Chapter 135

Chapter 135

Chapter 135 First Published on Jinjiang Literature City

When Xie Chen went out, he wore a long trench coat, with a high-neck sweater underneath, and even had a mask on his face.

But even so, that girl still recognized him.

“It’s really him.”

The girl had a look like she’d just hit the jackpot. She turned her head and whispered into her companion’s ear, “Chun Chun, that’s Bai Li and Xie Chen.”

Chun Chun: “Damn.”

The two girls had been swept up by waves before. Even though they weren’t huge celebrity fans, they weren’t unfamiliar with Xie Chen.

“Can we take a picture of them?” Chun Chun eagerly picked up her phone.

Her friend didn’t stop her, and with phone in hand, Chun Chun quietly looked for a good angle to take pictures of the two.

Not long after—

Chun Chun looked at the photos in her phone with satisfaction. “They really match.”

“Excuse me.”

Just as she was looking down at the photos, a shadow suddenly fell across her.

It was Xie Chen, walking over hand-in-hand with Bai Li. He asked politely, “Were you just taking photos of us?”

Caught in the act, Chun Chun blushed and stammered, “Y-Yes.”

“May I see the photos?”

“Of course!”

Chun Chun handed the phone over. After looking at them, Xie Chen took out his own phone. “These photos are very well taken. Could you send them to me?”

Chun Chun nodded again.

Soon, the photos were sent over, and Xie Chen didn’t ask her to delete them.

“Thank you.”

Xie Chen put his phone away, then led Bai Li to find an empty spot to sit.

“Mister, she made you look really good.”

On a small sofa in the corner, Bai Li curled up in his arms and pulled out the photos again to take another look.That Chun Chun was a top student in the photography department. Even using just a phone, she had an excellent sense of composition, making the photos of Bai Li and Xie Chen look incredibly artistic.

Bai Li happened to not have changed his profile picture in a long time, so he directly used one of the new photos and switched to a couple’s avatar.

As soon as he changed his, Xie Chen naturally followed suit.

Once the profile pictures were set, Xie Chen accompanied him to read.

The library was quiet.

Chun Chun, having calmed down from her excitement, placed her laptop on the table and opened it.

She happened to need to submit something—a set of photos for a competition.

Taking a deep breath, Chun Chun sent the email.

However, having not checked the attachments, Chun Chun was completely unaware that the photos she just submitted for the competition included a few shots of Bai Li and Xie Chen.

The man who received the photos stared at the youth in them for a long time, then looked up the sender’s address.

City A.

He muttered, “Looks like I’ll have to make a trip over.”

After spending several days in the library, Xie Chen, worried Bai Li would catch cold, decided to take him to another villa to stay.

That villa had more books.

The lingering chill of early spring seemed to go on endlessly. Xie Chen had to return to the office, while Bai Li became obsessed with reading and often dragged his relatively free older brother to read with him.

Tan Yi was very busy. He’d accidentally put on a bit of weight over the New Year, but the roles he had to shoot required showing abs.

To look good on camera, Tan Yi was forced to go on a diet. The dieting made him irritable, and recently his social media was full of posts about “bullying Third Sister-in-law.”

Bai Li liked every one of those posts. After liking them, he would sigh to Xie Chen, “Third Sister-in-law is so gentle. No matter how Third Brother bullies him, he never gets mad.”

Xie Chen raised an eyebrow. “Gentle? That’s only when he’s facing your Third Brother during the day.”

At night, it’s a different story—he’d make Tan Yi pay interest.

Bai Li didn’t catch the implication. He blinked, just about to ask, but Xie Chen changed the subject.

In the blink of an eye, a few more days passed.

Bai Li’s cat café reopened, and the little wolf also went there.

He claimed he was going to take care of the cats, but in reality, he was just looking for a new place to laze around.

“Li Li, where exactly did your Second Sister go?”

As a tracking wolf, he could follow scents, but his tracking was limited to City A.

He hadn’t picked up Bai Rong’s scent.

Bai Li walked past him and patted his head. “Be good, my Second Sister will come back once she finishes her business.”The previous child trafficking case was connected to something much deeper behind the scenes.

Bai Rong received an order to investigate, so her whereabouts naturally wouldn’t be limited to City A.

After Bai Rong left, Bai Li couldn’t even find Jin Jin anymore.

Bai Li guessed that he might be like the little wolf, trying to find Second Sister.

It’s just that, while the little wolf couldn’t find anything, Jin Jin might have some clues.

“Meow aow.”

Just as Bai Li was petting the wolf's head, the bell at the door rang—another customer had come in.

“Boss, what’s that American Shorthair doing?”

“Playing with toys.”

Bai Li turned around to greet the customer, unable to continue comforting the heartbroken little wolf.

This time, the visitor was a regular.

When he first came, he had traces of black mist on him, but Bai Li had turned into a little kitten and smacked it all clean with his little paws.

He was super powerful now!

Bai Li welcomed the customer, watching him skillfully go play with the cats, his pretty eyes curving into a smile.

The cat café stayed open until noon. Xie Chen had to work overtime and would eat at the company, so Bai Li and the little wolf had to settle lunch on their own.

The little wolf now wandered around outside with ease.

He used to be hunted. Grandpa said it was by their mortal enemies—those who had fought the wolf clan for years in a life-or-death rivalry.

Last time he was kidnapped, they even kidnapped the big boss of Bai Li’s family along with him.

Halfway through, that boss suddenly went psycho—no, suddenly became someone else—and wiped out those evil yaoguai without even leaving ash behind.

Since then, the little wolf had been safe. No one thought of him and his grandpa as lonely wolves to be exterminated anymore.

“Lang He.”

After refilling the cats’ food and fresh water, Bai Li looked at a new message that popped up on his phone and happily said to him, “I’ll send you some money, go buy your own lunch, okay?”

The little wolf froze for a moment. “What are you going to eat?”

“Someone’s treating me to a meal.”

As Bai Li spoke, he happily stuffed some money into the little wolf’s hands and walked off by himself.

The little wolf scratched his head and muttered, “But I have money…”

Though there were only the two of them left in the family now, back in the mountains they had a cave—filled with gold, silver, and treasures that had been hoarded for who knows how many generations.Bai Li had just parted ways with the little wolf and hadn’t walked far before Jin Jin picked him up in the car.

“Jin Jin, do you have a driver’s license?”

Seeing him driving, Bai Li casually asked.

Jin Jin vaguely replied, “Yeah, don’t worry, just sit tight. By the way, how about we have barbecue for lunch? I know a newly opened BBQ place.”

“Sure.”

Bai Li nodded and agreed to barbecue.

He and Jin Jin were about the same age as Brother Black Paw Cat. Black-ge had gone on his honeymoon with Yan Cen, and since Bai Li couldn’t find him, he was really looking forward to hanging out with Jin Jin.

Now that Jin Jin finally had time, Bai Li was quite happy.

The two of them went to the barbecue place. After sitting down, Bai Li asked about Second Sister.

“Did you find my second sister?”

“Yeah, I found her.”

Jin Jin smiled, though the smile didn’t reach his eyes. “Your second sister is resting for now.”

Upon hearing this, Bai Li frowned. “Where is she resting? Why hasn’t she come back?”

Jin Jin didn’t answer, instead he asked, “Li Li, do you love your second sister a lot?”

Without hesitation, Bai Li nodded. “Yes.”

He loved all his older brothers and sisters.

“Then if your second sister were in danger, and you could save her, would you be willing to?”

“I would.”

Bai Li’s answer was firm.

Even though Jin Jin had said “if,” Bai Li’s response came from the heart.

Jin Jin finally smiled sincerely after hearing that answer.

When the barbecue was served, Jin Jin personally grilled the meat for him.

As they chatted and ate, Jin Jin placed meat into Bai Li’s plate. “Li Li, is your wedding with Xie Chen coming up soon?”

Bai Li looked a little embarrassed by the question.

“I don’t know either.”

He touched his ring. “Sir proposed to me, but he hasn’t said when the wedding will be.”

They hadn’t gone back to the mountain yet. Bai Li thought, surely Sir would follow him back to Demon Mountain to meet the cat elders before they got married.

“Your wedding will definitely be grand.”Jin Jin smiled and said, “Li Li, do you want me to be your best man then?”

“Yes!”

“Alright, I’ll give you a gift when the time comes.”

They talked about the wedding, and Jin Jin gave him quite a few suggestions.

Bai Li was stunned: “Jin Jin, how do you know so much about weddings?”

“Because from the first time I met your sister, I started thinking about how to plan my wedding with her.”

Bai Li: “...”

Looking at the hopeful tone in Jin Jin’s voice, Bai Li felt a bit reluctant to crush his dreams.

Luckily, Jin Jin didn’t continue, and they ate and drank with Jin Jin personally overseeing everything.

After the meal, Bai Li’s eyelids grew heavy.

“Jin Jin, I’m sleepy.”

As he spoke, his body leaned toward Jin Jin.

Jin Jin held him and led him to the car.

The car’s air conditioning was on, warm and cozy. Jin Jin placed Bai Li in the back seat; his eyelids were already too heavy to open.

“Li Li.”

In a daze, Bai Li seemed to hear Jin Jin speaking to him.

“I need you to do me a favor.”

Jin Jin looked down at him and promised, “Don’t worry, I won’t let anything really happen to you.”

Bai Li didn’t understand what he meant.

“Jin Jin...”

Rubbing his eyes and forcing himself awake, he asked, “Are we going to take a nap?”

“Yes.”

“Then, after the nap, can we watch a movie together?”

Bai Li’s voice grew softer and softer until finally, he couldn’t make a sound.

Jin Jin lowered his gaze, looking at the boy in the back seat for a long moment before turning his eyes away.

In his whole life, ever since birth, in that position, he was destined not to encounter anything sincere.

Friends—he had none.The only person who had truly treated him as a friend from the moment they met until now was the boy in front of him.

“Li Li.”

Jin Jin closed his eyes and murmured, “Sorry.”

Bai Rong was investigating that case and traced it back to his ruthless father, who then detained Bai Rong.

Now, Bai Rong had to be temporarily exchanged for Bai Li.

Behind Bai Li was Xie Chen.

In the current domestic business market, Xie Chen was the largest capital investor.

His father had long had designs on Xie Chen.

The car sped away.

Because it was broad daylight, Bai Li had chatted with Xie Chen on WeChat before dinner, so no one noticed when he was taken away lying in the car.

No one knew how much time had passed.

So long that Bai Li drifted into several fragmented dreams.

In the dreams, bizarre and strange, the face of his master always appeared.

His master had long black hair and wore black clothes, with a handsome, indifferent face; a dot of cinnabar on his forehead gave him an inexplicable hint of wickedness.

As for himself, it seemed he was no longer held close by his master...

Where was he?

He clearly wanted to continue being held close by his master.