Chapter 80: Miss Lian’s Boyfriend
The winter night in the Capital City was filled with heavy snowfall. The snowflakes fluttered, covering everything, as if time itself had stopped.
The cold snowflakes gently fell, melting between their lips and teeth, turning into tiny water droplets that gradually warmed.
The surroundings were desolate and quiet. Icicles hanging from the treetops would fall with a rustle when the wind blew, and the sound of ice shards hitting the ground reached Lian Li’s ears.
She reached out and pushed Jin Shi Yue’s shoulder with great force, but he didn’t budge.
It wasn’t until Lian Li could barely breathe that Jin Shi Yue released her.
Lian Li stood outside the car, breathing in the fresh air rapidly. Jin Shi Yue’s face inside the car was cast in shadow, making his facial features appear even more pronounced.
He lifted his eyelids to look at Lian Li. His crow-feather-like eyelashes cast a small shadow on his lower eyelids, hiding a third of the darkness in his eyes.
Lian Li’s lips felt numb from his kiss, as if they weren’t her own. She looked at the man with calm eyes inside the car, truly shocked, and glared at him, which was rare.
“No, you… are you sick!”
“You found out?” Jin Shi Yue’s eyelids lifted slightly, his voice hoarse and lazy from the kiss, “Miracle drug.”
Bastard!
Lian Li, angry, kicked the car door, but not too hard.
If she kicked it too hard and broke the car, she’d have to pay for it. Besides, this car looked as unyielding as Jin Shi Yue, and if she used too much force, she’d be the one to get hurt.
A meaningful smile flickered in the corner of Jin Shi Yue’s eyes: “Kicking the car is useless, get in and kick me.”
After kicking, Lian Li calmed down. She had no intention of dealing with him and turned to run into the residential building without looking back.
The elevator stopped on the 9th floor.
Lian Li rummaged through her bag, took out her key, opened the door, hung her bag on the rack, changed her shoes, drank some water, and brushed her teeth. She still felt Jin Shi Yue’s taste in her mouth.
Last time it was because she was drunk, and she could let it slide. What was this time?
Pervert, freak.
In that situation, she hadn’t had the presence of mind to care about comfort. Now, she rubbed her neck and felt a tingling sensation.
After washing up, Lian Li lay flat on the bed, holding her mobile phone.
This house, where she had once lived with Lian Jingcheng, wasn’t large. She lived in the master bedroom, and Lian Jingcheng lived in the secondary bedroom. She returned every year to clean it, so there was no musty smell or dust, and it was ready to live in.
Lian Li tapped on the chat page with the God of Wealth Master and returned the four sums of money to the other party without any changes. Receiving money made her happy, and returning it made her feel relieved.
When Jin Shi Yue received the message, he was at the club, holding a gun in his left hand and his mobile phone in his right.
Four transfers plus one text message.
Lian Li: 「Money returned to you」
Three cold words.
Jin Shi Yue: 「Pimp money」
A red exclamation mark immediately appeared in the chat box. It displayed: 【Message sent, but rejected by the recipient.】
… She had blocked him.
Jin Shi Yue’s lips curved into a smile.
He held up his mobile phone and called Li Ye: “Check Lian Li’s bank card and transfer her some money.”
“How much?” Li Ye asked.
“Whatever. Add a note asking her to add her boyfriend back on WeChat.”
Miss Lian’s boyfriend, who?
Li Ye was confused but followed his boss’s instructions.
At two in the morning, Zhong Yang received a call from the Young Master and immediately rushed from the clubhouse to the club.
At the shooting range, Jin Shi Yue’s long, slender fingers held a golden bullet and loaded it into the gun chamber in one smooth motion.
The gun was loaded.
Jin Shi Yue, dressed in white and black pants, appeared even taller and more imposing. He slowly raised his strong arm, narrowed his eyes, aimed, and decisively pulled the trigger.
“Bang, bang, bang, bang…”
The gunshots faded, and the target quickly flew over. Jin Shi Yue calmly glanced at the bullet holes.
“Clap, clap, clap!” Zhong Yang applauded, “Master Yue, you are truly my master. Who upset you this late at night?”
Before coming, Zhong Yang had specifically asked Li Ye, Ling Yu, and Tao Su, Jin Shi Yue’s three confidants, but none of them knew why the Young Master had called him to the club in the middle of the night.
Could it be that he was going to be shot?
Zhong Yang’s eyes spun as he recalled his recent foolish actions. None of them involved the Young Master, so he finally relaxed.
Not drinking late at night and coming to play with guns, he was quite moody.
Jin Shi Yue threw the gun in his hand to Zhong Yang. The latter took it, weighed it in his hand, and thought, what a good piece.
“Where’s Old Pei?” Jin Shi Yue glanced behind him; no one was there.
“Old Pei is still working overtime at Zhongtai. The Crown Prince of the Pei Family, the heir to Zhongtai Bank, is leading by example in working overtime. It’s really affecting social morale, affecting social morale.”
Zhong Yang caressed the gun in his hand with admiration: “Just like Xue Shufan. Xue Shufan, the Crown Princess of the Xue Family, isn’t competing for the throne and insists on going into scientific research.”
Jin Shi Yue leaned casually against the partition with his arms crossed, saying in a tone of detachment: “It’s not affecting your family, so why do you care so much?”
“That’s true. I won’t bother!”
Zhong Yang raised the gun, adjusted his stance, aimed at the target, and fired. The bullet flew out with a “clang.”
“The resort island and yacht are all arranged. You absolutely must attend after the New Year.”
Zhong Yang was acting under Jin Shi Yue’s banner, so if Jin Shi Yue didn’t come, it would be exposed.
Jin Shi Yue’s mind recalled the noodle shop, where he had asked Lian Li if she was treating him so warmly because she mistook him for Jin Yan Ting, and her facial expression.
Her delicate brows furrowed slowly, and her almond-shaped eyes held confusion and annoyance…
“Brother Shi Yue, Master Yue?” Zhong Yang found it quite strange that the Young Master would sometimes be lost in thought. “Who are you thinking about?”
Jin Shi Yue said expressionlessly: “Thinking about you.”
“Holy crap, you don’t have a crush on me, do you? Old Pei isn’t here because you only called me and not him. It’s late at night, just two men alone, and even if I scream my lungs out, no one will come to save me!” Zhong Yang chattered incessantly, his words spewing out like a machine gun.
Jin Shi Yue’s cold gaze swept over him, his disdain evident: “Is your head just for show?”
Given the current situation, the Young Master having a crush on him? Unlikely. It was more like he wanted to assassinate him… No, it should be a direct kill.
Zhong Yang grinned cheekily, puffing out his chest and saying: “It’s for showing off how handsome I am.”
After two hours of shooting, they took a break, and someone was sent to bring drinks and food.
In the large, silent lounge, Jin Shi Yue rested his arm on the back of the sofa, fiddling with a bullet in his hand. His fingertips traced the English letters and numerical codes carved on the edge. His dark eyes were hidden beneath thick, long eyelashes, making his expression unreadable.
“The daughter of the Director of Municipal Station, Xu Jingxi, that beauty who’s a war correspondent in Syria…” Before Zhong Yang could finish speaking, he saw Jin Shi Yue slowly rise from the sofa.
“Old Pei is almost here, and you’re leaving already?”
“I have an urgent matter.”
Jin Shi Yue hooked his long fingers around the jacket hanging on the back of the chair, casually slung it over his shoulder, and walked away with a leisurely, lazy gait.
