Chapter 55: Drunk and Seductive “Baby, you’re so good~” part 1
A sudden, ice-cold question came from behind. Shen Qizhao shook all over. Dominated by a guilty conscience, his hand trembled, and he almost dropped the thing he was holding.
Recovering his wits, he turned around impatiently, ready to curse, but stopped when he saw the person’s face.
The curse on his lips rolled around and was swallowed back. He glanced confusedly at the door panel that had been unresponsive to his ringing for ages.
Hearing the person’s light tsk, he quickly put on a flattering smile and offered the box in his hand like a treasure.
Lu Xunye glanced down. It was the wooden box that held the Buddhist beads last time. He raised an eyebrow, pretending not to know the other’s intention. “What for?”
Shen Qizhao looked him up and down, his eyes gleaming.
Lu Xunye reached back and locked the door behind him.
The slight noise broke the silent atmosphere.
Shen Qizhao coughed lightly and said, “It’s wonderful to see Young Master Lu safe. You don’t know, after I settled the matters you instructed, I heard you fell into the sea.”
“It’s a pity the banquet hadn’t ended. I waited anxiously on the boat, hoping for your safety every day. Indeed, Young Master Lu has his own lucky stars.”
“Later, I heard you were saved. When I returned to Haishi, I personally went to the Lu residence to deliver these beads to you. I happened to meet the Lu family head, who said you weren’t living there.”
“It took quite some effort to find your address.” He opened the box in his hand and pushed it forward. “Wearing these beads will surely keep you healthy.”
Seeing Lu Xunye didn’t answer, he retracted his hand slightly, then stuffed the box into Lu Xunye’s hand, probing with well-concealed intent: “These things… you still remember, right?”
Heh… waiting for him here.
Met Lu Feng?
He wondered why the Lu family hadn’t contacted him recently, aside from the message saying Shen Yunqian hadn’t revealed his identity.
It seemed they must have heard about his “amnesia” and sent someone to test him?
[What if he’s not?] The System suddenly popped up.
Lu Xunye was indifferent: [If not, then not.]
Lu Xunye had been in a state of anxiety and restlessness for a long time, not knowing how to face Shen Yunqian. His emotions were stifled.
He tutted and sighed: [You don’t say, having money and power is nice.]
Before the System could understand what he meant, it saw the Host’s gaze linger on Shen Qizhao’s face, which could hardly conceal anxiety and schadenfreude. His eyes rolled, and the corners of his mouth lifted in an imperceptible arc.
System: […]
This smile was rather malicious.
Shen Qizhao instantly felt his scalp go numb.
When he looked again, Lu Xunye still looked wary, as if everything just now was his hallucination.
His hand stiffened, and he remained cautious, not speaking first.
Lu Xunye looked at him coldly and tossed the thing back. “Not buying insurance.”
With that, he tried to walk around him. Shen Qizhao was thoroughly convinced now. Added to what he heard from Lu Feng, he was even more certain.
Anxious, he stepped forward to block Lu Xunye, cornering him against the wall, shedding crocodile tears. “I’m your Uncle Shen. Why is a child like you talking nonsense? You definitely hit your head in this accident. Come, Uncle will take you to the hospital for a checkup.”
Lu Xunye looked suspicious. “Uncle?”
“Yes, yes, yes.” Shen Qizhao chimed in, grabbing his sleeve and dragging him out without explanation.
Leaving the residential compound, the man said he was taking him to the hospital, but the road underfoot grew narrower, and pedestrians became fewer.
Seeing a narrow alley ahead, the darkness of the alley mouth couldn’t be hidden even in daylight.
He looked at the hand on his sleeve and pressed his tongue against his cheek. [Call the police for me if anything happens.]
As if anticipating the System would retort, he blocked it directly: [Don’t pretend. I know you have the ability.]
The System hummed two dissatisfied notes and yielded.
Shen Qizhao felt Lu Xunye was overly cooperative. His pace slowed unconsciously, and a puzzled voice asked from behind, “This isn’t the way to the hospital, is it?”
Startled, he stopped abruptly. Due to the sudden stop, the person behind bumped into him. Just as he stumbled forward and was about to face-plant, someone pulled his arm up, avoiding the disaster.
He panted, surviving the scare, his mind blank, forgetting why he stopped.
Lu Xunye amusingly appreciated his embarrassment, kindly and thoughtfully patting his back twice. “Slow down. You’re getting old, pay attention to safety. It wouldn’t be good if you fell and became paralyzed.”
Shen Qizhao raged, “You!”
Just as his anger rose, he glanced somewhere behind him and immediately became amiable. “Okay, Uncle will. Now your body is more important.”
At this moment, he remembered the reason. “How do you know this isn’t the road to the hospital?”
“Because I just got discharged.” He lifted the thick black hair on the back of his head, revealing a patch where hair was shaved and a medicinal patch was applied.
Shen Qizhao’s mouth muscles twitched. Thinking about it, that makes sense.
He stared at Lu Xunye. The other smiled at him, looking happy like a brainless fool.
He thought he was overthinking. Being happy about not having amnesia and accompanying me—that would be sick.
The moment Shen Qizhao turned around, Lu Xunye’s smile vanished. This guy really has bad intentions.
Sure enough, the peace didn’t last half a minute. Four men with cigarettes in their mouths, carrying sticks, reeking of alcohol, suddenly popped out onto the road ahead. Walking with a swagger, wearing ripped pants and tight sweaters.
Lu Xunye rubbed his down jacket, feeling cold on their behalf.
“Yo, it’s an old man with a brat.”
One stepped forward, a thick silver chain around his neck, ears full of studs. A winding tattoo on his neck peeked out from his loose collar.
Leisurely spinning the stick in his hand, he stood swaying between the two parties, pointing the stick at the target, eyes full of fierceness and greed.
He dug his ear, looking at the old and weak in front of him with disdain, his posture loose. “Hand over all the money.”
Before Lu Xunye could move, Shen Qizhao acted ready to die for a cause, spreading his arms to block him. “Come at me if you have a problem. Don’t make it hard for my… nephew!”
“…” Lu Xunye looked down, rubbing the unhealed scrape on his fingertip. Instantly, a mix of pain and itch spread from his fingertip into his body, hooking up his memories as it went up.
His gaze fixed on the edge of a phone sticking halfway out of Shen Qizhao’s outer pocket. He narrowed his eyes, negotiating with the System.
[Turn on the Pain Shield, maybe?]
System: […]
In the standoff, the four people opposite sneered. The leader laughed so hard tears came out holding his belly.
He spat. “Old immortal, are you deaf? Money! Take out all the money or we’ll beat you to death.”
“Stinky old man, why are you blinking?”
As if seeing something interesting, the man pointed at Shen Qizhao and laughed, sharing with the three behind him.
“Blinking is useless. Your bone structure isn’t bad, pity you’re too old. Can’t give you to that person.”
Shen Qizhao stared at them in astonishment, his mind in chaos. Why is this development different from what I thought? Why are they getting real?
The correct flow arranged by his assistant should be him blocking Lu Xunye, the robbers asking for money, him unable to produce cash, and having to leave to get money.
“Sincerely” telling Lu Xunye to wait for his return.
After he left, those people would beat Lu Xunye up, and he would arrive with the money.
Even if Lu Xunye recovered his memory later, he wouldn’t suspect him. He could also vent the anger he received from this brat recently.
But in this situation, Shen Qizhao couldn’t convince himself their acting was just too realistic.
It was practically real. His legs trembling, he pointed at the thugs. “You—”
Before his hand fully extended, it was slapped down. The man sighed and ordered the others, “This old man doesn’t understand human language. Just do it.”
“Don’t don’t don’t!” However slow Shen Qizhao’s reaction was, he understood the difficult situation. He decisively offered the agarwood beads worth millions in his hand.
Several people snatched it immediately, opened it eagerly to look, saw a string of smelly wood, and their faces turned ugly as if played.
Shen Qizhao saw them craning their necks to look into the box. Although it hurt a bit, he prepared to say something to slip away. As for “that person” they mentioned, probably someone greedy and lecherous.
If this group could take a fancy to Lu Xunye and take him, it would have nothing to do with him.
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