Chapter Thirty-Seven The Old Friend

  Having made a fortune, Yang Yunqiu thought of purchasing some equipment, especially the advanced ones from abroad that were hard to buy domestically. He was thinking about it when he received a text message from his landlord - saying that they wanted to sell their house and the underground garage could no longer be rented.

  It's no big deal, Yang Yunqiu has borrowed this garden for now, at least he doesn't have to worry about his living arrangements for the next three months, and with his current worth, it seems that the underground room is not suitable for him anymore.

  The landlord felt somewhat guilty in his heart.

  The landlady is a nice old lady named Fang, 68 years old. She has two sons who do not live with her and only raises a young granddaughter.

  On that day, when Yang Yunqiu first came to Nan City, he actually helped his landlord with a small favor.

  An old lady went out for a stroll that day, but was knocked down by an electric bicycle and fell to the ground, spraining her foot. The people around her all pretended not to see and no one came forward to help.

  At that time, Yang Yunqiu happened to be taking the train to Nanshi, and as soon as she got off the station, she ran into this thing, so she carried her to the hospital and then carried her back home.

  Mrs Fang couldn't help but praise him, saying he had the air of a benevolent gentleman of ancient times.

  In fact, what he did was nothing special and didn't think much of it. Besides, even if he really encountered porcelain collision, for him, it would be a very special experience that is beneficial to his cultivation without any harm.

  Mrs. Fang knew that he had just arrived in Nan City and had no place to live, so she simply rented out the garage under her house at a low price, which also saved him some unnecessary trouble.

  Yang Yunqiu sent a text message to the old lady, telling her that she had already found a house and asked her not to mind that the garage was too small and inconvenient.

  On that day after class was dismissed, he went to collect all his belongings. There weren't many things anyway, and they didn't even need to call a moving company.

  When Yang Yunqiu left, he took with him the two kittens that had been living near his home. The adult cats didn't care and would naturally find their own food, but these little ones were born not long ago and might have a bit of trouble surviving on their own.

  The move had little impact on Yang Yunqiu, and for several days in a row, he attended classes as usual, practiced, and during his free time, refined equipment and read books. As for the three who were struggling desperately in the lower planes, WaWa made an automatic wake-up device that woke them up on schedule.

  There's no way around it, configuring the nutrient solution is just too wasteful. And Yang Yunqiu has a formula, but she's not a proper pharmacist or alchemist, so she can't produce high-quality ones.

  Due to the previous missteps, the promotion was done too well, and it's almost being taken by game companies as a promotional case study. The game "World" created by WaWa is really popular, with an online rate of around 50,000 in just a few days, making money faster than robbing a bank, he's even too lazy to work now.

  His waist bag bulged as he returned from school and entered the house, and at a glance, he saw Li Shanshan still half-dead in his home, but he didn't feel particularly annoyed.

  After being fed another dose of medicine, Li Shanshan gradually came to, but she still remained silent and curled up in the corner just like at first.

  Yang Yunqiu sighed as she looked at her - if only they had rescued the child back then and sent him abroad, or sent her to a distant place, leaving the current circle behind, perhaps she would have recovered by now, at least not as miserable as she is today.

  "Go take a shower, you're filthy to death, I can barely stand the smell."

  Li Shanshan lowered her head and obediently followed the instructions to the bathroom, she didn't bring any clothes, so Yang Yunqiu let her wear her own sportswear.

  Less than twenty minutes later, Li Shanshan came out of the bathroom and stood in front of Yang Yunqiu with a head full of dripping wet hair.

  Like most women addicted to drugs, she was thin as a skeleton, with a protruding forehead, sunken eye sockets, pale complexion like paper, and dry yellow hair. At night, people would mistake her for an evil spirit at first glance.

  The doll exclaimed in surprise: "I didn't notice that day, I didn't think she was a beauty, with regular features and good bones. If she gains a bit of weight and takes care of herself, she'll definitely be very stunning. Who knows, maybe even more beautiful than your sister."

  Yang Yunqiu's mouth twitched, "Since she's a beauty, you'd better honestly stare at her while sleeping."

  Forced Li Shanshan to lie down in the bedroom, gave her a large bowl of soothing medicine, "Sleep well, this medicine money you owe first, and then slowly return it later, with interest."

  Li Shanshan lay on the bed, revealing only her thin little face, staring at him with a pair of big eyes, dazed for a long time without speaking, but her spirit had indeed relaxed a bit.

  Yang Yunqiu also returned to her room to meditate.

  In the middle of the night, he suddenly caught a faint sound in his ear. The doll rubbed its sleepy eyes and crawled out from under the notebook: "Someone triggered the alarm... This is the worst part about moving. When you were living in the basement, there was absolutely no chance of thieves visiting."

  Yang Yunqiu closed her eyes and remained still and silent.

  After a moment, the doll came back to life, "Huh? Not bad, what is he looking for?"

  He was a skilled thief who didn't touch anything, silently and quietly searching for the guest room along the corridor, taking a glimpse from the window.

  Yang Yunqiu opened his eyes, and a smile also appeared on his face. He remembered that there were several rooms on the other side, all of which were filled with antique calligraphy and paintings, as well as some small decorative items that were actually quite valuable. Since this thief didn't even bother to take a look, he must not be after money.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, he found Li Shanshan's room and easily pried open the door, walking in. However...

  With a loud crash, something heavy fell to the ground.

  There is a frail Li Shanshan at home, can Yang Yunqiu not be on guard? Early in her room all the places that people could enter were set up with devices. Anyone who came uninvited, no matter what they wanted to do, would have to sleep for a night first, so as not to disturb others' rest.

  The next morning, Yang Yunqiu got up and entered Li Shanshan's room. There was indeed someone lying on the ground. At a glance at his attire, it was clear that he came with ill intentions.

  The man was dressed in black, without a hood, and clearly had confidence in his own abilities. His face, apart from two scars, was quite handsome and refined.

  Li Shanshan woke up and saw two people standing in front of the door. She suddenly let out a sharp cry and hugged her quilt, shrinking to the foot of the bed.

  Yang Yunqiu picked up the person on the ground with one hand, tied him up with a rope and threw him out of the window. Only then did he say in a low voice, "Don't be afraid, it's nothing." He walked over, sat down on the bed, and naturally stroked Li Shanshan's hair.

  After several days of recuperation, using countless precious medicinal materials to nourish her body, Li Shanshan's hair was no longer as dry as it had been at the beginning. The girl now gently lowered her head, even her breathing became lighter, as Yang Yunque stroked her comfortingly one stroke after another.

  After a long time, Li Shanshan finally calmed down. Yang Yunqiu thought for a moment, stuffed her back into the quilt, and called the police to report the incident.

  The originally quiet alley suddenly became noisy, a group of police arrived, and from the black-clad man's body they searched out a large pile of miscellaneous items, including a miniature handgun, and even throwing darts, one look and you could tell he was a dangerous character.

  The old policeman who came out was quite experienced. At a glance, he knew that this person was targeting Li Shanshan. He knew Li Shanshan and also knew General Li, so it naturally occurred to him that this might be related to political struggles. But then he thought, in Nancheng, there's actually a family that dares to stir up trouble for the Lis at their age, and he couldn't help but wish he was deaf and blind, unable to see or hear anything.

  Li Shanshan couldn't answer any questions and it was impossible to get anything out of her, so the police all came to ask Yang Yunqiu.

  Yang Yunqiu said that because Li Shanshan was a girl living alone here, he wasn't very at ease, so he set up several mechanisms and traps.

  The old policeman also saw the thing set up by Yang Yunqiu, and after turning it over and over again, he looked at it for half a day, but couldn't understand it at all. He really didn't know how several metal discs could make a big living person faint, and even beating and kicking couldn't wake him up. All he could do was sigh: "I'm getting old, oh, I'm no match for this high-tech stuff."

  He originally wanted to take things away, but unexpectedly received a phone call and took the criminal back without taking anything.

  Yang Yunqiu saw them off at the gate and then caught sight of an acquaintance - Li Zifeng.

  Li Zifeng was still driving that old police car that Yang Yunqiu had fixed, but from head to toe he was dressed in brand-name clothes, with the air of a nouveau riche son.

  As soon as they met, Li Zifeng's first sentence was: "Li Shanshan is my cousin, Shanshan is a nickname, and her real name is Li Zishan."

  "The killer was someone she hired herself, I've taken care of it and cancelled the order, don't worry, no one else will come to bother you."

  Yang Yunqiu was taken aback, and then sighed. It's very clear that Li Shanshan didn't want to live on, and her weak personality couldn't bring herself to seek death, so she simply bought a killer to kill herself. As the daughter of such a family, she must have been able to get in touch with many things that ordinary people can't.

  Li Zifeng knew that he had brought Li Shanshan to see a doctor, and something didn't feel right. Wang Yi would never dare reveal the news, but at the time, he hadn't deliberately concealed their tracks either. It seemed that the Li family's influence in Nancheng was quite strong, so it wasn't impossible for them to find out.

  Instead, Li Zifeng saw Yang Yunqiu so calm and expressionless, slightly tense, sighed, scratched his head and said: "Don't be so guarded... I know your grandmother Wu Yue, our two families are old friends, all of the Li family's lives were given by the Yang family, no matter what you want to do, I will support you."

  Yang Yunqiu was taken aback, thinking that it wasn't unexpected after all. His father had gone through great difficulties to find his way back home and return to Earth; with such great abilities, how could he have passed through the world without leaving any traces?

  It must be the Li family, a good deed he did when he was alive.

  However, Yang Yunqiu didn't take it seriously. Now that the Li family is prosperous and powerful, they might slightly help out the son of an old friend. If he's foolish enough to do whatever he wants in the Li household, what he'll get won't be kindness, but hostility.

  Li didn't know how others were, but Li Zifeng was a good person, with a strong sense of justice and integrity, worth befriending. Yang Yunqiu smiled, just about to invite him in, when she suddenly paused, slightly turning her head back.

  “……！”

  The sound of high heels echoed, getting closer and closer.

  A woman in her late twenties walked in from outside the gate, tall and slender, with a clear face, wearing a set of imitation Hanfu, a narrow-sleeved jacket with a small buckle, paired with a long skirt with ink landscape, and her thick black hair was braided into two thick and long braids, tied with a red headband.

  Elegant and refined, extremely beautiful.

  Yang Yunqiu had lived in the countryside since he was a child, and later went to Yan Guo. He also stayed in the barbarous forest for a long time. In fact, he wasn't sensitive about women's appearance. Of course, when seeing beautiful women, he would think of taking a few more glances. However, over the past year, his cultivation had improved, making him more sensitive to 'sin'. Many women with stunning beauty made it difficult for him to bear, but this woman was different from others.

  Her body was shrouded in a very clean white light, which would not cover her face, but only faintly attached to the surrounding body, vaguely visible.

  Yang Yunqiu had seen the cleanest person before, it was Fuxing Valley's high disciple Fu Ning. His spirit and soul did not have a single speck of evil or guilt, he must be a cultivator with noble character, forever walking on the straight path.

  Apart from this, even if it's Yang Yan, the sister of his family, her soul seems to have been tainted with a bit of grayness. As for others, they don't need to be mentioned, some people just have a little bit of grayness attached to them, and that's all. This is the first time I've seen someone with great virtues coming out of a doll's mouth.

  He is actually not very interested in beautiful women.

  In this world, there are only lazy women, no ugly women. No matter how unattractive a woman is, she can still put on makeup and become beautiful. If that doesn't work, she can get plastic surgery and change her face, which isn't very difficult. But the girl in front of me is different, she's naturally elegant and refined, as if she embodies all the beauty of heaven and earth.

  Li Zifeng burst out laughing, and the slightly awkward atmosphere was swept away. He stretched out his hand and poked Yang Yunqiu's waist, saying: "Stunned? Good-looking, right? Let me tell you, this is my adopted sister Lu Lan. She's only 27 this year, although she's older than you, but not by much. If you like her, go ahead and pursue her. She doesn't pretend to be polite to others, so she'll definitely look at you differently."

  It was indeed a different look, walking to Yang Yunqiu's side, Lou Lan's icy face suddenly melted away, revealing an extremely warm smile: "Eighteen years have passed, finally found you."

  Yang Yunqiu: "……" This sounds like something his mother should say.

  The group of people moved indoors and sat down in the house to have some tea.

  "Actually, back then we were all still young, and most of what we knew was from listening to our parents. At that time, the Li family was just an ordinary family - my father was a teacher, my mother had poor eyesight and stayed at home without working. One day she went out and picked you up. Your father seemed to like everything in this world back then, he would read books and newspapers every day and feel especially happy. Later on, many things happened that changed the course of all our lives."

  Li Zifeng and Lu Lanzhu chattered a lot, Yang Yunqiu listened quietly, suddenly asked: "Where is my mother?"

  Luran was taken aback for a moment, and Li Zifeng's face also looked somewhat unnatural.

  "Your mom, Fang Ru, has passed away. You know, your father went missing for 18 years." Li Zifeng coughed, "Your mom's health wasn't great, especially after giving birth to you, her body suffered severe damage. Your grandparents were worried she couldn't take care of herself, so they arranged for her to marry a man, and now that man is the Secretary of the Municipal Committee in Nan City. Your mom also had a child with him, and you have a younger half-brother."