The restaurant manager is a man who knows how to do things. He has obtained the network of relationships of various families through his own channels and has sorted them out. His goal is to entertain those people well when they come to eat, and to ensure that nothing goes wrong. If he can climb up the social ladder, it is because of the good deeds of his ancestors.
The restaurant just opened today and the manager actually saw the wife of the chairman of Shen's company coming to dine. He was excited but cautious at the same time, fearing that the distinguished guest would be dissatisfied. He acted more like a boss than the boss who was not present and was extremely worried.
The manager came out to give out the VIP card. He chased after her and called out "Mrs. Shen", but then looked back suspiciously, his eyes falling on the person next to Mr. Zhang from the Qi family.
Why does that one look more like... the wife of the chairman of Nancheng Shen Corporation
It was obvious that the manager had not taken the time to restrain his behavior. The atmosphere in the corridor was a bit strange.
Among the young men and women, the girl with a straight hair pulled the man in the sweater and giggled, "Zhiyi, that boy looks a bit like you."
Zhiyi had just answered the phone, her face still filled with tenderness. He looked surprised as if he had never seen her before. "I was also shocked."
The manager realized belatedly that he had made a low-level mistake in the workplace, and hurriedly smiled and apologized, "It's still far from it. A fake is just a fake. It can't be compared with the real thing. It's not even one ten-thousandth as good as you, Mrs. Shen."
This compliment, which was spoken in public, was flawless.
When they arrived at the private room, he had a new story to say to Mr. Zhang and his little companion.
However, what the manager didn't know was that what he had in front of him was a fake.
After hearing this, Zhiyi's makeup seemed to have dropped a little powder from the corners of his eyes. He looked at the figure who was about to walk into the private room.
Jiaobai sensed it, but ignored me. Wait for me to come back and play with you? You must be dreaming.
Zhiyi said goodbye to several classmates. He returned to his high-end apartment, took off his sneakers and white cotton socks, and dialed the first number in the call log barefoot. "Sir, I did something wrong."
"Speak." Shen Ji had just finished discussing the old lady's condition with the doctor. He was extremely impatient and could only answer the phone, purely as a note of "puppy".
"I was eating at a new restaurant in West City, and the manager mistook me for Mrs. Shen." Zhiyi went to the bathroom and removed her makeup in front of the mirror, "Did I cause you any trouble?"
Shen Ji got into the car and asked, "What are you going to do in Xicheng?"
Zhiyi grumbled with a hint of complaint, "I'm from Jiaotong University, and I'm a junior this year. Sir, you don't care about me at all."
Shen Ji asked coldly, "Who are you?"
The makeup remover pad in Zhiyi's hand was covered with messy makeup. He no longer drooped his eyes and smiled flatteringly, "I am Mr.'s puppy."
Shen Ji sneered, "Being my puppy, you won't get a penny. But you have a house and a car."
Zhiyi immediately changed her words, "Then I am just a toy of the master."
"Since you know you are a toy, don't always mention it," Shen Ji said, ruthlessly and contemptuously, "Just do your part well, and you will be indispensable."
"Yes," Zhiyi took a clean makeup remover cotton pad and wiped off the makeup on her lips, "Sir, I think I bumped into...Mrs. Shen."
Shen Ji's fingers stopped tapping on his legs. Apart from this action, there was nothing else unusual about him.
Where did Mrs. Shen come from
However, they are afraid that Shen’s stocks will be affected, so they have not announced the divorce news to the public yet.
Last year, he took the fake puppy for a boat trip and asked the media that had cooperated with Shen's to publicize it, but the puppy did not crawl back to find him. Various things happened afterwards and he did not have the energy to deal with the follow-up.
Now Shen Ji thinks that the fake product can be used for the time being.
Just get the genuine product back and remarry.
"It was in that restaurant," Zhiyi said. "He went there to eat with a man."
Shen Ji looked at the exotic street scene "Man?"
"Yes, tall, with a figure like a model from a magazine, a pair of peach blossom eyes, very beautiful, and doesn't look easy to mess with..." Zhiyi described it in more detail, "He cares about Mrs. Shen very much, even when he walks..." He paused, wanting to say something but stopping himself, "He always holds her in his arms."
There was no sound on the other end of the phone.
Zhiyi said nervously and incoherently, "Sir, please don't misunderstand Mrs. Shen. She should be his friend. Mrs. Shen is living a good life. It's obvious that someone is taking care of her. Nothing is wrong with her. Sir, please..."
"beep--"
Hang up.
Zhiyi threw away all the makeup remover pads on the table. He washed his face, and the person in the mirror no longer looked innocent and cute.
But when he tilted his head and looked down, he still gave people that feeling.
Like wild rice stem.
On the other side, Shen Ji went to the bar with a lot of anger in his heart. He wanted to find someone to vent his anger on, but all he saw was the shadow of the puppy.
Shen Ji returned to his residence with a gloomy face, called Chen Yiming over, and scolded him.
Chen Yiming is miserable.
After Shen Ji finished cursing, he walked to the wine cabinet with his hands on his hips. He took out a bottle of top-quality wine, but he smashed the wine because of the remaining anger.
The fragrant wine and glass were shattered all over the floor.
Shen Ji kicked the broken glass away, anger in his eyes. Last year on the eve of the Chinese New Year, he couldn't leave, so he asked A Liao to bring the puppy back for him. A Liao actually brought it directly to Xicheng.
Even if you can't find someone satisfactory to use your puppy for the time being and want to use it, you should at least say hello to its owner, right
It's not good to make things awkward between old friends, and it's far from going to that point, so he waits for the other party to bring it up.
As a result, after the Chinese New Year, it was almost summer, but A Liao never mentioned it.
Is this because you are using it now and haven't used it up yet? Do you want to wait until he asks for the person before sending him back to South City
Shen Ji took another bottle of wine, poured some and drank it. He knew very well that A Liao could not do anything else, so it was not a big deal to ask someone to read, just to increase the amount of reading. But what was wrong with Xiao Zhang, how could he be so close to his puppy and even carry him around.
Shen Ji turned his wine glass and asked abruptly, "Have you checked that little thing?"
Chen Yiming, who was standing in the mess, responded knowingly. When he found Zhiyi at "Diye" last year, he got her recent medical examination report and personal information, and sent someone to check it, but found nothing abnormal.
Zhiyi's appearance last year was at a very delicate time, but nothing could be found out, and the piece of meat he was eating was rough on his throat.
But the chairman ate it, and took the person away from "Di Ye" and placed him in Qin Xin Garden. He even took the old lady with him when he sent her abroad for treatment.
If the old lady hadn't woken up and fainted from anger after seeing his face, he would still be here serving the chairman.
The last time Chen Yiming came here, it was Zhiyi, who was wearing the chairman's shirt, who opened the door for him. Her every move was neither exaggerated nor restrained, but generous and decent, just like a hostess.
Na Zhiyi didn't even have the rebellious nature that the chairman always liked, and was very gentle.
It just looks a bit like wild rice stem.
"Check his social circle again. There's no problem within the past five to ten years. Check the past twenty years, starting from when he was born." An unpredictable voice came from in front of the wine cabinet.
Chen Yiming is the kind of assistant that other people have. He has first-class execution ability and found out things quickly.
Cen family.
Zhiyi's father was a member of the previous guard team of the Cen family. This happened when Mr. Cen was still alive.
Just this relationship with the older generation is enough to connect him to the Cen family.
This information was not as shocking as when Chen Yiming investigated Zhiyi's whereabouts today and found out that the other party had dined at a newly opened restaurant in West City, ran into Jiaobai and Zhang Zhen, and was mistaken for Mrs. Shen by the manager.
When a counterfeit product collides with the authentic product, the counterfeit product might make some trouble and go to the ear of the sponsor to do something.
No wonder the chairman suddenly wanted to check on Zhiyi, he must have sensed something from what the other party said.
Chen Yiming reported the results of his investigation, but received no new instructions. He walked on the street, waved to a girl who invited him to a wonderful night, and sat down on a wooden chair next to the big sculpture, facing a group of white pigeons.
The Cen family is now headed by Cen Jingmo, but the Cen family is more broken than he imagined. He still cannot hold his position after the New Year, and other branches are fighting each other. This is also related to the Cen family's background, the arms business, the profit chain is too thick, and there are bullets and guns.
Therefore, Zhiyi may not be Cen Jingmo's man, but perhaps he is from other forces of the Cen family. They sent him to approach the chairman as a substitute for Jiaobai, with the purpose of acting as a fuse. When the right time comes, they will detonate his move, attempting to let the Shen family deal with the Cen family and make the water even more muddy.
Zhiyi's presence is very clever. He might be able to use the fact that Jiaobai lives in Lanmo Mansion for a long time to break up the relationship between the chairman and Mr. Qi.
If the Shen family were to confront the Qi family while dealing with the Cen family, then the Shen family’s situation… would be chaos.
There is another possibility.
Zhiyi’s real master is not a certain force in the Cen family, but someone else.
The Cen family was just a cover for his real master. Maybe finding the Cen family through him was also part of their plan.
When several forces start fighting, and the time is almost right, his master will be able to come out and reap the benefits.
If we secretly monitor Zhiyi for a period of time, we will be able to get a general idea of what is going on.
Chen Yiming waited for a long time, even until the pigeons had pooped, but still did not get any explanation from the chairman. He had never hoped so strongly that someone could help the chairman change his overconfidence, spend time cleaning up the little tricks of the little guys, and let go of his self-centered mentality a little bit.
It is possible for Jiaobai to do it; he may be able to make the chairman change his mind.
But he was first imprisoned in Shangmingyuan by the chairman and suffered, then his marriage was controlled by the old lady, and finally he was sent to the crazy Qi Zizhi. I don't know how much torture he suffered before he survived. He must have hated the Shen family so much that he didn't care about the chairman's life or death.
Chen Yiming's legs were numb from sitting so long. He was about to get up when his cell phone rang.
As soon as the call was connected, his master said, "Send a piece of chocolate to Lan Mo Mansion."
Chen Yiming "…"
You can’t wake up someone who is pretending to be asleep.
Got to smoke.
It is still necessary to pick the茭白 yourself.
Chen Yiming now hopes that Jiaobai can act quickly and wake up the chairman as soon as possible so that the chairman can turn back.
I was afraid that it was too late, and the chairman would miss the chance to go ashore and could not get on Jiaobai’s boat, and would have to slowly freeze to death in the cold water.
Chen Yiming sighed. He was in his early thirties, not young anymore. He was suffering from neurasthenia and his heart rate was irregular.
If this continues, it’s not a question of whether to resign or not, but whether I can buy a grave for myself in time.
Chen Yiming thought for a moment and decided to contact Zhiyi himself. After he finished his work, he went to buy chocolates. Halfway through, he called Zhang Zhen.
In the private room, Zhang Zhen was picking up fried chicken wings for Jiao Bai. He glanced at the caller ID and didn't want to answer it. Chen Yiming had been treating him like a trash can since the end of last year, complaining to him every now and then, which was annoying.
Zhang Zhen still picked up the call.
He is not an ordinary office worker, he is a member of the Qi family, and the Qi family is on good terms with the Shen family. With this relationship, he cannot be willful.
Who knew that Chen Yiming would ask about Jiaobai? Zhang Zhen's face darkened, and he walked out of the room and growled, "He has nothing to do with the Shen family anymore!"
Chen Yiming was puzzled as to why Zhang Zhen was so aggressive, as if she were one of his own family members.
"I know it's okay, Brother Zhen, Lao Zhang, don't get excited." Chen Yiming sighed, "I want to resign and join Chairman Qi, do you think I have a chance?"
Zhang Zhen said sternly, "You have been exposed to too many things. You can only be covered with a white cloth and carried out of Shen's."
Chen Yiming's face twitched. This guy is really something. He can't take a joke at all.
"There is a guy called Zhiyi," Chen Yiming got to the point, "because he looks like wild rice from a certain angle, he was kept by my master. He is currently in West City."
Zhang Zhen thought of the person he met in the corridor, and it turned out that the other person was Bai Bai's substitute.
"Why are you telling me this?" Zhang Zhen was angry at Chen Yiming, "You want me to take him to Lan Mo Mansion and become sworn brothers with Zhengpin?"
There was something wrong with Zhang. His words were full of thorns, as if he was trying to stand up for his beloved. His teeth were itching. Chen Yiming asked strangely, "Are you interested in wild rice?"
Zhang Zhen was angry and said, "Bullshit!"
"Okay, I'm talking nonsense." Chen Yiming had no personal emotions at all. His brain was working at high speed, and he said in a formulaic way, "I suspect there is a force against the Shen family. It's not just one force."
Zhang Zhen turned around and stopped walking back to the private room.
"Something happened to the Shen family, and the next one will be the Qi family." Chen Yiming said.
Zhang Zhen frowned and said, "Don't exaggerate. The situations in West City and South City are different."
Chen Yiming "..." He said in a deep voice, "Brother, Nan Shen Xi Qi, the balance point of many years cannot be broken."
Zhang Zhen scratched the bruises on the back of his head. "Why was it broken? What could be the underlying cause?"
Chen Yiming choked up when asked, "I just feel uneasy."
Zhang Zhen mocked, "I think you stay up late and lack exercise. Why don't you go for a run and keep fit? I'm sure you'll feel better."
"I won't say any more. I'm just eating. Assistant Chen, life lies in exercise." He hung up after saying that.
Chen Yiming slapped his forehead and thought, for a man like me who is involved in a business war full of intrigues and indistinguishable between humans and ghosts, what is there to talk about with a thug who is fighting on the edge of a knife? It's pointless.
When he arrived at the store, Chen Yiming received a call from his master. He prayed that the master was asking him not to buy chocolate but something else, which would be a waste of time and trouble.
"I've seen what the little prince did in the first half of this year. He's eyeing the land in Nanqiao." Shen Ji leaned back in the leather sofa with his feet on the coffee table.
"Yes," Chen Yiming immediately poured out relevant information from his mind, "He wants to open up a new path for the Cen family. The first thing he will try is real estate development. The land in Nanqiao has attracted a lot of attention. Once he gets it, his say in the Cen family will increase."
A trace of disdainful sneer escaped from Shen Ji's lips. "If you compete with him, you will lose to him."
"Also," Shen Ji's dark eyes narrowed slightly, "spreading rumors that the Shen and Qi families are not getting along."
Chen Yiming suddenly understood the chairman's intention.
Although it was just a piece of land, as long as the Shen family lost to the Cen family and had a disagreement with the Qi family, these two pieces of information would inevitably cause an uproar and trigger some voices.
By then, no matter who is behind Zhiyi, from the Cen family or outside the Cen family, there will be movement.
This phone call made Chen Yiming more certain of one thing: the chairman was a man whose lust would burn his work efficiency if it was not satisfied, and there must be no fire in his backyard.
Chen Yiming walked into the store. The chairman had met countless people over the years. He thought about it briefly and felt that Jiang Yan was still the best.
He can not only judge the situation, but also use his good skills to monopolize the chairmanship, making the chairman feel comfortable and relaxed to devote himself to work.
Chen Yiming sent someone to contact Jiang Yan. While waiting for the news, he quickly bought the chocolates and packed them himself.
I don’t know what the government will do with the茭白 after receiving it, whether to throw it in the trash or feed it to the dog.
Chen Yiming never imagined that the chocolate would be sent back to China from abroad and to the Lan Mo Mansion, which would truly bring茭白 into the Qi family.
That afternoon, the chocolates were signed for by Aunt Liu and happened to be seen by Qi Yiliao's second sister.
The recipient on the package was "茭白."
The second sister didn't show any expression at the time. She just said that since the person was living in Lanmo Mansion, she would invite him back for dinner.
As a result, the people who were protecting Jiaobai at No. 1 Middle School panicked. Qi Si quickly informed the boss, "Brother Zhen, Lao Xiao from the Research Institute is here."
Zhang Zhen was in the company and was being dragged by the secretary to listen to gossip. He had a headache. Hearing this, he stood up and said, "Stop it."
"But we asked, and we found out that Lao Xiao was sent by the Second Miss, and he said he wanted to take Young Master Bai to the Lanmo Mansion for a reunion." Qi Si said bitterly.
Zhang Zhen quickly walked out of the secretariat and headed straight for the chairman's office.
Qi Yiliao was signing a document with an earphone in one ear. He said without raising his eyelids, "Ask him."
It took Zhang Zhen a long time to figure out who his third brother asked him to ask. He called his younger brother in the office and told him what happened.
After the third class, Jiaobai secretly hid in the wall and answered the phone. "Okay, I'll go."
Zhang Zhen hung up and said, "Third brother, Bai Bai said he was going to Lan Mo Mansion."
Qi Yiliao's expression was the same, as if he had expected this. "Then let him pass."
Zhang Zhen rubbed his hands. "Will the Second Miss embarrass Bai Bai?" After all, he was the only one who had a private room in Lanmo Mansion, with an independent small garden. He was also protected by the Qi family when he went to school.
Qi Yiliao put the signed document aside and took another one to look through. "Since he has made the decision, he must have thought it through and made mental preparations."
Finally, Qi Yiliao comforted him, "Azhen, as his brother, you should have some confidence in him."
Zhang Zhen grabbed the back of his neck twice. Did the third brother overestimate Bai Bai
As early as when Jiaobai learned that Qi Yilao's second sister and younger sister-in-law went to Lan Mo's mansion, he expected that they would meet him.
Even though Zhang Zhen asked him not to return to Lanmo Mansion in the near future, Qi Yilao did not come to the school to chant sutras with him.
What is coming will come, and you can’t avoid it.
What a melodramatic comic.
Moreover, this was also an opportunity to get into the Qi family. If he was lucky, he might be able to get access to the Qi family's unknown secrets. Even if it was only a little bit, it would be helpful for him to defeat Qi Yilao.
Jiaobai called Zhou Lanlan without much thought. This person was useful to him.
Zhou Lanlan's mother was living in Lanmo Mansion recently, and she was not there. She would have to go there in two days. This time Jiao Bai asked her to follow him, and she didn't think much about it. She just thought that he was bored and wanted to bring someone of the same age to keep him company.
"Don't call me aunt when you get there, otherwise your mother will kill me." Jiaobai warned.
Zhou Lanlan made a "k" sign. She chewed some taffy and muttered, "My mom will scold me when she sees me later."
Jiaobai said, "Then go ahead. I'll go by myself."
"No, we should stick together as brothers. You can't fight my mother's battle alone, so I have to do it." Zhou Lanlan squinted her eyes, "Just think of it as making up for stealing your medicine and masks last time."
Jiaobai glanced at her. People always say that nephews look like their uncles. Zhou Lanlan has the same nose bridge as Qi Yiliao, noble and elegant.
Before meeting Zhou Lanlan's mother, Jiaobai tried to imagine what her mother looked like through her.
When he saw her, he realized that Zhou Lanlan and her mother were two extremes. Zhou Lanlan was lively and unrestrained, while her mother...
She was a middle-aged woman dressed in a very cool style, with no makeup on, wearing glasses, wide European eyelids, deep contours, and loose skin that was not well maintained. She had very short hair, and did not wear any ornaments, nor did she have any perfume on her clothes. She gave people the impression of a young lady from a large family in the old society who respected the family rules. She behaved in a well-educated, yet repressed and harsh manner.
"Hello, President Qi!" Zhou Lanlan put her hands behind her shoulders, hooked them with one finger, and smiled playfully.
Dean Qi was sitting in front of a bookshelf on the first floor, holding a German manuscript in his hand. His posture was proper and dignified. She glanced over at him.
Zhou Lanlan stood up straight immediately, took off her schoolbag and put it beside her legs. When she saw her mother looking at the茭白, she said quickly, "Hey, this is my classmate,茭白, the dish she eats, the茭白炒茭白 that Dean Qi likes..."
"He doesn't have a mouth, so why does he want you to speak for him?" Dean Qi put the book on the round table.
Zhou Lanlan didn't feel any discomfort. It was obvious that the current situation was nothing but child's play for her, who had been scolded all year round.
Several lights were turned off in this area of the bookshelf, with only two lights on next to Dean Qi. At first, it might have been for the reading atmosphere, but now it seemed eerie against the backdrop of the stalemate.
Zhou Lanlan winked at Jiaobai. She had revealed it on the way here. If she wanted to deal with her mother, she could only sweeten her words.
Jiaobai couldn't be sweet, so he didn't lose his composure. For him, this kind of straightforward attack was easier to deal with than the old lady who was fingering her Buddhist beads and chanting "Amitabha" with a kind face but was stabbing arrows in the back.
Dean Qi, who has great authority, would definitely check his background if he wanted to see him. He had checked everything out, but he still wanted him to introduce himself. What? Was he applying for a job
In the first round,茭白 cannot retreat.
Besides, Dean Qi knew about what he did in Nancheng, and he must have formed a bad impression of him based on his subjective cognition. If he was honest, the other party would think it was fake.
He might as well just leave it as it is.
As a high school student who has lived in the Shen family, married and divorced Shen Ji, was kidnapped by the eldest son of the Qi family and survived, has Zhang Zhen as a backer, is treated specially by Qi Yiliao, and has never entered the society, he should let his emotions surface. This will make people feel that he is indeed an inexperienced child. Although he has come to this day by luck and has connections with several big families, he is still arrogant and impetuous inside, and can't even do superficial work.
Dean Qi stood up.
Jiaobai felt a pain in his lower back, and Zhou Lanlan pinched him. The emperor was not anxious, but the eunuch was, almost dying of anxiety.
"Mom, Dean Qi, my classmate is nervous." Zhou Lanlan said flatteringly, "Just ignore him, I'll give you a shoulder massage, and you can ask me about my studies."
Dean Qi asked critically, "Ask about your studies? What else can you do in No. 1 Middle School except to embarrass my people?"
Zhou Lanlan's face turned pale, but she returned to normal the next second. She smiled and went to massage her mother's shoulders. Her mother pushed her away in disgust. She moved closer again and repeatedly used her eyes to tell Jiaobai to leave first.
"Don't make friends with impolite people," said Dean Qi.
Before Zhou Lanlan could reply, Jiao Bai spoke up. He didn't want to introduce himself, but called out "Aunt Liu!"
As he spoke, he walked towards the bookshelf with ease, touched the button and pressed it.
Aunt Liu came late, and Jiao Bai didn't wait for her to perform, and asked, "Uncle Xiao said there is a package for me, where is it?"
Zhou Lanlan didn't even dare to look at her mother's expression. Jiao Bai called her mother's subordinate uncle, but he didn't even say hello.
Where does茭白 get the confidence to be so arrogant
Isn't this her aunt? That's right! Little aunt!
Jiaobai was waiting for Aunt Liu to react when an electronic sound rang out.
Your friend is online
The friend reminder came suddenly, and the white cat's avatar lit up. Then, the rainbow's avatar also appeared in front of Jiaobai, shaking violently.
The sound of footsteps was faintly heard from a corner, and gradually became clearer, accompanied by a slightly tired voice: "Why are you all crowded here?"
Zhou Lanlan dared to smile to her mother just now, but now she acts like a little lady.
And Dean Qi sat back.
Aunt Liu went to meet Qi Yilao and brought him his suit jacket.
Qi Yiliao raised his hand, hung his coat in his arm, put one hand in his trouser pocket, and walked towards Jiaobai with steady and slow steps. "Do you have a lot of homework today?"
Jiaobai used his eyes to comfort Zhang Zhen behind him while keeping an eye on his friend's profile picture.
Rainbow's shaking amplitude was a little smaller, and she was much more relaxed.
The white cat's drooping eyelids opened up and its tail lifted towards him.
This let Jiaobai know that Qi Yilao did not blame him.
Jiaobai and Qi Yiliao looked at each other and said, "There's a lot of homework."
"Then go do your homework first." Qi Yiliao handed him the suit, "Lanlan, you go too."
Zhou Lanlan, who has become a fan of c for both young and old and has started to dig her own sugar grains, "..." There are only a bunch of cosmetics in her schoolbag, not even a book, so how can she do her homework
When she saw her uncle looking at her, her IQ suddenly reached the peak of her life, and she ran away pulling the茭白.
The castle was too empty, and the echo from the running sounds in the corridor was a bit harsh.
Dean Qi's face turned cold and he said, "Noisy."
"All children are like this." Qi Yiliao picked up the manuscript on the round table and flipped through it, as if he was flipping through a stranger's story. "That's how it should be."
Dean Qi was about to say something, but when she saw Aunt Liu coming over to add more tea, she changed the subject, "That child is not suitable to stay in Lanmo Mansion."
"He only comes here on weekends." Qi Yilao said.
"But he has his own room here." Dean Qi realized that she was too emotional, so she suppressed her emotions. "Your aunt also thinks the same way."
Qi Yiliao smiled and shook his head, "Second sister, I am the master of Lanmo Mansion."
The atmosphere around them suddenly changed.
Dean Qi slammed the table and said, "Yes, Lanmo Mansion and Qi Family are all yours. Your aunt and I are in the research institute all year round, and we are collecting materials everywhere to enrich our photography career. How can we compete with you? Aren't all those who can compete with you lying in the backyard?"
There was dead silence in front of the bookshelf.
Qi Yiliao waved his hand to let Zhang Zhen go down, and he put the manuscript back on the bookshelf, in its rightful place, and then he turned around and looked over from the shadows. The whole person was like a rotten corpse that should not be alive. Weird, cold, crazy, and dangerous.
"Second sister, the day of worship has not arrived yet. If you want to go to the backyard in advance, it's not impossible." Qi Yilao's voice was wrapped in a creepy calmness.
Dean Qi felt a chill down her spine. She picked up the teacup and drank the water, which swayed slightly.
"I was wrong for what I said just now." Dean Qi changed his tone and said casually, "I was also angry. The child acted as if he didn't see me, but you let him go so easily. A-Liao, even if you want to use him, you can't spoil him like this. You are his employer, not his guardian."
"Second sister, you are too serious." Qi Yiliao stepped out of the shadows with a smile on his face, "We also went through school years, and we all know what the college entrance examination means to a student."
"He didn't go to school much last year, and he fell behind in his studies. He will take the exam in about two months, and time is tight. I think he might as well study instead of staying here. He should devote himself to the things that matter to his age." Qi Yiliao praised him generously, "A person with clear ambitions and firm steps deserves more opportunities."
Dean Qi looked at her brother seriously for the first time, "A Liao, if you want children, just raise some."
Qi Yilao was in low spirits.
Dean Qi blurted out, "You are already thirty-four..." A hint of mockery that was inconsistent with her style flashed in her sharp eyes. It was unclear who she was mocking, a living person or a dead person.
"It's time to choose a successor," said Dean Qi.
"Snap"
There was a metallic sound between Qi Yiliao's fingers. He lit a cigarette, held it between his fingers without smoking, and smiled faintly, "It's time to find it."
In the bedroom on the first floor with a small courtyard, Jiaobai took off his school uniform, picked out a thin jacket from a large row of clothes in the closet and put it on. He zipped up his jacket and walked into the courtyard to look at the sky.
It was dim and yellow, and from time to time a few fallen leaves from some unknown tree floated down.
The dark green vines behind rustled in the breeze.
Compared with the Shen family, the Qi family is much more miserable, and almost all of them are in the cemetery.
The surviving Qi family members did not have the responsibility to expand. Because Zhou Lanlan was an only child, she said her sister-in-law was not a marriage advocate and did not want children. She also said that the Qi family had bad feng shui, with very few male offspring and an unsatisfactory average life expectancy. The only male in the direct line was her uncle, and the side branches were not very good either.
According to Zhou Lanlan, who is outspoken and has no ulterior motives, her aunt was extremely excited when she found her other uncle and was expecting him to bring some influence to the Qi family. However, an accident happened not long after he had recognized his ancestry.
It’s really one family, one ethos, each one is different.
After hearing his friend's reminder, Jiaobai went back to his bedroom. Zhang Zhen came in and pulled him aside, asking him if he had been bullied.
“It’s so exciting!”
Zhou Lanlan, who was sitting under the basketball hoop, shouted, "My mom has never lost face like this before. This is definitely a milestone moment. I want to record it in a video!"
"Today is 2024, April... It doesn't matter what day it is. Anyway, Dean Qi failed to use his official power today. His face is so long. Holy shit, hahahaha, I'm dying of laughter--" Zhou Lanlan gloated over other's misfortune, and the peasants stood up and sang.
Wild rice "… "
Zhang Zhen "…"
"Jiaobai, you are amazing." Zhou Lanlan rushed to Jiaobai and gave him two thumbs up in admiration, "You are worthy of being my aunt."
Jiaobai dragged her out and said, "I've told you several times that your uncle and I have no relationship. If I hear you talking nonsense again, I'll beat you up."
Zhou Lanlan couldn't believe it. "Brother, you even smoke girls? Are you still a human being? Don't look down on my uncle. My uncle is just older than you. He is impeccable in every other way. Besides, the age difference is not that big. It's not even a round..."
Zhang Zhen, who was watching the children playing, interrupted and said, "It's the next round."
"The age difference is fourteen years, and one cycle lasts two years." Zhang Zhen explained the science to the confused high school students.
"Oh my god," Zhou Lanlan questioned her life, "Isn't the first round sixteen years old? Then wouldn't a lot of my cute cs be... Shit, I can't be cute anymore..."
The sound of the door closing answered her.
Jiao Bai sent Zhou Lanlan away and lay down on the bed. "Third brother's aunt hasn't come yet."
"I'll be there later." Zhang Zhen took the basketball that Zhou Lanlan had kicked back to its original place. "My aunt is a very emotional person. She has a lot on her mind and is easily sad."
Jiaobai thought about it for a while, but couldn't come up with anything. "Will I stay here overnight?"
Zhang Zhen was about to ask his third brother, but suddenly he remembered his third brother's attitude in dealing with all of Bai Bai's affairs, so he asked back, "What do you think?"
"Go ahead."
Jiaobai looked like he was thinking, but in fact he had already made up his mind that he must stay tonight.
The rainbow is smiling.
Zhang Zhen also treated him as a younger brother and was very nice to him, but his activity level just never broke 50, it never broke!
Not sure which event point to refresh.
Seeing Zizhi's activity level, Jiaobai increased it to 95 and was finally getting in.
That idiot is not dead yet. I don't know where he is hiding. I don't know how Qi Shuang died.
Qi Yilao's aunt is a bald woman with artistic dress and delicate features. She is much more easy to get along with than his second sister. When she saw the茭白, she said that she had inspiration and wanted to take pictures of the茭白 instead of eating.
Qi Yiliao didn't allow her to take pictures with茭白.
The young girl's eyes turned red and she wiped away her tears. She was not pretending, she was truly sad from the bottom of her heart.
The茭白 was stunned.
In the end, Jiaobai did not become a model. Qi Yiliao's attitude was neither strong nor overbearing, and he was even smiling and amiable, but no one could make him change his mind.
At night, Jiaobai went out from the small courtyard outside his bedroom. As a fan of dog comics, he knew that the dog blood at this time was more concentrated than at other time periods.
The wild rice went to the cemetery.
When a melodrama is told, not only the time but also the place should be taken into consideration.
Apart from the small Buddhist temple on the third floor, the cemetery in Lan Mo Mansion is the most suitable place for producing melodramatic stories.
Jiaobai is not afraid of being seen by the surveillance-crazy old pervert. He is now in a "possessed" state and is fearless.
The backyard was very big, and for some reason, the lights were off tonight. Jiaobai walked towards his destination under the moonlight. Fortunately, he had a good sense of direction and had memorized a path after going there once, otherwise he would have gotten dizzy.
After twisting and turning, Jiaobai appeared at the edge of the cemetery covered with thorny leaves. He found a hidden bush to hide in and peeked at the two figures in the cemetery.
It’s Dean Qi and my aunt.
The two men didn't carry any lanterns or turn on any flashlights. They just squatted in front of a tombstone and cleared the overgrown weeds around it.
The words "once a year" and "visiting the graves" were blown by the mountain wind through the treetops and grass, and into the ears of茭白 who stood up. He thought strangely that this year's Qingming Festival had already passed.
The Qi family doesn’t visit the graves on Qingming Festival, so what day should they choose
Before Jiaobai could figure out the situation, the two ladies from the Qi family in the cemetery started arguing for some reason.
"Aunt, A-Liao is not keen on adopting a child."
"You know what kind of person he is. He has been like that since he was a child. You only gave birth to Lanlan, why don't you have another one?"
"I want more children? I was already an advanced maternal age when I gave birth to Lanlan, and you still want me to have more children, aunt, you want me to die for the Qi family's incense. But you can have a child without getting married, but you don't want to have either."
"... I didn't dare to get involved. I was afraid that the baby I gave birth to would be... I couldn't bear it... It would be great if your eldest brother's child was alive. I found it. I thought God was finally going to save our Qi family, but who knew... who knew that people..."
"Aunt, don't cry in front of my father..."
Jiaobai was listening intently. Just as he was about to move to a closer position, he suddenly froze.
There was a person behind him, right behind him. He was not squatting like him, but standing. His shadow was blurry on the grass in front of him.
The shadow moved, and the person behind him bent his back and chuckled to himself.
"What did you overhear?"
Zizania latifolia “…” Damn, my friend’s reminder is delayed again!
Qi Yiliao is here, so am I possessed by evil spirits now? Or am I awake
Continue to be possessed.
So Jiaobai squatted there motionless, pretending not to hear anything, immersed in the state of being controlled by the evil spirit.
A masculine scent came over him, and Qi Yilao also squatted down. He stretched out one arm from behind and pinched Jiaobai's face. His force was so light that it seemed as if he was afraid to startle the little bird that had accidentally rested on his fingertips.
"Tell uncle what you heard, huh?"
Jiao Bai thought that he should just keep his eyes empty and remain "possessed". If he "woke up", he would not be able to hear the noise from the cemetery, nor would he be able to deal with Qi Yilao.
Not long after,
The wild rice plant cursed out loud, "Fuck!"
Because my aunt left with tears in her eyes. Dean Qi is still at the cemetery, she, she, she, she…
She sat beside the tombstone, took off her business jacket and draped it over the tombstone, then said two words: "Come out."
Jiaobai thought that they were talking about him and Qi Yilao.
Unexpectedly, a slightly hunched figure walked out of the bushes to the west. It was none other than Lao Xiao who was going to pick him up from No. 1 Middle School. Dean Qi's people.
Then,
Dean Qi leaned against the tombstone, took off her glasses, and opened her striped shirt slightly. "Serve me here."
This dog blood tasted completely different from what Jiaobai had expected. It was his first time eating it and the shock was too great, causing him to fail in his attempt to pretend to be possessed. After swearing, he couldn't even squat and fell backwards.
He didn't want to sit in Qi Yiliao's arms, so he pushed his hands back in desperation.
However, it was dark and I was in a rush.
Jiaobai's hand that was stretched backwards did not touch the grass, nor did it touch Qi Yiliao's shoe. What he touched was...
I don't know how to put it, but his fingertips were resting on a cold metal button, and his palm was,
Very hard.
Also metal.
Through the cloth, strips of it pressed against his hand, and the shape was like,
cage.