Chapter 46 Li Dongyuan's Love
Being trusted wholeheartedly is naturally a joyous experience. Ruan Nanzhu sat down next to Lin Qiushi and spoke slowly, "Now that you've said that, it seems unreasonable for me not to tell you what's in your pocket."
Lin Qiushi looked at Ruan Nanzhu, waiting for his answer.
After a moment of silence, Ruan Nanzhu opened his thin lips and said, "I'll put Yang Meishu's note on you.
"A note? Are you talking about the note where she wrote that little poem?" After learning what it was, Lin Qiushi instantly realized something. He showed a slightly incredulous expression, "That note actually has such a function." If it weren't for that note, he would definitely have been dragged back into the door by that woman.
"Yes," Ruan Nanzhu said. He placed a finger on his lips and whispered, "So remember to keep it a secret."
Lin Qiushi nodded: "I know."
Ruan Nanzhu continued, "This note is very special. Not only does it contain extremely detailed clues, it even has a special function—it can ward off a ghost attack from inside the door. You can imagine how important something like this would be at a critical moment. If too many people knew about this..."
Lin Qiushi completely understood.
To obtain Yang Meishu's special note, she had to use a ghost to kill all of her teammates inside the door. After their deaths, she would not only be invincible and leisurely search for clues, but also obtain a crucial amulet from the next door. When the stakes are high, people will always take enormous risks. It's unknown how many times Yang Meishu has done this.
"Only a few people know about this," Ruan Nanzhu said, "it must not be made public."
It truly couldn't be made public. If everyone knew the purpose of the special note, there would be no more cooperation within the sect, and most would simply wish for their teammates' swift demise. Such an atmosphere would be terrifying. Lin Qiushi felt the chills at the mere thought. What if all the teammates within the sect were people like Yang Meishu...
"This is an evil path. Those who follow it will eventually destroy themselves," Ruan Nanzhu said. "I've seen three people do this, and one of them passed through the eighth door."
"So he's very powerful?" Lin Qiushi was a little curious.
"Anyone who can pass the eighth gate is amazing," Ruan Nanzhu said calmly. "He is also... Of course, his death was more miserable than that of ordinary people."
Lin Qiushi: "Oh..."
"Alright, go to sleep." Ruan Nanzhu reached out and rubbed Lin Qiushi's head. "You're tired too."
Lin Qiushi was left in a state of confusion by Ruan Nanzhu's attitude towards a child. After all, he was a grown man in his twenties: "You can't touch a man's head or a woman's waist."
Hearing this, Ruan Nanzhu didn't say anything. Instead, he reached out and pinched Lin Qiushi's waist. Of course, he didn't use too much force. Lin Qiushi's waist was already sensitive, and Ruan Nanzhu made him want to laugh. He quickly dodged Ruan Nanzhu's hand: "No, no, no, I'm itchy!"
Ruan Nanzhu: "It's quite thin."
Lin Qiushi: "Not as detailed as yours."
Ruan Nanzhu's figure is really good, a standard inverted triangle, with beautifully toned muscles on a narrow waist. It's obvious that he has trained specially.
"If you exercise well, you'll always run faster when being chased by ghosts," Ruan Nanzhu said. "Have you never seen the protagonists in horror movies run two steps and then can't run anymore?"
Lin Qiushi felt that what Ruan Nanzhu said made a lot of sense... If he could run faster in the world in his painting, perhaps he wouldn't be caught by the monster. He immediately made a firm decision to train hard and strive to achieve a physique like Ruan Nanzhu's.
After saying this, Lin Qiushi returned to his room and had a good night's rest.
He had nothing to do the next day, so he took some time to go to the hospital for a physical examination to see how his liver cancer was progressing.
A few days later, the test results came back. The doctor's eyes nearly popped out of his head as he held Lin Qiushi's report. He specifically called to inquire about what treatment Lin Qiushi had received to ensure his condition remained so stable. He also earnestly asked if he could return to the hospital for a more detailed examination.
Lin Qiushi politely declined all these requests. If he really had extraordinary talent and could contribute to medicine, it would be fine, but what he was experiencing now was completely beyond the scope of science. He couldn't tell the doctor that his illness was cured by going through a near-death experience.
Over the past few days, people have been trickling in from the villa, most of them taking on jobs to earn money, while others are gathering clues. Lin Qiushi, bored and alone in the villa, was stroking his fat butt while watching TV. He was flipping channels with the remote and happened to see an interview with Tan Zaozao.
The girl who was sleeping like a tapeworm with her butt sticking up inside the door is now sitting elegantly in front of the TV, answering the host's questions with a smile.
The host asked, when was the last time you cried.
Tan Zaozao lifted her hair and smiled: Probably the last time I was acting in a crying scene.
The host said: So you haven’t cried for a long time?
Tan Zaozao: I rarely cry, tears can’t solve problems.
Lin Qiushi: “…” He remembered the look of Tan Zaozao crying with tears and snot, and pressed the remote control to silently change the channel.
There was no one in the villa today. It was not until the evening that Cheng Qianli and his brother came back from outside, looking exhausted.
"Where did you go?" Lin Qiushi asked him.
"I took a job." Cheng Qianli said, "I've never seen anyone who likes to commit suicide so much in my life."
Lin Qiushi: "Is he dead?"
Cheng Qianli nodded painfully: "The balance is gone."
Lin Qiushi expressed deep sympathy for this.
Cheng Yixie nodded at Lin Qiushi, said hello, and went upstairs. Cheng Qianli collapsed on the sofa and sighed, saying that he would still have to check the quality of the work he accepted in the future and not hire someone with a mental problem. After all, illnesses can be cured, but mental disability is incurable.
Lin Qiushi: "It suddenly occurred to me that you haven't told me the website where I can get the job."
Cheng Qianli straightened up, grabbed the computer on the table, turned it on, and after a few operations, turned the screen to Lin Qiushi: "It's this website. There are people who accept jobs, and there are jobs. Of course, most of the jobs we accept now are through private channels. We only look for targets there when we want to collect clues or to test our courage."
Lin Qiushi browsed the website.
The site is quite active, and most posts are anonymous. If you want to take a job, you have to chat privately. Posts usually state the requirements and the price you are willing to pay.
"For someone of Brother Ruan's rank, he won't take a job unless it's seven figures." Cheng Qianli slumped on the sofa, holding the back of his head. "And the people he takes are all pretty awesome. If I remember correctly, there seems to be a big star in his work, but I don't know who it is."
Lin Qiushi nodded.
Cheng Qianli yawned and let Lin Qiushi look at it himself while he went to rest first.
The time he spent outside was the most relaxing, a chance to relax. At least that was what Lin Qiushi thought. Then, one morning, while he was frying shengjian for the people in the villa, Chen Fei suddenly asked him, "Aren't you nervous?"
"Nervous?" Lin Qiushi didn't understand. "Why should I be nervous?"
Chen Fei: "It feels like the deadline for each door is slipping away. Your next door is the sixth, right?"
Lin Qiushi shook his head, indicating that he wasn't nervous at all. If they wanted to marry, then so be it. Whatever was his couldn't escape.
Seeing Lin Qiushi's natural expression, not seeming to be showing off at all, Chen Fei gave him a thumbs-up and praised, "Awesome."
Lin Qiushi felt baffled by the praise until a few days later, when a new member joined the team.
The newcomer was a man in his thirties, and he was considered handsome, but his handsomeness was largely destroyed by his anxiety and fear.
Yi Manman had brought the person back. Lin Qiushi had only just realized that even when they were heavily recruiting low-level members, they would still keep an eye out for potential newcomers, bringing them back to the villa to freshen up. Li Dongyuan from Bailu had used this method to infiltrate the villa—though his entry was primarily due to Ruan Nanzhu's desire for free labor.
The newcomer’s name is Qin Budai. The name is quite interesting, but his mental quality seems to be not very good. He was very nervous when he arrived at the villa.
When he arrived, Lin Qiushi was eating shengjian (a type of fried dumpling). Everyone had fallen in love with Lin Qiushi's shengjian in recent days. The homemade shengjian he made was generously filled with ingredients, with a thin wrapper and generous filling. He fried it in the pan until it sizzled with oil. A bite revealed a crispy exterior with a soft, velvety texture, and a rich, meaty broth inside.
Cheng Qianli could eat thirty of them one bite at a time without stopping. Lin Qiushi was a little more restrained than him, but he could also eat more than ten.
So the situation turned into a strange scene where the newcomer sat at the dinner table with a sad face, while the others kept eating shengjian and looking at him with expressionless faces.
"Three questions." Yi Manman pointed at him, "You can only ask three."
Qin Budai asked, "What exactly is a door?"
Yi Manman: "I don't know. If I knew what a door is, why would I be sitting here?"
Qin Budai: "Where does the door come from?"
Yi Manman: “…”
Qin Budai: "Gate..."
Before he could finish his words, Yi Manman showed an expression of a splitting headache and said, "Brother, you are not going to ask where the door will go in the end, are you?"
Qin Budai nodded.
Yi Manman: "Are you a philosopher or something? Can't you ask some reliable questions?"
Qin Budai: "...This question is very reliable."
Yi Manman almost collapsed, and the others began to mock him mercilessly, saying, Yi Manman, you should teach the newcomer you chose yourself. Then they shifted their attention to Lin Qiushi, praising Ruan Nanzhu for his good taste, which made Lin Qiushi really laugh and cry.
However, Li Cheng Qianli privately told Lin Qiushi that newcomers like Qin Budai often appear and disappear. Whether one can survive several gates depends entirely on fate, so don't get too close to them in the first few gates.
"After all, if the relationship is good, then it will always be sad when he dies." These are Cheng Qianli's original words.
Lin Qiushi originally thought that after he went out, he could rest quietly for a while, but he didn't expect that a very unwelcome person would come to his door.
That day, he and Cheng Qianli had just finished their toast walk. When they returned to the villa, they saw Ruan Nanzhu sitting on the sofa in the living room with an expressionless face. Next to him sat a baby-faced man. They were very familiar with this man. It was Li Dongyuan who had once disguised himself as a newcomer and infiltrated Obsidian.
"Ruan Nanzhu, you must keep your word!" Li Dongyuan said.
Ruan Nanzhu: “Yeah.”
Li Dongyuan: "Then it's settled." He heard someone opening the door and quickly tilted his head to look towards the door. After seeing that it was Lin Qiushi and Cheng Qianli, he sighed with regret.
"See you at the next door!" Li Dongyuan said, "Don't forget what you promised me."
Ruan Nanzhu nodded indifferently.
Li Dongyuan stood up and left: "See you later."
Ruan Nanzhu didn't speak to him and watched him go out.
"Brother Ruan, why is he here?" Cheng Qianli didn't have a good impression of this guy. At the beginning, he and Lin Qiushi were the only ones in the entire villa who were kept in the dark. The worst thing was that he hadn't discovered Li Dongyuan's intentions, and his IQ was despised by Cheng Yixie. Therefore, he was filled with inexplicable anger and shame towards Li Dongyuan.
"He wants to cooperate with us," said Ruan Nanzhu.
"Cooperation? He actually wants to cooperate with us?" Cheng Qianli was a little bit unbelievable.
"Yes." Ruan Nanzhu said, "He is willing to share the supply with us."
Cheng Qianli looked as if he had seen a ghost.
"Of course, there are conditions." Ruan Nanzhu said calmly, "He requires taking on missions with Zhu Meng, at least once a month."
Cheng Qianli and Lin Qiushi were both silent. An eerie silence fell over them, as they stared at Ruan Nanzhu's unchanging face. Finally, Cheng Qianli couldn't hold it back and burst into laughter, tears streaming down his face. "Holy shit! Holy shit! Is Li Dongyuan losing his mind or what?—Zhu Meng, where is this Zhu Meng!"
Ruan Nanzhu didn't care at all. He said, "Lin Qiushi, come with me. Don't let anything get away with it."
Lin Qiushi suppressed his laughter and nodded.
He initially thought Li Dongyuan was joking with Zhu Meng, but later discovered he was serious. After knowing his identity had been exposed, he still called the villa several times a day. Whenever someone answered the phone, he would definitely ask Zhu Meng to pick it up.
Later, everyone was so annoyed that they unplugged the villa's landline and blacklisted his number on their mobile phones. Even so, Li Dongyuan refused to give up and continued to bravely pursue his love. Lin Qiushi was very curious about what expression he would show if he knew Zhu Meng was Ruan Nanzhu.
Ruan Nanzhu ignored Cheng Qianli, whose face was nearly cramped from laughing, and stood up and left. Although he was handsome, the outside world could not associate him with the girl at all.
Cheng Qianli finally stopped laughing, and lay on the sofa, wiping his tears and said, "Why does Li Dongyuan like Zhu Meng so much? He's so funny."
Actually, Lin Qiushi thought this was quite understandable. He asked, "If you didn't know Zhu Meng was Brother Ruan, would you like her?"
Cheng Qianli instinctively wanted to deny it, but Lin Qiushi said, "Think about it carefully."
After thinking about it, Cheng Qianli fell silent.
Indeed, a girl like Zhu Meng is particularly attractive, smart, beautiful, and has a unique temperament. She is simply a perfect lover. If Zhu Meng really exists, he... forget it, forget it, it's better not to dig this hole for himself. Cheng Qianli quickly shook his head and threw this terrible idea out of his mind.
Because Ruan Nanzhu agreed to cooperate with Li Dongyuan, he started to shamelessly run to the villa every day.
He eats for free, uses the internet for free, and does everything for free, yet he pretends to be pitiful with that baby face.
Fortunately, the people in the villa are all smart and don't buy it at all. Lu Yanxue, who has a bad temper, said directly to Li Dongyuan, "You are a 28-year-old man. Can you stop painting yourself green like an old cucumber to look young? Don't you look disgusting?"
Li Dongyuan angrily retorted: "How can I be 28?! Not even 28!"
Lin Qiushi was shocked: "You are twenty-eight?" She is actually older than him.
Li Dongyuan: "What's wrong with me being 28? A man is in his prime at 28!"
Chen Fei, standing by, said coldly, "Dongyuan, don't bother with Qiushi. Although you are older than him, you are shorter than him."
Li Dongyuan: "..." Can you speak human language?
It is not appropriate for the leader of an organization to run to another organization every day, but Li Dongyuan is extremely thick-skinned and no one can do anything about him.
In the end, it was Ruan Nanzhu who said, "Zhu Meng likes calm men." Only then did he stop Li Dongyuan from becoming more and more unrestrained.
However, the situation was quiet for only a few days, as the problems that followed were even more troublesome. Li Dongyuan, a shrewd man, quickly grasped the personalities of everyone in the villa and quickly found a breakthrough point - Lin Qiushi.
Cheng Qianli's IQ is too low, and the others are too cunning, so the mild-mannered Lin Qiushi becomes Li Dongyuan's main target of harassment.
Lin Qiushi was overwhelmed by the daily messages he received from him asking about Zhu Meng. He endured them for a few days, but when he couldn't bear it anymore, he privately spoke to Ruan Nanzhu about it.
"He harassed you?" Ruan Nanzhu immediately put down what he was holding upon hearing this. He turned his head and looked at Lin Qiushi, "Let me see his phone."
Lin Qiushi handed the phone to Ruan Nanzhu.
Ruan Nanzhu's expression darkened immediately after he saw the message. He sneered and said, "Ignore him. I'll do it."
Lin Qiushi felt a little helpless: "What if he finds out you're Zhu Meng?"
Ruan Nanzhu: "If he knows, he knows. What can he do?" He returned the phone to Lin Qiushi. "Bear with it for a while."
Lin Qiushi nodded.
No one knew what Ruan Nanzhu had done, but Li Dongyuan calmed down the next day. Not only did he calm down, he also apologized to Lin Qiushi and said that he sincerely realized his mistake.
Lin Qiushi was still wondering what Ruan Nanzhu had done, but after Li Dongyuan finished what he had said, he added one last sentence: "So if you're not angry anymore, could you ask Zhu Meng to call me again?"
Lin Qiushi: “…”
Li Dongyuan: "Hmm?"
Lin Qiushi: "What did Zhu Meng say to you?"
Li Dongyuan chuckled foolishly, his laughter sounding as stupid as a mentally retarded person with an IQ of no more than 60: "She scolded me, and she scolded me nicely."
Lin Qiushi: “…” Li Dongyuan, why are you so mean?
Li Dongyuan: "I was very happy and wanted her to scold me again."
Lin Qiushi recalled the gloomy expression on Ruan Nanzhu's face, and when he heard Li Dongyuan's happy tone, he didn't know whether to sympathize with him or wish him well.
Some girls can't be together because he's taller than you, and his skirt is thicker than yours...
Lin Qiushi didn't listen to Li Dongyuan's chatter anymore and hung up the phone silently.
In the afternoon, Lin Qiushi told Cheng Qianli about this as a joke. Cheng Qianli pondered for three seconds and said, "I didn't understand why the boss wanted to change into women's clothes. Now I finally understand."
Lin Qiushi: "Hmm?"
Cheng Qianli: "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, who the hell would dare to believe that Zhu Meng is Brother Ruan."
Lin Qiushi thought about Zhu Meng, who was full of drama within the sect, and compared her to the extremely cold Ruan Nanzhu in the real world. He sighed, "Yes."
The prerequisite for cooperating with Bai Lu is that Zhu Meng and Li Dongyuan enter the world inside the gate again. The specific time is probably next week. It is said that Li Dongyuan gave Lin Qiushi a bunch of notes and asked him to take them to Zhu Meng, saying that he can choose any one he wants. He is like a nouveau riche.
Ruan Nanzhu was unusually indifferent to this, and it's no wonder that Li Dongyuan is single.
When Cheng Qianli heard what Ruan Nanzhu said, his IQ short-circuited again, and he said fearlessly: "Brother Ruan, aren't you single?"
Ruan Nanzhu: “…”
Lin Qiushi tried to suppress his laughter beside him.
Before Ruan Nanzhu lost his temper, Cheng Yixie hurried over and took his child away. Cheng Qianli seemed to know that he had asked a question that he shouldn't have asked, so he ran away quietly.
"Is it funny?" Ruan Nanzhu's calm voice came from beside Lin Qiushi, who lowered his head and dared not show any expression.
Lin Qiushi: “…” He inexplicably heard the impending storm from the calm tone of the voice. He quickly said, “Brother Ruan, you are different from Li Dongyuan. He can’t find a girlfriend, but you don’t want to find one!”
Ruan Nanzhu looked at him expressionlessly without saying a word.
Lin Qiushi felt a little weak and continued, "This is the difference between being subjective and passive..."
Ruan Nanzhu: "Have you ever found a girlfriend?"
Lin Qiushi: “…”
Ruan Nanzhu: "Not even one?"
Lin Qiushi looked ashamed. He did want to find one, but he had to do homework every day when he was in school, and work overtime every day after graduation. Where could he find a girlfriend?
Ruan Nanzhu: "Amazing."
Lin Qiushi suddenly felt an indescribable sadness. He had lived for more than 20 years and was still single. He was almost dead and still had no girlfriend. When he thought about it carefully, this was too miserable.
Ruan Nanzhu's mood seemed to have improved. He comforted Lin Qiushi insincerely, saying not to worry, that he would find one in the future. If he really couldn't find a girlfriend, he could always find someone else.
Lin Qiushi: "A cat?"
Ruan Nanzhu looked speechless. He stood up and patted Lin Qiushi on the shoulder: "You really made it on your own." Then he turned around and left.
Lin Qiushi: “…” What does this mean? Does it mean that cats are not allowed either?
Li Zi happened to be passing by at that moment and meowed at the sight of Lin Qiushi. Although he didn't approach very closely, he didn't resist any more. Lin Qiushi was quick-witted and quickly captured the innocent little cat.
Li Zi: "Meow meow meow?"
Lin Qiushi: "Let daddy hug you." He buried his head and inhaled deeply.
Li Zi's pink and tender paw pads pushed Lin Qiushi softly, and she whined and groaned in displeasure. After sucking the cat, Lin Qiushi stroked it several more times before reluctantly letting go of the little cutie in his hand.
Well, although he doesn’t have a girlfriend, he at least has a cat, Lin Qiushi thought with relief as he looked at Li Zi’s back. Moreover, with the tragic example of Li Dongyuan here, he felt that he was not so sad.
Li Dongyuan, who was studying the note, suddenly sneezed. When someone asked him if he had a cold, he rubbed his nose and frowned: "Someone must have said something bad about me!"
Then he smiled foolishly for a while: "Could it be the cute Mengmeng?"
Others: "..." Boss, are you possessed? ?
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