Chapter 374: The Soft-Waisted Educated Youth Is Again Being Spoiled Rotten by Her Boyfriend 37

Xu Lin, who received the call, had no excessive suspicion and no time to verify the truth; he immediately went to the place the bald man said on the phone.

At the same time.

Zhang Zhishuai, who was leisurely, also received a call.

After hearing it, his face turned extremely grim; he put on his clothes and left the room.

Half an hour later.

The two people arrived almost one after the other at the office of Eternal Love Knowledge Clothing Factory.

However, due to Jin Chen's arrangement, when Zhang Zhishuai entered, the workers guided him through the back door; he happened to see Xu Lin entering through the front door, but Xu Lin did not see him.

"Where is the person!"

Xu Lin originally felt a bit strange—why wasn't Mo Zhinan brought to their agreed place, but instead still in the clothing factory? Yet after entering the room, he only saw the bald men lounging on the sofa, and his doubts vanished instantly.

"You finally came."

The bald man's glance at him had a moment of oddness, but it passed quickly, as per Jin Chen's arrangement.

"The person is tied up in the partition; give the money first, then we'll talk."

He pointed to the locked door beside him.

Hearing this, Xu Lin was overjoyed; he hurriedly took out a stack of money from the bag he brought, and as he did, he heard the bald man ask.

"Just now I heard people here say you're juggling two lovers—so bold yet disloyal; aren't you afraid the Zhang family will retaliate?"

Xu Lin thought him ridiculous—a good-for-nothing loafer who spends his days intimidating people; what right does he have to say that about himself?

"Even if it's discovered, what can you do? You think the Zhang family people could be any better? Mind your own business."

He handed over the prearranged money to the bald man, his tone inexplicably feeling superior.

"I advise you to keep today's matter buried in your stomach."

"Fine."

The bald men chuckled, took the money, patted it in their palms, and signaled Xu Lin to go into the partition.

"Go ahead; the person is inside."

Xu Lin almost impatiently walked inside.

But the moment he turned the doorknob, he froze in place, realizing he had been tricked.

In the room, Zhang Zhishuai sat with a dark face opposite the door, accompanied by two bodyguards of the Zhang family.

As for Mo Zhinan, there wasn't even a shadow of a person.

In those few seconds of eye contact, Xu Lin felt that everything he had done was known to him; he turned to run but had no courage left.

If they were in a normal romantic relationship, perhaps he should have struck first, questioning why Zhang Zhishuai was cheating outside; but Xu Lin clearly knew he wasn't—he was merely one of many kept by Zhang Zhishuai, and although they might have had feelings back in Fengshu Cun, those feelings have long been worn away.

His thoughts twisted and turned; Xu Lin could only lower his head and remain silent.

"Hmph, at this moment you're not so articulate."

Zhang Zhishuai sneered, stood up, and slapped Xu Lin hard across the face: "Is the money I gave you not enough? You dare to become someone else's lover?"

Perhaps this remark struck Xu Lin; he covered his face, glared at the opposite person, his tone no longer carrying his former dependence: "What do you think you are, some kind of good thing? You also keep other people, don't you!"

"Damn it!"

Zhang Zhishuai grabbed his hair, exerted force with his arm, and his expression was extremely unpleasant.

"Do you even deserve to talk about this with me? Without me, you in Xiangshi wouldn't even be fit to be a beggar! Back then you wagged your tail and begged me to take you out, and now you feel wronged?"

He gave the two bodyguards a look, signaling them to seize Xu Lin.

"Watch how I'll deal with you!" Ignoring Xu Lin's painful pleas for mercy, Zhang Zhishuai strode away.

Just as he stepped out the door, he bumped into Jin Chen, who was standing there at ease, with Mo Zhinan in his arms.

The bald men had long since disappeared.

Xu Lin now truly regretted it beyond remedy.

Not catching Mo Zhinan was bad enough, but he had also spent so much of his own money!

"Won't you two sit a while?" Jin Chen's tone gave no hint of joy or anger, yet it somehow sounded mocking.

Zhang Zhishuai snorted, "Don't dirty Boss Jin's auspicious land."

He looked at Mo Zhinan with a vicious gaze, "You really did find a good backer."

Mo Zhinan's emotions had stabilized considerably; hearing this, he gave a expressionless twitch of the lips.

"The Zhang family's backer isn't small either; otherwise, back then he wouldn't have lived peacefully for several years before dying."

"You!"

Zhang Zhishuai clenched his fists, wanting to rush over and beat him up right away, but Jin Chen's gaze frightened him into stopping.

He still feels to this day that his uncle was not at fault—"It was just a mistake; if it weren't for your father, my uncle wouldn't have gotten into trouble!"

"Just a mistake?" Mo Zhinan's tone turned cold, staring at Zhang Zhishuai word by word.

"It's because your uncle lacked medical ethics—although he sensed something was wrong that night, he merely gave a deworming pill for convenience; the next day, seeing my mother dead in bed, his first thought was to directly remove the corpse so we wouldn't see it."

"He was forced to leave the hospital and has already been punished; what right does your father have to kill him!"

"A life for a life." Mo Zhinan said softly, his eyes sharp yet obscure, "Exactly."

That gaze inexplicably made Zhang Zhishuai feel frightened.

He silently cursed his bad luck, then took the person and left.

Jin Chen added a remark from behind.

"I advise you to stop being clever; otherwise, the next one to have an accident will be the Zhang family."

This remark seems to have a hidden meaning.

Thinking of his own plan that had not yet been carried out, Zhang Zhishuai's steps paused for a moment, and in the end he said nothing more.

【Detected Villain Blackening Value -15, accumulated 10!】

Mo Zhinan saw their backs disappear from his sight, then he resumed his usual expression, turned and leaned into Jin Chen's embrace.

He didn't speak, but Jin Chen could still feel the low mood of the person in his arms, reaching up to ruffle his hair.

At this moment the embrace felt like charging, using love and warmth to dispel the deep-seated chill.

The sky had completely darkened; the garment factory workers had all returned to the employee dormitory, leaving only the two of them inside aside from the guards taking turns on night watch.

Although the surroundings were bright and open, it was overly quiet, with only the occasional hum of the dormant machinery.

Mo Zhinan instinctively tightened his arms around Jin Chen's neck.

"We're home, I want to sleep."

"Okay, let's go home."

Jin Chen helped Mo Zhinan put on the jacket that was draped over his arm.

Having been in Xiangshi for several months, from late summer to now deep winter, the nights always grew colder.

Only after going out did they discover that Liu Da Zhuang and the others hadn't left; they were still waiting for them, and only relaxed when they saw them come out.

Mo Zhinan was surprised: "Why are you still here? It's so late, shouldn't you go back to rest?"

The three little brothers exchanged a glance; Lv Erding sheepishly scratched the back of his head, "We were worried something might happen, after all that Zhang family brat is really sly, so we've been waiting outside."

Jin Chen punched his shoulder, "Nothing will happen, go back to sleep."

"After a while we'll go back to the village together to pick someone up."

"Eh, okay!" the three little brothers said in unison.

Now, for convenience on business trips, each of them has been given a car—how stylish.

No matter how you say it, it's returning home in glory—how could one not be happy?