this, Li Zhenran had to stop, and so he also put Li Zhenruo on the ground.

       As Erhuang saw this, he immediately circled around Li Zhenruo excitedly. Li Zhenruo was listless, hugged Erhuang’s leg with his paws, and rubbed his face between his fluffy dog ​​hair. Erhuang actually fell down, his body formed a circle, and Li Zhenruo was placed in the middle, letting him lie on top of him.

       Li Jianglin said, “You went out alone?”

       Li Zhenran put both hands in his trouser pockets and replied, “Yes.”

       Li Jianglin asked him, “Have you thought it over?”

       Li Zhenran was originally looking at Li Zhenruo lying in Erhuang’s arms, and when he heard the words, he looked at Li Jianglin, “What should I think clearly?”

       Li Zhenruo raised his head and looked at the two of them.

       Li Jianglin leaned on crutches with both hands and stood up straight, “A young man, is it worth it?”

       Li Zhenran didn’t speak.

       Li Jianglin sighed, “You’ve put in a lot of effort to make Yunlin what it is today. Some words may not be appropriate to say now, but among the three brothers, you are the one I valued the most, and I don’t want you to get together with a man, much less to give up your career easily for a man.”

       “Dad,” Li Zhenran said, “I never thought about giving up my career for anyone, and whoever I’m with should not affect my career.”

       Li Jianglin snorted softly, “You will not have a stable family, nor will you have children, your private life will be noticed by the media, and everything in the future may be magnified and exposed to the public’s attention. Even a slight breeze may have an impact on Yunlin’s reputation.”

       Li Zhenran replied, “It’s possible, but none of these will affect me. I believe that even so, Yunlin will develop better in my hands than in the hands of the eldest brother and the third child. The eldest brother married a woman, but he doesn’t have a stable family. I can’t say anything about the third one, but if he doesn’t change his nature, it’s probably difficult to have a stable family. Many things are too much for you to think about, it should not be so complicated.”

       Li Zhenruo had never heard Li Zhenran say these words, and he was a little stunned.

       Li Zhenran continued, “As for children, I don’t really care. I didn’t think that in the future, it would be my children who would inherit Yunlin. It could be the children of the eldest brother, or the children of the third child. I will not live for children in this life, I want to just think about my own life.”

       Li Jianglin was silent for a long time, and said, “Maybe what you said makes sense, but I still won’t agree.”

       Li Zhenran was also quiet for a moment, and he asked Li Jianglin, “Will you disown me as your son because of this?”

       Li Jianglin didn’t seem to expect that he would ask this question, and immediately replied, “No.” He really won’t, even if Li Zhenran did such a dirty thing, he never thought of disowning him.

       Li Zhenran took a deep breath and said, “Then I can not want Yunlin for him.”

       Li Jianglin looked a little surprised, his brows furrowed and he looked at him.

       Li Zhenran said, “I can start a business by myself, or I can go to work for others. Since I already had the education and work experience, I believe it is not difficult to find a job that can support myself.”

       Li Jianglin’s voice was a little angry, “Is this how you treat your hard work on Yunlin?”

       Li Zhenran looked at Li Jianglin and shook his head slowly, “Dad, you shouldn’t treat Yunlin like this. Although the third child’s heart is not in Yunlin, I still want to persuade you that you rather give Yunlin to the third than to the eldest brother. It’s not Yunlin that I worked hard for, it’s you that have worked hard for Yunlin your whole life, you should be more careful.”

       Li Jianglin clenched his crutches and leaned hard on the ground.

       Li Zhenran said, “Dad, it’s windy here. I’ll help you go in and rest.”

       Li Jianglin’s chest heaved and he shook his head, “No need.” After he said that, he turned around and walked towards the house.

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help standing up and looking in the direction where Li Jianglin left.

       In the evening, Li Zhentai had entertainment outside and did not come back for dinner, and the atmosphere at home seemed a bit dull.

       Before dinner, Li Zhenruo was lying on the chair and stared blankly at Li Jianglin. Li Jianglin had just come out of the study, stood at the door and unbuttoned a button on his neckline.

       Zhu Kai just came back from the outside and glanced at Li Jianglin, “Dinner is ready?”

       Li Jianglin was upset and didn’t want to pay attention to him. He frowned and didn’t speak. He walked towards the dining room by himself.

       Zhu Kai saw Li Zhenruo and said strangely, “The second child is back?” After he said that, he walked directly to the chair Li Zhenruo was lying on, stretched out his hand and grabbed his leg, “Fat cat?”

       Li Zhenruo didn’t intend to be polite to him, and his sharp claws lit up and grabbed at his face.

       Zhu Kai also reacted quickly and took a step back to avoid it, but he was still startled and raised his legs to kick Li Zhenruo down.

       Before that, Li Zhenruo jumped down and ran towards Li Zhenran who had just come downstairs.

       Li Zhenran picked him up and said, “Let’s eat.”

       Li Jianglin walked to the dining table and sat down. His phone suddenly rang. He answered the call, and the person on the other end said something in a hurry.

       Li Zhenruo noticed that Li Jianglin’s face was getting worse and worse. After a while, he hung up the phone, raised his head and said to Li Zhenran, “Your younger brother has an affair with a married actress and was caught on camera by a reporter.”


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Everyone is paying attention to Zhenruo’s date of birth. In the beginning, he said that he was twenty-three years old. It took me a long time to count the number of days to confirm that he was born in 1992 and this year he is exactly twenty-three years old.


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Chapter 3

TL: Hoenimochi
TLC: Hoenibean

       When Zhou Yan’s son was hospitalized, Chen Yuncheng took a day off to visit the hospital in the afternoon.

       Before he left, he picked up a carton of milk from the kiosk, pulled down the shutter and locked it, and then walked towards the subway station.

       Zhou Yan was not in the hospital, and Chen Yuncheng only saw his girlfriend Gu Yaojia in the ward with the child.

       Chen Yuncheng sat down and chatted with Gu Yaojia for a while.

       When asked where Zhou Yan had gone, Gu Yaojia did not look too good and said, “He went to get some money.” He could hear that she had some complaints in her tone.

       After all, Gu Yaojia was still young. Before, when she was only with Zhou Yan, they were happy and had nothing to care about. However, once they had children, they were held back by many of reality’s worries.

       Now that the child was sick and needed money for treatment, it was not easy to feel fulfilled in many ways.

       Chen Yuncheng listened quietly and had nothing to say. He glanced at the sleeping child lying on the hospital bed, stood up, and said, “Then you all have a good rest, I’ll go first.”

       “Cheng ge, thank you,” Gu Yaojia accompanied Chen Yuncheng to the door of the ward.

       Chen Yuncheng waved his hand to tell her that she didn’t have to send him off. He walked through the corridor where people came and went, before heading towards the elevator.

       This was one of the largest hospitals in Chongfeng City. Every ward that Chen Yuncheng passed by was full of patients and there were loud noises everywhere. Some children were crying, and some family members were sitting at the door of the ward chatting. The inpatient building seemed to have the central air conditioning turned on. The air was dry and muggy, with a unique smell only belonging to the hospital. The window at the end of the corridor was open, but it only opened a little and was firmly stuck. The gap was only as much as a slit that even a child could not get through.

       Today was not the weekend, nor was it lunch time, so he didn’t see anyone at the elevator.

       Chen Yuncheng waited for more than ten seconds. When the elevator door opened, he saw a man standing inside.

       The man was very tall and wore a simple white coat that couldn’t completely hide his excellent figure. His expression was indifferent, but the moment the elevator door opened, his eyes fell on Chen Yuncheng’s face.

       Chen Yuncheng did not avoid his gaze. He walked towards the elevator, and at the same time, saw the work card on the man’s chest. In addition to the picture, the words “Ning Junyan” were particularly prominent.

       It turned out that he was really Ning Junyan and Chen Yuncheng was not mistaken.

       He walked in, turned his back to Ning Junyan, and his eyes fell on the constantly flashing floor lights.

       The elevator door slowly closed and the elevator began to descend.

       When they went down two floors, the elevator stopped, and seven or eight people came in at once from outside and filled the entire elevator in an instant.

       Chen Yuncheng subconsciously backed up and felt his heel step on something. He quickly stopped his steps, turned back and said, “I’m sorry.”

       Ning Junyan, who was stepped on by him, did not speak.

       Chen Yuncheng stood beside Ning Junyan and leaned against the innermost wall of the elevator.

       Later, some people came in the elevator, and it became more and more crowded. The air in the small and closed environment was turbid. Chen Yuncheng smelled smoke and sweat that didn’t belong in winter. There was also a little bit of what seemed like a perfume on Ning Junyan.

       With his hand hanging by his side, he accidentally touched the back of Ning Junyan’s hand, so he subconsciously looked down and saw the expensive high-end watch on Ning Junyan’s wrist, as well as the worn-out white marks on the cuffs of his own down jacket.

       Chen Yuncheng suddenly thought that it was good that Ning Junyan did not recognize him.

       The elevator of the hospital went down to the first floor and all the people in front walked out. When Chen Yuncheng followed behind Ning Junyan was still behind him.

       He stepped out of the elevator, looked up to identify his next direction, and was about to walk towards the door of the inpatient department.

       At this time, he suddenly heard someone calling his name from behind, “Chen Yuncheng.”

       How old was Ning Junyan the year they got separated? Chen Yuncheng remembered that Ning Junyan seemed to be fourteen, because at that time he was twelve years old, and he knew that Ning Junyan was two years older than him. The fourteen-year-old Ning Junyan was in a period of rapid development. He was growing taller and his voice became deeper and unpleasant, so the last thing left in Chen Yuncheng’s memory was only a shadow of the boy whose voice had changed.

       It was not at all like the present, where Chen Yuncheng heard the voice of an unfamiliar, low-pitched adult male.

       Chen Yuncheng turned around and saw Ning Junyan standing not far from the elevator door.

       There were no unnecessary pleasantries. Chen Yuncheng wanted to greet him with a smile and ask him when he recognized him, but Ning Junyan just said in a flat tone, “I’ll be off work in half an hour, is it convenient to have dinner together?”

       Chen Yuncheng nodded, “Sure.”

       He said it was half an hour, but in fact, when Chen Yuncheng got into Ning Junyan’s Land Rover, it was already almost an hour later.

       Ning Junyan took off his white lab coat and changed into a dark coat with a light camel coloured cashmere shirt inside.

       If these kinds of clothes were worn by Chen Yuncheng, it would be cold even if he had a fire on when he huddled in his kiosk every day.

       But Ning Junyan had sufficient heating both in the hospital and in the car. In this environment, Chen Yuncheng felt that after staying a little longer, he would even start sweating.

       As they arrived at the restaurant Ning Junyan chose for dinner, Chen Yuncheng took off his jacket as soon as he sat down, revealing his thin sweater inside.

       He still felt a little hot, so he picked up a glass of water and took a sip of lemonade. The water was cold.

       Ning Junyan sat opposite him and hardly spoke on the way out of the car until now, but when Chen Yuncheng took off his jacket, his eyes fell on him and he didn’t look away for a long time.

       After Ning Junyan finished ordering, Chen Yuncheng finally couldn’t help but say, “I thought you didn’t recognize me.”

       Ning Junyan also took a sip of water from the cup and said, “I did.”

       The two fell silent again.

       Chen Yuncheng was suddenly amused. He felt that he had found the same Ning Junyan that was in his memory. At that time, Ning Junyan was also like that, not willing to talk much and did not pay attention to anyone.

       He then smiled and said, “How long has it been? More than ten years, right?” He actually remembered when asking, but deliberately said it vaguely.

       Unexpectedly, Ning Junyan said, “Sixteen years.”

       Chen Yuncheng looked at him, “I didn’t expect you to be a doctor.”

       Ning Junyan looked him straight in the eyes, “What do you think I should have been?”

       Chen Yuncheng shook his head, “I can’t imagine.”

       Ning Junyan asked, “How about you?”

       Chen Yuncheng smiled, “I, ah, run a little business.”

       The waiters brought out their dishes one by one.

       After eating in silence for a while, Chen Yuncheng asked, “Are you married?”

       “No,” Ning Junyan answered quickly, and then asked, “Are you married?”

       Chen Yuncheng said, “No, I’m still alone.”

       Ning Junyan nodded and said nothing.

       After they ate dinner and came out of the restaurant, Chen Yuncheng immediately put on his down jacket and wrapped it tightly around his body. He saw that Ning Junyan’s coat was still on his arm, and didn’t ask him if it would be cold, but just said, “Thank you for tonight, then I’ll go back first.”

       They didn’t even ask for each other’s contact information.

       Chen Yuncheng hesitated, but he saw that Ning Junyan didn’t bring it up, so he didn’t take the initiative to mention it either. Although it was Ning Junyan who invited him to have dinner together, he could feel Ning Junyan’s indifference and cold detachment. Maybe they were only going to have this one meal and would never see each other again.

       Ning Junyan looked at him and said, “I will send you off.”

       Chen Yuncheng said with a smile, “No need. I’m going to take the subway, it won’t take much time.”

       Ning Junyan’s tone was calm and he repeated, “I will send you off.”

       The valet boy at the entrance of the restaurant drove Ning Junyan’s car over, got out of the car and handed him the car keys.

       Ning Junyan didn’t speak anymore and walked toward his Land Rover.

       Chen Yuncheng had no choice but to follow.


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Chapter 2

TL: Hoenimochi
TLC: Hoenibean

       Chen Yuncheng walked toward the subway station. On the way, he tried to call Zhang Wenyong again, but the other party still didn’t answer. He had to leave him a message on WeChat, put the phone back in his pocket and trot across the street at the green light to enter the platform of the subway station.

       As he entered the station, Chen Yuncheng looked up subconsciously and saw a dark grey Land Rover passing by the street. In his haste, he didn’t manage to see the license plate number clearly before he lowered his head and stepped up and off the elevator.

       He went back to his kiosk. Chen Yuncheng opened the rolling shutter door halfway, and after he got in, he closed the door and locked it from the inside.

       The lights in the kiosk outside had been turned off. He went straight through and entered the inner room, turning on an orange ceiling lamp on the roof.

       Chen Yuncheng picked up his cup, walked to the water dispenser, squatted down to get the water, and at the same time took out his mobile phone and called Gu Yaojia. The two of them had nothing much to add, but Chen Yuncheng advised her not to be too nervous. Zhou Yan was an adult. If there was still no news tomorrow, he would accompany her to the police.

       After the phone call, the water glass was also filled. Chen Yuncheng got up and picked up the glass of water, drank all the warm water down, put the glass on the table and walked toward the bathroom.

       The inner room of his kiosk only had one living space and a bathroom.

       The room was not very small, but the entire wall was lined with cardboard boxes, which were filled with drinks, beer, and other goods. The only space was left for a bed, a clothing wardrobe, and a small square table against the wall.

       Chen Yuncheng didn’t watch TV again after taking a shower, but just lay on the bed and played with his mobile phone. He was actually a little absent-minded, not because of Zhou Yan’s matters, but due to the man he met at the entrance of KTV today.

       The moment the two brushed past each other, he felt that he knew the man, so he stopped and kept looking at the man’s back, hoping that the other party would also still recognize him.

       But when the man left without looking back, Chen Yuncheng began to be uncertain again. He thought to himself that they had been separated for sixteen years, and both of them were still children when they were separated. Was that person really the same person as the one that he remembered?

       Chen Yuncheng put down the phone and decided to temporarily put aside the distracting thoughts in his head and have a good sleep. He lay on his back on the bed and put his arms under his head and thought to himself, why does it matter if that person was Ning Junyan? To him, that life has long been an experience of the past.

       Chen Yuncheng woke up the next morning and opened the kiosk first as usual. He then walked to the noodle shop two shops away to eat noodles.

       He sat at the table near the door and exchanged a few words with the boss who cooked the noodles. When his noodles had just been served, a man sat beside his table.

       Chen Yuncheng raised his head and saw that the person sitting opposite was Zhou Yan.

       Zhou Yan looked haggard as he called out, “Cheng ge.”

       Chen Yuncheng took out a pair of chopsticks from the chopstick holder, stirred the beef noodles first, and then said, “Your wife has been looking for you all night.”

       Zhou Yan said, “My phone is out of battery.” After speaking, he saw that Chen Yuncheng’s face did not look very good and added, “I called her.”

       Chen Yuncheng picked up a chopstick and put the noodles into his mouth. After swallowing it all, he asked Zhou Yan, “Have you had breakfast?”

       Zhou Yan said, “Not yet.”

       Chen Yuncheng raised his hand to call out to the boss, “Cook another bowl of beef noodles.”

       Zhou Yan didn’t refuse. He looked like he was hungry. As soon as the noodles came up, he picked up his chopsticks and ate the noodles.

       Chen Yuncheng finished his bowl of noodles first and then sat beside him. He leaned on the back of the chair and looked at him.

       It was not until Zhou Yan finished eating the noodles when Chen Yuncheng asked him, “Are you full?”

       Zhou Yan took out a tissue to wipe his mouth and nodded.

       Chen Yuncheng said, “Do you have something to tell me?”

       Zhou Yan folded the used tissues and put them on the table before staring at the half bowl of noodle soup left in the bowl, and said, “Cheng ge, can you lend me some money?”

       Chen Yuncheng asked him, “What’s the matter?”

       Zhou Yan said, “My son is sick.”

       Chen Yuncheng was a little surprised, “Sick? Is it serious?”

       Zhou Yan said, “It’s a heart problem. We can do surgery, but I can’t get that much money right now.”

       Chen Yuncheng said, “Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”

       Zhou Yan’s expression was a little painful, he raised his hand and rubbed his face vigorously, “I know you don’t have much money, so at first I wanted to borrow it from Yong ge, but I got into an argument with him and now I lost my job, so I really have no choice.”

       Chen Yuncheng whispered, “Zhang Wenyong was not originally a good person.”

       Zhou Yan said, “I can’t help it either.”

       Chen Yuncheng asked him, “How much money do you need?”

       Zhou Yan said, “At least a hundred thousand.”

       Chen Yuncheng looked at him, “How could I have so much money?”

       Zhou Yan did not speak.

       Chen Yuncheng sighed heavily and stood up. He paid the money for the noodles first, stretched out his hand to pull Zhou Yan up, and said, “Let’s go.”

       “Cheng ge?” Zhou Yan looked a little surprised.

       Chen Yuncheng didn’t say much. He took Zhou Yan back to his kiosk and went into the inner room alone. He came out after a while, and then took Zhou Yan to a nearby bank ATM to withdraw 30,000 yuan.

       When handing over the money to Zhou Yan, Chen Yuncheng said, “I only have this much money. Keep and take care of the money yourself. Go do what you have to do.”

       Zhou Yan couldn’t reach out to take the money for a long time.

       Chen Yuncheng said, “What’s wrong?”

       Zhou Yan said, “I feel very bad for you, it’s all the money you’ve worked hard to save for the past two years.”

       Chen Yuncheng shoved the money to Zhou Yan and said in a flat tone, “Take it and pay it back slowly. I don’t need the money now anyway.”

       Zhou Yan and Chen Yuncheng walked out of the bank together. Chen Yuncheng walked in front with his hands in his pockets. Zhou Yan caught up with him from the side and said, “Cheng ge, are you still not thinking about finding a girlfriend?”

       Chen Yuncheng simply said “ah” without saying much.

       Zhou Yan added, “I will definitely return the money to you as soon as possible.”

       Chen Yuncheng didn’t say anything. When he was walking around the corner, he suddenly stopped and said to Zhou Yan, “Last night, I seem to have seen—”

       “Who?” Zhou Yan was puzzled.

       Chen Yuncheng didn’t go on. Not far ahead was his kiosk, and he saw a police car parked on the side of the road.

       Zhou Yan followed his line of sight and saw the police carHe suddenly asked nervously, “Are the police troubling you?”

       Chen Yuncheng shook his head. He patted Zhou Yan on the shoulder, told him to go first, and then walked towards the kiosk alone.

       When he approached the kiosk, Chen Yuncheng first looked down at the police car and saw that it was empty. He then saw a slender figure standing against the glass container in the kiosk.

       “Officer Long,” Chen Yuncheng called out, his tone becoming enthusiastic unconsciously.

       Long Zhanyu turned his head to look at him, his slender fingers bent up and knocked on the glass of the counter. He said, “Get me a pack of cigarettes.”

       Chen Yuncheng smiled and said, “Okay, wait a moment.”

       When Chen Yuncheng went to the counter to get the cigarette, Long Zhanyu kept looking at him. When Chen Yuncheng turned his head, he saw Long Zhanyu’s dark eyes staring at him without blinking. He handed the cigarette over and said, “The brand you always smoke.”

       Long Zhanyu unzipped his down jacket and took out his mobile phone from his inner bag to pay.

       Chen Yuncheng asked, “Were you on duty last night? Why are you so early today?”

       Long Zhanyu gave a vague “um” and said, “Have you seen Zhang Wenyong recently?”

       Chen Yuncheng hesitated for a moment, and decided to tell the truth, “I went to him yesterday and couldn’t find him.”

       Long Zhanyu took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, and approached Chen Yuncheng, “Why were you looking for him?”

       Chen Yuncheng reached out, picked up the lighter on the counter and helped Long Zhanyu lit the cigarette he was biting at the corner of his mouth. He then said, “Something happened to one of my brothers. I wanted to ask him, but I didn’t even see him.”

       Long Zhanyu slowly exhaled smoke from the corner of his mouth, his eyes fixed on Chen Yuncheng, “Be honest.”

       Chen Yuncheng said in a serious tone, “I pledge to the authorities that I am being 100% honest.”

       Long Zhanyu moved away from the front of the counter.

       Chen Yuncheng suddenly said, “Officer Long, you look so good-looking. Aren’t you afraid of being harassed when you are handling a case?”

       Long Zhanyu grinned, turned, and walked outside the kiosk. He opened the driver’s door of the police car and sat inside.

       Chen Yuncheng walked to the door, waved his hand, and said, “Take care.”


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Chapter 64

       The car stopped at the gas station on the highway to refuel. Li Zhenruo took a breather and went to the small supermarket to buy two bottles of water.

       Zhao Yuqiong’s hometown was even further away than his visit to Aunt Wu’s place before, it was almost at the junction of the two northern provinces. Li Zhenruo didn’t quite understand why Zhao Yuqiong chose to leave her hometown and come here alone. Eventually, she died alone without any relatives to accompany her.

       Li Zhenran stood beside the car and waited to refuel.

       Li Zhenruo noticed that the young woman working at the gas station was talking to him. When Li Zhenran looked down at her, she smiled coyly.

       He shook the water bottle in his hand, Li Zhenruo walked over and hugged Li Zhenran’s shoulder from behind, stood on tiptoe and asked in his ear, “Is it done?”

       Li Zhenran looked back at him, “It’s almost done.”

       After refuelling, the young woman took out the fuel nozzle. Li Zhenran paid the money and called Li Zhenruo to get in the car.

       It was too much to force themselves to arrive at the destination in one day, and it would be inevitable that they have to travel up to the mountain in the dark. So Li Zhenran directly booked a hotel in the halfway city, and the two planned to stay for one night.

       Li Zhenruo opened a bag of potato chips and fed them into Li Zhenran’s mouth by hand.

       Li Zhenran drove the car and looked ahead, opened his mouth to hold the potato chips, and also held Li Zhenruo’s fingers.

       Li Zhenruo looked at him for a while, then slowly pulled out his fingers, put them in his own mouth and licked them.

       In the afternoon, when they arrived at the city where they stayed at night, as soon as they got off the highway there was a car at the exit to pick them up, the people were arranged by Hua Yi Bang, and they were directly shown the way to the hotel.

       After they parked the car and placed the luggage in the room, Li Zhenran and Li Zhenruo came out of the hotel and walked slowly along the road.

       They were in an unfamiliar city. The place was not big, but it was quiet and clean.

       The two walked to the edge of a big river and sat down on a bench by the river, and the cool breeze with the moisture of the river came blowing. In the distance, a few children were chasing and playing, and a young mother was walking slowly with a stroller.

       Li Zhenruo took the initiative to hold Li Zhenran’s hand first and then felt that Li Zhenran grab his own hand together into the pocket of his clothes. Through a thin layer of fabric, he could feel the other party’s body temperature.

       In the evening, Li Zhenran took a shower and came out of the bathroom, and lay directly on the big bed. He had been driving today, and he seemed to be a little tired, so he closed his eyes for a while.

       Li Zhenruo lay beside him and touched him with his leg.

       Li Zhenran ignored him.

       Li Zhenruo touched him again.

       This time, Li Zhenran reached out and grabbed his thigh, pulled his leg away, and said, “What are you doing?”

       Li Zhenruo rolled over and sat on Li Zhenran’s waist with his legs apart, lowered his forehead to touch his forehead, and whispered, “Are you able to do me?”

       Li Zhenran didn’t open his eyes, just smiled and didn’t speak.

       Li Zhenruo kissed his lips and said vaguely, “fvck me, hurry up.”

       The next morning, they only drove for half a day, and they arrived at their destination before lunch.

       Zhao Yuqiong was born in a small county in the mountains. They were driving on a mountain road all morning, and Li Zhenruo was a little carsick. He wondered if he was a cat, it would be less dizzy. As the result his cat body was almost thrown out. Fortunately, the windows were closed.

       Li Zhenran reached out and grabbed him, and said, “Don’t make trouble.”

       Li Zhenruo suddenly became angry, but he obediently changed back into a human form and remained silent with a pale face.

       When the car drove into the county, it drew some attention. He wondered if the roads in the county were not receptive because the roads were winding turns and complicated. So when cars and people came from other places, it was particularly eye-catching.

       Along the way, most of the local people that Li Zhenruo saw were dark and thin, but they were quite tall. However, Zhao Yuqiong was fair-skinned, so she must have been a beauty here back then. As for the man in the photo, although he looked tall and handsome, he still had the traces of a local.

       The place was too small and there were no good hotels. Li Zhenran didn’t really want to stay overnight here. He hoped to finish things earlier and return to the previous city accommodation.

       The address was checked before departure, and a local person was contacted through a friend, who was a police officer in the county seat. After they entered the city, the officer got into the car and showed them the way.

       They went to the place where Zhao Yuqiong’s parents lived. What Li Zhenran learned was that Zhao Yuqiong’s father had passed away, and only her mother was still alive, living with Zhao Yuqiong’s eldest brother’s family.

       It was much more convenient to have the police officer lead the way. The car was parked near the county public security bureau. The police officer said the place was within ten minutes of walking, and led them through a narrow alley to the back street. They arrived at a store selling cement tiles.

       The police officer asked in the local dialect, “Is Zhao Yusheng here?”

       An old man looked out from the inside, with a rice bowl in his hand, probably eating lunch, and inexplicably looking outside.

       According to what Li Zhenran had explained to him before, the police officer said to the old man, “Are you Zhao Yusheng? There are two lawyers from the city who want to ask you about your sister.”

       Zhao Yusheng suddenly became nervous, “What lawyers? Which sister of mine?”

       Li Zhenran asked, “Is Zhao Yuqiong your sister?”

       Zhao Yusheng looked a little dazed, his brows furrowed tightly, and his tone was still a little worried, “She has been gone for a long time, and I haven’t seen her in more than 20 years.”

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but ask, “You haven’t been in touch?”

       Zhao Yusheng shook his head, “There is no contact, she never came back here, and I don’t know where she went.”

       Although he knew that the person in front of him was his uncle, to Li Zhenruo, he was still just a stranger, and he couldn’t feel too many emotions. He even had some anger toward Zhao Yusheng’s indifference to the affection between his sisters.

       Li Zhenran raised his hand and patted Li Zhenruo’s back lightly to comfort him, then stepped forward and asked, “May I ask why she left at that time?”

       Zhao Yusheng was slightly more alert this time and looked at Li Zhenran suspiciously without speaking.

       The police officer next to him took out his police card and showed it to Zhao Yusheng, and said, “Zhao Yusheng, don’t worry, they came from a big city and came here specifically for your sister’s business.”

       Zhao Yusheng still seemed a little hesitant. He leaned in to look at the police card carefully, and then asked, “What happened to Zhao Yuqiong?”

       Li Zhenran said, “She has died of illness.”

       Zhao Yusheng couldn’t help but be stunned.

       Li Zhenran continued, “She still left some remnant at that time, but there wasn’t much, about 2,000 yuan worth. If your identity is confirmed, we will return the money to you.”

       Zhao Yusheng heard the words and said quickly, “I’m really her eldest brother, and we still have a photo of us at home, as well as an old household registration book.”

       Li Zhenran said, “If it’s convenient, please show us later, but there are still some things I want to ask about Zhao Yuqiong. Why did she leave her hometown alone at that time?”

       Zhao Yusheng said, “She didn’t leave alone, she left with that man!”

       “That man?” Li Zhenran asked Li Zhenruo to show him the photo, and then handed it to Zhao Yusheng to show him, “Is it this man?”

       Zhao Yusheng squinted his eyes for a while, and said, “It’s this man, I still remember it, his name is Yuan Dong. This man is a useless rogue gangster, at that time Yuqiong must be with him, and later there was a child. Father was so angry that she was thrown out, and she followed this man away.”

       Li Zhenruo’s expression instantly became shocked, he turned to look at Li Zhenran and saw Li Zhenran also slightly frowned.

       Li Zhenran asked Zhao Yusheng, “You said that Zhao Yuqiong was pregnant before leaving home?”

       Zhao Yusheng nodded, still looking at the photo, he sighed slowly, and asked them, “You say Yuqiong is dead, what about Yuan Dong? What about their child?”

       Before Li Zhenran could answer, Li Zhenruo said, “She didn’t end up with Yuan Dong, and that child was gone before it was born.”

       Zhao Yusheng sighed deeply and handed the photo back to Li Zhenran, “At that time my father said that the man is not good and told her not to be with him, but the little girl just didn’t listen no matter how much he tried to persuade her. She didn’t come back after so many years, and Dad called out her name when he died.”

       When he said this, Zhao Yusheng, who had been calm all along, suddenly couldn’t hold back his emotions. He raised his hand to wipe away his tears, and then asked, “Then what happened after her death?”

       Li Zhenran said, “She was buried in the cemetery.”

       Zhao Yusheng shook his head and said, “A place far away from home… oh my!”

       Li Zhenruo asked again, “Are you sure that Zhao Yuqiong was pregnant with Yuan Dong’s child before she left her hometown?”

       Zhao Yusheng nodded, “How can I’m not sure? There was such a big fuss at the time, not only do I know it, but all the neighbours knew about it at the time.”

       Li Zhenran raised her hand and put it on Li Zhenruo’s back, pressed it a little harder, and then said to Zhao Yusheng, “Do you remember when she left?”

       Zhao Yusheng recalled, “It should be 1991. It was summer, June or July.”

       Li Zhenruo’s expression became more and more serious.

       Li Zhenran nodded, reached out and shook hands with him, “Thank you for cooperating with us, we are almost clear about Zhao Yuqiong’s situation, you should take this inheritance.” After that, he took out more than 2,000 yuan from his wallet, There was no detail, and it was handed over to Zhao Yusheng.

       Zhao Yusheng reached out his hand to get it, and asked, “Do I need to show you photos and household registration books?”

       The police officer next to him said, “No need, we believe in your identity. You can collect the money, sir.”

       Zhao Yusheng wrapped the money and put it in his trousers pocket, and asked Li Zhenran, “Where is my little sister buried, can you write me the address?”

       Li Zhenran said to him, “Give me a piece of paper.”

       Zhao Yusheng quickly took out a pen and paper. Li Zhenran took it and buried his head and wrote a series of numbers on the counter. Then he said to Zhao Yusheng, “This is my phone number. If you want to pay homage to Ms. Zhao Yuqiong, you can contact me and I will find someone to take you there.”

       He picked up the note and put it away carefully, Zhao Yusheng said, “Thank you, Mr. Lawyer.”

       In fact, it was very unlikely that Zhao Yusheng will be able to visit Zhao Yuqiong’s grave in his life, not to mention the old mother who was nearly 90 years old, they didn’t even dare to let her know the news.

       Li Zhenran took Li Zhenruo’s shoulders and said, “Let’s go.”

       Li Zhenruo nodded. The two of them left with the police officer and returned to the vicinity of the Public Security Bureau. Li Zhenran and Li Zhenruo thanked him again and then opened the car door and got in the car.

       Li Zhenran was not in a hurry to start the car, he turned to look at Li Zhenruo, and saw that Li Zhenruo’s face was a little pale.

       So he reached out and stroked Li Zhenruo’s back, then pulled him into his arms with some force, and hugged him comfortably.

       Li Zhenruo said, “Zhao Yuqiong left her hometown pregnant in the summer of 1991. I was born in April of 1992 and happened to be the child of her and Yuan Dong. In other words, she was pregnant before she met Li Jianglin in the city. Li Jianglin has no reason not to suspect that her child was not his own.”

       Li Zhenran’s face was also a little gloomy, and he stroked Li Zhenruo’s face with his palm and said, “What are you thinking?”

       Li Zhenruo looked up at him, “Zhao Yuqiong is not Li Jianglin’s true love, but a woman who Li Jianglin spent money to find outside to give him a baby. At that time, it was too early, so it is understandable not to do a paternity test when the child was born, but wouldn’t he doubt the identity of the child if he had been born so long? “

       Li Zhenran didn’t speak.

       Li Zhenruo said, “Li Jianglin knew it. He knew from the beginning that I was not his biological son.” When he said this, his tone was full of affirmation.

       Li Zhenran patted his shoulder gently, “Let’s go back first.”

       Li Zhenruo sat up straight. After Li Zhenran started the car, he suddenly grabbed Li Zhenran’s arm and asked, “Can we find out what happened back then? How did Li Jianglin know Zhao Yuqiong?”

       Li Zhenran thought for a while and said, “It’s hard unless you find someone who knows.”

       “The insider…” Li Zhenruo fell into deep thought, and now there are almost no old people around Li Jianglin. Suddenly, he remembered someone and said to Li Zhenran, “Uncle Luo, do you remember?”

       Li Zhenran nodded.

       Li Zhenruo said, “Let’s go to Uncle Luo, I believe he will know.”


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Chapter 63

       “How did that come out?” Song Jun asked curiously after Li Zhenruo ripped off the rabbit tail’s underwear and changed back into his own clothes.

       Xia Hongshen answered this question for him, “Too many distracting thoughts are also a sign of insufficient asceticism practice.”

       Li Zhenruo said, “I think of a lace thong and associate it with something else……” He couldn’t be blamed either. When he saw some messy things before, he associated them at the same time.

       Xia Hongshen stretched out his hand and pressed it on top of Li Zhenruo’s head, “Get rid of your distracting thoughts, just like you wanted to become a human at that time. If you can’t get rid of distracting thoughts, your future cultivation will also be hindered.”

       Li Zhenruo was a little frustrated with these words, he nodded, “I understand.”

       Song Jun comforted him gently, “It’s okay, take your time.”

       Li Zhenruo answered “um”.

       Song Jun asked him, “You said you wanted to investigate your enemy, how did it go?”

       Li Zhenruo sat down on the sofa, “I think I already know who did it, but I must find out about this matter, otherwise, I won’t feel at ease even if I kill that person to get revenge.”

       Song Jun raised his hand and put it on his shoulder, “Don’t worry, I believe there will be a day when the truth will come out.”

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help grabbing Song Jun’s hand and said, “Thank you.”

       Xia Hongshen looked at the two of them coldly and flicked his fingers lightly. Li Zhenruo suddenly felt a pain in the back of his hand and withdrew the hand that was holding Song Jun. He looked at Xia Hongshen and said, “Master is petty.”

       In the afternoon, Li Zhenran finished the work at hand and drove to the school to pick up Li Zhenruo.

       When Li Zhenruo got in the car, he asked him, “Are you on a long vacation?”

       Li Zhenran smiled indifferently, “Yeah. I’m treating you to dinner, what would you like to eat?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “Anything is fine. Let’s go watch movies after we finish eating.”

       Li Zhenran glanced at him but did not object in the end and started the car.

       After dinner, the two of them really sat in the cinema and watched a movie.

       Whether it was Li Zhenruo or Li Zhenran, both of them felt that this experience was a bit new. Although the movie was not very good, the two still watch it with relish.

       Halfway through, Li Zhenran’s cell phone vibrated, and he got up with his cell phone and went outside to answer the call.

       Li Zhenruo waited for him to come back while eating popcorn. After a while, Li Zhenran came back and sat down beside him, suddenly leaned over to his ear, and said in a low voice, “Gao Qi passed me a photo, are you interested in taking a look?”

       Li Zhenran’s burning breath made Li Zhenruo shrink his neck, but he was surprised by the content of his words.

       Li Zhenran showed him the photo on his mobile phone. Li Zhenruo clearly saw that it was a retaken photo. It was a photo of a man and a woman. It was Li Zhenruo’s mother Zhao Yuqiong and the man who looked similar to Li Zhenruo.

       The background of this photo was also consistent with the background of the two photos that Li Zhenruo found at Zhao Yuqiong’s house.

       The cinema was really not a convenient place to talk, and Li Zhenruo couldn’t sit still, so he got up and pulled Li Zhenran up and walked outside.

       Although he was not sure, he felt that the reason why Li Zhentai suspected that he was not Li Jianglin’s son was probably because of this photo, but how did Li Zhentai get this photo?

       After they came out of the cinema, Li Zhenruo asked Li Zhenran, “Did Gao Qi say how he got this photo?”

       Li Zhenran shook his head, “Gao Qi said that this is his bottom line, and he is reluctant to say anything else. The reason why he was willing to hand over this photo was also because he considered that you were no longer there.”

       Li Zhenruo grabbed Li Zhenran’s phone and looked at it for a long time, and a wave of anger grew in his heart.

       In fact, if he was Li Zhentai, after seeing this photo and becoming suspicious, he might have done the same thing. The problem was that he really was not Li Jianglin’s son, so he couldn’t blame Li Zhentai for finding out. What really concerned him was the one who killed him. Although he almost decided in his heart that Li Zhentai could not get away from it, he still need a thorough understanding of the answer.

       Li Zhenran reached out and touched his head, and inserted his fingers into his hair to soothe his emotions.

       If Li Zhenruo was not Li Jianglin’s biological son, then the man in the photo was likely to be his biological father. He had seen the photo of this man before, and now the photo was still in Feng Junyuan’s possession. He had no interest in who his biological father was, but now, he had the idea of ​​wanting to understand the circumstances.

       How on earth did Zhao Yuqiong hook up with this man, but at the same time voluntarily become Li Jianglin’s mistress, lied to him and gave birth to him?

       These things might have nothing to do with Li Zhentai poking his identity out and buying a murderer to kill him, but they were inextricably linked to the situation he has found himself in.

       “I want to,” Li Zhenruo said the words, paused and looked up at Li Zhenran, “Go to Zhao Yuqiong’s hometown.”

       Li Zhenran said, “Okay, I’ll accompany you.”

       In the evening, Li Zhenran took a shower in the bathroom, and Li Zhenruo stood by the window alone to catch some wind.

       At this time, everyone was asleep, and no one noticed his existence, but the weather gradually became colder, and Li Zhenruo had to find pyjamas for himself after turning into a human form.

       Because he had seen the two photos of Zhao Yuqiong before, he was not very surprised to see the photos that Gao Qi sent to Li Zhenran tonight. On the contrary, he was more concerned about what Xia Hongshen said to him today.

       He had distracting thoughts, so his cultivation progressed slowly.

       At this time, he definitely had no way to completely get rid of distracting thoughts and concentrate on cultivation with his heart, but he needed to gain more strength through cultivation.

       Li Zhenruo stretched out his hand to take off his pyjamas. He was lazy just now, and he didn’t wear underwear at this time. He pressed his hands lightly on the windowsill and closed his eyes.

       The night wind swept across his body with a slight coolness. He tried his best not to have any distracting thoughts and concentrate on only one thing. At first, it should not be too complicated, just the black panties with a rabbit tail.

       He mobilized the spiritual power in his body and slowly wrapped his body. Inside his head, he concentrated on what the panties would look like, carefully outlining even every detail, ending with the round white tail.

       When he opened his eyes, he could clearly feel that his body was properly wrapped by the underwear woven by spiritual power. He first reached out to touch the back of his butt, pinched the fluffy ball, and then lowered his head to examine every detail carefully. He wondered what the difference was from the panties he imagined in his mind.

       But at this moment, the door of the bathroom was opened by Li Zhenran.

       Li Zhenran wrapped a bath towel around his waist and walked out barefoot while wiping his hair with the towel. He saw Li Zhenruo bent over to look at his underwear, and at the same time noticed the pure white furball rabbit tail behind his black underwear.

       Li Zhenran threw the towel on the back of the chair next to him. He stood in front of Li Zhneruo and asked, “Can I take it that you are seducing me?”

       Li Zhenruo was a little excited. He said to Li Zhenran, “Look, this is what I made with my spiritual power.”

       Li Zhenran heard the words, squatted down to look at his underwear, flicked the edge with his fingers, and looked up at him, “It feels good.”

       The distance was too close, Li Zhenruo straightened his back, and bumped into Li Zhenran’s face. He then smiled at him.

       Li Zhenran was not angry, and he was a little curious, “Is this from the cat’s hair?”

       Li Zhenruo didn’t say yes or no, he tried hard again to wrap a pair of long red long johns around his underwear.

       Li Zhenran stood up and faced him, leaned into his ear and said, “Can you do something else?”

       Li Zhenruo heard the words and whispered in his ear, “Yes.”

       He then changed into a pair of wool pants, and Li Zhenran pulled a hair from it, “Can you stop focusing on changing around the pants?”

       Li Zhenruo changed into a pair of wool socks and came out.

       Li Zhenran took off his sock, and when it fell into his hand, it turned into cat hair. He said, “Will the hair fall out after this?”

       “It won’t, okay?” Li Zhenruo yelled, “It’ll grow back!”

       After experimenting for a night, although he played a bit with Li Zhenran, Li Zhenruo also found that he did not know whether his spiritual power was too weak or his ability to control was limited. All he could conjure up were some very simple clothes. If he set too many details, such as meticulous embroidery and complex styles, those were likely to fail.

       But the current state was enough for him. He could switch between the two forms at will without running naked on the street.

       In the future, even without relying on Li Zhenran, he could enter and leave the Li family at will.

       After breakfast the next day, Li Zhenran took a tissue and said to Li Jianglin, “Dad, I’m going on vacation.”

       Because Wen Chun left and Li Zhentai was in a high spirit again from his success, he moved back to the house. The previous dispute with Li Jianglin seemed to have never happened.

       When Li Zhenran said this, before Li Jianglin had time to express his position, Li Zhentai asked enthusiastically, “Where are you going to play?”

       Li Zhenran said, “Drive out and take a look around.”

       Li Zhentai smiled and said to him, “I’m so envious that you have this free time to go out for a walk, but unfortunately I’m so busy with work that I can’t find time at all.”

       Li Zhenran heard the words and said, “I’m sorry to bother you with the company.”

       Li Zhentai said, “It’s just a part of my job.”

       Li Jianglin kept looking at Li Zhenran without saying a word and with a disapproving look on his face, but he didn’t say anything in the end.

       At this time, Li Zhentai asked him again, “Second child, if you drive out by yourself, you don’t need a driver, right?”

       Li Zhenran replied, “No.”

       Li Zhentai said, “My driver wants to take a few days off, so let your driver drive for me these few days.”

       Li Zhenruo was originally lying beside Li Zhenran’s legs, but when he heard the words, he was a little angry and stood up all of a sudden.

       Li Zhenran replied with a smile, “It’s definitely no problem, I’ll tell him later.” After Li Zhenran said that, he scratched Li Zhenruo’s stomach with his foot.

       Li Zhenruo was tickled, and hurriedly lay down and pressed his feet, posing to gnaw on his toes.

       At this time, Zhu Kai just got up, opened the door of the room with sleepy eyes, and looked at them.

       Li Zhentai felt that he was blessed by the disaster, and he didn’t even seem to want to care about Zhu Kai’s harassment behind his back. When he saw Zhu Kai, he called him over for breakfast.

       Li Zhenran had already bent down and carried Li Zhenruo, then stood up.

       Li Zhentai asked him, “Are you going to go out with the cat?”

       “Well,” Li Zhenran said, “I’m taking him out to look around.”

       Li Zhentai laughed when he heard this as if he heard some funny joke.

       Li Jianglin finally said to Li Zhenran, “If you have time, think about it and take care of yourself.”

       Li Zhenran nodded, “Okay, Dad.”

       When he passed by Zhu Kai, Zhu Kai rubbed his eyes and asked him, “Where are you going?”

       But Li Zhenran didn’t intend to answer him, he just raised his hand and waved it in front of him, with the cat under his other arm, he walked steadily towards the outside.

       When they were having breakfast, Wang Ma went up to pack two pieces of clothes for him and packed them in a small suitcase.

       He threw the cat on the passenger seat and placed the suitcase in the trunk. Li Zhenran drove the off-road vehicle slowly out of the garage. As soon as he left the door of Li’s house, Li Zhenruo couldn’t wait to change into a human form. He was wearing a simple long-sleeved T-shirt and sports trousers, and complained to Li Zhenran, “What the hell is up with Li Zhentai?”

       Li Zhenran smiled indifferently, “First day you knew him?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “I’d like to see how long he can be proud.”

       Li Zhenran reached out and rubbed the top of his head, then changed the subject and asked, “You might see your biological father on this trip, are you nervous?”

       Li Zhenruo didn’t expect that he would ask this, so he froze for a moment and said, “Not nervous.” He was telling the truth. He didn’t have any feelings about the so-called biological father. The reason why he had to go there was not to find his father. But to find out the truth of why his mother tricked Li Jianglin into treating him as a child of the Li family.

       After being quiet for a while, Li Zhenruo said slowly, “My body was given by him, but unfortunately it is no longer there. Now only my soul is the only thing left, and it has nothing to do with him. My soul belongs to me alone.”

       Li Zhenran originally caressed the top of his head gently, but suddenly grabbed his hair and pulled him over to kiss him on the lips.

       The kiss was short-lived, but Li Zhenruo was still startled and pushed Li Zhenran away to let him see the road. Luckily it was a straight road and there were no other cars nearby.

       “You belong to me,” Li Zhenran said with a serious expression.


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I’ve written about underwear several times in this chapter, but it’s just that the protagonist tried to change the clothes out of thin air. I know that the special reviewer didn’t have time to read the text, so I just locked it, but I don’t know how to change it.


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Chapter 62

       When he got up the next morning, Li Zhenruo was lying on the window sill and looked down early in the morning. He saw Li Jianglin walking in the garden. After a while, Zhu Kai walked to Li Jianglin’s side and Li Zhenruo didn’t know what Zhu Kai said to him.

       Li Jianglin seemed to be very angry and waved his hand to tell him to go.

       As he looked at Li Jianglin’s attitude towards Zhu Kai now, Li Zhenruo found it intriguing.

       Zhu Kai sneaked back last night to steal the dog, but today Li Jianglin chased him away, but he didn’t go. Li Zhenruo felt that Zhu Kai was shameless, and perhaps he was not the only one who thought of that. The whole Li family felt that he was shameless this time.

       However, there was nothing to be done since Zhu Kai was shameless anyway, so naturally, he didn’t care what the Li family thought of him.

       Li Zhenruo followed Li Zhenran and went down to the first floor to prepare for eating breakfast. From a distance, he saw Zhu Kai sitting at the dining table with a Band-Aid on his neck. He waved at them with a pretty bitchy smile.

       Li Zhenran just sat down when Li Jianglin asked, “Why didn’t xiao Chun come to eat?”

       Wang Ma said with difficulty, “I called, but she said she wouldn’t eat.”

       After a while, they heard footsteps on the stairs, and they saw Wen Chun coming down from the second floor with a suitcase in hand.

       Li Jianglin frowned tightly, “What is this for?”

       Wen Chun lowered his head and forced a smile, and said, “Dad, I want to go out to take a break.”

       “Take a break?” Li Jianglin stood up, “Where?”

       Wen Chun hesitated for a moment, and then said, “To be honest, at first I wanted to go home, but I knew I wouldn’t be able to hide it from my parents if I went home, so I want to go out and travel, not necessarily just to one place, more to walk and see more.”

       Li Jianglin asked her, “What about your workplace?”

       Wen Chun said, “I’ve taken a long vacation, it may not take long. I’ll be back in two or three weeks. Don’t worry.”

       Li Jianglin sighed. He knew that Wen Chun was unhappy at home every day, and it might not be a bad thing if she had the opportunity to go out for a walk, but thinking of her going out alone would inevitably make him uneasy.

       Li Zhenran then voiced out Li Jianglin’s concern at this time, “Sister-in-law, it’s not safe on your own.”

       Wen Chun smiled and said, “It’s okay, I won’t go to any dangerous places, and maybe I’ll invite some friends. You don’t need to worry about me, thank you.”

       Li Jianglin said, “Since you’ve made up your mind, I won’t stop you. Pay attention to safety on the road, and call home if you have anything.”

       Wen Chun replied, “I know.”

       Li Jianglin instructed Wang Ma, “Tell the driver to drive her off.”

       Wang Ma nodded and hurriedly walked outside.

       Li Zhenran got up and walked to Wen Chun’s side, and took the initiative to help her pick up the suitcase.

       Wen Chun repeatedly thanked him.

       Li Zhenran kept walking her outside, helped her put the suitcase in the trunk, and said, “Be careful on the road.”

       Wen Chun nodded, “I will. Go and have breakfast.”

       After he walked Wen Chun away, Li Zhenran came back and sat down at the dining table. At this time, Li Jianglin had put down his chopsticks, and said, “I’ll go out later.”

       Zhu Kai bit his chopsticks and asked, “Where to?”

       But Li Jianglin didn’t pay any attention to him.

       Wang Ma said quickly, “I’ll go call a driver for you.”

       Li Zhenruo raised his head and glanced at Li Zhenran. When he saw that Li Zhenran didn’t say anything, he lay down silently again.

       Except for Yunlin’s board meeting, Li Jianglin rarely went out so early. He was used to a lazy life when he was resting at the beach. He got up every morning to take a walk and exercise, and sometimes he didn’t eat breakfast with them.

       If he went out so early, Li Jianglin must have something to do today.

       Li Zhenruo thought about it and felt that it was possible that it was for Li Zhentai’s matter. In any case, Li Jianglin somewhat owed him for insisting that he should marry Wen Chun.

       And since Li Jianglin caught an adultery act in Li Zhenran’s office yesterday, he had been a little cold to Li Zhenran. Li Zhenruo began to think, did Li Jianglin have some other plans to appease Li Zhentai and knock Li Zhenran off at the same time?

       When Li Jianglin left, Zhu Kai was still eating breakfast slowly, and at the same time glaring at Li Zhenruo with fierce eyes.

       Drat! Li Zhenruo thought to himself. His paws grabbed Li Zhenran’s trouser legs and climbed onto his lap, sitting down, while sticking to Li Zhenran’s arms, he glared back at Zhu Kai.

       Although it was just a vague thought, Li Zhenruo didn’t expect his thoughts became a reality the next day.

       Yunlin held an emergency board meeting that morning and decided on several matters, one of which was to hand over all the key projects currently in charge of Li Zhenran to Li Zhentai.

       Before the meeting, Li Zhenruo wanted to follow up but was blocked when he was about to enter the door of the conference room. He thought that he could sneak in as a cat if he walked quietly, but he failed.

       He sat outside the heavy wooden door and waited, Li Zhenruo put his ears on the door panel, but the sound inside was dull. There were a few faint sounds, but he couldn’t hear what was said.

       After the meeting, he hadn’t come back to his senses. Someone pushed open the wooden door from the inside and pushed his whole cat behind the door, almost crushing his paws.

       Li Zhenran came out of the conference room first. Li Zhenzi chased after him and shouted, “Second brother!”

       After Li Zhenran stopped to look at him, Li Zhentai suddenly took two steps forward and patted Li Zhenran on the back, “I’ll go to your side to hand over the work later.”

       When Li Zhenzi saw Li Zhentai coming, he swallowed what he wanted to say and walked toward the elevator.

       Li Zhenran turned around and smiled at Li Zhentai, “Okay, I’ll go to your office later.”

       Li Zhentai nodded. When he was about to speak, a director came out of the conference room and tapped him on the shoulder to chat with him, so Li Zhentai didn’t pay attention to Li Zhenran anymore.

       Only then did Li Zhenruo get out from behind the door with a gloomy face.

       Li Zhenran glanced at him and walked towards the elevator. Li Zhenruo followed closely at his feet and looked up at him suspiciously. From what they said just now, Li Zhenruo knew that things might be going in a bad direction.

       However, there were still people coming and going outside this large conference room, and it was not easy to communicate with Li Zhenran, so he went straight to the elevator.

       Li Zhenruo kept looking up at Li Zhenran but didn’t notice that he bumped his head into the trash can, knocking down the trash can in the corridor, making a crisp sound.

       Many people looked over from the direction of the conference room.

       Li Zhenruo was a little confused by the collision.

       Li Zhenran squatted down and picked him up. When he reached out to pick up the trash can, the staff of the logistics department hurriedly ran over from the conference room and hurriedly helped him up.

       Li Zhenran then carried Li Zhenruo and walked toward the elevator. After entering the elevator, they found that Li Zhenzi was actually still waiting for them.

       When the elevator door slowly closed, Li Zhenzi said, “Is Dad getting old and confused?”

       Li Zhenran rubbed the top of Li Zhenruo’s hurting head and said calmly, “He has his plans.”

       After that, the elevator also reached the floor of their office. The two brothers did not continue to communicate and walked out one after the other.

       Going back to Li Zhenran’s office, Li Zhenruo couldn’t wait to talk to him. He lay in front of Li Zhenran’s big desk with a naked human body, and asked, “What’s going on?”

       Li Zhenran sat behind the desk and wanted to smoke, but hesitantly put it down after picking up the cigarette case, and said, “I have to hand over all my work to Li Zhentai.”

       Li Zhenruo’s eyes widened, “Is Dad crazy? How could Li Zhentai handle it?”

       Li Zhenran was calm and said, “You can ask him.”

       Li Zhenruo felt a little exasperated, “Is he threatening you? But has he seriously considered whether it is worth it to use Yunlin’s business to intimidate you?”

       Li Zhenran said, “He is not so confused. He is now using the pretext that Li Zhentai is not familiar with his work, and has placed a work team to be directly responsible to him, including Hua Yibang.”

       Li Zhenruo was stunned, “Even Hua Yibang has been drawn in, so what are you going to do?”

       Li Zhenran spread out his hands, “I’ve been given a leave of absence. Do you have any place you want to go? I can accompany you.”

       However, Li Zhenruo was still analyzing Li Jianglin’s thoughts, and said, “Li Jianglin is angry with you because of the matter of you and me. The only thing he can use to threaten you is his inheritance of Yunlin. In addition, this time he feels owed to the eldest for Wen Chun’s business, so he took advantage of the situation for his own benefit and asks you to give him all the work at hand. But has he never thought about who sent those photos to him? Li Zhentai played tricks against his brother again and again, and finally, he could taste the sweet victory. Is Li Jianglin not afraid that Li Zhentai will become more aggressive?”

       After he listened to Li Zhenruo, Li Zhenran nodded and said, “It makes sense, so what do you think Dad thinks?”

       Li Zhenruo was stunned, “I don’t know.”

       Li Zhenran said, “If you don’t know, don’t think about it. You also know what Yunlin means to him. Since he dares to make such a decision, he must bear the consequences.”

       When he heard what Li Zhenran said, Li Zhenruo also calmed down and thought that Yunlin has nothing to do with him anyway. Whatever Li Jianglin wanted to do, what should he be nervous about? Now that he had this time, it was better to think about his own affairs.

       As he thought of this, Li Zhenruo said to Li Zhenran, “Can you go through Gao Qi and find out how Li Zhentai knew that I was not Li Jianglin’s own son?”

       Li Zhenran asked him, “Why Gao Qi?”

       Li Zhenruo was almost lying on his desk, trying to get close to his ear, and whispered, “I heard Gao Qi on the phone that day, I don’t know if his relatives or friends owe him money, and Li Zhentai doesn’t seem to be willing to help him.”

       Li Zhenran reached out and touched his face, “Okay, I’ll find someone to contact him.”

       In the past two days, Li Zhenran has been busy handing over his work to Li Zhentai. The part of the work in his hands was very complicated, and it couldn’t be handed over clearly in just a few words.

       This may be the reason why Li Jianglin also transferred Hua Yibang. In fact, not only Hua Yibang but also several directly managed departments under Li Zhenran.

       All the work was on track, and it was impossible to replace the original staff, so only the top management was changed, and all the things that were originally decided by Li Zhenran were handed over to Li Zhentai. No, it couldn’t be said to Li Zhentai, because Li Zhentai need Li Jianglin’s sign and approval before making a final decision.

       So this was to return all power to Li Jianglin.

       Li Zhenran had too many things to do at the company that Li Zhenruo was bored. So he took a bag of cat food he stole from the house to visit his Master. Later, Wang Ma suddenly found out that a bag of cat food was missing, and made a fuss.

       Xia Hongshen was at work that day, and Li Zhenruo found Xia Hongshen in his office. Before anyone went in, he put the cat food in and shook it.

       He felt a sudden force, and before Li Zhenruo could react, his hand was already empty. When he looked inside, he saw Xia Hongshen sitting at the desk, looking down at the bag of cat food.

       “Master,” Li Zhenruo showed a pleasing smile on his face.

       Xia Hongshen didn’t even look at him, just said “um”, and then gnawed the bag with his sharp teeth.

       Li Zhenruo walked over to sit in front of him, put his arms on the desk, and asked him, “Is it delicious?”

       Xia Hongshen grabbed a handful and put it in his mouth, chewed it for a while with a complicated expression, and told Li Zhenruo, “Not bad.” Then he looked at the bag, “Too little.”

       Li Zhenruo said quickly, “I’ll bring more to you next time.”

       Xia Hongshen did not respond to him.

       Li Zhenruo looked at him, hesitated and said, “Master, I want to ask a question.”

       Xia Hongshen then responded to him, “Say.”

       Li Zhenruo was a little distressed, “The last time I tried to transform, together with clothes, but only a pair of thongs came out.” He was silent for a while, and added, “It’s black with lace.”

       Xia Hongshen, who had been indifferent all along, looked up at him and asked, “Black lace thong?”

       Li Zhenruo also felt embarrassed but nodded honestly.

       Xia Hongshen suddenly became interested, “Let me see.”

       Li Zhenruo was stunned, “Master, are you serious?”

       Not only was Xia Hongshen serious, he immediately picked up the office landline and made a call, “Come and see my apprentice transform.”

       Li Zhenruo asked in surprise, “Who did you call?”

       Xia Hongshen said to him, “Nothing, I just called Song Jun to come.”

       Even if he said it was nothing, Li Zhenruo didn’t think it was really nothing, “You just call Song Jun to come and see my lace thong?”

       Xia Hongshen was very excited, “Quick, take a look.”

       As soon as he finished speaking, Song Jun hurried in from outside the office without even taking a breath. As he closed the door, Song Jun looked curiously, “What? Show me, little Garfield.”

       Li Zhenruo glanced at the locked office door. He hesitated and said, “Just the two of you, don’t tell anyone else.”

       Afterwards, he first turned into a cat and watched his clothes fall to the ground. He then took a deep breath and imagined the lace thong that day. He then transformed into a human under the gaze of two people, and at the same time trying to make the spiritual power to wrap himself up into clothes with substance.

       However, when he finished his transformation, Song Jun, who stood in front of him and looked at him, opened his mouth into an “O” shape.

       Li Zhenruo looked down and saw that this time it was indeed black panties, but without the lace trim, the style was also ordinary panties. He didn’t understand why Song Jun was surprised.

       Song Jun motioned for him to reach out and touch the back of his butt.

       Li Zhenruo reached out to touch it for no reason, and then cursed “fvck!” He just touched a small fluffy ball behind his butt, which clearly looked like a rabbit’s tail.


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Some readers asked why the eldest brother is so frustrating. It is because he is the villain ah. I can’t deal with him if I make him tall and brave…


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Chapter 1

TL: Hoenimochi
TLC: Hoenibean

       Chen Yuncheng saw the little girl at the intersection for the second time today.

       The little girl looked seven or eight years old, perhaps older than that. Because she was very thin, the trousers on her legs looked very loose. Although the clothes were not dirty, they seemed to have been washed so many times that the colour was faded.

       Usually, she appeared at the intersection when the commute was most crowded, and crossed the road with a group of passers-by, looking for a target to strike with her two big eyes. But her luck was very bad. Yesterday, Chen Yuncheng saw her going back and forth at the intersection many times and couldn’t find any success. Today, when she just stretched out her hand, a traffic policeman came to the intersection on a motorcycle to direct the traffic. She was startled and hurriedly retracted her hand, putting her hands into her jacket pockets, and slowly left along the street.

       Chen Yuncheng retracted his gaze, and his two legs on the chair were crossed. He leaned back his body, his arms behind his head, and his two long legs placed on the counter as he continued to watch the ball game on the TV.

       Up until a regular customer came to buy cigarettes. Chen Yuncheng put his legs down from the counter and opened the glass cabinet to get him cigarettes.

       The elderly customer took the cigarette case with one hand, touched the lighter with the other, and said, “The temperature has cooled these two days.”

       Chen Yuncheng said, “Yeah, it’s time to get a down jacket to wear.”

       The elderly customer nodded. He grabbed the lighter on his body, lit a cigarette and walked out.

       He didn’t know if it was because the weather was too cold, but from the past two days, at 8 or 9 o’clock in the evening, Chen Yuncheng’s kiosk would be almost out of goods. He would pull down the shutter halfway down so that the light and sound from the store could pass through the lower half of the door. This was so that the old customers who come to buy cigarettes could still knock on the roll-up door outside and then lower their heads before entering the shop.

       This way, Chen Yuncheng wouldn’t get too cold from sitting inside and watching TV. The small heater placed by his feet would be enough to warm the entire small shop’s tiny area.

       There was a spy war movie on the TV, and Chen Yuncheng watched it a little carelessly until he suddenly heard someone knocking on the rolling shutter door. He subconsciously sat up straight and shouted, “Just come in, we’re not closed yet.”

       A young woman with a child in her arms struggled to get in under the shutters.

       “Jiajia?” Chen Yuncheng was a little surprised, “What’s going on?”

       The woman’s name was Gu Yaojia. Actually, Chen Yuncheng didn’t know her full name. He only knew that she was Zhou Yan’s girlfriend, and Zhou Yan usually called her Jiajia so he also copied him and called her Jiajia.

       Gu Yaojia’s hair was a little messy. She patted her hair first and said unsteadily, “Cheng ge, have you seen Zhou Yan today?”

       Chen Yuncheng shook his head.

       The child in Gu Yaojia’s arms stretched her arms restlessly. She looked down at the child and said, “He hasn’t come back and I can’t reach him on the phone. I don’t know where he’s gone.”

       Chen Yuncheng said, “He didn’t come to me.”

       Gu Yaojia asked, “Then can you help me look for him?”

       Chen Yuncheng picked up his mobile phone, dialled Zhou Yan’s number first and found that the other party’s mobile phone was off. He then looked at Gu Yaojia and asked, “Could he have gone to KTV1Karaoke Centre?”

       “He resigned,” Gu Yaojia said.

       “Resigned?” Chen Yuncheng asked strangely, “Why did he resign?”

       Gu Yaojia shook her head.

       Chen Yuncheng hesitated for a moment, then dialled Zhang Wenyong’s phone with his mobile phone, but the other party didn’t answer after several rings. He hung up the phone, looked at Gu Yaojia’s pitiful appearance with the child in her arms and said, “I’ll go to KTV to find someone to ask. Do you want to come with me?”

       Gu Yaojia said, “I’m not going, the baby is not feeling well.”

       Chen Yuncheng nodded, “Then go back first.”

       Gu Yaojia took the child and left first.

       Chen Yuncheng turned off the ceiling lights in the store. When he got out from under the shutter door, he saw Gu Yaojia’s back.

       Gu Yaojia looked very young. Even if she had a child, Chen Yuncheng suspected that she was still under twenty years old. She and Zhou Yan moved in together for about three months, she then became pregnant and gave birth to a child. The two rented a place in an old neighbourhood only a few minutes away from Chen Yuncheng’s small shop and they had not obtained a marriage license yet.

       Chen Yuncheng pulled down the rolling shutter door, stepped on it with his foot, and locked it from the outside. He then wrapped his down jacket tightly around himself and walked towards the subway station.

       It had been almost three years since he bought this down jacket. It was not expensive when he bought it. From time to time, a feather would come out from the fabric. Now, Chen Yuncheng didn’t know if it was psychological, but he always felt that the jacket was getting thinner and thinner.

       I should buy a new one in a few days, Chen Yuncheng thought about it while walking forward.

       No matter how cold the weather was outside, the subway station was still warm, and even after the rush hour, the flow of people had not decreased too much. Chen Yuncheng squeezed into the subway carriage but didn’t get a seat. He stood in the corner, took out his mobile phone and glanced at it. He didn’t see Zhang Wenyong returning his call. In fact, he and Zhang Wenyong hadn’t been in contact for a long time. If it wasn’t for Zhou Yan’s matter, he would not be very willing to contact Zhang Wenyong.

       The KTV where Zhou Yan worked was called Glorious World. It was a newly opened KTV located on a street full of bars and restaurants. Zhou Yan went to work for Zhang Wenyong about three months ago. He worked as a waiter at the KTV, and it was always Zhang Wenyong’s thugs who were making trouble.

       The door of KTV had two automatic glass doors. When people approached, the doors naturally opened to both sides. The floor in the middle was covered with a red carpet, and written in big, vulgar yellow letters were: Welcome.

       When Chen Yuncheng entered, he passed a man who was walking out. When they were a little closer, the both of them turned aside.

       The man was taller than Chen Yuncheng. Chen Yuncheng himself was 1.81 meters. He guessed that the other party was around 1.87 to 1.88 meters. He was wearing a long black coat, and the leather shoes under his feet were dark and shiny.

       The moment he brushed past, Chen Yuncheng looked up at the man subconsciously. Just as the man looked down at him, Chen Yuncheng saw that handsome and slightly indifferent face.

       Chen Yuncheng was stunned for a moment and stopped, but the man had already raised his head and walked out. When Chen Yuncheng looked back, he could only see that man’s straight back and smelled a very light and chilling perfume.

       The glass door slowly closed. Chen Yuncheng stood still and saw the man walking towards a dark grey Land Rover parked on the side of the road. The Land Rover flashed its lights as the man approached.

       Through the glass door, Chen Yuncheng kept looking as the man got into the car. He then took a deep breath, turned and walked inside.

       A waiter greeted him and asked him if he would be singing.

       Chen Yuncheng shook his head, saw a familiar face at the service bar, walked over and asked, “Xiao Ou, is Yong ge here?”

       Xiao Ou, who was wearing a waiter uniform at the bar, raised his head, saw Chen Yuncheng’s face, and was instantly a little surprised. He said, “Cheng ge, I haven’t seen you for a long time.”

       Chen Yuncheng smiled and asked again, “Yong ge is not here today?”

       Xiao Ou shook his head, “There’s generally nothing to do now, so Yong ge didn’t come.” After speaking, he said tentatively, “Cheng ge, just call Yong ge directly if you need anything.”

       Chen Yuncheng didn’t say anything about Zhang Wenyong not answering his phone, but asked, “Where is Zhou Yan? Have you seen him today?”

       Xiao Ou said, “Zhou Yan has resigned for several days.”

       Chen Yuncheng remembered what Zhou Yan’s girlfriend said. It turned out that Zhou Yan had really resigned. He asked, “Why did Zhou Yan resign?”

       Xiao Ou shook his head. He lowered his head and mechanically sorted out the receipts in his hand, then raised his head, lowered his voice and said to Chen Yuncheng, “I heard Zhou Yan and Yong ge quarrelled a few days ago. I don’t know if this was the cause of his resignation.”

       Chen Yuncheng then asked, “What were they arguing about?”

       Xiao Ou whispered, “I don’t know, but I heard that Zhou Yan wanted to borrow money.”

       Chen Yuncheng nodded, and he said to Xiao Ou, “Thank you.” Before walking out of the KTV hall.

       When he went out, Chen Yuncheng took out his mobile phone again and tried to dial Zhou Yan’s number, but it still wasn’t turned on. He didn’t notice that the Land Rover that the man in the black coat had just gotten into was still parked on the side of the road with the lights off and hadn’t moved at all.


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Hi, it’s me~
As a fan of JGQ novel, I found this novel I really want to translate~ I feel like the plot is going to be very good, the JGQ level of good, so enjoy!
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