GBT Chapter 31
by VolareThat time, Li Jue was lured away by the male second and brought here for a meal.
When the male second was serving soup to Li Jue, he escaped, staggering and stumbling, running into the arms of the male third who had come to find him.
Li Jue used a few tears to get the male second and male third to reach a temporary peace agreement. They took him out of Lan Yi Zhai, and just as they reached the door, they came face to face with Shen Er An’s people.
Even a gunfight broke out.
The male second shot at Shen Er An, and Li Jue threw himself on to block it.
The male third then went up to protect Li Jue.
The result of that battle was the death of the male third and the injury of the male second. When Jiao Bai watched it at the time, he was like other fans, complaining while still wanting more.
“Broken Wings” is the well-deserved king of dog blood dramas of the year.
Jiao Bai unconsciously laughed out loud.
Shen Ji and Qi Yi Liao, who were talking, both looked over.
Shen Ji thought he was an embarrassment, but still opened his mouth: “Is it that delicious?”
Jiao Bai nodded without thinking, and a vegetable roll was added to his bowl. He looked at it and didn’t move his chopsticks.
The meaning was obvious: who wants to eat saliva from your chopsticks?
Jiao Bai was doing it on purpose. What, you’re allowed to dislike me, but I can’t dislike you?
To deal with these born high-and-mighty wealthy elites, you have to let them know that you are not RMB, not the Jade Emperor.
Shen Ji closed his eyes, and the speed of his chest rising and falling slowed down. He seemed to have suppressed his violence with reason.
However, his knee under the table approached Jiao Bai’s legs, with great force, like a sharp blade that seals the throat upon seeing blood. It was filled with the anger of being provoked and absolute aggressive dominance.
Jiao Bai felt that his leg bones were about to shatter, and his skin was burning. He stepped on the old thing’s leather shoes, and crushed them with all his might.
Shen Ji didn’t even move his eyebrows. He picked up the vegetable roll, and ate it with a cold face.
Shen Dong also knew that his old friend was present, and the scene couldn’t be too ugly.
The key was that he was afraid that he would lose face in the end.
Jiao Bai ate half a hawthorn without showing any signs. Anyone with eyes could see the old fellow’s great change. But Qi Yi Liao didn’t have the slightest surprise or curiosity.
There was only that little episode at the dinner table, and later everything was quite harmonious.
When Qi Yi Liao smiled and came forward to mediate the atmosphere, he had the charm and demeanor of a scholarly family, and it was difficult for others not to give him face.
The smoking area of Lan Yi Zhai was even larger than the Fu Yuan Building in South City, divided into four areas: plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum. Each area was designed with great taste.
Shen Ji and Qi Yi Liao were smoking in the orchid area. A chessboard was placed against the wall, and a piano was in the bamboo area next door.
“A Liao, what do you think are the differences between that little dog of mine now and the last time you saw him?” Shen Ji was about to finish a cigarette, and the surrounding smoke obscured his outline.
“You’re asking the wrong person,” Qi Yi Liao said with embarrassment, “You know I don’t remember people very well.”
“Last time at the Old Lady’s birthday banquet, I was able to notice the changes in that child and remind you because the interval was short. It’s been so long since then, how can I remember?” Qi Yi Liao flicked off the ash and said again.
Shen Ji didn’t speak.
Qi Yi Liao smiled and said, “Old Shen, you’ve been hostile to me since you came today, aren’t you going to give me an explanation?”
Shen Ji paused, clipped the cigarette and exhaled: “My little dog said you are warm, have demeanor, and are cultivated.”
“…” Qi Yi Liao held his forehead and laughed non-stop, “You’re jealous,”
The next moment, the lines at the corners of his eyes faded: “Doesn’t the outside world say that, they all understand me very well.”
Shen Ji smoked the last few puffs of cigarette: “It was my confusion.”
“I can understand,” Qi Yi Liao teased, “You’re an old tree blossoming, taking it to heart.”
Shen Ji was about to refute, but Qi Yi Liao said before him: “Next time you’re jealous, don’t put it on my head. I’m the same to everyone, there’s nothing special about it.”
“Then what do you think of him?” Shen Ji asked again when he walked to the door.
Qi Yi Liao put the cigarette butt into the pool, watching the dirty traces of cigarette ash and water merging together, and said with a light smile: “You know my conditions for choosing people. Where do you think he would rank among those I’ve picked?”
Shen Ji had seen the people around his old friend, and they were all top-notch in that regard, but he said: “You said that my little dog’s cold was better that time, and his voice was not bad.”
Qi Yi Liao was dumbfounded: “Old Shen, if you continue to ask like this, I’ll suspect that you’re not just taking it to heart, but are going to have a May-December romance with him.”
Shen Ji: “…”
“What May-December romance, am I very old?” His handsome eyebrows were dark.
“You’re not old, but that child is very young.” Qi Yi Liao teased and waved his hand, “Hurry back to the private room.”
He stretched a hand into the pool, kneading the dirty cigarette butt inch by inch, his smiling eyes half-closed: “By the way, Old Shen, take that child for a physical examination when you have time. Dirty things need to be checked several times.”
Shen Ji thought to himself, what’s dirty, he’s still a virgin, troublesome.
Too troublesome, when it really doesn’t work, just send him to “Di Ye,” and find someone to develop him properly.
When Shen Ji walked out, he suddenly thought of something about his old friend, and his steps became lighter.
His old friend was no threat.
Shen Ji’s figure paused, his face dark and gloomy.
He actually listened to that little dog’s words, and even tested his old friend.
“Damn it.”
Shen Ji cursed in a low voice, his ears turning red in the silent corridor. He had never been so embarrassed in his life. Fortunately, A Liao wasn’t as fussy as Dong Shan.
The conversation in the smoking area just now was simply inexplicable.
The more he thought about it, the more regretful he became. Shen Ji turned back and smoked two cigarettes in another area.
After dinner, the group went to the hospital.
Zhang Zhen had just woken up, and Shen Ji and Qi Yi Liao both entered the ward.
Everyone else was waiting outside, including Jiao Bai. He leaned against the wall and yawned. Seeing that Chen Yi Ming and Shen Ji’s bodyguards didn’t care about him, he swayed over to look at the medical knowledge on the wall.
How boring.
“It’s good that Brother Zhen is awake, I’m about to cry.”
“You’re about to cry, I’ve already cried, okay?”
“…”
The whispers from the corner reached Jiao Bai’s ears. He slowly turned around and moved closer, spotting several of Zhang Zhen’s brothers.
All of them had buzz cuts, were dressed in black, and were physically strong. They were huddled together wiping away tears.
Jiao Bai was about to leave, but stopped when he heard something.
“Brother Zhen’s online friend, should we tell him about it?”
“Tell him, we accidentally saw the WeChat chat history open on his phone, it wasn’t intentional.”
“But that high school student calls our Brother Zhen… ‘Sister.'”
“That doesn’t matter, we should still tell him. It can’t be hidden. Brother Zhen has set up a bunch of things on his phone. He can tell if someone has touched it or not, right?”
“There are times when he’s foolish too. My intuition tells me that there’s something wrong with the high school student. I don’t think Brother Zhen hasn’t noticed anything at all.”
“People’s minds are very complex and changeable. Maybe Brother Zhen was just in a good mood when he added the high school student.”
“I’m just worried that Brother Zhen will be deceived in heart and body. There are many scammers online.”
“Then should I find someone to investigate?”
“No, absolutely not. Let’s wait for Brother Zhen to decide.”
“Wait for Brother Zhen to decide.”
“…”
Jiao Bai turned around and left. Although this manga was full of dog blood, the settings of the supporting characters who served the plot were definitely not Void. Whether they were involved in the underworld or the business world, they were all real kings. He couldn’t possibly play them around just by relying on “knowing the original plot.”
Whether it was finding Qi Shuang to cooperate in calculating the Shen family, threatening the Master to falsify the fate saying to fool the Old Lady Shen, or being online friends with Zhang Zhen, he was mentally prepared for exposure from the moment he implemented it.
Jiao Bai was just using their psychological nature to delay his discovery. It would be best if he could get a life-saving charm before that.
When the day of exposure comes, he would adapt to the situation.
Jiao Bai didn’t leave the hospital with Shen Ji. Chen Yi Ming sent him to the Qi family.
Painkillers made him suffer less.
When they arrived, Chen Yi Ming suddenly said a sentence, which was very formulaic, but if you listened carefully, you could hear his unspeakable meaning. He said, “The chairman has gone to pick up Chu Dong Shan.”
Jiao Bai ignored Chen Yi Ming’s eyes reminding him to be sensible. He thought of Chu Dong Shan, another old friend of Shen Ji.
Fortunately, the other party was not his friend.
Otherwise, just Shen Ji and his old friends would be a table of mahjong.
Jiao Bai walked towards the castle.
Chen Yi Ming repeated it again.
“Alright, I know.” Jiao Bai responded impatiently. He glanced at the house number blocked by a large leaf and remembered the address mentioned in the manga.
– Lan Mo Mansion.
The Qi family’s old house.
The Qi family’s foundation was deeper than the Shen family’s.
Qi Yi Liao’s ancestors were engaged in construction work, and the castle was their work at the time. Each generation of the family lived here, passing it down from generation to generation.
Now this is Qi Yi Liao’s old nest, Jiao Bai walked in.
Jiao Bai wanted to leave as soon as he entered. He felt that there was a strange smell in the surrounding air, very similar to the breath in an old man’s mouth.
– Very old, very old, full of the taste of years of corrosion.
Jiao Bai was very uncomfortable. He calmed down and slowly walked inside with the help of the surrounding lights. Qi Yi Liao’s character setting was both perfect and complex. The “Broken Wings” author was right not to fill his character attributes, not to give him scenes, or even to pair him with a CP. It was simply impossible to enrich such a mysterious supporting character. Adding scenes to him would easily overshadow the protagonist gong Shen Er An, unless another book was opened.
“Da”
“Da da…”
Footsteps came over, and Jiao Bai unconsciously tensed his nerve endings. This was fucking like entering a haunted building.
The person who came was a gentle middle-aged woman. She gave Jiao Bai a smile and led him to the guest room, speaking softly: “You can call me Aunt Liu.”
Jiao Bai greeted politely: “Hello, Aunt Liu.”
“Shen Dong will arrive later.” Aunt Liu led him into the guest room, “See if there’s anything missing, you can call me.”
She pointed to the small white button on the wall: “Press it, and I will come over.”
The corner of Jiao Bai’s mouth twitched. This didn’t look like a haunted building anymore, it looked like a hospital. Even the bedding was like the configuration of a hospital.
After Aunt Liu said what she needed to say, she left, without lingering, and without telling Jiao Bai not to walk around.
Jiao Bai closed the door. He took off his clothes and carefully lay down on the bed, and after a few minutes, he rubbed around and got up again.
He couldn’t sleep at all.
The unfamiliar, humid breath kept drilling into his pores, it was too refreshing.
Jiao Bai hesitated in the room for a while and opened the door to go out. Everywhere he looked, there were lights. The Qi family had a lot of lights, a wall was inlaid with several, the electricity bill was free.
Jiao Bai had no purpose, he wandered around casually, walking slowly, with light footsteps. Without the old thing’s moving hands and feet, he was much more relaxed when he moved around.
The massage that the masseur gave him on the plane worked.
Jiao Bai walked around and figured out a little about Qi Yi Liao’s personality. He liked quietness and believed in Buddhism.
Because there was a Zen room in the house.
Qi Yi Liao also loved to read.
Jiao Bai stopped in front of a whole wall of bookshelves. Directly in front of him was a row of original English books. An inexplicable strangeness arose in his heart. The feeling disappeared without a trace after he took out one of the books and flipped through it.
Only the cover of this book was printed, and the inside was a handwritten copy. The handwriting was very forceful, and each letter left a deep mark on the back of the page.
The ink fragrance was so strong that Jiao Bai’s nose itched.
Jiao Bai put the book back in its original place, looking from bottom to top. There were too many, countless, wouldn’t they all be handwritten copies?
If that was the case, then this act could not be afforded by ordinary people.
Jiao Bai continued to walk. He didn’t encounter a single bodyguard, and didn’t see any servants other than Aunt Liu. Qi Yi Liao even installed multi-faceted surveillance in the rooms of “Di Ye,” and he didn’t know how many there were in his home.
Thinking like this, Jiao Bai felt like countless eyes were staring at him, which was very strange. He even wanted the Old Shen Dog to come over quickly.
At least the old thing was all on the surface, coming at him openly.
“Caw——caw——”
The crow’s cry made Jiao Bai’s breath stop. He then realized that he had reached the backyard at some point.
Night, crows, deep black trees, an aged old house…
It was just like a place for murder and dismemberment.
Jiao Bai was about to leave when something caught his eye, and the back of his head instantly felt cold.
Not far away, there was a large cemetery. Tombstones were entangled with vines, quietly standing in the cold winter moonlight.
– This was the Qi family’s cemetery.
Jiao Bai swallowed, his ribs hurt so he couldn’t bend over, so he lowered his head to show his respect and muttered to himself: “Sorry, no offense intended, good night.”
[Your friend is online]
This electronic sound almost killed Jiao Bai on the spot. He glanced at the online friend’s avatar, took a breath, and then turned around.
Qi Yi Liao was standing under the doorway of the backyard. The wind blew the treetops, and the swaying shadows swept across his eyebrows and eye contours. His eyes, which always carried a gentle smile, were extremely dark.
They were filled with a bloody, strong yin, or like nothing at all, a hollow.
Jiao Bai couldn’t see Qi Yi Liao’s eyes, he only found that the white cat raised its head and looked at him.
Its golden pupils and the bloodstains on its neck fur looked eerily sinister at this time.
Qi Yi Liao stepped on the fine fallen leaves and walked to Jiao Bai.
Jiao Bai tried to gain the initiative, and he spoke first: “Chairman Qi, where is Mr. Shen?”
“He’s still outside. They haven’t met for a while, and they probably won’t be back until after midnight.” Qi Yi Liao said, “I have a cold and came back early.”
Jiao Bai heard that Qi Yi Liao’s nasal voice was very heavy, and his throat was also hoarse.
Qi Yi Liao reached out his hand, and Jiao Bai wanted to dodge to the side, but because he was injured, his body’s reaction speed was not good.
The hand landed on his shoulder, removing a leaf that had fallen there at some point.
Qi Yi Liao leisurely played with the leaf: “Xiao Bai, how did you get here?”
Jiao Bai’s sight fell on Qi Yi Liao’s avatar, paying attention to the white cat’s changes: “I couldn’t sleep, so I came out for a walk and got lost.”
Qi Yi Liao revealed a look of realization: “Lost, huh.”
“It’s quite big here.” He threw away the leaf, and a gentle smile that made people unable to take their eyes off of it appeared on his deep face. “Then let me take you to walk around nearby.”
Jiao Bai looked at the pair of golden pupils of the white cat, and somehow, he had the feeling of being hooked by a hook to his throat and hung up.
The top of his head sank, and Jiao Bai looked up. An arm was across his vision.
Qi Yi Liao ruffled his hair: “Don’t be distracted when your elders are talking, understand?”
Jiao Bai ignored him.
Qi Yi Liao’s smile deepened, and his voice was even lower and gentler, like a whisper in his ear: “Understand?”
Jiao Bai moved his lips, which had been cooled by the wind, and subconsciously replied: “Heard…”
The white cat suddenly opened its mouth towards him, revealing thin and sharp teeth covered with blood clots. It made a weak, dying hiss.
It was threatening him, issuing a warning to him.
It was also like…
Asking him for help.