Chapter 46 The Charm of Money in the Previous Life

Chapter 46 The Charm of Money in the Previous Life

"Now that the music box has been delivered to Auntie, it's much easier. Have you found anything?"

At the back door of the bar, Gu Yanxing was sitting on the steps, smoking a cigarette, looking like a decadent uncle. He had been tracking down antiques and looking for people recently, and because he had to work for the bar owner in order to get free food, drinks and accommodation, he looked quite vicissitudes of life.

Qi Yan was standing by the door, not much better than him: "I checked it once, and found nothing for now."

The music box is made so delicately, with so many densely packed parts inside that it is impossible to take it apart or put anything inside unless you are a highly skilled craftsman, otherwise it will be completely scrapped.

Gu Yanxing stood up slowly with a cigarette in his mouth. He exhaled a puff of cigarette. The slowly rising smoke blurred his gentle and handsome face. He scratched the back of his head in annoyance and said distressedly: "Okay, I will continue to hook up with the collector's daughter and find a way to see other things. I hope to find clues soon."

“…”

Qi Yan frowned and looked at his face.

"What's the matter?" Gu Yanxing noticed that his gaze was a little strange.

Qi Yan seemed a little dazed, and suddenly asked Gu Yanxing: "Why are you not dead?"

"What?"

Gu Yanxing didn't react in the first second, but was dumbfounded in the second. His mouth opened slightly, and the cigarette butt fell from his mouth to the palm of his hand, burning him and making him shiver.

"Damn it!" Gu Yanxing took a breath, quickly put out the cigarette butt, threw it into the trash can, and looked at Qi Yan with a question mark in his mind, "Are you confused? Why did you suddenly curse me to death? Didn't you just help Chen Buqian promote your plan and interrupt your couple's trip? In the meantime, you laughed at the drinks you mixed, which even dogs wouldn't drink. You deleted the report you wrote with great difficulty... These are all trivial matters. We are brothers. How can you keep it in mind?"

“…”

Qi Yan was also a little slow to react to what he had said. When he came to his senses, he heard Gu Yanxing's words before he had time to think about the image that had just appeared in his mind.

His eyes narrowed and became sharp: "Are you saying that you deleted the report I spent an hour writing before?"

“Uh, accidentally, accidentally…” Gu Yanxing paused, touched the back of his head, and laughed, “Come to think of it, everyone is still discussing what to bring for camping tomorrow. Come on, let’s go in and discuss it together. Don’t isolate yourself, hahahaha…”

Qi Yan: “…”

…

[The agreement made by the Shen family did not have much impact on Qi Yan. It would be better to say that many of the rules that he had to follow before no longer needed to be paid attention to. However, it is necessary for the two to stay in the same space for at least twelve hours a day.

We used to live in a large, empty and quiet apartment, and we had no idea what the other person was doing. Now that I live in this ordinary little apartment, I know everything.

This person is somewhat of a homebody. Qi Yan often saw Shen Xiliu wearing black home clothes. He was exquisite and beautiful, with a typical cold and ascetic appearance, and a noble and elegant temperament. Even when he looked up at people, he was arrogant and cold, as if he was looking down on everything. This man, from his hair to his feet, his whole body, including his clothes, exuded a sense of alienation.

Chen Xiliu usually sits on the sofa to process documents, read materials, or read various miscellaneous books, or sits by the window and stares at the scenery outside in a daze. The melodious and pleasant piano music is playing in the house, and he seems quite leisurely and comfortable.

Perhaps because of his family background and physical condition, Shen Xiliu was different from some successful people that Qi Yan knew. He was not busy at work and did not need to go out for social events. As long as he handled matters within his responsibilities, there would be nothing to worry about.

Qi Yan didn't know how he lived in the past, but now he found that this guy was really a homebody. He often sat in one place for an entire afternoon without any exercise. His living habits were even worse than his. However, considering his physical condition, he probably can't do any strenuous exercise.

Sometimes when Qi Yan came back before dinner, he could even see him sleeping on the sofa. Thinking that he couldn't let his employer catch a cold, he covered him with a coat. But when he turned around, he saw the coat thrown into the trash can by Chen Xiliu with a look of disgust.

Qi Yan was heartbroken: "...Mr. Shen, that's my only coat worth thousands!"

He loves it! Otherwise I wouldn’t spend so much money on it!

"Disgusting." Shen Xiliu said coldly, "Don't throw your stuff here."

Fortunately, there was no pheromone on it, otherwise he would have packed up the clothes and their owners and thrown them into the trash can.

"A dog bites Lu Dongbin." Qi Yan said, not knowing how to appreciate a good person.

Shen Xiliu glanced at him and said, "If you don't want to be thrown away, don't let it go blindly. If it's lost, it's lost. After this month, I will return it to you ten times."

Qi Yan: "But I'm going to wear it out tonight."

If coffee hadn't been poured into the trash can and the light-colored jacket had been stained with it, Qi Yan wouldn't mind picking it up, washing it, and wearing it again. After all, children from poor families have to live a good life, unlike Shen Xiliu.

"Oh, then you can take a bottle of wine from the wine cabinet and exchange it for money to buy it." Shen Xiliu went back to the room to change clothes, even throwing away the clothes he was wearing.

This cleanliness obsession really convinced Qi Yan.

Seeing that Shen Xiliu stayed in the apartment all day, Qi Yan tactfully reminded him whether he wanted to take a walk or exercise, but Shen Xiliu completely ignored him. Sometimes, when you say you are annoyed, you will get an impatient look from the other person.

It is really difficult to raise a living person, Qi Yan thought. It is more troublesome than the cats kept by his colleagues, especially someone like the sponsor who is arrogant and indifferent and completely ignores his existence.

But Qi Yan believed that the money sponsor was God, and gave him a lot of wages, so of course he still had to take good care of him.

This is probably what the other party is thinking. He will pay Qi Yan, Qi Yan will provide him with services, and both parties will pay for the goods. Apart from that, there is no other relationship.

As long as you don't try to cross the line, it's actually quite easy to live with such a person, because he or she divides everything clearly.

But sometimes, things don't go so smoothly. When he received the news in the early morning, he hurried home and quickly took out his ID card and other important items.

The man stood in the living room with an impatient look on his face, staring at him with a frown: "Don't you know that the floor is hard to mop? You came back in the rain, are you trying to act out a love tragedy?"

"... Sorry, I don't have time now. My mother is sick and I have to go there now." Qi Yan's tone was cold. Although Qi Yan was always the one who dragged things out, he didn't have time to care about these things. If it were any other time, he would just mention it lightly. As long as he controlled the scale and didn't make Shen Xiliu angry, it would be fine.

“…” What bad luck, Shen Xiliu thought about it and looked at him for a few seconds, “Your mother is in City C, right?”

"Well, don't worry, I will come back as soon as possible and will not violate the twelve-hour clause." Qi Yan knew what the other party cared about.

“…Forget it, I’ll find someone to take you there.” Although Shen Xiliu suffered a great loss because of the agreement, he could still make arrangements for it in an emergency.

This was just a casual thing for Chen Xiliu, but it was very important to Qi Yan.

He thought Shen Xiliu was just making arrangements for him, but he didn't expect that the other party also planned to go with him. When he saw Chen Xiliu changed his clothes, got in the car, and yawned gracefully, he reacted a beat late.

"Get in the car, don't delay, the flight is not arranged by me." Shen Xiliu turned his head and stared at him.

Qi Yan: “…Thank you.”

Anyway, let me thank him first. No matter what the other party’s purpose is, I have helped him a lot.

Shen Xiliu looked quite indifferent, not interested in anything, and didn't like to talk to people, but occasionally he did things that made people's hearts beat faster.

"Do you have a crush on him?" asked the friend. He knew that Qi Yan had signed a contract and was using his pheromones to treat people.

Qi Yan thought about it carefully and spoke cautiously: "...Maybe."

His words are different from those in the bar. In that lively environment full of passion and enthusiasm, after a few drinks, he feels intoxicated. Once he gets drunk, he will tease his friends with ambiguous words. No one can tell whether he is sincere or not.

"After all, the pheromone match is too high. Who wouldn't be moved? Besides, he is not like Yi Hongli and the others, who are hypocritical and cunning..."

Chen Xiliu is not a hypocritical person, nor is he interested in pretending. His arrogance is clearly written on his face. If he looks down on you, he just looks down on you, and he is even too lazy to pay attention to you. After all, his status and position are there.

Normally, even when directing Qi Yan to do something, she would not even give him a look. She was quite polite in her words, although it was just superficial. But occasionally when she was in a good mood, she would give him a little response. It was a bit annoying, but also quite cute...

After hearing what Qi Yan said casually, his friend hesitated for two seconds: "Do you... have Stockholm syndrome? Or is it the charm of money?"

Do you feel good serving others? How could he not know that Qi Yan was a masochist and suffered from masochistic personality disorder?

"Haha, what an exaggerated description. Most of it is the charm of money." Qi Yan said indifferently. He held the cigarette between his index and middle fingers. The wind blew the smoke away. His hair swayed between his sharp eyebrows. His peach blossom eyes flashed with a hint of fire, making his look particularly affectionate.

Shen Xiliu disdains to conceal his arrogance, which makes his occasional kindness seem extra special and precious.

But after they were forced to live together, these little kindnesses were scattered into small details. Shen Xiliu is arrogant, but he is not a person who insists on his own way. He can listen to Qi Yan's reasonable suggestions, although most of them will be ignored...

Just like the jacket that was thrown into the trash can, the next day, a series of dozens of pieces were thrown in front of him, including limited editions.

"Is that enough?" Shen Xiliu was curled up on the sofa reading a book.

Qi Yan was silent for a moment, then asked in a trembling voice: "How much money is left in the card?"

Worried that Shen Xiliu would need money, he left the card in the living room where it could be seen at a glance, so could the other party have used up all the food money for this month?

“…Idiot.” Shen Xiliu was speechless for a rare moment.

Qi Yan said I was just joking, I knew you wouldn’t do that, Shen Xiliu was too lazy to pay attention to him.

“I also think money is more attractive than people.”

The friend agreed and said, "Not bad, he is still the rational Qi Yan. "Given your personality, if you really like him, you would have flirted with him a long time ago. With your face, any omega with normal eyes would not dislike you."

Then you guessed wrong. Qi Yan thought, the more he likes someone, the less he dares to flirt with her.

If he didn't like the other party, he would probably treat Shen Xiliu as a guest of the bar and would not have done it to this point.

Liking someone is really a very simple thing. There are so many reasons that there is no need to list them. 】

…

The curtains were drawn tightly, with only a ray of light leaking through the gap. In the dim living room, a person could be vaguely seen lying on the sofa.

He was covered with several coats, some of which had already fallen to the floor, completely concealing him. The size of those coats could be clearly seen to be not his.

Qi Yan turned off his phone, sighed, and walked towards the sleeping person.

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