LWDC Chapter 190

Chapter 190 – Return to Mission

Chapter 190 – Return to Mission

Chapter 190 – Return to Mission

Two days after Ning Fei’s birthday, the car back to Yucheng set off.

In just two days, the appearance of Qiao Li’s daughter had changed dramatically. Ning Fei had someone cut her hair shorter, and she was dressed in simple cotton clothes, making the child look like a little boy at first glance. Ning Fei had also specifically instructed her that for safety’s sake, she had to pretend to be a boy on the way to Yucheng. Moreover, before Qiao Li came to find her, she had to use the alias “Xiao Shui,” and her real name and origins had to be kept secret.

The little girl seemed to understand, but she agreed to Ning Fei’s request.

Before leaving, Ning Fei specifically confirmed with her again: “Are you really going to come with us? There’s no turning back once you set off. If you cry in the middle of the night and want to go back to Pingdu to find your mother, I’ll just throw you outside. Don’t think I’m scaring you.”

“I…” the little girl couldn’t help but ask, “Mr. Ning, has my mother come to see me these past two days?”

“No.” Ning Fei calmly stated the cruel truth, “Don’t even mention her coming. Even if we sent people to find her, they wouldn’t be able to get close easily. There are people secretly watching her, specifically to see who will go to her. In this situation, who would dare to go to her easily? It’s just asking for trouble.”

Hearing this, Duan Yunhong interjected, “Why are you telling her this?”

“Do you think kids don’t understand anything? It’s better to explain it clearly so she can understand.” Ning Fei replied to him, then looked at the girl again, “So? Are you going or not?”

The girl hesitated, “Then I can’t even see my mother one last time?”

Ning Fei: “No.”

“…Then, I’ll go with you.” The girl finally made up her mind, “My mother wants me to rely on Mr. Ning, so I’ll be obedient, and I’ll go with you.”

“Okay, then take your things and sit in the passenger seat later.” Ning Fei didn’t say anything praising, just a long list of instructions, “Speak up if anything important happens on the road, like if you feel unwell or if there’s a potential danger. You can also say if you need to go to the bathroom. As for other unimportant chats, just skip it. You can put on your seatbelt and sleep in the car. Don’t look at what you shouldn’t look at, and don’t ask what you shouldn’t ask, understand?”

“Understood.”

“Alright, go get your things.”

The little girl, or rather, the current “Xiao Shui,” nodded and quickly ran off.

Duan Yunhong watched the child skip away, turned his head to look at Ning Fei, “You’re pretty good at taking care of kids. You were also dedicated when you were a teacher before, could it be… do you like being a ‘male mother’?”

“It’s been a while since you’ve been acting crazy. It still feels the same, like your brain suddenly went wrong.” Ning Fei glanced at him, “If I don’t set the rules for her in advance, and she starts acting like a crazy kid on the road, wouldn’t you be annoyed to death? She’s only in the car because of me. If you blame me and ask me to deal with it immediately, where am I supposed to deal with it? What if I get kicked out of the car with her?”

“I dare to blame you? If I kicked you out of the car, you’d definitely drag me down with you.” Duan Yunhong suddenly leaned closer and whispered in his ear, “Damn, I was just joking about ‘male mother’, but suddenly it feels pretty good, what should I do?”

“…What’s wrong with you? Is your XP really twisted?” Ning Fei narrowed his eyes slightly, “Oh, that’s right, you used to like cross-dressing, so you just like this genre, right? Is it just slowly being exposed? I’m warning you in advance, just because I occasionally play along with you doesn’t mean I have this hobby too. You better not suddenly send me a closet full of dresses one day, or I’ll give you a mouthful of bullets.”

“You’re talking about me? You’re not much better, are you?” Duan Yunhong raised his eyebrows, “That bet about Qiao Li not returning the book, the request you made, isn’t it also of this kind? I have to get someone to specially custom-make that crappy dress you specified. How am I supposed to tell the tailor? Have you thought about that?”

“Hahahaha, you have to accept defeat when you gamble, Mr. Duan!” Ning Fei laughed when he mentioned this, and poked him hard in the chest, “This is the stuff of a ‘mother’, so make good use of it!”

*

Duan Yunhong, Ning Fei, the driver, and Xiao Shui, this combination of three adult men and a little girl set off towards Yucheng.

As for Duan Yunhong’s assistant, although theoretically, it wouldn’t be a problem to squeeze into the car together, Duan Yunhong and Ning Fei didn’t want to lose comfort, so they threw the assistant on the train. As for how many transfers he had to make and how many days it would take, they could only let the assistant do his best and leave the rest to fate.

Of course, to uninformed outsiders, the four people in this car all looked like men at first glance. It was just that when looking for a place to stay at night, there were always three rooms, and Xiao Shui had one to herself. This arrangement didn’t scare Xiao Shui, but secretly relieved her. Qiao Li had taught her from a young age that men and women were different, and if Ning Fei had arranged her and the driver in the same room, she would have felt even more uneasy. Moreover, Xiao Shui was also good at taking care of herself and hardly added any trouble to the adults.

The few days of the journey, not long or short, ended smoothly.

Duan Yunhong’s car drove into Ning Fei’s mansion. Not only did Duan Yunhong himself enter the door, but all his luggage was also brazenly carried into Ning Fei’s house. Ning Fei watched him direct his own servants to move things and put them away, with a smile that was not a smile. The steward saw his expression, leaned close, and whispered, “Young Master, should we not have let that Mr. Duan move his luggage in?”

“…It’s okay, just let him stay. I’ll deal with him if he causes too much trouble.” Ning Fei replied, then changed the subject, “That kid I brought back is actually a little girl. Have a woman take care of her. Usually, let her help with some light work around the house first, and let her eat and live with the people who live here. I’ll have to take her to another place later, so don’t let her become sloppy.”

“That child’s background…”

“You don’t need to worry about that.” Ning Fei’s tone turned cold, “You should know very well what should be said and what should be asked. I’ve said so much, you have to ‘keep it all in’, just treat it as if there’s one more servant here, understand?”

“Understood.” The steward tensed up and lowered his head in agreement. Soon, he remembered something else, “By the way, Young Master, your assistant said yesterday that as soon as you get home, he should be notified immediately. You see…”

“He should be in the office now, right? I’ll give him a call.” Ning Fei waved his hand, “Go busy yourself.”

The steward obeyed and left, while Ning Fei turned and walked towards the stairs, preparing to go upstairs to the study to make a call.

More than ten minutes later, Duan Yunhong, who had finally arranged all his and Ning Fei’s luggage, knocked on the study door.

“Come in.”

Duan Yunhong opened the door and saw Ning Fei sitting behind the desk, leaning against the back of the chair with his feet propped up on the table, looking like he was in a daze. The man walked over and asked doubtfully, “It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you like this. What’s making Mr. Ning so troubled as soon as he gets home?”

Ning Fei raised his eyes and glanced at him, “It’s still Liang Zhiming’s crap.”

“…Hmm?” Duan Yunhong walked around the desk and approached him, “How so?”

“Those people who were watching Qiao Li found out that her daughter was missing, so they investigated all the way and found out that Qiao Li sent her daughter to you.” Ning Fei’s tone was cold, “Then, coincidentally, we soon said we were going back to Yucheng, and that child also disappeared. Secretary Cui remembered that I said Cheng Lingqi in Yucheng was a friend of mine. So he called Cheng Lingqi and questioned us about whether we took Qiao Li’s daughter away and whether it was related to Liang Zhiming. Cheng Lingqi was scared to death and asked my assistant what was going on. My assistant was also confused, so he asked me to deal with this matter as soon as I got back.”

“Those people are so idle? They’re really keeping track of Qiao Li’s daughter’s whereabouts?” Duan Yunhong frowned slightly, “Could it be that Qiao Li is actually also in contact with the organization, but we don’t know?”

“It’s impossible to verify this now. Don’t mention that we’re not in Pingdu. Even if we were, you don’t have any connection with them now, so you wouldn’t be able to find out.” Ning Fei leaned against the back of the chair, put his hands on his abdomen, and shook his feet, “Looking at it this way, we definitely can’t hide the fact that we brought the child back. We can only think of a story to deal with it.”

“You mean come up with a story for Cheng Lingqi, right.” Duan Yunhong propped his hand on the desk, “With our status, we can say whatever nonsense we want. You’re more worried about implicating Cheng Lingqi, so that’s what you’re worried about?”

“Otherwise?” Ning Fei lightly clicked his tongue, “I came here with a debt-collecting mission, don’t you think I forgot about my job after going on a ‘root-seeking journey’ with you? Also, you promised to help me complete the mission, don’t just stand there and watch the fun.”

“I’m just afraid of messing up your plan, aren’t I?” Duan Yunhong leaned slightly, reached out and pinched Ning Fei’s chin, “You should have already considered a solution, tell me about it?”

“Ha, you really want to hear?” Ning Fei slapped the man’s hand away, stared into his eyes for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled playfully, “I was just thinking, why don’t we just say I bought her.”

“…Ha?” Duan Yunhong was really surprised now, “What a terrible idea! How did you think of this? Even if this kind of thing still exists these days, but you bought a nine-year-old child and brought her all the way back to Yucheng, it’s impossible that it’s just to buy a little servant, right?”

“That’s not it, indeed.” Ning Fei shrugged, “But if I can get through this by being called that kind of pervert, it doesn’t matter…”

“It does matter.” Duan Yunhong suddenly interrupted him, “You want to play that set of ‘as long as I complete the mission, it doesn’t matter what happens to me’, right?”

As he spoke, the man put Ning Fei’s feet under the table, then reached out and scooped him up, putting him on the desk, facing him face to face, eye to eye: “From the first world we met, you’ve been this way. At that time, I questioned you, and you thought I was nosy and ignored me. Now, I should have the right to express my opposition, right?”

“…” Ning Fei was silent for two seconds, then raised his eyebrows and asked, “You think you do?”

“Even if I don’t, I’m going to openly oppose you doing this now.” Duan Yunhong’s hands were on either side of him, his eyes fixed on the person in front of him, “Especially when it comes to things that affect your reputation, I won’t easily let you be smeared with dirty water, otherwise what am I? So, you better think of another plan.”

When Ning Fei heard these words, he felt that he should dismiss them, because no one could tell him what to do with his debt-collecting methods. But for some reason, after looking at Duan Yunhong for a few seconds, Ning Fei suddenly wanted to laugh.

“Pfft…! What ‘what am I’… you’re still arguing with a fake excuse!” He raised his hands and patted Duan Yunhong’s face, “This is just an expedient measure, convenient and fast, anyway, I’ll be gone soon. You’re even jealous of this, then you think of one. Anyway, I can’t implicate Cheng Lingqi, you think of a perfect solution, Mr. Duan!”

Duan Yunhong pressed his hand to his face, “Actually, I’ve already considered it—I mean how to protect the Cheng family to the greatest extent throughout your entire mission, but I was afraid that after saying it, you’d say I was interfering too much in your mission. Since we’ve already talked to this point, then I might as well tell you one of my ideas?”

Ning Fei snorted and laughed, “Granted.”

Duan Yunhong slowly said, “I think… why don’t we just let Cheng Lingqi be captured?”

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