Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66 - The Chaotic Opening Ceremony
Chapter 67 - Winner I
Chapter 68 - Winner Ii
Chapter 69 - Winner Iii
Chapter 70 - Designing Objects Other Than Jewelry
Chapter 71 - Needless Doubt
Chapter 72 - The Miserable Si
Chapter 73 - Moonlit Manacles
Chapter 74 - Jewelry Case
Chapter 75 - To Be A Self-Aware Hamster
Chapter 76 - The Correct Way To Use ‘A Man Of His Words’
Chapter 77 - A Special Way Of Confessing
Chapter 78 - Insomnia Is Also Contagious
Chapter 79 - The End And The Sequel
Chapter 80 - Weather Change
Chapter 81 - What It Was Like Having Split Personalities
Chapter 82 - An Unexpected Need To Break-Up
Chapter 83 - It Would Be Great If He Could Be Exposed Immediately
Chapter 84 - But It Would Be Awesome
Chapter 85 - Nannan’S Whispers (Ii)
Chapter 86 - Nannan’S Whispers (Iii)
Chapter 87 - Heart Lock
Chapter 88 - The Modelling Hamster
Chapter 89
Chapter 90 - What Goes Around Comes Around
Chapter 91 - It Was Over Just Like That
Chapter 92 - En Route
Chapter 93 - Revisiting Four Seasons Manor
Chapter 94 - How Misunderstandings Are Created
Chapter 95 - Who’S Paying For It?
Chapter 96 - Trump Card
Chapter 97 - Being Taken Advantage Of As Usual
Chapter 98 - Hacked
Chapter 99 - The Strongest Public Relations Team
Chapter 100 - A Tie-Break In Twelve Hours
Chapter 101 - Chairman Yan Plays A Game
Chapter 102 - The Wish Of A Lifetime
Chapter 103 - One Week
Chapter 104 - Battling Wits And Courage For Nothing
Chapter 105 - To Those Who Cannot Take Advice
Chapter 106 - Before Lunar New Year
Chapter 107 - There Are No What Ifs
Chapter 108 - How To Say Goodbye
Chapter 109
Chapter 110 - Omen
Chapter 111 - New Year’S Worries
Chapter 112 - New Car
Chapter 113 - Making Glutinous Rice Balls
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116 - The Truth Will Still Lead To Death
Chapter 117 - Mastermind
Chapter 118 - More Troubles Ensues
Chapter 119 - It Could Not Get Any Worse
Chapter 120
Chapter 121 - The Meeting Of The White Cat And Hamster I
Chapter 122 - The Meeting Of The White Cat And Hamster Ii
Chapter 123 - Discovering The Mystery Of Life
Chapter 124 - Panic
Chapter 125 - Forget It Then
Chapter 126 - (Real) Exposed
Chapter 127 - Twists And Turns I
Chapter 128 - Twists And Turns Ii
Chapter 129 - Twists And Turns Iii
Chapter 130 - The Light At The End Of The Tunnel
Chapter 131 - Wrapped In Happiness
Chapter 132 - Do You Want To Become A Flaw?
Chapter 133
Chapter 134 - Come To Yl
Chapter 135 - “Lifetime” Contract
Chapter 136 - The Hideously Adorable Design
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139 - The Little Tail That Was Forgotten
Chapter 140 - What Could Happen In Two Weeks
Chapter 141 - The Smitten Scoundrel Who Forgot His Friends
Chapter 142 - The Unusual Faye
Chapter 143 - Earth Day
Chapter 144 - First Attempt At Drunk Play
Chapter 145 - So It’S Okay
Chapter 146 - The World Really Is Small
Chapter 147 - The Genius’ Shortcomings
Chapter 148 - It’S Not A Confession
Chapter 149 - An Unexpected Acquaintance
Chapter 150 - Something Feels Wrong
Chapter 151 - The Man Called Yan Jin
Chapter 152 - The Ups And Downs Of The Past Two Months
Chapter 153 - Discussion
Chapter 154
Chapter 155 - Settling In
Chapter 156 - : I Already Understand
Chapter 157 - Bad Friends
Chapter 158 - The Evolved Incapable Ruler
Chapter 159 - Chairman Yan’S Mark
Chapter 160 - Holding One’S Head High
Chapter 161 - Assets That Could Not Be Given
Chapter 162 - The Person He Should Have Thanked
Chapter 163 - At Every Step
Chapter 164 - About His Elders
Chapter 165 - Improvement
Chapter 166 - Nan Wei Starts His Job
Chapter 167 - The Person In Control I
Chapter 168 - The Person In Control Ii
Chapter 169 - The Person In Control Iii
Chapter 170 - The Aftermath Of The Dismissal
Chapter 171 - The Price Of A Bowl Of Noodles
Chapter 172 - Business Trip
Chapter 173 - A Storm Approaches
Chapter 174 - Explosive News
Chapter 175 - Sense Of Security
Chapter 176 - Outside The Cubicle
Chapter 177.1 - Retribution (I)
Chapter 178 - Retribution (Ii)
Chapter 179 - Retribution (Iii)
Chapter 180 - An Unexpected Development
Chapter 181 - A Powerful Comeback (I)
Chapter 182 - A Powerful Comeback (Ii)
Chapter 183 - A Powerful Comeback (Iii)
Chapter 184 - Cancelling The Engagement And Coming Out Of The Closet
Chapter 185 - An Inescapable Past (I)
Chapter 186 - An Inescapable Past (Ii)
Chapter 187 - An Inescapable Past (Iii)
Chapter 188 - Chasing Memories
Chapter 189 - From Triumph To Sorrow (I)
Chapter 190 - From Triumph To Sorrow (Ii)
Chapter 191 - From Triumph To Sorrow (Iii)
Chapter 192 - An Unprofessional Abduction
Chapter 193 - Escape
Chapter 194 - Surveillance
Chapter 195 - Planned And Unplanned
Chapter 196 - Alice’S Insanity (I)
Chapter 197 - Alice’S Insanity (Ii)
Chapter 198 - Alice’S Insanity (Iii)
Chapter 199 - The Result Of Overlooking The News
Chapter 200 - Marriage And Honeymoon
Chapter 201 - He’Ll Be Back
Chapter 202 - The Final Week
Chapter 203 - Problems Exposed And An Appeal
Chapter 204 - Emergence Of The Dead
Chapter 205 - Post-Wedding Realizations
Chapter 206 - Chess (I)
Chapter 207 - Chess (Ii)
Chapter 208 - Chess (Iii)
Chapter 209 - Seeing Is Believing
Chapter 210 - Not Taking Visitors
Chapter 211 - Summer Springs Third Clinic
Chapter 212 - Will Never Bloom Again
Chapter 213 - Blood Type Confusion
Chapter 214 - The Gene Project
Chapter 215 - External Help
Chapter 216 - Hard To Say (I)
Chapter 217 - Hard To Say (Ii)
Chapter 218 - Hard To Say (Iii)
Chapter 219 - The Rotten Family
Chapter 220 - Finally, The End
Chapter 221 - The Life That Could Be Saved
Chapter 222 - The Cat Clan (I)
Chapter 223 - The Cat Clan (Ii)
Chapter 224(End) - Epilogue
Categories Genre: All, Completed, Romance, Shounen Ai, Slice of Life Status: Completed ______
Total Chapters in book: 224
Estimated words: 535798 (not accurate)
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Chapter 210: Not Taking Visitors
Even if the line was from a TV drama, it was enough for Nan Qi in his current condition.
Xiao Yu had mixed feelings when he saw a glimmer of hope dawn over Nan Qi’s expression.
Despite his earlier insistence that he was “Nan Qi” now, he still clearly was Chu Ge, no matter how you looked at it.
He was the Chu Ge whom Xiao Yu had always known.
Nan Qi sunk into deep thought.
“Seeing is believing, huh…?”
But, was there any possibility of turning things around?
Nan Qi couldn’t be certain.
“Yan Jin can be a little blunt at times, but deep down, he doesn’t necessarily think that way. If he said anything he shouldn’t have, I’ll apologize in his place.” Xiao Yu still didn’t know what Yan Jin had said to Chu Ge, but that didn’t stop him from apologizing first.
After all, from Xiao Yu’s perspective, it was more likely that Yan Jin was the offender and Chu Ge was the wronged party.
As friends, Yan Jin had always been the one pushing Chu Ge around. Added to Chu Ge’s official declaration that “I won’t lose this time”, Xiao Yu guessed that Yan Jin had truly done something very bad.
Outsiders interpreted the events as evidence Yan Jin and Nan Qi were complete enemies now, but insiders like Xiao Yu didn’t think the rift was so permanent.
Yan Jin and Chu Ge had been friends for twenty years. They essentially didn’t have any secrets between them. If they had genuinely become enemies, Chu Ge had plenty of information that could damage the Yan Family. Of course, Yan Jin also had the same.
So, what was the situation now?
These two experts in underhanded plotting and backstabbing were openly competing in public business metrics like sales.
An economic competition…
Previously, even Yan Jin’s funeral had struck fear into the hearts of City S’s upper circle, leaving them nervously walking on thin ice. Similarly, Chu Ge had once coerced YL’s shareholders to give up a seventy-percent share of YL without a drop of blood being spilled.
In light of this…
The struggle now seemed more like two children playing house.
Of course, only those two children knew what had happened. But, Xiao Yu was close enough to Yan Jin that he could sense through Yan Jin’s haughtiness that they were just throwing a small tantrum.
Children typically didn’t know how to reconcile after a fight.
For example, Yan Jin closely monitored SI’s official site. Whenever there was any new announcement, Yan Jin would say superciliously, “Hmph. That’s it?” Then, he would call his secretary to arrange a meeting…
The topic of the meeting didn’t need to be explained.
Granted, blowing off steam once in a while was normal. Who didn’t have these moments?
But, this was Yan Jin! YL’s chairman!
Whenever a chairman had these moments, his subordinates would suffer. Xiao Yu had already been forced to attend seventeen of these meetings. He couldn’t even feign illness to skip them. Several times they had interrupted his strokes of inspiration for new designs.
Xiao Yu had endured and endured until he could endure no further. In the end, he threw everything aside… to go find Chu Ge.
Although the process was a little bloody, the outcome was fortunately quite good.
“See, I’ve already apologized for Yan Jin. Can’t you forgive him?” Xiao Yu sincerely asked. “You’ve known each other for so long. It doesn’t make much sense to fight so much over such a thing.”
Nan Qi was silent. Then, he sighed and returned to the seat.
“… I had an Aunty.” Nan Qi’s expression was dark, and each word came haltingly, one at a time. “She passed away twenty years ago.”
Xiao Yu didn’t dare say anything. He patiently waited for Chu Ge to continue.
A long time passed. Finally, Nan Qi came up with his next words and opened his mouth. He seemed to not quite know how to explain the situation to an outsider. In the end, he skipped over almost everything and jumped to the end, leaving only a scattered story.
“But, recently I heard that she’s still alive. Her death… had been faked.”
Faked?
Xiao Yu wasn’t ready to hear such words he thought only existed in dramas.
Well, this could definitely be considered a secret of the top aristocratic families now…
Xiao Yu choked on his saliva.
His curiosity was killing him.
But, Nan Qi’s next words killed his curiosity instead.
“For some unspeakable reason, she has been trapped in a mental asylum for twenty years.” Nan Qi had run his hands through his hair so many times his hair was completely messed up. His erratic expression looked like a gambler about to meet his end. “I’ve occasionally heard of similar things happening before. I know that these things aren’t considered big news for people like us, but, but… I still can’t accept this.”
“She was the most beautiful woman I’d ever seen. I still remember the lavender garden she’d planted with her own hands…”
Suddenly, Xiao Yu knew who Nan Qi’s “Aunty” was.
Given that it involved a faked death and a mental asylum, Xiao Yu sensed he was in way over his head for a normal person like him.
But, he could still follow and understand what was going on.
“Mhmm, I remember.”
Nan Qi looked up, shocked.
Xiao Yu calmly said, “The oil painting on the third floor.”
Nan Qi didn’t make the connection and asked, confused, “How? You met Yan Jin as a child?”
“The third floor is a magical place. There’s different views depending on which staircase you take. If you take the elevator, you have to go around. I’ve only been there once, and I coincidentally took the correct path. Then, I saw a strange room…”
“What do you mean?”
“There’s a table there, like the ones used for tea parties. On the wall, there’s a painting of a woman with a parasol. She’s sitting in the beautiful garden you mentioned.”
Xiao Yu’s words were calm and logical, like he was explaining something simple.
……
“Young master, young master.”
Nan Qi broke out of his thoughts with a start. He looked coldly upon the other person.
“Sir, I inquired of them what you asked for, but they said they aren’t taking visitors.”
“Not taking visitors?” Nan Qi snorted coldly. “Secretary Huang, let’s be clear about who you are here. You were sent by my uncle here to monitor me. I can replace you with a more useful secretary at any time.
“You misunderstand. They really aren’t taking visitors…”
Secretary Huang adjusted her glasses and indicated her helplessness. “And, calling me a monitor hurts. I still have Young Master’s childhood pictures. In those years, you were still hugging me by my leg and calling ‘Brother’.”
*Sigh*, what happened in the past years for the cute Young Master to turn into a dictator who doesn’t respect anyone but himself?
“… Get out. “
Secretary Huang was pushed out by Nan Qi in less than three seconds. Then, Nan Qi picked up his phone to make a call.
“Hi, this is City S’s Summer Springs Third Clinic,” a man’s rough voice responded.
“Hi, I’d like to visit my Aunt. My secretary should have contacted you. My name is Nan…”
“Sorry, the clinic is currently not taking visitors.”
Nan Qi hmphed coldly.
Clearly, this was just a standard convention. He just had to throw the weight of his identity around. Secretary Huang had dared to play dumb with him!
Thinking this, Nan Qi confidently said, “Sorry, could you please accommodate my request? I’m Nan Qi.”
“I don’t know who that is.”
“… City S’s Nan Qi of the Nan Family.”
“So?”
“So, please, could you let me in?” Nan Qi asked through gritted teeth.
“Didn’t you hear that we’re not taking visitors?” the voice responded impatiently.
Nan Qi sighed deeply. He maintained the attitude befitting of his position and said, “If the clinic needs any resources, the Nan Family…”
“Brother, bribery is illegal.”
“What the fuck is this? Who the hell are you? Get your president on the line. Do you know who City S’s Nan Family is? A small clinic like yours can be forced into bankruptcy at any time, understand?”
“We’re not taking visitors.”
Nan Qi still wanted to yell back, but then he heard the phone’s monotone sound.
The other side had hung up.
“Well? I already said that they aren’t taking visitors.”
Who knew when Secretary Huang had walked back in? He saw Nan Qi’s deflated expression and didn’t hesitate to make fun of him.
“Get out, get out!” Nan Qi waved his hands powerlessly. “Whose side are you on? Is it fun to oppose me all day?”
“Huh? I’m on Yan Jin’s side. Didn’t you know?”
“The fuck?”
Nan Qi hadn’t expected his rhetorical question would receive such a shocking response.
“What? You’ve never seen a mole?” Secretary Huang shook his head. “No wonder you’ve never been able to beat Yan Jin.”
“Bah! I let him win!” Nan Qi exclaimed in anger.
“Alright then, maybe you can let him win again?” Secretary Huang laughed.
Nan Qi covered his head gloomily.
*Sigh*, the entire world is helping Yan Jin.
“…So, what’s up with this clinic then?”
“I actually don’t know either. But, it seems reasonable to assume that it’s also owned by the Yan Family.”
“That fucking family is too powerful. They’ve extended into the medical clinic industry too? Are there banks owned by them too?”
“Not sure about the Yan Family, but maybe the Du Family does?”
Nan Qi didn’t have a retort.
“Give it up. If you didn’t fight with Yan Jin it might be possible, but it’s impossible now.”
“…Fuck, I don’t believe this evil sorcery. Watch this brother unleash a high-level strategy.”
Nan Qi pulled out his phone and scrolled through the contacts. He made the call and turned on the speakerphone.
“Hello? Senior? This is Nan Qi.”
The response was short and frigid. “Don’t know you.”
Secretary Huang couldn’t hold it in and burst out laughing.
Nan Qi felt like raising a white flag.
He furiously tried to contain his anger and despair. With Secretary Huang’s laughter ringing in the background, he muttered through gritted teeth, “Fine! I’m Chu Ge.”
Total Chapters in book: 224
Estimated words: 535798 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2679(@200wpm)___ 2143(@250wpm)___ 1786(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 535798 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2679(@200wpm)___ 2143(@250wpm)___ 1786(@300wpm)
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