Chapter 39 (1/2)

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at 1st of July 2019 08:58:36 PM

Chapter 39

Chapter 39: Egg Cakes

shi+ Jin soon regretteda bet with Lian Jun

“That's impossible, how could I lose? I clearly counted the tiles!” shi+ Jin said, punching the air in frustration, grihed, dispirited“But now I can't ask Jun-shao to help ate my brothers' mothers”

the system replied innocently

“That would hteousness on hts ran deep

The system kept silent for a moment, then muttered,

“I didn't hear you clearly, can you repeat what you just said?” shi+ Jin's tone was

Xiao Si sed back its words and enthusiastically suggested, “You can ask Darling to play with you againYou lost once, but I'ive up, JinJin! I believe in you!>

shi+ Jin thought it made sense, and the fire in his heart rekindled“Yes, withis a corabbed the tablet and dashed through the RV

He returned to his seat tensysteood tiles, and I useless onesNow, I need to make him a birthday cake every year… Oh, by the hen is his birthday?”

Xiao Si rattled off,

Taken aback, shi+ Jin glanced at his phone's calendar and found that Lian Jun's birthday was nearly here—this year, Lunar New Year came later than usualNow, it was already the end of February; spring was not even a er shi+ Jin listened, the more suspicious he becameHe felt that Xiao Si's tone was a bit too cheerful and expectant, as if it'd long know things would turn out that wayFrowning, he recalled the two ga stakes Xiao Si proposedHe said through clenched teeth, “Xiao Si, it was you, right? You manipulated the app and ht, and staoosebureasy” At this point, he was certain it was Xiao Si's sche so you only care about him, huh? He's your son, and I'm your stepchild!”

The systeed his fist on the table

The other people in the RV saw shi+ Jin sulking in the corner, glowering at his tablet as if he wanted to eat it rawApparently, he bla

Gua Two couldn't look at it any longerHe said, with a hard to describe expression on his face, “He hurt his shoulder, not his head, right? How come he looks even more stupid?”

Gua Three and Gua Five also couldn't stand it anyues, they kept sending Lian Jun covert glances

Lian Jun was talking business with Gua One, but noticing that everyone's attention was on him, he looked sideways at shi+ JinHe tapped on the wheelchair ar the tablet out of the teenager's hand, he said, “Let's play againIf I win, you will pick up your lessonsIf I lose, I promise to fulfil your request”

shi+ Jin stopped the childish squabble with Xiao Si, and his eyes lit up, but then he frowned and asked, “Lessons? What lessons?”

Lian Jun already opened the h school lessons?” shi+ Jin was soraduated froo alreadyWhy did he have to pick up the high school lessons?

Xiao Si reminded him in his mind,

shi+ Jin: “…”

The system twisted the knife:

shi+ Jin: “……” fuck, what do the gangsters need the university diplo to talk nonsense with himHe put the tablet in front of him and stressed, “You only have one chance”

shi+ Jin's heard beat harder—it was a difficult choiceFinally, he gritted his teeth and nodded“Fine!” This ti Lian Jun win againHe didn't believe he could lose now that his syste—the tile dealing systeet him

Lifeless, shi+ Jin collapsed in his seatHe truly wanted to unistall the damn app

Gua Tho looked on the fun, couldn't stop hia for it

“As long as you continue your studies, I can do one thing for you” Lian Jun put the tablet back on the table and asked, “What do you want me to help you check?”

shi+ Jin sat up and looked at hi

Lian Jun put his chin on his hand and watched shi+ Jin's silly expressionHis face eased a bitHis tone gentle, he asked again, “shi+ Jin, what do you want h theThe beautifulhis head and s

shi+ Jin was stunned by Lian Jun's lazy, comfortable appearance, and it took hirabbed the otherexcitedly, “Please help me check the situation of my brothers' mothers and their families, the reat person!”

Lian Jun was shoved back by shi+ Jin's lungeHis eyebrows rose slightlyHe put his hand on the teenager's forehead and steadily pushed him away, then moved his wheelchair back to Gua One

shi+ Jin dropped in his seat and leaned back“Jun-shao is really a good man…” He said happily

Xiao Si affectionately touched his e to be asked, it transferred the high school textbooks to his memory

shi+ Jin: “…” Suddenly, I want to cry

Back in B City, Lian Jun spent two days working with the authorities to deal with the remnants of Black Rose and their main baseThen, he spent a lot of effort to suppressthe officials to join in and launch a can to corabbed Gua Two and asked, “Didn't Jun-shao say it wasn't the right tiive the ely“Don't you know?”

shi+ Jin shook his head and frowned at hi, hoould I know?”

“Then you don't need to know” Gua Two turned around to leave

shi+ Jin pulled hily

Gua Two looked up to heaven and sighed, then explained, “It's because Black Rose went too far this tiave Jun-shao the excuse to clean theht just outside the residential areaWhat do you think the authorities can charge the public safety?” shi+ Jin thought for a while, but could only come up with this

Gua Two shook his head with a profound expression on his face, then patted the teenager's shoulder“Young anizations the size of Black Rose are legal; neither of the two cri with thee of shi+ Jin thinking and made a run for it

shi+ Jin was bewilderedIf that wasn't the reason, then as?

Full of doubts, he kept watching the news for several daysThen, he saw an official news broadcast and finally knew—the governht in front of Unity Community as the terrorist attack by Black Rose

The difference between the threat level of rioting and a terrorist attack was like heaven and earthshi+ Jin silently lit a candle for Black Rose in his heart—now that the seriousness of the incident rose to this extent, they were never going to wriggle off the hook

In a blink of an eye, another few days passed, and shi+ Jin's wound healed coo to the infirThen, after dinner that day, he took a bunch of things he'd prepared and went to Lian Jun's study

Lian Jun looked up“What are these?”

“Soe” shi+ Jin put his burden on the desk and sat before itHe looked at Lian Jun, looked at the docu was obvious

Lian Jun aze back to the docu said it's all rightNow I canthe wound,” shi+ Jin replied, raising his arm to prove his words

Lian Jun didn't raise his head“Then go back to your room and pack, we're about to leave for the islandDon't take winter clothes, it's warht jacket”

Surprised, shi+ Jin asked, “We're leaving at this tih Gua Two often said that after New Year, they would go to the island and catch crabs, since everyone returned to B City, they were busy with the Black Rose'stiovernned the docus on the table, he added, “The et to the island”

shi+ Jin was sorry to hear thatIn truth, he'd long wanted to check the state of Lian Jun's legs—he heard the muscles of people who don't ould slowly atrophy, and was a bit worried

It was his negligence; he was only paying attention to Lian Jun's eating habits and forgot he also needed to take care of his legsIf he hadn't seen Lian Jun stand up in the ceht about it

“It will be a long time before we arrive at the islandDon't you want to try it first? Look, I brought everything…” Unwilling to give up, shi+ Jin pointed to the e tools on the desk

Lian Jun read the docu without a word

shi+ Jin sneakily moved his chair to his side

Lian Jun suddenly put down the file and looked at hi?”

“Uh…” shi+ Jin froze

“You should do what you promised” Lian Jun moved his wheelchair to the bookcase and took a set of textbooks froo to school in M countryTheir teaching progra, it may be a bit difficult for you to adaptColanced at the textbook in the man's hand, and his heart sankAardly, he tried to refuse: “That's, um, you don't have toAren't you busy? I can see you are, I'll stop bothering you…”

Lian Jun touched the remote control on his desk and locked the door of his study

shi+ Jin heard the click of the lock and paused in the lanced at Lian Jun, who'd already nation, he sat next to him

Lian Jun poured him a cup of ater, handed him a pen and notebook, and opened the textbook

The eFor shi+ Jin, this was a fate worse for death; during the whole time, his face was stiff and he wished to find a hole to hide hih school and he forgot alht now, “I don't knoas his answer to nearly every question

Two long and torturous hours later, Lian Jun put down the textbook and watched shi+ Jin in silence

shi+ Jin lowered his head and abstractedly started doodling in his notebook, not daring to look up

“I'll get you a few teachers after we arrive on the island,” Lian Jun saidHis tone was unexpectedly mild, like that of a parent who didn't dare to criticize his child, who is a poor student, too ood at languages and have a solid foundation, and you can make up for the subjects you're weaker in”

shi+ Jin didn't feel comfortedHe looked at him lifelessly and asked, “Jun-shao, do you want to send e?”

Lian Jun didn't answer but asked instead, “Do you want to go to college?”

“I don't want to” shi+ Jin's reply was quick and decisiveHe'd already graduated once, a second tiht now, his focus was on keeping his life—studying at college was not a part of his plans at all

“Why not?”

shi+ Jin answered honestly, “First, because I don't like studying, second, because it's not the right tiht future—I don't want to run off by myselfJun-shao, if you dislike e later, after the dust settlesI'm not in a hurry”

“It's not because I dislike your lack of education” Lian Jun's voice was still gentle and calret it latershi+ Jin, a lot of knowledge and skills are needed to survive in this world, and this basic knowledge is the foundation of all of theht now, you think it's fine if you don't learn it, but you may not think so in the futureI won't force you to conform to the path of ordinary people, but you have to understand one thing—only strong are respectedThere are de, and moneyThe easiest for you to build up are the first then you have thee, it will be much easier to obtain the last one”

shi+ Jin hadn't expected that Lian Jun would spit out such a big bowl of 'chicken soup for the soul,' and so earnestlyHe stared at the other hts unconsciously followed the picture painted by his words

Yes, what Lian Jun said made a lot of senseIf he became as powerful as Lian Jun, would the unknown murderer dare to find trouble with hi and hard if it's worth itJust look at the fate of Black Rose after they pissed Lian Jun off—wasn't the ih, and his progress bar instantly decreased a lotIf he hi as Lian Jun, ould dare to provoke him? Then, wouldn't the bar fall by itself?

shi+ Weichong? Li Jiuzheng? If he had the power Lian Jun had, would he need to care about them? Would it be possible for them to hurt him? Was Lian Jun ever afraid of his brothers? Not even once

shi+ Jin was e swelled in his chestHe thought his brainworked up because of the external influence of the lethal factors, forgetting that he hiress barElated, he couldn't help but grab Lian Jun's hand and say earnestly, “Jun-shao, I understand, you're cohtI'll work hard and try my best to become such a powerful !

shi+ Jin was evicted out of the studyNot only that, Lian Jun even gave hi hiry? Didn't I listen to him and decide to study hard?” shi+ Jin was cohIt said quietly,And a lot of EQ

shi+ Jin's eyebrows knittedA ry: “Xiao Si, haven't you called me stupid many ti it!”

Xiao Si shut up and played dead, pretending it was shutting down and restarting

On the evening of Lantern Festival, the final day of the Lunar New Year celebrations, the people in Nightlight finally had tiether to enjoy the fifteen-days-late reunion dinner

shi+ Jin personally yuanHe even baked a few ugly egg cakes to celebrate the arrival of the new year

Gua Twoskillsshi+ Jin angrily stuffed a fried spring roll into his yuan in front of Lian JunHe also sneaked hi cakes

“Hide them, this batch was a successGua Two is an ass—he says h the kitchen send over a bunch of delicious dishesHe has no sense of sha a face“Next tionna put a laxative in hisand found they were still warlanced at shi+ Jin“How co?”

shi+ Jin said vaguely, “You are busy, I' my free time!”

The corners of Lian Jun'scake, put it in his mouth, and tasted carefullyHe sed it and nodded“Not bad”

shi+ Jin sht he became the first-rate “parent”—in order to let his picky “child” to eat a few

Xiao Si, who acco his mental process:

The reunion dinner finally ca in a few ht, but had no choice but to give up on this idea—they were flying out the next dayAfter biding good night to everyone and sending Lian Jun to his room, he went back to his own roo through his wardrobe looking for pajashi+ Jin took it out to checkHe found it was a call fro, and his cheerful mood faded a bitHe hestitated, but finally picked it up

{Xiao Jin} Xiang Aoting voice was tired{I heard you're leaving B City soonI'htCan you co to tell you}

shi+ Jin took a look at the tiinal novel, and let out a sighHe shouldwas the only brother whose attitude towards the original 'shi+ Jin' was consistentBefore shi+ Xingrui died, he was so busy that he didn't have ifts—he only ular phone callsThe contents of these calls were pretty much the same: he asked about 'shi+ Jin's' health and studies and adood, all in a stiff voice as if he was dealing with an assign was still busy and would stillAt that tiinal 'shi+ Jin' was already faintly aware soht it was yet another for happened, and the feelings of 'shi+ Jin' towards this brother beca, but theabout hiinal 'shi+ Jin's' feelings about Xiang Aoting were still complex—'he' didn't feel the same resentment and hatred towards him as 'he' did towards his other brothers

shi+ Jin, froinal 'shi+ Jin' wasn't wrongOut of the five brothers, perhaps only Xiang Aoting's concern for 'hiht

Xiang Aoting was a truly upright ht've hated the spoiled character of 'shi+ Jin,' and the reasons for his care ht not have been pure, but he still treated 'hier brotherAnd, at some moments, his concern should've been true