Chapter 17: The poisonous snake in First cla.s.s (1/2)

Chen An knew that he couldn’t possibly keep living with Chen Yang like this indefinitely.

His actions from here forth would be none that Chen Yang, an ordinary civilian, could understand. He had seen the books and result slips in Chen Yang’s room. With his capabilities, finding a good job in Shanghai would definitely not be an issue; and then just like an ordinary person, Chen Yang can live out the rest of his life peacefully.

When he return from Vietnam, Chen An will cut Chen Yang completely out of his life.

Leaving a short note to Chen Yang, Chen An left with a small luggage to the airport.

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The world is so big. Countless of planes take flight and descend in Shanghai everyday but as fates would have it, he unexpectedly encountered an ‘old friend’.

After he found his seat in First cla.s.s, Chen An changed on his slippers and started to indulge in the book he retrieved from his bag. He never liked having people sitting beside him so he took care to book two plane tickets. Hence, while he claimed the window seat, the seat near the aisle was empty.

'I know that book. It’s 'Tao Te Ching’ by Laozi*. How interesting, I have a very special friend who enjoys this book as well.’

With such fluent mandarin, one would immediately a.s.sume that the speaker is a native Chinese if they didn’t see his face. But to Chen An, this voice is far too familiar. He didn’t even need to raise his head to know that the owner of this voice is a blonde from Russia.

Ivanov. G.o.dd.a.m.n Ivanov. Why of all people must he meet this troublesome fellow?

If he wasn’t Chen An but Chen Zhang An, he would have revealed a kindly smile. He would then taken a White rabbit creamy candy** from his pocket and say, 'Little Ivan has grown so big. Does he still want uncle’s candy?’

Compared to Ivanov, Chen An far prefer to work with Ivanov’s father.

At the very least, Ivanov’s father is a typical Soviet man with princ.i.p.als and even some stubbornness. As for Ivanov, he is a poisonous snake buried hidden under the snow, posed to bite at any moment.

Chen An pretended not to hear him. He didn’t even bother to raise his head to acknowledge the poisonous snake that had coincidentally boarded the same flight as him but simply continued to read his book.

’Woah, this is certainly interesting. You are even behaving just like him, ever so cold to me.’