Chapter 9
As soon as he entered the villa and turned on the lights, Lan Yexing looked at the young man's meaningful face and said with a twitch of his lips: "First of all, I just found out that you are the one living next door."
Qiao You withdrew his gaze without saying anything. Just as he was about to step out of the entrance and walk inside, he was stopped by Lan Yexing.
He blinked and said, "Don't stay in the living room. I'll take you through the corridor and into the guest bedroom at the corner."
Qiao You raised his eyebrows and looked at him, with a rare questioning look on his face.
Lan Yexing: "My cat has started to treat the living room as its territory. If you, a stranger, break in, it will be scared and angry." He is not the kind of person who would mistreat his cat for the sake of guests.
Qiao You looked at the white fur ball huddled in the corner of the sofa and staring at him nervously, and said thoughtfully: "So you took it home, I thought--" It was too messy just now, and he didn't have time to see clearly what Lan Yexing put into the cat bag and handed it to the old man.
Thinking of something, he took back the rest of his words and looked at the boy again: "But now I think it's not strange to take it home if it's you."
After all, the number of times they have met can be counted on one hand, and on two of those occasions, the boy risked his life to save others, so it was natural for him to bring back a defective stray cat.
Lan Yexing was about to ask you why, but suddenly he realized: "Ah, that evening when I fished it out, that sight was yours, right?"
Qiao You smiled coldly and teasingly: "Library No. 1 has the data I need for my paper. I need to go there to check for at least two weeks."
"That was the seventh day I passed that road to go to the library. Before that, every evening there would be different people there pretending to feed the cat."
Without exception, they all brought the wrong food - after all, no one would really care about a prop.
Until he saw a man scoop it into a canvas bag.
At that time, he thought that the boy was also part of the group of people he hated, and that he wanted to drive the cat away to wander somewhere else in order to disrupt the plans of his competitors - after all, when that group of people attacked and framed each other, they could do anything ugly.
Lan Yexing had no idea what Qiao You was thinking. He twitched his lips: It turns out that the strategy that is like children playing house might really work!
Qiao You actually noticed it.
He saw them all but was not interested in any of them, which only means that those are not the type that Qiao You would like.
He originally thought that he could be a little lazy in the future and ignore some strategy events and strategists that were too stupid for Qiao You to pay attention to or be interested in, but now it seems that he really can't let any of them go.
Thinking of this, Lan Yexing, who could no longer slack off, looked at the blond young man with a little resentment and said, "Come with me." Then he changed into slippers and walked forward.
The blond young man recalled Lan Yexing's look just now, and a rare look of simple doubt appeared on his face. He followed.
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As a person who loves life, Lan Yexing decorated the guest bedroom very comfortably.
The floor is covered with a warm-toned carpet, the soft bed is covered with sheets of the same color, and the quilt is in the shape of a huge, cute fried egg. There is a knitted vase on the bay window, and in the vase is a bunch of gorgeous knitted sunflowers.
Lan Yexing took out the medicine box, stood beside the beautiful knitted sunflowers that looked like flames, and quietly changed the medicine for the young man's hand.
Qiao You sat on the bed, watching the boy's neat movements thoughtfully: his hands were really beautiful, soft and warm, and touching them would make people want to hold them tightly. Being touched so gently by those hands would produce a dangerous attachment and attachment...
The same goes for those beautiful light-colored eyes. Once you look into their eyes, you will unconsciously like and trust them.
This is not surprising at all, after all, human nature tends to be light-oriented - especially those pitiful people who possess spiritual powers.
Qiao You looked at the boy from head to toe wantonly and covertly, but he hid himself so well and Lan Yexing was completely relaxed at home that he didn't notice at all.
He quickly changed the medicine for Qiao You and continued, "As you wish. I'll go cook and call you when it's ready."
After saying that, he left the room.
Qiao You stood in this comfortable room and looked at the young man's handsome back. A rare moment of relaxation appeared on his indifferent face.
…
Lan Yexing quickly cooked two bowls of noodles and asked Qiao You to come to the restaurant to eat - he specifically reminded him not to scare his cat when passing through the living room.
They sat facing each other, quietly eating steaming noodles with poached eggs, vegetables and barbecued pork, and the aroma filled the entire room.
However, no one mentioned the knife attack that happened today.
Qiao You was able to eat casually, elegantly and properly with his bandaged right hand. He ate noodles with his eyes lowered, his emerald eyes and expression hidden in the steaming mist, making it difficult to see clearly.
After finishing a bowl of noodles, his cold voice came out from the mist that had not yet dispersed: "Your father is a farmer and wool merchant on the Denghai grassland in the remote Denghai City. Your mother and father manage the farm and wool business together. You are their only son. Before entering Xingdu University, all your learning and growth experiences were confined to Denghai, and you rarely even left the city."
"You are very homesick. Since you were young, you always wanted to go to a local university in Denghai so that you could stay with your parents and help them. But in your last year of high school, you suddenly applied to Xingdu University, which is very far away from home."
"From today's events, it seems that your parents have some ancient bloodline, so you inherited their lightning spiritual power."
Lan Yexing's pupils shrank and he suddenly raised his head to look at him.
Qiao You looked at him with his cold green eyes, and smiled slightly: "Lanye Star, Xingdu District is the core area of Central County. The royal palace is here. This is where the most powerful and most shameless people in this country gather. How difficult do you think it is to check this information of yours?"
Qiao You: "No matter who is behind you or what your purpose is, withdraw from Xingdu University now. Your personality is not suitable for this game."
"I won't remind you a second time."
Lan Yexing frowned slightly and stared at the young man in silence for a while.
"snort."
He chuckled, and a rare provocative light appeared in his usually quiet and casual light-colored eyes, and a proud smile appeared at the corners of his lips: "Senior, I thought that after eating a meal made by others, you should first say thank you for the hospitality."
Qiao You paused, the cold smile on his face deepened, his eyes were as deep and cold as a bottomless pool of water, his whole face was handsome and almost enchanting under the light. He said, "It's delicious. Thank you for the treat." He really said it was delicious.
Lan Yexing suddenly remembered the system's definition of this person: [Enthusiastic, kind, and sincere]
Oh……
He glanced coldly at the young man, collected the dishes, stood up, walked into the kitchen, opened the dishwasher, and said nothing more.
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At night, master bedroom.
Lan Yexing was lying on the soft bed, covered with his favorite marshmallow quilt.
He looked at the ceiling and blinked: "What kind of existence are the parents of my identity in this world?"
The dial on the right wrist emits a cold light: [This is a real person. 】
Lan Yexing: [You mentioned this before. I want to ask, where is their actual son? ] Where is the person that Qiao You mentioned today?
He came here in disguise. He had always thought that the people behind the system had only created a fake identity for him and that he had no actual connection with the couple. But now it seems that this is not the case...
The system was silent for a moment before saying: […Dead. Died accidentally.]
Lan Yexing's pupils shrank.
After a while, his voice was a little dry: "What is your relationship with that couple and the boy who died in an accident?" How could it be such a coincidence that the system's ability is to use electricity, and the mental power that the couple can inherit is also of the lightning type.
The system spoke after a long while, and its mechanical and cold voice was rarely confused: [I... don't know.]
Lan Yexing's eyes turned cold: "...You said before that I can't contact that couple..."
Of course he would not have missed such a clue before, but the system said that he could not contact the couple.
At that time, he thought that it was because the people behind the scenes did not allow him to get more clues. But now... he had a more terrifying idea...
Lan Yexing's voice was a little hoarse for the first time: "What is the real reason why I can't contact them?"
System: […Insufficient data, I don’t know.]
Lan Yexing clenched his fists with his hands hanging at his sides: The system knows nothing.
But it was enough for him to speculate some conjectures that he couldn't let go: the system with the same ability as the deceased boy, the couple who were targeted by the person behind the scenes but were not allowed to contact each other...
Is this considered a hostage?
The system says he is free and can choose to do a mission or not.
But for a man like him...how could he just ignore the three lives that had crossed his path and withdraw from here with a clear conscience as Qiao You had said...
What world will be destroyed in a year? It is obvious that these three lives are what really pin him down and make him unable to leave and must complete the mission.
Did the people behind this even calculate this correctly?
…
Lan Yexing lowered her eyes and gently placed her soft and slender fingers on the cold dial of her right wrist, and said softly: "Let's work together to dig out the shady guy behind the scenes..."
This kind of guy who wantonly plays with human lives and hearts should be put in the sun and burned to ashes.
The system's voice was as indifferent and mechanical as ever: [I will do my best to protect the host.] Its electric shock is extremely powerful.
Lan Yexing closed his eyes and a gentle smile appeared on his lips: "My friend, I will protect you too."
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The next morning, when Lan Yexing woke up, Qiao You had already left.
A beautiful breakfast was left on the table, and a beautiful card was left beside it, with the words written in a sharp and elegant handwriting: [Thank you for your hospitality last night. Please enjoy.]
He looked so cold and arrogant when he said those words last night, but today he is so gentlemanly and polite.
For the first time, Lan Yexing felt that he couldn't see through a person.
He sighed softly, sat down and started eating the plate of breakfast which tasted pretty good.
The system's dial quietly lit up: [Yuanping will send a member to invite the mission target Qiao You to the unfinished building of the medical school in the evening. He plans to imprison, teach and beat the mission target to make him surrender. This is his strategy.]
[Host, please prevent this strategy event from happening. 】
Lan Yexing ate his breakfast without even looking up: "Does that scumbag Yuanping think others are fools?" A normal person would not keep the appointment. Not to mention Qiao You.
System: [Qiao You will keep the appointment. 】
Lan Yexing's pupils shrank and he suddenly raised his head.
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