Chapter 40: Deceived
The door opened, and a gentle-looking man standing outside was seen wearing a pair of thin frameless glasses on his nose. It was Xue Jin.
Lu Yan's expression was somewhat intriguing: "So it's you?"
Xue Jin was standing outside the corridor. When he saw that the person who opened the door was Lu Yan, a flash of surprise flashed across his eyes. He could not hide his shock in his tone: "Lu Yan? You are still alive?"
Lu Yan guessed that it was Xue Jin. He leaned against the door frame with his arms folded, and asked with interest, "Excuse me, Mr. Xue, when did I die?"
"Wow! You're still alive, that's great!!"
An inappropriately sweet female voice sounded, attracting Lu Yan's attention. He saw a pair of rabbit ears suddenly appear behind Xue Jin, and a girl wearing a headband jumped out. She tentatively raised her hand and greeted Lu Yan: "Hi~ Do you remember me?"
Lu Yan was stunned. It turned out to be the girl he met in the amusement park that day.
In fact, Xue Jin and Lin Annie had already arrived outside the door half an hour ago, but for some reason they did not go in.
Lin Anni stood in the corridor and nudged Xue Jin with her arm, looking a little nervous: "Knock on the door."
Xue Jin turned his head away, looking like he didn't want to get involved in this matter. He lowered his head and scrolled through his phone, his fingertips swiping carelessly on the screen: "Whoever wants to come in can knock on the door. It was you who insisted on coming in. I don't want to go in."
Lin Anni stamped her feet anxiously, the bunny ear headband on her head trembling. She lowered her voice and said, "What if Brother Zechuan killed him? What if Brother Zechuan did something irreversible?! Xue Jin, you promised me not to do anything illegal!"
Xue Jinzhen said: "I didn't do it."
Lin Anni stepped heavily on his foot, her cheeks red with anger: "Brother Zechuan, you can't do it! You are an afterthought. You only told me such a big thing yesterday. Would something have happened if you had told me earlier?! You are so annoying!"
After returning from the amusement park that day, Lin Anni still couldn't figure out what happened. She questioned Xue Jin for several days and finally learned the truth: the handsome guy who helped her in the amusement park was actually Jiang Boyun's lover Lu Yan, and not only did he hide his identity, he also secretly moved next door to Zechuan's house and started a relationship with him? ? !
When Lin Anni heard the news, she was almost torn apart. My goodness, she wouldn't even dare to write such a story in a novel, and such a ridiculous story actually happened to her? !
After the shock, worry follows.
Lin Anni grew up with Yu Zechuan and knew him too well. If she loved him, she wanted him to live; if she hated him, she wanted him to die. She put herself in his shoes and found that Lu Yan's hope of survival was very slim.
Lin Anni usually likes to watch suspense movies. Last night, she imagined a hundred ways that Lu Yan could die, including but not limited to drowning in the bathroom, stabbing to death, strangling with a rope, and finally being dismembered in the apartment. She was so scared.
Especially since Yu Zechuan has been basically out of contact these days, it's hard not to think too much.
Lin Annie was afraid that Yu Zechuan would do something irreparable, so she insisted on coming to the apartment this morning. Xue Jin was so pestered by her that he had no choice but to drive over with her.
Birds of a feather flock together. People who hang out with jealous people are also jealous people. Xue Jin always felt that Lin Anni was not simply worried about Yu Zechuan, but coveted Lu Yan's beauty, so he was not very positive about this matter. He said sourly: "He was Jiang Boyun's lover. It would be in vain if he died. Why are you so worried?"
Lin Anni glared: "But I am still Jiang Boyun's fiancée. If you say that, do I deserve to die too?!"
Xue Jin choked: "You are different from him."
Lin Anni said righteously, "We are all human beings. What's the difference? Even if he is a bad guy, you can't kill him. Brother Zechuan finally got out of prison. You should keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't go astray, instead of helping him do evil."
Lin Annie finally urged: "Knock on the door quickly, my legs are numb from standing."
Xue Jin stood up straight after hearing this and rang the doorbell reluctantly. He hadn't contacted Yu Zechuan for several days. It's not that he was worried, otherwise he would not have come today. It's just that it's really not convenient for him to interfere in this matter.
What if Lu Yan was really killed...
Xue Jin was thinking about the scene when the door was opened later. Considering that Lu Yan had helped him in the office last time, it was not a bad idea for him to buy him a piece of land for a proper burial. He hoped that Yu Zechuan would not chop the body too much.
So when Lu Yan came over and opened the door, Xue Jin and Lin Annie were both shocked. They never expected that this guy was still alive.
Yu Zechuan was taking a shower in the bathroom and didn't know what was happening outside. He changed his clothes and walked out, only to see Lu Yan standing at the door staring at Xue Jin and the others.
Yu Zechuan was stunned: "Why are you here?"
It was not surprising that Xue Jin came, but he did not expect Lin Anni to follow him.
Xue Jin adjusted his expression and took Lin Anni into the house. "Nothing. You haven't answered the phone in the past few days. Anni and I were a little worried, so we came to check on you."
Lin Annie nodded, "Brother Zechuan, we just stopped by to take a look."
Yu Zechuan pretended not to know what they were thinking, wiped his hair with a towel, and was also silent in front of his friends: "Come in and sit down when you arrive."
Xue Jin and Lin Annie walked into the room and sat down together, their eyes moving back and forth between Lu Yan and Yu Zechuan. It was a little weird, shouldn't these two be mortal enemies? Why do they look so... normal?
Xue Jin guessed that Lu Yan must have given Yu Zechuan some kind of magic potion. He looked around and saw that the table was empty. He sighed softly, "Why don't you have even a fruit plate at home? Are you hungry when the guests come?"
He came here early in the morning without even having eaten, and was extremely hungry. Of course, it was possible that he was looking for trouble on purpose.
Yu Zechuan pulled out a chair and sat down opposite him. He was obviously not used to his bad habits and said calmly: "Don't you know to bring a fruit basket when you visit someone else's house? You deserve to be hungry."
Still want to eat fruit plate? It's good as long as you don't poison him with stir-fried meat with green peppers.
Xue Jin was choked for a long time and didn't know what to say. He stared at the empty table and wondered what he was doing here. Not only did he have no food to eat, but he also had to be ridiculed and mocked by others.
Lin Anni was too embarrassed to say anything because she was hungry too.
Lu Yan was just a man of pleasure, sitting aside and watching the show.
Yu Zechuan frowned, not understanding why this young couple came over to join in the fun. It was already a headache for him to cook for Lu Yan every day, and now he had to add two more pairs of chopsticks, especially when there was not even a single green onion left in the refrigerator.
After an unknown amount of time, the sound of chairs rubbing against the ground suddenly rang out, breaking the stalemate.
“Squeak—”
Lu Yan looked over subconsciously and saw Yu Zechuan pulling out a chair and standing up. He said unexpectedly, "It's getting late. Let's go downstairs and find a place to eat."
Yu Zechuan was not really hungry, he just felt that the atmosphere of four people sitting around the table was a bit awkward, maybe it would be better to change the environment. So they went downstairs together and found a restaurant nearby to prepare lunch, but they didn't expect the scene to become even more confrontational.
Xue Jin did not relax at all in the sound of the violin in the restaurant. He stared at Lu Yan from behind his glasses and asked casually, "Didn't you live on Xinhai Road before? How come you suddenly moved next door to Zechuan's house?"
Lu Yan smiled, looking very good-tempered: "It's just a coincidence."
Xue Jin obviously didn't believe it, and he spoke with sarcasm: "Is there really such a coincidence in the world?"
Lu Yan raised his eyebrows slightly: "Of course there is, otherwise how could I have caught you sneaking into Jiang Boyun's office last time?"
Xue Jin choked: "You..."
Yu Zechuan was originally looking at the menu. Seeing the two of them arguing, he finally looked up and closed the heavy menu book with a gentle touch: "What do you mean by sneaking into the office?"
This sentence is obviously directed at Xue Jin.
Xue Jin frowned: "Nothing. Last time I went into Jiang Boyun's office to get the account, I almost set off the alarm and got discovered. It was..."
He paused and then reluctantly said, "It was Lu Yan who helped me cover it up."
This sentence undoubtedly cleared Lu Yan of most of the suspicion, and even made him subtly fit into their camp.
Yu Zechuan's stern expression softened a little after hearing this. He spoke for a rare time, and said in a low and serious voice: "Lu Yan has nothing to do with Jiang Boyun. Xue Jin, don't doubt him anymore."
He was silent for a second before saying:
"You are all people I trust."
Yu Zechuan doesn't care about much in this world anymore. One table can be filled. The warm yellow light above his head pours down. Because the scene is so warm, he almost forgets the hatred in his heart, but the scar on his face reminds him all the time that the past is real.
Hearing this, Lu Yan's fingertips moved slightly, and he quietly held Yu Zechuan's hand under the table. He didn't know what he wanted to do, but he felt that Yu Zechuan seemed very lonely, and any excitement had nothing to do with him.
Yu Zechuan held Lu Yan's hand and stroked him gently for a moment.
Lin Anni lay on the table, blinking her eyes and whispering, "Brother Zechuan, don't worry, it's just an account. I'll find a way to steal it for you later."
Lu Yan's eyelids jumped when he heard that. This silly girl, he had tricked her out of the USB drive a long time ago, where did she want to steal it?
Fortunately, Yu Zechuan refused directly. He didn't want to drag Lin Anni into it: "No, it's just an account. It doesn't matter whether you have this thing or not."
Lu Yan understood his hidden message: no matter whether the accounts were stolen or not, Jiang Boyun had to die.
Lin Annie subconsciously said, "But if the account is stolen, we can just hand it over to the police and send Jiang Boyun to jail."
She still hopes to resolve the issue through legal means, so that no one's hands will be stained with blood and no one's life will be ruined.
Yu Zechuan remained silent upon hearing this, his eyes looking somewhat gloomy, while Xue Jin reached out and rubbed Lin Annie's head: "Let's order some food, weren't you just saying you were hungry?"
They tacitly avoided the topic and no one answered.
Lu Yan was a little emotional. He didn't expect that the most sober person among the group of people was actually a little girl. But it was also possible that because the hatred did not fall directly on Lin Annie and Lu Yan, they could be sober and be outsiders.
Lu Yan couldn't help but start thinking, what was the meaning of his three consecutive rebirths? Was it just to survive?
A bold idea suddenly popped up in his mind, shocking even him -
Maybe, he can try to change Yu Zechuan's fate?
Not only Yu Zechuan, but also Xue Jin and Lin Annie. As long as he does something, the fate of these people is likely to undergo a drastic reversal.
But Lu Yan hadn't decided whether to get involved or not. He couldn't help but turn his head to look at Yu Zechuan. He saw that the other person's profile was clear and his jaw had become sharp due to his thinness. Could such a person really let go of his hatred?
Yu Zechuan noticed Lu Yan's gaze and frowned: "Why are you staring at me?"
Lu Yan uttered two dry words: "Hungry."
Yu Zechuan: "Eat when you are hungry."
He took the menu from Xue Jin and handed it to Lu Yan. Although he was no longer the overbearing CEO, he still spent money lavishly: "Order whatever you want."
Xue Jin said unhappily: "Hey, I haven't ordered yet."
Yu Zechuan raised his eyelids and said in a cold tone: "What else can you order besides shredded pork with green peppers? This is a French restaurant. There is no dish you want to eat."
Xue Jin muttered quietly: "What's wrong with shredded pork with green pepper? I just like to eat shredded pork with green pepper."
They each ordered their favorite dishes, only Yu Zechuan didn't have any particular preference, so he just picked a few dishes at random. Lu Yan had a Chinese stomach, so he didn't really like the small and delicate French dishes in front of him. Only one dish, the beef stew in red wine, was just okay, and he was about 70% full.
After eating and drinking their fill, they were finally ready to leave the restaurant. When they were about to go out, they discovered that it had started drizzling outside. Large dark clouds gathered overhead, the lead-gray sky was gloomy and dark, and a chill was blowing in their faces, as if they had instantly gone from autumn to winter.
Lin Annie sneezed out of the cold: "What should we do? It's raining and we don't seem to have brought an umbrella."
Xue Jin always wore a well-fitting suit, which looked too sophisticated, but it could still come in handy at a critical moment. Upon hearing this, he took off his coat and put it on Lin Annie's head, then pulled her into his arms and said, "Use your coat to block it. Anyway, the car is just opposite and not far away."
Lin Annie showed a pair of eyes from under her coat, as black as a hamster's: "What about Zechuan and the others?"
Xue Jin pressed her head back and said, "They are two grown men, you don't need to worry about them."
He was still resentful that Yu Zechuan didn't let him order shredded pork with green peppers, so he waved goodbye and said, "I'll take Annie home first. You don't need me to take you home, do you?"
Although Yu Zechuan was standing under the restaurant's awning, the cold wind still blew towards him with the rain, and his shoulders were soon wet. "No need."
He looked up at the awning above, a subtle confusion flashed across his eyes, not understanding why he was still getting wet even though he was already standing under the eaves. He casually reminded, "Remember to transfer the meal money to me when you get back, we'll split the bill."
Xue Jin had already walked far away. He almost stumbled when he heard this. He turned back to look at Yu Zechuan and said bitterly, "I'll just kill you."
Yu Zechuan withdrew his gaze calmly: "It is better to die in poverty than to die in poverty."
Anyway, he was not willing to let Xue Jin take advantage of him.
Seeing Xue Jin and the others leave, Yu Zechuan said to Lu Yan: "Let's go home."
Maybe because it was raining, Yu Zechuan was in a bad mood. He turned around and walked towards the apartment, but unexpectedly a coat with body temperature fell on his head, blocking out the wind, rain and cold outside.
“…”
Yu Zechuan paused and looked up at the instigator: "What are you doing?"
Lu Yan said nothing, but held Yu Zechuan in his arms with one hand. He was only wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, which was wet by the rain and stuck to his body. He adjusted his coat before explaining, "To keep you out of the rain."
He reminded in a low voice, his tone was particularly serious: "Yu Zechuan, you also have a boyfriend."
Yu Zechuan: “…”
Lu Yan's eyes are very beautiful, slightly curved, with distinct eyelashes. When he is not smiling, he is gentle and tolerant, and when he smiles, he is romantic and passionate. Facing such a pair of eyes, Yu Zechuan couldn't control his palpitations for a moment. He frowned and looked away, wanting to take off his coat and throw it to Lu Yan: "I'm not a three-year-old child, I don't need you to protect me from the rain."
Lu Yan stopped him and said, "Put it on. If you catch a cold, I still have to take care of you."
Lu Yanyu ignored Yu Zechuan's struggle and forcibly put his arm around his shoulders and walked home. The latter struggled for a moment, but seeing that he could not resist, he gradually calmed down.
It's rare for Yu Zechuan to be so obedient.
He was covered in his coat, and the noise and movement outside, mixed with the friction of clothes, seemed to be amplified countless times when it reached his ears, and he couldn't hear it clearly. Only the scalding temperature of Lu Yan's embrace was real and within reach.
He suddenly became somewhat envious of such an embrace and such warmth. When he thought that he would never be able to touch them again after his death, he began to feel regretful and hesitant for no reason.
They walked all the way to the bottom of the apartment building. When they passed the green grass, they suddenly heard a faint cat meow. Lu Yan stopped consciously, and Yu Zechuan also stopped.
Lu Yan asked curiously, "Is there a cat in the grass?"
He couldn't stand seeing pitiful things, such as Yu Zechuan beside him and the white short-haired cat lying frozen in the grass. His sympathy overflowed and he squatted beside the flower bed, unable to even walk.
"Yu Zechuan, there really is a cat here."
What does that have to do with me? Yu Zechuan thought coldly. Unlike Lu Yan, he was not so sympathetic. He stood there with patience, frowning and saying, "It should be a stray cat."
He emphasized the words deliberately, reminding Lu Yan: "Let's go, it will rain heavily if we don't go home."
Yu Zechuan was worried that Lu Yan would have the foolish idea of adopting this cat, because that would mean endless troubles. Such broken people as them could not even bear the responsibility of their own lives, so how could they bear the responsibility of another even more broken life?
Fortunately, Lu Yan listened to him very much. After hesitating for a moment, he stood up and walked over. Yu Zechuan felt relieved when he saw this. He felt that this boyfriend was not in vain. However, before he could say anything, he suddenly felt a slight push on his shoulder and was pushed under the rainproof building of the apartment by Lu Yan.
Lu Yan took off the coat covering Yu Zechuan and said, "It's going to rain heavily soon. I'm afraid the cat will freeze to death. Let's take it home and have a look."
He strode back to the flower bed and wrapped the cat in his coat, leaving only its white head exposed. The cat's wet hair drooped down, and it looked so thin that it was unrecognizable, but its amber eyes were watery and particularly beautiful.
Yu Zechuan's face froze: "..."
He suspected that Lu Yan was deliberately against him, and said in a low voice: "I hate animals, especially cats."
Such fragile animals can be crushed to death with just one finger. What's the point of raising them?
Lu Yan looked down at the cat in his arms in confusion, then handed it to Yu Zechuan and shook it: "Don't you think this cat looks like you?"
How does this skinny cat look like me? He looks sickly and resembles Lu Yan.
Yu Zechuan took a step back quickly, frowning: "Anyway, I won't raise you."
Lu Yan: "It's okay, I'll take care of it."
Once it is cured, it can be adopted by a kind person.
Yu Zechuan glared: "Don't even think about putting it in my house!"
Lu Yan: "It's okay, you can put it at my house."
Yu Zechuan was so angry that his face turned blue, but he couldn't say anything to refute, so he could only turn around and stride into the elevator.
Lu Yan fell behind and was about to catch up when his phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated. He held the cat in one hand and used one hand to check the message. It was a text message from an unfamiliar number. After clicking it, his face changed and he stopped in his tracks.
There was only a short line of text on the phone screen.
[Lu Yan, have you seen the USB flash drive? ]
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