Mysteries

Qi Sijing showed no anger at being hit. He smiled and rubbed the spot, then asked, "Bo Xi, just because you're willing to hold back, does that mean no one else can make a move?"

Lin Xingye had no idea who had pulled him into their arms this time. Only belatedly realizing what had happened, he scrambled out, his face burning red.

"Qi Sijing, you pervert." He was furious. He hadn't expected to get taken advantage of by this man.

Has not getting to kiss Tea Bag driven him insane?

Lin Xingmo agreed.

Bo Xi gave Lin Xingye a long look.

He really wanted to tell him that it was actually because he'd been mocking Qi Sijing all evening, even talking behind his back about how he wanted to get all lovey-dovey with Tea Bag.

Embarrassed and angry, Qi Sijing had come over to bully him.

But that was only one of the reasons.

Bo Xi looked at him coldly. "Qi Sijing, don't force him. Next time, it won't end with just one punch."

Exactly! You'll have my fists to deal with too!

Lin Xingmo looked at his brother's skinny little arms and legs, then at Qi Sijing's beautifully defined muscles and powerful...

He kept his mouth shut.

Leaning against the sofa, Qi Sijing laughed without restraint. "Anytime."

Lin Xingmo pulled his brother up and snorted at Qi Sijing. "Don't think you can bully us just because your family is rich and powerful. If you want someone to play with, leave my brother alone!"

Lin Xingye chimed in from behind him, adding fuel to the fire.

Exactly! Even if I were hiring a male escort, I wouldn't pick someone as disobedient as you!

Someone with those looks, though, sure.

Lin Xingmo covered his face in despair and dragged his brother away as fast as he could.

Qi Sijing laughed so hard that he fell back against the sofa. "Hey, Bo Xi, he's still just as entertaining as he was when we were kids."

Bo Xi pressed his lips together, lost in thought, a troubled look on his face. He ignored him and turned to leave.

He wondered how he could get all those male escort clubs shut down.

When they got into the car, Xu Chen had already been waiting inside for ages. He asked in confusion, "What took you so long? Was Li Hanwen pestering you?"

Both of them fell silent in unison.

Lin Xingye changed the subject. "Never mind that for now. How did things go on your end?"

Xu Chen was brimming with confidence. "Don't worry. Unless he finds someone better than me, there's no way he'll find any evidence. Even if he does, it'll turn out to have nothing to do with us."

Both of them knew how talented he was with computers, so naturally, they trusted him completely.

Once we get home, I'm definitely making Xu Chen smear Qi Sijing all over the internet. That filthy pervert!

Xu Chen's expression suddenly froze. "Xingye, did you just... say something?"

Panic flashed in Lin Xingmo's eyes, and he hurriedly waved his hands. "No, no! You must have misheard."

Catching the hint in his eyes, Xu Chen stopped asking questions and drove toward the Lin Residence.

Lin Xingye hadn't noticed that little exchange. He was still thinking about what had happened earlier. Why had Bo Xi helped him? Did he dislike Qi Sijing?

Perhaps the fight had worn him out. As he pondered it, he grew drowsy and fell asleep.

"Xingxing, will you only play with me from now on?"

"No way! Xingxing is going to play with me!"

Two little brats stood before him, fighting over the right to play with him.

He tried hard to make out their faces.

The taller little dumpling leaned closer. "Xingxing..."

Bo Xi? He looks so much like him...

"Xingxing? Wake up. We're home~"

Lin Xingye opened his eyes groggily. Xu Chen and Lin Xingmo were both staring at him. He hurriedly sat up. "Sorry, I fell asleep."

The two had talked while he was sleeping, and now there was a searching look in Xu Chen's eyes as he watched him.

Only after watching him go upstairs did the others secretly convene downstairs.

"So just how many people can hear my brother's thoughts?"

"Little Fish is my first suspect!"

Upstairs, the moment Lin Xingye returned to his room, he began frantically rummaging through his bookshelves and piles of odds and ends.

After a long search, he finally found a little box under the bed. It even had a lock.

What the hell? Is there money inside? Why lock it?

But what if there really was money inside? Lin Xingye searched everywhere for the key.

Luckily, he found a key that fit perfectly inside a ridiculously childish little box.

When he opened it, he found it full of cute toys.

Lin Xingye: ?

Are these things worth a lot?

Refusing to believe it, he rummaged through everything. Not a single cent.

Forget being valuable. These little toys were battered and worn, clearly quite old.

Fortunately, he hadn't been looking for money in the first place. Otherwise, how disappointed would he have been?

At the very bottom, he found a small, thick photo album.

The pictures looked as though they had been taken in kindergarten.

He had no memories of his childhood at all. In the album, there were always a few children around him. They seemed very fond of him, insisting on squeezing in beside him whenever a photo was taken.

The tall boy looked like a childhood version of Bo Xi.

There was also a boy with naturally curly hair who looked a lot like Qi Sijing. One photo even included a sniffling little girl.

She looked a lot like Qi Sinian.

There were even plenty of children from other business families.

So we all went to the same kindergarten.

Maybe I even stole their food back then.

They really had known each other before. Then why, in his previous life, had they all acted as though they didn't know him, spending every day circling Tea Bag and competing to become Tea Bag's admirers number one, two, three, four, five, and six? Who knew how far down the line Li Hanwen had ranked. They'd all acted as though they'd lost their minds.

Lost their minds?

Could there be something wrong with Tea Bag?

Lin Xingye felt that if he wanted to deal with Tea Bag, he had to get to the root of the problem.

He had all but ruined Li Hanwen's reputation. Without the Lin Family's support, Li Hanwen wasn't worth mentioning. The real problem was Qin Ke.

It seemed that anyone who got close to him enjoyed good fortune. That was how Li Hanwen had managed to sail through everything in his previous life.

Li Hanwen was nothing more than a pathetic clown. He wasn't even anyone important to Qin Ke.

After his complete victory, Li Hanwen had loved to gloat to him. Lin Xingye wasn't stupid, either. From his words, he could tell that many things had clearly been done under Qin Ke's instructions, whether openly or in secret.

Li Hanwen was merely a tool. Even the drugging had gone so smoothly back then, as had Li Hanwen's marriage to him. Smoothly beyond belief.

Everything seemed to have been arranged and handed to him on a platter. Whoever he wanted to suffer would suffer. In that case, why had Qin Ke insisted on coming after him?

If it was looks he wanted, Bo Xi was worth ten Li Hanwens. If it was ability, Cheng Yu alone could crush a whole crowd. If it was money, Qi Sijing could give him all he needed. If it was someone unique, that awkward little An Shi was already unique enough.

What was so special about Li Hanwen? Was he exceptionally ugly?

Or was it because he had a spouse?

Even Lin Xingye had only fallen for him because he'd viewed him through the rose-tinted lens of a lifesaving benefactor. Besides, Li Hanwen had later admitted that he'd deliberately staged the whole thing. Qin Ke couldn't possibly think much of him.

There had to be something in the Lin Family that he wanted.

He had already asked Xu Chen to collect information on Qin Ke. Only by knowing both himself and his enemy could he win every battle. As for Li Hanwen, all he had to do was wait until the banquet. He would make sure that man was utterly ruined!

And that wasn't all. He had to find out exactly what had made Qin Ke willing to slaughter his entire family.

"Mmm~ You're so good to me~"

Qin Ke nestled in a man's arms. A closer look would reveal that this was one of the people at today's Symposium.

The man wore a lecherous grin, groping him all over as he smoked a postcoital cigarette.

Qin Ke lowered his head, his face full of disgust. "System, I've gotten all this man's affection points, right?"

[Of course. Congratulations.]

The system had told him that anyone who had intimate contact with him would become uncontrollably attracted to him.

People with poor self-control would even lose their ability to think clearly after overly intimate contact with him, making him their highest priority in life, as though they existed solely for him.

Those completely under his control could even die for him.

Qin Ke lay back comfortably and began imagining all those rich and powerful people falling at his feet.

He simply hadn't expected the person who had ruined his plans today to be Lin Xingye. It didn't matter. He was a dead man walking.

When the time came, everything Lin Xingye owned would be his!