DLWAV CH129

It was precisely at this time that Sun Xiuji also saw Deputy Director Li and the others.

In particular, Sun Jianhong among them.

Sun Xiuji: “…”

This time, they were afraid they could not escape disaster.

However, although thinking this way, he still walked out of Ao Ruize’s embrace.

After all, so many people were watching!

Ao Ruize looked over along the direction of his gaze.

He only said, “It is fine now, go back and continue doing your things.”

Deputy Director Li and the others: “…”

So they really were not dreaming.

Nor had they mistaken what they saw.

Ao Ruize really killed Zongzheng Ge, who had already advanced into a Vampire Prince, with a single arrow.

Deputy Director Li and the others: “…”

What else could they say?

The feeling of having a father figure backing them up was truly wonderful!!!

Most importantly, Deputy Director Li and the others regretted it.

Had they known earlier that father was this powerful, when they led people to the territory of the Thirteen Vampire Clans in Europe to clean them out back then, they should have been even more arrogant. For instance, they could have included the British Museum within the scope of the Brujah clan’s territory.

—After all, hidden inside there were quite a lot of precious cultural relics that Country Y had plundered from China in the past.

In this way, they would not need to use the antiques plundered from the territory of the Thirteen Vampire Clans to exchange with them anymore.

Even though the antiques they plundered from the territory of the Thirteen Vampire Clans were more than ten times the amount Country Y plundered from China back then.

“Then we will not disturb Mr. Zhang. We wish you a pleasant time playing.”

Deputy Director Li and the others immediately retreated.

Crucially, Sun Jianhong subsequently went back as well.

“Alright, then you guys continue playing.”

He did not forget to greet Boss Li and them: “Go, go, go, on such a great day, how can we not have a drink?”

Sun Xiuji, who had prepared himself once again to face Sun Jianhong’s criticisms: “…”

Should he rejoice that Sun Jianhong once again did not see him?

Or should he lament over this plastic father-son relationship of Sun Jianhong’s towards him—a person as large as him was standing right here, yet he did not see him.

Of course, this did not prevent his mood from turning for the better instantly.

Because in this way, he could continue to be clingy and close with Ao Ruize.

Thinking up to this point, he immediately hugged Ao Ruize’s waist once again, putting his hands back in their original place by the way.

“Come again.”

Ao Ruize: “Alright.”

However, the next day, Deputy Director Li still approached him at his door again.

But this time, he came mainly to return the Heirloom Seal of the Realm, and by the way, on behalf of the government, express gratitude to Ao Ruize.

Of course, with the contributions Ao Ruize had made to China, it originally should have been the Premier leading the chiefs of all functional government departments, with the honor guard of the three armed forces clearing the way, coming over to thank Ao Ruize.

However, considering that Ao Ruize had chosen to live in seclusion in an urban village, he probably did not like noise and excitement, so they could only dispel that thought.

In addition to this, the state had prepared some gifts for Ao Ruize.

Deputy Director Li directly brought out two property ownership certificates: “These are the property certificates for two villas in the nearby Yijing Xiyuan, gifted to Mr. Zhang.”

Yijing Xiyuan was the best villa district in Qian City, nestled against mountains and next to water, with convenient transportation; the selling price of any random villa inside was above thirty million yuan.

“We heard that your older sister and a friend partnered up to open an office supplies company. Recently, many government departments in Wu Province have been preparing the office supplies procurement matters for the new year. Your older sister can try to bid.”

The implication, of course, was that as long as Zhang Qingyan bid, she would definitely win the bid.

“Doesn’t Mr. Zhang like to study antiques? These gemstones, oil paintings, clocks, bronzewares, and porcelains were all captured from the Thirteen Vampire Clans, and they are all the finest among the finest; they are given to Mr. Zhang to appreciate and play with.”

“Also, these tea leaves, coffee, white liquor, red wine, and cigarettes are all relatively high-quality varieties from home and abroad. Some are gifts given to us by friendly countries. Mr. Zhang can give them a try. If you like them, I will send someone to deliver some to you every month in the future.”

…

Deputy Director Li finally only said, “These are just a small token of our regard. Of course, they simply cannot be compared to the help Mr. Zhang has given to China and to the government. Please be sure not to decline, Mr. Zhang.”

Deputy Director Li had already put the words in this manner, so Ao Ruize accepted them cleanly and quickly.

Then he turned around and told Zhang Qingyan about this matter, handing one of the property certificates to her by the way.

Zhang Qingyan was silent for a moment, but in the end, she still accepted that property certificate.

Because who wouldn’t want a standalone villa with a two-hundred-square-meter small garden and a swimming pool?

She also finally experienced the joy of having family assistance.

Then she turned around and gave half of the shares of the company under her name to Ao Ruize.

After all, assistance between family members was often mutual.

But these were not important; what was important was that because of this property certificate, Zhang Qingyan suddenly recalled what Yan’s mother had said when she humiliated her before, mentioning that there was a villa under her name.

She searched the internet and found that there really was indeed still a villa under her name.

She searched further and found out that the villa was transferred to her by Sun Xiuji.

She could not help but be somewhat puzzled, because she did not understand why Sun Xiuji would suddenly give her a villa. One must know that the value of this villa was not lower than either of the two villas given to Ao Ruize by the state.

She immediately went to look for Ao Ruize, and then stumbled upon the scene of Sun Xiuji lying on top of Ao Ruize, applying sunscreen lotion on him.

If it were only as simple as this, it would have been fine, after all, friendship between men has always been very pure—let alone just helping to apply sunscreen lotion, even mutually acknowledging each other as father and son is a perfectly normal thing.

Crucially, in the next second, she saw Sun Xiuji secretly feel Ao Ruize’s pectoral muscles.

Ao Ruize gave him a raised eyebrow.

Seeing that his small action was discovered by Ao Ruize, Sun Xiuji not only did not quibble, but instead openly and righteously felt them again and again.

And Ao Ruize actually let him feel them again and again, and even actively adjusted his posture to make it more convenient for Sun Xiuji to feel them.

Zhang Qingyan: “…”

Even a fool could see that the relationship between them was not quite right.

So the reason why Sun Xiuji, who had almost no interaction with her, would suddenly give her an expensive villa was already self-evident.

Perhaps her gaze was too complicated, such that it was hard for Sun Xiuji not to notice her.

Thus, he subconsciously turned his head… and then scrambled and climbed down from Ao Ruize’s body in a flurry, only managing to barely compose himself after standing firmly on his feet.

Zhang Qingyan: “…”

She also finally reacted.

This younger brother of hers truly was someone who stayed quiet until making a stunning display.

Not only did he turn around and find a partner.

It was even a young master from a great family… and it was the son of his old brother.

Therefore, until Ao Ruize led her back to the villa, the complicated emotion on her face still did not fade away.

To the extent that Sun Xiuji, who had originally already recovered, could not help but feel embarrassed as well.

Most importantly, he had originally thought the first person to discover the relationship between him and Ao Ruize would be Sun Jianhong; he hadn’t expected that Zhang Qingyan would be the first to discover the relationship between them.

So after chatting a few words with Zhang Qingyan, he used the excuse of going to help Ao Ruize and slipped into the kitchen.

Watching Ao Ruize brandishing the spatula, and the way Sun Xiuji ordered him about from time to time, the complicated emotion on Zhang Qingyan’s face suddenly and slowly dispersed.

Forgive her for being relatively pedantic and feeling that two men getting entangled together… was ultimately not the orthodox path.

After all, she had lived in that kind of environment since childhood.

Even though she had already exerted her utmost effort to rid herself of those pedantic thoughts, she still had not succeeded.

But she understood clearly now: let alone that she originally did not have much of a standpoint to interfere in Ao Ruize’s relationships, the most important thing was that Ao Ruize was actually cooking—

Do not forget, Zhang Ruize had the ailment of fearing fire and fearing high temperatures, so he almost never entered the kitchen in the past.

But now, he was actually cooking.

Looking at his level of proficiency, he had clearly done it many times.

Clearly, he learned to cook for Sun Xiuji.

If it were not true love, who could achieve this degree?

So what else did she have to say?

Therefore, after the food was brought to the table, she directly raised her wine glass and said seriously, “I won’t say any other words then. I wish you to grow old together until your hair turns white.”

Ao Ruize and Sun Xiuji looked at each other, and subsequently raised their wine glasses following her: “Thank you, Sister.”

Ao Ruize did not know that in just this short amount of time, so many thoughts had flashed through the depths of Zhang Qingyan’s heart. If he knew, then he would certainly say a word—this truly was a beautiful misunderstanding.