Drones and Bats (Revised)

"Take your time making a gift for your eighteen-year-old girlfriend. We'll say goodbye now and come back to pay our respects another day."

Qin Yanan spoke politely and gently, and then took Zhu Juntang and left.

Liu Chang'an waved his hand, indicating a warm welcome to come again, but as usual, he did not see the guest off.

After leaving the residential area and getting into the Qin Yanan, Zhu Juntang Zhu Juntang with some confusion, "Why do I feel like you're acting particularly strange today?"

"It's probably my period," Qin Yanan said with a slight smile.

"Me too!" Zhu Juntang was a little excited.

"Best friends should have the same period," Qin Yanan said, linking her arm with Zhu Juntang's. "My little fairy, can you do me a favor?"

"Go ahead and say it," Zhu Juntang, appearing very righteous.

"During the Dragon Boat Festival this year, Liu Chang'an went to Taiwan to see your great-grandmother. Do you think you could get some of the surveillance footage from that time?" Qin Yanan said in a low voice.

"What are you going to do?" Zhu Juntang was taken aback, after all, this concerned her great-grandmother's affairs, and this surveillance footage was not something that just anyone could access.

"I'm starting to suspect that Liu Chang'an has superpowers too," Qin Yanan could only say.

"Are you stupid?" Zhu Juntang looked at Qin Yanan with utter disdain.

"Anyway, just help me."

"I suspect you seem a bit too attached to Liu Chang'an. Are you still upset about being rejected?" Zhu Juntang chuckled. "Forget it. There's a seven-year age gap. Don't be so resentful. To each their own. Even if we're the world's number one and number two fairies, there's nothing Liu Chang'an can do if he's blind. You need to take him to see an ophthalmologist."

Qin Yanan rolled her eyes at Zhu Juntang and threatened, "Are you going to help or not? If you don't help, I won't hold you while we sleep tonight!"

"No!" Zhu Juntang clung to Qin Yanan's arm and pleaded.

"Disloyal."

"Alright, alright," Zhu Juntang said helplessly. "I'll call Grandma Shu later."

That's more like it.

"You don't actually believe Liu Chang'an has superpowers, do you?" Zhu Juntang was less convinced. Just like trust, once it's broken, rebuilding it is much harder than gaining it in the first place... Of course, there are exceptions. Everyone knows the story of the priest and the little boy, but that doesn't stop these sects from maintaining their facade of morality, and many people still offer their faith.

Qin Yanan nodded seriously.

"Why?" Zhu Juntang asked, puzzled. "Did he perform magic in front of you too?"

"I'll tell you once I've figured it out."

Qin Yanan and Zhu Juntang returned to Baolong Center. After arranging for a massage therapist, Zhu Juntang went to call the Third Mistress. Qin Yanan sent a message:

"Could you please help me investigate the travel records of the person with ID number 4301021999xxxxxxxx during this year's Dragon Boat Festival, including their travel history by train, high-speed rail, or flight?"

Liu Chang'an was still cutting bamboo. Throughout China history, many literati and scholars have loved bamboo. Putting aside their bandwagoning and affectation, bamboo is not so exaggeratedly proud and beautiful, but it is indeed a very practical plant, whether for ornamental purposes or for use as various materials.

Bamboo has a refreshing smell and is very resilient. Its smooth texture after polishing feels like a girl's skin, which is very appealing.

After whittling bamboo for a while, he was about to go play cards when he received a call from Bai Hui.

"My cousin's family is holding a funeral today, and something happened, did you know?"

"How am I supposed to know?" Liu Chang'an asked, bewildered.

"Your cousin and Miss Zhu San came, but they ran into relatives of the Zhong Family causing trouble. Miss Zhu San called a whole van Bread Man... oops, no, a whole van full of people beat them all up! Your cousin was so arrogant and pretentious. I only remember her saying one thing: 'You people only know how to act tough in front of ordinary people, but you've forgotten how to be humble and subservient in front of power. You're incredibly stupid. Tsk tsk... She sounds like a Long Aotian CEO or something from a novel...'" Bai Hui was led astray by Miss Zhu San because she heard Miss Zhu San shouting, "I called a whole van Bread Man!"

"Oh, I just saw them, but they didn't mention it."

"That's true, that's probably what it means to be rich and powerful. This matter is probably nothing to them," Bai Hui said with some envy. "I'm rich now, it would be even better if I had power too."

Liu Chang'an thought Bai Hui was very humorous and had a great talent for comedy, so he obligingly laughed along with her jokes.

Bai Hui blushed on the other end of the phone, "I just feel like I have some money now... Isn't over a million yuan a lot of money?!"

"Yes, she's much richer than me." Liu Chang'an nodded with a smile, truly envious of the wealthy woman who had over a million.

Bai Hui was somewhat frustrated. Why did she feel that even though she was so rich, her money was useless in front of Liu Chang'an? He neither envied her nor could she use the money to change Liu Chang'an's unchanging attitude towards her.

"By the way, Miao Yingying saw Lin Xinhuai shopping at Baolong Center with one of their team's female leaders, which infuriated Miao Yingying."

"Is she an inflatable doll? Is she overinflated?" Liu Chang'an asked with concern.

"Why are you talking like that?" Bai Hui couldn't help but laugh.

"I don't expect her to wish Lin Xinhuai well, but she shouldn't feel like she dumped him and expect him to still remember her."

"Isn't this a very normal mindset for girls?"

"We don't see eye to eye, bye."

Liu Chang'an hung up the phone and went to play mahjong. The moon was bright and the stars were few tonight, and he felt his luck was good.

After walking a few steps, Liu Chang'an saw a drone hovering above the community wall.

Liu Chang'an took a few more steps and discovered that the drone was blatantly following him as he veered off course. So Liu Chang'an jumped up and grabbed the drone.

The drone was equipped with what looked to be a very advanced camera. Liu Chang'an casually pinched the rotor and removed it, then took the drone to the mahjong parlor.

Liu Chang'an placed a drone that couldn't fly on the altar where Guan Yu was worshipped in the mahjong parlor, hoping to spy on him? Liu Chang'an really didn't know what was so special about his idle life that was worth spying on.

Liu Chang'an was playing mahjong until late at night, completely unaware that a group of bats had moved into an abandoned room in the neighborhood. He had once beaten a young man in that room so badly that he couldn't get out of bed for several months.

The bats hung densely on the window, like a thick curtain, making the room pitch black without a single ray of light. Then a shadow appeared in the corner of the room and disappeared silently.