CHAPTER 25: CHAPTER 25: OR DID YOU CRAWL BACK YOURSELF?

The man trembled like a sieve, legs too weak to stand, voice quivering, "Don’t... don’t kill me... It was... it was Brother Feng who saw three beauties on the top floor of Building 8... and wanted to take us up there for some fun... It’s none of my business..."

Ji Ning narrowed her eyes slightly, a hint of killing intent dyed in her gaze, dangerous as a wolf eyeing prey in the dark.

"How did you know he had the elevator access card?"

"Brother Feng... saw one of the beauties buying a house with him at the sales office. The beauty gave him the access card then."

The man’s voice was almost squeezed out from his throat.

Ji Ning released her grip, the man’s knees hit the ground heavily, hands propping himself up, breathing heavily as if coming back to life.

Suddenly, his body stiffened, he lifted his head, gaze vacant towards the front.

The voice by his ear seemed permanently etched into his mind, turning his face pale: "Picking a fight with the people on the top floor of Building 8 will lead to death."

"Scram—"

***

On the ground, before losing consciousness, Lin Yuanyang seemed to catch a whiff of lavender scent at his nose.

When he came to, Bai Xiaotang’s familiar sobbing voice filled his ears.

"Boo hoo... Sister Ning, does Xiao Yang really not need to go to the hospital? Why isn’t he waking up? Wouldn’t he become a vegetable? It’s all my fault... I shouldn’t have let him live alone..."

"He protected his head."

"It’s over, Uncle Lin will definitely blame me, it’s because I didn’t take good care of him... boo hoo hoo..."

"He won’t die."

"Boo hoo hoo..."

"Tangtang, look quickly, his eyelids are moving."

...

Lin Yuanyang struggled to open his eyes, meeting Bai Xiaotang’s rabbit-like red eyes.

Pitiful, as if he wouldn’t open his eyes she would apologize with her life.

His family and the Bai Family were old friends, with business dealings in daily life.

His mother and Bai Xiaotang’s mother were bosom friends, he almost lived at the Bai Family before he turned six, having a good relationship with the Bai siblings.

Until the plane crash involving his mom and Bai Xiaotang’s parents, the contacts between their families gradually lessened.

This time, he used Bai Xiaotang’s sympathy, pretending to seek refuge, but actually ran away from home, letting this naive sweet girl automatically assume the role of his sister, taking care of him everywhere.

Heh, who is taking care of whom?

In this unfamiliar city, without him, this naive sweet girl might be sold by someone and still count the money for them.

"Thank goodness, you’re finally awake."

Bai Xiaotang flopped forward, almost pressing Lin Yuanyang’s bone-fractured arm.

Lin Yuanyang then noticed Ji Ning’s beautiful face next to Bai Xiaotang.

Her gaze lazy and indifferent, yet she quickly blocked Bai Xiaotang.

The familiar lavender scent assaulted once again.

Lin Yuanyang looked at her as if probing, asking calmly, "Did you save me?"

Ji Ning steadied Bai Xiaotang’s forward-leaning body, released her grip, raised an eyebrow, glanced at the bandages on him, "Otherwise, did you crawl back by yourself?"

Lin Yuanyang: ...

Really not polite.

Seeing he’s alright, Ji Ning looked at Ye Tong, her eyes carrying a certain brightness, "Is the supper ready?"

Ye Tong helplessly ran to the kitchen, brought out a tray of baked egg tarts from the oven, and came back.

The golden tarts looked utterly enticing, the sweet aroma directly attacking one’s nostrils, causing one’s mouth to water.

Ji Ning quickly walked towards the bedroom door, casually leaned against the door frame, took the tray, ate egg tarts one by one with satisfaction.

Her beautiful eyes slightly squinting, like a satiated cat.

Ye Tong couldn’t help but reach for a tart, tasting a bite, the sugar was overdone, making it a bit too sweet.

Still, Sister Ning was overly supportive.

On the bed, Lin Yuanyang moved slightly.

Finding his body not as bad as imagined.

Apart from having a temporary sling on the left arm, the previous burning feeling on his chest ribs and lower back had vanished.

What’s going on?

Could it be her...

Lin Yuanyang’s gaze towards Ji Ning turned deep.

"Sister Ning, don’t eat so much at night, you’ll gain weight." Ye Tong promptly snatched away the almost finished egg tart tray from Ji Ning’s hands.

So sweet, aren’t you afraid of gaining weight?

Ji Ning withdrew her hand, feeling a bit unsatisfied.

She glanced at the clock on the wall, quickly yawned, "I’m going to sleep."

"Sister Ning, we have a shoot at eight in the morning tomorrow, we leave for the crew at six."

Ji Ning waved a hand.

Yawning, she walked back to her room.

Compared to the chaotic times lying on rocks, sleeping on wooden planks, life now was simply too good.

Ji Ning buried herself into the soft large bed, snuggled in the soft thin quilt, her face full of enjoyment as she entered dreamland.

Time travel is truly great.

This is the retirement life she wanted.

Hoping to never get up in a lifetime.

In the next room, Lin Yuanyang, eating patient food, his ears filled with Bai Xiaotang and Ye Tong’s chatter.

"Xiao Yang, you should move in and live here! Luckily Sister Ning showed up this time, otherwise how could I explain to Uncle Lin?"

"That’s right, you’re so young, eating takeout every day, it’s easy to be targeted by bad guys. Move in, I’ll cook for you."

Before, Lin Yuanyang definitely wouldn’t want to move in and face these two silly women, but now he had discovered an interesting person.

"Alright."

Lin Yuanyang directed Bai Xiaotang and Ye Tong to help him move his luggage from downstairs to upstairs.

He had very few things, apart from change of clothes, toiletries, there was only a set of modified Smart Brain equipment.

Lin Yuanyang loved tinkering with electronic products, this set of customized Smart Brain equipment took up an entire bedroom, just the external monitors and computer hosts alone numbered seven or eight.

Bai Xiaotang and Ye Tong went back and forth three or four trips to move these heavy machines.

"This equipment is so old, are you out of money? How about I buy you the latest model? Lightweight, can be worn directly on the wrist."

Bai Xiaotang looked sympathetic.

Poor Xiao Yang.

Uncle Lin’s new wife was unkind to him, often behind his back not giving him food, money, or letting him go to school.

Uncle Lin ignored it too.

Although she lost her parents, her brother took great care of her, giving her whatever she wanted.

She never lacked money, never had an empty stomach.

Lin Yuanyang, seeing Bai Xiaotang’s expression knew she was imagining things again, secretly rolled his eyes.

Bai Xiaotang, this naive sweet girl, was coaxed here by her cousin who was full of scheming.

Her cousin, full of bad ideas, using Ji Ning’s experiences of growing up in chaotic times, living simply, self-reliance and independence to deceive her to Ji Ning’s hometown to fend for herself.

A pampered, never suffered lady, living alone in such a third or fourth-tier city, not relying on her family, sounded unreliable.

Unfortunately, Bai Xiaotang believed such a foolish reason, fought with her brother cold war, went on a hunger strike at home, forcing her brother to compromise, begrudgingly agreed to her coming to experience life in Anhe, but with the condition of bringing a capable driver and bodyguard.

Unfortunately, her brother arranged everything, yet didn’t realize the driver was internally treacherous.

Thinking of the driver who suddenly left for unknown reasons, Lin Yuanyang sighed in relief.

"You still have money? Didn’t your brother cut off your credit card?"

Bai Xiaotang nodded at the Smart Brain, showed Lin Yuanyang three golden electronic cards.

"Yes, before leaving, my brother secretly gave me three golden cards as settlement fee, I only used one."

Lin Yuanyang: "..."

One golden card has a 5 million limit.

In this small city of Anhe, settlement with 15 million?

Brother Bai really isn’t afraid of his sister being robbed?