He's finished (Part 2)

Jinnan didn't know how he fell asleep that night. He only remembered that the quilt was very heavy and it was very hot around him. Xu Zhiyuan had left early in the morning, and there was no one around him.

After cleaning up and going downstairs, I found Xu Zhiyuan fetching water to help his grandmother water the flowers. It was still early, and Grandpa Xu was adjusting his tricycle, preparing to take his two grandsons to the market.

Seeing Jinnan coming downstairs, Grandma Xu hurried to make him a bowl of white porridge, two steamed buns and a few side dishes, all of which were good things.

Jinnan ate slowly. After a while, Xu Zhiyuan, who had finished his work, came in, washed his hands, and sat opposite him.

There was still a smile on his face, as if nothing had happened.

Jin Nan had offended him last night. Although he didn't know what had offended him, he felt that Xu Zhiyuan was very unhappy when he went to bed. Now he couldn't figure out what Xu Zhiyuan meant. He put some side dishes into Xu Zhiyuan's bowl, but Xu Zhiyuan took away his chopsticks.

Jinnan: ...

Okay, still angry.

After eating, they went to the market together. Xu Zhiyuan and Jinnan sat in the back and chatted with grandfather all the way. They didn't talk to each other, and the old man didn't notice anything.

When they arrived, Jinnan got out of the car carrying the basket, followed by Xu Zhiyuan. Grandpa Xu was worried that the two city kids wouldn't know how to bargain, but Jinnan rolled up his sleeves and acted just as aggressively as Xu Zhiyuan's grandmother when she was young.

Jinnan stuffed the river shrimps and clams he had just bought into Xu Zhiyuan's hands and went on to the next house. Even Grandpa Xu couldn't get a word in.

"Xiao Nan is very familiar with vegetable prices," Grandpa Xu said. "Then everyone has to buy vegetables and cook for themselves. Are you treating him badly?"

Xu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "No, he is independent."

Unless Jin Nan himself mentioned it, Xu Zhiyuan would not reveal Jin Nan's background to the outside world. It wasn't a big secret in the Lido circle, but this was Hangzhou Province, so what if Jin Nan was allowed to be a pampered young master?

Grandpa Xu liked the young master Jinnan even more.

He has a good temper, is well-behaved and sweet-spoken, was born clean and pure, and knows how to live.

Not to mention anything else, just looking at that smiling face with curved eyebrows and eyes can make people feel better.

Jinnan had no idea what people were whispering about him behind his back. He just went about buying groceries, buying what Xu Zhiyuan liked to eat, buying what he had observed on the table yesterday. Occasionally he would ask the grandfather and grandson for their opinions. He paid for everything and also bought four three-head abalone, saying that they were to nourish the old man.

Xu Zhiyuan followed behind and bought half a pig.

Grandpa Xu was so anxious that he hit him: "How can we eat it all! You two will be gone in a few days. Your grandmother and I don't have teeth to eat such a big pig. We will have to eat it until next year!"

"We can take away the rest," Xu Zhiyuan said. "Countryside pigs are hard to find in the city."

Grandpa Xu fell silent and glanced at Jinnan who was walking in front picking vegetables.

Poor kid, you can tell he’s never eaten any good food, his eyes light up at everything he sees.

On the way back, the cart was almost full, and the tricycle was swaying on the dirt road along the ridges of the fields as it went home. Jinnan saw from afar several children playing around his car, and an adult was standing by the car smoking, as if waiting for someone.

The tricycle approached, and before Jinnan could see who it was, Grandpa Xu stopped the car first, and Xu Zhiyuan jumped out, and the children around him scattered.

The man smoking was a young man in his thirties who bore a passing resemblance to Xu Zhiyuan. Somehow, Jinnan felt the atmosphere around him grow colder.

Grandpa Xu came into the house and asked grandma to move the vegetables. Jinnan followed to help and overheard their conversation.

"You came back so early this year. I also wanted to take my grandparents to live in the city for a while."

"You're early too. Just had your day off?"

"Yeah, unlike you guys... ...Have you settled the matter? ...I finally made it through Jin Licheng..., don't act like nothing happened."

"Thank you, I'm not interested."

"Xu Zhiyuan!" the man was furious. "Do you still remember how your uncle and aunt died? Who are you being worthy of?"

The sound was a bit loud, Jinnan wanted to go out to see, but Grandpa Xu held his hand.

"Xiao Nan, let's go in." Grandpa Xu patted Jin Nan's back. "That's cousin Zhiyuan. Let them talk."

"Zhiyuan has other relatives?" Jinnan was surprised.

He always thought that Xu Zhiyuan only had his grandparents left, which was why he had to be adopted by Jin Licheng, a person who had no connection with him.

The old trees in the yard are withering. The leaves in the south do not fall, but the trees are all withered and yellow, looking like a bleak autumn.

"He has several uncles." Grandpa Xu sighed. "Zhiyuan was very good at studying back then, but going to school, and those Olympiad tutoring classes, were very expensive. After his parents passed away, they gave the compensation and the property deeds to his uncles, saying they were keeping them for safekeeping."

"Alas, it's my fault that I didn't teach my son well enough, and he started bullying the younger generation."

"So Zhiyuan is short of money..." Jinnan's eyes widened.

"There was nothing he could do. He begged Licheng to pay for his education. Zhiyuan even went to a lawyer and drafted something called a...betting agreement, saying he would return the money to Licheng once he graduated.

"At the time, your father refused to sign, and the situation remained tense for several days. Later, Licheng brought him to complete the adoption procedures. Zhiyuan kowtowed to his parents and stopped communicating with his uncles and aunts."

Jinnan thought of the womanizer who would whistle "Nannan, call Daddy" at him, and fell silent for a moment.

No, Xu Zhiyuan has conflicts with his uncles, so wouldn't he also have conflicts with his cousin...

Jinnan reacted and was about to leave, but Grandpa Xu tried to hold him back. Jinnan rushed to the door like a calf, not caring what the two were saying, and stepped between them, holding out his hands to block Xu Zhiyuan behind him.

Xu Zhiyuan lowered his head and said nothing, but his cousin squinted his eyes, perhaps because he was smoked by the smoke.

"You are... Jin Licheng's son?"

Jin Nan ignored him and pushed Xu Zhiyuan to leave, but the man suddenly grabbed his sleeve and said, "Don't leave so quickly. I have a big secret. Do you want to hear it?"

Before he could say anything, Jinnan covered his ears first.

"Sorry, I'm deaf."

Xu Zhiyuan was a little unhappy at first, but when he saw him like this, he finally laughed out loud.

"Is there anything else, Xu Xingwen?" Xu Zhiyuan put his hands in his pockets and glanced at him. "We're about to have dinner. Goodbye."

"Xu Zhiyuan! Just wait for me!"

Jinnan has already taken Xu Zhiyuan away.

The two of them hadn't spoken to each other today, as if they were back to freezing point. After this incident, regardless of Jin Nan's thoughts, Xu Zhiyuan was the first to laugh.

After lunch, Xu Zhiyuan took Jinnan to the fields to experience farm work. Jinnan wasn't shy at all, and he performed the work much more effectively than Xu Zhiyuan. Only at such moments did Xu Zhiyuan clearly understand the significance of Jinnan's fifteen blank years for him.

Xu Zhiyuan appeared at the right time. If he had appeared any later, Jin Nandu would have been beyond saving.

After a busy afternoon, Jinnan even caught a few snails in the small pond beside the field. When he returned with his trousers rolled up, they both noticed the long scratches on Jinnan's matte black Urus.

Xu Zhiyuan felt something was wrong. This car was Jinnan's treasure, and he only took this car with him when he left Yunting.

Jin Nan was not annoyed. He went into the house, washed his hands and feet, and came out to check the dashcam. He said to Xu Zhiyuan, "Hey, he's done."

The perpetrator acted in a stealthy manner, deliberately selecting blind spots for dashcams, and since there were no surveillance cameras in the countryside, he should have succeeded. However, Jin Nan was a bit more cunning, and he installed six cameras in his car.

Looking at Xu Xingwen's clear face in the picture, Xu Zhiyuan raised his eyebrows.

"What was he thinking, getting a Lamborghini?" Jinnan Devil whispered, "Is his family rich?"

Xu Zhiyuan shook his head: "Average, middle-class family."

"Then how much money did they take from you?"

Jin Nan looked at him with a sly smile in his eyes. This eager look made Xu Zhiyuan feel itchy, but he had not forgotten what Jin Nan did last night.

Jinnan has always been very smart, why is he so stupid when it comes to things where he should be smart?

Xu Zhiyuan was puzzled and did not notice the deeper meaning in Jinnan dialect.

Jin Nan asked again, "Xu Zhiyuan, how much compensation did they take from you? I want them to return every penny."

Xu Zhiyuan looked at him for a long time.

"You know everything?"

"Grandpa told me," Jinnan said, "I wasn't the one eavesdropping this time."

Xu Zhiyuan didn't care and patted Jinnan's head. "It might be a little difficult. The paint hasn't been scratched through, so the compensation will be six figures at most."

What this means is that they owe Xu Zhiyuan far more than six figures.

Jinnan gritted his teeth in anger. He had been poor before, and he knew all too well what money meant to a student.

A healthier body, a better future, a broader horizon, and everything.

They are not just trying to seize Xu Zhiyuan's money, they are clearly trying to harm Xu Zhiyuan for the rest of his life.

"Next time you see him, run away, okay?" Jin Nan pinched Xu Zhiyuan's chin. "I'll make things difficult for them when I get back. I'll try to kill them for bullying my brother."

"Why should I run?" Xu Zhiyuan raised his eyes. "They don't dare to bully me now."

"I don't care," Jin Nan said arrogantly. "If you continue talking to him, what will happen if all my other cars are scratched? He even dares to scratch a Lamborghini. He's terrible!"

Xu Zhiyuan could only smile and agree: "Okay."

“Not sincere enough.”

"I'll run away if I see him, okay?"

The two of them reconciled, or it could be said that Xu Zhiyuan just let it go unilaterally.

He didn't expect Jin Nan to find out by himself. In the final analysis, Jin Nan had too little, so he didn't dare to take that step towards Xu Zhiyuan. Even if Xu Zhiyuan showed it so obviously, Jin Nan didn't dare to be sure that Xu Zhiyuan liked him.

I was not spoiled enough, I liked him less, Xu Zhiyuan reflected on this.

Since Jinnan won't open up, then let Xu Zhiyuan do it. Raise him little by little, get him used to intimacy, get used to playing coquettishly, let him have endless favors, then tighten the circle around him and put shackles on him.

Jinnan probably won't escape either.

"Jinnan." Xu Zhiyuan called him.

"Hmm?" Jin Nan responded, but before he could say anything, Xu Zhiyuan tapped his forehead.

"Will you drink with me tonight?" Xu Zhiyuan said, "Don't just drink with Li Hongfang, drink with your brother too."

The word "brother" suddenly took on a different meaning when it came out of Xu Zhiyuan's mouth. Jinnan jumped away, holding the board, saying, "I'm going to put my things away," and fled.

Xu Zhiyuan looked at his back with a faint smile.

Don't rush, take your time.