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Chapter 66 – Love is Born in the Dark (Ergeng*) (26.1)

[*T/N: 二更 ergeng – second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00]

Shopping alone, Duan Shu Tong was keenly aware of his status as a single dog. Seeing all the happy couples milling about felt like a personal attack. But when he passed by a skincare product counter and saw that Spring Flower No. 1 was doing very well, his mood instantly brightened.

Duan Shu Tong suddenly had an idea. Most young men and women often stay up late nowadays, so why not make a couple’s eye cream. As long as the effect of the product was good, the sales should not be too bad.

After Spring Flower No. 2 hits the market, unless there was some special circumstance, Duan Shu Tong was unlikely to develop any more skincare products. The Spring and Autumn Hall’s skincare line was definitely going to be handed over to He Run. He heard that He Run’s fighting spirit was high lately and he just so happened to be working on a new eye cream at the moment. It would be better to go communicate his idea to He Run.

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After returning home, Duan Shu Tong tidied up his room and found that he received a lot of messages on WeChat. When he clicked into it he saw names like “Jiao Jiao,” “Yan Yan,” “Xue Xue,” etc. Their messages were emojis of either roses or lips. It would seem that they were hoping to rekindle their prior entanglements.

Duan Shu Tong: …

These “ex-girlfriends” were probably reminiscing. On this holiday of love, they recalled Young Master Duan’s previous generosity. After all, Young Master Duan spent quite a lot of money on them.

Duan Shu Tong decisively dragged all of their contacts into the blacklist.

Bored, he leaned back against the sofa and swiped through the Moments*. As a result, he was bombarded with all the sweetness on Moments. Even his dear mother didn’t let him go.

[*T/N: Moments = a social networking function of the smartphone app WeChat]

Dong Han Yue took a photo. In the photo was a man over fifty years old. He wore loose house clothes and had an apron tied around his waist. He held a kitchen knife in one hand and had his back turned towards the camera as he prepared food.

There was no text accompanying the photo, just a happy face emoji.

The picture was very warm and romantic. Duan Shu Tong couldn’t help tapping the like button.

When Dong Han Yue received the like from him, she immediately sent a WeChat message to him: Tong Tong, how did you spend today?

Duan Shu Tong smiled. Ms. Dong, this was indeed a public display of affection!

Reply: I went to the mall to do some shopping.

Dong Han Yue sent him a comforting expression, followed by her sincere and earnest wishes: Son, look, how wonderful it is to get married.

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Duan Shu Tong, who was caught off guard and urged to get marry: …

Ms. Dong, I’m afraid to say that your son may never get married in this life.

He slumped back on the sofa, with a hopeless expression on his face, and replied slowly: Mom, you know so many girls, are there any suitable ones?

Xi Yu did help him carry stuff, so he should keep his end of the bargain. It was better to get his mother to be the matchmaker than himself.

Dong Han Yue: Tong Tong, you want to get married?!!! [Fireworks] [Fireworks] [Fireworks]

Duan Shu Tong: No. It’s Xi Yu. He wanted me to help him find an auntie, so I’m asking if you know any suitable ladies to introduce them to Xi Duan.

After a good while, Dong Han Yue sent a few photos along with a reply: There aren’t really that many matches that are suitable for your Uncle Xi. I looked around for a long time. These are the ones with good looks, education, and family background.

Duan Shu Tong rubbed at his chest. It felt stuffy and uncomfortable. He opened up the first photo, looked at it for a few seconds, and then replied: Her eyes are a little small. Not suitable.

Second photo: Too gaudy. Not a good match.

Third photo: She looks a bit delicate. I don’t think so.

Fourth photo: This one looked too intense. She won’t complement him well.

Fifth photo: No good.

Dong Han Yue: …Son, these aren’t for you to choose. They’re for your Uncle Xi to choose. How about asking for his opinion?

She thought all of these women were pretty good. Why was her son being so picky?

Duan Shu Tong laid the phone flat on his chest, and after a long sigh, he started to send a few photos to Xi Yu: Show them to your uncle.

Xi Yu: Duan-ge, your efficiency it too high! [Heart] [Heart] [Heart]

However, he didn’t know that his Duan-ge had already shield up his heart with walls. He sent the photos over to Xi Duan: Uncle, which one do you think looks good?

After a while, Xi Duan replied: You’re not allowed to date while you’re still a minor.

Xi Yu: …It’s not me who wants to date. It’s you who needs to date.

As soon as Xi Yu sent this message he received a call from Xi Duan.

“Where did you get these photos?” Xi Duan asked.

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He didn’t know the women in the photos, but they looked familiar to him. He seemed to have seen them at a few cocktail parties. They were all juniors brought along by this company’s boss or that company’s boss, but he didn’t pay much attention to them.

So how could Xi Yu have their photos?

Xi Duan’s serious tone made Xi Yu feel a little intimidated. Thus, Xi Yu sold out his dear Duan-ge without hesitation, “Duan-ge sent them to me.”

Xi Duan’s tone dropped a few octaves, “Why did he send you these photos?”

The teenager stammered: “I, I asked him to help me find an auntie…”

“Pack your bags today,” through the phone the man’s voice sounded cold and subdued, “Sending you back to Yan City tomorrow.”

After he finished talking, he hung up the call without further ado.

The teenager listened to the busy tone coming from the phone in a stupor. Did he do something wrong again?

With a depressed mood, he sought Duan Shu Tong out for some comfort: I sent the photos to my uncle, but my uncle seems very unhappy, and said he’s sending me back tomorrow.

Duan Shu Tong, who was lying on the sofa like a salted fish, sat up from the sofa at once. He read Xi Yu’s message over and over several times before replying with a smile: In that case, let’s put the matter of looking for a auntie to the side for now. It’s not something that can be rushed.

There was a moment where Duan Shu Tong thought his happiness over the situation didn’t seem too upright, but he couldn’t help it.

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ML 2 and ML 3 Happy Ending! 65

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Chapter 65 – I Like… Knitting Wool

Duan Shu Tong smiled, “I only came here to freeload for a short while. Later I will just give him a call to let him know.”

“Oh.” Xi Yu nodded and also felt that it was no big deal.

He followed Duan Shu Tong upstairs to help with the luggage.

Of course, Duan Shu Tong didn’t really mean for Xi Yu to help him. He just had the boy carry some light objects. Then he took the suitcase himself and dragged it to the living room where he bumped head-on into Uncle Sun.

Somewhat in shock, Uncle Sun said: “Mr. Duan is leaving?”

“Yeah, we’re close by anyways. If I have time, I’ll come to chat with you. I hope you’ll still welcome me.” Duan Shu Tong’s smile was gentle, and there didn’t seem to be any traces of sadness on his face.

“Mr. Duan must be joking. Does sir know?”

Before Duan Shu Tong could reply, Xi Yi opened his mouth, “Grandpa Sun, this kind of stuff you can just say it over WeChat. All right, Duan-ge and I are going first.”

Uncle Sun: “…”

He couldn’t help but sigh as he watched the two of them leave the courtyard.

He had watched sir grow up and he could tell that sir valued Young Master Duan very much.

After thinking about it for a bit, he still felt that it was better to give sir a call.

After a few rings, Xi Duan answered, “Uncle Sun?”

“Sir, Mr. Duan just moved out.”

Xi Duan was silent for a few seconds, “I see.”

After hanging up the call, he opened up his contacts list with a sullen face and looked at the name “Duan Shu Tong” at the top of the page, but still couldn’t press into it for a long time.

Cen Ning immediately noticed that his boss was in a bad mood, he even breathed shallower as he asked cautiously, “President Xi, did something happen?”

President Xi was so upset. Could it be that something happened over headquarters?

Xi Duan returned to his senses. He ruthlessly made himself exit out of the contact interface, shut the phone, and turn back to his work, “It’s nothing.”

Perhaps restraint and distance was the proper answer.

Cen Ning kept his mouth shut, but in the next second Xi Duan said to him, “Go and find out if Pei Ruo Wei has moved out.”

“…Okay, President Xi.”

Why are you suddenly asking about this? Isn’t Miss Pei living well in Young Master Duan’s house?

It wasn’t hard at all to find out about Pei Ruo Wei’s whereabouts. When Cen Ning found out that Pei Ruo Wei had moved back to her original community, and Duan Shu Tong had moved back to his house, he was full of question marks.

Why were there no signs of this at all before?

He reported the news to Xi Duan, and Xi Duan’s felt a little more depressed.

Just as he was about to pick up his phone and impulsively ask Duan Shu Tong about this, he saw that he got a WeChat message from the young man: Pei Ruo Wei moved out, so I moved back home.

Xi Duan pondered for a long time before replying: Okay*.

[*T/N: Xi Duan replied with one word “好 hao” which can be translated as “good,” or “okay / understood.” The reader knows it’s the latter meaning, but DST interprets it as the former meaning, as in “good riddance.” It’s for that flavor of misunderstanding, you know.]

When Duan Shu Tong got this reply, he laughed at himself, put the phone in his trouser pocket, and said to Pei Ruo Wei, “I’ll accompany you there.”

Pei Ruo Wei was pregnant now, so she was careful in everything she did. Therefore, she did not refuse.

After sending Pei Ruo Wei back to her previous residence, Duan Shu Tong turned around to leave, but Pei Ruo Wei stopped him out of the blue, “Young Master Duan, thank you for lending me the house before.”

Duan Shu Tong had no intention of continuing to hide the truth, otherwise he would not have moved back early in the morning.

He smiled, “There’s no need to be so polite between friends.”

Pei Ruo Wei paused and finally asked, “Does Young Master Duan remember what happened last night?”

“I remember more or less, but it’s a little fuzzy.” He didn’t want to talk too much, so he waved his hand and turned away.

Watching his thin and slender back as he walked away, Pei Ruo Wei couldn’t help frowning. When she thought about the look in Xi Duan’s eyes and his behavior last night, she kept feeling a little flustered.

She hoped she was just over thinking things.

After moving back to his house, Duan Shu Tong did not plan to be idle. In order to make himself forget the things that he shouldn’t remember, he planned to go to the mall to buy some things. It just so happened that there was no food at home, and autumn was approaching, so he had to prepare some warmer clothes.

As soon as he entered the mall he was surprised to see how packed it was. The foot traffic exceeded his expectations.

Was it some holiday today?

He looked around and saw that the crowds consisted mostly of young couples holding hands. He opened up the calendar app on his phone and saw that it was the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. It was the Qixi Festival*.

[*T/N: Qixi Festival a.k.a. Chinese Valentine’s Day]

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Tightrope 22

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Chapter 22 – The Start Line to Killing

It was the next day. Sasuke volunteered to bring back hunted game by himself so that could get away from the querying eyes of his team. He knew they meant well, but the concern was suffocating.

Sasuke chased down a deer, and just as he was getting ready to heft the deer onto his shoulder, he heard a rustle in the trees and then a voice thrilled, “It’s my lucky day.”

Sasuke froze. It was a voice from his nightmares. Shivers ran down his spine.

“Your group stole the bounty that I was tailing,” the voice said conversationally. “It’s a crying shame, but it looks like I found something better in its place. I wasn’t certain at first, but you’re the little baby Uchiha we kidnapped, aren’t you?”

He forced himself to look, to confirm the face of his nightmares.

“You’ve gotten even prettier over the years.”

Suddenly the man was in front of him. It was one of the missing-nin that had participated in his kidnapping all those years ago.

It was the same one that Sasuke strangled to death.

The man took another step.

Too close.

Sasuke brought his hand up into a seal. “Kai!”

The man was still there, and now he was smirking at Sasuke in amusement. “I’m very much alive, baby Uchiha.” He brought a hand up to stroke the side of Sasuke’s neck. Ice spread through Sasuke’s body and froze him to the spot. “You should’ve done a better job at making sure I was dead. You weren’t ruthless enough.” Then he cocked his head to the side and hummed, “But I see you’ve seeped yourself deeper in blood since then.” He licked his lips and Sasuke shuddered.

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It was his nightmare coming to life in the light of day.

Sasuke shook his head in denial.

The man pushed Sasuke on the chest and the boy fell to the ground.

“I never got to have my fun,” the missing-nin purred, clambering onto Sasuke’s torso.

Sasuke’s eyes widened. He bit his lip and forced the memories back. The muscles in his hands twitched with the itch to grip his weapons.

The missing-nin licked the blood from the corner of Sasuke’s lips.

That was when panic finally translated into action and Sasuke reached for his weapon pouch. The missing-nin intercepted his movement. He caught Sasuke’s hand, and immobilized it by stabbing a kunai through the boy’s palm, pinning it to the ground.

Sasuke screamed, and the man leered down at him.

“Sasuke!”

He heard Naruto’s voice. An orange and black blur rammed into the missing-nin and knocked the man away from Sasuke. He was hyperventilating. Shock, he thought and took deep breaths to calm himself. He was vaguely aware of Naruto and the missing-nin fighting, but he couldn’t get himself to focus on the goddamn present.

The faster he tried to get himself to calm down to focus and help his friend, the more his body rebelled and panicked.

“Sasuke.”

He looked up to see blue eyes juxtaposed with a streak of red blood trailing from his teammate’s temple to the chin. The blond was covered in minor injuries, but he was alive.

“The missing-nin…” Sasuke’s breathing was finally starting to slow down.

“…He won’t hurt you anymore.”

Sasuke looked over to see the unmoving lump of the missing-nin’s body.

Naruto touched a hand to Sasuke’s forearm, and Sasuke noticed the kunai still stuck in his hand. He ripped the throwing knife from his flesh. Blood spurted everywhere, but he didn’t care. He staggered over to the missing-nin. He held the kunai in his uninjured hand. The steel blade was thick with his blood.

The missing-nin wasn’t moving.

You should’ve done a better job at making sure I was dead.

Sasuke flipped the man over onto his back. Sightless eyes gazed up at the blue, blue sky.

Sasuke plunged the kunai into the man’s eye socket, going deep for the brain. He wrenched the kunai out with a sickening squelch. He slit the man across the throat. He thrust the blade in between the missing-nin’s ribs. He sunk the weapon into the man’s liver.

He pulled the kunai out. Blood sprayed everywhere. He drove the kunai down again only to have someone catch him around the wrist.

“Enough, Sasuke.” It was Kakashi. “He’s dead.”

The blade dropped from his hand. Sasuke sobbed, his entire body convulsing. He ripped his arm away from Kakashi’s limp hold. He stalked towards the river, stripping off his blood soaked clothes along the way. He plunged into the icy waters and scrubbed at his skin until he was raw and pink. Lines of blood trailed his skin where he had dug his nails in to claw out the filth.

A splash alerted Sasuke that Naruto had joined him in washing off the blood.

From the shore, Kakashi watched with hooded eyes and heavy shoulders.

They burned everything.

They burned the body, the bloody clothes, and even the blood-drenched kunai.

Naruto and Sasuke stayed in the river where Sasuke healed their injuries, while Kakashi went to fetch a change of clothes for them.

They returned to Sakura and Tazuna cleaned and uninjured. The girl was pulling her hair out with worry, but she couldn’t leave her post by Tazuna’s side.

Sasuke learned that Naruto had sensed a foreign chakra signature in the vicinity of Sasuke, and had run off to aid his friend. Naruto must have been actively keeping tabs on Sasuke when he went off to hunt. Sasuke turned to Naruto with new eyes. In all the time he knew Naruto, he never suspected that Naruto might have a gift for chakra sensing, and he was infinity glad for it.

Sasuke threw his arms around Naruto. His body trembled, and while his eyes were dry it was as close to crying as he could come. Naruto wrapped his arms around Sasuke and twisted his fingers into the fabric of Sasuke’s tunic. He pressed his eyes into Sasuke’s collarbone and if the brunette felt something warm and wet, he didn’t say anything.

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All the while, Sakura looked on from a distance, impotent to help. She had no idea what had happened and Kakashi wouldn’t give any specifics, but she saw when Naruto went tense and alert and then bounded into the forest, and she heard when Sasuke’s scream echoed through the copse.

The fact that they came back with no injuries meant nothing in light of Sasuke’s medical abilities. Not to mention, Kakashi had went after Naruto only to come back alone to get clothes from Sasuke and Naruto’s packs.

Whatever happened when her boys were away, she felt like it cut a chasm between her and them. She wanted to bridge that gulf to be there for her teammates, but at the same time, some subconscious part of her wondered if she had what it took to cross that chasm, because once she crossed that line, she knew she would lose a piece of irretrievable innocence.

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Tazuna hadn’t felt this shoddy since his son died, and as a sign of respect for the brunette-haired ninja in his escort, he didn’t even have the comfort of alcohol to drown in. He was on pins and needles ever since the ninja attack the day before. He understood intellectually that Gato was out for his blood, but up until yesterday, he had not yet faced an attempt on his life, and yesterday’s experience solidified his justified paranoia.

But more than Gato and his cronies, Tazuna found that he was starting to fear his escort, the group of ninja brats, especially the dark-haired one that had killed two adult men and didn’t even bat an eye. He had simply said “oh,” and that was that. It was a chilling reminder that these children were trained killers. He was a lot more respectful towards them after that encounter.

Still, it wasn’t until now that he felt sadness and pity for the young killers. Apparently these children could feel, and they did mourn. They just didn’t emote in the same way that Tazuna might have. It took him stumbling upon Sakura crying for her teammates by herself for it to truly hit home how young these people were. They were barely even teenagers.

Now, these children were walking across water and pushing along the boat that would take them to the Country of Wave. Tazuna learned to never take ninjas lightly again, no matter how young or stupid they might look. Actually the young and stupid ones were probably scarier, because regardless of intelligence or age, ninja were dangerous, trained killers.

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“Kakashi-sensei…” Sasuke murmured the name so quietly it was as if he didn’t want Kakashi to hear, but the jonin heard him.

“Yes, Sasuke.”

The boy flinched, caught in the limbo of wanting to keep his silence and needing to spill his heart. When he murmured Kakashi’s name he turned over the decision to the jonin and the jonin had responded.

“…My first kill. That missing-nin was my first kill.” Sasuke’s words made no sense at first, but he continued. “I thought I strangled him to death, but apparently he wasn’t as dead as I had believed.” Sasuke bit his lip. His entire body seemed to fold in on itself with the next exhale. “I killed him out of desperation. After that… I kept telling myself ‘what is the blood of one more?’ and that was how I survived to return to Konoha.” He looked up at Kakashi with imploring eyes, as if beseeching the man to understand why he was shattering inside. “He was the first, the start, the gateway…” Sasuke clenched his fists, drawing blood. “If I had not killed him first I would not have killed the second and the third… Not this easily…”

Do you understand?

And Kakashi understood; the sardonic irony of the situation. Sasuke’s hands would’ve been free of blood till today if he had not thought he killed that missing-nin. He could’ve stayed clean for just a little longer. But he believed he had already killed in desperation. Then it turned out that the man he killed was alive all along.

In essence, the boy became a killer first not out of necessity, but out of choice. It was a devastating realization.

Kakashi thought the cosmos must really have it out for the youngest Uchiha.

“Sasuke. Do you dream of the people you killed?”

It was a rhetorical question.

“Do their deaths weigh on your conscience?”

A slow nod.

“Then it wasn’t easy,” Kakashi said gently. “Sasuke. Killing is easy. Taking a life is hard. As long as you can still feel, then it will never be an easy thing to do.”

It’s okay, Sasuke.

Kakashi pulled Sasuke into a hug, one hand around the shoulder blades, the other one lose around the head. Gentle and loose, but encompassing.

You’re not a monster.

Not yet.

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ML 2 and ML 3 Happy Ending! 64

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Chapter 64 – I Like… Knitting Wool

Upon entering his study, Xi duan calmed down. Even if Duan Shu Tong did not like Pei Ruo Wei anymore, it was impossible for him to be with Xi Duan.

Pinching the bridge of his nose, Xi Duan was about to settle down to deal with some work, but then he heard a knock at the door.

“Enter.”

Xi Yu opened the door to the study and then poked his head inside through the opened crack. When he saw Xi Duan sitting behind the desk, he smiled ingratiatingly and ran over to sit on the opposite side.

With a wicked smile, Xi Yu said, “Uncle, I heard that you went to pick up Miss Pei.”

Xi Duan corrected him with a wooden expression, “It was to pick up your Duan-ge.”

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“Of course, of course,” Xi Yu nodded frantically, but his smirk revealed his true intentions, “Uncle, you are already twenty-seven years old.”

Twenty-seven years old, yet he has never even had a relationship. It sounded a bit pitiful when spoken out loud.

Xi Duan: “And you are only fifteen. Keep your mind on your studies.”

Since the relationship between the uncle and nephew pair has warmed up, Xi Yu was not afraid of Xi Duan. But he thought his uncle’s temperament was rather awkward. He’s obviously being good to the other person, but he wouldn’t let the other person know.

With a snicker, Xi Yu said, “Grandpa and grandma are dead, there’s no one to help you take care of your marriage. How about we get Duan-ge to help out? He knows a lot of people. Maybe he can help me find a good aunt…”

“Xi Yu.” The man’s gaze was sharp as he issued a warning.

The teenager knew to quit while he was ahead, so he shrugged his shoulders and said, “Okay, okay, I won’t talk about it anymore.”

In any case, he planned to ask Duan-ge for help before school starts again for him.

The teenager was extremely motivated. When Duan Shu Tong woke up early the following morning, he saw Xi Yu squatting outside the door of his room.

“What are you doing?”

Xi Yu quickly stood up and leaned in close to his ear, “Duan-ge, I need your help with something.”

Seeing his sneaky appearance, Duan Shu Tong couldn’t help laughing and said, “Tell me.”

Xi Yu grabbed on to his arm and headed for downstairs, “Let’s eat while we talk.”

Duan Shu Tong: “…”

Just a moment ago, the boy was acting all secretive as if he didn’t want anyone to know, but now he was practically putting on a show of it. The thoughts of young people were too changeable.

Seeing that there was no one in the living room, Duan Shu Tong asked, “Your uncle and the others aren’t here?”

“They all went to work.”

Duan Shu Tong asked suspiciously: “Why didn’t you go?”

“It’s almost the end of August.” Xi Yu tugged him to a seat and then diligently served him congee. “School starts in two days. I have to go back to Yan City. Uncle said to rest and readjust my state of mind.”

Duan Shu Tong smiled and swallowed a spoonful of congee, “All right, tell me, what’s the matter?”

Xi Yu crossed his arms on the table and said very bluntly: “I want to find an aunt for myself, but you know how my uncle is. He only knows how to work every day. Before he took an interest in Miss Pei, but now Miss Pei is pregnant. I bet you know a lot of ladies. Why don’t you help my uncle find someone?”

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The chopsticks in Duan Shu Tong’s hand stalled for a moment. Then he smiled slightly and asked, “Does your uncle know that you’re this concern about his marriage matters?”

“He knows, ah!” Xi Yu said without a flicker in his expression. “I talked to him about it last night, and he didn’t refuse either. He’s too embarrassed to tell you himself, so I took it upon myself to come to you.”

Looking at the teenager’s expectant eyes, Duan Shu Tong lowered his gaze with a bit of embarrassment. All of a sudden, the bowl of congee in his hands didn’t seem so fragrant any more.

Duan Shu Tong could somewhat understand what Xi Yu was thinking. The boy was just trying to compensate for his previous ignorance that caused him to be hostile towards his uncle.

But the most important detail of all this was that Xi Yu had not refused.

Duan Shu Tong suppressed the sudden astringency that rose up in him and ate a few more mouthfuls of congee before raising his head and pretending to be relaxed about the whole affair: “I won’t help in vain.”

Xi Yu was pleasantly surprised: “If you have any demands, just say it!”

Duan Shu Tong put down the bowl and chopsticks, wiped the corners of his mouth, and said lightly, “I’m going to move back home later, and I have a lot of luggage…”

“Leave it to me!” The teen said with great enthusiasm.

Duan Shu Tong studied the boy’s physique and found that the Xi family had really good genes. Both the uncle and nephew were tall and had long legs. Xi Yu was only fifteen years old, and he was already nearly 1.8 meters tall.

The boy had answered too quickly. It took a moment for the request to sink in, and then he reacted, “Duan-ge, everything is dandy here, why are you moving back?”

“The tenant is gone, so shouldn’t I move back?”

Xi Yu paused, “Does Uncle know about this?”

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The Sword and The Brocade Ep 39

Episode 39 – Recap

After praying to the late marquis and Xu Ling’an, Madame Xu laments over Qiao Lianfang and Concubine Wen’s evil actions against the Xu family. Then she talks to Mrs. Du about how Shiyi is too concerned with her career and that’s why she’s not pregnant yet. She’s also not happy with Lingyi supporting Shiyi’s career.

There’s a banquet for the nobles. Xiang Yizhen sees Lin Shixian with the Ou family and she’s shocked that she burned a painting from the Ou family for her husband. At home that night, Madame Xu is reprimanding Shiyi about her association with Lin Shixian. Lingyi defends her. Madame Xu and Xiang Yizhen try to force Shiyi to give up on Xianling Pavilion, but Shiyi begs them to let her continue. The conflict ends with Xiang Yizhen nearly collapsing and Madame Xu grounding Shiyi to her courtyard.

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Various people come to visit Shiyi while she’s grounded: Danyang, Concubine Qin, Erniang, and Wuniang. Erniang and Wuniang then go to pay their respects to Madame Xu. Wuniang wants to plead for Shiyi, but she’s not very eloquent so Erniang steps in to help.

Lingyi visits Shiyi to comfort her. He hopes to negotiate with his mother after she’s cooled off.

Danyang talks to her husband and admits that she didn’t like Shiyi before because she was jealous of Shiyi’s ambitions.

After talking to Shiyi’s sisters and  Xiang Yizhen, Madame Xu’s temper towards Shiyi seems to be cooling, but then Concubine Qin cleverly says a few words that sounds like she’s supporting Shiyi to make Madame Xu angry again.

Concubine Qin starts to reel Amber on to her hook. She lets Amber “accidentally” discover that Concubine Tong’s half of the handkerchief is in her [Concubine Qin’s] possession.

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Chapter 63 – I Like… Knitting Wool (Yigeng*) (25.1)

[*T/N: 一更 yigeng – first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 a.k.a. 7 PM-9PM]

“I like…” With misty eyes, Duan Shu Tong mumbled two words.

The drinking straw that Xi Duan had pinched between his thumb and index finger was suddenly flattened. Xi Duan could see how thirsty the young man look, so he suppressed the feeling of stuffiness in his chest and brought the straw right up to the young man’s lips.

Unexpectedly, the young man assumed a gloomy expression, “…knitting wool!”

After speaking, he immediately grabbed the mouth of the straw and drank the water impatiently. Because he was drowsy, his eyes were half-closed, and his cheeks were bulging, which looked quite cute.

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Xi Duan’s expression softened a little. While holding the glass of water for Duan Shu Tong in one hand, he took out his mobile phone in the other and asked Cen Ning on WeChat: What does knitting wool mean?

After receiving the message, Cen Ning was full of question marks. Was the boss possessed by something?

He didn’t know what Xi Duan was asking at all, but he couldn’t not answer, so he quietly went to Liu Zhi Fei’s room to discuss it with him.

“What do you think President Xi means?”

Liu Zhi Fei was playing games with his head down. He turned his head to look at Cen Ning, and said absentmindedly, “A piece of wool?”

Cen Ning: “Do you think the boss would ask such a mentally retarded question?”

There must be something odd about it.

Liu Zhi Fei, who was immersed in the game, suddenly put down his mobile phone and sighed, “Damn, I just formed a team with someone. He was so eloquent with his words, so I thought that he must be good at the game, but turns out he was nothing but a wool, ah!”

Cen Ning turned his head faintly: “What did you just say?”

“I teamed up with a loser.”

“The last thing you said.”

Cen Ning figured something out. His eyes lit up and he immediately replied to Xi Duan: I need the context.

Xi Duan replied almost in seconds: I like… knitting wool.

Cen Ning: That means I don’t like!

As soon as he sent the message, he suddenly realized something and panicked immediately. President Xi definitely was not asking this casually. If someone else said this to President Xi, then it’s still fine if he didn’t understand, but if he understood, wouldn’t it…

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While his little heart was beating wildly, another message on WeChat came through.

He looked down nervously. Eh???

The boss actually sent him a red envelope*! He didn’t understand why but he was still filled with expectation as he clicked into it. Two hundred yuan! It was the greatest denominator that one could send with the red envelope!

[*T/N: Apparently you can send money to people through WeChat, and it goes through as a red envelope, like the kind that is used on Chinese New Years.]

President Xi was such a wonderful boss! What was sent was not money, it was friendship!

On one side, Cen Ning was happy. On the other side, Xi Duan was also happy.

The dullness and depression in his heart dissipated quickly, and the space that he thought was cramped and gloomy seemed to be bright and spacious all of a sudden.

This is great, he thought.

During the time that he was texting, Duan Shu Tong had finished drinking the glass of water. He leaned back in bed. Xi duan thought he was going to sleep, so he put down the glass of water, and reached out to cover him with the blanket, only to see the young man sit up suddenly.

“What’s wrong?”

“I need the bathroom.”

Duan Shu Tong put on his slippers dazedly and found his way to the bathroom based on memory and touch. Without even closing the door, he started to unfasten his pants.

Xi Duan: !!!

He hurriedly picked up the glass, rushed out of the room at a sprint speed of one hundred meters, and closed the door behind him. But after taking a few steps away, he stopped again.

Shu Tong was drunk. What if he accidentally slipped? And didn’t he hurt his waist a few days ago?

Worried, Xi Duan returned to the door of the room and waited a minute outside before reopening the door to enter.

The wall lamp in the room was opened, bathing the interior in a hazy halo.

The young man was lying on his side atop the bed without the blanket covering him. The hem of his off-white T-shirt was rolled up, and from Xi Duan’s perspective, he could see a sliver of the young man’s slender waist.

It looked fair, supple, and strong.

It was just that there was a shocking splotch of purple on that waist.

Even after several days the bruising had yet to dissipated. It must have been a strong collision with the washstand. Xi Duan was a little helpless and a little remorseful, feeling like he didn’t care enough about the young man.

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He walked over to the bed on light feet, pulled up the blanket, and covered Duan Shu Tong with it. Then he remembered something. From his pocket, he pulled out Duan Shu Tong’s mobile phone and placed it near the bed.

Then Xi Duan turned off the light and closed the door behind him on the way out.

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FOD: Xue Zi Xuan 15.9

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Chapter 15.9 – Bellflower in Full Bloom

When a person’s consciousness was fuzzy, they would always express their heart’s deepest desires. Even Zhou Yun Sheng could not avoid this common occurrence. He didn’t know how powerful his words were. They saved Xue Zi Xuan from the abyss of despair.

Xue Zi Xuan nearly broke his phone with how hard he was squeezing it. He had to try really hard to restrain the impulse to fly to his teenager’s side right away, to hug him, and to kiss him.

He was so worried that it felt like his internal organs were on fire. At the same time, he was so happy that his head was spinning with joy.

“Xiao Yi, Big Brother misses you, too.”

He was reluctant to hang up, but he had to contact a private jet and also contact his subordinates in the UK ot quickly send the boy to the hospital.

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At this moment in time, he was so grateful that he had decided to expand his career into Europe. Otherwise, he would not have the ability to protect him when Xiao Yi was isolated and helpless.

While coaxing the teen to speak slowly, Xue Zi Xuan ran into the study and used another mobile phone to contact his assistant.

On the other end of the line, Xiao Yi seemed to have fallen asleep. His breathing sounds seem to be a little stuffy, ringing across the line in heavy and distinct breaths. Xue Zi Xuan could not bear to hang up the phone. Instead, he pressed the phone against his chest.

“Okay, Mr. Xue, I will contact the airport immediately.”

Xue Zi Xuan woke his assistant up at 2 a.m. deep into the night, but the assistant did not dare to complain. This was the treasured person that the chairman has been looking for for more than two years. If he missed this opportunity, the chairman might skin him alive.

“I will contact Vincent in the UK and have him rush over.”

The assistant heard that the teenager had a serious fever and might not even have the strength to open the door, so he also contacted the security personnel that often worked with them to be there to open the lock, just in case.

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“Okay, tell him to hurry up!” Xue Zi Xuan hung up one phone and brought another phone up to his ear to listen to the boy’s breathing. Then he ran back into his bedroom to change into a suit, grab his passport, and drove out.

On this day, the male god did not update his Weibo. Some people were saying that he finally got tired of pretending. Some people were saying that he was too busy with official business. And some people were speculating that Huang Yi has already been found. However, Xue Zi Xuan, who was high up in the clouds, did not have the time to bother with them.

On the way over to the airport, Xue Zi Xuan never hung up the phone. He connected his phone to an earpiece and listened greedily to the boy’s breathing.

About twenty minutes later, there was an anxious cry from the other end of the line. Vincent had arrived. The other party noticed that the boy was holding his mobile phone firmly, and his boss’s phone number was displayed on the screen. He tried to pry the phone out of the boy’s hand, but couldn’t do it. In the end, he could only hold the boy’s hand to talk into the phone.

“Boss, he’s holding the phone and refusing to let go. It looks like he misses you very much.”

“Stop wasting words. Send him to the hospital quickly. It’s cold. Remember to help him wear a scarf and coat. Also, wrap him in a thick blanket.” Xue Zi Xuan felt anxious yet happy. Only after Vincent made a sound of affirmation did he reluctantly hang up the phone.

It turned out that when the Chinese bellflower bloomed, happiness really would come again.

If a person doesn’t get ill for many years in a row, when they do get sick once in a while, even if it’s just a small cold, it will appear especially serious. When Zhou Yun Sheng was sent to the hospital, he had a high fever of forty degrees. Although he had fallen asleep, his mouth kept muttering nonsense.

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Xue Zi Xuan used the fastest speed possible to get to London. By then, more than nine hours have passed, but the boy was still fast asleep. His cheeks were abnormally flushed, and his brows were knitted together tightly. His lips were dry and chapped, and he looked extremely haggard.

“Boss…” Vincent stood by the hospital bed.

“Shh, don’t wake him. Go out and then talk,” Xue Zi Xuan said in a low voice.

The two men went out to the corridor and talked in soft voices.

“What did the doctor say?”

“It’s just a common cold and fever. He can be discharged once the IV drip is done.”

“En. You worked hard last night. Thank you.” Xue Zi Xuan was truly thankful to Vincent for being able to get to the teenager’s side at the shortest time possible.

“No need [for thanks]. Just remember to send me my reward.” Vincent gave Xue Zi Xuan a mock punch on the shoulder, and then left the hospital so as to not be a third wheel.

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The Big Landlord 128.2

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Chapter 128.2 – To Shed All Pretenses

On the other side, Xu Wei Ye didn’t know that his death was near at hand, and was currently plotting how to destroy An Zi Ran’s plans.

“Mayor Xu, everyone is ready, we can take action at any time.”

A man with one eye and a fierce-looking knife scar across his face said to Xu Wei Ye. His entire person exuded an air of arrogance, and one could tell that this person had taken a lot of lives with his hands. He was evidently a recidivist who committed murder without blinking an eye.

Hearing the man’s words, a ruthless darkness flashed through Xu Wei Ye’s eyes, “Very good, but you have to remember, I don’t want a single person left alive.”

The one-eyed man looked him up and down once and suddenly burst into laughter, “Mayor Xu, you’re suddenly rushing forward the plan, did something big happen? Also, if you kill all of them, aren’t you afraid of Da Ya’s imperial family finding out? After all, that wangye with the surname Fu is still a member of the imperial family.”

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He had always known that Xu Wei Ye was a bold and ambitious person, but he did not expect that he would dare to kill a member of the imperial family.

“Even if I don’t make a move, it’s not like they will let me go. So why not strike first and gain the upper hand? As for the imperial family, if the emperor finds out about this, he might even thank me for removing a thorn from his side.” Xu Wei Ye was confident. He had made inquires ahead of time, otherwise he would not dare to take such a big risk.

“Why do you say this?”

The one-eyed man was curious. He didn’t know about the goings-on in the far away capital, but shouldn’t they be blood-related uncle and nephew. How could the emperor regard his nephew as a thorn in his side?

Su Wei Ye gleefully said: “You think the relationship between an uncle and his nephew must be harmonious? Fu Wu Tian holds Da Ya’s military power, but he is not on the side of the emperor. Of course he would regard his nephew as a thorn in his side. Moreover, I don’t necessarily need to take their lives, I only need control over them, and then Ali Xiang will always belong to me.”

However, due to Ali Xiang being too far away from the capital, Xu Wei Ye had no idea that Fu Wu Tian had already handed his military power to the emperor.

“Hope your plan succeeds. When shall we start?”

“The morning after tomorrow. I have already spoken with Landlord Zhou to have him set up an appointment with An Zi Ran and Fu Wu Tian at the Zhou family manor the day after tomorrow. The other side has already agreed. On the day of, we will go early and lie in wait for them.”

“Okay.”

In the blink of an eye, the appointed day dawned.

Early in the morning, An Zi Ran and Fu Wu Tian left the house without bringing anyone with them.

Uncharacteristically, Landlord Zhou changed his tune yesterday and said that he would sell the remaining time on the deed of Bailian Xiang to them. So he asked to meet with them in the Zhou family manor to talk about remuneration.

An Zi Ran agreed.

Landlord Zhou welcomed them warmly, “Please sit down. My home is simple and crude. It cannot compare to the houses in the capital. Asking wangye and wangfei to please bear with it.” Then he had the servant serve up two cups of hot tea.

An Zi Ran glanced at the steaming tea. He didn’t touch it. Instead, he said straightforwardly: “There’s no need for formalities. How about we get straight to business?”

Landlord Zhou laughed, “Wangfei is indeed a really busy person. He doesn’t even have time to drink a cup of tea.”

“Since you know that I am busy, then let’s get this done quickly.” An Zi Ran gave the outside of the main hall a meaningful glance. He really was busy, so he wasn’t interested in dragging things out with the other party.

“Hahaha!”

A familiar laugh suddenly echoed in from outside. An Zi Ran looked over and was not surprised to see Xu Wei Ye walking in with an extremely proud expression on his face. Behind him was a one-eyed man with an expression full of ill intentions.

“It seems like the wangfei has already realized that I was outside. Since you guys want a quick fight and fast resolution, then I can only risk my life to accompany the noblemen.”

The two husbands’ keen gazes fell upon Xu Wei Ye.

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Xu Wei Ye gained confidence this time and looked at them with an unflinching and self-confident gaze. He said coldly: “An Zi Ran, Fu Wu Tian, today is your death day.”

“Xu Wei Ye, you have a lot of guts.”

Fu Wu Tian looked at him calmly.

Xu Wei Ye patted the clothes on his body, not taking him seriously. “It’s not like the wangye does not know, I, Xu Wei Ye, have always had a lot of guts.”

If he did not have the guts, would he dare scheme to seize Ali Xiang from the imperial family of Da Ya?

“It seems that you are also not afraid of death. So even if this prince kills your entire family, you would not bat an eye.” From start to finish, Fu Wu Tian’s bearing was understated, as if he would not flinch even if the heavens were to come crashing down.

The one-eyed man’s eyelid suddenly jumped. He didn’t know why, but his eyelid has been jumping this whole time. Especially after he laid eye on Fu Wu Tian, his eyelid has been twitching even more. This rumored man deserved to be called Da Ya’s god of war. Right now, they were merely face to face, not even crossing swords, yet he already exuded a faint aura that frightened him.

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ML 2 and ML 3 Happy Ending! 62

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Chapter 62 – Do You Still Like Her?

Xi Duan’s voice was very, very low. Pei Ruo Wei could only feel a vague chill running down her back. She answered honestly, “The company held a celebration banquet, and Young Master Duan got drunk.”

“Address.”

Pei Ruo Wei quickly reported the name of the restaurant and ended the call.

Knowing that there was someone to pick them up, Zhai Jun arranged for the others to leave first. After a while, everyone in the private room was gone, leaving only Pei Ruo Wei and Duan Shu Tong.

The young man was laying on the table, frowning slightly, his face full of unhappiness.

Just as she was thinking about it, she heard footsteps behind her, and she turned around.

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A tall man strode inside. Although he was only wearing a low-key casual outfit, he was more imposing than those in suits and leather shoes. The warm lights of the restaurant shone on his expressionless face, giving off a faint feeling of indifference and arrogance.

But the moment he saw the young man, his eyes softened.

Pei Ruo Wei: …Why does something feel strange here?

She was as quiet as a cowardly chicken. She watched as Xi Duan picked up Duan Shu Tong’s mobile phone, put it in his own pocket, and stretched out his hands to help Duan Shu Tong stand up. Then he glanced at her.

“Follow.”

Pei Ruo Wei quickly picked up her bag and hurried to follow.

She didn’t expect Xi Duan to drive here himself. Standing outside the restaurant, she silently watched as the imposing man gently helped Duan Shu Tong into the passenger seat and thoughtfully fasten the seatbelt for him.

Then he turned his head indifferently towards her, “Get in the car.”

Pei Ruo Wei: …

Without any hesitation, he got into the car.

The fragrance in the car made people sober a little bit. Pei Ruo Wei shrank behind the passenger seat and tried to pretend that she was nothing but the empty air.

When Duan Shu Tong opened his eyes, he dazedly found himself in a car. He subconsciously turned to look at the driver’s seat. He blinked in stupor for a moment and then he started to laugh. He seemed a little foolish.

“How come you came?”

Xi Duan: “To pick…”

“I know!” The young man interrupted him. He bounced in the seat from excitement, jabbing at his forehead with his index finger. “You came to pick up Miss Pei.”

Xi Duan: “…”

Pei Ruo Wei: “…” Injustice, too injustice.

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Before Xi Duan had time to refute, the drunken young man asked again with a doubtful voice, “Where is Miss Pei? Why don’t I see her?” He asked as he looked around.

Xi Duan frowned slightly and tapped his fingers against the steering wheel subconsciously.

He was still thinking about Pei Ruo Wei when he was drunk? Did he really give up on her?

Pei Ruo Wei raised her hand weakly, “Young Master Duan, I’m behind you.”

Duan Shu Tong: “…Oh. Oh no. We have to change seats!”

According to his logic, Pei Ruo Wei should be in the passenger seat, and he should be in the back seat. Annoyed by the mistake, the young man stretched out his hand to open the car door.

“Duan Shu Tong!” Xi Duan said suddenly. His voice was deep and strong, with a hint of warning.

The young man seemed to be frightened. He quickly retracted his hand, and looked at Xi Duan with a lost expression.

Xi Duan took a deep breath and calmed down, “Be good. Stay seated.”

“Oh.”

A strange atmosphere took over the car while it drove into the villa area and stopped in front of Duan Shu Tong’s villa.

Pei Ruo Wei said her thanks and got out of the car conscientiously.

The young man in the passenger seat, who was in a drowsy state, suddenly opened his eyes. Before Xi Duan could stop him, he unbuckled his seat belt and walked towards the courtyard door in a daze.

Pei Ruo Wei: “…Young Master Duan, where are you going?”

Duan Shu Tong’s face was an image of innocence, “Going home.”

Pei Ruo Wei: “…”

There was a wealth of information in this sentence. Pei Ruo Wei had to slow down to think about it. So this villa was actually owned by Young Master Duan, but he rented it out to her at a low price in the name of a friend?

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Before she could fully think things through, Xi Duan got out of the car, came over, and took the young man by the wrist, “Wrong way, your home is over there.”

Duan Shu Tong looked like he had been wronged. “Oh.”

But he felt that he was right. This was his home, was it not?

Xi Duan simply left the car and led Duan Shu Tong to his home.

Pei Ruo Wei stood there and looked at the two figures hugging each other under the street lamp. For a moment, she felt as if she had discovered something extraordinary.

After returning home, Liu Zhi Fei and Cen Ning came over to express their concerns. Xi Duan asked Liu Zhi Fei to drive the car back, and then helped the young man upstairs.

It wasn’t easy getting the young man into bed.

Duan Shu Tong blushed, “Thirsty.”

Xi Duan poured a glass of water, inserted a straw and bent it towards the young man. He stared at Duan Shu Tong with a searching look, “Do you still like her?”

“Who?”

Xi Duan bent down. His eyes darkened.

“Pei Ruo Wei.”

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This Alpha’s Pheromones 71

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Chapter 71 – Xiang Xi Regrets It? (24.1)

No matter what Mrs. Gu Shuyi said next, Ji Shenxiao ruthlessly rejected her proposal to come to his house and freeload food.

Cooking for him, Ji Shenxiao, was just barely enough to be counted as an equal-value exchange, but if Qiu Jin started cooking for other people too, then what would that count as?

Moreover…

Ji Shenxiao’s eyes fell on the young man wearing an apron. The latter was cleaning up the tableware and chopsticks on the table. His movements were clean and elegant. For some reason, he didn’t want others to see Qiu Jin like this at all.

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On the other hand, Qiu Jin also didn’t want others to know that he had excessive contact with Ji Shenxiao.

This Saturday was the sixtieth birthday of the godfather of the entertainment industry, Jiang Feihong. All the influential people in the entertainment circle would be attending, and it was also a rare social opportunity for Qiu Jin.

Qiu Yuqin called Qiu Jin ahead of time and repeatedly told Qiu Jin that he was going to come pick him up and then they would go to the event together.

Unexpectedly, Qiu Jin refused him.

Qiu Yuqin tried to persuade him with a good tone of voice: “When you were chasing after Xiang Xi, I didn’t say much, but now that you want to make a comeback, you can’t be so willful.”

Qiu Jin laughed: “I haven’t said anything yet, but you’re already angry?”

Qiu Yuqin said: “Then what do you want to say?”

“It’s fine, I’m going by myself.” Qiu Jin slowed down his tone of voice, “Brother, it’s been tough on you too, right? Don’t worry about me.”

When did his younger brother become so sensible? Qiu Yuqin restrained the belly full of preaching that he was about to unleash, and just like that, all his words were dispel by a gentle breeze and light drizzle. He opened his mouth, but found that he couldn’t say anything, so he could only say awkwardly: “Make sure you remember, of you don’t come, I…”

Qiu Jin hurriedly interrupted him: “I know, la, go rest early.”

Qiu Yuqin’s face started to get hot. He coldly said, “En. Hanging up now.”

No wonder the original host had poor relations with his family. Was the Qiu family cursed or something? Even when they were expressing their concern it was all sharp knives and sword glares. Their words of concern would be hidden behind hurtful words.

Qiu Yuqin was obviously paving the way for Qiu Jin’s future, but he used such a forceful method. Even that old man Qiu Zhiming. That other day he was trying to care for Qiu Jin, but he chose to do it by criticizing and enumerating Qiu Jin’s shortcomings.

Ah, forget about it. These have all become habit for them. It was impossible to change in a short time. Anf Qiu Jin was not going to make demands on them. Qiu Jin went to the gym to exercise for an hour, and then fell asleep after watching a movie.

The next morning, the phone rang early in the morning.

Qiu Jin squinted his eyes and picked up the call. His voice was hoarse: “Hello?”

Qiu Yuqin’s loud voice sounded immediately: “Why are you still sleeping? It’s already eight o’clock!”

“It’s only eight o’clock, what’s wrong?”

“We all arrived early for President Jiang’s birthday. This time, the location is at the Garden Hotel in the city. It takes more than an hour to drive there.”

Qiu Jin said that he knew, and then fumbled to get out of bed.

Qiu Yuqin said: “You get ready first. I’ll come pick you up in half an hour.”

Qiu Jin paused for a moment, and then realized: “Brother, I…”

“Don’t talk nonsense, just wait for me!”

Qiu Jin said: “…Brother, I don’t live in the previous place anymore.”

Qiu Yuqin: “?”

“You moved?”

“Why didn’t you tell me when you moved?”

“Where do you live now? Did you run out of money? Why didn’t you tell me!”

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Qiu Yuqin’s questioning was like a barrage of nonstop gunfire. The corners of Qiu Jin’s mouth twitched upward into a smile. He spoke slowly, “I have enough money. I changed to a bigger house. It’s because you were busy, mah, so I didn’t have time to tell you. I only just moved here.”

Since Qiu Jin moved to a new place, Qiu Yuqin was even more insistent on coming by to take a look at the place. No matter how Qiu Jin tried to refuse, Qiu Yuqin just told his chauffeur to drive over without speaking further on the matter.

Half an hour later, Qiu Yuqin looked over Qiu Jin’s new place and nodded his head in satisfaction: “It’s quite good. It’s safer than your previous place.”

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