It was already late at night, 11 PM, in early winter.
As the season and temperature changed, most people would have already been asleep by this hour.
Li Qianfan didn't expect Ruohua to reply immediately.
Indeed, after several minutes, Ruohua's ID remained silent, showing no response.
Li Qianfan leaned on the railing, casually flipping through his chat history with Ruohua, a warmth rising in his heart.
He truly considered Ruohua his closest friend.
Their topics ranged from—
The heavens above, the earth below, to leg photos in between, they could talk about anything.
Ruohua had even given him many suggestions and helped him design the currently popular Dream series of Hanfu.
"After this Blackwater Forest matter is over, I'll definitely meet up with Ruohua for a good drink."
Li Qianfan muttered to himself, about to close his phone and retire for the night when Ruohua messaged: "I was just soaking my feet, didn't have my phone."
"Heh."
Li Qianfan perked up: "Are you at a foot massage parlor?"
Ruohua replied: "If not at a foot massage parlor, where else would I be soaking my feet at home?"
Li Qianfan asked: "Any girls there?"
Ruohua replied: "No girls. If there were, I'd be bored out of my mind going to a foot massage parlor."
Li Qianfan: "A picture is worth a thousand words."
*Ding.*
A beautiful picture flew over.
Holy cow.
The skin on those legs was almost as flawless as insect wings.
Or perhaps, it was enhanced with a beauty filter.
Li Qianfan immediately understood and exclaimed: "Buddy, your taste is dangerously adventurous."
Ruohua asked: "How is it dangerous?"
Li Qianfan said: "With my sharp eyes, I can tell at a glance. The skin is good, the shape is rounded and straight. But it's likely the kind of fleshiness only a woman over thirty-five would have. Coupled with the photo you sent last time, she's around the same age, right? But the ones you sent before were all young girls. This proves your taste is evolving."
Ruohua replied: "You've got keen eyes. That's right, bro is into mature women now. Youngsters don't know the charm of aunties, mistaking girls for treasures. To me, that's like a mellow, aged wine."
Li Qianfan replied: "What you said makes a lot of sense."
Ruohua suddenly asked: "Do you like mature women?"
"I do."
Li Qianfan answered truthfully.
Wasn't Chu Yazhi the quintessential mature woman?
Ruohua was a buddy, someone he could talk about anything with online, so Li Qianfan saw no need to lie.
Little did he know—
A certain woman's heart skipped a beat upon receiving his message.
The playful expression on her face vanished.
Her eyes turned sinister.
Glancing at her injured right foot, the woman asked again: "Tell me, why do you like mature women?"
"You just said it, they're intoxicating aged wine. The key is, they know how to cherish a man."
Li Qianfan's mind conjuring Chu Yazhi, he told Ruohua his genuine thoughts.
He listed a multitude of reasons why he liked them.
The more the woman read, the more her heart sank.
The reasons Li Qianfan listed were all about her!
"Bastard, you really want to claim me."
The woman gently caressed her injured heel, chuckling coldly. Her right fingers, however, flew across the keyboard, busily discussing with "Tender Grass."
"Heh heh, this just shows we're birds of a feather."
Li Qianfan, looking cheerful, nodded repeatedly.
At this moment, Li Qianfan was happy.
With no psychological burden, he was completely immersed in the joyful chat with Ruohua.
The conversation grew even deeper—
After a full forty minutes of discussing from every angle, Li Qianfan finally remembered he had something important to discuss with Ruohua.
"Buddy, I need to tell you something."
Li Qianfan restrained his drifting thoughts and typed: "Actually, I shouldn't be telling you this. But besides you, I don't know who else I can talk to and feel any better."
Next.
He told Ruohua the story of why Dai Paipai had to leave her, in a storytelling manner.
Of course, he couldn't reveal that Dai Paipai was infected with 209 and only the dark web could save her.
He only said she had contracted a terrible infectious disease, and if she stayed by his side, something bad would surely happen.
The key was.
Li Qianfan wanted to confess how he had accidentally injured his undercover "mother" and felt immensely guilty, hoping Ruohua could guide him.
"I actually know that the undercover mother acted like the villain for my own good."
Li Qianfan typed: "But still, alas. How should I put it?"
Ruohua asked: "Hate her?"
"Hate her? Hmm, you could say that."
Li Qianfan replied: "Before this, I really enjoyed being with the undercover mother. When I was with her, I felt completely relaxed. I felt like she was my confidante. Even though I knew the ease I felt with her was deliberately created. In fact, beneath her beautiful exterior, she hid a terrifying soul."
Ruohua replied: "Beautiful as a flower, heart of a serpent?"
Li Qianfan replied: "The key is, you'd feel happy even if she poisoned you."
Ruohua replied: "Since she's so terrifying, then don't associate with her anymore. Keep your distance, wouldn't that solve it?"
Li Qianfan hesitated for a moment, then replied: "But I somehow feel she's genuinely good to me. I'm even sure she sees me as family."
After seeing this message—
Su Nan Yin visibly froze.
She hadn't expected this brat to say such things.
"If you truly feel that I consider you family, why would you."
Su Nan Yin sneered to herself, "Be discussing me online with another man in such vulgar terms?"
(Chu Yazhi, who was preparing to rest, sneezed inexplicably.)
"You dare to covet me, I will never let you off lightly!"
Su Ziyu once again swore hatefully before starting to type: "Buddy, I can understand how you feel. You also want me to suggest how you should interact with the undercover mother in the future."
Tender Grass replied instantly: "Yes, yes, give me a rational suggestion."
*Zip, zip, zip,* Su Nan Yin typed rapidly.
After Tender Grass finished reading—
He first sent a shocked emoji before replying: "Damn! Are you crazy? If I do as you say, won't she break my legs? Are you sure you're not losing your mind?"
"Listen to me, you won't lose out."
Su Nan Yin typed.
"I'll think about it. Oh, it's late. Goodnight."
Tender Grass replied.
"Goodnight."
Su Nan Yin replied with a goodnight and put down her phone.
She got up and, limping, walked to the refrigerator and took out another ice pack.
That night.
She felt like her bone might have been broken.
It wasn't broken.
But it was a hairline fracture!
Although not too severe, Su Nan Yin would need seven or eight days to recover.
"I treat you like family, and you want to hook up with me. Heh, you're really something."
Su Nan Yin suppressed the urge to send all these chat records to Li Wujiang, and sneered to herself, "When you return from Blackwater Forest, I'll let you know. The consequences of having lewd thoughts about me are dire!" httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
The ironclad fact proved it.
No matter how intelligent a woman is, once her thoughts go astray, she will gradually abandon reason and make wrong decisions.
Daybreak arrived.
Another day with fresh air.
In the provincial capital of Tiandong.
Several delivery drivers, waiting for orders on the street, chatted casually: "Speaking of a certain super rich kid, does he have nightmares when he sleeps at night?"
His companions immediately knew who he was referring to.
None other than that cowardly Li Mou Nan.
"Tsk, what's there to say about that?"
A delivery driver chuckled: "As long as you're inhuman enough, you won't have nightmares even if you do terrible things."
Another person said: "I really hate that I'm just a delivery driver. If I were Spider-Man from a sci-fi movie, before I go to Blackwater Forest to save those 66 heroes, I'd find that guy named Li first and slit his throat!"
"Yeah!"
A companion immediately added: "And break both his legs! Only then would it be worthy of the debauched life he's currently enjoying."
Someone else said: "Even better, snatch away his woman! Ha, haha."
As the delivery drivers laughed together, they suddenly heard an angry yet occasionally elegant female voice from nearby: "Are you talking about Qingyun's Li Qianfan? What do you know to be talking nonsense like this! Even if you're not Spider-Man, you have the guts to go abroad? Hiding behind people and egging them on to die, how can you be so shameless!"
Yo—
Who is this?
Everyone turned to look and saw a beautiful, alluring young woman in a plain trench coat, frowning at them.
"Yo, lady, you know that Li Qianfan?"
Seeing such a beautiful woman, the delivery drivers' eyes lit up. One of them even shouted: "Don't tell me, you're the woman he took to Lingnan for fun, the one who was afraid of death?"
"You—"
The young woman in plain clothes blushed and said indignantly: "Don't talk nonsense. In short, I won't allow you to speak of Li Qianfan like that."
"Wow."
The delivery driver exclaimed, "I'm just saying it, what are you going to do about it? Bite me? Or use your legs to strangle me?"
Scoundrel—
The young woman in plain clothes trembled. In her anger and shame, she raised her hand to slap him.
But how could a delicate woman like her fare well when she initiated physical contact with several men?
Soon.
Her hair was grabbed, and she was violently thrown aside.
Ah!
With a startled cry from the young woman in plain clothes, her forehead hit the street lamp pole heavily. She immediately rolled her eyes and collapsed on the ground.
Even so—
A delivery driver kicked her leg: "Bitch, you still dare to hit someone?"
Seeing a fight here, many passersby quickly gathered.
Seeing a few young men beating and kicking a delicate woman, many passersby shouted angrily: "Stop! Several men beating one woman, it's utterly disgraceful!"
Damn.
What's it to you?
The delivery drivers cursed, but seeing the growing crowd and people rolling up their sleeves to intervene, they realized the situation was unfavorable. They pushed through the crowd and quickly fled the scene on their bikes.
"Hurry, call an ambulance."
As a bystander was taking out his phone, a young girl squeezed through the crowd.
Seeing the woman lying on the ground, the girl exclaimed in shock: "Mom! How could it be you?"
The bystander who was about to call for an ambulance subconsciously looked at the girl and was stunned: "President Bai?"
This girl was none other than Bai Ziyan, the president of Ziyan Technology in the provincial capital of Tiandong.