Chapter 98: The person who came shares the same face as Lu Yanze

One can't blame Xu Yanqiu for being so startled and making a fuss.

But she was familiar with the person standing before her.

No, to be precise, what she recognized was just his face.

That face was exactly the same as Lu Yanze's.

But Lu Yanze is in Sijiucheng, Lu Yanshen had such a big car accident, the Lu Family must be in chaos, and the Lu Clan Group needs Lu Yanze to hold down the fort.

So the real Lu Yanze could not possibly appear here.

Besides, Lu Yanze is a top executive of the Lu Clan Group; even if he came to Haishi on business, he wouldn't stay in such an ordinary residential apartment when there are plenty of five-star hotels outside—where couldn't he stay?

So how could this person be Lu Yanze?

But why does his face resemble Lu Yanze so much?

The man not only looks like Lu Yanze, his demeanor is similar too; they both belong to the type of aloof, icy men.

The difference is, this unknown man before her likes lollipops, with one stuck in his mouth, turned to one side, his right cheek bulging round.

After the man glanced at Xu Yanqiu, his expression remained as cold as a refrigerator.

A man as cold as frost, sexy thin lips holding a lollipop?

Just imagining that visual is really too, too, too incongruous.

Yet when he appeared before her, Xu Yanqiu felt the lollipop actually suited that cold-faced man.

Just thinking that a man with a face identical to Lu Yanze's lives next door leaves Xu Yanqiu feeling somewhat uneasy.

Ding—

The elevator chimed again; this time, Xie Wantang and Su Yang walked out together.

Seeing Xu Yanqiu standing at the doorway, Xie Wantang thought she had come especially to open the door for her, but then noticed Xu Yanqiu's expression was off.

It felt as if she had been stimulated somehow.

Her gaze was vacant, wondering what the neighbor next door was doing.

Could it be that a handsome guy lives next door?

"Hey, beautiful, what's going on? Aren't you steaming fish? You even have time to run to the doorway just to look at a handsome guy?" Xie Wantang teased with a smile.

Su Yang, who automatically imagined himself as the handsome guy, instantly blushed.

He wasn't being modest; his looks really are ordinary, too common.

Only his nose bridge is slightly prominent, keeping him from falling into the ugly category.

But compared to Lu Chen and the three outstanding young masters of the Qin Family, his looks are truly lacking.

He has nothing to do with being handsome.

Upon hearing the two words "steamed fish," Xu Yanqiu wailed, "Oh, my fish."

She also ran off without greeting the guests.

…

Xie Wantang shook her head.

Bending over, she took two pairs of shoe covers from the shoe cabinet, gave one pair to Su Yang, and put on the other herself.

The two entered the house.

Xie Wantang turned and took the two durians she had bought from Su Yang's hands, saying, "Thank you, Su Yang. Go sit in the living room for a while; there's a water dispenser there, with paper cups below—mix hot and cold water as you like, no need to be polite. I'll go help in the kitchen."

"Okay, Miss Xie." Su Yang nodded.

Xie Wantang entered the kitchen; thanks to her reminder, Xu Yanqiu rushed in, first turned off the heat, then picked up a damp towel soaked in cold water and placed it on the steamer lid to cool it down.

She's also someone who thinks of solutions.

Xie Wantang chuckled lightly, pulled a wooden cutting board from where the boards were kept, took a fruit knife, put on disposable gloves, and began to peel the durian.

Smelling the durian's fragrance, Xu Yanqiu's little head popped over, saying, "This durian smells so good."

"Eat a bit more later."

"Sure, by the way, dear, you said you'd bring someone to mooch a meal—where is the person?"

Xie Wantang: "…"

Su Yang: "…"

Su Yang is at least 1.8 meters tall—how could this girl overlook such a big living person?

It seems she really had her soul taken by the handsome neighbor next door.

Given Xu Yanqiu's lovesick aftereffects, the neighbor next door certainly isn't a beauty—must be a handsome guy.

"He's already in your living room—you didn't see him just now? You're so clueless, how can I feel at ease letting you live alone here?" Xie Wantang truly worried about this clueless, scatterbrained big sister.

"What?"

Xu Yanqiu hurried to the living room, smiling as she greeted Su Yang, told him to help himself to the fruit on the coffee table, and went to the fridge to get him a drink.

"Just wait a moment more and we'll be able to eat, handsome guy." Xu Yanqiu specially came over to say hello.

Without waiting for Su Yang's reply, Xu Yanqiu shot back to the kitchen like a rocket.

Su Yang: "…"

Xu Yanqiu's small apartment isn't big—about one bedroom, one living room—but at nearly fifty square meters it's still very usable.

For a single man, living alone there is more than enough.

Between the living room and kitchen is a small dining area, so Xu Yanqiu and Su Yang's conversation was heard by Xie Wantang.

She really isn't shy.

Xie Wantang plated the peeled durian, removed her disposable glove, Xu Yanqiu came over, picked a small piece of durian flesh, popped it in her mouth to sneak a taste, and whispered, "Mmm, delicious."

After finishing, Xu Yanqiu washed her hands and went to serve the fish, while telling Xie Wantang her discovery: "Dear, I have something incredibly strange to tell you—I guarantee you won't believe it."

"What is it?"

"Guess who lives next door to me?" Xu Yanqiu said mysteriously.

"Who?" Xie Wantang frowned.

Someone actually lives next door?

In this kind of apartment, each floor usually has about ten or so units like this; how come they just happen to live next to Qiuqiu?

No wonder Xie Wantang is so paranoid; she recalled what Shen Ye had just told her—that when she and Xu Yanqiu went to the entertainment club's lobby, An sen, they were stared at by a group of people whose background was unknown.

Moreover, part of that group followed them to Haishi.

So, this crisis has nothing to do with Lu Yanshen; it's related to the missing An sen?

So, they're not just targeting her; they're also targeting Qiuqiu?

Then she has Su Yang protecting her, but what about Qiuqiu?

What should she do on her own?

No, we can't let her live outside alone; we still have to take her back to the Qin family first.

Anyway, she works online; living in the Qin family doesn't affect her performance at all.

Just as she was about to talk to Xu Yanqiu about this, Xu Yanqiu saw her spacing out and, dissatisfied, said, "Baby, guess for me."

"Guess what?" Xie Wantang was a bit confused.

"It's just who moved in next door."

"Do I know them?" Xie Wantang raised an eyebrow.

"The person—you don't know them, I don't know them either, but we've seen that face before, and you're very familiar with it."

"Don't tell me—another guy who looks exactly like Lu Yanshen, huh?" Xie Wantang didn't understand why Xu Yanqiu liked playing guessing games so much, but since she enjoyed it, she'd just go along with her.

Her own best friend, she dotes on her.

"No, but you guessed a little bit right."

???

Not looking exactly like Lu Yanshen, yet you guessed a bit right?

Won't that be too contradictory?

"The person who came shares a face with Lu Yanze—didn't expect that, did you?" Xu Yanqiu revealed.

Xie Wantang: "......"