Epiphanies of Rebirth Chapter 81 (Part 3)
Translated by Pure
Chapter 81.3 Lin Jingzhe: Life was really beautiful.
Xiao Chi had sat on the sofa as soon as he got home and complained that his hair was messed up and asked for him to help retie the hair again. Lin Jingzhe looked at the curly hair in front of him, recalled Liang Pi's vigilant face while briefing the circumstances and couldn’t help but doubt. Do you really have this capability?
However, after some consideration, it seemed to make sense. Lin Jingzhe only found out that Xiao Chi was the senseless type only after spending a period of time with him. Whenever in public, he would act reserved and reserved, strong-willed and decisive; in killing and attacking, he had fooled everyone.
Mr. ‘strong-willed and decisive’ Xiao frowned and criticized, "That bastard Hu Shaofeng, he had gotten a convertible car from god knows where. Once the roof is removed, it can't be reattached again."
He had ridden in Hu Shaofeng’s new car, and the wind had ruined the perfectly tied hair that Lin Jingzhe had helped him do in the morning.
Lin Jingzhe used his fingers to help him comb the curly hair on the top of Xiao Chi’s head. With a handful in his hand, he echoed his lover’s thoughts and scolded, "He is getting more and more shameless!"
Xiao Chi felt a little happier, and started talking about what he had experienced today while rotating his Buddist beads.
Lin Jingzhe hesitated, but still ended up asking, "Didn't you say you were going to see Qi Kai in the morning? How is he?"
After Qi Kai was detained back in the country and learned the news of Elder Qi's death, he fainted in the detention center. This news had spread throughout the circles of his old acquaintances. Lin Jingzhe originally wanted to follow him to visit, but Xiao Chi refused to let him go.
"There were people watching outside, and I couldn't enter the ward, but he looked fine. He hadn’t sustained any major injuries, but he seemed malnourished and agitated. However when we went, his emotions were said to have somewhat stabilized."
Lin Jingzhe was startled to hear that even Xiao Chi and the others were not able to enter the ward. "He’s under such strict surveillance?"
Xiao Chi was afraid that he would continue to ask, so he hummed and nodded, and then pointed to his hair. "It's loose."
"Oh, oops!" Lin Jingzhe was immediately distracted. The hair in his grasp had scattered because of Xiao Chi's nod, so he reassembled his curly hair then carefully tied it up.
Seeing that he didn't ask any more questions, Xiao Chi inwardly sighed in relief. He didn't want to hide anything from Lin Jingzhe, but for the sake of safety, it's better not to let him know too much about Qi Kai’s situation.
People continued to speculate why Qi Kai was being detained under such strict surveillance. Many believed it was because of his severe sentence, and they were preventing him from escaping again, but Xiao Chi knew it wasn’t that simple. The meaning and significance of those guards, rather than imprisoning, it looked more as if they were safeguarding him.
As for the specifics, Xiao Chi wasn’t aware, and even Xiao Shenxing only knew a limited amount. It seemed that after Qi Kai woke up from the ward, he didn't shed a single tear. Instead, in the utmost tranquil manner, he claimed that he wanted to expose some domestic underground drug routes that he had learned about when he and Shi Nanxing participated in drug trafficking.
Yan City's inspection department became active overnight. Even the other provinces and cities, although they seemed to put on a show of happiness and prosperity on the surface, countless battles had already taken place behind the scenes.
Another strange matter was the most recent news Xiao Shenxing had received. Yan City public security department had suddenly joined forces with the International Criminal Police Organization, and recruited several foreign police officers, who were said to be veterans forensic artists, to the country.
Although he was very curious, there was no need to investigate further. One misstep may even lead to the leakage of confidential information.
Therefore, Xiao Shenxing and Xiao Chi both stopped their investigations. No matter what, safety was the most important thing, as long as they knew he was alive, then everything else was secondary.
Or they could be like the current Shi Family. After the news of Shi Nanxing's death, his family members either went crazy or died, the ones who lived turned into something similar to walking corpses. Ina fit of fury, this family had used all their means to have every province and city in the southwest under a state of full martial law. In less than a month, countless previously insolent drug dealers had been shot and killed, and even other illegal underground industries had been seriously injured.
…
Shen Tiantian was pulled by Xiao Miao just as she was about to turn a corner. Seeing that Xiao Miao's face turned red, she froze, then followed her line of sight, and then pouted angrily—At the corner, her brother was hugging and kissing Xiao Chi again.
After the accident, Xiao Chi moved Lin Jingzhe from Dongtai Community to live in the compound for safety reasons. This house was unlike their small home, the elders and younger siblings were all there, and the two of them hardly had any space to be alone together. Therefore, intimacy was mostly in their own private room, and rarely do they stick too close outside.
Lin Jingzhe was quite overwhelmed by the inexplicably clingy man after his hair was tied up. Touching his curly hair, he sighed with deep emotions. "The banquet has been booked for November 6th."
He still felt it hard to believe even after mentioning this news, the family that he had never indulged in his previous life had been inexplicably given in this lifetime.
Xiao Chi was very calm. "Print more invitations, the original number isn’t enough."
"How could it be?" Lin Jingzhe recounted all of his relatives and friends of the two families, and was very puzzled.
Xiao Chi, who was very good at counting, said in a very serious tone, "I forgot to count my classmates from elementary school and junior high school."
“…………………”
Lin Jingzhe laughed and pushed him, "Go away."
"Amitabha. Now you are telling me to get away?" Xiao Chi asked him, "Who is the one who can only fall asleep by hugging me after the car accident? I'm going to ask Bodhisattva."
Lin Jingzhe quickly grabbed him by the hair. "Don't blaspheme Bodhisattva!"
The two talked and kissed, and the sounds of their makeout session caused Xiao Miao’s head to emit steam. She hurriedly pulled her friend’s hand and said, "Let's go to the other side."
She was well aware of her good friend's brother-complex, so she was quite sympathetic for Shen Tiantian to witness this scene. On the contrary, Shen Tiantian didn't show any dissatisfaction, but was dragged away by Xiao Miao in a daze.
Their brother didn’t seem to have a bottom line and continued to kiss for an extended amount of time. Knowing it was about time that the rest of the family were about to get back from work, Lin Jingzhe urged Xiao Chi to begin to talk about more serious things.
From the development of the Mixed-Use Building on 2nd Middle Road to the now vacant land by Wubao Mountain, Lin Jingzhe suddenly remembered another matter, and asked, "By the way, I remembered you invested in some company called Immortal Science & Technology before?"
Xiao Chi nodded.
Lin Jingzhe summarized the Best Partner IT meeting today, and smiled. "My partner is terrified by the lack of news, if you have any inside information, please let me know."
He thought Xiao Chi would at most tell him the direction of Immortal Science & Technology’s plan in development, but who knew the latter would take out his phone and make a call as soon as he finished speaking.
"Mm, okay, I understand. Keep up the good work."
After hanging up the phone, he opened his mouth and said, "Immortal Science & Technology is indeed researching real-time communication software. The development progress has exceeded 60% and is expected to be launched before August this year. Their next step is to seize the market. They plan to..."
Lin Jingzhe hurriedly interpreted his words with his fist. "You are crazy? Who asked you to disclose business secrets!"
Xiao Chi took his hand, rubbed his fingers against the two strings of prayer beads on his wrist, and showed a rather obvious smile. With a solemn look and sharp gaze, he said, "Let me tell you a secret, I put Immortal Science & Technology’s quarterly reports in our room’s safe, the password is *****"
Lin Jingzhe was in between tears and laughter, he covered his forehead and said, "Stop making trouble, let's just have the two companies cooperate, and fight together against the competitors first."
Xiao Chi readily agreed, "Okay!"
Lin Jingzhe called Liang Pi that night. "I have already spoken with the person in charge of Immortal Science & Technology, and they are also very interested in the cooperation strategy in regards to the real-time communication market."
"..." Liang Pi felt that he might not have woken up yet, "Are you really sure about this?"
Was the other party really willing to make concessions for such a limited and new communications market? They wouldn’t want to enjoy it alone?
Lin Jingzhe solemnly continued, "If you have no objection, we can meet with the person in charge on Monday to discuss the details of the cooperation."
"I, I, I...Of course I have no objection." Of course it's a good thing not to fight to the death, especially between two companies that were destined to oppose each other with equal harshness. Liang Pi hastily agreed, unable to calm down for a long time amidst the disconnected tone after Lin Jingzhe had hung up.
Wu Wangfei was looking through the long screen of programmed codes. Seeing his partner in a daze, he raised his head in doubt.
Liang Pi slowly turned his head and met Wu Wangfei’s gaze, and after his shock, let out a long exhale.
God couldn’t even explain how simultaneously moved and shocked he currently was. He was moved by the fact that Lin Jingzhe would make a special trip to negotiate with a rival company so bravely because of his apprehensions. At the same time, Liang Pi was shocked that the other party was able to come into an agreement with a notoriously domineering company in the industry in such a short period of time.
Fortunately... Fortunately, I changed my thinking in time and didn't keep playing mind games with the other party.
Otherwise, relying solely on Lin Jingzhe's negotiating skills, he could very likely crush him with just two fingers.
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As soon as Xiao Chi left the house, he heard a call behind him. He stopped and doubtfully looked at Shen Tiantian who had followed him outside.
Although he and Shen Tiantian still hadn’t reached the point of mutual disgust, the two had a fair share of fights. However, she was currently approaching him exasperatingly slowly with her head lowered, like a little piglet.
Give it up, this is how all Buddhism devotees use metaphors!
Xiao Chi vigilantly looked at her. "What's the matter?"
Shen Tiantian secretly raised her head to look at Xiao Chi's guarded appearance. She inwardly groaned, but recalled the time following her brother’s car accident and felt the encroachment of an indescribable emotion. Lin Jingzhe had comforted and protected her back then, he looked so strong as if invulnerable to water and fire.
During that time, big brother...was so scared that he couldn't sleep?
Shen Tiantian pursed her lips, finally relented and loosened her shoulders. She stretched out her hands from behind her back, and handed a small box to Xiao Chi.
Xiao Chi hesitated for a moment but took it in the end. When he opened it, he found a pendant inside. It was a deep green precious stone, carved into Bodhisattva, completely reproducing the deity’s merciful countenance. The craftsmanship was extraordinary, it was easy to tell this was a very expensive item.
"What is this?" Xiao Chi asked suspiciously.
"My father left this for me. I always wanted to give it to my big brother, but..." Shen Tiantian paused. Since this was from her father after all, the origin of this gift would make it rather awkward for Lin Jingzhe and Lin Runsheng.
She sighed, and her eyes, that fell upon the Bodhisattva pedant, became distant and complicated. It took a while to recover her brisk tone. "Forget it, now that you are going to marry my big brother and become my in-law, then I will give you this thing. You must care for it well."
The truth of Shen Tiantian's biological father was also an open secret in the compound. Xiao Chi was slightly taken aback but when he looked at her awkward gesture of goodwill, he sighed.
He took two steps forward, opened his arms and gave her an unexpected hug before softly saying, "Thank you, I will take good care of it."
Shen Tiantian sniffled, and said in a choked up voice, "You must treat my brother well in the future and prevent him from having nightmares, otherwise I will never let you go!"
To comfort her, Xiao Chi patted her back gently, but as soon as he let go, he looked up and saw a shocked face.
Xiao Chi: "..."
Xiao Miao stared at them with widened eyes. "What are you two doing?"
Shen Tiantian quickly wiped her eyes, resumed her nonchalant look, and played it off. "Your brother is flattering me!"
Xiao Chi: "..." This piggy is truly troublesome!
Xiao Miao immediately dropped all pretense; she pouted and stared at her brother. Xiao Chi turned around, ready to run away.
Xiao Miao immediately grabbed her brother. "I want a hug too!!"
Xiao Chi felt goosebumps forming, he waved his hand and broke free from her grasp. "Scram! Go away!"
His car drove off with the exhaust fumes sprayed onto Xiao Miao's face.
"..." Xiao Miao looked at the car leaving with tears in her eyes. What kind of rubbish brother is this!
She went to find Lin Jingzhe!
Lin Jingzhe, who had just woken up, was suddenly hugged by the two younger sisters: "???"
Holding his two soft and sweet smelling younger sisters, Lin Jingzhe welcomed the fresh morning air with a sigh.
Life is really beautiful.