LWDC Chapter 65

Chapter 65: Find Him Something to Do

Chapter 65: Find Him Something to Do

Chapter 65: Find Him Something to Do

After Ning Fei and Duan Yunhong teamed up to give Ji Xingzhe a huge scare, they didn’t bother with the aftermath and left in a grand manner.

Duan Yunhong’s car hadn’t driven far from the Ji residence when his phone rang. Duan Yunhong took out his phone, glanced at it, and hung up, putting the phone away again.

Ning Fei turned to look at him: “Ji Zhenwei, right?”

“Yes.” Duan Yunhong said, “He followed me out, but he only heard half of the story. He definitely wants to know the full details. Ji Xingzhe has made it clear he’s lying, so talking to me is the easiest way for him to get the real picture.”

Ning Fei chuckled: “But aren’t you obviously on my side? He clearly favors his own and looks down on me. Will he believe what you say?”

“He’s not trying to believe me, he just needs someone to report to him.” Duan Yunhong said, “As for who to believe, he has his own standards.”

“The Ji family tradition: excessive confidence, stubborn self-reliance.” Ning Fei stared at Duan Yunhong and scoffed, “Looks like the Ji family is entirely to blame for Ji Xingzhe’s problems.”

Duan Yunhong: “If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you looking at me?”

“Just thinking that, in a way, you and the Ji family are quite a match.” Ning Fei burst out laughing, “None of you will listen to anyone else. Great, you really are ‘family’! Hahaha!”

As he spoke, he leaned against Duan Yunhong’s shoulder again. Duan Yunhong pushed him away and said coldly, “Who’s a match for them?”

Ning Fei, using the force of the push, leaned the other way, propping himself against the back of the seat and the car door, still laughing.

Duan Yunhong watched him laugh so unrestrainedly. On one hand, he felt that Ning Fei was much more free-spirited than in the previous two worlds. On the other hand, he couldn’t help but wonder: when we return to being rivals in the next world, will he still be this relaxed in front of me?

After all, even in the previous two worlds, they hadn’t been purely rivals. In the first world, Ning Fei had even regarded Duan Yunhong as a kind of “help,” so he was sometimes able to put aside his pride and beg for assistance. And when they become complete rivals… the result will be like Xie Baolin’s?

–No, it might be even worse. After all, Ning Fei has definitely figured out my habits and will specifically target my weak points.

“Duan, what are you pondering so deeply?” After Ning Fei finished laughing, he saw Duan Yunhong lost in thought and asked, “Instead of pondering other things, why not do me a small favor?”

Duan Yunhong snapped back to reality: “Let’s hear it first.”

“I deliberately didn’t tell them that the school’s next method of investigation is random re-testing, just to prevent them from trying to pull any ‘off-field tricks’.” Ning Fei said, “But it’s hard to guarantee that the Ji family still wants to save Ji Xingzhe’s face, or that Ji Xingzhe will go all in and use the Ji family’s name as a banner to cause trouble for me again. So–”

He poked Duan Yunhong’s arm with his index finger: “Duan, at least this time for the re-test, don’t let the school interfere.”

Duan Yunhong grabbed his mischievous fingertip: “You’re a dignified teacher Ning, are you afraid of this little difficulty?”

“If there’s an easy way to avoid it, why not use it?” Ning Fei said, “You only need a simple phone call to prevent problems before they happen, right?”

Duan Yunhong said, “Once Ji Zhenwei knows, he’ll definitely bother me…”

“Then don’t let him know.” Ning Fei raised an eyebrow and smiled, “If Ji Xingzhe doesn’t tell, how would Ji Zhenwei bother to ask about such trivial matters happening at the school? Once you ‘scare’ Ji Xingzhe, how would he dare to complain to Ji Zhenwei?”

Duan Yunhong’s tone was cold: “So, you’re saying I have to call Ji Xingzhe?”

Ning Fei: “One sentence is enough. Or, one message will do.”

Duan Yunhong: “For example?”

Ning Fei: “For example: ‘That classmate of yours looks quite interesting’.”

Duan Yunhong: “Just like that?”

Ning Fei clicked his tongue and reached out: “Give me your phone, I’ll send it.”

Duan Yunhong actually gave it to him. Ning Fei took it and even asked for the password. Duan Yunhong said, “My birthday.”

“Huh?” Ning Fei was taken aback, thinking that he really didn’t know his birthday. In the supermodel task, they had known each other for over a year, but he had never seen Duan Yunhong celebrate his birthday. What’s with suddenly telling me his birthday now?

But Ning Fei still decided to follow along and ask, “What day?”

Duan Yunhong said lightly, “August 13th.”

Ning Fei said, “Not enough digits.”

But he also knew that the year was meaningless to Duan Yunhong. Sure enough, Duan Yunhong silently drew a circle in the back seat. Ning Fei understood and entered “000813,” unlocking it. He found Ji Xingzhe’s phone number and swiftly sent two messages. When Duan Yunhong took it back, he saw that one was the content they had just discussed, and the other was: 【Your dad wants to ask me about what happened, what do you think?】

“…As expected of a professional.” Duan Yunhong raised an eyebrow slightly, “Very skillful.”

The person collecting debts speaks threatening words, which can only be said to be professional people doing professional things.

Ning Fei smiled and patted his shoulder: “The rest is up to you.”

*

In the afternoon, Ning Fei tutored Lin Shengjia as usual, mainly to review the key points for the exam again. As a result, Lin Shengjia gave him a “surprise.”

“You’re saying Luo Chenghong told you he can also help you?”

Ning Fei raised an eyebrow slightly: “He was willing to take you to Shenzhen before because he knew you were a transmigrator and believed you could make money?”

“Yes, he said he’s different from you. He doesn’t care whether I complete the wish or not, and believes I can do whatever I want.” Lin Shengjia said, feeling that Ning Fei’s silent gaze carried a sense of oppression for some reason, and his voice weakened a little, “He said… no matter what I want to do, he will help me.”

Ning Fei put the pen down on the table. The soft “thud” made Lin Shengjia’s heart skip a beat.

“Is that so? He said that?” Ning Fei didn’t get angry, just smiled slightly, “Then, what’s the price?”

“Price…?” Lin Shengjia was at a loss, “He didn’t say he wanted any price, just that he was willing to make money with me.”

“‘Make money’? Ha.” Ning Fei chuckled, “You’re not really a minor anymore. Do you believe his words? Money in this world isn’t important to those ‘luck bandits’. If he’s willing, he can easily get a lot of money.”

“Then, what is he after?” Lin Shengjia was even more confused, “Also, what are ‘luck bandits’?”

“It’s what they call those guys who deceive transmigrators by saying ‘I support you in whatever you do, I’ll help you’. They call themselves ‘spacetime walkers’, but everyone knows that they’re actually robbers and bandits who steal other people’s luck.” Ning Fei said slowly, “They will not only help you but also harm you, because their goal is to prevent you from fulfilling the original owner’s wish. Once the transmigrator is completely unable to fulfill the wish, this deal becomes a complete bad debt, and they will steal the luck given to you by the original owner.”

“Luck?” Lin Shengjia heard this term for the first time, “What is that? Is it something that will affect my destiny?”

“More or less, it’s like the ‘reward’ the original owner pays you in advance to fulfill the wish…” Ning Fei gave him a general introduction to the origins of luck. Including that the debt collector only takes a cut after the wish is fulfilled, but if the wish isn’t fulfilled, the “luck bandit” can steal most of the luck. It also included that if Lin Shengjia didn’t cooperate, Ning Fei could actually temporarily take away a large amount of his luck as punishment, making him truly suffer a bit.

Lin Shengjia didn’t expect that he had real punitive measures and asked, “What will happen to me after you take away my luck?”

“At best, everything will be a little unlucky, at worst, your career, life, and health will all be seriously affected. After all, when a person’s luck turns bad, they’ll choke even when drinking cold water.” Ning Fei replied calmly, “For example, it’s very normal to have a high fever and be unconscious for a week, with doctors unable to do anything.”

Lin Shengjia was a little stunned: “It can be like this… would you really punish me like that?”

Ning Fei thought that this “adult core” was too naive. Is this the kind of thing you can ask and get a real answer to?

But on the surface, he replied very gently: “I don’t want to do that to you. As you can see, I want to work hard with you, and I’m doing that. I think you have potential, and your mentality is also to want to improve your grades. I said that we are comrades-in-arms fighting side by side. As long as we work together, we can definitely reach our goal. So, I don’t want to use coercive measures unless it’s absolutely necessary.”

Lin Shengjia murmured: “But my uncle… that is, that person said, people like you will use any means to achieve your goals. Even if it’s something I’m very unwilling to do, you’ll find a way to force and lure me, forcing me to cooperate with you. As for my own wishes, whether I still want to achieve that goal myself, and whether there are other better choices for me, you won’t care at all.”

Very accurate, but Ning Fei wouldn’t admit it.

He had already seen that Lin Shengjia basically preferred soft tactics over hard ones, so he decided to use fewer coercive measures and mainly rely on deceiving… oh, “language offensives” to coax the other party.

“He wants you to slack off and not fulfill the original owner’s wish, so of course he’ll say that. It’s as if I didn’t come to help, but to be an accomplice.” Ning Fei said mockingly, “You’re already an adult, of course you’ll have your own judgment. Do you think I’m harming you? Staying away from the Ji family, staying with the Lin family parents, and then studying hard to get into a prestigious school. This at first glance is just a goal you need to work towards, but in fact, it’s the best choice the original owner came up with after experiencing a tragic life. If you achieve it, it’s naturally beneficial without any harm.”

Lin Shengjia said: “But my uncle also said that it’s only the best choice for the original owner. And I know some of the development trends in this world, so I naturally have more advantages and more choices than the original owner.”

Ning Fei: Tch, this Xie Baolin looks sloppy, but the “business pulling” eloquence is really not lacking at all.

However, turning the other party’s advantages into disadvantages is also what Ning Fei is good at. He quickly replied: “You’ve fallen into his logical trap. Your ideas and the original owner’s goals are not mutually exclusive, and you don’t have to waver because of this.”

“…Ah?” Lin Shengjia was puzzled, “Don’t tell me, these two things can be taken care of at the same time?”

“Of course. You want to make money, then let Luo Chenghong go to Shenzhen himself, and you just remotely remind him of the key points to pay attention to, right?” Ning Fei paused for a moment and remembered something else, “If you think one Luo Chenghong is not enough, and you trust me enough, I can also introduce you to someone.”

“Who?”

“Someone… who is richer and can make more money than Luo Chenghong right now.”

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Scaring the fake young master, leave it to Duan.

Helping the real young master make money, also leave it to Duan!