After seeing off the Poulton Family Head, Hua Jian drove to the place where he had arranged to meet Xie Zhitan.
What he hadn't expected was that Qin Ci would be there too.
He was astonished. "Since when were you two so close?"
Xie Zhitan frowned at him.
Qin Ci snorted. "Xie Zhitan and I were classmates. What, can't we have a meal together?"
Hua Jian gave him a half smile. "Of course you can."
[The plot really went off the rails while I wasn't looking.]
[Has Qin Ci, that bean-brained idiot, finally wised up? Does he know he likes Second Brother now?]
His inner voice was utterly unrestrained, brimming with eagerness to watch the show.
Lately, Xie Zhitan's temples had been aching constantly, the vein there throbbing without pause.
Qin Ci gritted his teeth and nearly punched him. Why was that bastard Hua Jian calling him a bean-brained idiot again?
"Hua Jian, you've been riding high lately, huh? Xie Zhitan messaged you yesterday, but look at you-you couldn't spare any time until today. What a busy man."
Qin Ci eyed Hua Jian up and down condescendingly, though he did agree with what Xie Zhitan had said.
Hua Jian's mouth made him thoroughly unlikable, but he really did look good.
Looking closely, that guy surnamed Zhang really couldn't compare.
"My godfather was heading back to F Country, so I went to see him off."
"He left everything here to you?"
"Yes. Second Brother, what did you want to see me about?"
Qin Ci jumped in. "Zhang Xiaoran. Do you know him? If Xie Zhitan hadn't thought something was off about him yesterday and decided to investigate, I wouldn't have fucking noticed what was wrong with the guy."
Hua Jian's eyelid twitched. "Zhang Xiaoran? How do you know him?"
Qin Ci