Part 2
Unhappiness brewed in his dark eyes after being disobeyed, but he quickly suppressed it.
His eyes inadvertently swept to Shen Yunqian and the other person by the wine table in the corner of the hall. Because of the angle, from his perspective, they looked like they were kissing passionately.
His palm clenched uncontrollably.
Hearing a gasp of pain the next second, Si Jinyan immediately snapped back to reality, let go, and said guiltily: “Sorry, I…”
“Uh…” Lu Xunye caught a glimpse of Si Jinyan in the distance looking their way, radiating a violent aura, and tapped Shen Yunqian’s back. “Seems he’s coming for you.”
Sure enough, a weak male voice came from behind: “Young Master Shen.”
Shen Yunqian turned to look at him, seeing his hesitant look: “I think I made myself clear enough last time, Mr. Jian.”
Jian Luoqing’s breathing hadn’t calmed down yet, his lips dry and cracked from dehydration: “I wanted to say sorry to you.”
Shen Yunqian’s tone was indifferent: “You haven’t wronged me, there’s nothing to apologize for.”
Lu Xunye broke the deadlock, grabbing Shen Yunqian’s arm: “We have something to do, so we’ll leave first.”
At this moment, someone brought up a topic, and everyone’s gaze fell on Shen Yunqian, seemingly absent-minded, with varying expressions.
“So it’s him. I was wondering why President Si brought him. Turns out he’s giving him to President Su. No wonder the two of them came in together just now.”
“Talking about giving or not giving, even his own uncle’s family doesn’t welcome him. Shows what kind of person he is, tsk tsk tsk…”
Are these people NPCs?! Lu Xunye was speechless. How did the plot trigger just like that? A bunch of retards with no independent thinking ability.
Although it’s an old-school angst novel, do the character dialogue and plot logic have to be this brainless? Is the author an idiot?
“Let’s go.” Lu Xunye forcibly pulled Shen Yunqian away. As they brushed past Si Jinyan, a fist wind attacked.
Lu Xunye’s pupils constricted. He let go and backhandedly threw a punch. Both retreated two steps, unconvinced by the other.
Here it comes, the common ‘hero saving the beauty’ plot. Last time it gave 5000 points, this time the minimum guarantee should be 4000, right!
Not to mention the system reporting in real-time: ใMission completion 90%ใ
Lu Xunye’s eyes lit up. Just as he was about to engage again, Shen Yunqian grabbed Lu Xunye’s hand, which had already formed a fist: “Enough.”
Lu Xunye looked at him in disbelief: “Are you a fish? Memory only seven seconds long? Don’t remember how he treated you before, and you still want to protect him!”
Hearing his words, Si Jinyan’s heart moved. But Shen Yunqian’s next words shattered his heart completely.
Shen Yunqian pushed Lu Xunye’s face away with practiced movements: “Don’t look at me like that. If you beat someone up here and get sent to the police station with eyewitnesses everywhere, who do you expect to bail you out? Your grandma?”
“What’s wrong?” Su Zhuo arrived upon hearing the noise. “Talk nicely if you have something to say; getting physical is wrong.”
He looked at Si Jinyan: “What do you think, President Si?”
Si Jinyan withdrew his gaze from the small interactions of the two opposite him, looking back at Su Zhuo. out of the corner of his eye, he saw the contract they had signed earlier in Su Zhuo’s hand.
A stifling bitterness ran through his heart: “President Su doesn’t care?”
Lu Xunye’s alarm bells rang loudly. He had heard a few sentences of the discussion just now.
He looked at Su Zhuo warily: “Human trafficking is illegal. You heard it too; the police station isn’t far.”
Su Zhuo’s expression was blank for a moment, his voice teasing: “What if I insist?”
As he spoke, he pulled Shen Yunqian to his side: “What do you plan to do, Mr. Lu?”
Shen Yunqian slapped away the hand on his shoulder. Su Zhuo’s hand stiffened, and he put it down awkwardly, muttering softly: “You’re really boring.”
Lu Xunye: “…”
It seems there really isn’t much to do.
In reality, amidst the struggle for power and influence, the law isn’t a universal umbrella, let alone in a manga published from an old-school novel.
In front of absolute background, backbone and martial arts mean nothing!
Just now, because Zhou Jie was present, he used Zhou Jie’s leverage to fiercely play the role of the Lu family’s young master. Afterwards, Zhou Jie was thoughtfully sent back by the hotel car.
Repeating the same trick, hoping it still works. If Su Zhuo really wants revenge, let him go after the Lu family.
The original owner lived in deep waters in the Lu family; everyone knew but pretended to be deaf and dumb. So… let’s collect some interest.
Lu Xunye narrowed his eyes, his momentum not diminishing in the slightest, throwing the question back: “What do you think I will do, President Su?”
“Why get angry? I was thinking that since it’s our first meeting, not giving Mr. Lu a meeting gift would be too rude.”
Su Zhuo seemed unable to sense the explosive atmosphere around them.
Amidst Si Jinyan’s astonishment, Lu Xunye’s confusion, and Shen Yunqian’s frown, he involuntarily stuffed the contract in his hand into Lu Xunye’s hand: “Then let this count as a meeting gift.”
Nothing happened; it seemed he wouldn’t pursue it.
Lu Xunye thought this was like an ancient “deed of sale,” thinking Su Zhuo’s conscience had repented, so he accepted it with peace of mind: “Thanks.”
He looked at Shen Yunqian: “Home.”
After walking two steps, Shen Yunqian didn’t follow. Lu Xunye turned his eyes just in time to see Shen Yunqian seemingly looking at Si Jinyan with “lingering affection.”
The system rubbed its hands excitedly: ใOh ho, is the Host angry?ใ
Lu Xunye was puzzled: ใWhy should I be angry? Isn’t this the normal emotional progression between protagonists? Besides, I’m about to die; shouldn’t I be crying?ใ
He didn’t see the expression on the system’s electronic screen face collapse instantly.
Thinking about the mission, Lu Xunye pondered again and again. Suddenly, a light bulb went off, and he said to the system: “Watch this, I’m going to use my ultimate move.”
System: ใ?ใ
Lu Xunye kicked one of the wide-open doors shut with force.
Bangโ A loud noise, and the air went quiet. Everyone looked up.
Attention secured.
Lu Xunye walked slowly to Su Zhuo, face serious: “President Su is too polite; no need to see me off. Remember to ask the Lu family for compensation for the door.”
Caused trouble for the Lu family.
Then, he hoisted Shen Yunqian onto his shoulder and ran.
Protagonist Gong’s sense of crisis achieved.
Lu Xunye was complacent: Damn, I’m a genius!
At the same moment, the system put away its look of seeing a ghost and chased after him: ใMission complete. Reward: 60 days of life span. Current life span: 60 days and one second.ใ
Everyone: “…”
The hall was briefly silent for a few seconds before exploding into chaos.
Once the farce ended, soon only Su Zhuo, Si Jinyan, and a few others remained.
Si Jinyan was about to leave when Su Zhuo spoke from behind: “I suppose President Si doesn’t know, Mr. Lu is a member of the Lu family.”
Si Jinyan turned around, his gaze dark: “Why did you give the contract to him?”
“He’s my boss. I’m just a vice president. Of course, the contract goes to him.” Su Zhuo’s composed demeanor made it seem like a trivial matter.
Si Jinyan didn’t believe it at all: “Impossible. I investigated him. If you don’t want to tell me, you don’t have to lie to me.”
Su Zhuo sighed faintly: “My boss likes role-playing. It’s easy for him to hide things from anyone.”
He smiled: “If he were really an ordinary person, how would he dare to fight you, President Si?”
“…” Si Jinyan’s certainty gradually wavered under Su Zhuo’s flawless calmness.
“Bad news, President Si, Young Master Jian fainted!” The assistant’s cry came from a distance.
Si Jinyan ignored everything else, walking quickly over to support Jian Luoqing in his arms: “Where is the medicine?”
Looking back, Su Zhuo shook his head to himself and left too.
The assistant stammered, unable to say anything. Si Jinyan was irritable: “Where is Ji Huaixu?”
“Special Assistant Ji took leave this afternoon. Did you… forget?”
Si Jinyan picked up Jian Luoqing and left, leaving a sentence behind: “Tell him to come over.”
The assistant looked at the time on his phoneโit was already past ten at night. After a moment of silence, he cursed, “Pah, evil capitalist.”
After cursing, he still called Special Assistant Ji, then resignedly went to be the driver.
“Lu Xunye, put me down.” Shen Yunqian pinched Lu Xunye’s lower back hard.
Before he could use force, Lu Xunye deliberately jolted him. His shoulder dug into Shen Yunqian’s lower abdomen, scattering his plot.
He slapped Shen Yunqian’s buttocks: “Behave.”
A crisp sound echoed in the night illuminated only by street lamps. Both of them were stunned. After a good while, Shen Yunqian said uncomfortably, “Mmph… I’m going to throw up.”
