LWDC Chapter 91

Chapter 91 – The Final Arrangements

Chapter 91 – The Final Arrangements

Chapter 91 – The Final Arrangements

Ning Fei was somewhat surprised to see Duan Yunhong appear at the bathroom door. But other than that, there wasn’t much else.

He didn’t even change his position leaning against the bathtub’s edge, only raised his empty wine glass slightly, about 3 centimeters, accompanied by a lazy “Hi.”

Duan Yunhong hadn’t expected this reaction. The long speech he was about to blurt out seemed to blur and melt away, eventually turning into a faint “Hi.”

Ning Fei was already tipsy from the alcohol, smiling at him with drunken eyes.

“So you’re just messing around here at my place?” Duan Yunhong walked to the bathtub’s edge, looking down at him. “When the cat’s away, the mice will play?”

“Don’t accuse me; I already reported it,” Ning Fei scoffed, reaching out with the burning cigarette butt towards Duan Yunhong’s foot—the ground next to it, extinguishing the cigarette on the water stains. When his hand retracted, his fingertip brushed across Duan Yunhong’s instep, and a drop of water landed on Duan Yunhong’s foot.

Duan Yunhong resisted the urge to curl his toes, maintaining a cold expression as he continued to look at Ning Fei indifferently: “Your phone’s off?”

“Oh, I forgot to charge it during the day, and only noticed it had automatically shut down due to low battery when I was leaving work,” Ning Fei smiled lazily, retracting his hand into the hot water. “Rare vacation, and I didn’t want to be disturbed by urgent matters, so I decided to deal with it after I wake up tomorrow. What, did you call me?”

Duan Yunhong was silent for a second: “…Sent a message.”

Ning Fei instantly understood: “Saying you still decided to come back?”

Duan Yunhong was completely silent.

“Pfft… hahaha!” Ning Fei laughed out loud. He didn’t expose how Duan Yunhong could know his phone was off without calling, only laughing as he asked, “Didn’t Director Duan say there was an indispensable reception? What, did the people being received also take a vacation? Director Duan has nothing to do, so he can only come back?”

The sarcasm in these words was very strong, but Duan Yunhong had a feeling that “this is how he should react.” So, the director surprisingly didn’t get angry, and instead, began unbuttoning his cuffs while replying: “Are you saying that you see yourself as an alternative entertainment option for me?”

“Isn’t that the truth?” Ning Fei propped his chin on the edge of the bathtub, admiring Duan Yunhong’s “strip show,” and said with a quiet tease, “Director Duan, I must remind you, I’m already getting drunk, and I’m lacking the energy. Don’t blame me later for ‘poor hospitality’ if you ‘suddenly attack’ like this.”

Duan Yunhong briskly pulled out the bottom of his shirt, removing the whole thing in one swift motion and throwing it aside, coldly replying: “Just don’t let me play you to death.”

Ning Fei laughed even harder for some reason. He watched Duan Yunhong quickly shed his clothes, and only when the man stepped one foot into the bathtub did he slowly remind him: “Ah, forgot to remind you, the water isn’t very clean. I accidentally dropped red wine and cigarette ash in it.”

Duan Yunhong: “…”

There was no way he couldn’t hear that Ning Fei was doing this on purpose, deliberately saying it now. But he still entered the large bathtub. As the hot water overflowed, he moved close to the man exuding a faint smell of alcohol, his eyes carrying a sharpness that didn’t match the atmosphere, and said in a deep voice: “You don’t have to rush back to that doghouse tomorrow, right?”

Ning Fei smiled, taking the initiative to raise his hands and hug his neck: “Director Duan just needs to drop me off at work on time the day after tomorrow.”

Duan Yunhong grunted an “Mm” in a low voice.

Ning Fei chuckled again, letting him do as he pleased: “Then I’ll have to trouble Director Duan to ‘serve’ me?”

Duan Yunhong bargained: “I’ll ‘serve’ you after you sober up tomorrow.”

Always trying to get the best deal, Ning Fei laughed again, but the laughter quickly disappeared into the intimate and scalding water.

*

Both of them turned off their phones, lazing around in the apartment until the afternoon of the holiday, when both of their tempers had finally dissipated. They tacitly ignored why Duan Yunhong had “gone back on his word,” and calmly talked about each other’s situations.

On Duan Yunhong’s side, the business reception he mentioned earlier had been handed over to Ji Yuechi to lead. It was said that this reception would be quite “deep,” or, in Duan Yunhong’s words, a “pandemonium,” so he didn’t go to the evening portion.

Ning Fei looked at his disgusted expression and laughed: “Don’t tell me, Director Duan, you’ve been to so many countries and always been in positions of power, have you never seen scenes more debauched than this?”

“I have. I’m not allergic to these scenes, I just think people who indulge in them and still think they’re so amazing are stupid.” Duan Yunhong’s tone was cold, full of disdain. “Being around them makes me feel like I’m being infected and losing my intelligence.”

“So you let Ji Yuechi go and lose his intelligence?”

“He’s not smart to begin with; it’s just the Ji family’s background that makes him look presentable,” Duan Yunhong said, pausing as if setting something up. Only after Ning Fei turned to look at him did he speak again: “Also, Ji Yuechi has played with men.”

“…Pfft!” Ning Fei was genuinely shocked by this news, and then burst out laughing. “Hahahaha what’s going on! Did you corrupt him? Don’t let Ji Zhenwei find out, or he’ll definitely scold you and say it’s your fault!”

Duan Yunhong picked up his coffee cup and took a sip, replying casually: “He wanted to hire a male prostitute himself, what does it have to do with me? It’s not like I was the one who ordered him a college student who ‘studies art’.”

“A ‘college student who studies art,’ how did he know? Did the prostitute say it himself?”

“Otherwise?”

“Hahaha, heaven, he actually believes that nonsense? It’s a pity there aren’t any four-panel test strips here yet, or I could give him one in a while, there might be surprises,” Ning Fei paused, and then reminded him, “Then again, while I don’t care that much about getting sick, I don’t want to be itchy in weird places for the next few months. So please, if you go out to play, at least find someone cleaner – you should be able to tell what’s really ‘clean,’ right?”

Duan Yunhong glanced at him: “Do you think I’m a horny beast? I can survive without that kind of thing.”

Ning Fei laughed: “Ha, you weren’t this noble when we first met, were you? You can fool your brothers, but don’t fool yourself.”

Duan Yunhong said: “You were the one who took the initiative the first time we met. Since that’s the case, I’ll give the original words back to you: when you go out to play, at least find someone cleaner.”

“Do I look like I have time to go out hunting right now?” Ning Fei also took two sips of coffee. “Tsk, this is really bitter. Too bad I’m too lazy to grind it myself, and I don’t usually have time to grind it. Otherwise, I’d have to move your coffee machine to my house, and have a cup every morning to refresh myself.”

Duan Yunhong said: “Just have the driver bring it to you when he picks you up.”

Ning Fei: “Wouldn’t the driver have to take away your coffee machine and coffee beans?”

Duan Yunhong: “I don’t need them anyway.”

Ning Fei: “But when this task is arranged, you’re the one doing the talking, but I’m the one who’s going to be resented.”

“Just give them money,” Duan Yunhong replied nonchalantly, pausing before adding: “I didn’t expect you to give any. You already drank away most of your salary last night, right?”

Ning Fei saw that he was taking care of everything, and didn’t refuse at all, smiling at him: “Then I’ll have to trouble Director Duan.”

Director Duan drank his coffee with a straight face.

After the Shenzhen topic, it was Ning Fei’s business.

To be precise, it was a favor that Ning Fei wanted to ask Duan Yunhong to do later. After the college entrance examination, in the summer vacation, take Lin Shengjia to Shenzhen to actually contact company management and study in depth.

“Didn’t you say before that you’d just transfer the shares to him directly after he turned adult after his October birthday?” Duan Yunhong commented after hearing Ning Fei’s suggestion: “What made you suddenly decide to increase his study courses at the last minute? What made you so kind-hearted?”

“My KPIs,” Ning Fei replied calmly. “The goal of this task is rather vague. If you want to split hairs, then I won’t be able to leave until Lin Shengjia’s parents die. If Lin Shengjia has better conditions, he’s more likely to let his adoptive parents live comfortably. Anyway, I won’t be leaving before October, so wouldn’t it be convenient to get some extra points?”

Duan Yunhong said: “You want to get some extra points, but you want me to take on the trouble?”

“Haha, I’ll be going to Shenzhen with you at that time,” Ning Fei didn’t mention the promise like “you should come and help me” at this time, instead, he went up and coaxed him a few times, “Director Duan helps me during the day, and I’ll help Director Duan at night?”

Duan Yunhong glanced at him: “Help me with what?”

Ning Fei: “Help Director Duan save money on going to nightclubs.”

Duan Yunhong: “Raising him for two months, and raising you for four months, just to save that little bit of nightclub expenses?”

These words sounded a bit harsh, but Ning Fei had already figured out Duan Yunhong’s temper, and knew that this was what agreeing sounded like, but he still had to take advantage verbally. So Ning Fei nonchalantly clinked his coffee cup against his: “You’re a big boss, you’ve already spent so much on me, isn’t the rest just a drop in the bucket? And you still have to give me a supplementary card, Director Duan, I have to prepare some ‘surprises’ for you.”

“‘Surprises’ have a trailer?” Duan Yunhong could of course hear that this was just a coaxing remark, but he still picked up the conversation. “Why don’t you just tell me what the ‘surprise’ is?”

“I can’t, because I haven’t thought about it yet,” Ning Fei still smiled cheekily. “Anyway, it’ll be more exciting than your business reception.”

“Comparing yourself to that level of business reception, you’ve set the bar pretty low,” Duan Yunhong paused, as if only just remembering, and confirmed with a slightly casual tone: “You’ll have resigned by then, right?”

“Just in case, I’ll resign after confirming that Lin Shengjia has been admitted. After all, there are still news stories about modifying other people’s choices and replacing other people in school, I have to make sure that the last step won’t fail,” Ning Fei gave a specific timetable. “But I can take a vacation after the estimated scores come out, then go and control it once when filling out the application, and finally confirm it when receiving the admission notice. I can be in Shenzhen at other times.”

“Going to school in Shenzhen?”

“The plan is to go to a university near Shenzhen. That way, it’ll be further away from the Ji family, and Lin Shengjia can often take care of his career,” Ning Fei replied. “As for Ji Yuechi over there, he’s not to be feared. If Lin Shengjia can’t even deal with Ji Yuechi, then there’s no point in talking about the Ji family.”

Duan Yunhong finally confirmed one question: “When will you give Ji Zhenwei the paternity test?”

“After you transfer the company shares to Lin Shengjia, give Ji Zhenwei the paternity test for Ji Xingzhe,” Ning Fei continued to arrange. “One month after I leave this world, give Ji Zhenwei the information on Ji Xingzhe’s background, as well as the paternity test between Lin Shengjia and Ji Zhenwei.”

Duan Yunhong understood: “You’ll have completed the task by then? Then whether or not you expose this layer of truth won’t mean much to you, right?”

“No, but the story always needs an ending with suspense,” Ning Fei smiled slightly. “And the impostor exposed, the real owner returns, and the Ji family is in chaos, isn’t that worthy of a ‘dynasty’ plot?”

Duan Yunhong sharply commented: “You want to stir up the Ji family into a mess and then leave.”

Ning Fei chuckled: “Yeah, isn’t that good?”

Duan Yunhong raised his eyebrows slightly, and also revealed a smile: “Pretty good.”

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This volume is really coming to an end!!!

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