"Yeah, yeah. Should use a gun and shoot that vicious dog that bites, right here."
As Li Qianfan nodded vigorously at Su Nanyin's question, he rolled up the sleeve of his right shirt.
Maomaocong Yi subconsciously looked at his right arm.
There was a mouth-shaped wound on it too.
And it was still a fresh one!
The next second—
Maomaocong Yi, purely on instinct, all looked at a certain empress's mouth.
Su Nanyin, who had intended to take the opportunity to call Li Qianfan a vicious dog, immediately blushed.
Enraged by shame, she kicked at his chin.
*Crack.*
Li Qianfan unceremoniously slapped her hand away.
The empress let out a muffled groan from the pain.
Women, you just can't spoil them!
Li Qianfan stood up. "Chongchong, help me bandage my wound."
He didn't need to bandage it, of course. With his healing speed, there wouldn't even be a scar left by tomorrow morning.
But he really didn't want to treat this woman's wound in front of Maomaocong Yi.
"I'll do it, I'll do it."
Before Chongchong could react, Yǎoyao preemptively offered to bandage Li Qianfan's wound. "Let's go to my room. I have a first-aid kit in my room too."
As she pulled Li Qianfan towards the bedroom, she also pocketed the money Li Qianfan had just won.
Without these benefits, why would Sister Yǎoyao be so enthusiastic about bandaging Li Qianfan's wound?
However, Yǎoyao's bandaging technique was quite professional.
Li Qianfan sat on the carpeted floor in front of the bed, while Yǎoyao knelt directly in front of him, using alcohol to clean his wound.
Looking at the girl's long eyelashes, Li Qianfan said, "Ask whatever you want to ask."
Yǎoyao was a little surprised. "How did you know I had something to ask you?"
"Guessing."
"Oh."
"Ask."
"Oh."
Yǎoyao said "oh" again before asking, "Where did you and my mom go today? And why did she bite you, and you bite her?"
Li Qianfan countered, "Don't you mind our rather ambiguous relationship?"
"Ambiguous? Pfft. Besides, what good would it do if I minded?"
Yǎoyao said indifferently, "You've already done what you needed to do anyway. And Mao Mao Chong and the others all support you guys. Tonight, Mom publicly changed into hot pants and let you bandage her wound. It was just to make your relationship clear, to see how we all reacted."
Li Qianfan was speechless.
What did she mean by "what they needed to do"?
What was wrong with women nowadays?
They all seemed to have abnormal, yet extremely open minds.
"Qianfan."
Yǎoyao bandaged his arm and said softly, "Mao Mao Chong and I have already discussed it. As long as our family is safe and happy, that's more important than anything. I don't want you to die of old age, and I don't want Mom to die of illness. You two are the closest people to me. Without you two, this world would hold no attraction for me."
Li Qianfan looked at her, saying nothing.
"When are you going to Modu?"
Yǎoyao changed the subject. "I'll go with you then. I'll be your bodyguard, and you'll pay me. It's killing two birds with one stone."
Why are you suddenly obsessed with money?
Just as Li Qianfan was about to ask, his phone buzzed.
The caller ID showed Du Tianci, the young master of Tiandong Province.
Seeing Du Tianci's call, Li Qianfan inexplicably thought of Chu Yazhi.
Chu Yazhi had spared no effort to support him.
And she had visited the Su family yesterday, only to be driven away without a word by Li Nanfang, who had stolen the spotlight.
Li Qianfan remembered his promise to that woman.
He also remembered the "hanging ghost in colorful clothes" tattooed on her back.
Tiandong.
In a hotel room in the provincial capital, Du Tianci stood by the window, wrapped in a towel, and said respectfully, "Boss, I've spoken with Young Master Tang. He'll depart from Siji, and I'll be on a flight at 5:30 tomorrow morning. We'll meet up after arriving in Kobe."
"Understood."
Li Qianfan said, "When you get there, don't rush to take over the business. First, familiarize yourselves with the local terrain, industrial structure, population, and so on."
Mmm-hmm.
Alright, alright.
Understood, understood—
More than ten minutes later, Du Tianci finally ended his call with Li Qianfan.
His trip to Kobe was to assist Tang Wenyuan.
The Tang family would send over a dozen elites from various industries to accompany Tang Wenyuan to Kobe.
Similarly.
The Du family of Tiandong would also dispatch more than ten elites from various industries to accompany Du Tianci there.
With Du Yingjun crippled, Du Tianci had already become Du Yuanhang's sole legitimate heir.
Especially after he had hitched himself to Li Qianfan's ship, and yesterday witnessed so many important figures, with Li Nanfang personally supporting Li Qianfan, the shrewd Du Yuanhang immediately realized that Young Master Tianci was the hope of the Du family!
Of course, the best resources should be directed towards him.
"Tomorrow, my new life officially begins."
Du Tianci, filled with happiness, murmured when he heard soft footsteps behind him.
He turned around.
A woman, also wrapped in a towel, was tiptoeing out of the bathroom to go to the bedroom.
Upon seeing this woman, Du Tianci's eyes lit up.
This woman was naturally Jiao Meibi, the "foundation of the Qianfan Cap Association."
On the second day of the Lunar New Year.
After Du Tianci brought Jiao Meibi out of the Liushui Pavilion, he had arranged for her to stay at this hotel.
It was absolutely a case of "hiding a beauty in a golden house."
However, due to Du Yingjun being hospitalized after being crippled, Du Tianci had to take over resources, and he hadn't had time to visit her in the past few days.
Du Tianci was secretly taking Jiao Meibi to Kobe tomorrow morning, so he had come to the hotel in the evening.
Now!
Jiao Meibi immediately sensed "danger" and hastily quickened her pace into the bedroom, closing the door.
It wasn't fully closed.
Du Tianci rushed over in time and used his foot to prop open the door.
"Tianci, can we do it later tonight after we get to Kobe?"
Jiao Meibi, adept at dealing with men, pleaded softly with a blush on her face.
"I've already showered, and you're telling me this now?"
Du Tianci exerted force with his shoulder and pushed the door open.
He bent down and scooped Jiao Meibi into his arms.
Soon—
Young Master Tianci was lost in the tender embrace that Jiao Meibi lovingly offered him.
He finally understood why so many people were eager to go to Liushui Pavilion.
"In youth, one doesn't appreciate mature women; they mistake young girls for treasures."
Du Tianci, in the heat of passion, couldn't help but howl.
However.
Not all men agreed with Du Tianci's view.
At least.
Li Nanfang, known as the number one scumbag in the world, felt that young girls were far better than mature women.
Otherwise—
Why would he be sitting at the bar, raising a glass and chatting happily with a young beauty in her twenties at a socialite club?
Li Nanfang was still unshaven, his hair like a bird's nest, and he was shuffling in a pair of cotton slippers, looking like a vagrant.
When he first entered the club, the security guards wouldn't let him in.
The Socialite Club was currently one of the top clubs in the country.
The patrons were either foreigners or wealthy young masters. Even white-collar workers, who loved clubbing the most, rarely patronized this place.
It wasn't that they didn't want to come, but they couldn't afford it!
A bottle of "Sweetly Sweet" mineral water, which cost two yuan outside, was fifty yuan at the Socialite Club. Let alone the various alcoholic beverages.
Who could afford it?
Facing the security guard blocking his way, Li Nanfang didn't bother to speak.
He took out a stack of bills from his pocket and threw it forcefully at a security guard's face. "Damn it, who do you think you're looking down on? My hairstyle is the latest trend this year! It costs tens of thousands to get one. My clothes, forget about the clothes. Let's just talk about these cotton slippers. They're from a top luxury store in Gaul, worth 100,000 US dollars, and they're limited edition."
Holy crap—
Hearing Li Nanfang say this, the security guard was dumbfounded.
And so, Li Nanfang swaggered into the club.
When he was short on cash, asking Li Nanfang for a 200 yuan red envelope was like taking his life.
But when he had money—
Old Li, I'm the coolest guy on this street, spending money like water.
Besides.
If he wasn't so flamboyant, how could Old Li attract the attention of the ladies?
See,
Not long after Li Nanfang sat down at the bar, a tall and slender beauty proactively came over to strike up a conversation.
Generally speaking.
Young beauties who liked to party at clubs at night dressed very lightly.
Let alone thermal leggings, they couldn't even be bothered to wear stockings.
Their fair legs were just out there for display.
But this little beauty, who called herself Yin Luo, was dressed very conservatively.
Not only was she wearing leggings, but she was also wearing a professional suit skirt, common among urban white-collar workers.
One look and you could tell she was still an innocent girl who hadn't been "polluted"—
Li Nanfang liked this kind of girl the most. They hit it off immediately, and within minutes, they found common ground.
However.
Li Nanfang was not the kind of impatient man who, after just meeting a young beauty, would immediately look for a place to "discuss life."
After all, this was Siji, not Japan!
Unknowingly, midnight arrived.
Yin Luo, with a flushed face, seemed unable to hold her liquor and kept leaning towards Li Nanfang.
But each time, he deftly dodged.
When she leaned towards him again along the bar, Li Nanfang jumped off his high stool.
Yin Luo was stunned.
She asked softly, "Uncle, am I that insignificant in your eyes?"
"Haha, of course not. Little Luo Luo, Uncle can swear on my son's honor! You are absolutely the most beautiful girl I've ever seen in my life."
Li Nanfang swore, then said, "It's really getting late. Uncle needs to go home now, otherwise the tigress at home might come looking for me with a cleaver. So, see you again if fate allows."
Before Little Luo Luo could say anything, Li Nanfang turned and quickly walked towards the club's exit.
Yin Luo called out from behind, "Uncle, are you coming again tomorrow night?"
Uncle turned back and smiled, but said nothing.
"This old guy, he won't suspect me, will he?"
Yin Luo frowned and muttered to herself.
Outside the club.
Li Nanfang walked to a car in the parking lot and took out the key.
This was a low-profile but million-dollar limited edition luxury car.
The owner of the luxury car was surnamed Ding.
Every time Li Nanfang came to Siji, he either stayed at Li Family Village or went to the Ding family.
"I really didn't expect my luck to be so good."
Li Nanfang started the car and casually rambled, "I wanted to have a good time on my first night at the club and met a little fox. Could this little fox be the one who abducted Qianfan? The little foxes in Misty Village probably all know me by now. Why is she so interested in me? Damn it, could she really be trying to pick me up?"
A certain little beauty never dreamed that her identity had been seen through by Li Nanfang the moment she appeared before him tonight!
When Li Nanfang was young, he had been to Misty Village.
And he had learned from the old village chief of Misty Village, Zhuang Yu (Zhuang Chun's grandmother), how to identify "foxes."
The secret method for identifying foxes was something even Shen Yue didn't know (because Zhuang Yu had already died after Shen Yue went to Misty Village).
However, this was a closely guarded secret of Misty Village, and Li Nanfang certainly wouldn't tell anyone.
The more Li Nanfang thought about it, the more it seemed to be the case.
If.
Li Nanfang couldn't even see the look in a woman's eyes when she wanted to seduce him, then what face would he have to be a scumbag of the highest caliber?
"She wants to use me to blackmail Qianfan into doing something."
As the wheels rolled on, Li Nanfang finally found the most reasonable explanation.
"A little fox who hasn't even grown her fur dares to play the beauty trap with this old man. Fine, wait and see, I'll find you a good husband. I just don't know if Qingyun Xiao Su will resent me for this later. In this world, who helps their grandson pick up girls? But I like doing these ungraceful things that others disdain! Ha, haha."
Li the Scumbag let out a few hearty laughs.
In his laughter, there was a distinct hint of wickedness!