Chapter Seven: Maintain Revolutionary Vigilance at All Times (2)
After entering the scenic area, the terrain gradually rises.
Jiang Sui seemed tireless, walking with a brisk pace while speaking loudly to those around him. When the group reached the halfway point of the mountain, Luo Yan had to stop, leaning against a tree by the roadside, panting heavily. She glared resentfully at the figure in front of her, thinking, "So what if you have long legs? Does walking fast mean you can ignore other people's lives?"
"I'm going to the restroom and take a break. If this keeps up, I'll be exhausted before we even finish exploring Peach Blossom Pool."
Luo Yan told Zeng Rong something and then limped into the roadside restroom.
A moment later, Zeng Rong saw Luo Yan walk out with her phone in her hand, her brows furrowed so deeply they could trap a mosquito.
Just now, Xu Jingfei posted a close-up selfie with He Jun on her WeChat Moments, with the caption: "[This little wolf dog taught me to unlock new yoga poses]".
Zeng Rong leaned closer, first startled: "Oh my, this is something I can watch for free?" Then she exclaimed sincerely: "Sister Fei is still so... good at creating drama. Look at her, she's over forty and living a much more carefree life than you were in your twenties... Hey, are you two still having a cold war?"
“Yes, we’ve always been such a loving mother and filial daughter… You sound like you’re really envious of her. You should get a divorce and find someone under 25. They say a man over 25 is like a 60-year-old, only good for chatting.”
"Oh dear, my husband will never agree."
"If Lao Fang agrees, then you can go and go?"
“Arguing is pointless, my husband…” Zeng Rong suddenly blushed and said shyly, “He’s still quite capable.”
"Hey, I just broke up with my boyfriend! Can't you even consider how I feel? I'm reeking of sourness!"
Luo Yan forced a stiff, fake smile, opened Xu Jingfei's private chat window, and instantly changed her expression, sending a 60-second voice message bombardment: "Ms. Xu, I suggest that you, an elderly lady, study the 'Guide to Preventing Fraud for Middle-Aged and Elderly People' before you sleep with young men. Also, you can sleep with them all you want, and I can't stop you from falling for my tricks, but could you please stop using my NetEase Cloud Music account to promote songs for every boyfriend? Now when I open Douyin, all I see is 'I'm the Queen.' Are you trying to annoy me to death so you can inherit my power bank?"
Before he could even breathe a sigh of relief after sending the voice message, Luo Muyang suddenly popped up with a video call invitation.
Luo Yan avoided Zeng Rong, walked behind a tree not far away, took a deep breath, adjusted her expression, and pressed the answer button.
In the video, her dad is wearing an Iron Man helmet with a mountain of Lego behind him: "Yanyan, did you go to Peach Blossom Pool today? Are you tired from climbing the mountain? Do you want Daddy to airdrop you some milk tea?"
"You should just get a normal dad from the air."
"What are you saying!" Luo Muyang switched to his domineering CEO mode. "I'll be back tonight, and by the way..."
"And go back and get back together with Xu Jingfei? She's known as 'Yu An Elva Hsiao,' and her boyfriends could form a boy band. Please, at your age, stop being so love-struck!"
"Heh, I don't even care about those little brats. Feifei's just playing around with them. Once she's tired of it, she'll realize that the original husband is the best..." Luo Muyang smiled confidently, then suddenly pulled out a diamond-encrusted dumbbell from behind him. "I saw your mom post on WeChat Moments saying she likes muscular men, so I hired three personal trainers. I'm already making some progress. Look at my abs, aren't they about to split into eight? And these biceps, these pecs, with a little more training, they'll be jumping... then..."
"What if Xu Jingfei posts on her WeChat Moments again saying she likes the gentle, unassuming type? Will you have to cut your losses?"
"No way, I know Feifei best. Her tastes don't change that easily, and even if they do, I have plenty of ways to deal with them."
"Mr. Luo, you're supposed to be a powerful CEO, can't you act like one? You've been a sycophant for over twenty years, aren't you tired? I get tired just looking at you. Is your true love something you can win over with sycophancy?"
"You don't understand. Feifei and I are truly in love, and you are the fruit of our love!"
"Are you sure it's not a kidney stone?"
"It's all love, genuine love!"
"Hehe, wish you peace."
Luo Yan hung up the phone in despair. When she turned around, she saw that Jiang Sui had returned at some point. Just as she was about to reach for the notebook that had fallen on the mountain path, the mountain wind blew maliciously, making the pages of the notebook rustle. The doodles on the last page were faintly visible.
"Let go of that notebook!"
Luo Yan was shocked and practically pounced on him, her voice cracking as she shouted.
Jiang Sui withdrew his hand slightly, straightened up and looked at her, a mysterious smile playing on his lips.
"Mr. Jiang, don't you understand the importance of respecting other people's privacy? You're just taking their things without permission!"
Luo Yan got up, clutched the notebook to her chest, and took several steps back warily.
His smile was creepy. Could it be... that he saw that sentence on the last page? How was she supposed to explain it? Was it something he just jotted down?
"Oh, I saw it lying on the ground and thought it was trash that nobody wanted."
Jiang Sui stopped laughing, her expression truly as if she hadn't seen anything.
Luo Yan breathed a sigh of relief. "Weren't you walking ahead like you were on fire? Why are you back?"
"I have a general idea of the situation. Let's go back."
Jiang Sui looked at Luo Yan, who was hunched over, and picked up a tree branch from somewhere and handed it to her, saying, "Use this to lean on when you go down the mountain."
"Thank you..."
Luo Yan thought to herself that although she regarded this man as a ticking time bomb, he was still quite humane at times. For example, when he took her in after she got drunk, he changed her clothes but still maintained his gentlemanly demeanor.
"You're welcome. You're walking too slowly and delaying my return to the city."
After saying this expressionlessly, Jiang Sui strode down the mountain path, completely ignoring the sudden change in the atmosphere behind her, where birdsong and fragrant flowers were playing.
On the way back to the city, Luo Yan noticed that Jiang Sui was constantly on the phone, and his suit jacket was casually draped over the back of the seat. Upon closer inspection, she discovered a folded piece of paper—the very same letter she had written about not pursuing the matter further—tucked into the inside pocket of his suit jacket, with a corner peeking out.
This is a golden opportunity to reclaim the "evidence"—a chance that won't come again.
Luo Yan looked back at Zeng Rong. She leaned back in her seat and closed her eyes to rest. She then looked at the driver's seat. The driver, Xiao Huang, was focused on watching the traffic ahead and honking the horn loudly. No one was paying attention to her. It was safe!
So, she pretended to casually turn her head to look at the scenery, quietly raised her hand, and slowly and carefully stretched it out. It was right in front of her, just a little bit more, just a little bit more.
Luo Yan's heart was pounding. She tried to keep a calm expression, but unconsciously swallowed a few times. She made a quick move, but her clothes were suddenly pulled away, and her outstretched fingers froze in mid-air.
Jiang Sui turned around and looked thoughtfully at Luo Yan's outstretched index and middle fingers. "Comrade Luo's gesture... is quite unique, isn't it? A very special one plus one?"
"Uh... bored, let's play rock-paper-scissors, hehe!"
Luo Yan smiled ingratiatingly, quickly retracting her fingers and sitting up straight. Inwardly, she was filled with regret, pounding her chest and stamping her feet. Such a good opportunity! She hesitated for just one second! Just one second!
At this moment, Jiang Sui suddenly pulled out the paper, which startled Luo Yan so much that her heart almost jumped out of her chest.
What is he doing?! Is he going to expose her to her face?
Jiang Sui glanced at her silently, then pulled out a pen from somewhere, turned back to her phone, and said, "Okay, T, you tell me, I'll write it down..."
Luo Yan almost fainted. It turned out he was using this piece of paper to write things down. How terrifying!
After that scare, my thoughts suddenly became clear.
Besides her, Jiang Sui's name was also written in black and white on that agreement. Although he wasn't as afraid of losing his job as she was, he was still a respectable social elite. Wouldn't it be incredibly disastrous to be mistaken for a male model and "harassed" in the street? So, that thing was "evidence" to her, and it was the same to him. A smart person would choose to take this to their grave, right? Jiang Sui looks very smart, so what was she worried about? Ha, she was just scaring herself.
All she had to do next was take the shirt to the dry cleaners and return it to Jiang Sui, and they would be even!
After figuring it out, Luo Yan felt a sense of relief.
When we got back to the city, the city lights were already on.
"Yanyan, President Luo has booked a private room at Liuyun Pavilion and wants us to go there to give a report. Why don't you come along too..."
Zeng Rong looked at the message Luo Muyang had just sent on her phone: "President Luo said he hasn't seen you in a long time."
"Thank you for the invitation, but I'd like to decline."
Luo Yan didn't really want to see Luo Muyang. The thought of his unwavering affection for Xu Jingfei made her feel physically uncomfortable. She thought it would be better to take advantage of the quiet at home while Xu Jingfei and He Jun were on vacation and she could go back and contemplate life in silence.
"Oh, come on, come on! What will you eat by yourself if you go back? You can't cook. Ordering takeout? That's so unhealthy. You should come... Liuyun Pavilion is such a rare find!"
Zeng Rong kept nagging and trying to persuade her, but Luo Yan was too lazy to pay attention to her at all. She said to the driver, Xiao Huang, "Could you please drop me off at the subway entrance ahead? Thank you."
"Yanyan, you're really not going? President Luo will be very disappointed. Do you think he booked Liuyun Pavilion for us? No, it's for you!"
"I'll just have a bowl of noodles; places like Liuyun Pavilion, where even a glass of water costs hundreds of dollars, are not suitable for an honest and incorruptible civil servant like me!"
Zeng Rong said "Oh" and immediately sent a voice message to Luo Muyang: "President Luo, Yanyan said she wants to eat noodles, so please order her a bowl of Liuyun Pavilion's signature dish, shark fin and crab roe hot and sour noodles! She also said she only has three digits left, and even drinking water is an expensive expense."
"Hey, is that what I meant?!"
Luo Yan was so frightened that her eyes almost twitched. "You actually said I was poor in front of Lao Luo? Have you thought about the consequences? The consequences are unimaginable!" As she spoke, she decisively snatched Zeng Rong's phone. Just as she was about to delete the voice message, she heard her own phone ding. She took it out and looked at it, and her eyes went completely black.
He was still too slow. Luo Muyang quickly transferred 200,000 yuan to her!
"Yanyan, there's a daily limit to WeChat transfers. Dad knows this amount is a bit small. Here's what we'll do: use it sparingly today, and Dad will transfer it to you tomorrow!"
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