Chapter 40: Younger Brother

People with high status really knew how to hurt each other’s feelings.

When Liu Shun was rejected by Cen Baihe in front of several people, his expression changed drastically. However, he didn’t dare to offend him even though he’d humiliated him, so he held it in.

Seeing the man she came with getting humiliated, Lu Xuan regretted coming to this place. She preferred not to have witnessed such a humiliating scene. In the future, everytime Liu Shun saw her, he would remember today’s incident. In that case…

Thinking of this, she turned around and was about to walk to the toilet. It might be better to pretend she didn’t know anything. Liu Shun was busy trying to please another person and didn’t pay attention to her standing there anyway.

When she turned around, she saw Ruan Youyi, who was standing beside Yuan Dashao, glancing at her. The look in her eyes made her feel like a joke.

The amount of hidden contempt penetrated her soul. Lu Xuan felt very embarrassed and wished she could dig a hole to bury herself.

“Fifth Master Cen…” Ruan Youyi looked at Cen Baihe’s back and called out. However, he didn’t even look back, as if he hadn’t heard her voice at all.

Ruan Youyi stood there at a loss. She bit her lower lip and didn’t continue chasing after him.

When Qi Yan passed by the female artist, he saw a bracelet on the ground. He bent down, picked it up and handed it to her, “Miss, you dropped something.”

“Thank you.” Lu Xuan took the bracelet shakily and looked at the young man standing in front of her. The negative emotions in her heart began to strangely dissipate. She thought about how she’d laughed at him just now, Lu Xuan lowered her head and whispered an apology.

After apologizing, she suddenly felt a lot more relaxed and calmer.

Seeing Qi Yan standing so close to a woman, Cen Baihe felt a little jealous, “Qian Qian?”

Qi Yan turned his head and smiled at him. Then, the two left together.

Lu Xuan looked at Qi Yan’s back, then at the bracelet in her palm, and suddenly laughed in a low voice. She was covered in branded clothes from head to toe, but this bracelet was given by her mother, who said it was an amulet to keep her safe.

Since she broke up with Sun Xiang, her family background had been exposed by the paparazzi. People had been going to the supermarket owned by her parents to laugh at them, making it impossible for them to work. Despite this, she still resented her parents for not being rich enough.

She and Sun Xiang were not incompatible at all, it was just that his mother looked down on her. She was looking everywhere for a master and almost sold her soul. As a result, everything she did was exposed. Everyone was laughing at her for being so desperate to marry into a wealthy family. Even her former manager, Gao Fatzi, abandoned her and was looking for new artists to work with.

They didn’t know that she really liked Sun Xiang…

But now that she thought about it, she knew that she was stupid.

Thinking of this, she looked up at Liu Shun who was trying to please Yuan Dashao, and left. She was going to leave this place that was not meant for her.

“You know that woman just now?” Cen Baihe asked casually after he and Qi Yan got into the car.

“No,” Qi Yan glanced at Cen Baihe and took out another bottle of tablets for digestion. He touched his nose embarrassedly, “I just think she’s pitiful standing there.”

The woman just now had high ambitions, but her life was unfortunate, and she was also treated badly. Qi Yan thought that if he were to mock her, she would probably collapse.

“How do you know she’s pitiful?” Cen Baihe twisted the bottle cap and gave a few tablets to Qi Yan, “Take these.”

“Anyway, it was nothing,” Qi Yan said lazily while chewing on a digestion tablet. He held the back of his head with both hands, “Everyone is responsible for their own life, and no one can help them.”

Cen Baihe smiled helplessly, “Qian Qian, you are so gentle.”

Hearing this, Qi Yan squinted and smiled, “That’s because you haven’t seen me when I’m not gentle.”

“Really?” Cen Baihe looked at Qi Yan curiously. It was hard to imagine that he could be fierce.

“What do you think?” Qi Yan looked at him with a smile, and his beautiful eyes were clear like a lake, which were mesmerizing. Cen Baihe glanced away and shook his head, “I don’t know.”

“Ah,” Qi Yan saw that Cen Baihe didn’t want to play the game, and immediately retracted into the seat, “Fine.”

“Stop messing around.” Seeing his childish behavior, Cen Baihe suddenly remembered that he was about seven or eight years older than Qian Qian. When he was in college, Qian Qian might still be in the fifth or sixth grade of primary school. If the two met at that time, Qian Qian might even call him “uncle”.

Thinking of this, Cen Baihe was upset and he looked at Qi Yan like an older brother looking at his younger brother.

“Qian Qian, how old were you when you went to primary school?”

“Six or seven years old. I can’t remember it clearly. Why do you ask this suddenly?”

“Nothing.”

Cen Baihe remembered that he entered primary school before he was six due to his high intelligence, and later he also skipped a grade. So when Qian Qian was in the first year of junior high, he should have almost graduated from university.

Seeing Cen Baihe’s conflicted expression like he had encountered a major problem, Qi Yan asked, “What’s with that look on your face?”

“Nothing.” Cen Baihe reached out and touched the tuft of hair on Qi Yan’s head. His soft and gentle hand made him feel very comfortable.

Qi Yan immediately held his head, preventing Cen Baihe from touching the top of his hair. He didn’t tell Cen Baihe that spiritual masters didn’t usually let others touch their heads. But this wasn’t the first time Cen Baihe did that, so he just pretended that nothing happened.

Cen Baihe was about to touch it again when the phone rang at this moment, so he answered the call, “Hello.”

“Third brother has been discharged from the hospital?”

Not knowing what the other person said, Qi Yan saw Cen Baihe glanced at him.

“No, wait a few days. He’s nice and doesn’t care about that.”

Cen Baihe hung up the phone and said to Qi Yan, “My eldest brother called me just now and said that my third brother has recovered and was discharged from the hospital. He wants to come over to thank you. I asked him to rest first.”

Qi Yan waved his hand, “My friend’s brother is my brother. No need to be so polite.”

“You are my friend, so I can’t let you help me without giving something in return,” Cen Baihe thought for a while, “Is there anything you like, I will ask him to send them to you.”

Qi Yan thought for a while, then raised his eyebrows to look at Cen Baihe, “You really want to?”

Cen Baihe nodded with a smile.

“Then give me money,” Qi Yan touched his nose, “I don’t have any hobbies, but I’m interested in money.”

The bodyguard who was sitting in the passenger seat thought, “This is the first time I heard someone talk about money so honestly…”

“Okay.” Cen Baihe smiled and nodded in response. The more he looked at Qian Qian, the more he felt that he was so cute when he said he liked money, so much so that he wanted to take him in his arms and give him a squeeze.

Realizing that he had such a strange thought, Cen Baihe frowned. Could it be that he was several years older than Qian Qian, so he had a sense of responsibility as an elder brother?

Qi Yan took the special roast duck from Qianweijiu home, and a text message on his mobile phone reminded him that there was a large amount of money transferred to his account, and the sender was Li Fu.

Humming a little song and turning on the computer, Qi Yan transferred 100,000 yuan to a charity organization as usual. He opened the game, and was hoping to game with his online friends. However, they were not online.

Wandering around in the game, he became bored and prepared to go offline. Unexpectedly, a friend’s online wife sent him a personal message asking if he was from Capital City.

Qi Yan paused and replied, “No.”

[Private Message] Carrotlovesfish: “The day before yesterday, Dashu told me that he hadn’t been feeling well recently and often had nightmares at night. For the past two days, his phone has been turned off, and I can’t contact him. I’m on a business trip out of town and I can’t make it back now. Can you help me take a look if you live in Capital City?”

Only then did Qi Yan know that the two were also dating in real life. After thinking about it, he responded.

[Private chat] QianQian: “I suggest you call the police.”

After he replied, the person waited a long time before replying, “I was wrong about you.”

Qi Yan was  speechless. What’s the point of asking an online person, whom you’d never met before, for help? He stared at the world in the game. Carrotlovesfish had already started mocking him by making a post about a person who refused to help his friends.

He sneered and turned off the computer.

This sort of guilt-tripping was meaningless.

The next morning, Qi Yan was awakened by a sudden knock on the door. He got up from the bed and glanced at the time. It was around seven in the morning, but the person knocking on the door was relentless.

Whoever was woken up like that would not be in a good mood. Qi Yan opened the door with a sullen face, looked at the few people standing outside the door, and said indifferently, “What do you want?”

Seeing that Qi Yan’s face looked dark, the tall and thin man in front frowned and said, “We would like to see your master, do you know if he is free?”

Qi Yan glanced at the man strangely, “Who are you?”

The tall and thin man raised his chin and looked proud, “I’m the uncle of the boss of Shunhui Real Estate Company. I’m here today to discuss something with your master. Kid,…” He pointed to the half-open door, “Please let us in to talk about it.”

Qi Yan was amused, “My master has already passed. If you want to look for him, you might as well go to heaven.” After speaking, he slammed the door at these people.

Having the door slammed at him, the tall and thin man suddenly became angry. Since his sister married Liu Shun, most of the people around him wanted to please him. He was never humiliated like that. He immediately kicked the closed door, “How dare you!”

“Sir, I heard that Master Qi is very powerful, you…”

“What about me?!” The tall and thin man glared at his subordinates displeasedly. “No matter how powerful he is, he is just a fortune teller. If he is really that skilled, why does he still live in such a crappy place?!”

The subordinate wanted to persuade him again, but stopped after seeing his face. Anyway, it was his own business if something happened to him, and they who were just working for him couldn’t care less.

“That’s not right,” Another of his subordinates suddenly said, “The young man we saw just now said that his master had passed, so who is the Master Qi we are looking for?”

“Whoever he is,” The tall and thin man said disdainfully, “He’s just a charlatan anyway. Without him, there are still others. There is nothing money can’t buy in this world.”

After he finished speaking, he turned around and left, without even looking at the door he just kicked.

Liu Shun had been in a bad mood recently, especially when he heard that his brother-in-law didn’t manage to invite Master Qi, but instead injured his leg.

His current wife was good in everything, but her family was a little difficult to deal with. However, his current wife was beautiful and knew how to socialize, and he wouldn’t be ashamed to take her out with him. So, he could accept these shortcomings.

It’s just that Master Qi was really difficult to invite. In order to show his respect for the master, he had asked his brother-in-law to go there instead of other ordinary staff. He didn’t think that this would not work.

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but feel worried. He touched his bald head and sighed heavily. The other masters couldn’t help him while the legendary Master Qi was unwilling to help. What could he do?

After thinking about it, he decided to personally go and ask Master Qi again.

Now that the incidents that happened in Luluo Community had spread in Capital City, many people knew that the houses under Shunhui Real Estate were not good, resulting in a significant decrease in the number of people buying houses from them. If it went on like this, he would probably have to declare bankruptcy.

Qi Yan felt that today was not a good day to sleep in. Soon after he fell asleep, someone knocked on the door again, but this time the person who knocked on the door was more polite and did not keep knocking continuously.

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He suppressed the anger in his heart and opened the door and saw a familiar-looking middle-aged man outside.

Liu Shun didn’t expect that the person who opened the door for him was an acquaintance, and he was also a friend of Fifth Master Cen. In the blink of an eye, a flattering smile appeared on his face, “Hello.”

Qi Yan glanced at Liu Shun, but did not let him in, “What’s the matter?”

“I’m sorry to bother you. Does Master Qi live here?” Liu Shun bowed slightly, looking very humble.

“Why are you looking for him?” Qi Yan saw that this person not only had a bad face, but also had bad energy around his body. He knew that this person had done a lot of wicked things, and he wouldn’t live long.

“I…” Liu Shun didn’t know the relationship between him, Master Qi and Fifth Master Cen, so he spoke very cautiously, “I have a favor to ask him for. Please let him know.”

Qi Yan’s brows furrowed slightly, “Please leave, Master Qi won’t see you.”

“Why?” Liu Shun was anxious. “This is a matter of life and death. Why is Master Qi unwilling to help?”

“Because you are surrounded by evil energy. Helping you is a detriment to morality,” Qi Yan’s tone was harsh, “You should find someone else.”

When Liu Shun heard this, his heart jumped, and he still wanted to argue, “Even if I have committed countless evil things and should be punished, other people are innocent. Master Qi has a benevolent heart, he wouldn’t want to see someone jump off a building, right?”

Hearing that, Qi Yan immediately guessed the identity of this person, Liu Shun, the developer of Luluo Community.

This person was full of lust, jealousy, greed. Bluntly put, he was a scumbag. The most important point was that this person had blood on his hands.

Qi Yan did not want to even take a second look at a person like this. He was only worried about his own company, not the lives of others.

“Heh,” Qi Yan suddenly laughed, “Mr. Liu has a good heart. I wonder how much you are willing to pay to solve the trouble for the residents of the community?”

As soon as Liu Shun heard this, he knew there was a drama, and hurriedly stretched out a finger, “One million, as long as Master Qi solves this matter, I am willing to pay one million.”

Qi Yan kept smiling and did not speak.

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“1.2 million.”

He was still smiling.

“1.5 million”

Smiles.

“2 million!”

“Okay.” Qi Yan finally looked him in the eye, “Please wait outside first.”

Liu Shun watched Qi Yan shut the door, and thought with disdain. The so-called great master was still moved by money in the end.

After a while, Liu Shun saw Qi Yan coming out with a small box in his hand. He looked behind Qi Yan and said, “Where’s Master Qi?”

Qi Yan closed the door and glanced at Liu Shun, “Am I not?”

Liu Shun almost shouted, “Are you kidding me? You’re just a kid?” However, he remained earnest and polite.

“So you are Master Qi. Please forgive my rudeness.”

Since he was a close friend of Fifth Master Cen, he’d hold it in!