SM Chapter 4

Chapter 4 Enchantress

Ye Lai went into the kitchen and carefully cooked himself a bowl of noodles, adding two plump poached eggs.

After eating the noodles, his stomach felt much better. Ye Lai walked around the living room a few times to digest, then hummed a tune and entered the gym, running on the treadmill for an hour with headphones on. After exhausting his energy, he went upstairs for a comfortable bath.

Lying in the bathtub, Ye Lai lowered his wet eyelashes slightly, his cheeks flushed from the hot water, and his lips glistened with water droplets. It was as if the person who had been curled up in pain on the bed last night, unable to distinguish directions or distance, wasn’t him.

Fake, fake, fake.

He repeated these two words over and over in his heart.

Sheng Mingqian responded, the news was fake.

Ye Lai knew him well enough to know that Sheng Mingqian wasn’t the type to do something and then deny it. In the past, there were countless rumors about him, but he had never denied them. One possibility was that he simply didn’t care about those rumors, so he couldn’t be bothered to respond.

The second possibility was that the rumors were true, so he didn’t respond.

This time he responded, he said it was fake, so it must be fake.

The gloom that had been hanging over Ye Lai’s heart all night was suddenly lifted. After showering, he hummed a tune and went out. He had told Zhang Yihao last night that he would go to his house today to see Xin Xin.

At noon in the summer, the sunlight was dazzlingly white.

There were three cars parked in the garage, all belonging to Sheng Mingqian. The car keys were usually kept at home, and Ye Lai casually picked up a set of keys; he had the right to use these cars.

Although he had his own car, he still preferred to drive Sheng Mingqian’s car, not because Sheng Mingqian’s cars were luxury cars, but because Sheng Mingqian’s cars carried his scent, a faint scent that churned from his lungs and fascinated him.

Ye Lai sat in the car and first called Zhang Yihao to tell him that he would be over soon. As soon as he hung up, Ye Lai noticed the time displayed on the screen.

It was Thursday. Ye Lai gripped the steering wheel tightly, his eyes paused for a few seconds, and finally, unable to bear the chill constantly Storm out from his chest, he turned off the engine and got out of the car.

Thursday, that person wasn’t home.

Ye Lai went upstairs and back to his room, found the black canvas bag in the corner of the closet, opened it and looked inside. Black clothes, black pants, a baseball cap, a flashlight, a toolkit, a camera, everything was there. Ye Lai zipped it up again, slung it over his shoulder, and went out.

He couldn’t miss this time either, maybe he could find some useful information.

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Ye Lai first went to the mall to buy the latest jigsaw puzzle. Zhang Yihao’s daughter Xin Xin was five years old this year and loved jigsaw puzzles. When Zhang Yihao first started as his agent, the child hadn’t been born yet. Ye Lai had watched the little girl grow up.

After buying the jigsaw puzzle, Ye Lai bought a bouquet of flowers and some fruit.

“You recovered in just one night? Yesterday your face was pale, but now you’re beaming with joy, your Peach blossomeyes filled with Peach blossomcolor, looking lively.”

Zhang Yihao had an apron around his neck and a spatula in his hand, with oil dripping from it, waving it in front of Ye Lai’s eyes.

Li Min came out of the children’s room: “Ye Lai, you’re here.”

Ye Lai gave the flowers to Li Min: “Sister-in-law, I’m here to freeload again.”

Li Min smiled and took the flowers: “It’s still good to have Ye Lai, he always brings me flowers that I like, unlike your Brother Hao, such a straight man.”

Zhang Yihao waved the spatula: “You’re ruining our marital relationship as soon as you arrive.”

Ye Lai laughed and took a few steps back. Xin Xin was doing homework in the children’s room, and ran out barefoot to jump into Ye Lai’s arms.

“Brother Lai, you finally came to see Xin Xin, Xin Xin missed you so much.”

Ye Lai picked up the little girl and lifted her up: “Our Xin Xin has grown taller again.”

“Yes, Brother Lai, I’m already 118 centimeters tall.”

Zhang Yihao corrected her: “Xin Xin, you should call him Uncle Lai.”

“Brother Lai.” Xin Xin hugged Ye Lai’s neck, “I’ll just call him Brother Lai.”

Ye Lai touched the little braids jumping on top of her head: “Just call me brother, Brother Lai.”

Xin Xin smiled and kissed Ye Lai on the cheek. Zhang Yihao, the daughter slave, was jealous, and reached out to take his daughter down: “Xin Xin, I’ve told you many times, you can’t kiss boys.”

“But I like Brother Ye Lai.”

Ye Lai picked up the conversation, his tone suddenly becoming serious, and touched Xin Xin’s head: “Xin Xin listen to Daddy, Daddy is right, you can’t kiss boys casually. If you like Brother Ye Lai, Brother Ye Lai can play jigsaw puzzles with you.”

Ye Lai picked up the jigsaw puzzle he bought and showed it to her. Xin Xin was originally pouting with an unhappy expression, but when she heard Ye Lai say that he would play jigsaw puzzles with her, she put on a smiling face again, turned her neck and Scatteredthe two braids on her head, and nodded happily.

After dinner, it was almost ten o’clock after playing jigsaw puzzles with Xin Xin. This was the perfect time, the night was quiet.

There were very few cars and people on the road, and nocturnal animals always came out at this time.

Ye Lai on Thursday night was one of the “nocturnal animals.”

After changing into black clothes and black pants in the car, Ye Lai closed his eyes and smelled the unique perfume in the car, the cold scent automatically revealing that deep face.

Ye Lai slowly inhaled and exhaled, and waited until the outline in front of him slowly disappeared before starting the car, stepping on the gas, and the black business car Diamonda thicker black night.

Half an hour later, Ye Lai drove out of the city center and drove towards the suburbs, farther and farther away.

Ye Lai held the steering wheel steadily with both hands, but his consciousness was slowly emptying, but muscle memory told him which intersection and street he should turn at, and finally parked the car on a sandy area beside a Village entrance.

There weren’t many households in the village, and the buildings at the village entrance were all empty.

Ye Lai didn’t stay long, picked up the black bag from the passenger seat and got out of the car, leaning his back against the car door, took out a flashlight and camera from the bag, the camera strap hung around his neck, and zipped the zipper to the very top, against his chin.

He turned on the flashlight, and by the dim light of the flashlight, walked along a narrow and uneven dirt road to the depths of the village.

With each step Ye Lai took, he left a heavy footprint behind him.

The dirt road was surrounded by tall trees and grass, and the air was filled with the earthy and damp smell of mud and grass. The wind blew the leaves and grass, and the high and low rustling sound Dangyouin the midnight,Crash Ye Lai’s ears layer by layer.

Stimulated by the sound, with each step Ye Lai took, he felt the blood in his body flowing faster, and his breathing was boiling.

After walking for about a few hundred meters, Ye Lai stopped behind an old two-story building, trying to hide his body in the shadows behind the tree trunk.

From his angle, the small building looked densein the dark night, and the weeds that had grown over the wall added a touch of eeriness. The dark windows were like bottomless Hole mouth, and the eyes in the abyss were quietly watching him.

Ye Lai slowly approached, and after he confirmed that the door was indeed locked, he slowly exhaled the breath that he had been holding in his chest.

He took out the tools from the bag, carefully picked out a very thin copper wire, the iron door and iron lock had aged, covered with darkred mottled rust, the rust smell made his nose hurt.

Ye Lai hated all metallic smells, frowned and held his breath, slowly stretched the Sharp and thinend of the copper wire into the keyhole, slightly bent over and lowered his head, his ears close to the keyhole, listening to the sound while tentatively turning the copper wire.

Five seconds later, he heard a click from the lock core, Ye Lai’s lips moved, took off the iron lock, raised the camera around his neck, and gently pushed open the door.

Along with the creaking of the iron door, Ye Lai slowly walked in.

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It was already two thirty in the morning when Ye Lai returned home, and the cold sweat on his back had soaked through his clothes.

As soon as he entered the door, his legs softened uncontrollably, his back Closely attachedthe door panel behind him, and he slid down a few centimeters It’s just awesomestopped, the fingers hanging by his side were still shaking.

Ye Lai looked up, closed his eyes, and took a hard breath.

“You’re back so late, where did you go?”

The light in the living room suddenly turned on, and a cold and hoarse voice shot at Ye Lai like a cold arrow.

Ye Lai suddenly opened his eyes, his scalp went numb, and after a Shiver, his body Bounce offfrom the door panel, almost as a conditioned reflex, the whole person jumped forward.

He didn’t expect Sheng Mingqian to come back, Sheng Mingqian clearly said on the phone at noon that he wouldn’t be back until the weekend.

Ye Lai stood there Quietly, Sheng Mingqian in the middle of the living room looked cold and Su, sitting Sitting upright on the sofa with his long legs crossed, the high-end leather shoes on his feet were spotless, and he was still wearing a straight suit, the tie around his neck was a little False, that was the only improper thing about him.

Sheng Mingqian’s fingers Clippeda half-burned cigarette, raised his eyelids, squinted at him, then Clippedthe cigarette butt and put it in his mouth for a puff, the white gray smoke rose round and round, and a Unspeakableemotion Steamingbehind the smoke, but it soon disappeared with the smoke.

Ye Lai’s heart was still pounding, and the fingers hanging by his side slightthe seam of his pants.

He looked down at himself, his bag was still in the trunk, he was too urgentjust now when he got out of the car, he didn’t take it.

“Why are you Stay? Come here.” Sheng Mingqian Twistthe cigarette butt in the ashtray.

Ye Lai just noticed that there were already four or five cigarette butts piled up in the ashtray, so Sheng Mingqian had returned long ago, he seemed to have been waiting for him for a long time.

Ye Lai quickly tidyhis face, bent his fog mistyeyes, walked to the sofa, kneeled on one knee on the sofa, leaned his body on it lazily, tightly wrapped his arms around Sheng Mingqian’s neck, and Lostthe whole person into his arms.

Sheng Mingqian’s cold fragrance mixed with the bitter smell of tobacco, magically, Ye Lai was now hugging him, and the panic in his body was smoothed out, and his heart restarted Stable.

“Mingqian, I miss you so much,” Ye Lai rubbed his chin on Sheng Mingqian’s shoulder,Humph a few times in his nose like a puppy behave in a spoiled manner, “I miss you so much.”

Sheng Mingqian’s hand on Ye Lai’s waist paused, then quickly Take a photohis soaked back: “You still haven’t answered me, where did you go tonight?”

“I went to Brother Hao’s house for dinner, Xin Xin kept Twistme to play puzzles.”

“The child slept at two o’clock?”

Ye Lai liein Sheng Mingqian’s arms: “Mingqian, nothing can be hidden from you, you may receive traffic violation information tomorrow, I was Driving carjust now.”

Sheng Mingqian’s palm Betweenhis pants, grabbed Ye Lai’s butt hard, Ye Lai’s eyes went black with pain, he was sure that there would be five fingerprints on his butt tomorrow morning.

“Mingqian, it hurts.” Ye Lai behave in a spoiled manner, his tone pleading.

Sheng Mingqian let go, and directly Pull it offYe Lai’s pants, raised his arm and dropped it again, slapping hard a dozen times.

This time it really hurt, and Ye Lai’s nose overflowan unbearable Hurt.

“Mingqian, don’t hit me, it hurts me to death.” Ye Lai Try your bestwanted to protect his butt with both arms, but Sheng Mingqian quickly visehis wrist with the other hand, his Zhang Yawu Scratchfingers Move aroundin the air, but he couldn’t protect his butt.

Sheng Mingqian’s slap continued, Ye Lai finally cried in pain, tears running down his cheeks, his upper body twisted and rubbed against Sheng Mingqian’s waist a few times.

Sheng Mingqian felt the change in Ye Lai’s body and stopped: “Elf, you can still have a reaction to this.”

Saying that, Sheng Mingqian didn’t stay long, and Pick upYe Lai, who hadn’t pulled up his pants, and hurried upstairs, and the sound of leather shoes stepping on the floor echoed in the living room……