Chapter 56 - Heat
Chapter 56 - Heat
An unopened book frightened Ji Xingzhe so much that he peed his pants and fled the scene.
Ning Fei and Duan Yunhong, the two "culprits", went to the back garden and walked side by side. Most of the people who came to the birthday party were socializing in the villa at the moment, and there were basically no people in the garden, so the two of them didn't need to lower their voices when talking.
"Ji Xingzhe's uncle... you really have an advantage again." Ning Fei picked up a folding fan before leaving the villa and waved it as he walked. "This position is very advantageous for sabotage missions. Whether it's to recognize Lin Shengjia or to find a way to make him unable to study, it's easy to operate in this position. This identity itself has good living conditions. You spent a lot to exchange with the world, right? You are indeed a 'rich man'."
Duan Yunhong glanced at him and said meaningfully, "Not bad. Your colleague passed away very quickly in the last world. Thanks to him, I was able to absorb a lot of the luck that was overflowing from Dong Lingyan."
As soon as Chonglin left, the business became a complete bad debt. After the bad debt, the time traveler actually still has a good chance to take away the luck given by the original owner. But after all, this is not their own thing, and it takes time to absorb and digest it. The "Fortune Bandits" can take advantage of this transition period to forcibly snatch these "theoretically ownerless" fortunes and use them for their own benefit.
Luck can bring good luck to the time traveler and make his life better, and it can also nurture existences like Ning Fei and Duan Yunhong that are outside the "rules of the world". In addition, it has another important function, which is to trade with the "world rules". To put it bluntly, it is the "hard currency" of high-dimensional space-time; you cannot get it without some ability, but if you get it and get a lot, your life will be so comfortable.
Therefore, in the previous world, it was quite rare that Duan Yunhong said that he could give up the luck that he was sure to get but just uncertain about the time in order to catch up with Ning Fei as soon as possible.
It is unknown what Duan Yunhong really thought when he said this. It is difficult to tell what Ning Fei actually felt when he heard this.
But the fact is, although Ning Fei said "I won't help you to get rid of bad debts quickly", he actually reported Chong Lin and had him taken away as soon as he returned to the Administration. Duan Yunhong also successfully swallowed up the luck that did not belong to Dong Lingyan before leaving.
Duan Yunhong suddenly brought up this matter at this moment, and to Ning Fei, it sounded like he was being tough and self-contradictory.
"Why, do you think I will say stubbornly, 'I just don't want Chonglin to continue to enjoy his life in that world, so I reported him immediately'?" Ning Fei snorted and laughed, "I'll tell you, I just don't want to owe you a favor."
"..." Duan Yunhong thought to himself that this guy had something new to say every time. He choked for a moment before retorting, "I was just stating something to you at that time. When did I ask you to owe me a favor? Didn't you say that the world was helping you in exchange for your location marker?"
"That's hard to say." Ning Fei glanced at him, "I don't want to hear you bring up the past in the future and suddenly say, 'I gave up the luck that was within my grasp for you.'"
Duan Yunhong was so angry that he almost laughed: "Am I that kind of complaining woman?"
"Who knows? If she's not a nagging woman, then she's probably just an elementary school student who has to chase after others after being defeated once." Ning Fei killed a mosquito that landed on his arm with a fan and replied casually, "Tsk, the Ji family is so rich, but they don't even do anything to repel mosquitoes in the garden?"
Duan Yunhong was about to reply to his previous sentence when his attention was drawn to the next sentence: "You are wearing short sleeves to come to the garden, who can you blame? I heard Ji Xingzhe describe you as wearing a shirt and glasses all day long, going to class elegantly and classily, but why are you wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt when you come to Ji's house? Where is your temperament?"
"I rode a second-hand motorcycle and came here in a suit? Am I sick?" Ning Fei glanced at him, "But you, the familiar suit is back. It's different in a family with air conditioning at home."
"You don't have air conditioning at home?"
“I can’t afford it for now.”
"Don't you have a background of studying abroad? Ji Xingzhe thinks you must have a good family background, so he wants to hire you as a teacher and befriend you." Duan Yunhong was puzzled, "How come you don't even have money to buy an air conditioner?"
"These days, air conditioning is an absolute luxury, right?" Ning Fei shrugged. "And I, as usual, am an orphan without a father or a mother. How can I have a family environment?"
"You lost your parents again? You got an identity as an English teacher studying abroad just for Lin Shengjia?" Duan Yunhong narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled with some ambiguous meaning, "You spend money generously in various worlds. When you exchanged your luck for an identity, you didn't waste anything. You are quite thrifty."
"Why are you using such classical Chinese words, Mr. Duan...ah, is it Mr. Duan this time?"
"Well, I take my mother's last name."
"You are amazing, Mr. Duan." Ning Fei nodded. "Anyway, I rode my bike to the bar, so I should save money where I can. If you dislike it, then don't come to my house this time. I'll go to your house and enjoy the air conditioning."
Duan Yunhong really didn't know why the topic had taken this direction again.
But he was used to it, so he continued, "Oh, then come with me tonight?"
"Isn't that too blatant? Several of my students are here." Ning Fei smiled, "But then again, if you go to my place, you might encounter an 'unexpected surprise'."
Duan Yunhong saw that he was up to no good: "What do you mean by 'surprise'? You might as well explain it more clearly."
Ning Fei did not answer but asked: "Do you know Luo Chenghong?"
"Luo Chenghong? I don't remember." Duan Yunhong was puzzled. "Which words?"
Ning Fei grabbed one of his hands and wrote on his palm with the end of a fan with the other hand, saying, "This man is Lin Shengjia's uncle. I mean, his adoptive mother's younger brother. And this uncle is going to Shenzhen to develop his career recently. Lin Shengjia is clamoring to go with him and doesn't even want to study anymore."
Duan Yunhong deliberately ignored the itchiness in his palms and chatted with him calmly, "Why are you going to Shenzhen? Did Uncle Lin Shengjia do the same thing before?"
"Probably not. Now this Lin Shengjia said that this world is a novel he read, and he knows where in Shenzhen will suddenly become prosperous in the future, so he wants to go to Shenzhen to have a 'business storm'. But as long as his adoptive parents disagree, it's useless to say anything." Ning Fei let go of his hand, "...I've finished writing it. It's a different 'hong' from you, and it's also completely different from his sister Luo Xiuping's naming style."
"These words are not the words that people I know usually use." Duan Yunhong put down his hand as if naturally and pinched his fingers. "But, you asked me this, does it mean that there is something wrong with this person? He is not from this world?"
Ning Fei snapped open the fan again and shook it: "Yes, I suspect it's your colleague."
"...Time Walkers are not in the same profession." Duan Yunhong narrowed his eyes slightly, "So, maybe he is the one who tricked Lin Shengjia into going to Shenzhen?"
"It's very likely. But Lin Shengjia only got 28 points in English, so it's normal for him not to want to study. The two of them are like-minded." Ning Fei paused, then moved closer and fanned Duan Yunhong twice, "Mr. Duan, since you are here to help me, why don't you help me deal with this troublemaker? People in the same industry are enemies."
"I said, I will help you, but I won't listen to your orders." Duan Yunhong glanced at him, "I have helped you to the greatest extent possible in the Ji family to eliminate the possibility of Lin Shengjia being recognized. You don't think that I will do all the work for you, and you can just win without doing anything, right?"
"Mr. Duan, you should understand, is it that easy to raise a score of 28 to the level of a key school? Have you ever seen those videos of parents getting frustrated while helping their children with homework?" Ning Fei snorted and distanced himself from him, "If I had known this would happen, I might as well accept his invitation and go out with him. Who knows, he might not argue with me if he's in a good mood?"
"What are you talking about? He asked you out?" Duan Yunhong said sarcastically, "Do you expect me to get jealous and then be provoked by your provocation to deal with a 'time and space walker' who doesn't know his own limits?"
Ning Fei thought to himself: But you are indeed stubborn, and provoking you is the most effective method.
But since Duan Yunhong had said so, Ning Fei was too lazy to rush to ask him for help: "Forget it, you won't help, then you can enjoy your life in the Ji family. Lin Shengjia is a powerless person, and the Ji family has a big and a small one to stop him from entering. You two can just be the door gods."
After saying that, Ning Fei didn't wait for Duan Yunhong to answer, and turned to walk towards the villa: "Let's go in and enjoy the air conditioning. It's already hot, and the more I talk to you, the more annoying I am. Let's not talk anymore."
Duan Yunhong wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he only said: "Give me your phone number first."
Ning Fei said without even turning his head: "I didn't buy a mobile phone."
“…That plane number.”
"Ask your nephew, he has it."
After saying this, Ning Fei opened the back door of the villa and walked straight in.
***
That night, Ji Xingzhe had been avoiding Ning Fei intentionally or unintentionally, but was observing him silently.
When Ji Xingzhe was sure that Ning Fei had only chatted with his uncle Duan Yunhong for a few minutes, and had basically stayed alone the rest of the time, and had no contact with other people in the Ji family, his heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally settled down.
Maybe, it's just a coincidence. Ji Xingzhe thought that it was impossible for Teacher Ning to know about that matter, and he chose that book just because he happened to like it.
Even so, Ji Xingzhe hid "Pygmalion" in a corner of his room, determined not to let it see the light of day again.
By the time the cake was cut, Ji Xingzhe had finally returned to normal. As the protagonist with everyone's attention, he stood in the middle of the living room, making a wish, blowing out the candles, cutting the cake, and personally handed the cut cake to Ning Fei. Ning Fei took it with a friendly smile. Seeing that his expression did not seem fake, Ji Xingzhe felt that he had really been overthinking it.
Ji Xingzhe also took this opportunity to introduce Ning Fei to his mother Tang Huilan, and said to Tang Huilan in front of Ning Fei: "Mom, I want to invite Mr. Ning to be my English tutor, and let him help me with English on weekends!"
"It's rare that you want to take tutoring on your own initiative. Of course, mom supports you." Tang Huilan replied to her youngest son, and then looked at Ning Fei with a smile, "Is Teacher Ning free on the weekend? My son Xiaozhe has a good foundation, so I won't let you spend too much energy. I mainly want him to understand the situation abroad and broaden his horizons. And we will definitely not let Teacher Ning contribute his precious rest time for free. The tutoring fee will definitely make Teacher Ning satisfied."
As she spoke, Tang Huilan pointed out her finger and whispered with a smile: "For one class, we can give so much tuition..."
Ning Fei took a quick glance:... Tsk, if I take a few more classes, I can still catch up in time to install air conditioning in the summer.
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