LWDC Chapter 131

Chapter 131 – Attitude Shift

Chapter 131 – Attitude Shift

Chapter 131 – Attitude Shift on the First Day of the New Year

In the end, the “Happy New Year” didn’t get a reply, whether from the phone or face-to-face in the living room.

In short, Ning Fei came out of the bathroom, went to pour a glass of water, and then went straight into the master bedroom. And this time, the room door “clicked” shut and never opened again.

Until daytime, noon on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Ning Fei slept until lunchtime. If he hadn’t been woken up by the phone ringing, he could have slept for another two hours. He frowned, fumbled for his phone, and saw the caller ID: Zheng Liwen.

“…” Ning Fei was also getting tired of Zheng Liwen now.

But he still answered the phone, though his tone wasn’t good: “Hello?!”

“Happy New Year! Your voice, you really haven’t gotten up yet?” Zheng Liwen said cheerfully, “Then you really didn’t see my message.”

Ning Fei was a bit grumpy from just waking up: “Get to the point, I’ll hang up if it’s just a New Year’s greeting. Oh, Happy New Year.”

“Such a big temper, don’t tell me you’re hungover. Were you not all high-spirited yesterday when you left?” Zheng Liwen didn’t care about his stiff tone at all, and replied, “Alright, open the door.”

As he spoke, the sound of “knock knock knock” on the door could be heard from the receiver at the same time.

Ning Fei was stunned: “…What?”

“Open the door, I went to get lunch just now, thinking you’d probably be alone today with no one to care for you, so I brought you a portion. Brand new, not leftovers.” Zheng Liwen said, “Don’t tell me to take it back. It’s the New Year, I’m already here…”

Before he could finish his “four-character mantra,” the door opened.

“…Huh?” Zheng Liwen was a little dumbfounded when he saw who opened the door. It took him two seconds to recover, “Director Duan?!”

Duan Yunhong, who had been up for a while, stood at the door with a calm expression: “Captain Zheng? Long time no see, is there something?”

“This…” Zheng Liwen was full of question marks. He couldn’t understand why this person was here now. Shouldn’t he be at the Huichuan base, thousands of miles away? If this person came to Tianyue to spend the New Year with Ning Fei, why did Ning Fei have New Year’s Eve dinner with his team members yesterday?

Another problem was that Zheng Liwen only ordered one portion of lunch. Now that there was Duan Yunhong at his house, Zheng Liwen felt a bit embarrassed.

Moreover, Zheng Liwen took advantage of his drunkenness last night to talk to Ning Fei about some personal topics. Today, he saw Ning Fei’s “significant other,” which was even more awkward.

——What stage are these two at? Don’t accidentally step in again…

Fortunately, before Zheng Liwen could formulate his words, Ning Fei came out of the master bedroom, raking his messy hair with one hand, and walking towards the door with dissatisfaction in his voice: “Are you addicted to being a dad or want to be a male mother? Running over to deliver food for me for no reason, isn’t it enough to manage those cubs in your team?”

As soon as he came, Duan Yunhong moved out of the way at the door, and the subtle sense of oppression and confrontation suddenly dissipated. Zheng Liwen raised the bag in his hand: “You guessed right, those two are still lying in my house half-dead, so I got them food too. You were wise to run away last night, otherwise they would be vomiting and making the whole house smell like alcohol in the middle of the night, it would have made you kick them both.”

“Then you really are a male mother, I’ll send you a banner another day to promote your spirit of dedication.” Ning Fei quickly scanned the two men with his eyes, quickly made a decision in his heart, but the lazy expression on his face didn’t change at all. He took the lunch from Zheng Liwen’s hand and said, “Received, you can go.”

Zheng Liwen raised his eyebrows: “Are you treating me like a delivery guy? You should at least say ‘thank you’ when you receive a delivery.”

“Thank you. Hard work. Happy New Year.” Ning Fei spat out a string of words without emotion, and then said, “Done, bye-bye.”

“You’re really…” Zheng Liwen said jokingly, but didn’t finish the evaluation. He glanced at Duan Yunhong standing aside, changed his tone and said, “Alright, I won’t bother you, it seems I don’t need to ask you today if you’re still joining the ‘Singles Gathering’. See you.”

“Bye.”

Zheng Liwen nodded to Duan Yunhong one last time, then turned and left decisively.

Ning Fei closed the door, turned around and glanced at Duan Yunhong, complaining, “Do you know what the situation is outside before you open the door? What if the person who comes isn’t friendly, and you don’t have any superpowers? If you can’t handle it yourself, you’ll drag me down too, and then I’ll be really unlucky.”

“Am I that stupid? I heard him talking outside the door.” Duan Yunhong replied, “And just because I don’t have superpowers doesn’t mean I don’t have weapons. Me taking out a weapon from my space is probably not slower than you drawing a gun from your holster.”

“And then what? If you don’t kill the other person, you’ll just wait to be exposed for having space abilities?” Ning Fei put the lunchbox on the table, “By the way, when you came to Tianyue this time, did you report it? Don’t let Huichuan call Tianyue again asking for someone, and then Yu Zhou turns around and scolds me.”

“You’re only asking now? If I hadn’t reported it, you guys would have already known I was coming. After all, I have a ‘record’, the first place they’d suspect is the Tianyue base.” Duan Yunhong listened to his questioning, vaguely sensing some concern inside—or perhaps it was just his imagination—and replied with a nonchalant smile, “But even if they find Yu Zhou, what’s the use of Yu Zhou scolding you?”

“You know perfectly well. Isn’t it because of your ‘record’? Just because you came to Tianyue without permission last time, Yu Zhou thinks I recruited you, so naturally they’ll think it’s my fault this time too.” Ning Fei said while opening the bag and taking out the lunchbox inside, “But how did you report to Huichuan? If you applied to come to Tianyue in advance, Tianyue should have received the message in advance too.”

Duan Yunhong replied naturally, “I told them to keep it a secret.”

Ning Fei: “…”

He subconsciously wanted to ask “Why keep it a secret,” but the words were already at his lips when he suddenly realized and swallowed them back down.

Ning Fei and Duan Yunhong’s affairs in Huichuan, they didn’t hide them, so the people who should know definitely knew. Duan Yunhong had even “ran away” with Ning Fei before, so if he came again this time, and also asked Huichuan to keep it a secret first, you could guess what excuse this guy used with your toes.

Nothing more than, “I’m going to spend the holiday with Ning Fei, so I want to keep it a secret and give him a surprise” or something like that.

Ning Fei decided to skip “why” and directly ask the next question: “Then when you go back, if they ask, how will you report the results?”

Duan Yunhong wasn’t surprised at all that he would guess the so-called “secret content,” and replied indifferently: “Just say I failed, so there were no results. It’s not like they’ll come to verify the situation with you? Those people aren’t that idle.”

“It doesn’t matter if they verify.” Ning Fei replied, “I’m asking you to help cooperate, so naturally I’ll also cooperate with your explanation.”

“What if I say I succeeded?” Duan Yunhong raised his eyebrows slightly, “Wouldn’t that be different from the explanation you gave to someone on Jinghui’s side?”

“That is a contradiction.” Ning Fei said jokingly, “Then I can only say, ‘Duan Yunhong is talking nonsense to save face.’ If it lowers your reputation, don’t blame me.”

Duan Yunhong realized that Ning Fei’s state was different from last night again.

Last night, Ning Fei was showing a clear state of rejection, and always had an unhappy and irritable emotion. Under that circumstance, Duan Yunhong couldn’t say anything, and the more he said, the more he would intensify the conflict. But today, Ning Fei’s state seemed to have completely switched. He returned to his original natural and unceremonious attitude, and more importantly, he no longer ignored Duan Yunhong today.

You should know that Duan Yunhong hadn’t received the reply to that “Happy New Year” yet.

Although there was no “read” prompt on the social media, Duan Yunhong didn’t know if Ning Fei brought his phone when he took a shower last night, but Duan Yunhong was very clear that Ning Fei must have seen it. Ning Fei was a person who grasped information at all times, even if he didn’t see it at the time, he must have seen it after entering the room. But until now, Ning Fei had completely not responded to this simple greeting, but instead said “Happy New Year” to Zheng Liwen, who also came uninvited…

Thinking of this, Duan Yunhong opened his mouth and said, “By the way, Happy New Year.”

“…Is it necessary to be so solemn?” Ning Fei looked back at him, “Happy New Year, congratulations and get rich, good health, all the best, is that enough?”

Duan Yunhong: “…”

Although he got a few more blessings than Zheng Liwen, Duan Yunhong couldn’t help but say, “Such perfunctory and impatient greetings are quite rare.”

“Come on. Neither of us are from this world, why bother with the sense of ritual?” Ning Fei chuckled and spread his hands towards him, “And why do you want me to give you a serious greeting, are you going to give me a red envelope?”

Duan Yunhong grabbed his hand: “I can give one.”

As soon as the words fell, 100 points of luck were transferred to Ning Fei.

This time it was Ning Fei’s turn to “…”

“You’re coaxing a child!” Ning Fei slapped Duan Yunhong’s hand hard with the other hand. As soon as Duan Yunhong let go, Ning Fei retracted his hand, “Crazy.”

Duan Yunhong gave luck and was scolded, but to be honest, he felt much more comfortable in his heart than last night.

Ning Fei didn’t care about his feelings, and continued: “My lunch is settled, you can take care of yours yourself, don’t think I’m providing food and lodging here.”

“Do you think I’m lacking in food?” Duan Yunhong said, “I also have other vacuum-packed frozen foods, and even brought a microwave. Do you want to charge for the electricity to heat the food? I can give it now.”

As he spoke, he really stretched out his hand. Ning Fei only glanced at his hand this time, chuckled, and turned to go to the bathroom to wash up.

Duan Yunhong looked at the closed bathroom door and carefully recalled Ning Fei’s every move and expression just now. Suddenly, he tasted a hint of something wrong.

——Ning Fei… still seems to be distancing himself, just in a less obvious way.

——His tone and attitude towards me are actually similar to Zheng Liwen’s. On the surface, he’s joking, but in fact, the boundaries are clear.

Duan Yunhong’s gaze moved again to the three dishes and one soup that Zheng Liwen brought on the table.

——And their relationship has become so good? Eating New Year’s Eve dinner together, and taking the liberty of delivering lunch, and Ning Fei accepted it…

However, Zheng Liwen’s sentence “no need to ask if you’re still joining the ‘Singles Gathering'” should be defaulting that Ning Fei “now has a companion.”

Ning Fei didn’t refute that sentence.

——————–

Ning Fei actually made a decision, did you see it?

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