Shadow Heir II: Dark Glory - Chapter 64

Hearing Bai Xuyang’s declaration, Li Hongcheng seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and smiled. “Good. The Bai family has no cowards.”

Bai Xuyang replied, “I’m still far inferior to my father.”

Li Hongcheng glanced at Qin Guilin, who was still acting lovesick, and said, “Interacting more with Wuji won’t hurt you. Try to avoid contact with those scoundrel friends.”

Bai Xuyang froze slightly, then nodded. Li Hongcheng’s affectionate way of addressing Su Wuji once again caught his attention.

Hearing this, Qin Guilin shifted his gaze from Park Yanxi and grinned. “Director Li, rest assured. Xuyang doesn’t have any scoundrel friends around him now; he usually hangs out with me the most.”

Li Hongcheng gave him a look reserved for idiots, then said, “As long as you’re happy.”

With that, he walked out of the conference room to personally call his old chief and explain the situation.

Qin Guilin patted his good brother’s shoulder. “Don’t be depressed. I’m worse off than you; even my bank cards have been suspended by my dad.”

Bai Xuyang ignored him. He wasn’t brainless; at this moment, he was pondering why Li Hongcheng, a branch director famous for his integrity, would value a young nightclub owner so highly. Unless, there was some special commonality between them!

Meanwhile, Qin Guilin had sidled up to Park Yanxi. He opened the “Add Friend” interface on his phone and placed it in front of her. “Hello, Officer Park. I’m single. Can I add you as a friend?”

Park Yanxi looked up and smiled faintly. “Sorry, I’m not single.”

After speaking, her gaze inadvertently landed on Su Wuji, then retracted.

“You have a boyfriend?” Qin Guilin laughed. “I want to see what he looks like.” He thought this was Park Yanxi’s excuse.

However, a voice rang out from behind him: “Her boyfriend looks just like me.”

The owner of this voice was actually Su Wuji, who had been sleeping soundly just moments ago!

Qin Guilin turned his face and smiled awkwardly. “Buddy, stop joking. We’re friends now. I saw Officer Park first.”

Su Wuji looked at him sideways. “Who’s friends with you?”

Qin Guilin chuckled. “We became friends after a fight. You saved my life; I will definitely repay you well.”

Su Wuji put his hands in his pockets and looked at him coldly. “So, your repayment is stealing my woman?”

Park Yanxi stood up and glared lightly at Su Wuji. “Don’t talk nonsense.” Only Su Wuji could see the meaning in that look—half affectionate and half blame. But definitely not anger!

Hearing Park Yanxi’s denial, Qin Guilin was even happier. “I say, Wuji, Officer Park doesn’t look easy to pursue. Leave this tough bone for me to chew.”

“You chew?” Su Wuji suppressed the urge to break Qin Guilin’s teeth and snorted coldly. “Then what do I chew?”

Qin Guilin leaned in, opened a special group in his phone contacts, and whispered, “Look at these. They’re all girls from Ninghai, Linzhou, and Jiangnan. Browse their Moments. As long as you like one, she’ll be air-dropped to your room within two hours. And I guarantee, there’s absolutely no difference between the photos and the real person.”

Su Wuji also gave him a look reserved for idiots, then pointed to the camera in the corner. “This is a police station, big brother.”

Then, he directly snatched Qin Guilin’s phone, walked out, shoved it into the hand of the policeman at the door, and said, “Officer, I’m reporting someone for pimping.”

Qin Guilin: “What the f…”

The gold content of Li Hongcheng’s earlier evaluation was still rising.

By the time Bai Xuyang recovered from his contemplation, the sky had darkened, and Su Wuji was nowhere to be seen.

He thought for a moment and sent a message to Su Wuji: Where are you? Let’s go eat and chat.

Su Wuji quickly replied with a text message: Not hungry.

Bai Xuyang: Then go for a drink?

Su Wuji: I don’t touch alcohol.

Bai Xuyang almost exploded with anger. You run a bar, get drunk all the time, grab the DJ mic shouting “Young Master Su is paying for the whole house,” and now you tell me you don’t touch alcohol?

Although Su Wuji saved him, why was this guy still so annoying!

Thinking about it, Bai Xuyang swallowed his pride and asked: Then go for a walk by the Lin River?

Su Wuji simply replied with a voice message, his tone full of impatience: “Holding a warm and soft beauty in my arms right now. Don’t disturb me.”

Bai Xuyang took a deep breath, adjusted his frayed nerves, and sent another message: A life-saving grace must be repaid. Name your terms. Whatever you want, I’ll give it to you.

He didn’t mean it as charity, but was truly shaken by Su Wuji’s act of jumping into the water to save people today. In their circle, there were plenty of exquisite egoists and backstabbers; the rarest kind was someone like Su Wuji.

However, Bai Xuyang’s message failed to send because a red exclamation mark suddenly appeared, along with a system notification—

Turkey-Flavored Crispy Rice has enabled friend verification. You are not yet friends with the user. Please send a friend request. Chatting is only possible after the user approves the request.

Su Wuji had actually blocked Bai Xuyang!

Bai Xuyang’s mentality nearly collapsed!

When had the dignified Young Master Bai ever been this humble?

He thought about it and swallowed his pride once again to send a friend request!

Qin Guilin had sidled over at some point. He looked at the chat content and said, “Hey, Xuyang, do you feel like you’re kind of his lickspittle?”

Bai Xuyang gave him a weak look and said, “I now think Brother Li’s evaluation of you was absolutely correct.”

Qin Guilin was confused. “When did he evaluate me?”

After the opening ceremony of Linmu Bank ended, the luncheon lasted until four in the afternoon.

By the time Mu Qianyu sent off all the guests, the sun was already slanting westward.

She returned to the head office chairman’s office, took off her high heels, and rubbed her sore ankles. Having been busy for most of the day, her mind was weary. She had suffered from insomnia the night before, and now drowsiness surged; she just wanted to nestle in the soft sofa and nap for a while.

Although a certain guy didn’t appear in person, Mu Qianyu had felt his intentions deeply and truly.

After thinking about it, she still sent a message to Su Wuji: You didn’t even come to the Linmu Bank opening ceremony today. I saved a guest seat for you.

Mu Qianyu had never taken the initiative to text another man like this before, especially with a coquettish tone particle at the end of the sentence.

Su Wuji’s reply came quickly: Hey, couldn’t attend to it. Too busy picking up girls.

Thinking of the heavy support from Maxwell and Bikang Pharmaceuticals, a sweetness seeped into Mu Qianyu’s smile. She replied: With your pick-up methods, how could other girls handle it? They’d be stunned instantly.

The subtext of this sentence was, You’re picking me up! I can handle it! I’m not stunned!

After sending this message, Mu Qianyu felt her pretty face heat up, and she didn’t seem so tired anymore.

Su Wuji: The girl next to me right now is so beautiful, her figure is deadly good. Do you want to come and see?

Mu Qianyu: It’s not appropriate for me to go to that kind of thing. I won’t be your third wheel. Forget it.

After sending this message, she looked at the particle “la” at the end, shook her head, and muttered to herself, “This really isn’t like me.”

Mu Qianyu put her phone aside, preparing to nap, but just then, another message came.

Seeing the number, she immediately sat up straight, all drowsiness gone.

The content was

That kid is really good.

“Hmm?” Mu Qianyu’s gaze focused slightly because she had never seen this senior praise anyone so proactively before! This was already the second time Su Wuji had received her praise!

Mu Qianyu replied: Senior, may I ask what happened?

The other side replied, but didn’t answer the question directly. The content was, Your chessboard might not be able to contain him.

Mu Qianyu’s gaze narrowed slightly. She contemplated the message for a long while, then smiled radiantly and whispered to herself, “Then isn’t this a good thing?”

Just then, a knock sounded on the door.

“Miss, it’s me.” It was Li Qingchen’s voice.

Mu Qianyu immediately got up and put on her shoes. She knew that unless there was a special situation, Li Qingchen would absolutely not disturb her at this time!

“Uncle Chen, what’s wrong?”

Li Qingchen handed over his phone. “Miss, look at this.”

It was actually a video of Su Wuji and Bai Xuyang by the river!

Li Qingchen said, “Although Su Wuji didn’t arrive at the ceremony scene, he was waiting for Bai Xuyang on his necessary route all along.”

NOTES

“Pimping.” Slang for procuring or facilitating sexual transactions.

“Chessboard.” A metaphor for one’s scope of influence, strategic plan, or the “stage” on which one operates. Saying it “cannot contain him” implies he is too big, powerful, or unpredictable for her current plans.