You're Strong But Now You're Mine-Chapter 146 - 145: Listen to Your Wife

To Le Yu’s surprise, nothing special happened at the family dinner.

Even Jing Qingfu didn’t show up, which let Le Yu breathe a sigh of relief—he had been filling in for Jing Zhengwei for more than a month, and hadn’t called him ’Dad’ even once, can you believe it?

Jing Zhengwu, Jing Zhengfeng, and Jing Zhengtang were all present today, but Le Yu couldn’t discern anything from their expressions—Jing Zhengwu was still as sarcastic as ever, Jing Zhengfeng continued to look like he’d lost his father, and Jing Zhengtang obediently listened to his fiancée as always.

After getting his fill, Le Yu slipped away with Qing Lan. Eating with this group of bloated relatives made Le Yu feel oxygen-deprived, as if the air was being sucked away by them.

Moreover, there was no air conditioning during these hot days, and Le Yu had downed several cups of iced honeyed five-flower tea. This situation highlighted the difference between the physique of the past and the Ice Blood Physique—the Ice Blood Physique could shield discomfort, whether cold or hot, but the past physique couldn’t achieve such immunity, which made Le Yu more determined to find the Divine Demon Well and travel back.

No air conditioning is bad enough, but even electric fans are unavailable—is this a place fit for humans?

During these days, if not for the ice-silk pajamas and Qing Lan’s naturally cool body temperature, Le Yu felt he would wake up from the heat at night.

In short, being with these fat relatives, Le Yu just felt unbearably hot.

"Don’t rush me back if it’s nothing important." Sitting in the car outside Jing Garden, Le Yu started complaining: "So hot, so hot, so hot..."

"A calm heart naturally feels cool." Qing Lan said, "The more you say ’it’s hot,’ the hotter you’ll feel."

"So cold, so cold, so cold, so cold..."

Qing Lan burst into laughter, and Le Yu picked up a newspaper to fan himself: "Still so hot... I won’t ride in the car anymore! Mi Die and Li Sang, one of you choose to drive back, it’s like sitting in a steamer in this weather!"

In the era without air conditioning, a car’s heat was greatly influenced by the outside—when it’s hot outside, it’s only hotter inside.

Mi Die quickly vacated the driver’s seat, escaping, while Li Sang hesitated, sighed, and quietly drove back.

Le Yu, Qing Lan, and Mi Die followed the inner city’s roads to walk back, with Mi Die silently following behind.

Green trees lined the road, the street lights were bright, a gentle breeze blew, rustling the leaves; Le Yu felt the summer heat within him dissipate as he discovered wind had risen, prompting him to open his arms. Suddenly, a good idea came to him: "Let’s go to Great Gate Stone Street!"

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"Well, come to think of it, these days I’ve either been at the newspaper office or on duty, it’s been ages since I played cards."

Le Yu was amazed he’d turned into such a hard-working bloke—the suggestions offered by Qin Le Yin were numerous and diverse, requiring careful deliberation with other editorial colleagues. Sometimes, Qin Le Yin would continue discussions during shifts about how to better provoke debates.

Although taking down the Silver Blood Association through the Youth Daily was indeed interesting, resulting in sleepless nights and enjoyment, it was contrary to Le Yu’s original intention—he just wanted to be a slacker capitalist renegade!

No, I need to reward myself properly; no updates today!

"Qing Lan, what do you think? It’s a hot day, I don’t want to go home immediately, let’s stroll around Great Gate Stone Street first."

"Okay!" Qing Lan nodded repeatedly, blushing: "I haven’t been there in ages either."

"What about Mi Die?"

Mi Die, being their bodyguard, naturally had no objections, so the three changed their plan and headed to Great Gate Stone Street first.

"By the way, Qing Lan, do you have any relatives?"

Perhaps feeling bored with just walking and no phone to play with, Le Yu casually brought up a topic—on Earth, asking such a question right off the bat might get him hit.

Qing Lan, however, could only respond with restrained anger: "Probably not. I was sold to Xiangxue Sea when I was young, and haven’t had news of my parents since. Maybe they passed away."

"Do you have any close girlfriends? Any trustworthy friends?"

Qing Lan paused slightly, replied dejectedly: "...No."

"I see..." Le Yu dragged out his words, pausing for a long time before suddenly shifting the topic: "By the way, I thought of a question for the ’Knowledge Discussion Section’, want to hear what your answer would be?"

"Sure." Qing Lan immediately got into work mode; she occasionally wrote pieces for the ’Knowledge Discussion Section’—the topics were indeed interesting, and role-playing was even more fun.

Le Yu: "’If you could get a large sum of money now and go anywhere, where would you choose to start your new life?’"

"Hmm..." Qing Lan contemplated for a while: "I’m not too familiar with other places, but Yanjing should be the most prosperous place in Huiyao, right? If it were me, I’d probably take the money to Yanjing, spend it on staying in a hotel for half a month to thoroughly investigate which area I could establish a business, what industry could make money, and then the next step would be buying property..."

"Could you be more specific?" Le Yu asked: "For example, do you have a way to establish yourself in Yanjing with that initial money? Like opening a small shop to support yourself?"

Qing Lan was stunned for a moment, uncertainly said: "I only have experience as an editor-in-chief now... Though being editor-in-chief at a Yanjing newspaper would be out of reach for me, but I should be able to manage as an editor or contributor, right?"

"With money, one can definitely purchase a profitable shop. At worst, I could marry someone..."

At this moment, Qing Lan suddenly felt a pang in her heart as she noticed Le Yu seriously listening to her, nodding occasionally in agreement, and instinctively reached over to hold Le Yu’s hand.

"Hmm?"

"This is just a ’Knowledge Discussion Section’ question, right?" Qing Lan blinked, pretended to be lighthearted: "In reality, who suddenly gets a large sum of money?"

"Well, you never know." Le Yu said: "Besides, don’t people often think like that? ’My life isn’t good now because my family isn’t good, the place isn’t good, the environment isn’t good, so if I could take a large sum of money to a better place, my life could be better’..."

Qing Lan blurted out, "But I think it’s pretty good right now."

"Really?" Le Yu looked at her, "I see you wanting to stay in bed and skip work every day..."

It’s you who’s staying in bed and skipping work!

Qing Lan held back the urge to retort, shaking her head, she said, "I like my current life, being an editor-in-chief of a newspaper is quite interesting."

"Really?"

"Of course it’s true. Young master, just think, if I went to Yanjing, at most I would only be an editor or chief editor. Being the editor-in-chief now is way better, I get to manage people, and no one manages me."

"Oh right," Le Yu suddenly realized, "Better to lead like a rooster than to follow like a phoenix, that’s indeed the truth."

Qing Lan noticed that Le Yu was no longer discussing the previous topic, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Just as she was about to pull her hand back, she realized that Le Yu was still holding her hand tightly.

"Are you sick? Why is your hand so cold?" Le Yu curiously rubbed her small hand, feeling as if he was touching a cool, refreshing spring water, very cooling.

Qing Lan’s face turned slightly red, and she calmly said, "No, I’ve been like this since I was a child... If you want to keep touching, just go ahead."

"I don’t want to!"

Le Yu’s expression changed, he snorted and let go of her hand. At this moment, Qing Lan instead found it amusing, reaching out to touch Le Yu’s hand, which Le Yu dodged skillfully.

Qing Lan was not resigned, she continued trying to grab Le Yu’s hand, while Le Yu dodged left and right, his hands danced like a dragon and phoenix, not letting Qing Lan touch him.

Watching the two of them play like children on the street, Mi Die, usually quiet and expressionless, couldn’t help but show an aunt-like smile, but she quickly restrained herself, watching over them from a distance without disrupting.

...

...

"Second brother, fourth brother."

Jing Zhengtang arrived at Purple Bamboo Courtyard in Jing Garden, which belonged to Jing Zhengwu’s domain. Upon entering, he found Jing Zhengwu and Jing Zhengfeng already waiting for him in the reception room.

Jing Zhengtang sat down and asked curiously, "Second brother, is there something that couldn’t be said at the internal banquet? Why wait until it was over to call me here?"

Jing Zhengwu, familiar with this brother’s nature, was well prepared for such a thoughtless question, calmly said, "It’s naturally because what we’re about to discuss, besides us three brothers, no one else can know."

Hearing this, Jing Zhengtang became slightly uneasy, and couldn’t help but look outside.

All the while, Jing Zhengfeng, who had been resting with his eyes closed, directly spoke up:

"You want us to come here to unite against Jing Zhengwei, right?"

"That’s right." Jing Zhengwu put down his wine glass, still maintaining a graceful and amiable demeanor, but what he said sent chills down the spine, "As long as Jing Zhengwei is alive, we have no chance to touch the position of Patriarch."

Jing Zhengfeng sneered, "Don’t forget, we three are also competitors."

"Competition exists only among those of equal status. And right now, our elder brother has our father’s support, has won the favor of other associations through ’Youth Daily’, and even gained recognition from other young masters through the patrol team... Frankly speaking, as long as he doesn’t make mistakes, we don’t have the qualification to compete with him."

Jing Zhengwu said, "This matter is of great importance, I won’t elaborate further, you all understand. So, just this once, are you two willing for the three of us to join forces?"

"So, the so-called big family still has to walk the path of fratricide," Jing Zhengfeng sneered, "Fine, I’m in."

Jing Zhengtang held back for a long time, stood up and said, "Second brother, I have a bit of a stomach ache, may I go to the bathroom first..."

Jing Zhengwu’s hand holding the wine glass trembled slightly, calmly said, "Make your decision first, then go to the bathroom."

"No second brother, I really am in pain, I need to go first..."

"Make the decision first!"

"Ah, I feel like I can’t hold it, second brother, I won’t talk to you first—"

Jing Zhengwu didn’t know if Jing Zhengtang could hold it or not, but he certainly couldn’t endure anymore, stood up angrily and said, "What stomach ache, you’re clearly looking to find that wench—"

Jing Zhengwu suddenly felt a chill in his heart, body hair standing on end, timely stopped his words.

At this time, Jing Zhengtang lowered his head facing downwards, Jing Zhengwu couldn’t see his expression, but he softened his tone, saying, "Just now, second brother spoke wrongly in urgency, don’t mind it third brother. But actually, third brother, you’re looking to go find your wife, aren’t you?"

Jing Zhengfeng found this very interesting, laughed and said, "Isn’t it, even in such matters you have to listen to your wife’s words?"

Jing Zhengtang raised his head, revealing a harmless smile, chuckled awkwardly, "Well, Feiwei is much smarter than I am, she told me many people out there want to deceive me, she needs to be consulted on important matters."

Jing Zhengwu coaxingly said, "I’m your second brother, how can I deceive you?"

"What a coincidence, Feiwei told me that while I can sort of trust big brother and the fourth brother, it’s absolutely not to trust the second brother."

Jing Zhengwu: "..."