Chapter 33: Magnolia Love — “Ancestors were bandits right”
The last memory was frozen on the stormy, snowy night, crying uselessly in a warm embrace.
Lu Xunye bolted upright from the bed, opening his slightly swollen eyelids. Upon seeing where he was, he closed his eyes in regret.
He glanced at the time, then pulled open the curtains. Outside, it was already bright day. Separated by a glass window, everywhere the eye could see was covered in a layer of snow.
Perhaps because it rarely snowed in Haishi in previous years, downstairs was a scene of people playing in the snow.
He didn’t remember how he fell asleep last night. He actually fell asleep on someone else’s bed, and for so long!
Observing the doorway for a while, he stealthily stripped off the sheet and pillowcase he had cried dirty yesterday, afraid of making any noise.
Even though they didn’t look dirty after the tears dried.
Lu Xunye sighed, holding the bundle of things needing washing. Getting up, he glimpsed the bookshelf in the distance out of the corner of his eye.
There were many books on art, especially a comic book that caught his attention.
Frost Feather, Wen Zhou’s debut work. And the one on the shelf was the published spin-off manga.
Shen Yunqian has read this too?
Suddenly, a clatter of noise startled the daydreaming Lu Xunye awake. His heart jumped to his throat, and unwarranted guilt occupied his entire brain.
He didn’t know why he felt guilty, but he just felt very guilty ahhhhh.
To be honest, if not for that dream, he would have forgotten about this.
The problem was he remembered, and he had cried so miserably in the mission target’s arms. Too humiliating!
Lu Xunye simply didn’t know where the room owner slept last night after he occupied the bed.
Holding the things and walking out of the bedroom, he poked his head into the living room. Seeing no one, he instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
Thinking about whether to use the bathroom here or go home to wash, he turned around, the kitchen door opened, and he froze on the spot.
Shen Yunqian held a dish in his slender hands, the aroma assaulting the nose.
Lu Xunye’s stomach, hungry from last night through the morning, protested uselessly. He tightened his arms, hugging the things in his chest firmly, and swallowed.
Seeing Shen Yunqian made him think of last night. He turned his face away unnaturally, but saw a pillow and quilt folded neatly on the living room sofa.
So the room owner was “driven out” by him to sleep on the sofa. Why not sleep in the guest room?
Could it be he disliked that I slept there? Lu Xunye was speechless.
Labeling Shen Yunqian with a “clean freak” tag, Lu Xunye thought: Stumbled into the right move. Looks like taking off the sheets was indeed correct.
“Um…” Lu Xunye’s Adam’s apple bobbed. “I… if you have nothing else, I’ll go back, back.” Back to live.
In the end, he couldn’t finish the sentence because Shen Yunqian walked straight over.
Step by step.
Slowly approaching.
Lu Xunye was forced back to the wall, his back against it with no retreat. There was a dish’s distance between the two.
The distance beyond his control… was too close. Lu Xunye leaned his head back against the wall.
He reflexively held his breath. Shen Yunqian, however, stepped back, widening the distance, and looked up at him with deep meaning.
This look made Lu Xunye panic. He opened his mouth. Shen Yunqian turned back and placed the dish on the dining table leisurely.
Then he pulled out a chair and sat down, cupping his face with one hand, looking at him with innocent eyes. “You aren’t going to go back on your word, are you?”
The fluffy pajamas made Shen Yunqian look soft.
After losing his memory, he lacked the alienation and vigilance towards people, looking like a rabbit spirit newly entered into the human world, with “I am easy to trick” written all over him.
Go back on what word?
What word?!
A serious voice sounded by his ear: “Can you not avoid me tomorrow?”
Memory suddenly returned. After Lu Xunye realized the other’s meaning, guilt flashed across his face.
It’s fine to be guilty, just be stubborn with your mouth.
Lu Xunye thought so, and did so: “I didn’t mean that.”
Inside, he muttered: Of course he meant that, but if he doesn’t say it out loud, who would know?
“Let’s eat.” Shen Yunqian seemed to believe him. He looked down and placed chopsticks by the bowl, then pushed one bowl of rice to the seat next to him.
Lu Xunye hurried to throw everything in his hands into the washing machine, then came out acting as if nothing happened and sat in the seat next to Shen Yunqian.
Three dishes and a soup on the table, all looking, smelling, and tasting great. Lu Xunye was confused: “You know how to cook?”
The second time they met, he had used the kitchen here. Most kitchenware hadn’t had tags removed, and the fridge was basically empty. It looked like the owner didn’t cook much.
These days they mostly ate out, so Lu Xunye hadn’t considered this question.
It was a casual question from Lu Xunye. Shen Yunqian’s hand serving soup paused, stopped for two seconds, resumed action, ladled out half a bowl of soup, and placed the small bowl by his hand.
Lu Xunye didn’t wait for an answer and turned his head. Shen Yunqian looked back at him calmly, asking in return, “Did I say I didn’t know how?”
Lu Xunye thought carefully.
True, seemed he really hadn’t.
He didn’t take this issue to heart and drank a mouthful of soup.
!!!
Oh my, simply exceeded expectations!
A room door wasn’t closed tightly. A chubby Munchkin cat squeezed out of the crack, walked over elegantly with cat steps, jumped onto the dining table, and was hugged away by Shen Yunqian the next second.
“…” Lu Xunye’s suspended butt slowly sat back on the chair.
The system wasn’t in this cat. This cat was just a mass of data programmed as a pet.
Strange, he hadn’t seen this cat since moving in.
He thought Shen Yunqian had found a new adopter for the cat, so he didn’t ask.
Why did it appear here now?
That night, he moved back to his own home.
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Six days later
Lu Xunye wondered if he should do his mission. “Death of the White Moonlight.”
But this White Moonlight hadn’t died yet. How was he supposed to do it?
He couldn’t possibly push the plot to make Jian Luoqing die early, right?
Even in a book world, that was quite inhumane.
The system said it didn’t know. In its original words: If I knew the plot, it wouldn’t be the Host’s mission anymore. Besides, if I knew, how could I not tell Host Dada?
Hesitating, he had already walked to the opposite door and rang the doorbell.
Lu Xunye: “…”
Got addicted to being an unlicensed doctor recently. Pure muscle memory.
He shook his hand awkwardly. A message popped up on his phone.
yun: I went out for something. Coming home tonight.
yun: **
Lu Xunye: Before, I would have definitely lamented Shen Yunqian’s huge change.
But now.
He slowly looked up at the surveillance camera on the door, feet faster than brain, jumping out of the recording range.
The elevator door opened with a ding-dong. Inside was a man in a suit and leather shoes wearing sunglasses.
Cosplay?
Lu Xunye took a step back to check the elevator was going down, yes. He went back in.
Two adult men squeezed in the small space of the elevator. Even though the elevator wasn’t small, it still felt stifling.
Arriving at the first floor, the elevator door opened. Lu Xunye didn’t move, preparing to let the other person out first.
Waiting for a long time, the atmosphere quiet. He peeked at the man beside him.
Time was up. Seeing the elevator door closing again, Lu Xunye quickly pressed the open button. The door opened again.
This time, he walked out first. The “wooden stake” behind him also moved, following behind him, step by step.
With the precedent, Lu Xunye secretly said not good and took off running.
Rushing out of the unit building, suddenly someone darted out from the side and blocked his only escape route.
In this moment, the person behind also caught up.
Only two people. Piece of cake.
Lu Xunye’s fist slowly clenched. The person in front suddenly bowed 90 degrees, confusing him.
?
The person in front straightened up, expression meticulous.
“Young Master, the Family Head asks you to accompany us to the auction to bid for the jewelry ‘Magnolia Love’. Please cooperate.”
Lu Xunye pointed at himself: “Me?”
Young Master?
Are you from the old era?
The person who had been chasing him also went around to his front, respectfully saying: “Yes, you are the heir of the Lu family. You represent the Lu family.”
Lu Xunye clicked his tongue. A luxury car popped out from nowhere and stopped in front of him. These two thoughtfully opened the car door for him.
This scene attracted more and more residents of the complex to look this way. Lu Xunye decisively dove into the car.
The car drove smoothly and quickly on the road. Sitting next to someone, plus two in the front with the driver.
This driver also looked like a martial artist. Afraid I’ll run?
Lu Xunye squeezed towards the car door, finally unable to resist asking, “Why didn’t you notify me in advance?”
The two in front focused on the road and ignored him. It was the person beside him who explained, “The Family Head feared you would change your mind halfway. I didn’t mean to offend you in the elevator. Please understand.”
Change my mind?
Lu Xunye looked up at himself in the rearview mirror. So I look like someone who doesn’t keep promises!
Or is kidnapping just more exciting?
Did this Lu family’s ancestors work as bandits or something!
“Is there no one left in the Lu family? Why make me go to bid for jewelry?” Lu Xunye took the opportunity to probe.
“Family Head’s instructions,” the person in the front passenger seat sensed his intent and replied watertight. “If Young Master is curious, you can go ask the Family Head.”
Lu Xunye thought: If I could get answers from that old fox, would I need to ask you?
Don’t think he didn’t see it. That Lu family head didn’t have many truthful words in his mouth.
Looking like he treated him as a biological grandson, in reality, he was used to exploiting him to achieve his own goals.
Later, sitting in the inner field of the auction.
Lu Xunye’s seat was in the middle of the first row. He thought he would see many CEOs’ wives or familiar faces from that banquet upon entering.
Unexpectedly, not a single one.
Lu Xunye in casual clothes formed a sharp contrast with the crowd in suits and uniforms. Those three bodyguards hadn’t notified him to change into fitting clothes either.
On the high platform, the auctioneer was auctioning a piece of land. From a starting price of 30 million, it was bid up to 900 million.
From five or six people bidding, down to two people still constantly raising the price.
Lu Xunye suspected they were here to launder money.
Both were on the phone, whispering something to the person on the other end, then raising the price.
Opposite was probably the boss.
Lu Xunye realized, Is this group all assistants or entrusted agents!
Bored, he turned his head and met eyes with one of the two bidding.
Ji Huaixu?
Ji Huaixu smiled politely at him, then looked at the other man bidding against him.
He seemed not anxious at all, fingers tapping on the leather chair armrest. After the other party quoted 1 billion, he raised his paddle directly.
“1.5 billion going once.”
“1.5 billion going twice.”
“1.5 billion going three times! Sold.”
With the hammer fall, Lu Xunye finally heard clearly that Ji Huaixu used 1.5 billion to win this land!
Oh no, it was his boss behind him.
Ji Huaixu hung up the phone after winning, stood up nobly, nodded at him, and left.
Lu Xunye looked at the other person who didn’t win the land. The guy wasn’t dejected at all, even faintly happy?!
Your boss really won’t scold you…
Just now when the two bid up to 500 million, someone had hissed, discussing that this was wasteland.
Lu Xunye could already imagine a middle-aged balding CEO sitting in the office, heartbroken over the random price increase decision just now, and secretly delighting in the result of not winning.
After all, saved over a billion…
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