LWDC Chapter 79

Chapter Seventy-Nine: Some Casual Words

Chapter Seventy-Nine: Some Casual Words

Chapter Seventy-Nine: Some Casual Words

On the first day of the New Year, Ning Fei (thanks to a perfect nightlife) had dissipated much of his pent-up anger and calmly went to buy glasses with Duan Yunhong.

The CEO was in a good mood. After buying the glasses, he even got Ning Fei a new set of clothes. While paying the bill, the staff complimented Duan Yunhong casually, “Sir, you’re so good to your younger brother.”

“Younger brother?” Duan Yunhong glanced at Ning Fei beside him. “Is that so?”

Ning Fei scoffed and took the bag with the clothes, “Who knows? I’m not.”

Without mentioning how the staff apologized afterward, Duan Yunhong took Ning Fei to dinner again. During the meal, he received a call and started talking about it in front of Ning Fei. As soon as Ning Fei heard it, he immediately realized that the other party should be Ji Zhenwei, and they were still discussing the unfinished topic from the previous night.

However, Duan Yunhong brushed it off with a few casual words and quickly hung up the phone. As soon as he put down his phone, Duan Yunhong directly asked Ning Fei, “How exactly do you want me to answer Ji Zhenwei?”

“Do you even need to ask? I thought you were just joking before,” Ning Fei replied casually while struggling with the steak in front of him, “Tell him it was just kids talking nonsense. If Ji Zhenwei doesn’t believe it, let him call Ji Xingzhe to confront me face to face. If Ji Xingzhe still insists that you want to harm him, then expose the fact that he instigated Qin Ran to spend money to beat someone up. If he dares to deny it, don’t bother arguing with him. Just say you’ll go to the mobile company to retrieve his text message records. He must have deleted the messages between the two of them. If you say you’ll pull the records, he’ll be honest.

“As long as he’s even a little bit deflated, don’t wait for him to come up with another set of excuses. Immediately say that you have something to discuss with Ji Zhenwei and tell him to leave so he can’t listen. He will definitely be scared to death. See if he dares to falsely accuse someone again next time.”

After listening to him calculate every step so clearly, Duan Yunhong sharply commented, “Do you always rely on this kind of bluffing? You say you have this and that under control, but in reality, you’re just relying on your mouth to deceive people. You don’t actually have anything in your hands?”

Ning Fei took a sip of red wine, “What are you talking about? Doesn’t CEO Duan really have a paternity test report in his hands?”

Duan Yunhong: “I’m talking about you.”

“Me? I don’t, but you do, so that’s enough. If you have one point, you say it’s seven points. If you have three points, you say you have all of them. Duan Yunhong, don’t tell me you don’t know this trick,” Ning Fei said nonchalantly. “Besides, this is just a way to fool kids. If the opponent were someone else, do you think I would be so rash?”

Duan Yunhong thought for a moment, “You’ve bluffed me quite a bit too.”

“…Tricks don’t need to be old, as long as they’re useful,” Ning Fei thought to himself. This guy had seen through his usual methods. He had to be careful in the next world. Then, he brought the topic back, “By the way, if Ji Zhenwei really has a one-on-one with you, talk to him about Qin Ran spending money to beat someone up. Say… even if Ji Xingzhe didn’t instigate it, Qin Ran and Lin Shengjia don’t know each other. If he wants to take care of Lin Shengjia, it must be related to Ji Xingzhe, Zhu Yueting, and those other classmates. If kids’ conflicts can lead to such extreme measures, what will happen when they grow up? If Ji Xingzhe is allowed to be so lawless in the future, and the parents always have to clean up the mess, wouldn’t that be troublesome and embarrassing? Anyway, just remind him in every possible way to let Ji Xingzhe interact less with Qin Ran.”

“As expected, I knew that you went to all this trouble not just to scare Ji Xingzhe,” Duan Yunhong once again pointed out Ning Fei’s intention, “You want to alienate Qin Ran too. Zhu Yueting, who is the most useful in his circle, and Qin Ran, who is the most resourceful, have all been cut off by you. Without these right and left arms, he won’t be able to find anyone to do evil.”

“Don’t make me sound so bad. I don’t offend others unless they offend me,” Ning Fei smiled, not denying it, “I wasn’t planning on bothering with him in the first place. Who told him to mess with me first?”

Duan Yunhong didn’t believe his nonsense.

He doesn’t offend others unless they offend him? Duan Yunhong remembered clearly that when he asked Ning Fei how he would turn things around in the previous world, he immediately came up with a “murder and frame” plan.

——In the next world, how will he deal with me?

Duan Yunhong looked at Ning Fei’s relaxed and lazy smile, pondering in his heart. He didn’t feel burdened, but rather a faint excitement.

*

After the New Year’s Eve date, the two parted ways, and everything went back to normal.

Ning Fei didn’t ask Duan Yunhong how he did it, and neither did Duan Yunhong volunteer any feedback on Ji Zhenwei’s and Ji Xingzhe’s reactions. It was as if neither of them cared about it. However, there were indeed fewer shenanigans around him. Time passed day by day. Except for Ning Fei occasionally encountering Qin Ran at school, and Qin Ran staring at him from a distance, there was nothing particularly unusual.

Lin Shengjia was picked up and dropped off by his parents every day until he successfully took the final exams.

The grades came out on the first day after the final exams. Lin Shengjia’s English score soared to 87! He was shocked when he received the score. Everyone else thought he had recovered his form, but only he knew that it was a solid jump from 28 to 87 in just a few months—even a rocket couldn’t rise that fast!

In addition, Ning Fei had “temporarily consolidated” his other weak subjects. Although Lin Shengjia’s ranking in the final exams wasn’t particularly prominent, it was enough for his parents to save face. Luo Xiuping was beaming with joy when she came to the parent-teacher conference. Before the parent-teacher conference started, the students who had finished cleaning and tidying up the desks were preparing to leave. Luo Xiuping grabbed her son and told him not to run around. She told him to go to the convenience store across the street to buy some snacks and then wait for her to finish the conference so they could go home together.

Lin Shengjia was holding the five yuan bill and was about to leave when he ran into a well-dressed middle-aged woman. She was holding a camera and taking pictures left and right, not knowing what she was taking pictures of. Lin Shengjia was right in front of her, and she took a picture of him head-on.

Lin Shengjia: ???

He didn’t recognize this woman and felt a bit strange. But this person should be a parent of one of the classmates, maybe just taking pictures of the school, although the purpose wasn’t clear. So Lin Shengjia didn’t say anything and quickly walked past.

He hadn’t walked more than a few steps when he ran into Ning Fei, who was just coming to the classroom to attend the parent-teacher conference. As soon as Lin Shengjia saw him, he described the strange parent to him. Ning Fei laughed when he heard this, “I saw her behind you just now. You don’t recognize her?”

Lin Shengjia was puzzled, “Ah? Who is it? Should I know her?”

Ning Fei: “She’s your mom.”

Lin Shengjia: “Huh?”

After buffering for two seconds, he finally reacted, “Damn, is that Ji Xingzhe’s mom?”

“Yes,” Ning Fei gently pushed up his glasses and looked in the direction of the classroom, “She actually brought a camera to a parent-teacher conference… Could it be just to take pictures of you?”

“How is that possible?” Lin Shengjia said in surprise, “This is the first time I’ve ever met her. How could she have predicted my existence in advance? At most, she would have known my name before!”

“She came here last time because of Ji Xingzhe’s fall, so she might have seen you…” Ning Fei quickly turned his mind, patted him on the shoulder, “It’s okay, just be normal. Don’t provoke her, and tell me if there’s a problem. She won’t have a chance to cause trouble.”

Lin Shengjia said, “Who wants to provoke her? Even if I look like Ji Zhenwei, I’m still a stranger’s child to her. It’s just crazy to bring a camera to take pictures.”

Who says it isn’t? Madam Ji can be considered a “wealthy lady” after all. She actually brought a camera to take pictures of a stranger’s child just because he “looked like” someone…

Ning Fei suddenly thought of something.

*

After New Year’s Day, Ning Fei became more confident with Duan Yunhong again. So, Duan Yunhong received a new task.

Then, he had to fly back on the weekend, but instead of going to Ning Fei’s house first, he went to the Ji family for a reason. On the surface, he was talking to Ji Zhenwei about some things in Shenzhen, but in reality, it was to “accidentally” encounter the isolated Madam Ji.

That’s how they met face-to-face at the corner of the staircase on the second floor.

Originally, the two only nodded to each other, not too warm or cold. However, today, after Madam Ji brushed past, Duan Yunhong suddenly stopped her from behind, “Sister-in-law.”

Madam Ji turned around, “What is it?”

“There’s something I want to ask about,” Duan Yunhong said in a nonchalant tone, “I heard that you went to the school because Xiao Zhe broke his leg, and you talked to Ning Fei, is that right?”

“Yes, what’s wrong? Can’t I even ask?” Madam Ji’s expression immediately became serious as soon as she heard they were talking about Ning Fei. “Ahong, it’s not me speaking out of turn, but Xiao Zhe is your own nephew. Are you going to help an outsider talk?”

“I’m not going to talk about that conversation,” Duan Yunhong said, “Ning Fei said that you brought a camera to school that day of the parent-teacher conference. What were you doing? Preparing to take some pictures and then complain about him?”

“Ha? Isn’t he being too self-righteous?” Madam Ji smiled sarcastically, “I didn’t go to take pictures of him. I just took some pictures of the situation at the school.”

“Do you believe that yourself? It’s not your first time going,” Duan Yunhong paused and finally got to the point, “It’s because there’s a child at the school who looks a lot like Ji Zhenwei, right?”

Madam Ji looked surprised, “How do you know? Did your brother tell you?”

“I didn’t need him to tell me, I guessed it,” Duan Yunhong replied, “I saw that student a long time ago. He’s practically a carbon copy of Big Brother.”

Madam Ji said, “Then why didn’t you mention it?”

“What would I mention? Xiao Zhe has been in the same class as him for so long, and he hasn’t mentioned it either?” Duan Yunhong’s tone was unclear whether he was joking or had another meaning, “If I had mentioned it, wouldn’t it make others think he’s Big Brother’s illegitimate child? That would affect your relationship, wouldn’t it?”

Madam Ji’s expression turned unnatural for a moment.

But she quickly adjusted and smiled, “Is it that serious? The world is full of wonders. I wouldn’t be so quick to suspect this and that.”

“It’s better to avoid trouble,” Duan Yunhong said, “But it’s strange to say, I’ve seen both of that student’s parents, and they really don’t look like him. Oh, I should say, they don’t look as much like Ji Zhenwei. If the other parents saw Ji Zhenwei, I’m afraid it would also cause marital conflicts.”

After speaking, he also said jokingly, “I saw from the news in Shenzhen that people in Hong Kong hire detectives to follow and take pictures when they suspect their spouses are cheating. The cameras they use are even more advanced than the ones in the Ji family. They can take clear pictures from a great distance. These people are using high technology for these trivial family matters.”

(Intentionally) The speaker didn’t mean it, but the listener took it to heart. Madam Ji subconsciously repeated, “They use high-tech cameras to catch cheating in Shenzhen…”

“I’m just saying, sister-in-law, don’t take it to heart,” Duan Yunhong replied casually, “There’s no need to show the pictures to Ji Zhenwei, otherwise it would be quite awkward to talk about. Don’t Xiao Zhe and I keep quiet?”

The more he said this, the more Madam Ji felt that she was being kept in the dark about something. It seemed that the whole family had heard about it, except for Madam Ji herself.

As she unconsciously fell into thought, Duan Yunhong had already left the corner of the staircase.

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Going to a concert!!! Happy!!!

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