Xiao Chengzhe was aware of Father Xiao’s temperament and knew that he couldn’t stand a man who couldn’t control his lower half. So in one fell swoop, Chengzhe got rid of Xiao Chengnuo from the Xiao family.



“Aren’t you going to ask me? You’re just going to convict me on the word of an outsider just like that?” Qing Yun looked up without flinching at Father Xiao’s gaze. Because of such an attitude of Father Xiao, Xiao Chengnuo was pushed into the abyss by Xiao Chengzhe.

“The facts are in front of me. I’ll see them for myself, so why are you trying to argue?” Father Xiao’s fingers were trembling with anger.

“Why should I admit to something I didn’t do?” Qing Yun also grinned in anger. This father was like this; it was no wonder Xiao Chengnuo would rather trust his honey-tongued brother.

Xiao Chengzhe was free and ran over to console him, “Xiao Nuo, you should say less.”

Upon hearing that, Qing Yun looked at him deeply. When Xiao Chengnuo had been slandered in the past, Xiao Chengzhe had often consoled him like this as well. The obedient Xiao Chengnuo would not talk back and consented to what was thrown at him.

But Qing Yun couldn’t stand it.

“Listen, I haven’t touched that woman one bit, and if she wants to testify against me for rape, I’ll accompany her at any time.” With that said, Qing Yun turned to look at Xiao Chengzhe, “Just to find out who drugged me.”

Xiao Chengzhe and Secretary Miao in the bathroom were stunned. The Second Young Master Xiao, who had never been very clear in his mind, why was he so alert now?

After saying that, Qing Yun walked out. As he walked, he turned and said casually, “By the way, just to give you a heads up, I like men, not women.” So the next time you set me up, go easy.

He seemed to be saying this to Secretary Miao, but Xiao Chengzhe’s heart was on edge.

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Father Xiao completely ignored the point of the words; his head was now full of ignited explosives. He pointed at Xiao Chengnuo and shuddered for a moment: “You, you…get out of here!”

Then Qing Yun moved, he seemed to go away, but in fact, he cut off a trace of his consciousness and carefully attached it to the main character, Xiao Chengzhe.

This world didn’t have any special powers, so there were more restrictions on Qing Yun, and he couldn’t help but be cautious.



Qing Yun went to the bathroom in the hotel lobby and carefully washed his hands. Even after passing through the last world, Qing Yun’s habit of being clean was not any better. He had never been able to accept physical contact with others, except for Nie Chenyuan.

Splashing cold water on his face, Qing Yun shook his head to expel Nie Chenyuan’s image from his mind. The effects of the drug hadn’t worn off yet, and the throbbing feeling in his body had reminded him of that man easily.

However, it had passed.

Nie Chenyuan’s soul would always reincarnate in the previous world, while he would go on to other worlds, one world at a time, until he was strong enough to destroy the Heavenly Dao.

Wiping his hands clean, Qing Yun turned to head outside but accidentally bumped into someone.

Zou Chen looked gloomily at the youth who had almost completely crashed into his arms. Before he could reprimand him, he was interrupted by a turmoil in his heart.

Qing Yun also looked a bit startled. He only felt that he was surrounded by an unusually familiar aura, even bringing him a sense of time and space disorientation.

There was only one person who could make Qing Yun feel familiar.

Was it him? Qing Yun reached out and grabbed the collar of the person in front of him and sniffed close, followed by a small sneeze.

He unconsciously raised his chin, revealing the arrogant, haughty expression he had when dealing with his lover: “I don’t like this perfume, change it.”

Zou Chen’s complexion changed a few times; his temper has always been bad.

This youth crashed into his bosom, pulled at his collar, and sneezed, but he couldn’t raise any unpleasant feelings. Instead, pleasure surged through his heart like a volcanic eruption. Listening to Qing Yun’s overbearing words was just lovely.

Sighing inwardly, whether or not he was possessed, a crack appeared in Zou Chen’s comparably dark face, from which a bubbling tenderness emerged.

“Hmm? What’s the matter?” He lifted the chin of the youth in his arms and asked softly. The youth’s cheeks were flushed with a strange flush, and his breathing was abnormally hot.

Zou Chen was knowledgeable and immediately understood what kind of situation the young man was in. His brows furrowed, and his already harsh face took on a slightly frightening look.

“Someone drugged you? Who is it?” It was said as if he was going to shred that person into pieces.



The fingers he used in squeezing Qing Yun’s chin applied a slight amount of force, but then he was afraid of causing the youth pain and immediately relaxed his strength.

Qing Yun, however, sobered up due to the momentary stabbing pain in his jaw, his eyes slowly focusing. Zou Chen’s long-standing and harsh brows were reflected in his eyes, and Qing Yun immediately frowned, breaking free of the man’s hold.

“I’m sorry, I’ve mistaken you for someone else.” The tone turned cold for a moment.

Seeing this, the traces between Zou Chen’s eyebrows furrowed even deeper as he reached out to hug the youth’s waist, but it was easily avoided by Qing Yun.

No one ever dared to reject him like this.

But Zou Chen couldn’t get angry, or rather, he couldn’t afford to be angry. The bottomless tolerance for this young man was simply like it was engraved on his soul, and it was unleashed without reservation upon seeing him.

“Are you alright?”

“I’m okay, sorry.” Qing Yun nodded at him and walked out. This man was not easy to provoke at a glance. He hadn’t even dealt with the Xiao family’s mess, and it would be terrible to be provoking other forces.

But Qing Yun didn’t worry too much; it was just the initial difficulties. He was never afraid.

Zou Chen wanted to say something while he was at it but was interrupted by the vibrating phone. When he saw the message on the phone, his face returned to its initial cold hardness, or even worse.

He locked onto Qing Yun’s back and took two steps to catch up, slipping a business card to Qing Yun: “My contact information.”

In the end, he added, “Take care of yourself.” Only then did he turn around and reluctantly leave.

Zou Chen was in a good mood today.

This was the consensus of everyone at the banquet, but no one dared to approach. As the president of the Zou Consortium, he was deeply rooted in the people’s hearts with his wealth, but his temper was terrible. Not to mention the bloody storm during the Zou’s power transition back then. Even now, it was not uncommon for a person to be inadvertently crippled by Zou Chen.

The Zou Consortium is a giant that is dominating throughout China. Zou Chen was able to win the family struggle and secure the position of the Zou family’s Head. Naturally, he had the capital for his bad temper.

However, this Zou family Head who made everyone at the banquet cautious, where they even lowered their voices to talk and laugh, was now unsettled.



Had he gone too fast? He didn’t even ask the young man’s name.

Now, it’s been over an hour since he left, and the youth still hasn’t called him!

He shouldn’t have let him go and should have just let him stay in his arms. Zou Chen’s eyes became dark and sunken, and then slowly surfaced some helplessness. How could he be willing to force that little guy?

He sighed under his breath and drank the wine out of his glass.

Waving the secretary over, Zou Chen said in a deep voice, “Check all those people who checked into the hotel today.”

After saying that, he was a little unsure and added with a frown, “…and check all of the ones from last week.”

After the banquet, Zou Chen walked out of the hotel. Suddenly, he froze for a moment and turned to look at the trash can by the door. A folded bronze business card was stuck on the edge of the trash can, glowing under the light. It was clear that the former owner didn’t even care about throwing it.

Zou Chen Chen pursed his lips.

What a disobedient little thing.

Qing Yun didn’t go back to the Xiao family for the New Year. He just made Father Xiao angry and came out of the closet. Now, if he goes home, he will probably lose his two legs.

Fortunately, Father Xiao was so angry that he forgot to freeze Xiao Chengnuo’s assets, so Qing Yun has been enjoying himself for the past few days.

He took advantage of his free time to learn more about the Xiao family’s property in detail, not that Qing Yun was planning to fight Xiao Chengzhe. Qing Yun has always been arrogant as can be and doesn’t bother to fight with the protagonist.

What’s more, Nie Chenyuan’s industry in the previous life was so prosperous that Qing Yun, the “President’s wife”, simply looked down on the Xiao family.

Closing the file in his hands, Qing Yun rubbed his brows, but the smile on his lips was malicious. Qing Yun was more curious about what Xiao Chengzhe’s face will be like when he finds out that he still has nothing after all the effort he put into stealing Xiao company from him.

At this time, students have long been on vacation. The faculty and staff are almost gone, leaving only a few students left behind.



Zhao Bowen is one of them. At this moment, he was cowering under the corridor of a small shop, munching on pancakes and fruit.

The sound of stepping on snow rang out, eventually spreading to Zhao Bowen’s side.

Looking up at Qing Yun, who was only wearing an overcoat in front of him and was simply out of place in the northern winter, Zhao Bowen took a bite of the hot sausage and shivered on his behalf.

Qing Yun stopped in front of him without going any further.

Zhao Bowen lowered his head to nibble on the pancakes for a moment before realizing something was wrong. He raised his eyebrows and asked, “You…are looking for me?”

He looked at the other suspiciously, apparently unable to guess the reason why the well-dressed gentleman in front of him came looking for him. Zhao Bowen was a doctoral student at Yan Cheng University and had been robbed of a project he had applied for this year. He’d been slumped in his dorm for a long time with a broken heart.

Today was the first time he ran out of school to look for food.

Qing Yun learned to crouch on the steps but avoided the greasy pancake fruit in Zhao Bowen’s hands, so there was a distance between them.

“Want to join my biopharmaceutical company?”

Zhao Bowen looked at Qing Yun with a slight surprise. He pondered for a moment and asked not about the salary but, “What’s the direction?”

“Fight cancer.”

Upon hearing this, Zhao Bowen instantly sneered, and the pancake crumbs in his mouth sprayed out half a meter away.

In recent years, pharmaceutical companies have been leaning toward fighting cancer. Still, even the world’s top research institutes haven’t come up with anything. A pharmaceutical company taking one as its main focus is purely brain dead.

Zhao Bowen’s talent was so broad that he could see more thoroughly in this area, but he didn’t say anything and just shook his head.

Doing scientific research was the path that Zhao Bowen initially chose, but this year’s project was robbed, so he was discouraged in the end. Now that a man suddenly appeared in the middle of the night to invite him, he thought it was some kind of chance, but now it seems that it was purely a rich dude who was playing around.

Qing Yun looked at him, didn’t explain, and just handed him a pile of documents.

Zhao Bowen casually glanced without even meaning to. Yet, it made him pause, even forgetting to chew the pancakes and fruit in his mouth.