SIATOWITF Chapter 45
by VolareYang Ji’s meal was eaten on pins and needles.
The delicious, extravagant dishes and the urge to run away and beg for help reached a delicate balance.
Why hasn’t the boss sent anyone yet…
This yellow croaker is so delicious…
My head hurts, I feel like my life is in danger…
What perfectly round fish roe…
“Um…” Yang Ji struggled to swallow the food in his mouth, cautiously looking up at Ji Mo An sitting across from him.
“Aren’t you eating?”
“I am.” Ji Mo An poked at the corn kernels in his plate with a fork, but didn’t follow up with any action.
“Oh, my… my boss is looking for me…” A burst of strange ringtone sounded, and life returned to Yang Ji’s eyes.
He pretended to say a few words into his phone, then quietly glanced at Ji Mo An out of the corner of his eye.
“If Mr. Yang Ji has something to attend to, then please leave first. These bottles of wine haven’t been opened yet; why not take them with you?” Ji Mo An put down his fork and pointed with his four fingers to the shelf beside him.
“Uh…” Yang Ji wavered shamefully.
However, the ringing of the phone again made him shudder. He took out his sunglasses from his waist and put them on the bridge of his nose, repeatedly refusing.
“Then I won’t keep you. The restaurant has a special car. If you need it, just tell the manager.”
“You’re too kind, too kind. The bureau chief has something urgent, and has already sent someone to drag me away.” Yang Ji gave a wry smile, hugging his cane as he ran out.
“…” Ji Mo An didn’t get up to see him off. He turned to the side and quietly watched Yang Ji guiltily close the door of the private room.
The waiter was called to remove the dishes, and the private room fell silent again.
Ji Mo An silently looked at the French window in front of him. That touch of golden light had already driven away the darkness from the horizon.
Dawn… had broken.
His eyes were a little dry, sore, and itchy, and his body was so heavy that it was difficult to move his hands and feet.
He didn’t sleep well the day before yesterday, and he had another sleepless night last night.
The taut nerve until now relaxed slightly, an irresistible dizziness seeming to bounce on top of his head.
But now was far from the time to catch his breath.
Yang Ji’s expression wasn’t normal. Ji Mo An subconsciously bit on the knuckle of his index finger.
Ever since Mu Xuan said that he felt Xuan Bai’s behavior and expression had a non-human feel, he himself had also been observing the people around him from time to time.
Yang Ji’s expression was definitely not normal, and even became more anxious as the meal time lengthened.
Combining that with the fact that he said he was going to the bathroom but didn’t go to the bathroom in the private room, but had to go to the bathroom in the hallway outside, it was almost certain that he had done something.
Rather than the bureau chief calling Yang Ji away near the end of the meal, it was more like Yang Ji had been waiting for that call all along.
He wants to leave…
Is it simply feeling embarrassed, or… did he discover something?
If only the snake were awake…
A dull pain came from the curve of his finger, and Ji Mo An suddenly snapped out of his thoughts.
He lowered his eyes and looked at the deep tooth marks on his skin, and realized that he had completely placed the so-called Seventh Bureau on the opposite side.
He valued Xuan Bai more than he had imagined.
The snake bled, was injured, but his heart was aching.
“Huff…”
Ji Mo An took a deep breath, trying to clear his chaotic mind.
Instead of hiding it from the snake all the time, it would be better to find another way.
Ji Mo An called the waiter to open a bottle of red wine, and while shaking the mellow wine, he watched the sun gradually climb to the top of the clouds.
“Hiss~”
After an unknown amount of time, a small hissing sound came from his pocket.
The chopstick snake rose up with its swaying bow tie, quickly pacing left and right on the edge of his pocket.
“Get down.” Ji Mo An finally smiled, he reached out and poked the snake’s forehead, pressing the chopstick snake back down.
There were surveillance cameras here; he absolutely couldn’t let the snake be filmed.
The chopstick snake obediently lay down again.
When the time on his phone switched to nine o’clock, Ji Mo An reopened his phone and made a call.
“Brother Hao, are you awake?”
“Hiss…” The chopstick snake heard another person’s name, wagging its tail and started misbehaving in his pocket.
This little thing…
Ji Mo An put his hand in his pocket and was immediately tightly wrapped by the snake.
“It’s not early anymore, it’s nine o’clock.” The person on the other end of the call hadn’t gotten up yet, and he could hear them rolling around in the blankets.
“Yeah, I’m in my hometown.”
“Remember the black king snake I raised a while ago? I want to raise a few more, about fifteen to twenty centimeters long. Do you have any seedlings?”
“Yeah… males and females are both fine, I want the ones with shiny scales.”
“Yeah, you don’t need to send them, I’ll have Bai Yan pick them up.”
“Okay.”
……
A note was stuffed into his pocket.
The chopstick snake’s eyes widened, sticking to the note and reading it bit by bit.
[Is there anyone nearby?]
Someone?
The snake circled around in his pocket. There was someone! There were tons of people.
Just as he was about to nod, a flash of inspiration flashed through his small brain.
“No ability users.”
Xuan Bai’s voice suddenly echoed in Ji Mo An’s mind.
“Xuan Bai?” Ji Mo An was stunned.
“It’s me, it’s me!” The chopstick snake was extremely happy and used the tip of its tail to wrap around the finger beside it.
“You’re speaking in my mind?” Ji Mo An carefully sensed it. The voice wasn’t coming from outside his ears.
“Because of the connection.” Xuan Bai tightened his tail. He rubbed himself into Ji Mo An’s palm, gently licking the tooth marks on his index finger.
“Are there people from the Seventh Bureau in the hotel?” Ji Mo An asked again.
“Yes.”
“They installed surveillance cameras in the snake’s room to secretly watch the snake sleep.”
Xuan Bai seized the opportunity and complained vigorously.
Surveillance cameras…
“Is there one in my room?”
“No.”
“Okay.”
Ji Mo An stood up, turned and left the restaurant.
……
“Brother…”
In the back seat of the car, Ji Mo Xin hugged a small horse doll and leaned against the car window, half-asleep.
“Stayed up late yesterday?” Ji Mo An sat down beside her, and the little girl immediately leaned on him.
“We had a bonfire, and Brother Bai woke me up at eight o’clock. Where are we going so early, brother?”
“To the hotel. Didn’t you feel like there was no one at the old house?” Ji Mo An inconspicuously put his hand on her waist to prevent Ji Mo Xin from moving around and crushing the snake.
“Yay!” Ji Mo Xin cheered, “Did you tell grandpa, brother? I’ll ask Qian Xing if she wants to go.”
“Grandpa knows.” Ji Mo An rolled his eyes slightly where she couldn’t see. How could he not know? There were countless eyes staring at him now.
“Brother, I’m so sleepy… wait a minute!” Ji Mo Xin yawned, then suddenly sat up straight.
“Brother, why are your eyes so bloodshot? Did you stay up late last night?”
“Go to sleep. Catch up on some sleep when we get to the hotel.” Ji Mo An pressed her back down with one hand.
“Only the magistrate is allowed to set fires, but the common people aren’t allowed to stay up late, boo!”
“Go to sleep!”
“Mean brother…”
Watching the scenery outside the window receding, Ji Mo An also leaned against the car window and closed his eyes.
Of course grandpa and grandpa wouldn’t hurt him, and he also believed that the Seventh Bureau, as a partner, wouldn’t hurt him either.
But that didn’t mean he would meekly accept the other party’s supervision.
Just like he would never agree to stay in the Seventh Bureau’s lounge, and would rather fake suicide to lure Yang Ji out.
Wouldn’t a canary protected in a cage be walking into another prison?
He had to get more chips in order to have the right to speak.
At least… he couldn’t let them monitor him at will without his knowledge.
Ji Mo An gently tapped the car frame, repeatedly going through what he had in his mind over and over.
Xuan Bai was his biggest trump card, but… he would inevitably become a weakness.
“President An, we’ve arrived.” Special Assistant Bai parked the car at the hotel entrance, got out of the car and opened the door.
“Okay.”
“Then President An, I’ll go to Mr. Qi Hao’s place now…”
“Yeah, give the things to Emily and tell her to arrange for someone to send them over. Xin Xin and I should stay here for a while longer.”
“Ah, President An, then I…” Special Assistant Bai was stunned.
“You go back to the company. If there’s anything, have an online meeting. Go ahead, organize an online meeting next Monday to discuss salary and year-end benefits.”
“Huh?”
“Tell Emily and the archives department in advance to sort out the work summaries for the first half of the year.”
“Okay, President An.” As soon as Special Assistant Bai heard this, his whole person glowed.
He, Bai Yan, was getting a raise!
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Ji Mo An sent Ji Mo Xin to the door of her own room.
“Xin Xin, is it okay if we stay here for a few more days?”
“Ah?” Ji Mo Xin immediately wasn’t sleepy anymore. “What do you mean, brother? Explain in detail.”
“It’s just, take a leave of absence from school. After mom and dad get off the ship, we can stay at the hotel these few days.”
“Ahhhhh, I love you, brother! You’re the best brother in the world!” Ji Mo Xin immediately began to celebrate her vacation.
“You can’t fall behind in school. I’ll find a tutor for you in two days to have four hours of lessons every day.”
“Absolutely OK, twenty-four hours for four hours, it’s a great deal. Hey, brother, aren’t you going back to the company either?”
“Yeah. After all, grandpa is old, and grandpa is also here these days. Is it okay to go to the old house during the day and return to the hotel at night? I’ll call Brother Mu later and ask if Qian Xing wants to stay a few days.”
“Absolutely can.” Ji Mo Xin gave a thumbs up.
“Oh, right. Brother Mu is going to the East Sea army unit next month to give guidance, and he’ll be taking Qian Xing with him. He asked if you wanted to go play with them.”
“Hey, the military region?”
“Yeah.”
“Can we use real guns?”
“You can ask him.”
“I’m going, I’m going, I’m going.”
“Are you still going to Switzerland?” Ji Mo An looked at the smiling girl, and his original bad mood was swept away.
“Ah? What Switzerland?”
“Didn’t you say you wanted to go skiing?”
“Ah…” Ji Mo Xin blinked her eyes and scratched the back of her head, “I forgot a long time ago. Brother, your memory is so good.”
“Okay, go rest.”
“Okay, brother.”
Watching Ji Mo Xin close the door, Ji Mo An also returned to his own room next door.
The snake, which had been stuffy in his pocket for a long time, happily climbed out.
“Happy.” The chopstick snake poked its head out and stretched its tongue.
“You’re happy with just that?” Ji Mo An pulled on the bow tie on top of the snake’s head, and the little snake rolled a few times on the table with the bandage stretched out.
The previous wound had healed, and it had turned into a shiny, healthy snake again.
“You happy.”
“I’m happy?” Ji Mo An was stunned, but quickly showed a gentle smile, “Then my happiness is also very simple.”
“Connect~” Xuan Bai tilted his head and wrapped his tail around Ji Mo An’s fingertip. “Snake also happy.”
“Don’t change back into human form these few days. Although I don’t want to be controlled by the Seventh Bureau, I can’t completely separate myself from their protection.” Ji Mo An touched the little snake’s head, “This place isn’t far from the old house. We still have to be careful about that… NHE Association.”
“Yeah!” The snake nodded vigorously, not mentioning that his clone had beaten the current controller and chief physician of the isolated island base to anemia.
“Change your eyes and tongue to the normal color of a black king snake. If nothing goes wrong, the new snake seedlings will arrive tonight.”
The snake continued to nod vigorously.
Perhaps it was confirmed that he had escaped surveillance, the sequelae of severe sleep deprivation finally began to show.
Wave after wave of drowsiness surged up, and Ji Mo An squinted his eyes and hung up the curtains.
“I need to sleep for a while.”
“Hiss~” The snake was placed on the edge of the pillow, obediently coiled into a few circles.
Who would have thought that the bad snake would be the most obedient in the end… Ji Mo An yawned, and his aching eyes finally closed.
“Hiss~” After he completely fell asleep, Xuan Bai stretched his body and climbed onto the pillow.
He put his small head on Ji Mo An’s brow, and the man’s brow, which was wrinkled in his sleep, gradually relaxed.
“Sweet dreams.” The snake stretched out its tongue, which had turned black, and gently touched the skin under it before slightly raising its head.
A cluster of blue flames burst out of his eyes, indiscriminately scanning all the humans within a ten-mile radius of the hotel.
The snake couldn’t speak, but that didn’t mean the snake couldn’t do it.
There were far more bugs in this world than he had imagined.
Watching the flames turn in circles in the room, the snake finally relaxed his consciousness with peace of mind.
The distance between the clone and the main body was too far, which meant that he couldn’t control two bodies at the same time.
In other words, when he switched accounts to the main body, his clone would immediately fall into ‘death’.
The snake died, and the snake lived again.
The more he thought about being half-dead and scaring humans, the more excited the snake became.
Switch accounts!