LBOT-61

Xiao Zhan looked outside as the car briefly stopped at the traffic light. Geothermal heat rose like a haze over the asphalt due to the hot weather.

There was a lot of noise on the news that a heat wave warning had been issued, and even the streets were quiet.

Xiao Zhan departed as soon as the signal changed.

The car’s navigation system was directing the three to a hotel in the city center.

Kim Yaan’s girlfriend, who had been hiding abroad, came back to China, but she had to stay in a hotel for the time being because she had no place to stay right away.

“About CEO Wang. Is he busy?”

Kim Yaan, who was in the passenger seat, asked Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan shook his head. He didn’t know.

Yibo went to his parents’ house for dinner on his birthday and didn’t even show his nose afterwards. He went to work earlier and left later than usual.

The housekeeper explained that it was due to work piling up after a few days off.

Xiao Zhan thought he was always going out to cut people’s heads, but it was amazing that he was also working.

After parking the car in the underground parking lot of the hotel, the three of them went up to the lobby.

Kim Joon and Xiao Zhan sat in the lobby waiting for Kim Yaan while he met his girlfriend.

Kim Joon watched the people passing by while Xiao Zhan double-checked the photo that Li Bowen had given him yesterday and that he had saved to his phone.

The target was a man named Su She, a person Xiao Zhan knew.

Xiao Zhan had seen him before at a place where he went with Haoxuan.

A man who displayed and sold women and men like merchandise. A man who secretly offered Xiao Zhan a deal in which he could deliver a child around the age of ten.

Xiao Zhan was told that he ran dozens of high-end brothels in Beijing, Shanghai, Korea, Singapore, and other locations, with profits going to a man named Director Shen of Shipping Group. It was Chairman Wang’s person who pretended to be Wang Yibo.

Wang Yibo was in the process of pruning the twigs before cutting down the trunk of a large tree.

Using Xiao Zhan and his brothers as an axe.

Zhan was playing a game because he was bored while looking at the picture, but Kim Joon, who was sitting next to him, tapped him. Then he winked at the center of the lobby.

Has Kim Yaan already come down? Xiao Zhan turned his head and his eyes widened slightly.

It was Wang Yibo.

He had no idea why he was in the hotel lobby at this time, but he wasn’t alone.

Yibo was there with a young woman next to him, but Xiao Zhan had never seen the woman in a black dress before.

The outfit and clutch bag she was carrying were too flashy for a secretary, and the two appeared to be particularly close.

It was the first time he’d seen Wang Yibo smile like that around a woman.

The woman smiled brightly when Yibo shook his head and looked puzzled.

Kim Joon and Xiao Zhan saw the scene and turned to the other side to avoid them. They took the elevator and went upstairs.

Kim Joon secretly looked at Xiao Zhan.

“It looks like he’s come to work. I should have said hello.”

“No need.”

Xiao Zhan responded casually, then picked up his phone and focused on the game.

After waiting for another 30 minutes, Kim Yaan finally comes out. Judging from the fact that his shirt was torn apart and his face was flushed red, he must have had a good time with his girlfriend.

When Xiao Zhan told him to wear clothes properly, he tucked his shirt in and smirked.

“Even during the day, there are a lot of people in the hotel. Maybe they’re hiding a lover like me.”

Kim Joon warned him not to, but Kim Yaan made a bad joke by saying that daytime sex is the best.

Kim Joon said that there must have been a lot of people who came for business and scolded Kim Yaan that not everyone thinks like him, but to no avail. He dragged the excited Kim Yaan out of the hotel.

While driving on the road, Kim Yaan spotted a nearby department store and asked Xiao Zhan.

“Sean, didn’t you say you were going to stop by the department store?”

“No need.”

There was a subtle low pressure from earlier.

Kim Yaan looked at Kim Joon and asked for a reason with his eyes, but he couldn’t hear the answer. He noticed a car following them in the rearview mirror.

They were still being watched, but they didn’t mind since they had given up trying to escape.

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“Did you think that this trick would work for me?”

The white-haired old man showed traces of age on his wrinkled face. Nonetheless, the energy in his eyes was as strong as that of a tiger.

He was dressed in a gray suit with a red tie and smoking a pipe, and the more he watched it, the more it reminded him of a black-and-white movie.

“What do you mean by a trick? I’m upset. There’s nothing I can do to stop a man and woman from being attracted to each other.”

Next to the old man sat a young man and woman. The woman was dressed in a black one-piece dress.

She was Yibo’s junior in high school and worked at Yibo’s company. And sitting next to her was Mo Xuanyu, the old man’s grandson.

The old man’s name was Mo Yu, and he was the former head of a large Singapore organization, now retired but still very influential among them.

“You mean, the two of them met by chance?”

“It doesn’t matter if it’s by chance or not, your grandson has found a suitable partner, and that’s all that matters.”

Mo Yu was taken aback by Yibo’s brazen attitude. He’d lost his son in an accident, and he’d pampered his grandson so much that he’d never set foot near this side.

Even though his daughter-in-law was Chinese, he never dreamed of asking his grandson to marry a Chinese woman.

And at that, she was Wang Yibo’s person.

“So. What do you want from me?”

Yibo winked at Bowen. An employee served drinks after Bowen left the drawing room with Mo Xuanyu and his girlfriend.

In terms of China, it was similar to soju, which is commonly consumed in Singapore. After filling Mo Yu’s glass with alcohol, Yibo poured it into his own glass as well.

Mo Yu’s gaze was fixed on the glass.

What you want, I’ll give it to you. He was going to kick him out immediately if he said anything unseemly. However, after Yibo turned around and emptied the glass, he immediately refilled it and remained silent.

Mo Yu emptied his glass as well, and only after Yibo filled it did he speak.

“I know very well that you’re close with my father.”

Mo Yu stared at Yibo without saying anything.

“I also know very well that you have a lot of affection for our company.”

“So.”

“The company, help me take it. You know that my brother Wang Haikuan has no strong qualities.”

In a word, it was a request to support him.

Mo Yu had a share, so it appeared that he was thinking about voting for the successor.

“And you have qualities?”

“At least I’m not going to mess it up.”

When Mo Yu looked at him, Yibo smiled and finished filling the glass.

“I know there are many things you dislike about me, but can’t you just pretend I’m your late son and look at me in a positive light?”

Mo Yu was at a loss for words when he saw him smile and fill his glass. He waited, thinking that if he came out with a high-handed attitude, he would scold him, but this guy was even sneakier than Chairman Wang.

Besides, as much as he hated to admit it, his deceased son and his bulldozer-like personality are strangely similar. It seemed that he knew that better than he did.

After meeting him in private, he was at least a little relieved to see that Yibo wasn’t as crazy as he had feared.

“You’ll have to convince Chairman Wang first. Then I’ll consider it.”

Yibo raised his glass again.

As expected, the biggest stumbling block was Chairman Wang. He knew how to do it, but he was still struggling. It was entirely up to him whether to make a toothless tiger or leave the skin.

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Wang Yibo closed his eyes and rested his head on the back seat of the car. His head was pounding from drinking all day on an empty stomach.

He looked down on that old man, but after observing how the alcohol continued to flow into him like a bottomless pit, he regretted having used alcohol to persuade him.

He couldn’t wait to see Xiao Zhan’s face. He left him for two days to rest well, but now was the limit. Would Xiao Zhan like to look a little nicer today since he was considerate?

The car arrived in front of the house before he knew it.

A splash from the pool could be heard as he opened the back door and entered the house through the gate.

Even from a distance, he could tell who it was at a glance. He motioned for Bowen to enter first before turning his steps toward the pool.

A smile naturally spread across his lips. His heartbeat accelerated along with his steps.

As he approached and looked down, Xiao Zhan was submerged in the water and moving back and forth.

Xiao Zhan eventually raised his face above the water and let out a breath as Yibo stood and waited.

“Hi baby.”

Yibo gave him a refreshing smile as he approached, but Xiao Zhan dove back into the water after giving him a quick glance.

It has been two days since Yibo saw him, but Xiao Zhan ignored him.

Yibo frowned and found a pile of alcohol bottles and cigarette ash next to the chair. It was less than what many people drank, and it was a lot to say that he drank alone.

Xiao Zhan walked out of the water just as Yibo made the decision to dive in and pull him up. He was swimming in a thin white shirt that revealed his exposed figure.

After wringing out the water from his clothes, he approached to pick up the towel that was on the chair.

Yibo went in front of him and stared into his face.

How should he describe this? A grumpy cat?

Yibo raised one eyebrow and asked.

“You know how bad your eyes look right now?”

“I’m sorry. My eyes look so ugly.”

After a soulless apology, he turned around and walked in, shaking his head.

Yibo stood there with a stunned expression and then followed him. Even though he was drunk, he came here excitedly at the thought of seeing Xiao Zhan’s face, but he felt bad because Xiao Zhan treated him more insignificantly than before.

Yibo grabbed his shoulders and turned him around, looking straight into his eyes.

“If you’re upset about anything, tell me. Don’t act like this.”

He had no idea what the problem was, but Xiao Zhan remained silent and glared at him.

Yibo calmed down and touched Xiao Zhan’s cheek.

Yes, the person who likes more should lose. What should I do?

“Don’t look at me like that, it’s killing me.”

As he smiled and brought his lips to kiss, Xiao Zhan’s head moved back.

Yibo thought he was trying to avoid it, but Xiao Zhan slammed him in the face.

Fuck! Yibo wrinkled his brow as he held his nose.

Xiao Zhan still had an evil look in his eyes and a wicked smile.

“Sorry. It was a mistake.”

Yibo was stunned. Mistake? Anyone can see that he hit him up on purpose.

Before he could ask why, Xiao Zhan dashed into the house as if running away.

The nose that was hit was in pain. Yibo ran after him angrily, but Xiao Zhan had already run into the bedroom.

There were many eyes watching in the living room.

He clenched his teeth and turned his gaze to the second floor, where Xiao Zhan had disappeared.

Yibo was confused as to what was wrong with him.

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