Chapter 58: I Was Actually Fooled By Them

Liang Shishi kicked off a pair of high heels, sprawled on the sofa, her forearms propped under her chin.

The sofa was a bit low, so Lin Feng squatted, gave it a press, then stood up again.

It always felt unsuitable.

"Aunt, let's just forget it!"

Lin Feng gave a wry smile.

Since there was no bed in the partition, they used a relatively wide sofa instead.

Liang Shishi shifted her body outward, "Then you come up!"

"Isn't that inappropriate?"

Lin Feng wore a look of dilemma.

"I don't mind at all; what are you concerned about?"

Liang Shishi turned her head and gave Lin Feng a rolling eye.

"Fine!"

Lin Feng, helpless, slipped off his shoes and straddled Liang Shishi.

As usual, he started pressing from the shoulders.

"Aren't you helping with the investigation? Tell me about it."

Liang Shishi half-closed her eyes, her face curious, and said.

"A homicide, seven dead—four men and three women. The two recent cases seemed like suicides, but then three more similar incidents occurred, which is rather unusual..."

"Hmm! Press lower, press even lower!"

"Do you want to know how I discovered it? My nose is actually keen; when I was surveying the scene, I smelled a distinctive odor..."

"Press the legs too; these past few days my legs have been numb, I have no idea why."

"After I raised the issue of the smell, I thought of going to the zoo. Once inside, I found the source—it was a monkey..."

Lin Feng's hand was already resting on Liang Shishi's long leg wrapped in black silk.

As Lin Feng spoke, he unconsciously paused.

Liang Shishi's mouth twitched upward, without warning Lin Feng.

Later, Lin Feng wasn't pressing any more, but merely toying with it.

"Aunt, your leg shape is really nice!"

After snapping back to his senses, Lin Feng laughed and said.

Liang Shishi gave a hum and said, "Continue the story!"

Lin Feng steadied himself and continued, "Then we check the surveillance! I watched it for a whole day, and in the end I found a woman..."

By the end, Lin Feng's voice trembled a bit.

Even a man couldn't endure that!

Your Majesty the Queen is truly captivating.

Liang Shishi giggled, "Little rascal, not focusing, huh? Do you have any thoughts about Aunt?"

Lin Feng quickly stopped.

Then he prepared to leave.

At that moment, Liang Shishi snapped her leg and kicked Lin Feng in the waist.

Lin Feng accidentally fell forward.

A few dozen minutes later.

Suddenly, Lin Feng's phone rang.

It was Zhu Li calling.

Lin Feng snapped to attention, awkwardly got up and ran out of the rest area.

After exhaling, he said into the phone, "Hello~"

Zhu Li, apologetically, said, "Dear, I'm not home tonight."

"Going to Wen Keke's place, right?"

Lin Feng replied with a smile.

Zhu Li gave a hum and said, "Her mother is really odd, as if terrified her daughter won't get married."

"If I don't go, her mother will make those two stay there overnight. A girl's room isn't for a boyfriend; how can they stay inside, right?"

Lin Feng suddenly recalled the incident of wetting Wen Keke's clothes, frowned, and said, "That's natural! Since you're not home, I won't go either."

After hanging up, Lin Feng quickly draped his coat over his arm and hurried away.

After getting into his car in the underground parking garage, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, there was no one in the elevator when he came down; otherwise, smelling any strange odor would have been terribly awkward.

Back home, after taking a shower and changing into clean clothes, Lin Feng called Zhao Xiaoyang to arrange going out for skewers.

Sitting in a bustling food stall, Lin Feng drank Alcohol cup after cup.

A few drinks and he was already tipsy.

Anyway, no need to drive back; both he and Zhao Xiaoyang took taxis.

"Bro, do you have something on your mind?"

Zhao Xiaoyang, noticing Lin Feng's odd behavior, frowned and asked.

Lin Feng sighed and said, "I've realized I'm getting worse and worse."

"Hmm?"

Zhao Xiaoyang was puzzled.

Lin Feng was stunned and said, "It's a matter concerning women."

Zhao Xiaoyang laughed and said, "Then I'm even worse than you. Ever since I got the car you gave me, I've been hitting on girls."

Lin Feng gave Zhao Xiaoyang a thumbs‑up and warned, "Be careful; catching a disease would be troublesome."

"I know."

Zhao Xiaoyang nodded.

After eating his fill and drinking enough, Lin Feng hailed a taxi home, collapsed onto the sofa, and fell into a deep sleep.

It was only 8:30 p. m. then.

Not many people were working overtime at the company.

When it was time to leave, the staff saw that Liang Shishi's office had no lights on and was locked, so they assumed Director Liang had gone home.

So everyone packed up their things one by one and left in turn.

Liang Shishi only slipped out after she saw everyone in the company had left.

"Had I known this, I would have prepared a set of clothes in advance…"

She muttered to herself, wrapped her coat around her waist, and after getting ready, lifted a bag, opened the door, and went out.

In the underground parking lot, after getting into the car and closing the door, she let out a long sigh.

She looked just like Lin Feng when he left.

Like a thief.

The car had a tinted film.

From the outside you couldn't see inside.

Liang Shishi took the black *** she had taken off earlier out of the bag.

She was sweating, the *** all wet.

"You little rascal, just you wait until I deal with you!"

Liang Shishi sniffed, then snarled playfully through clenched teeth.

Jinhu Huayuan Apartment Complex, Building 5, Unit 1706.

Wen Keke sat upright on the sofa, with Zhu Li beside her, arms crossed, her long legs crossed.

Opposite them sat Wen Keke's mother Chen Chunhua, Peng Cailan, and Cao Ming wearing glasses.

Chen Chunhua wore a smile, Peng Cailan smiled too, but her eyes held an inexplicable arrogance.

Cao Ming put on a simple‑hearted façade, yet his gaze kept drifting to Zhu Li's flesh‑colored *** long legs.

When Zhu Li looked at him, he quickly averted his eyes.

Looking at the three of them, Zhu Li felt like laughing.

Dinner had already been eaten at a Chinese restaurant downstairs, the bill paid by Zhu Li, costing over six hundred yuan.

According to Zhu Li, after dinner they should part ways.

Those who needed to return could return, those going to a hotel could go to a hotel; there was no need to bring Peng Cailan and Cao Ming here.

But she couldn't refuse Chen Chunhua!

If Chen Chunhua and Wen Keke didn't look alike, Zhu Li would suspect that Wen Keke wasn't Chen Chunhua's biological daughter.

"Um, it's getting late…"

Wen Keke suddenly spoke.

Before she could finish, Chen Chunhua said, "It's so late, why don't you stay? I didn't know how big the place was before, but now I see it can easily accommodate us!"

Two bedrooms: Keke and Zhu Li share one room, Peng Aunt and I share another, Cao Ming takes the sofa—how about that?

As soon as the words finished, Cao Ming nodded repeatedly, "Fine, fine! I can sleep anywhere."

Zhu Li said helplessly, "Auntie, I'm sorry! The landlord said outsiders aren't allowed to stay. If we're found out, the deposit will be withheld!"

Chen Chunhua immediately replied, "It's not a long‑term stay; can he notice in just one night?"

Zhu Li explained, "There's surveillance in the hallway! I'm not scared of ten thousand, I'm scared of the 'just in case'—that's ten thousand yuan!"

Peng Cailan lifted the corner of her mouth and sneered, "Miss Zhu, I see what's going on. You're trying to act on Keke's behalf and drive us out, aren't you?"

Zhu Li also sneered, "You could say that. This place is shared rental; even if I disagree with you staying here, Keke's agreement wouldn't matter."

Moreover, you are strangers to me; I have no reason to get involved with you.

Peng Cailan chuckled, "Stop pretending! I've looked around the house; there's only Keke's clothing, none of yours. You rushed up to cause trouble, right? You're friends with Keke, but you still can't meddle in other people's affairs."

Zhu Li thought to herself, the old woman was quite clever.

Having gotten this far, she didn't want to beat around the bush, so she said, "Let's be reasonable! You showed up out of the blue without Keke's consent. Even if this were a blind date, this isn't the proper way."

Peng Cailan opened her mouth to speak, but Zhu Li raised her hand and said, "Let me finish, okay?"

Peng Cailan snorted coldly and shut her mouth.

Zhu Li continued, "Keke, after being out for so many years, working in Yanjing, this big city, is no longer the Keke she used to be."

"Her outlook, experience, and future life needs cannot be met with your conditions."

"Then tell me what conditions you require."

Peng Cailan said proudly.

Zhu Li smiled, "You need a house, right? At least an apartment like this—Auntie, do you know how much this apartment is worth?"

"Where we are, the price per square meter is three thousand; here it must be—"

The speaker was Chen Chunhua.

Zhu Li covered her mouth with a laugh, "And with renovation and appliances, it's at least four million!"

When she heard the four‑million figure, Peng Cailan shifted her body slightly.

Buying a house for her family in Yanjing is truly a hardship.

Zhu Li said again, "Now Keke's base salary for a month is ten thousand; may I ask, Mr. Cao, what your salary is?"

Peng Cailan became proud again, "My husband Cao Ming only has a base salary of a little over two thousand a month, but he works at a bank, which is what you call a civil servant."

Zhu Li laughed, "Aunt, you're joking. Although banks are state‑owned enterprises, aren't bank employees not civil servants?"

He earns two or three thousand a month; it takes half a year to match Keke's monthly wage. Do you think this is appropriate?

Besides a house, you also need a car. Keke usually buys cosmetics… I'm saying this not to belittle you, but to tell you that Keke and you belong to different worlds, you can't get along.

Peng Cailan said, "Miss Zhu, you keep talking. Keke hasn't said anything!"

Wen Keke hurriedly said, "I actually said I don't want to date or marry right now. And, Cao Ming, we really aren't suitable!"

As soon as the words fell, Cao Ming suddenly stood up, "Keke! I really like you. I believe if you give me time, you'll like me."

After speaking, he turned to Peng Cailan and said, "Mom, let's go! There's a guesthouse right across."

Peng Cailan glared fiercely at Zhu Li, stood up and said, "It's getting late, we should go. Chunhua, Keke, farewell."

Chen Chunhua didn't know how to persuade any more, her face full of apology, said, "Then we'll contact tomorrow."

Cao Ming smiled and said, "Aunt Chen, Keke, see you tomorrow!"

The two left the door, Chen Chunhua hurried out to see them off.

"Keke, did your mom get some love‑potion?"

After Zhu Li closed the door, she plopped onto the sofa, pouting.

Today she had acted as a villain.

Wen Keke quickly moved in front of Zhu Li and said, "Zhu Li, I'm sorry! You know I usually can't handle these things, sorry for the trouble."

As for my mom… when I was young my dad was gone, my mom raised me with difficulty. She really values civil servants, or those who work in state‑owned enterprises.

You know, if you're a civil servant, in our place, no matter the salary, everyone envies you when you go out.

Those young girls, if they marry a civil servant, their families feel proud. My mom just has a bit too much vanity.

After Wen Keke finished, Zhu Li understood.

She wasn't any different!

It's just that they value the civil servant status, while she values Lin Feng's money.

One has power, one has wealth.

Hehe!

After waiting more than ten minutes, Chen Chunhua finally went upstairs.

Zhu Li quickly apologized.

At this moment Chen Chunhua wasn't as displeased with Zhu Li as before.

Because she had just heard Zhu Li say that working in a bank doesn't count as a civil servant.

"Zhu Li, you said that working in a bank isn't a civil servant, what's that about?"

Zhu Li gave an explanation.

Chen Chunhua, after listening, frowned and said, "Oh dear! I was actually fooled by them!"

Zhu Li rolled her eyes, thinking that if Wen Keke were this realistic, that would be great.