Chapter 41 Threat
This sudden message broke all the peace. Lu Yan looked around with a look of doubt, not knowing who sent this message. When he came to his senses, Yu Zechuan had already taken the elevator upstairs.
Lu Yan frowned, turned off the screen, calmed himself down, and decided to go home first.
Because Yu Zechuan doesn't like cats, Lu Yan first took the cat back to his home, and then made an appointment for a home check-up at a private pet hospital.
During the waiting time, Lu Yan was not thinking about Yu Zechuan who was sulking next door, nor the stray cat curled up in his coat, but the anonymous text message he received.
Who sent it? Jiang Boyun?
Lu Yan didn't know what he was thinking of, and his expression was a little solemn. He immediately stood up and locked the door, then found the USB flash drive that he had tricked Jiang Boyun into giving him last time and inserted it into the computer. With the frequent clicks and slides of the mouse, an annual report popped up on the screen -
It has nothing to do with the accounts of that year; it is just the profit and loss analysis sheet of Yinchuan Group in a certain year.
He was indeed deceived by Jiang Boyun.
After Lu Yan realized this fact, he almost spurted blood from his throat. Last time, he cheated the USB drive and was blocked by Yu Zechuan as soon as he got home. They were inseparable for a few days and he was locked in a small dark room. He had no time to come back and check the USB drive. He didn't expect that he would be cheated by Jiang Boyun, this troublemaker? ! !
Lu Yan couldn't understand.
Lu Yan couldn't accept it.
Lu Yan was a little overwhelmed.
This meant that he had to go back to find Jiang Boyun's fraudulent USB drive, and he had just beaten him up in the office last time.
#Careless#
Lu Yan took out his cell phone and called back the number in the anonymous text message, hoping that God would not be so cruel to him. However, after a few beeps, a deep and familiar male voice sounded on the other end of the line. It sounded a little playful:
"Lu Yan, you finally called me?"
Damn, it’s really Jiang Boyun!
In just a few seconds, many thoughts flashed through Lu Yan's mind, such as did Jiang Boyun deliberately give him a fake USB drive? What was his intention? Was he suspected?
But no matter what, Lu Yan couldn't show too much enthusiasm for the USB flash drive, as that would only arouse Jiang Boyun's suspicion. He moved the phone to the other side of his ear, and his tone was not too angry, and could even be considered calm: "I thought who was so bored that he sent me an anonymous text message, it turned out to be you."
Jiang Boyun sat in his office, holding a small black USB flash drive between his fingertips, tapping it on the table from time to time. He raised the corner of his lips slightly, thinking he had Lu Yan under control: "Have you seen the USB flash drive?"
Lu Yan stared at the data on the computer screen, and he had already made up his mind. He lied and said casually, "Oh, you mean the USB flash drive from last time? I saw it the first day I got it."
Jiang Boyun was stunned.
Lu Yan may have felt guilty when he lied to Yu Zechuan, but he had no pressure to lie to Jiang Boyun: "Jiang Boyun, you are always so selfish and no one can trust you. If you want to keep the USB drive, keep it. Just don't bother me in the future."
The more Lu Yan cares about the USB flash drive, the more he will be controlled by Jiang Boyun, so he can only do the opposite.
Jiang Boyun was indeed a little impatient, but he continued to speak sweetly: "Lu Yan, if I didn't believe you, the punch you gave me in the office last time would have been enough to kill me ten times."
Lu Yan raised his eyebrows: "So the way you trust me is to give me a fake USB drive to trick me?"
Jiang Boyun chuckled and said, "I just accidentally took the wrong one last time. I called you right after I found out, but I didn't expect you to block me."
He is quite good at turning the tables.
Lu Yan said calmly: "It's wrong, so what do you want to say?"
Jiang Boyun didn't expect Lu Yan to be so stubborn now. He frowned and turned his chair to look at the night view outside the French window: "Lu Yan, you have really changed a lot. Is it just because I'm getting engaged?"
Lu Yan: "Are you done? If you are, I will hang up."
Jiang Boyun sat up straight subconsciously: "Lu Yan, why do you have to keep people at a distance? How about this, you come to me now and I will give you the USB drive immediately?"
Lu Yan's heart was moved for a moment, but he knew that this was a trap set by Jiang Boyun. If he agreed, he would really fall into the trap: "No, you should keep it for yourself. I don't want to be fooled a second time."
“This time it’s real.”
Jiang Boyun said firmly, "See you at 8 o'clock the day after tomorrow."
Lu Yan: “No time.”
Jiang Boyun was fearless: "Then let's do it the day after tomorrow night, Lu Yan, I promise, this is the last time, I will never bother you again, how about that?"
Lu Yan had originally planned to find an opportunity to trick the USB drive out, but Jiang Boyun's persistence gave him a step. He pretended to think for a moment, then reluctantly agreed: "Okay, I'll contact you then."
Jiang Boyun smiled slightly, looking quite satisfied: "I'll wait for your news."
After the call was disconnected, the room fell into complete silence, with only the cat curled up in the coat occasionally making weak cries.
Lu Yan had never taken care of small animals, and the refrigerator at home was empty, and there was nothing to feed the cat. He turned up the heat in the room, sent a message to the doctor who was doing the physical examination to bring some cat food, and then went next door.
When Lu Yan pushed the door open and entered the room, Yu Zechuan was sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling window working. He clearly heard him come in, but he didn't look up. His eyes were fixed on the computer screen, and his fingertips tapped rapidly on the keyboard, making a rhythmic light sound.
Seeing this, Lu Yan walked over, deliberately leaned against the table to block the computer, and asked with a half-smile, "Are you still angry?"
He glanced at the screen quietly and found that the sea view property built by Yinchuan Group had already been put on sale. During this period of time, it was covered with advertisements everywhere, and it was not difficult to see that the investment was quite large.
Yu Zechuan was too lazy to even lift his eyelids: "You're blocking me."
Lu Yan casually pushed the computer aside, propped his chin on his hand and asked, "Is the computer more important than me?"
Yu Zechuan seemed to sneer: "Not as important as your cat."
Lu Yan leaned forward slightly, so that it would be easier for him to observe Yu Zechuan's expression. "I don't know how to keep animals. I just made an appointment with a doctor to come to my house to check up on the cat. Once it's cured, I'll find a kind person to adopt it."
Yu Zechuan thought Lu Yan was too naive. He stared at the computer screen and spoke coldly, his voice was particularly clear in the air: "Lu Yan, no one will be willing to adopt it."
"It's dirty, ugly and sick. No one would be willing to adopt a cat like this."
Lu Yan suddenly asked back: "You don't know how to do it either?"
"I?"
Yu Zechuan was stunned for a moment, as if he had heard something ridiculous. He laughed so hard that his shoulders were shaking. It took him a long while to calm down. The corners of his lips slowly dropped, and he hummed seriously, "No."
Lu Yan did not ask any questions, but was simply curious: "Why?"
Yu Zechuan closed his eyes calmly: "No reason, I can't even take care of my own life, how can I take care of other people's lives?"
He had been planning since the day he entered prison, and now Jiang Boyun has completely fallen into the trap, but Yu Zechuan still feels it is not enough.
His future is bottomless, and his remaining life is bleak. Every minute and every second is like walking on a tightrope, with an abyss below. It seems that the ending must be interpreted as death to be perfect.
Lu Yan could predict the future and knew that Yu Zechuan had not given up the idea of killing Jiang Boyun. He seemed to want to stop him, but he also didn't want to stop him. In the end, he only asked one question: "Yu Zechuan."
Yu Zechuan opened his eyes.
Lu Yan: "Have you ever thought about the future?"
Lu Yan: "I know you hate Jiang Boyun, but if you get blood on your hands, you will have no future. You are still so young."
"Don't kill anyone, okay?"
The last sentence even had a hint of pleading in it.
Yu Zechuan looked at Lu Yan intently after hearing this. His dark pupils were terribly cold, like a knife that was ready to draw blood: "What if I don't?"
He said, "What if I must kill Jiang Boyun?"
Lu Yan pursed his lips: "Then you will go to jail."
Yu Zechuan turned his head fiercely: "I won't go to jail!"
Yes, you won’t go to jail. You will only commit suicide after killing Jiang Boyun, Lu Yan added silently in his heart.
At this point, there was no point in arguing further, and Lu Yan didn't think he was important enough to make Yu Zechuan let go of his hatred with just a few words. He looked down at the time and found that the doctor was almost here. He stood up and said to Yu Zechuan, "The doctor seems to be here soon. I'll go back next door to check on the cat first."
Lu Yan was not actually angry because he had not had much hope in the first place, but Yu Zechuan seemed to think that he was angry.
So when Lu Yan was squatting in the living room watching the doctor clean and examine the stray cat, Yu Zechuan walked in at some point. He frowned and glanced at the cat that was meowing weakly on the carpet, and asked in an awkward tone: "Is there anything I can help you with?"
Lu Yan looked up in confusion: "Don't you dislike cats?"
Yu Zechuan was so angry that he said, "If you don't like it, then you can't help me?"
Lu Yan: "Yes, of course."
However, the two old men didn't know anything and could only sit there and stare. Lu Yan saw the doctor finish examining the cat and then asked, "Doctor, is there anything wrong with this cat?"
The doctor who came to check on the cat was a female doctor. She had a ponytail and looked gentle and soft. Her words were also very comforting. "The cat is fine, but I noticed that the bone in its right leg seems to be crooked. I wonder if it has been injured before. If it is convenient, I suggest you take it to the hospital for an X-ray."
These are not big problems. After all, Lu Yan is rich now. "I saw on the Internet that your hospital seems to have a shelter. Can you help contact them and see if there are any kind-hearted people willing to adopt them?"
The gentle female doctor showed a trace of embarrassment for the first time: "It may be a little difficult."
Lu Yan was puzzled: "Why?"
The female doctor lowered her head and touched the dull fur on the stray cat. "It's already quite old, and its health is very bad. The average life span of a stray cat is only 4-5 years. Even if we take it home, it may not live long."
"Although we have set up a rescue station, most people adopt pets for long-term companionship, and it is difficult to give away older cats."
Lu Yan was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that adopting a pet was not as simple as he had imagined. He came to his senses and said, "Thank you. I will take it to your hospital to take an X-ray in two days when I have time."
The female doctor smiled and said, "You're welcome. You can make an appointment online when the time comes. The life span of stray cats is generally not long. It's really amazing that it can live this long."
Before leaving, the doctor left two bags of cat food, which should be enough to feed the cat for half a month.
Yu Zechuan sat on the sofa, his cold face showed no warmth even under the light. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Lu Yan, wanting to say: See, I told you not to pick it up, didn’t I?
But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back because he found that there seemed to be nothing fortunate about it.
Yu Zechuan originally thought that Lu Yan would be very worried, but he actually seemed to like the cat very much. He even squatted beside it and patiently fed it some cat food: "I'll take it to the hospital for an X-ray the day after tomorrow."
Yu Zechuan frowned: "Do you really want to keep it? The doctor said it won't live long."
Lu Yan nodded and said something he couldn't understand: "Very good."
The cat won't live long, and neither will Yu Zechuan. The three of them together are a perfect match made in heaven.
Lu Yan was originally still worrying about how to get away from Yu Zechuan's presence and go see Jiang Boyun. After all, they were inseparable every day. Now, he had a ready-made reason.
On the day he met Jiang Boyun, Lu Yan sent the cat to the hospital and asked them to take care of it for a few hours. He also paid a considerable deposit before rushing to the meeting place.
But when he arrived at the destination, Lu Yan couldn't laugh anymore. He stood on the side of the busy road with his hands in his pockets, looking up at the magnificent building in front of him in the night. In the middle was a row of bright characters -
kabington hotel.
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