Month: April 2022 (Page 2 of 4)

       “Have you eaten yet?” Li Zhenran asked him.

       At that moment, Li Zhenruo decided to tidy up his messy emotions. He touched Li Zhenran’s hand, held it, and said, “Not yet, how is your father?”

       Li Zhenran took his hand to make him stand up, sat on the office chair by himself, and then held Li Zhenruo’s waist and let him sit on top of him.

       This was a bit awkward, well, it was not too awkward, since Li Zhenruo has long been used to sitting on Li Zhenran’s lap.

       As Li Zhenran rubbed Li Zhenruo’s side waist lightly, he said, “It’s nothing, he’s going to stay in the hospital for a few days for observation.”

       Li Zhenruo asked him, “Then why did you come back?”

       Li Zhenran said, “The hospital has nurses, so I don’t need to watch the night. Eldest brother and the third child have already rushed over.”

       Li Zhenruo said, “That’s good.”

       Li Zhenran suddenly chuckled, and Li Zhenruo turned to look at him inexplicably.

       Li Zhenran tilted his head with a smile in his eyes, “My dad said that the boy who rescued him in the elevator pretended not to know him at first, but when he saw him sick, he immediately knew who he was.”

       Li Zhenruo pretended to be bashful, “It’s my fault for being a little nervous about being in the elevator with him. I’m afraid he would suspect our relationship.”

       “What’s our relationship?” Li Zhenran held his hand tightly.

       Li Zhenruo shook his upper body gently, “Isn’t it the relationship between the owner and the pet?”

       This sounded like it had a double meaning, and Li Zhenruo knew that it would definitely be an answer that would satisfy Li Zhenran.

       Sure enough, Li Zhenran let out an “um—” sound. “You know, there are some things the owner will worry about. As a pet, all you have to do is to make the owner happy, right?”

       Li Zhenruo wanted to roll his eyes, but his mouth was exceptionally smart, “I know, Master.”

       Li Zhenran reached out and pulled the collar on his neck, “Let’s go, I’ll take you to dinner, what do you want to eat?”

       Li Zhenruo replied, “Eat whatever you want, as long as it’s not cat food.”

       At this time, the driver had been sent back by Li Zhenran, and when he came out of the company, Li Zhenran personally drove the car and took Li Zhenruo around on the street without a destination.

       Later, when he saw a long queue at a small restaurant on the side of the road, Li Zhenruo pointed out, “Let’s eat that.”

       Li Zhenran didn’t object. He found a place to park the car nearby and walked over to eat with Li Zhenruo.

       Before getting out of the car, Li Zhenran took off his suit jacket and tie, made an opening on his collar, and rolled up his sleeves. In summer, the evening temperature was nearly 30 degrees. Li Zhenran usually stayed in places with air conditioning. Suddenly walking on the street like this made it look like he was dressing too thick.

       And Li Zhenruo dressed casually in a T-shirt and sweatpants, like a student.

       When Li Zhenran rolled up his sleeves, Li Zhenruo suddenly felt that he was terribly sexy.

       “Let’s go,” Li Zhenran patted Li Zhenruo’s head, opened the door and got out of the car.

       It was just a quick glance just now. Li Zhenruo only saw a lot of people lining up outside the restaurant and didn’t know what they were eating. Only then did he come to know that it was a shop selling spicy crayfish.

       They took a number and asked the restaurant waiter. They knew it would take almost half an hour to line up.

       Li Zhenruo was a little hesitant because it was too hot outside, but Li Zhenran didn’t care and sat down on the small stool.

       It was a strange feeling. If it were in the past, even if he were killed, he wouldn’t believe that one day he and Li Zhenran would sit in line outside a small roadside restaurant, waiting for a meal of crayfish. Even if it was really delicious, Li Zhenruo would only ask someone to buy it for him, instead of sitting here stupidly queuing up, let alone with Li Zhenran.

       Suddenly, Li Zhenran reached out and held the hand he had placed beside him.

       Li Zhenruo could not help but tense up for a moment and tried to see if anyone around noticed. At this time, the people in line were either chatting or looking down at their mobile phones. No one paid attention to them anyway. After a little twitching, he took Li Zhenran’s hand back as a matter of course.

       The two of them didn’t speak, they sat on the side of the road and held hands quietly. Even if it was their first love, Li Zhenruo had never tried to be so clingy with others.

       After waiting for about ten minutes, Li Zhenruo saw a young man and woman pass by in front of him. They looked like they were dressed like college students.

       When he passed in front of him, the man stopped in his tracks, and the long-haired girl continued to walk forward to find the waiter in the restaurant to line up.

       The boy stood still, turned his head and looked at Li Zhenruo.

       Li Zhenruo was stunned and looked at the boy, only to see that he was tall and thin, with fair and handsome features. The boy was wearing a plaid shirt and denim trousers and looked very refined.

       The boy looked at Li Zhenruo’s eyes with some doubt, but Li Zhenruo felt his heart beating violently at this moment. He looked at the boy and almost couldn’t help standing up, but when he moved, he felt that Li Zhenran was holding his palm with the strength increased slightly.

       Li Zhenruo turned to look at Li Zhenran and saw that Li Zhenran was frowning at him before he snapped out of it.

       At this time, the girl who was with the boy got the number, went back to him and joked with him, took his hand and walked to the vacant seat next to him to sit down and wait for the number.

       The two left Li Zhenruo’s sight, and he heard Li Zhenran ask him in his ear, “Do you know him?”

       Li Zhenruo shook his head a little dazedly.

       Li Zhenran said, “Then what are you looking at?”

       He felt that Li Zhenran’s tone was a bit unhappy and quickly said, “I just think…… He might not be human.”

       Li Zhenruo said this nonsense casually in order to divert Li Zhenran’s attention. It was a bit strange to tell the truth just now. The reason for the rapid heartbeat was that Li Zhenruo felt an indescribable attraction. At that moment, he even thought he was in love with the boy at first sight.

       But when he thought about it carefully, there was something wrong. The attraction was not so much a mental attraction, but a physical one, completely out of the control of his own thinking. Li Zhenruo thought it was strange, so he decided to remember this matter and consult Xia Hongshen when he had time.

       And Li Zhenran was successfully distracted by him, “Not a human?”

       Li Zhenruo nodded, “I guess he’s my kind. You should be more careful next time you see him.”

       Li Zhenran had no idea in his mind, so he ignored his words.

       After waiting in line for half an hour, it was finally the two of them’s turn.

       Li Zhenran sat down and read the menu for a while, then raised his head and asked the waiter, “Can cats eat crayfish?”

       Li Zhenruo was wiping the table with a piece of paper, and looked at him for a while, and saw that he had a serious look on his face.

       The waiter froze and said, “Ah, can it? Don’t cats like to eat fish? Fish and shrimp should be similar, right?”

       Li Zhenran thought about it for a while and seemed to think it made sense, so he said, “One pound each for fried and steamed.”

       The two had a full meal outside, and then the young man and woman came in and happened to be sitting at the table behind Li Zhenran. As soon as Li Zhenruo looked up, he found that the boy on the opposite side was looking at him. When he looked over, the boy didn’t turn his eyes away and just stared straight at him.

       Later, Li Zhenruo didn’t dare to stare at him for too long, for fear that Li Zhenran would notice and it would make him unhappy.

       As they returned to Li’s house in the evening, Li Zhenruo hid in the car and changed back to the appearance of a cat. The clothes that fell off were folded by Li Zhenran and brought back upstairs for him.

       Li Zhenruo followed Li Zhenran into the living room and saw Wen Chun talking to Wang Ma in the dining room.

       When Wang Ma saw Li Zhenran, she stood up from her chair and said, “Did you take your father to the hospital today?”

       Li Zhenran nodded.

       Li Zhenruo stuck his head out from his leg and saw Wang Ma also look worried.

       “How did he have an attack in the elevator?” Wang Ma asked with a sigh.

       Li Zhenran said, “It’s probably due to the elevator malfunction. It’s already fine, don’t worry, Wang Ma.”

       “Oh dear—” Wang Ma shook her head and said, “As you get older, your health just gets worse and worse.” He didn’t know if she was talking about Li Jianglin, or herself.

       Wen Chun was sitting by the dining table with a water glass in her hand, but she also stood up and asked Li Zhenran, “I heard that the person who gave dad first aid in the elevator today was your new assistant?”

       Li Zhenran nodded, “Yes.”

       Wen Chun said strangely, “How come I haven’t seen him before?”

       Li Zhenran said to her, “The new one is still on probation.”

       Wen Chun replied, “Oh…” After she finished speaking, she noticed the cat following Li Zhenran’s legs, smiled and waved, “Dumpling.”

       Li Zhenruo wanted to raise his paw to wave at her, he half raised his paws and felt it was not quite right. So he grabbed Li Zhenran’s trouser leg, pretended to be afraid, and pressed his face to Li Zhenran’s leg.

       Li Zhenran glanced at him and said to Wen Chun and the others, “I’ll go upstairs first.”

       Li Zhenruo sprang out from his legs and ran upstairs first.

       Early the next morning, Li Zhenruo turned over beside Li Zhenran’s bed and didn’t notice that his cat’s paw hit Li Zhenran’s face and woke him up.

       Li Zhenran opened his eyes and grabbed his paw. He was originally about to throw Li Zhenruo off the bed, but he just put Li Zhenruo’s paw on his lips and kissed it lightly.

       Li Zhenruo opened his eyes inexplicably, looked at him with sleepy eyes, and scratched his eyes with his paws.

       Li Zhenran sat up and called the hospital to ask about Li Jianglin’s condition.

       Li Zhenruo turned over and got out of bed to go to the bathroom. When he came out, he had become a naked young man. He walked to the bed and sat cross-legged, yawned, and asked, “Is dad all right?”

       Li Zhenran threw the phone aside, leaned his body back against the bed, looked at him and said, “You called him so affectionately?”

       Li Zhenruo was still half awake, and when he heard Li Zhenran’s question, he quickly got up and rushed forward, wrapping his arms around Li Zhenran’s neck, almost touching his lips and saying, “Then what should I call him? Grandpa?”

       Li Zhenran put one arm around his waist and rubbed lightly, “Then aren’t you going to call me dad?”

       Inside his heart, Li Zhenruo was thinking, Li Zhenran you are so shameless, I really didn’t see this before! But his mouth said, “What are you talking about!” After that, he kissed Li Zhenran’s lips.

       An inexplicable conversation developed into a passionate scene early in the morning. Li Zhenruo felt that he should be cautious and not make Li Zhenran suspect him. Otherwise, Li Zhenran wouldn’t always be able to be fooled, and he would definitely doubt him over time.

       Maybe Li Zhenran had suspected him for a long time, but his thoughts were too deep to let Li Zhenruo see it.

       Li Zhenruo was panting slightly, his sweaty head resting on Li Zhenran’s shoulders, his arms wrapped around his waist.

       Li Zhenran said suddenly, “Dad asked you to come over.”

       Li Zhenruo wanted to ask “What did Dad call me over for?”, but he knew that he couldn’t say it without saying the word “Dad”. With a knot in his head, he said, “What did Grandpa tell me to do?”

       Li Zhenran laughed, his chest shook, and he pinched Li Zhenruo’s face and saying, “He wants to see the grandson.”

       No matter how thick-skinned Li Zhenruo was, he couldn’t help being a little ashamed. He scratched his face and said, “What if he suspects us?”

       “What can we do?” Li Zhenran said, “It doesn’t matter.”

       Li Zhenruo looked up at his expression and saw that Li Zhenran’s expression was calm as if he really didn’t care if Li Jianglin knew that his son was entangled with a man.

       Li Zhenran had already got up at this time, patted Li Zhenruo’s head, and said, “Son, go take a bath, and follow me to the hospital later.”

       Li Zhenruo knew that his temporary slip of the tongue would definitely be made fun of by Li Zhenran for a long time. He wanted to go out and call Li Zhenran dad, but after all, he couldn’t say it, because it reminded him of Li Jianglin, so he could only endure the sulking.

       When he went out with Li Zhenran in the morning, he was still a cat, but when he arrived at the hospital, he became a handsome young man. But it was a pity that the clothes were the same as yesterday.

       “You left all your clothes in the company,” Li Zhenran said impatiently, “My dad can see if you are wearing my clothes.”

       Li Zhenruo took the T-shirt and smelled it, and could still smell the smell of crayfish.

       Li Jianglin lives in the VIP ward and was guarded by a dedicated nurse and a doctor who was directly in charge of his hospital bed. It didn’t matter even if there was no family to accompany him.

       Li Zhenran knocked on the door first, then twisted the door handle to go in.

       Li Zhenruo stood by the door and did not follow up immediately, but quietly leaned against the wall to wait for him. After a while, Li Zhenran opened the door and said to him, “Come in.”

       Li Jianglin had already woken up and leaned on the bed. He seemed to be in good spirits.

       Li Zhenruo walked in, bowed respectfully and greeted, “Mr. Li.”

       Li Jianglin looked at him for a moment, then smiled and said, “Are you Zhenran’s assistant?”

       Li Zhenruo said quickly, “I’m still in the internship period, and I haven’t officially become the second assistant.”

       Li Jianglin asked him, “What’s your name?”

       Li Zhenruo glanced at Li Zhenran and said, “Jason.”

       Li Jianglin said, “What about your Chinese name?”

       Li Zhenruo took a deep breath, hating himself for not being able to rush over to strangle Li Zhenran. He gritted his teeth and said, “My name is Li Tuan¹he deliberately didn’t say Tuanzi(dumpling) to avoid suspicion..”

       Li Jianglin couldn’t help frowning slightly and then asked, “Which Tuan²he’s asking about what Chinese word is his Tuan. See note below.?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “Tuan as in regiment.”

       Li Jianglin laughed when he heard the words, “Does your family want you to be a soldier?”

       Li Zhenruo thought to himself, thank God that Li Jianglin didn’t think of a cat called Tuanzi in the Li family, and replied with a wry smile, “Yes, my dad didn’t tell me.”

       Li Jianglin looked at him for a while, “How old are you? You look quite young.”

       Li Zhenruo said, “I am nineteen years old.”

       Li Jianglin heard the words and said, “Looks like a high school student. Why did you work at the age of nineteen and didn’t go to college?”

       The more he talked, the more issues were exposed. Li Zhenruo was unable to make up an identity story out of the blue, he was afraid that the story would be too careless, and Li Jianglin would know that there was a problem after checking.

       So if you tell a lie, you need to keep lying to make up the lie, which was really painful.

       Li Zhenran answered at this time, “He is doing an internship while going to university, and it is just summer vacation now.”

       Li Jianglin nodded. It was hard to say whether he believed it or not. He propped himself on the mattress with his hands and wanted to change to a more comfortable position.

       Li Zhenruo hurriedly stepped forward to help him.

       Li Jianglin patted the back of his hand to show his thanks and then motioned for Li Zhenran and Li Zhenruo to both sit down, since there was no need to stand while talking.

       When Li Zhenran sat down beside the bed, he said, “Jason is Luo Fei’s cousin.”

       Li Zhenruo bit his lip and pretended to be a little embarrassed.

       Li Jianglin nodded with understanding and said, “Is that so.” Then he asked Li Zhenruo, “If you know me, why did you pretend not to know me in the elevator at first?”

       Li Zhenruo’s fingers were crossed and he squeezed them nervously, “When I rushed in, I thought it was you but I weren’t sure. And after hesitating, I was embarrassed to speak, so I pretended not to know you. Didn’t I worry about you afterwards?”

       As Li Jianglin heard him say so, he smile and shook his head.

       Li Zhenruo asked cautiously, “Old man, is your body okay?”

       Li Jianglin said, “It’s nothing, since you are Luo Fei’s cousin, just call me Uncle Li, you don’t need to be so distant.”

       Li Zhenruo nodded, coyly afraid to call out.

       Li Jianglin asked him again, “How do you know that I have medicine on me?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “One of my uncles has a heart attack. He said that he takes medicine with him wherever he goes. So I thought I’d give it a try then, thinking it would be good if I could find it. I hope it has helped you.”

       Li Jianglin smiled at him, “You have helped me a lot, thank you, young man.”

       Li Zhenruo lowered his head and smiled.

Notes:
This happens a lot to Chinese when they are asking for names. For example, if your name is Zhang, they will ask you which Zhang as in which character is the Zhang is written to know the meaning of their name. In the story, Li Jianglin was asking which Tuan because the character 团 (tuán) can mean several things such as round, lump, ball, regiment, group, and society.

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       Finding someone to unlock Zhao Yuqiong’s former residence was much easier than Li Zhenruo expected.

       At first, he was worried that the next-door neighbour would come out and accuse him as a thief, but he didn’t expect that the building was really about to be demolished, and even the few remaining residents had moved out.

       Li Zhenruo found an unprofessional locksmith and spent 100 yuan for that person to help him unlock the door.

       The locksmith took the money and left. Li Zhenruo slowly pushed open the wooden door that had been covered by dust for a long time, and the old mouldy smell filled his nostrils. Actually, the house was kept clean. Although Zhao Yuqiong had left, Li Jianglin had found someone to clean the room. All the furniture was covered with white cloth, and the windows were all locked from the inside.

       It was just that Li Jianglin seemed to have forgotten about the house after he found someone to clean it up. No one has come in and touched the furniture for so many years.

       The furniture in the house was very simple. It was just a small apartment with one bedroom, one living room, and a very old TV style. Li Zhenruo has some doubts that if it could be used at all now. He stood quietly in the living room for a while, and in a trance, he seemed to see a young woman with a big belly sitting down on the sofa with difficulty, then lowered her head and gently stroked her belly.

       He took a deep breath and walked toward Zhao Yuqiong’s bedroom.

       The bedroom has a large bed, a bedside table, a desk and a wardrobe. Since the room was not big, the furniture was arranged compactly.

       Li Zhenruo reached out and opened the cabinet, and thought that he could see Zhao Yuqiong’s previous clothes. To be honest, his emotions were very complicated, and he was even a little scared, but when he opened the door of the cabinet, he found that there was nothing inside.

       He was stunned for a moment, Li Zhenruo wondered if there was a custom to burn all the clothes of the deceased. He didn’t know much about it, but he seemed to have heard of it when he was a child.

       So he walked to the front of the desk. Li Zhenruo sat down and opened the drawer.

       There were some miscellaneous items in the drawer, including some women’s small jewellery and one ruby ​​necklaces that looked very tacky now. The ruby was obviously an artificial fake gem, and it was not worth much, but Zhao Yuqiong still carefully store it away.

       Li Zhenruo found an album in the drawer on the right side, he hurriedly took it out and opened it, but found that it was an empty album with no photos posted in it.

       After he stared blankly for a moment, Li Zhenruo noticed that it was a children’s album, from the baby’s one-month-old birthday to the age of one or two, recording the trajectory of the child’s growth. He thought that this might have been prepared for him by Zhao Yuqiong, but unfortunately, she was not able to accompany her son to grow up.

       There were a lot of emotions that he thought he wouldn’t care about, but at this time they came out in a flood. Li Zhenruo lowered his head and put the album back, and slowly closed his eyes.

       He rummaged through the drawers of the desk and couldn’t find anything of value. He didn’t find a letter or the diary he hoped for, just as this empty room didn’t leave many records about this woman.

       Li Zhenruo stood up and put his last hope on the bedside table.

       There were two drawers on the bedside table. The one on the top was filled with keys and some old certificates, while the one on the bottom was empty. The bottom was covered with newspapers, perhaps previously used to put socks and underwear within the personal belongings.

       Li Zhenruo was originally squatting on the edge of the bed and wanted to get up at this time, but suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a white piece of paper under the mattress, showing a small corner on the outside. If he didn’t look carefully, he wouldn’t notice it at all.

       He reached out and grabbed a piece of paper, raised the mattress with the other hand, and pulled out the piece of paper. Only then did he see clearly that it was the back of a photo, and there was not only one photo under it. He hurriedly pulled out the other one as well.

       As he flipped the photo to see the front, Li Zhenruo saw that it was a group photo of two people. The colour in the photo seemed to be too old and had begun to turn yellow. The background of the photo was probably a scenic spot in China, and there were two people in front, one of them was a young Zhao Yuqiong, and the other was a young man. Because the person was photographed somewhat small, it was difficult to see the man’s face clearly, but Li Zhenruo was sure that it was not Li Jianglin.

       He flipped through another photo, this time it was a one-person photo. It was the man in the photo just now, wearing the same clothes, standing in front of a stone monument in a scenic area. This photo was so clear that Li Zhenruo can see his facial features carefully.

       He unconsciously tightened his fingers while holding the photo, because he could see clearly that the man’s appearance was clearly similar to his.

       If that man were to stand with Li Jianglin, he would probably doubt that he was not Li Jianglin’s biological son just by looking at him.

       Li Zhenruo’s legs become a little numb after squatting for a long time. He got up and sat down beside the bed regardless of the dust on the bed. He never took his eyes off the photo. He knew what these two photos meant. If Li Jianglin saw these two photos at the beginning, then he would not be Li Zhenruo, maybe his surname was Zhao, or maybe it was something else.

       Before, he had been thinking about who had discovered what clues and began to doubt his relationship with Li Jianglin. Now he was holding these two photos in his hand, and he began to have some thoughts in his heart.

       Li Zhenruo bent down and carefully looked at the traces under the mattress. He believed that these two photos should have been pressed here for more than 20 years and no one could find them. When he pulled it out just now, it was even stuck to the bedboard and needed to be removed with force. So are there other pictures? Could it be that the man in this photo has appeared?

       He sat up straight and raised his hand to rustle his hair.

       If he had discovered these two photos a few years ago, his first reaction would have been to destroy the remains, but now it was no longer necessary. Anyway, it was a secret that was no longer important.

       He stood up with the photo and planned to take it away. There were other things besides the picture, and it seemed that Li Jianglin has completely forgotten about the existence of this house. Even if it was demolished, he would definitely not come to remove the things, because it was meaningless to him. At that time, this stuff would probably be transported and disposed of together with the construction waste. If he wanted to take away some memories of Zhao Yuqiong, then there was only now.

       But Li Zhenruo also has a problem, that was, that he had no place of his own now, and he must live with Li Zhenran. No matter where these things were stored, it would be difficult not to be discovered by Li Zhenran.

       After he hesitated for a while, Li Zhenruo put away the photos, including the tacky ruby ​​necklace in the drawer and the blank photo album, and put them into an empty file bag, then quietly exited and closed the door.

       Li Zhenruo left Zhao Yuqiong’s former residence and called Feng Junyuan.

       Dr. xiao Feng was still working in the hospital at this time and received a call from Li Zhenruo asking him to come to the hospital to find him.

       Li Zhenruo took a taxi and found him in the surgical department where Feng Junyuan worked. He handed the file bag to him and said, “Doctor Feng, could you please help me keep these things?”

       Feng Junyuan saw that his attitude was so solemn, and asked, “Is it a very valuable thing?”

       Li Zhenruo shook his head, “It’s not worth the money, but it’s important to me.”

       Feng Junyuan looked down at the old and yellowed file bag, nodded and replied, “Okay.”

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but smile, “Thank you so much, you have helped me a lot, but please don’t tell Mr. Luo about this, I don’t know if it’s okay?”

       Feng Junyuan replied, “Well, but even if Luo Fei knew about it, he wouldn’t say anything to Li Zhenran.”

       Even when he knew what he was thinking was seen through by the other party, Li Zhenruo didn’t care, and said, “It’s nothing really, I just don’t want him to know something now.”

       Feng Junyuan said, “Don’t worry.”

       For some reason, Li Zhenruo felt very relieved when he heard Feng Junyuan say “don’t worry”. He has a strange sense of trust in Feng Junyuan and Song Jun, probably because Feng Junyuan offered him a helping hand when he was most at a loss and helpless, making him feel that this person was truly reliable.

       As he left the hospital, Li Zhenruo saw that it was late, so he took a taxi back to Yunlin.

       The security guard downstairs already knew him, and no one came forward to stop him. It was almost time to get off work at that time, and Li Zhenruo was in a hurry to leave, afraid that Li Zhenran would call him later. He hurried into the VIP elevator leading to the 22nd floor and above. When he looked up, he found that there was still a person standing inside, and it turned out to be Li Jianglin.

       The elevator came up from the first floor, and Li Zhenruo was frozen. He realized that Li Jianglin had probably returned from something temporarily, and had just come out of the underground parking lot to go up to the twenty-fourth floor where his office was located.

       The elevator dedicated to the Li family was not forbidden to be used by other employees, but except for new employees or people from outside who occasionally made mistakes, the company employees usually do not use this elevator.

       When Li Zhenruo rushed in, Li Jianglin just glanced at him, stood up straight with crutches in his hand, and said nothing.

       He didn’t ask, Li Zhenruo simply pretended not to know, and even pretended not to recognize Li Jianglin, pressed the elevator door with his back to him, and pressed the button leading to the twenty-third floor.

       The elevator went up smoothly, Li Zhenruo lowered his head and wanted to hum some songs pretending to be indifferent.

       When they reached the tenth floor, the elevator seemed to shake. Li Zhenruo immediately looked up and saw that the elevator was still going up, but as it goes up two more floors, the elevator shook more and more. Li Zhenruo began to feel that something was wrong, so he reached out and pressed the nearest elevator floor and want the elevator to stop.

       Sure enough, when it reached the thirteenth floor, the elevator stopped, but it stopped completely. After making a clanging sound, it stopped firmly, but the elevator door did not open.

       Li Zhenruo hurriedly pressed the door button, but there was no response, and the light above his head flashed and suddenly went out.

       Now he could be sure that he has encountered an elevator failure. After he dazed for a little, Li Zhenruo pressed the call button outside and called for help.

       “Anyone?” Li Zhenruo shouted. He didn’t hear a reply from outside, and he didn’t know if the communication line was malfunctioning, or if no one could hear his call for help.

       At the same time, Li Zhenruo heard a crisp sound behind him. He didn’t realize what it was at first, but then he suddenly remembered that Li Jianglin was still inside, and the sound just now sounded like Li Jianglin’s crutch fell to the ground on the elevator floor.

       Not only did Li Jianglin fall down on his crutches, but he also seemed to be very uncomfortable. His hand was propped on the elevator wall and looked like he was trembling.

       Li Zhenruo could barely see Li Jianglin’s figure by the emergency light on the elevator panel. He stepped forward to help him and asked, “Old man, are you alright?”

       With the help of Li Zhenruo, Li Jianglin stood up forcibly, covering his chest with one hand, as if he was too uncomfortable to speak.

       Li Zhenruo knew that Li Jianglin had a heart problem, but he didn’t expect that he would suddenly fall ill at this time. At this time, he couldn’t care to continue to call for help. He could only help Li Jianglin to lie down first, and knelt on the ground to let him rest on his knees. He reached out to touch Li Jianglin’s jacket pocket. He knew that Li Jianglin had the habit of carrying medicines with him.

       After he found the medicine bottle, Li Zhenruo hurriedly unscrewed the cap, poured out the medicine and fed it to Li Jianglin’s mouth, saying, “Old man, take the medicine first.”

       Li Jianglin opened his mouth and swallowed the medicine.

       Li Zhenruo then immediately took out his mobile phone and called Li Zhenran. His tone was hurried. As soon as Li Zhenran answered the phone, he said, “Your father and I are trapped in the company elevator. Your father has a heart attack now, quickly find someone to get him out!”

       Li Zhenran asked calmly, “Which floor are you on?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “The thirteenth floor! We’re in the VIP elevator, hurry up.”

       Li Zhenran seemed to have already acted, and he said, “Wait for me.”

       He didn’t hang up the phone, but Li Zhenran didn’t care to talk to him. He called out to Hua Yibang to call the engineering department and the security department, while he took another elevator to go down to the thirteenth floor.

       In the small and dark space, Li Zhenruo could only hear Li Jianglin’s rapid breathing, and he couldn’t help raising his hand to wipe the sweat from Li Jianglin’s forehead.

       Li Jianglin was not his biological father. Although he knew it for a long time, he still felt nervous and heartbroken at this time.

       Li Zhenran’s side was very efficient. In less than two minutes, many people had gathered outside the elevator, planning to pry open the elevator door directly.

       When Li Zhenruo heard Li Zhenran calling him on the phone, he quickly put it to his ear and said, “I’m here.”

       Li Zhenran asked, “Are you all right?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “I’m fine, but your father is not very well.”

       At this time, Li Zhenruo found that the elevator door had been pried open, and soon after that, several security personnel opened the elevator door that was powered off for safety. Li Zhenruo half supported and carried Li Jianglin first and sent him out.

       Li Zhenran reached out and took Li Jianglin, picked him up in person, and hurried into the elevator next door. He had to take Li Jianglin to the hospital.

       Li Zhenruo was a little out of strength and stretched out his hand to hold the inner wall of the elevator. The staff outside called him loudly. With the help of others, he got out of the elevator, waved his hand and said nothing, and then stood quietly with his back against the wall for a while.

       “Are you okay?”

       Li Zhenruo suddenly heard someone ask him, and turned to see that it was Hua Yibang.

       Hua Yibang said to him, “Zhenran asked me to take you back first. Shall we go now?”

       Li Zhenruo was stunned for a while and thought that he would definitely not be able to go back to Li’s house like this. He was somewhat ashamed to turn into a cat in front of Hua Yibang, so he simply shook his head and said, “No, I’ll go to Ran ge’s office and stay there for a while, you can go first, don’t worry about me.”

       Hua Yibang was obviously hesitant because Li Zhenran ordered him to send this… um… his cat back to Li’s house.

       Li Zhenruo pointed upstairs, “His office is unlocked, right?”

       Hua Yibang took out the card from his pocket and gave it to him.

       Li Zhenruo took it and said with a smile, “Thank you, xiao Hua ge,” and then walked to the side and pressed the elevator upstairs.

       Hua Yibang did not follow him upstairs but called Li Zhenran to say that his little cat refused to go back, and was in his office now. In fact, Hua Yibang’s word in his heart was “your little stray cat”, but he was too embarrassed to say it.

       Li Zhenran said to Hua Yibang, “Let him go, you don’t have to worry about him.”

       Li Zhenruo went up to the 23rd floor alone, opened the door of Li Zhenran’s office with a key card, and then turned on all the lights. He walked slowly to the desk to sit down.

       Li Zhenran’s office was almost the same as his previous office. He sat on a chair with his eyes closed and seemed to be transported back to the past.

       Li Zhenruo experienced too many things in just one day, and he was a little exhausted. As soon as he closed his eyes, an old photo of Zhao Yuqiong appeared in the darkness, and the sound of Li Jianglin’s rapid breathing in the elevator just now sounded in his ears.

       Li Zhenruo began to make up stories for the two of them in his head, thought about how they met, how Zhao Yuqiong had fornicated with other men and got pregnant and then tricked Li Jianglin into handing over the child to him.

       When he opened his eyes, those pictures disappeared. Li Zhenruo knew that he would never be able to piece together a complete truth just with imagination, but the deeper he dug, the sadder and exhausted he felt.

       He took a deep breath, Li Zhenruo sat on the table and chair, turned for half a circle, slid forward a certain distance and stopped in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass window. He stared at the city outside motionlessly and saw that the sky was slowly darkening until it was pitch black, the surrounding tall buildings were lit up one after another, the streets were jammed with cars, and the colours looked like a gorgeous river.

       He stared blankly. He didn’t know how long it was, and suddenly heard the sound of the office door being opened.

       Li Zhenran was back.

       He was still wearing the suit he used to go to work today, his slender legs wrapped in straight suits and trousers, and walked slowly towards the window. When he passed the desk, he threw the key card on it and made a crisp sound, and then stood behind Li Zhenruo.

       “What are you looking at?” Li Zhenran asked Li Zhenruo.

       Li Zhenruo did not answer.

       Li Zhenran reached out with one hand, and pressed his palm against Li Zhenruo’s neck, slowly stroking it upwards.

       His palms were dry and warm, full of irresistible force, holding Li Zhenruo’s lower jaw to raise his head, then bent down and kissed Li Zhenruo’s lips.

       A kiss full of encroachment, after the kiss ended, Li Zhenruo found himself gasping for breath.

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       When Li Zhenran came down to eat breakfast, Zhu Kai said to him with great interest, “Zhenran, are you swimming in the afternoon?”

       Li Zhenruo went downstairs before Li Zhenran and was lying next to the dining table looking at today’s breakfast. When he heard this, he turned his head to look at Li Zhenran.

       Li Zhenran smiled and replied, “Yes.”

       Li Zhenruo knew that Li Zhenran’s swimming skills were very good. He remembered that Li Zhenran seemed to have participated in a national swimming competition when he was in high school. Although Li Zhenran only won second place in the end, Li Zhenruo felt very amazed at that time.

       In his memory, he had seen Li Zhenran more than once in front of the swimming pool at home, wearing a pair of dark swimming trunks, stretching his slender body and jumping into the water, swimming forward like a fish through the waves.

       Later, as he got older, his time at home gradually became less, and he had less communication with Li Zhenran. Unexpectedly, there was nothing much to remember.

       The workers at home spent the morning cleaning out the swimming pool and began to fill up the water at noon. In the afternoon, Li Zhenruo took a nap and was lying on the window sill of Li Zhenran’s room on the third floor. He looked down and saw the rippling water as if he could feel the cool water coming to his face.

       Zhu Kai was the most energetic. He changed into a pair of swimming trunks, revealing a slightly thin and pale body. He stood on the edge of the pool, and shouted at the window of Li Zhenran’s room, “Zhenran, come down and swim!”

       Wang Ma took her unfinished sweater and sat under the parasol next to the swimming pool, smiling and watching Zhu Kai making a fuss by the swimming pool.

       Li Zhenruo jumped out of the window at this time. He ran to the bed and slapped Li Zhenran, who was still taking a nap with his paws, urging him to go swimming.

       Li Zhenran rubbed his eyes and sat up, went over to open the closet and started rummaging for his swimming trunks.

       When Li Zhenran stood in front of the swimming pool wearing swimming trunks, Li Zhenruo felt a little excited for no reason. Li Zhenran’s figure was much better than Zhu Kai’s. He has broad shoulders, a narrow waist and tight muscles. He made a standard exercise for entering the water, while Li Zhenruo spun on the side and almost fell into the pool.

       Then he calmed down and thought to himself what he was getting excited about.

       Li Zhenran didn’t jump into the water, but raised his hand and patted Li Zhenruo’s butt next to him, and patted him to dive in first. 

       Li Zhenruo fell into the water with a “slap” sound, only splashing a little water. Then he immediately started to be flustered and scrambled up. He was supposed to be able to swim, but at this time his limbs were uncoordinated and he didn’t know how to swim up.

       Wang Ma let out a burst of laughter.

       Immediately afterwards, Li Zhenran jumped into the water and supported Li Zhenruo’s forelimbs with his palms to lift him up.

       Li Zhenruo was still in shock, spit out the water he swallowed and gasped for air.

       Li Zhenran raised his hand and placed him on the shore of the pool, then stretched his arms to cut through the waves, and his slender and vigorous body was wrapped in white water and shot out like an arrow shot from a bow.

       Li Zhenruo stood on the shore, the fur all over his body was wet and sticking to his body. He looked thin and pitiful and sneezed twice. He stared at Li Zhenran in the water and was stunned.

       Zhu Kai sat aside, and patted Erhuang on the head, letting it go play by itself.

       Erhuang came towards Li Zhenruo, lowered his head and sniffed at him.

       Li Zhenruo quickly got up and moved away.

       Erhuang followed and seemed to be full of curiosity. Erhuang leaned close to Li Zhenruo’s head and sniffed hard.

       At this time, Li Zhenran had already swam back and forth to the edge of the swimming pool. He reached out and grabbed Li Zhenruo and put it on his shoulders. Li Zhenruo was afraid of slipping off, so he quickly grabbed Li Zhenran’s neck with his paws.

       “So lively today?” Li Zhenzi’s voice suddenly came from the shore.

       Li Zhenruo turned to look and saw Li Zhenzi wearing a casual suit and black leather shoes stepping on the white tiles next to the pool.

       Zhu Kai just jumped into the water. When he saw Li Zhenzi, he said, “Daniel, come down and play.”

       Li Zhenzi hasn’t come back since last night’s charity dinner. He should’ve spent the night at Yu Bingwei’s. He squatted down on the edge of the pool at this time and said with a smile, “I can’t swim, so I’d better watch my second brother swim. His movement is the most beautiful, and is all professional.”

       Li Zhenran’s wheat-coloured skin was stained with bright water droplets, and it shone in the sun. Li Zhenruo hugged his neck and stuck his head out from his shoulders, looking down. He was seeing the firm and supple chest, flat belly lines clearly extended to the swim trunks inside, covering the most beautiful scenery.

       Well, Li Zhenruo knew what the powerful thing that was underneath, and he suddenly felt a little shy when he thought of it, just like a young girl in love.

       He buried his face in Li Zhenran’s neck and rubbed it hard, and felt that Li Zhenran raised his hand to hold his ass.

       He didn’t know when, but Li Jianglin also came to the edge of the pool on his crutch.

       Wang Ma quickly got up and gave him her seat, and took another small stool to sit next to him.

       Li Jianglin was sitting on the chair, his eyes passed over Li Zhenran, looked at Zhu Kai, and finally waved to Li Zhenzi who was by the swimming pool, “Come here.”

       “Dad?” Li Zhenzi hurriedly walked over when he heard the words, slightly bending down and waiting for him to speak.

       Li Jianglin asked, “Where did you go last night?”

       Li Zhenzi often spends the night outside, and Li Jianglin knew this son well. He usually didn’t ask much, so no one expected him to ask such a question suddenly today.

       After a little hesitation, Li Zhenzi said, “I went out to play with my friends.”

       Li Jianglin’s eyes fell on the swimming pool, and he said to Li Zhenzi, “Your eldest brother is getting married. You’d better behave yourself during this time.”

       What did Li Zhentai’s marriage have to do with Li Zhenzi? What was the use of asking Li Zhenzi to behave?

       Li Zhenzi frowned slightly, and replied obediently, “Yes, I know.” But he couldn’t help but think more.

       In the swimming pool, Li Zhenruo was still holding on to Li Zhenran and refused to let go.

       Li Zhenran didn’t pull off his paws but simply sank into the water. Li Zhenruo could only follow him to sink into the water, drank a few mouthfuls of water, and was picked up by Li Zhenran.

       This time, he didn’t want to hold on to Li Zhenran anymore, but swam desperately to the shore, waving his little paws.

       Li Zhenran didn’t tease him anymore. He grabbed him and threw him ashore.

       It could be said because Li Zhenran swam in the afternoon, he was exhausted and went to bed as soon as possible at night. But somehow, he seemed to have not depleted all of his energy. In the end, he caught Li Zhenruo and torment him hard at night.

       Li Zhenruo felt like he was drowning again. With Li Zhenran’s violent movements, moving up and down. He dizzily thought that fortunately, Li Zhentai and his wife went out and were not downstairs. Since no matter how good the soundproofing of this floor was, it would not be able to cover the voice wholly. It was estimated that when tomorrow morning came, they would think that Li Zhenran was a pervert.

       Although the air conditioner was on, Li Zhenruo was sweating and felt sticky on his skin. He was hugged by Li Zhenran from behind, struggling to take a shower.

       Li Zhenran didn’t feel sleepy at this time, he tightly wrapped Li Zhenruo’s waist with one hand, and pulled his face with the other hand to make him turn to look at him.

       Li Zhenruo’s neck almost broke.

       Li Zhenran said, “Are you a cat demon?”

       This topic has not been brought up for a long time, and Li Zhenruo almost forgot. When he had just transformed into a human form, Li Zhenran had doubted him and felt that Li Zhenruo knew too much, and he didn’t look like an ignorant little demon who had just transformed into a human form.

       Later, he interrupted him. Li Zhenran hasn’t mentioned it for a long time. Li Zhenruo didn’t know what he did today that made Li Zhenran suddenly grab and asked him about this matter.

       Li Zhenruo said, “Yes, otherwise what am I?”

       Li Zhenran squeezed his face with a lot of strength, “I think you are a thousand-year-old demon?”

       Li Zhenruo wanted to roll his eyes and retorted, “From where is that age from?”

       Li Zhenran said, “Did an old demon from Montenegro send you to seduce men and suck people’s Yang energy?”

       Li Zhenruo took a deep breath, grabbed Li Zhenran’s hand and pushed it away, “Don’t talk nonsense, you are the one tormenting me to death yourself, and now you have the nerve to blame me?” He rolled over and sat up, his waist was still a bit sore and weak.

       Li Zhenran propped his head on one hand and looked at him with a faint smile on his face.

       Li Zhenruo turned his head, hesitated, and then turned his whole body around. He casually sat cross-legged in front of Li Zhenran and said, “I’m not a thousand-year-old demon, I’m just an ordinary young demon. I met some catastrophe and suffered some injuries. Then in order to defend the core, I transformed into a cub, and ended up in a pet store just to be bought by someone.”

       This was complete nonsense. If Li Zhenran wants to insist on getting to the bottom of the matter, Li Zhenruo may not be able to complete the whole story, but he felt that with Li Zhenran’s character, he would not ask too much.

       Originally, it was bizarre enough for a cat to become a human, so let’s make it a little more mysterious and make up a reasonable history for himself.

       Besides, there really were demons in this world. Didn’t you think Xia Hongshen is?

       Li Zhenran really did not pursue it until the end. He just raised his hand, touched Li Zhenruo’s chest, right where the heart was, and asked him, “Is the injury healed?”

       Li Zhenruo felt his heart pounding wildly, he stared at Li Zhenran and said, “Yes, you see I can even maintain my human form.” After speaking, he licked his lips again, trying to hide his nervousness, and said, “In the past, only when I was in a rut, and the spiritual power was unstable, it was possible to transform into a human form.”

       Li Zhenran raised his hand and stroked Li Zhenruo’s moist lips with his fingers.

       This kind of tender look at Li Zhenruo really made Li Zhenruo feel a little uncomfortable. He simply closed his eyes, rushed towards Li Zhenran, pressed him on the bed and kissed his lips.

       What’s the point of talking so much? You’d better do it directly.

       On Sunday night, Li Zhentai and Wen Chun returned from Saipan after taking their wedding photos. They didn’t go for a long time this time, mainly because there were still many things to prepare for the wedding, and there was not too much time to rest.

       Because Li Zhenzi was hammered by Li Jianglin, he has been abnormally well-behaved in the past two days. After dinner, he went back to his room and locked himself up without harassing Wen Chun.

       During dinner, Zhu Kai asked Wen Chun, “Is it fun?”

       Wen Chun smiled, “Where’s the fun, just busy taking pictures and feeling exhausted.”

       Zhu Kai said with a smile, “At the most beautiful moment of a woman’s life, with her favourite man, wearing the most beautiful clothes and leaving a memory of love in the most beautiful place, what is a little tired?”

       Wen Chun heard the words and still smiled, but if one looked closely, the smile was somewhat reluctant, with a little unclear meaning.

       Li Zhenruo was lying on the side and thought that Zhu Kai must have done it on purpose. In the beginning, he made a special call to ask Zhu Kai to tell Li Jianglin of Wen Chun’s affair, of course, Zhu Kai couldn’t have forgotten it so quickly.

       He knew that Wen Chun had a problem with Li Zhentai’s feelings, and he deliberately said it to irritate people.

       Zhu Kai is such a s/ut!

       Li Zhenruo licked his paws and looked at Li Zhentai, who was talking to Li Jianglin: Was it you who called Yue Zijia that night?

       On Monday morning, Yunlin had a relatively large board of directors, and Li Jianglin was invited to attend.

       Li Zhenruo followed Li Zhenran into Yunlin, but Li Zhenran ignored him. He packed up and walked towards the conference room. He left Li Zhenruo to put on a set of clothes by himself and rummage through the cabinets. He still could not find his ID card, so he could only collect the money and card and went out.

       Hua Yibang had also followed Li Zhenran to the conference room at this time. Li Zhenruo had just come out of Li Zhenran’s office when he saw the door of the opposite office open, and Li Zhenzi hurriedly walked towards the elevator.

       Seeing Li Zhenruo, Li Zhenzi suddenly stopped, and then smiled at him, “Are you here to find my second brother?”

       Li Zhenruo pretended to be timid, “Ran ge said he had a meeting and told me to go first.”

       Su Yao came out after Li Zhenzi and was a little surprised to see Li Zhenruo, but she reminded Li Zhenzi, “We’re going to be late.”

       Li Zhenzi didn’t have time to talk nonsense with Li Zhenruo. He pressed the elevator and hurried in.

       Li Zhenruo waited for him to leave, then pressed the elevator button-down and stood in the corridor waiting quietly.

       He has something he intended to do today, which has been in his heart for a long time, and he has not acted because he was worried about Li Zhenran.

       To this day, he still wore the collar that Li Zhenran put on him by himself. And in order to make him less obtrusive when maintaining his human form, Li Zhenran gave him a thinner collar. If one didn’t look carefully, it seemed like he was wearing a necklace around his neck. This collar still has a positioning function, and apart from cutting it with scissors, Li Zhenruo couldn’t take it off without knowing the password.

       The reason for wearing the collar was because Li Zhenruo had sneaked away once, and Li Zhenran said that this kind of behaviour should be put to an end. But Li Zhenruo didn’t know whether Li Zhenran would always keep track of his whereabouts and observe where he went. In fact, for Li Zhenran, even without this collar, it was not difficult to know where he went.

       Of course, Li Zhenran would not necessarily do this.

       After overhearing the phone call between Yue Zijia and “that person” of the Li family at the charity dinner, Li Zhenruo had a thorn in his heart. He had already decided that the call must have been with Li Zhentai, and there was always a voice telling him to rule out the possibility of it being Li Jianglin.

       Where did Yue Zijia get Li Jianglin’s semen? Did she hook up with the son and then hooked up with his father?

       Li Zhenruo was restless. He thought about Zhao Yuqiong’s former residence. The last time he went, he thought about finding someone to unlock it and go in to see if he could find any of Zhao Yuqiong’s remnants. After that, he had to temporarily put the idea down because of various things.

       Now, Li Zhenruo felt that he couldn’t wait any longer.

       When he stepped out of the elevator, he suddenly thought about how he should answer if Li Zhenran knew and asked him. After thinking about it, he felt that he had no way to answer because Li Zhenran was a smart person. If Li Zhenruo’s mother was involved, Li Zhenran would not believe it if he said he wanted to distance himself and hide the relationship.

       Then let’s do it at that time, Li Zhenruo thought to himself, anyway, he was sure that Li Zhenran had nothing to do with this matter.

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Why do you think something will happen? The swimming pool is for the sullen¹Originally the word is 闷骚 (mēnsāo) which is the transliteration of the English “Man show”, which commonly refers to a person who is calm on the outside but enthusiastic on the inside. second brother to go unrestrained…

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