“Pendant? What pendant?!” Qin Xiao looked at the boy in front of him with a dark face and gritted teeth.
His expression was distorted and his voice was hoarse: “You came here just to ask me about that broken pendant?!”
Liu Yueran’s eyes were red and his fingers were clenched so tightly they turned white. “You didn’t answer the phone, so I could only come to you…”
Qin Xiao raised his hand and picked up the medicine bottle on the table and threw it at Liu Yueran. “I didn’t answer your call because I don’t want to see you! Get out!”
Liu Yueran pursed his lips and asked again: “Did you really not find the pendant?”
“How dare you mention that pendant again–” Qin Xiao suddenly stood up and tried to lift the table, but failed. He was furious, “If you dare to mention it again, believe it or not, I will order you to be banned from the industry! It’s just a small thing, but you still dare question me? Ha, who dares question me?! You… get out!”
Seeing that Qin Xiao was really unable to be communicated with, Liu Yueran lowered his head and silently turned around and left.
Coming out of the study, he moved slowly and walked to the door of the villa. Seeing the man waiting there, he felt a little embarrassed for a moment: “Ah, I’m sorry, I’ve caused you trouble.”
He came to the villa privately today. If this person hadn’t let him in, he might not have been able to see Qin Xiao.
“No need to thank me.” Chen Si said in a gentle voice, “The young master was a little irritated yesterday and in a bad mood, so he took it out on you. I apologize to you on his behalf.”
Liu Yueran said uneasily: “It’s okay.”
Unexpectedly, immediately after, he saw the other party take out a small transparent ziplock bag from his arms, which contained several jade fragments.
“Sorry, I didn’t know this jade was yours before.” Chen Si still maintained a distant smile. “Although it is broken, I think it should be returned to its original owner.”
With trembling fingertips, he carefully took the bag of broken jade. Liu Yueran finally couldn’t hold back his tears anymore. “This… this is what my grandma left for me… broken…”
Chen Si looked at Liu Yueran with no emotion in his eyes: “I’m sorry, the young master was in a moment of impatience and accidentally broke it.”
Liu Yueran was startled, and raised his face to look at the man, with tears hanging on his eyelashes. “…He broke it?”
Chen Si replied: “Sorry.”
Liu Yueran cried and asked: “Then why didn’t he tell me!”
Chen Si answered like a machine: “Sorry.”
Liu Yueran wiped away his tears and took a deep breath. “I don’t blame you, thank you for returning it to me. Even if it is broken, it was left by my grandma… As long as it was not lost. Thank you.”
Before the door of the villa closed, Liu Yueran heard the man’s gentle and calm voice: “People who cannot control their own destiny will never be able to protect important things.”
Chen Si watched the young man leave and turned back to the study room of the villa. Pushing the door open, he went in and picked up the pill bottle that fell on the floor and put it back on the desk.
Qin Xiao looked at him coldly: “I’m not sick.”
Chen Si always dealt with things calmly: “Master, please be sure to follow the doctor’s advice. If mental problems are not treated, it may develop into mental illness.”
Qin Xiao picked up the medicine bottle and tossed it to the ground again: “I told you, I’m not sick and don’t need medicine!”
…
At this time, in the fitness training room of Chu Yinlong’s house.
Jiang Dao was put down to the ground again, unable to turn over.
He simply stopped struggling and lay there limply. “No, it doesn’t count this time! I lost weight and lost strength, and you took advantage of this.”
Fights are often divided into weight classes. Even a few more pounds of muscle will give one an advantage when sparring.
Seeing Jiang Dao’s appearance, Chu Yinlong knew that he would stay on the ground again without stretching properly, so he simply took a muscle roller from the side, knelt astride Jiang Dao’s legs, and pressed the roller down on his thighs.
“Hmm!” Jiang Dao’s body trembled, then slowly relaxed, and spread his legs a little more to facilitate Chu Yinlong’s movements.
“You are quite cooperative.” Chu Yinlong laughed.
“That’s right,” Jiang Dao said unceremoniously. “Massage sticks are quite effective, and award-winning actor Chu is personally providing service. Of course I have to be more cooperative, enjoy it, and finally give it a five-star review.”
As the massage roller rolled along the muscles of Jiang Dao’s thigh, he couldn’t help but let out a muffled groan.
Chu Yinlong’s hand paused slightly and asked, “Is it too much?”
Jiang Dao grunted: “It’s okay, you can use a little more force, I feel… ah, it hurts! Gently, gently, hiss, it was a bit heavy just now… Hmm, much better now, ah…”
Unable to bear it, Chu Yinlong scolded him with red ears: “Don’t scream.”
Jiang Dao stopped talking and smiled instead.
He didn’t know what his motivation was, but he became more and more fond of teasing Chu Yinlong over the past two days.
Maybe it has something to do with the script. After doing a lot of character analysis on a character like this, he began to substitute himself into it without knowing it… Seeing the Little Gray Wolf play tricks on Xia Tian, he thought it was interesting, and wanted to try it on Chu Yinlong.
Chu Yinlong coughed lightly: “What are you laughing at?”
Jiang Dao couldn’t see the person behind him, so he tilted his head and suddenly remembered a line from Little Grey Wolf: “Brother, do you like to hear my voice?”
Chu Yinlong: …
Chu Yinlong of course knows that his line was from the script, and he also knew what the next sentence is, and what happens next in the plot… Tsk, this naughty guy did it on purpose!
He took a deep breath and pressed the roller down a little harder: “Shut up, from now on, don’t talk.”
Jiang Dao didn’t want to push too far, so he chuckled twice, then obediently shut his mouth.
Chu Yinlong focused all his attention on the roller, slowly helping Jiang Dao relax his legs, and finally calmed down.
He stepped forward to straighten Jiang Dao’s arm and began to press his arm. After rolling twice, he saw Jiang Dao tilting his head and staring at him with blinking eyes.
“Can you…” Chu Yinlong was helpless. “Don’t start imitating Little Gray Wolf now.”
He was found out.
Jiang Dao’s eyes immediately converged, and he said obediently, “Okay, Teacher Chu.”
Chu Yinlong suddenly felt that, compared to now, the “brother” that Jiang Dao shouted earlier… was really nice.
…
A busy and peaceful day passed.
In the evening, after washing up, Jiang Dao lay on the bed in the guest room dealing with messages from Jing Yu, while waiting for Chu Yinlong to come and read scriptures for him. After reading Buddhist scriptures twice, Chu Yinlong found that Jiang Dao’s sleep quality was actually quite good, and Chu Yinlong recommended his sleep coaxing service.
Jiang Dao didn’t refuse, but only planned to bother Chu Yinlong while he was here. He didn’t plan to ask him after returning to the apartment.
When Chu Yinlong knocked on the door and came in, he saw Jiang Dao smirking with his phone in his hands.
“What are you looking at? So happy.” Chu Yinlong asked casually, plugging in the incense stick.
“A video that Jing Yu sent me.” Jiang Dao didn’t lift his eyes. “The kitten he raised is so cute and stupid, he can’t even walk when a note is stuck on his body hahaha…”
Chu Yinlong: …
“Like cats?” Chu Yinlong asked.
“Of course, I like all cute little animals.” Jiang Dao said. “In addition to cats and dogs, there’s also war horses and falcons, elephants and bears… Unfortunately, I have no chance to raise them, so I can only envy others.”
Elephants and bears count as “small animals”?
Who raises those things?
With a small smile, Chu Yinlong lit sandalwood incense, and sat cross-legged at the end of the bed.
Jiang Dao threw away the phone, lay on the bed and sighed. “There’s no choice, little animals hide from me, so even if I have the conditions to raise them, I can’t…”
Chu Yinlong said: “Okay, it’s not early anymore. Go to sleep, you can raise whatever you want in your dream.”
“Tsk, you!” Jiang Dao feigned anger, and kicked Chu Yinlong’s butt very smoothly.
When the sleep coaxing service ended, Chu Yinlong slowly opened his eyes and looked at Jiang Dao in his sleep.
This child is very well-behaved when he is asleep, making it completely impossible to see the mysterious and dangerous soul hidden under such a beautiful appearance.
Recalling the phone call from Officer Xing this afternoon, Chu Yinlong’s heart shuddered uncontrollably.
In order to avoid the Qin family from secretly interfering, he asked Police Officer Xing to check the surveillance of Jiang Dao’s infiltration into Qin Xiao’s villa that night, to prepare in advance.
Who knows, the result is that Jiang Dao disappeared from the courtyard wall of the hot spring hotel, and never reappeared. Whether it was along the way, in the forest area or in the monitoring of the villa community, he did not show up – Jiang Dao performed a perfect stealth operation.
Because of this, Officer Xing also instructed Chu Yinlong to pay attention to Jiang Dao’s behavior. Once he finds any clues that he may be a spy, he must report it immediately.
At the same time, as a friend, Officer Xing also solemnly advised Chu Yinlong that it is best not to trust Jiang Dao too much.
However, Chu Yinlong had no resistance to this mysterious trait in Jiang Dao.
He likes anything that makes him tremble, the more afraid, the more he wants to explore it. The more the other party is beyond his control, the more he can’t stop… He wants to protect Jiang Dao, but at the same time he also wants to see Jiang Dao’s deadly side. He likes Jiang Dao’s docile appearance, but he is more looking forward to conquering that mysterious and dangerous soul.
At this moment, Chu Yinlong was even a little jealous of Qin Xiao, because the other party must have seen that Jiang Dao he had never seen before.
…
Three days almost went by in a flash.
In these short three days, a lot of new things have happened in the entertainment industry. A star’s new drama has exploded, and their career rose. Coupled with the new food of a certain variety show CP, or a certain fashion blockbuster… The trending search on Weibo has changed several times over the last three days.
The disagreement between Longqi Entertainment and the director of “Love” has not ended fully, but everyone has already moved onto other things. In addition, Chu Yinlong and the Qin family both deliberately let this matter fade out of focus. Even the news that “Love” was postponed could not persist on the hot search for more than half a day.
That massage scene. 👀
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