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PD Chapter 24: Eighty Million
Outside the bar, a crowd of men and women had gathered. Some had red fluorescent paint smeared on their faces and arms, likely there to join the bar’s special event tonight. He Linzhou wove his way through the scattered groups, finally reaching the steps in front of the bar, a little puzzled. He turned to Wen Xunchuan beside him, asking, “Whoa, what’s the occasion? So many people today! And why so many girls?” Wen Xunchuan tilted his chin toward the signboard by the bar entrance, showing him…-
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PD Chapter 23: Takeout
At noon, Wen Xunchuan sat in the staff cafeteria, listlessly picking at a plate of flavorless fish-flavored eggplant. He sighed and pulled out his phone, randomly tapping into an episode of A Bite of China, hoping to hypnotize himself into eating. But he barely got two bites in before his phone lit up with a call—from home. Wen Xunchuan swallowed the dry rice in his mouth with little enjoyment and answered, “What’s up?” “I’m hungry,” He Linzhou said. “Then eat,” Wen Xunchuan…-
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PD Chapter 22: Wake-Up Call
Wen Xunchuan reached out from under the covers to turn off the alarm, yawned sleepily as he got up from bed, and shuffled into the bathroom in his slippers. After he finished washing up and came out of the bathroom, he absentmindedly glanced toward the window. When he saw the figure sleeping by the window, he froze for a moment, then remembered—it was the “dog sitter” he had hired last night. He looked up at the wall clock. It was 7:20. There were only forty minutes left until the scheduled…-
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PD Chapter 21: My Own Swordsman
Wen Xunchuan pulled two bowls of heated seafood porridge from the microwave. He Linzhou sat cross-legged on the floor, leaning over the coffee table to eat the porridge. Casually, he commented, “I was just about to ask—looking at you, you don’t seem to eat too much, right? You really eat this much alone?” With one earbud in his left ear, Wen Xunchuan held his bowl, eyes focused on the tablet propped up in front of him. Without looking up, he replied, “That portion was originally for the…-
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As He Linzhou walked into the room, he glanced around, visibly shocked, and finally squeezed out two words: “Oh, damn.” Wen Xunchuan moved to the window, about to open it for some ventilation, when he noticed cigarette ash scattered all over the floor from the windowsill to the floor, with a shattered porcelain ashtray lying in pieces on the ground. He sighed, turned around, and walked over to He Linzhou. Seeing Wen Xunchuan approaching with a fierce look, He Linzhou instinctively took a step…
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Wen Xunchuan walked straight to the door, lifted his hand to push He Linzhou away from the entrance, took out his key, and started unlocking the door. He Linzhou stood behind him, looking eagerly at the door, waiting for it to open. Wen Xunchuan paused his key-turning, turned his head slightly, and said with an indifferent expression, “We’re not that close, are we?” “What do you mean we’re not?” He Linzhou looked at him with a surprised expression, “We’re already calling each other…
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Kicked out of his house, He Linzhou sat with his legs crossed on the sofa in the lobby of a five-star hotel, waiting for nearly half an hour. Finally, Cheng Hao walked out from the internal elevator on one side of the lobby, smiling as he approached, “Why didn’t you call in advance if you were coming over? You’ve been waiting for a while, huh?” “Left my phone at home.” He Linzhou slumped bonelessly on the sofa, yawning as he shamelessly bossed around his childhood buddy. “Quick, get me a…
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The whole situation went down so fast it was unreal. He Linzhou couldn’t have dreamed that one day he’d come out in such an absurdly dramatic way. After everything went down, things at home were tense, to say the least. That same night, father and son nearly tore the house apart with their shouting match. Neither side would budge. Father He, his eyes blazing, spat out, “Until you figure this out, you’re staying in this house and going nowhere. Don’t go out there making a fool of yourself.”…
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What could possibly be worse than being slapped awake by a dog’s paw at six on a weekend morning? It’s getting a call from a completely unfamiliar blind date just when you’ve finally managed to serve the little ancestor breakfast, get him to go potty, and finally drift back to sleep. Wen Xunchuan looked at the girl across from him, who was desperately trying to keep the conversation going, and tactfully started, “Actually, this blind date was arranged by my parents.” “I know,” the…
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This little incident, which was neither painful nor itchy, was quickly forgotten by He Linzhou. If it weren’t for running into Wen Xunchuan again a week later, he would have almost forgotten the guy even existed. Today, He Linzhou was rare in a full-on, serious suit, his hair neatly combed, sitting upright at a dinner with his father and some company directors. “Linzhou, greet Uncle Yan.” He Linzhou stood up and poured a drink for the middle-aged man across from him, greeting politely,…
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