Chapter 1628: Chapter 1629: Even Felt Like Banging My Head Against the Wall
You shook your head slightly, closed the door, and entered the living room.
The room was a standard three-bedroom and two-living-room setup, which was somewhat excessive for just you. What’s more, all the furniture and appliances were provided. You even tried opening the fridge and, as expected, it was already full of food and fruits. Even the freezer was stocked with frozen dumplings, bread, and ramen.
You opened the three rooms one by one. The bedding in the master bedroom was already laid out, the wardrobe had at least five sets of clothes hanging in it, and the bathroom was fully stocked with toiletries. What rendered you speechless, though, was that the bedside table had five boxes of "Okamoto 0.03."
Just then, your phone rang again. You took it out from inside your coat and threw it onto the bed.
However, it wasn’t the encrypted phone ringing; instead, it was your regular phone. A glance at the screen showed the caller ID as—Mom.
Lifting your eyes to the window, you noticed the sky was gradually dusking. With a hint of resignation, you answered the phone.
You explained to your mother with a few words, indicating that you were on a mission recently and weren’t in Hang City.
As a mother, she naturally had a myriad of reminders, and you didn’t realize until you hung up that your stomach was empty. Originally, you thought of just making do with some instant noodles to get by, but you ultimately decided against it.
After heading downstairs, you randomly found a small diner at the community entrance and ordered a couple of simple dishes.
As soon as the dishes were served on the table, someone sat directly across from you. Looking up, you realized it was Heavenly Fox.
You first glanced at the chaotic surroundings, then grinned at Heavenly Fox and said, "It’s rare, indeed, to find you in such a commoners’ place."
Heavenly Fox drew out the chopsticks, picked up a piece of tender cabbage, and put it in his mouth. While he was opening his mouth, you noticed a row of pearl-like white teeth, neat and bright, which gave one a peculiar feeling.
You had always been candid with Heavenly Fox, especially since you returned from abroad.
"Hey, why do I always get a peculiar feeling when I look at you?"
Heavenly Fox was slightly taken aback. A never-before-seen expression flashed by, then he looked at you with a smile and asked, "What kind of feeling? Could it be that our great hero is smitten with this young master?"
"I’m not interested in men." You waved your hand briskly, eager to switch away from such a disgusting topic. "If it’s nothing important, don’t waste my time. So, what’s the matter this time?"
"I just received the latest information. Jerris’s purpose for this trip seems to be in search of a certain drug."
Upon hearing this, your brows immediately knitted tightly.
"Do you know what kind of drug?"
Heavenly Fox shook his head slightly: "Their information encryption is too strong. Even our tech team took an entire afternoon just to decipher this bit of information."
Nodding slightly, you, being the Death God of the Netherworld, were well aware of its power: "The Netherworld possesses top-notch information encryption technology. The fact that you managed to crack this information is already quite impressive."
"There’s more. In the deciphered information, they also mentioned someone."
"Who?"
"Wei Yingyue."
"Who?" You thought you must have heard wrong due to the noisy surroundings with honking cars, people shouting, joking, and berating.
Heavenly Fox leaned closer and said to you, "Wei Yingyue, the only daughter of Wei Songbo, Old Grandpa Wei’s eldest son, Vice President and acting General Manager of Hengtai Group. Like Cen Nong, she is also a strikingly beautiful rose in Eastern Sea City’s business world."
Your eyebrows were already twisted together. To be honest, you really didn’t want to face Wei Yingyue right now.
You were no longer that naive boy. You could easily read some emotional signals from the way Wei Yingyue looked at you. But aside from Yan Zisu, you temporarily didn’t want to engage emotionally with anyone else, as you came to this Reincarnation World to save the Empress.
In your view, the so-called engagement was just a joke from the previous generation. Given Wei Yingyue’s qualities, outstanding men were a dime a dozen. There was absolutely no need for her to be hung up on you.
However, people are not plants, and who can be emotionless? Nor were you a block of wood. After spending some time with Wei Yingyue, you noticed you had a tiny bit of affection for her. As a result, you ruthlessly snuffed out this budding feeling in its cradle right away.
After all, although this Reincarnation World appeared calm, it harbored hidden dangers, particularly threats from the Netherworld.
This was why you were always careful in your actions, avoiding unnecessary entanglements with too many people, even if you somewhat understood that she was your real-life wife.
Now that you heard this matter also involved Wei Yingyue, you instinctively felt a hint of danger.
"How could this matter be related to Wei Yingyue? Haitian Investment Group and Hengtai Group shouldn’t really intersect, should they?"
Heavenly Fox continued picking at the dish, eating with relish: "I never expected such a small diner to create such a delicious dish. This tender cabbage doesn’t seem to be from a greenhouse; it’s probably home-grown, imbued with a distinct sweetness."
Seeing this, you dumped the entire plate of cabbage into your bowl, layering it over the white rice.
Heavenly Fox saw this and turned to smile at the busy middle-aged lady, "Boss lady, two more plates of tender cabbage, please."
"If you keep beating around the bush, I’ll flip this table and be done!" you suddenly remembered how Heavenly Fox, this effeminate rascal, was unbeatable when playing the rogue.
Heavenly Fox shrugged slightly, smiling at you: "I say, Brother Nine, are you worried about Miss Wei or worried about Miss Wei?"
Seeing Heavenly Fox’s eyes twinkle mischievously, slicing like a fox, you felt frustrated yet helpless and could only cuss "damn sissy" inwardly before saying aloud, "Alright, I admit I care a little about her. After all, we did go through hardships and life-or-death experiences together in Wen’an. Happy now?"
"Hehehe, that’s more like it." As he spoke, Heavenly Fox patted your shoulder, "A real man takes responsibility for his actions. Since you are so forthright, Great Sacred Lover Lee, I’ll mercifully tell you."
"Speak."
"I had previously infiltrated Hengtai Group’s central system and discovered a very intriguing document in their database."
You didn’t say anything, just stared at Heavenly Fox.
"Oh, don’t look at me like that, or I’ll get embarrassed." As he spoke, Heavenly Fox winked his left eye at you, and for a moment, you felt electrified.
Oh dear mother!
You felt like banging your head against the wall!
Suppressing the urge to clobber Heavenly Fox, you clenched your fists tightly, looked down to avoid seeing him, and just picked up your chopsticks, shoving several mouthfuls of rice down your throat. After swallowing it, you asked in a deep voice, "Continue."
"This document involves the secrets of Hengtai Group." Speaking to this point, Heavenly Fox stopped talking, just looked at you.
You felt speechless. Usually, at this point, you couldn’t ask any further, at least not here.
"I’ll finish eating first, then talk back at the rental place."
With that said, you buried your head and ate, quickly polishing off the meal. When you looked up, you found Heavenly Fox, the scoundrel, actually flirting with a fresh-faced girl: "Oh my, your skin is so nice. Do you eat this tender cabbage every day?"
You sprang up, slammed a Taizu Coin onto the table, grabbed Heavenly Fox by the collar, and hauled him out of the small diner.