Chapter 268: Chapter 268: Who Wants to Kiss You? _1

That night, at Camel’s Peak, halfway up the mountainside.

After parking the Ferrari, Zhang Xian, Lin Ruoyi, and Du Xinyan, carrying an assortment of snacks, walked over to a large rock and sat down in order.

Not far away, Yantai was bustling with traffic, dazzling neon lights, colorful and vibrant like a rich tapestry.

The last time he came to Camel’s Peak, Zhang Xian stumbled upon this place which surprisingly offered a panoramic view of most of Yantai. So he decided to show Lin Ruoyi and Du Xinyan the spectacular view of Yantai at night.

"So gorgeous!" Du Xinyan sighed, looking out at the distant Yantai.

Lin Ruoyi was holding a drink in one hand and a chicken leg in the other, and mumbled, "Indeed it is. I didn’t know there was such a wonderful place before!"

Zhang Xian sat on the hood of the car, enjoying the Yantai night view with a smile on his face, sipping his beer.

Suddenly, Lin Ruoyi nudged Zhang Xian and asked, "Hey, are you leaving tomorrow? Why not stay a few more days? Isn’t the long commute tiring for you?"

Zhang Xian chuckled and asked, "What, you gonna miss me?"

Lin Ruoyi said, "A bit. Not gonna lie. But don’t get it twisted. I’ll just be missing someone to quarrel with, don’t assume I’m harboring feelings for you."

Zhang Xian took a sip from his beer and said, "I’m so handsome, it’s only natural that you’d have feelings for me! I’m not even talking about you, little Xinyan already has feelings for me, I know that."

"You..." Du Xinyan, irritated, retorted, "Damn it, Zhang Xian, who has feelings for you? Watch your mouth!"

Zhang Xian responded, "You must have feelings for me! Your mother has already promised you to me, and you are now my half-fiancée. How can you still have feelings for anyone else?"

Enraged and losing patience, Du Xinyan could only say, "You..."

Lin Ruoyi was surprised, "Zhang Xian, is Du... Du Xinyan really your future wife?"

Zhang Xian leaned against Du Xinyan’s shoulder, and replied, "Yes! Why, are you jealous? If you’d like, you can be my wife too."

Du Xinyan let Zhang Xian lean against her, originally planning to just play along for Lin Ruoyi to see.

But when she heard Zhang Xian’s later words, she immediately pushed him away, angrily saying, "Who’s going to be your future wife? Stop saying nonsense, it’s not up to my mother, it’s up to me."

"In your dreams!" Lin Ruoyi glared at Zhang Xian, went to sit aside, with her mood dimming instantly.

She didn’t know why, but as soon as she heard Zhang Xian say that Du Xinyan was his future wife, she felt upset inside, as if something precious was about to slip away from her.

Zhang Xian was about to say something, but he hesitated instead.

Du Xinyan looked at Zhang Xian and asked, "What is it?"

"Nothing." Zhang Xian shook his head.

He had intended to ask Du Xinyan and Lin Ruoyi if they wanted to visit Tiandu, since they were both on holiday now. But he didn’t bring it up thinking about Mo Shaoyun, Zhu Qing, and Dong Qian.

Having already annoyed Mo Shaoyun and Zhu Qing by bringing Duan Hong and Wen Yulan, bringing Lin Ruoyi and Du Xinyan along would have been courting death.

"Hey, Zhang Xian, you haven’t answered my question yet!" Suddenly, Lin Ruoyi turned her head and said, "You just came here to Yantai, can’t you stay a bit longer? What’s the rush to return?"

Zhang Xian replied, "There are things to be taken care of in Tiandu, if it wasn’t for Yan Yan insisting on me coming over, I wouldn’t be in Yantai just yet."

Lin Ruoyi retorted, "What important things could you possibly have?"

"Of course, I do." Zhang Xian said: "Things are pretty chaotic in Tiandu right now, I need to be there to sort it all out. As a man, I should work harder, otherwise how would I afford to support a wife?"

Lin Ruoyi said, "If you’re not staying, then don’t. Who cares anyway! You always have your reasons."

Zhang Xian explained: "I genuinely can’t stay, and there are people waiting for me to go back and help them. Do you really think that we have absolutely nothing to do every day?"

Lin Ruoyi pouted and didn’t say anything more, pulling up a small blade of grass.

Du Xinyan shot a glance at Lin Ruoyi and curiously asked, "Isn’t Zhu Yan your girlfriend? Why didn’t you bring her?"

Zhang Xian replied,"Yan Yan isn’t my girlfriend, her sister is, she is my sister-in-law. She had mentioned wanting to visit Tiandu, so I came specially to fetch her today."

"Ah..." Du Xinyan said, surprised, "Zhu Yan is your sister in law? Then why at school..."

Zhang Xian laughed, "All those rumours and hearsay are utter nonsense, how can you believe them?"

"So, that’s it!" Du Xinyan understood.

She had been puzzled before, wondering why Zhu Yan was silent even though Zhang Xian had stirred up some gossip with her and Lin Ruoyi at school. Turns out, Zhang Xian wasn’t Zhu Yan’s boyfriend at all.

However, even if they weren’t boyfriends, they were still in-laws. Why did Zhu Yan not utter a word? Was her relationship with her sister not harmonious? It didn’t seem like it at all!

Zhang Xian smiled and asked, "Little sister Lin, has that Ji Yongzhe been bothering you recently?"

Lin Ruoyi replied, "No! He runs away as soon as he sees me."

"Hehe, that’s good," Zhang Xian chuckled, then added, "But Lin sis, it seems you haven’t thanked me yet for this matter."

Lin stood up and asked, "How do you want me to thank you?"

Zhang Xian said, "My demands aren’t high, a kiss or something would be enough."

"You..." Lin Ruoyi bit her lower lip and said, "I knew you wouldn’t say anything nice."

Du Xinyan also cast a dark look. Every time Zhang Xian helped them, he was like this, refusing simple thank you’s and always demanding kisses instead. He was even worse than a rogue.

Zhang Xian turned his head, looked at Du Xinyan, and said, "Little sister Xinyan, you seem to owe me a few as well. Since the moonlight is so beautiful tonight, why don’t you two pay me back all at once?"

Du Xinyan and Lin Ruoyi both cried out in sync, "Damn it Zhang Xian, why don’t you just drop dead?"

"Why do you always want me to die? How is my death beneficial to you?" Zhang Xian shrugged and said, "Come on, don’t waste time."

Lin Ruoyi and Du Xinyan glared at Zhang Xian fiercely before quickly moving away, their pretty faces flushing red as if bleeding.

"Hey, don’t leave!"

Lin Ruoyi snapped, "Get out of here! We don’t want to kiss you!"

"How could you do this? That’s not cool!"

Seeing Zhang Xian chase after them, Du Xinyan quickly ran, "Zhang Xian, what... what are you going to do?"

"Come on! One little kiss."

"No... you’re disgusting..."

Zhang Xian, failing to kiss Du Xinyan, ran towards Lin Ruoyi instead.

...

In TianDu City, inside a temporary cell at the Public Security Bureau.

Director Pi was lying on the bed, feeling listless, his eyelids heavy as if they weighed a thousand pounds. Trying to move a bit, he felt his body lethargic and limp.

"Damn, could what that guy said be true? Am I really dying?" Director Pi became more and more frightened as he thought about it.

Apparently, his current symptoms were exactly what Zhang Xian had described: lack of energy, lack of strength. If Zhang Xian was not lying, then he...

"Impossible, that guy must be fooling me, I must be just tired." Director Pi didn’t believe it, thinking it must be a coincidence.

How much skill could a young man in his twenties have? Can he really kill people silently just with a few injections? Instant death might be possible, but this slow death was too strange.

"I need to get some sleep first."

Murmuring to himself, Director Pi lay on the bed, planning to take a nap to recharge.

...

In TianDu City, inside a certain villa.

Zhu Qing, Dong Qian, Li Peichi, and Xiao Nan were sitting on the sofa, watching a cheesy soap opera.

Mo Shaoyun was sitting at the edge, her beautiful face knitted in thought. Her mind was not on the TV, but on Zhang Xian.

That guy seemed to have disappeared for two days, not showing up at the construction site or at the Bureau. She didn’t know what he was up to, always disappearing without a word.

She didn’t call to ask and she wouldn’t, not wanting to let Zhang Xian lead her around.

Soon, the TV show was over.

Zhu Qing looked at the time. It was 10:00 at night. She frowned and asked, "Where’s that guy Zhang Xian? Why hasn’t he come back yet? Is he planning to never come back again?"

Li Peichi said, "Who knows! In my opinion, that guy has a guilty conscience and dares not come back."

Dong Qian looked at Zhu Qing and lowered her head to say, "I think that Brother Zhang Xian must be busy with something."

Zhu Qing glared at Dong Qian and said discontentedly, "Qianqian, why are you always defending that guy Zhang Xian? You can’t keep doing this, you need to change."

Dong Qian pouted and dared not say anything more.

Xiao Nan glanced at Dong Qian and said, "Qianqian, I think Qingqing is right. The more you act like this, the more Zhang Xian will take advantage. If you want him to be a bit more honest, you best not indulge him too much. It hasn’t been that long and Zhang Xian already has so many beauties around him. If you keep spoiling him like this, soon there could be dozens, if not hundreds!"

Dong Qian exclaimed, "Isn’t that a bit much of an exaggeration?"

Xiao Nan, Zhu Qing, and Li Peichi all simultaneously said, "What do you think?"

Dong Qian lowered her head, feeling torn. She had always been a good-natured girl and she doesn’t have what it takes to be fierce. What could she do?

"Ding dong..."

Suddenly, the doorbell rang.

Dong Qian got up, ran to the entrance and opened the door.

When she saw Zhang Xian, she was stunned at first, then exclaimed joyfully, "Brother Zhang Xian, you’re finally back? Qingqing and the others were just talking about you!"

Zhang Xian asked, "What were they saying about me? Were they badmouthing me again?"

Dong Qian said, "No, they just mentioned that you’re seldom home."

"Well, I was out taking care of some business." Zhang Xian rubbed his nose and said, "Yan Yan, come in!"

Zhu Yan smiled and walked into the villa, looked at Dong Qian and said, "Hello!"

"Ah..." Dong Qian was surprised and said, "Qingqing, weren’t you inside? How did you get outside?"

Zhu Yan gave a bitter smile and said, "I’m Zhu Yan, not Zhu Qing. That’s my sister."

Dong Qian was surprised and said, "No... really? How can you be so similar? Even twins aren’t this alike! I thought Qingqing ran outside again."

Zhu Yan said, "There’s just this kind of resemblance, I can’t help it. Even at home, sometimes my parents can’t tell us apart!"

Dong Qian looked at Zhu Yan in astonishment, then stepped aside.

Zhang Xian, holding Zhu Yan’s hand, walked into the living room, chuckling, "Ladies, I’m back."

"Um..."

Mo Shaoyun, Xiao Nan, and Li Peichi were all stunned when they saw Zhu Yan.

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