Chapter 34 - 034, Guard against him as against a thief.

"Aren, where is Jiuliang?" Ye Xin saw Aren coming back alone and casually asked.

Aren looked towards the Ye Family patriarch and stammered, "Miss Jiuliang has gone out."

As the words fell, Ye Miao let out a cold laugh.

"Heh."

The old man’s face remained calm, "Did she say where she was going?"

Aren, "No."

Hearing this, the patriarch just frowned but did not say much else.

Seeing the old man’s reaction, the others had varying expressions on their faces.

The patriarch himself had said nothing, so it was not their place to lecture Ye Jiuliang. A girl like her was not worth their attention.

...

After walking the dog and returning, Jiang Yisheng entered the living room and was slightly surprised to see the person sitting on the sofa.

"Cousin, how come you’re free to be at home today?"

On a typical day, he was as busy as a man flying in the sky, seldom to be seen at home. These few days were quite unusual.

Could it be...

Li Mochan was looking down, tapping on his phone, busy with something.

As Jiang Yisheng approached, he saw the phone screen go dark.

"..."

A line of frustration appeared on his forehead.

Please, why treat him like he’s warding off a thief?

"Asheng."

Just as he was lost in a slightly distressed state of mind, the man’s cool voice rang out, causing him an inexplicable shiver.

"Cousin, if you’ve got something to say, just say it."

Don’t call him like that, it makes him nervous.

He sat down on the sofa and grabbed a cushion to hold in his arms.

This gave him a greater sense of security.

Li Mochan lifted his gaze to him, "Do you have WeChat?"

"Huh?" Jiang Yisheng did not catch on at first.

"WeChat." He repeated patiently.

This time, Jiang Yisheng caught on, "Yeah, I do."

Before the sound of his voice had faded, a phone was thrown towards him.

He instinctively caught it and then looked bewilderedly at Li Mochan, "Cousin, why are you giving me your phone?"

Li Mochan, "WeChat."

Jiang Yisheng looked at the phone and then at him, understanding, "Cousin, are you asking me to set up a WeChat account for you?"

Li Mochan nodded and Jiang Yisheng wanted to burst into laughter.

But for the sake of his own life, he had better hold it back.

Trying hard to suppress his laughter, he began to download WeChat on the phone while saying, "Cousin, I’ve noticed you’ve been a bit more down-to-earth recently."

He remembered a long time ago Feng Yi kept telling him to get WeChat for a bit of fun, yet he had stubbornly refused. Now, it seemed he had taken an interest in these things.

"There, you fill in your WeChat name."

Li Mochan took back the phone and stood up to go upstairs.

"Don’t blabber."

The four words thrown at him hit hard once again.

Jiang Yisheng watched his back, torn between laughter and tears.

At that moment, a phone call came in, and he took out his mobile to answer.

"Asheng, how have you been these past few days?"

A woman’s gentle voice came through from the other end, filled with concern.

Jiang Yisheng leaned back comfortably and replied, "Don’t worry, Mom, a little cold is nothing serious anymore. How’s your trip going with Dad?"

"Not bad." In the sunny courtyard, the woman’s glossy blonde hair was tied into a simple bun, and her light green cheongsam made her look elegantly noble.

Veya set down the small scissors for trimming bouquets and smiled softly, "By the way, how has Mohan been lately? Your grandmother keeps talking about you two, and just yesterday she said she’d fly over to drag you both back for a blind date."

Hearing the words "blind date," Jiang Yisheng felt it was a nightmare. In his urgency, he blurted out, "Mom, let’s not talk about blind dates, really, I’m in no rush, and besides, cousin, he already has..."

The words "someone he likes" nearly slipped out before he swallowed them back.

That was close, so close.

If I’d spilled the beans, my cousin would have killed me.

"What’s the matter with Ahan?" Veya pressed.

Jiang Yisheng cleared his throat softly, "Uh, it’s nothing."

"No, Asheng, you’re definitely hiding something from me. Tell me the truth, did something happen to Ahan?"

"No, my cousin is fine. He’s been very busy lately; I hardly see him." Jiang Yisheng evaded.

Veya felt something was off. Before she could speak, her son’s voice came through the phone again.

"Mom, I’m heading out now, we’ll talk another day."

After speaking, Jiang Yisheng hastily hung up the call.

He put down the phone and looked up towards the upstairs, exhaling deeply.

Scared the life out of me.

Wei Bei entered the living room and noticed Jiang Yisheng talking to himself. He approached and called out, "Young Master Sheng."

"Wei Bei, are you looking for my cousin? He’s upstairs," said Jiang Yisheng.

Wei Bei nodded, gave him a curious look, and then headed upstairs.

The study door was ajar, so Wei Bei raised his hand and knocked twice.

Li Mochan put away his phone, his deep eyes sweeping over to him.

"Master, I’ve checked. Those who attempted the assassination halfway last time were not related to the Ye Family," Wei Bei reported seriously.

"Miss Ye is living abroad all year round. Should we start the investigation from overseas?"

Ye Jiuliang had lived in Country Y for years, changing schools more often than he could count on one hand; it would indeed be a bit difficult to investigate.

"Investigate," a low, resolute voice demanded.

"Yes."

This confirmed even more to Wei Bei that his master was indeed concerned about Ye Jiuliang.

...

VI Club

The sound of rapid typing suddenly stopped.

His gaze moved from the screen to the person diagonally opposite. The girl was looking down at the files, and her curly lashes cast a faint shadow.

"Ajiu, are you going back to lead the team for the new round of training?"

Organization K headquarters held life-and-death trials twice every year, involving climbing mountains, diving seas, or trudging through deserts and forests—it was nothing out of the ordinary for them.

But since it was a competition, casualties were hard to avoid. For people like them who always walked on the edge of life and death, strengthening their own abilities was the best amulet for survival.

"We’ll see, but I haven’t led the team for quite some time. I do miss those guys a bit," Ye Jiuliang said, her lips curving slightly.

[Members of Organization K cheering: Following Master Jiu, we’d walk a thousand layers of hell if we had to.]

"Pfft."

Ji Mingqian laughed as if delighting in others’ misfortunes, "If those guys heard that you’re leading the trials this time, they’ll probably cry for three days and nights, and might even go as far as to arrange their own funerals."

Never underestimate Master Jiu’s lethality; she can make you feel that life just isn’t worth it in a matter of minutes.

"It seems their resilience still isn’t strong enough. This time I’ll have to increase the difficulty of the trials," Ye Jiuliang said lightly.

"I think so too," Ji Mingqian said, standing without any discomfort.

Ye Jiuliang asked, "Who’s joining me to lead the team this time?"

"It will be either Achen or Anuo. I’m joining the film crew the day after tomorrow, so I probably won’t have much time," Ji Mingqian pondered and then said.

Ye Jiuliang raised an eyebrow and, having signed the last document, stretched lazily, "Done, the rest is up to you."

"Come on, all this work and you’re just dumping it on me?" Ji Mingqian looked at the stack of documents at his side, the corner of his mouth twitching.

Ye Jiuliang stood up and walked outside, "Two bottles of wine."

"That’s more like it." Hearing about the wine, Ji Mingqian’s face immediately brightened, "Where are you going?"

"Downstairs for a bit of billiards and to find something to eat."

With that, the door closed behind her.

On the third floor, many billiard rooms were already occupied.

Ye Jiuliang chose an empty room, entered it, and started playing. Each shot was smooth,

just as she was aiming for the last ball, someone knocked on the glass door.

"Thump, thump--"

She looked up to see it was someone familiar.