Mu Yiran snapped out of her daze and patted his arm, "Wait! We're not done yet!"
At the door, the henchman, following the old man's instructions, slapped Lai Jiansheng several times.
"Dad! Dad! You've misunderstood! I'm just here to discuss business!"
The old man used his cane to lift Xiaotian's face, his smile sinister: "You dare to cheat on me with my daughter just for such a slut?!"
"There's another child? Hmm?"
Lai Jiansheng turned deathly pale and immediately knelt down, knowing that he was completely finished.
Xiaotian didn't react yet and was still yelling, "I'm carrying his child! How dare you hurt me—"
The old man gave a cold shout, and his henchmen immediately slapped Xiaotian a few times, one on each side.
The sound of slapping echoed, and only amidst this background music did the elderly man have a moment to look at Mu Yiran, who was waiting to the side.
"Miss Cheng?"
"Master Long".
Mu Yiran patted the boy's hand twice, but this time the boy was eerily quiet, only lowering his eyes and holding her hand tightly.
Mu Yiran had no choice but to stand in front and said with a smile, "It's all thanks to Master Long for arriving in time, otherwise a big problem would have almost occurred. I owe Master Long a favor."
Lord Long glanced at the tall young man behind her, his eyes clearly understanding, and chuckled:
“It’s my fault, Long Zhen, that I owe you a favor. If you hadn’t told me, I wouldn’t have known about this beast,” he said, swinging the stick and striking Lai Jiansheng hard on the back.
"Ahhh!"
Mu Yiran took a breath; the sound of bones cracking was really satisfying.
"Ha, so this is how you treat Qianqian? You dare hit her! You dare touch my daughter! How many lives do you have to pay for this!"
Lai Jiansheng wailed, "I didn't! I didn't! Dad, it's all a misunderstanding... this woman lied to you!"
Master Long swung his stick with a loud whooshing sound, and when he got tired, he would have his henchmen take over. Xiao Tian, who had been captured nearby, was terrified and clutched her stomach tightly.
Li Bu Huo lit his cigarette for him.
After calming down, Master Long squinted and took the documents handed to him by Attorney Hong. He flipped through them a few times and saw that the second party was Long Wenqian. The old man exhaled smoke and smiled.
"Okay, after the divorce this week, I'll have Qianqian sign the papers."
“We signed a prenuptial agreement at the time, but he cheated on me. Those buildings have nothing to do with him.”
Mu Yiran nodded and agreed. Li Buhuo also attached photos as evidence of Xiaotian and Lai Jiansheng being intimate and flirtatious together.
Before leaving, Master Long glanced at Shi Youxi one last time. He had wanted to thank the young master of the Shi family for leading him to the place where his daughter was being held.
But seeing the boy so distracted, Master Long didn't waste any words. He gave Mu Yiran a private phone number and quickly dragged the two scoundrels away.
Mu Yiran felt no guilt whatsoever when she saw Lai Jiansheng's bruised and swollen face.
This is the story of a man from humble beginnings who eloped with two women, Da Jin and Xiao Jin.
A country boy won the heart of a gangster's daughter with his good looks; the woman was willing to sever ties with her father to stay with him.
Even so, Long Zhen still prepared a lavish dowry for his daughter, including the buildings in Gulin Village.
After marrying into a distant city, Lai Jiansheng no longer pretended to be gentle and considerate as before marriage. He used the fact that Long Wenqian couldn't have children to brainwash her, making her afraid to tell Long Zhen, who was far away in Shenzhen and Hong Kong. He had been abusing Long Wenqian for years, and after his child with Xiaotian was born, the two of them set their sights on the couple's property.
Mu Yiran only learned about it from the news. The future Lai Jiansheng cried wolf and reported his wife's disappearance. The case became known to the whole nation. Fortunately, just before Lai Jiansheng was about to kill her, they managed to rescue Long Wenqian, who was being held captive next to the septic tank, based on netizens' speculation.
Master Long held immense prestige in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, and Mu Yiran never imagined that the wife who had disappeared online was actually Master Long's daughter.
The news photo from that year showed an old man squatting beside his mentally unstable daughter. The notorious gangster, known as "Dragon Lord," had aged overnight, and the image of the father and daughter relying on each other for survival still filled Mu Yiran with sorrow whenever she thought of it.
As for what happened to Lai Chien-sheng…
Mu Yiran sneered inwardly. She had changed the future, but it hadn't changed anything.
Since everyone's going to die sooner or later anyway, she's just doing something helpful!
If someone treated their closest relatives like that, Mu Yiran felt she would do the same thing as Master Long.
Thinking about it, she suddenly felt very fortunate, at least Shi Youxi was safer than the average person and she didn't need to worry about him.
Having obtained the consent form, Mu Yiran was secretly pleased, thinking of taking Shi Youxi out for a meal, when she turned around and met the boy's dark eyes.
Mu Yiran scratched her face: "Uh... that..."
"Madam! The public security and procuratorate personnel have taken those people away! It must be the deputy mayor's doing, that's how Shi Bianji escaped..." Ai Ni ran in, instantly feeling the chilling aura emanating from Shi Youxi, and obediently shut her mouth.
After Li Bu Huo and Hong Lu finished organizing the documents, he frowned as he looked at their clasped hands, his jaw muscles twitching, but he still didn't say anything.
He simply said coldly, "Go back first."
Mu Yiran immediately gave Shi Youxi a smirk: "Let's go back first? I'll take you to eat something delicious!"
"..."
The boy remained silent from beginning to end, like the prelude to a storm. Mu Yiran felt uneasy under his gaze and could only keep trying to find topics to tease him.
"See? I told you it would be over before midnight, and it really will be over by midnight!"
It's not even 12 o'clock yet!
"Close your eyes, kids, don't look around! Don't get the wrong idea, these people are just cosplaying! Don't get the wrong idea!"
“…”
"Have you been to Haishi before? The seafood here is very famous, but you don't like the kind that's hard to eat. Let's go eat the kind that has few bones!"
“…”
Li Bu Huo walked ahead, listening to the woman behind him chattering away. The humor and quirky nature of her words were so unfamiliar to him.
And the reason she became like this was all for Shi Youxi.
No matter how hard Cheng Ran tried to hide it, she couldn't conceal her subconscious nervousness and concern for that boy.
If anyone saw this woman's ingratiating face, who would guess that she was Cheng Ran, the woman who frequented countless brothels?
Is this person really Cheng Ran?
Or has it just changed too much...?
Li Bu Huo narrowed his eyes. He suddenly wanted to confirm the mole on the back of Cheng Ran's neck, but his attention was drawn to the noisy commotion.
"It's a reporter!" Lawyer Hong craned his neck to look. "With so many public security and procuratorial personnel on duty, they must have gotten wind of it. The secretaries of the Urban Management Bureau and the Transportation Bureau have accepted bribes. This is big news!"
"Master Long and the others must have left from the other side." There were so many reporters blocking the entrance that as soon as Li Bu Huo peeked out, reporters spotted them immediately.
With the Cheng Group's land acquisition and demolition, coupled with Cheng Ran calling an ambulance in Gulin Village that afternoon, many reporters had been secretly watching them.
The sight of Cheng Ran inside the Black Horse Club immediately caused a commotion, and several reporters rushed over despite being blocked by bodyguards.
"Let's get out of here! We can't afford to get involved with those bribe-takers now!"
"You can't be photographed. Come with me!" Li Buhuo reached for Mu Yiran's left hand, but Shi Youxi slapped it away.
Li Bu Huo was taken aback. "Young Master Shi?"
Shi Youxi, still holding the woman's hand, said coldly, "Sister has to come with me."
"no!"
"no!"
Shi Youxi suddenly turned his head to look at the woman.
Li Bu Huo also raised his eyebrows in surprise. Had Cheng Ran become more sensible?
Mu Yiran: "Ai Ni, go drive over. Those people don't know you. Take Xiao Xi and go first!"
Li Bu Huo: "You have to come with me!"
Mu Yiran: "I know, so go drive and stop dawdling."
After sending everyone away, Mu Yiran pulled Shi Youxi to the small door of the parking garage.
She glanced down at their clasped hands, which were damp with sweat. Mu Yiran awkwardly opened her bag to get some tissues.
Shi Youxi stared intently at her, watching her five fingers clench together, and then took out a tissue for her, letting the woman pry open his hand to wipe it.
Mu Yiran wiped the sweat from the boy's hands, glanced at him a few times, hesitated for a moment, and then said carefully:
"You know, I didn't mean to not walk with you, it's just that we can't be photographed together, especially in a place like this."
Shi Youxi has graduated and will soon be joining Shiye to take over the business. The engagement with Helian Xin has finally been secured with the old shareholders, and now we can't let him get into trouble because of me.
In the past, Mu Yiran would never have bothered to explain, but now, her inexplicable survival instinct told her that she had to explain properly!
"You go with Ai Ni first, I'll be back soon—"
"Where are we going this time?" Shi Youxi suddenly asked.
Mu Yiran paused, "What? Where are you going?"
Shi Youxi closed his eyes briefly, took out his phone, and placed it in front of her. "You said you came here for work, but all you did was come here to drink with male models?"
"And now, where do you want to send me away?"
Mu Yiran stared at the photo on her phone of herself receiving a wine glass from a waiter, and her mind went blank.
How did Shi Youxi get this photo?
Was it filmed by Tokibe Ki?
Shi Bianji is still harassing him?! She clearly did everything she could to prevent them from meeting, so why is this guy still clinging to her pretty girl?!
"This is just work-related socializing."
There was a car noise coming from the garage. She pulled the boy's arm and said, "I'm not going anywhere. It's nothing. I didn't drink that alcohol. You should get in the car and go home first."
"…nothing?"
Shi Youxi smiled. For the first time, he took the initiative to pull Mu Yiran's hand away. The anxiety and impulse that he had suppressed for so long finally burst out from his overflowing emotions.
"Then what counts as having something?"
"..."
"Getting injured is nothing? Having to drink with clients for business is nothing? Almost being groped by those people is nothing too?!"
Mu Yiran panicked a little.
"Shi Youxi... what's wrong? Are you still angry? Is it because I didn't tell you I was injured? It really was just a minor injury!"
"Besides, drinking with others is just normal work and socializing. Furthermore, I don't drink, and I won't let those people run into me!"
Shi Youxi sneered: "But the fact is you drank it. If Master Long had arrived a moment later, how would those people have treated you!"
If he came along, he wouldn't allow anyone to get close to her. The way those people stared at her, those malicious glances! Just thinking about it drove him crazy!
She shouldn't be giving anyone else her attention! She's only supposed to be looking at him!
Because of work-related social engagements, she allowed male models to get close to her, accepted drinks poured by others, and chatted and laughed with them!
"Is work that important? So important that you ignore me? So important that you need to hide things from me? Can't you just tell me what you want? I can help you achieve it!"
The boy hissed in a low voice, "I can make anything you want!"
"I don't need it."
Mu Yiran didn't understand. She touched the boy's cheek and shook her head: "Why do you need to worry about these things? You don't need to do anything. Just do what you like and be happy every day!"
Mu Yiran tried to coax him in a gentler tone: "Shi Youxi, listen to me. I can handle my own affairs. You don't need to interfere, and you shouldn't interfere either! Trust me, this is for your own good!"
"Doing what you love... for my own good?" Shi Youxi's chest heaved violently, his phoenix eyes reddened, filled with nothing but the person in front of him.
There's no room left.
They couldn't fit it all in, but they still greedily stuffed it in.
He gripped the woman's shoulders and leaned down to get closer to her.
"Sister, do you really know what's best for me...? Do you even know what I like?!"
A masculine aura approached her. Although it was a familiar person, he suddenly felt incredibly strange. Mu Yiran stared wide-eyed at the face that was getting closer and closer, and her heart began to tremble at that moment.
The force on her shoulder caused her pain.
Finally, unable to bear it any longer, she took a step back.
Her eyes were still bright, so bright that Shi Youxi could clearly see everything in them.
I also saw the fear and hesitation in that instant.
Fear…
The same fear in her mother's eyes...
Shi Youxi choked up, buried his head in the woman's shoulder, and struggled painfully.
"You know nothing..."
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