Chapter 93: It Couldn’t Be Jealousy, Could It?
A fine drizzle began to fall from the sky.
Against the grey, somber backdrop, black umbrellas were opened one by one. Looking down from above, it looked as if small black mushrooms were sprouting out of thin air on the gangway as passengers disembarked.
The mushroom umbrellas gradually moved toward the pier along with the sea breeze.
Le Can reached out and took the long-handled black umbrella handed to him by a blushing waiter.
With one hand leaning on the comfortable ebony handle and the other pulling the black handle of the suitcase quietly delivered to his side, he stood outside the crowd, silently watching the slowly moving throng.
It was as if he loathed crowding and bumping into others, and thus was forced to wait until the very end.
Occasionally, passersby would cast curious glances. They would either gasp sharply or involuntarily slow their pace. While shuffling along, their gazes repeatedly lingered on that figure with its powerful aura.
Admiring the strong and appreciating beauty is an inescapable fate ingrained in human bones. When the two are combined, the explosive effect is no less than Mars colliding with Earth!
The first thing presented to the trembling pupils of the crowd was the beauty’s languid and casual stance.
That natural poise, as if standing at the pinnacle of power with ease… even the black umbrella beneath those fair, slender fingers—identical to the ones in their own hands—was made to look like a king’s scepter.
“Her” stark black-and-white colors silently drew a boundary between the individual and the crowd.
Untouchable, inaccessible.
It warned everyone to maintain a safe distance.
The only exception was the slightly curved red lips.
Like a flame still burning brightly amidst the ashes. That intense and flamboyant bright red, paired with a natural, striking face that remained highly present even behind the sunglasses, gave off a powerful visual impact!
Unsurprisingly, this touch of red became the most eye-catching unique feature.
So unique that it captured the soul at first sight, making one feel an uncontrollable yearning and timidity. Longing to approach, yet fearing to offend the beauty, everyone could only hesitantly walk slower and slower.
And then, unsurprisingly, the intersection ahead became congested…
Le Can watched Jian Minglang, who was disguised as a pregnant woman being pushed off the ship by a strange face among the secret health technicians. He counted a minute in his head, then looked up, prepared to leave.
When his gaze hit the suddenly crowded throng ahead, Le Can was slowly puzzled: ?
He subconsciously scanned from back to front, trying to find the source of the blockage. To his surprise, when he looked over, many people ahead suddenly turned their heads in unison, tacitly showing Le Can only the backs of their dark heads.
Beneath the black sunglasses, a faint confusion flickered in his amber eyes.
But before Le Can could investigate further, a sudden commotion broke out behind him.
Le Can turned around at the sound—
The disordered crowd behind him parted like the Red Sea, revealing a passage over a meter wide.
The sound of footsteps, accompanied by the friction of a wheelchair over the ground—a sound he had heard frequently lately…
Before he even saw the person, Le Can’s eyelashes behind his sunglasses couldn’t help but tremble slightly.
The sound drew closer, and the buzzing discussions around him gradually faded away.
Finally, at a certain moment, Xi Yun appeared in his line of sight, sitting upright in his wheelchair. He was dressed in black from head to toe, and the white silk blindfold he usually wore had been replaced with… black.
Le Can’s ears suddenly became red and hot.
It wasn’t just the unique memory of a black silk ribbon… He shifted his gaze away in a slight panic, and in the moment he looked down, his eyes met a long black streamer of the same color but different material.
It was an accessory Yi Ying had added at the last minute. Wrapped around his neck, it was mainly used to hide the Adam’s apple, which was more prominent in men than women.
Le Can was one hundred percent certain that Xi Yun was doing it on purpose.
The one pushing the wheelchair behind Xi Yun was Liang Yusheng, whose face couldn’t hide his exhaustion. Following half a step behind him, leading a row of black-suited bodyguards in sunglasses, was unsurprisingly Yuan Cheng in the same attire.
Among Xi Yun, Liang Yusheng, and Yuan Cheng, only Assistant Liang showed his full face. Le Can could only say that this was…
An extremely wise choice!
Xi Yun rarely showed his emotions, and Yuan Cheng couldn’t hide anything on his face; in critical moments, he could only get by with a cold face. The heavy burden of acting for the outside world could only be handled by someone like Assistant Liang, who was “familiar” with his own facial expressions.
[There’s a high probability people are lying in wait at home. I won’t be going back to stay the night.]
When the group brushed past Le Can, he estimated the distance between himself and Xi Yun and quickly sent a “secret report” through his heart.
The man who had remained framed in Le Can’s sight had his Adam’s apple roll slowly, and his hands resting on his knees gradually clenched and then relaxed.
Seeing this, Le Can felt a momentary, inexplicable guilt.
[Uh, it’s not that I want to avoid you, it’s just that the situation demands it, haha… right?]
Of course, in the current situation, the only person who could hear him was unable to speak his true thoughts or give the young man his answer.
Le Can reached out and tapped the silent phone in his pocket, suppressing certain thoughts.
Soon, the three at the front of the line passed by his side. Following them was the bodyguard team with steady steps and a powerful deterrent force.
Xi Yun and Liang Yusheng looking straight ahead was within Le Can’s expectations. However, regarding his new look—and cross-dressing at that—Yuan Cheng actually didn’t show a single ripple of emotion?
On second thought, Le Can had a rough guess in his heart.
—The photo he sent to Xi Yun,
Did Xi Yun not share it with the two people beside him?
Why?
Le Can pulled his suitcase and turned to follow behind the bodyguard queue, using the path they cleared to successfully avoid the congested crowd.
It couldn’t be… jealousy, could it?
Le Can let out a quiet chuckle in his heart.
Then, he looked around as if casually.
When his gaze returned to the front and he didn’t find the figure he was thinking of, Le Can swept away his light, joking mood, his heart feeling heavy.
Xie Jun, who had been almost inseparable from Yuan Cheng and the others after boarding the cruise ship, was absent at the moment of disembarkation…
Back then, Xie Jun had argued with him for Yin Wuyu. Her trust and dependence on Yin Wuyu, as well as her unspoken love… kept flashing before Le Can’s eyes.
Thus, Yin Wuyu’s persistent lack of response and lack of clarification toward Xie Jun seemed to have an answer.
From the beginning, his approach to Xie Jun had hidden motives.
But what puzzled Le Can was that if Yin Wuyu had responded to Xie Jun, wouldn’t his and his backers’ plans have been even smoother?
The fact was that he not only didn’t but even took the initiative to resign from Xie Jun after leading Jian Minglang to the fall site…
It seemed as if he only did this one thing that betrayed his conscience for Jian Yu?
Le Can had many doubts, but his surface remained as steady as ever. Even though he was wearing heels over 8cm high, his steps were still steady, elegant, and composed.
From the outside alone, the cold beauty whose red soles occasionally peeked out between steps seemed to be stepping right on people’s hearts with every stride.
Le Can’s entire disembarkation process was considered smooth, though while at the pier, he unexpectedly saw a certain annoying face.
Jian Yu still maintained the refined and gentle appearance he had when Le Can first met him.
However, the glasses on that face, which carried a heavy scholarly air, had changed from elegant gold-rimmed glasses to cold silver metal frames.
He was likely among the first batch of passengers to disembark. It was unknown how long he had been waiting for Xi Yun on the pier in the fine rain.
When he saw the familiar face that sat in a wheelchair without losing a bit of its imposing manner, a flash of coldness and mockery appeared in the depths of his lowered phoenix eyes.
Liang Yusheng was the first to see Jian Yu.
Seeing that the other was clearly stuck halfway, intentionally lying in wait, he couldn’t help but frown. Then he stopped, leaning down to whisper this scene into Xi Yun’s ear.
Xi Yun, whose fingers were tapping rhythmically on the wheelchair armrest, stopped his movements. “Go back directly.”
He had nothing to reminisce about with Jian Yu.
Moreover, there was an unsettling person at home planning to stay out all night; Xi Yun didn’t intend to waste time here.
Xi Yun didn’t intentionally lower his voice, so Jian Yu, standing not far away, couldn’t possibly fail to hear. The smile on his face faded a few shades as he stepped forward.
“Xi Yun, those words really break my heart.”
At this, the tense Yuan Cheng immediately led a group of bodyguards to rush up, forming a human wall between the two.
The path forward was blocked, and the smile on Jian Yu’s face vanished completely. He lifted his eyelids, glancing dismissively at the young man before him who was leaning forward with clenched fists.
After a long moment, as if recalling something interesting, Jian Yu’s gaze slowly swept over Yuan Cheng, his lips curving into a playful smile.
“I have to say, the dogs of your Xi family are raised quite well, loyally protecting their master.”
“Unlike me, I encountered a wolf that couldn’t be tamed; it was ruined after just one use.”
The clever people who knew the inside story quickly thought of the identity of the “wolf” Jian Yu mentioned. Only the outspoken Yuan Cheng swung his fist indignantly.
“Who are you calling a dog?! You’re the dog, you shadowy old dog!”
Le Can, listening clearly from a distance: “…”
Nice one, Cheng!
A terrifying coldness flashed in the depths of Jian Yu’s eyes. “I’m a shadowy old dog, so what is the master you’re protecting?”
“Heart of wood and stone or a heart of a wolf and lungs of a dog?”
Those eyes, which looked somewhat sinister when fully opened, pierced through the crowd and landed precisely on Xi Yun, who had his eyes covered but seemed to be looking at him.
Jian Yu suddenly let out a cold laugh. “I thought your little wife was so important to you.”
“I didn’t expect that sacrificing a pawn would only result in such a performance. How boring and uninteresting…”
Xi Yun’s hand resting on the wheelchair armrest suddenly clenched into a fist. “Jian Yu, you have no right to talk about him.”
Finally getting a response, Jian Yu’s laugh grew even louder. He reached out to cover the lower half of his face, but the laughter didn’t reach his eyes.
“What a pity, dying so easily because of you at such a young age.”
“By the way, what was his name? Something Le (lè)? Just bad luck.”
“After all, for a person like you to be born with so much, the Heavens must have been blind. Once it discovers its mistake, or once someone corrects its mistake, everything that shouldn’t belong to you will be taken back…”
“Xi Yun, that day is not far off.”
After saying these mystical and erratic words, Jian Yu returned to his usual refined and scholarly manner. He didn’t look at the reactions Xi Yun and his people might have, turning away with a lack of interest instead.
Le—Died—Càn: “…”
For a moment, he didn’t know whether to complain about the villain’s insanity or drag the man back to relearn the correct pronunciation of his name.
Le Can wasn’t even sure if the mispronunciation was Jian Yu’s contempt for him or a deliberate attempt to irritate Xi Yun’s nerves…
Only Yuan Cheng, who couldn’t hold it back and exploded on the spot: “You old scoundrel, you’re the one with the wolf’s heart and dog’s lungs! You’re the unlucky one!”
Feeling amused yet slightly comforted, Le Can thought: At least, at least he remembered to restrain himself and didn’t blurt out that I’m not dead…
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