LWDC Chapter 59

Chapter 59 – Love at First Sight

Chapter 59 – Love at First Sight

Chapter 59 – Love at First Sight

In the afternoon, Ning Fei tutored Lin Shengjia as usual, but this time at the Lin’s house.

Because Duan Yunhong had already bought the air conditioner and bed, they were coming to install them this afternoon. The house was noisy with workers coming and going, so it wasn’t convenient for tutoring, of course. And since Ning Fei couldn’t keep an eye on things at home, he naturally pinned Duan Yunhong there. Duan Yunhong wasn’t too happy about it: “I paid for it, and I have to be your hired hand?”

“Whoever bought it watches it, it’s not like I’m going to use it,” Ning Fei said, stepping on his foot, or rather, stepping on Duan Yunhong’s leather shoe with his own cotton slipper. “If no one’s watching, then don’t install it at all, come or don’t come.”

Duan Yunhong said, “I’ll get someone to watch it for you.”

“Oh, you’re going to give my keys to a stranger?” Ning Fei spread his hands. “Then you might as well just give them back to me. Why bother Mr. Duan to pass them on? It would be more convenient for me to give them directly to someone else, wouldn’t it?”

“Give them to someone else to help you watch?”

“Is it your business?” Ning Fei scoffed. “Mr. Duan, I thought someone like you wouldn’t think that giving keys meant anything. If you do think that, then you really should give them back to me.”

Duan Yunhong looked at him for a couple of seconds, then took out a key from his inner pocket and slapped it into Ning Fei’s hand.

At first, Ning Fei thought he was really returning his key, but when he took a closer look at the one in his palm, he realized: “What key are you trying to fool me with?”

Duan Yunhong: “A place you’d rather die than go to.”

Ning Fei: “…Your place?”

Mr. Duan fell silent again.

“Pfft. Is it really necessary, Duan Yunhong?” Ning Fei said cheerfully, “Is it that I don’t like living in your golden nest? Isn’t it because I specifically chose a ‘favorable location’ that I can’t leave? The most expensive things for me this time are the teacher position and this apartment, so I can’t waste them, can I?”

Duan Yunhong didn’t respond to his words, mainly because what Ning Fei said sounded too much like, “You gave me the key, and I took it, but I’m still not going.” If Duan Yunhong said another word about the key, it would be too demeaning.

Although giving out the key so easily was already demeaning enough, like he was rushing to please him.

In any case, Mr. Duan said with a straight face, “Are you going to move your foot or not?”

Ning Fei tossed his key up and down: “Then are you going to help me watch the place or not?”

“Still talking nonsense?” Duan Yunhong said unhappily. “Stop tossing it, if you lose it, no one will tutor you.”

“Ha, why don’t you just make it into a necklace and hang it around my neck?” Ning Fei scoffed, finally retracted his foot, and then turned around to buckle Duan Yunhong’s key onto his keychain, side by side with his own. “Is that okay now? Then I’m going to class, I’ll have to trouble you to watch my doghouse, let’s have dinner together tonight!”

Duan Yunhong didn’t respond, just sat down on the small sofa, like a guardian.

Ning Fei smiled, gave him a flying kiss, and really left. As soon as the door opened and closed, Duan Yunhong stood rooted to the spot for a long time before finally taking out his phone.

–He sent a message to his secretary to check what night-view restaurants were available in the city.

*

As a result, that night, Duan Yunhong and Ning Fei… had dinner at the Lin’s house.

Well, they did eat together.

The best part was that Luo Chenghong was also at the dinner table, and he had arrived just before dinner. It wasn’t clear whether he was originally coming for dinner or if he had been notified to come specifically. In any case, at the final round table, Ning Fei had Duan Yunhong and Lin Shengjia on his left and right, respectively, and Luo Chenghong was on the other side of Lin Shengjia. In this way, Duan Yunhong was facing Luo Chenghong. The two men couldn’t avoid seeing each other, and their expressions were not good.

Ning Fei couldn’t help but laugh. He didn’t think the two were fighting over him, it must be that they had a previous grudge. And according to Duan Yunhong, “Qi Luck Bandits” are always competing with each other, so it’s normal for them to dislike each other.

Lin Shengjia noticed that Ning Fei was smiling from time to time and asked suspiciously, “What are you laughing at?”

“Nothing, just remembered something funny.” Ning Fei paused and then said, “There’s a saying, ‘Killing depends on the opposite side,’ do you know that?”

Mr. and Mrs. Lin: “…” What a scary topic!

“Ah, I know!” Lin Shengjia actually continued the conversation, “It’s a basic rule of the board game ‘Mafia’! It’s easier for the ‘killer’ to point at the opposite side, so the person sitting opposite the ‘dead person’ is likely to be the ‘killer’!”

The two who really thought it would be better when the opposite person died: “…”

“Hey, don’t talk about dying at the dinner table, eat quickly!” Luo Xiuping couldn’t understand what her son was saying at all, and quickly interrupted. “You still have homework to do after dinner.”

Lin Shengjia thought to himself that he wasn’t the one who started the topic, but he couldn’t argue, so he could only eat in silence.

Duan Yunhong, on the other hand, suddenly said at this moment: “I heard that when Lin is at home, you also play English during meals. Why aren’t you playing it today?”

Lin’s father was a little surprised that he brought it up actively and replied: “This…after all, it’s a bit noisy, so we’ll skip it for today.”

“It’s okay, play it, we can’t delay the child’s studies.” Duan Yunhong said, “I also heard that when Lin Shengjia goes to teacher Ning’s house for tutoring on weekends, he can only speak English. In the future, if I happen to be there, I will also cooperate and speak English. Is Lin Shengjia listening to British or American English now?”

Lin Shengjia was stunned for a moment: “Uh, the listening is British English, I think…”

Duan Yunhong switched to standard British English: “Alright, I’ll speak English with you when I’m there in the future.”

Luo Chenghong narrowed his eyes.

Of course, he could too, but his current persona was a reckless person who hadn’t been to school much, so it really wasn’t convenient to suddenly use fluent English in front of Mr. and Mrs. Lin. Although Duan Yunhong’s move seemed very tacky and unsophisticated, it had to be said that it was very effective.

“Stop showing off.” Ning Fei didn’t know what kind of adolescent illness this man had suddenly developed, so he put a piece of ribs in his bowl. “Eat your food.”

“Mr. Duan seems very knowledgeable and his English is very good.” Lin’s father didn’t mind Duan Yunhong’s somewhat abrupt behavior, but rather had a good impression. “Have you also studied abroad?”

“Not only have I studied abroad, but I also worked abroad for a while.” Duan Yunhong replied. “I’ve only been back for less than two years.”

“It seems that he is also a talented person who has returned from overseas, just like teacher Ning!” Lin’s father exclaimed. “Where is Mr. Duan employed?”

This was entering neighborhood chat mode, and although the expression on Duan Yunhong’s face wasn’t enthusiastic, his reply was very natural: “At Duan Corporation.”

The real ordinary folks Mr. and Mrs. Lin: “…Duan Corporation?”

“Duan Corporation has more industries in the north, and it’s relatively low-key in Nancheng.” Duan Yunhong replied. “However, you know Nansheng Investment and Financing, right?”

“I know.” Lin’s father nodded. “Local news often mentions it. It’s a pretty big investment company in Nancheng, right? But it doesn’t have much to do with our work, and we don’t know it very well. We only remember that the company just came out a few years ago, right?”

“Nansheng Investment and Financing has three major shareholders, who together hold more than 95% of the shares.” Duan Yunhong said slowly. “The three major shareholders are Nantou, the Ji family shares, and Duan Corporation.”

“Nantou” is an investment company wholly owned by the Nancheng government. The fact that the Ji family and Duan Corporation can hold shares together with Nantou shows that Duan Corporation’s ability is not weak.

Lin’s father praised: “In that case, it’s a big company that is on par with the Ji family! Mr. Duan is really talented!”

Luo Chenghong really couldn’t help but say: “The current actual controller of the Ji family — Ji Zhenwei’s mother’s surname is Duan, and this person’s surname is also Duan. Brother-in-law, don’t you think it’s a coincidence?”

In fact, because these three are “temporary additions” to this world, ordinary locals wouldn’t think too much about their identities. Now that Luo Chenghong specifically pointed it out, Lin’s father finally realized: “Mr. Duan, are you from the Ji family…? I’m sorry, I really don’t know how to express myself…”

“It’s okay.” Duan Yunhong didn’t hide it and said directly, “Ji Zhenwei, the actual controller of the Ji family, is indeed my brother. I take my mother’s surname.”

Lin Shengjia: “…Huh?!”

His reaction was much bigger than his adoptive parents, almost jumping up. Under the astonished gazes of Mr. and Mrs. Lin, he barely managed to sit still, but his eyes kept shifting back and forth between Duan Yunhong and Ning Fei: “In that case, in that case… you are Ji Xingzhe’s, uh, uncle?”

His incoherence made his adoptive mother Luo Xiuping somewhat helpless: “Jiajia, it should be little uncle.”

“I am indeed his little uncle.” Duan Yunhong answered calmly. “I also know that you are classmates, and perhaps there will be ‘op·por·tu·ni·ties’ to meet often in the future.”

Lin Shengjia: !!!

At this moment, a large pile of the original owner Lin Shengjia’s experiences involuntarily flashed through his mind. The beginning of his tragic fate was not when Ji Xingzhe took the lead in bullying at school, but when the Ji family decided to recognize Lin Shengjia!

–And now, this little uncle of Ji Xingzhe’s looks very shrewd, wouldn’t he see the abnormality of this face?!

–Wasn’t Ning Fei supposed to help me stay away from the Ji family? How come he’s now “inviting a wolf into the house”…

Compared to Lin Shengjia’s unease, Ning Fei and Duan Yunhong were very calm. Duan Yunhong even reminded Lin’s father again to turn on the tape recorder. The English listening practice quickly began to echo in the living room, as usual. And Luo Chenghong, who pointed out Duan Yunhong’s identity, was now silent, looking like he was not involved.

Lin Shengjia didn’t dare to ask anything more and finished the dinner in fear and without tasting the food, and quickly found an excuse to “ask questions” and pulled Ning Fei into his room.

“What on earth is going on?!”

Lin Shengjia was very panicked, barely remembering to lower his voice before asking: “How do you know Ji Xingzhe’s little uncle?”

“I met him at Ji Xingzhe’s birthday party yesterday.” Ning Fei knew that Luo Chenghong hadn’t revealed his identity to Lin Shengjia yet, and didn’t plan to explain Duan Yunhong’s identity clearly now. Ning Fei didn’t want to interfere with the way these “bandits” handled things.

But Ning Fei still gave Lin Shengjia a “reassurance”: “Even if he sees that there is something wrong with you, he won’t expose you. On the contrary, he will help hide your identity and prevent the Ji family from noticing you. Don’t worry.”

“Ah? Why?” Lin Shengjia didn’t quite understand. “Is he the kind of person who… doesn’t allow scandals to appear in the Ji family?”

“Not entirely.” Ning Fei thought for a moment and explained, “Just think of it this way, he will help me, and I will help you, so it’s equal to he will also help you.”

“What a strange equation?” Lin Shengjia felt that it was still not very reliable. “What is your relationship? He will help you unconditionally the first day he meets you?”

Ning Fei lowered his eyes, hid the hint of wickedness in his eyes, and smiled: “Just think of it as… he fell in love with me at first sight.”

Lin Shengjia: “Huh?”