☆、59、They're all such drama queens! (2407 words)
They went to the same old place. As soon as they entered the private room, Xu Wen pushed Li Yaxi inside, saying, "Look who I've brought here!"
Yan Kuan smiled when he saw Li Yaxi and said, "Oh, that's rare. You remembered my meal but didn't come looking for me. I thought you'd left Earth!"
Wang Liang kicked the person next to him, and that person wisely moved to another seat.
"Why did you come with Brother Wen? Come and sit down."
Li Yaxi had no choice but to sit next to Wang Liang. "We bumped into each other on the way. Brother Wen said he had made plans to have dinner with you guys, so he dragged me here."
"You're right! He wouldn't have come if I hadn't dragged him along. This kid's got quite the entourage!"
Xu Wen joked, tossing the menu to him, "Don't say your brother is bullying you. It's my treat today. Order whatever you want."
Li Yaxi smiled and took the menu, ordering a few light dishes. Wang Liang watched him.
"What, you only ordered a few dishes because you heard that Brother Wen was treating you to save him money?"
Li Yaxi handed the menu to the waiter, saying, "No, my stomach hasn't been feeling well lately, so I can only eat light meals."
Wang Liang noticed he had lost a lot of weight. "What happened? Did you eat something bad and get sick? Let's order two more soups then."
Wang Liang ordered some more nutritious and stomach-friendly dishes, and Xu Wen looked at him with a knowing smile.
"Liangzi, you're really a great older brother! Ya Xi, I've never seen Liangzi so considerate to anyone else. You really deserve to call me 'brother'!"
Li Yaxi lowered her head, smiled, and remained silent. Wang Liang looked at her and felt a strange stirring in his heart.
The dishes were served quickly. Wang Liang placed some easily digestible and light dishes in front of Li Yaxi, who ate quietly and listened to their conversation without interrupting.
After listening for a while, I finally understood what they were talking about: the buying and selling of smuggled goods.
If Li Yaxi hadn't been exposed to these things in his previous life, he really wouldn't have understood the language of those sects. No wonder they dared to talk about it so recklessly in front of him. Either he couldn't understand it, or even if he could, given their backgrounds, speaking out would be tantamount to courting death.
Seeing Li Yaxi put down her chopsticks, Wang Liang brought her a bowl of soup.
"This little bit isn't enough, have some soup."
Li Yaxi didn't say anything, picked up the spoon and slowly sipped the drink. Wang Liang became more and more fascinated, like watching an expensive Persian cat.
Xu Wen changed the subject, "Ya Xi, you shouldn't be too busy with your studies right now, right? How about you consider earning some pocket money?"
Li Yaxi looked up at Wang Liang, then at Xu Wen.
"I studied foreign languages, so the only jobs I can probably do are translation or something similar."
Yan Kuan smiled and took a puff of his cigarette. "No technical skills are needed, just someone to go with the goods, that is, to go with the truck and come back with it. Three thousand per trip. How about it, are you interested? This is only because of Wang Liang's influence. We should keep the profits in the family!"
If something happens on the road, a humane person will pull the person out, but a heartless person will have to take the blame!
Li Yaxi smiled somewhat awkwardly, "Then it would take several days, right? I don't have many university classes, but there are classes every day, and I also have a dog. I can't go out for several days. Thank you for your kind offer, brothers, but I think I'll pass."
Seeing that he was unwilling, they didn't say anything.
After dinner, the group started joking about playing mahjong again, but Wang Liang insisted on pulling Li Yaxi away, silencing her before she could even say no.
Li Yaxi had no choice but to follow. They seemed to be going to Wang Liang's house, a four-bedroom, two-living-room apartment, where a table had been set up in the living room.
Li Yaxi, afraid of disturbing them by watching TV, leaned back on the sofa and played with Wang Liang's laptop.
Wang Liang, worried he might be bored, said, "Ya Xi, come join us! If you don't know how, I'll teach you. Don't stay bored by yourself."
Li Yaxi shook her head. She really had no interest in mahjong, but playing computer games like this was also boring. She put down the computer, sat up, and shook her head at Wang Liang.
"I'm done playing, Brother Wang Liang, do you have a seat for me to sleep in?"
Wang Liang nodded and led him to his bedroom. "Are you feeling unwell? Should I go buy you some medicine?"
"No, I just didn't sleep well last night and I'm sleepy."
Wang Liang nodded. "Then you go to sleep. Call me if anything happens."
After Wang Liang left, Li Yaxi took off her coat and went to bed.
He's been getting increasingly sleepy lately, and he knows it's because nothing's growing in the fields is affecting him. It seems he should buy more jade artifacts to keep in the spring.
Li Yaxi was woken up by a commotion. She stretched, got dressed, and got out of bed.
Before she even reached the living room, she heard a blood-curdling scream, and Li Yaxi froze, shuddering.
After listening for a moment, she understood: someone was embezzling money. Li Yaxi shook her head, "People will die for money!"
Wang Liang noticed the person standing in the corridor and got up to walk towards him.
Did I wake you up?
Li Yaxi nodded honestly, "Are you guys busy? Otherwise, I'll head back first, it's getting late anyway."
Xu Wen noticed them and shouted at them.
"Ya Xi, get up, come and sit down."
Li Yaxi had no choice but to follow behind Wang Liang.
Three particularly pitiful people were kneeling or lying on their knees, while the sofas and chairs were all occupied. Li Yaxi really wanted to ask, "Where am I supposed to sit?"
Wang Liang patted the person next to him and said, "Come here."
Li Yaxi shuddered again. What was he trying to do sitting so close to her?
But they still slowly moved over.
Yan Kuan stubbed out a cigarette on a man, who screamed in pain, "Tell me, where's the goods?"
The person who had been scalded lay on the ground, speaking haltingly, "I...don't...know..."
Seeing that he was still stubbornly refusing to admit it, Li Yaxi thought that either he really didn't know, or he had some kind of incriminating information in someone else's hands that was more important than his life.
Sure enough, Xu Wen pulled out a stack of photos from somewhere and threw them in front of the person on the ground.
His already ghostly white face turned even whiter. He crawled to Yan Kuan's feet, pleading, "I said... don't... touch my... son..."
Xu Wen sneered at him, "Why didn't you say so earlier! We knew who it was even if you didn't say anything. It was just to shut people up! Hmph, you only realized it after we'd served you every inch of your body! Isn't that just being a masochist!"
Yan Kuan, too lazy to waste words with him, tossed a voice recorder in front of him and said, "Go ahead and speak."
"It was... Brother Xu... He quoted a low price and... snatched a batch of goods from inside... to resell. I've told you everything I know, please... don't... touch my son, please... don't touch my son!"
"Who made contact with him?"
The person on the ground froze and fell silent.
Xu Wen squatted down and stubbed out his cigarette on the face in his son's photo.
The man trembled with fear. "No...it's Ji Dongyang! I've told you...I've told you everything I know...please, please spare my son!"
Li Yaxi was surprised. Ji Dongyang was considered a well-known figure among high-ranking officials, and according to his knowledge from his previous life, Wang Liang and Ji Dongyang had a close relationship. He never expected there to be such a connection. It seems that these people are all part of a troupe of actors!
Yan Kuan waved his hand, and the young men behind him consciously dragged the three people on the ground away.
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