I Ran Away with the Scumbag's White Moonlight Chapter 60

Shi Jingxian had just finished his shower and didn't even have time to dry his hair before he hurriedly walked into the kitchen with his hair still wet. As he expected, standing in the spacious and bright kitchen, one near and one far, were Chu Wanhong and Gu Baba.

Gu Yemei rarely brought friends home, so Gu Baba was naturally a bit curious. "Are you Amei's friend?"

Shi Jingxian felt something was off. If he told the truth, the fact that Gu Yemei was being stalked and harassed would be exposed, and he didn't want Gu Baba to know about such things. So, he quickly spoke before Chu Wanhong could, "Dad, this is my colleague's younger brother, Xiao Chu. It rained yesterday, and he didn't have time to go to the hotel, so he stayed over for the night."

As he spoke, he glanced at Chu Wanhong, subtly signaling him not to say anything unnecessary. Chu Wanhong indeed didn't refute, but his expression towards Shi Jingxian seemed to become a bit more nuanced.

After Shi Jingxian finished speaking, Chu Wanhong looked at Gu Baba. In fact, he was more curious than Gu Baba about who this colleague of Gu Yemei was, who had such a good relationship that he could send his brother to stay over.

However, unfortunately, Gu Baba trusted his son very much and didn't continue to ask questions. He just smiled and looked at Chu Wanhong a few times, praising, "Young man, you're quite tall."

Hearing this, Chu Wanhong quickly restrained the curiosity in his green eyes. "Hello, Uncle. Sorry for the disturbance last night."

When he spoke, he had already reverted to the shy demeanor he had when facing Gu Yemei last night. His tone and the smile on his face were the kind that particularly endeared him to elders.

Sure enough, Gu Baba had a good impression of this very polite foreign young man. "Good, good, you're up so early? Young people usually like to sleep in, it's not easy to get up early."

After saying this, he remembered, "Oh right, Amei, what are you cooking in the kitchen? It smells so good."

Shi Jingxian shook his head. "I'm not cooking anything."

The kitchen in this villa was very spacious, with a semi-open independent kitchen fully equipped. There were three refrigerators arranged by storage category, not to mention the pots, pans, and kitchen utensils. But Gu Yemei was busy with work, and these things were only used by the housekeeper auntie. He himself might not even recognize them all.

Plus, the hospital had been busy lately, so Gu Yemei hadn't let the auntie stay to cook. He would just grab a sandwich to fill his stomach. This kind of rich aroma of warm food, he hadn't smelled in a long time.

Gu Baba was puzzled. "Then where is this aroma coming from?"

Chu Wanhong, standing nearby, said, "I'm stewing beef brisket."

"Hey," Gu Baba was curious, "why are you stewing beef brisket so early? Is there enough time?"

Chu Wanhong opened the lid of the soup pot beside him, and a stronger, warm aroma immediately spread around. "It's already done. Brother Gu said he wanted to eat it, and I happen to know how to make it."

"I wanted to ask, but Brother Gu seemed to be showering and didn't hear me." He seemed a bit embarrassed. "I saw the ingredients in the fridge, so I just started stewing."

Shi Jingxian: "…?"

Who wanted to eat stewed beef brisket?

"Amei wanted to eat it?" But Gu Baba didn't doubt it at all and instead asked him, "Have you been too tired lately, feeling hungry?"

"…It's okay, not too tired." Shi Jingxian glanced at the soup pot. "Dad, since there's food, you don't need to be busy. I'll find some bean buns to steam. After eating, I'll take you home, and you and Mom can have those shrimps."

"No need, I'll just call a car to go back." Gu Baba waved his hand. "I'll heat the bean buns, you go dry your hair and change your clothes, you'll have to go to work soon."

Shi Jingxian didn't insist. After he dried his hair and came back, there were already two soup pots and several baskets of heated buns on the table. Gu Baba was setting the chopsticks. Shi Jingxian casually tied his slightly long hair with a hair tie, then felt as if there was a gaze on him.

He turned around, and Chu Wanhong, holding the last soup pot, happened to walk past him. But seeing the careful way the other was holding the bowl, the gaze that seemed to be locked on him just now was probably just an illusion. Shi Jingxian thought, reaching out to take the soup pot from him.

"I'll do it, you sit down."

Chu Wanhong was indeed considerate. Earlier, when Shi Jingxian looked down at him from the stairs, the bandage on his arm was still exposed. After Shi Jingxian and Gu Baba finished making up Chu Wanhong's identity, he had already timely pulled down his sleeve to cover the wound with his sweater.

But this kind of cleverness couldn't dispel Shi Jingxian's vigilance. Before the meal, he specifically spent some experience points to check if the food on the table was poisoned.

This was a task planet where technological development was still in its early stages, and most poisons were chemical substances, so checking wasn't too difficult. After receiving a negative response from the system, Shi Jingxian stopped his conversation with Gu Baba and started eating with everyone.

The temporarily heated buns weren't fast-food products but were made by the housekeeper auntie and stored in the fridge. Some were even new items that Gu Auntie had specially asked a pastry chef to send over, and even after being refrigerated, their taste wasn't affected.

So compared to the beef brisket stewed by a stranger, Shi Jingxian originally planned to only eat the buns—until he was swayed by Gu Baba's exaggerated and continuous praise.

"This beef is stewed so tender! The taste is also very flavorful," Gu Baba was pleasantly surprised. "I thought there wouldn't be enough time, but the texture is so good. Xiao Chu, how long did you stew this soup?"

"About an hour," Chu Wanhong said. "The ingredients in the fridge were already prepared, so it wasn't troublesome to stew."

While eating a custard bun, Shi Jingxian couldn't help but glance at the brightly colored red wine stewed beef brisket in front of him. He hesitated for a moment but still moved the soup spoon.

The sweet and sour taste melted in his mouth, and the tomatoes, which had been completely stewed, left only a soft, sweet texture. The flavor had fully penetrated the tender yet chewy beef brisket.

The red wine seemed to be the half-bottle left in the fridge, and the quality of the wine was good. It's just that Gu Yemei was busy and forgot about it halfway through drinking. Now, the wine's aroma had seeped into the meat soup, washing away the expected greasiness and meatiness, leaving only a rich and mellow taste.

After tasting the first bite, Shi Jingxian silently scooped another spoonful. After he finished the second spoonful, he noticed that Chu Wanhong across from him seemed to visibly relax because of his reaction. When Shi Jingxian looked up, the other even smiled happily, revealing a shallow dimple at the corner of his mouth.

Shi Jingxian didn't say anything and continued to bite into a piece of beef brisket. Perhaps wanting to know the taster's evaluation, from the moment he picked up the soup spoon, Chu Wanhong had been watching him.

However, the other's gaze only carried a bit of nervousness and anticipation. Although he was watching him intently, it didn't have the kind of tightness and aggression that Shi Jingxian had felt when he was tying his hair and sensed someone watching him.

Maybe it really was just an illusion earlier. Shi Jingxian didn't think much of it. However, while he was quietly eating breakfast, Gu Baba actually started discussing cooking techniques with Chu Wanhong. Shi Jingxian heard a lot about "how to peel and stew tomatoes" and "how to remove the smell and flavor beef brisket" until the doorbell rang.

The person delivering the car parked it in the villa's garage and also brought a set of large-sized clothes that Shi Jingxian had instructed. After calling a car to send Chu Wanhong and Gu Baba off separately, Shi Jingxian returned home and dialed a new number.

The call was to one of Gu Yemei's childhood friends, but unfortunately, the other was exactly the kind of "young person who doesn't like to get up early" that Gu Baba mentioned, and Shi Jingxian's call didn't go through. In the end, he sent a message instead.

After finishing these tasks, the rain had stopped. Shi Jingxian didn't drive but took an umbrella and headed to the hospital. The work in neurosurgery was intense every day, and for Shi Jingxian, who had just taken over the body and needed to continue adapting, it was even more so. He was busy from morning till night, and he didn't even have time to find a chance to enter the system platform and contact Ai Lun and the others. In the end, he didn't even have time for the quick sandwich meals that Gu Yemei usually had.

Fortunately, there were no surgeries scheduled for the next two days, so even though he was busy past dinner time, Shi Jingxian still managed to get off work before nine o'clock. After changing out of his white coat, he finally had time to answer the phone that had rung several times.

"Hello—Yezi, you just got off work?"

The call was from Lu Lan, the childhood friend Shi Jingxian had called in the morning. "Yeah," Shi Jingxian asked, "How's it going?"

"I asked my uncle to find someone to check. The newly installed streetlights near your house just got connected to the cameras, and those people were all caught on camera last night. They have a history of robbery and causing trouble, and this afternoon they were wandering around the west district again. The team found evidence and detained them. Don't worry, they won't be bothering you for a while."

"Thanks for the trouble."

"Why are you being polite with me? Seriously." After discussing the serious matter, Lu Lan, who couldn't stay serious for more than three sentences, immediately switched to a complaining tone. "Those people have been harassing you for more than a day, right? And you only told me now, do you even consider me a friend?..."

Listening to the chatter in the earpiece, Shi Jingxian held the phone with one shoulder and changed into his own coat. Gu Yemei didn't like to trouble others and wasn't used to exposing his vulnerabilities. In the task storyline, he never mentioned the troubles he encountered to others.

He always felt that a doctor who stood on the line between life and death every day shouldn't care too much about such trivial matters. But in fact, Lu Lan's nagging seemed a bit more endearing than expected.

After putting on his coat, Shi Jingxian was about to take the phone down when the device suddenly vibrated in his hand. The screen lit up, and another call came in.

The number was marked: Cha Nan.

"Hold on," Shi Jingxian didn't pick up the call, he just told Lu Lan on the other end of the line, "I'll return a message."

"Huh? Oh, go ahead."

Lu Lan, interrupted midway, couldn't remember where he left off, thought hard for a moment, and had to give up, then asked, "Whose message is it?"

"It's Cha Nan's, I'm going to see him later."

Shi Jingxian said lightly, and before Lu Lan could flip the table, he added, "To talk about breaking up."

Lu Lan didn't flip the table, he started knocking on the bench instead. "Break up, break up, hurry up! My brother, you finally figured it out!" Lu Lan's excitement was clearly transmitted through the phone. "Really, I've disliked that scumbag for a long time. Look at how he treats you! And that Yi Ren from his company, that big idiot, even dared to hire thugs to harass you. I think he's got a death wish..."

Lu Lan's basket of words was completely overturned. But despite his excitement, Lu Lan didn't delay the important matter at all. The sound of hurriedly flipping through clothes came from the other end of the phone, and he directly asked, "Hey Yezi, you're at the hospital, right? Wait, wait, I'll come pick you up now!"

"You come..." Before he could finish saying "what for," the call was already hung up. Oh well, let him come, it saves him from having to call a cab.

Shi Jingxian put away his phone and walked out of the changing room. He deliberately went to the office to write some case notes and waited a bit longer before heading out of the hospital. Even so, he still received a call for help from Lu Lan.

"Bro!! I'm stuck at the entrance of your hospital again!"

When Shi Jingxian arrived, Lu Lan had already successfully turned around, but when he saw the other in person, Shi Jingxian still remained silent for three seconds.

"…Did you drive a supercar here just to experience traffic jams?"

Amidst a heap of taxis, vans, and even electric scooters, a bright red Aston Martin stood out conspicuously. And the owner in the driver's seat was no less eye-catching than the red supercar—a young man with black hair wearing sunglasses that covered half his face, dressed in a top luxury formal suit suitable for attending a wedding, with a bright luxury watch on his wrist.

"Coming to pick you up, of course, I have to be a bit more formal."

Lu Lan said with conviction.

"…"

Shi Jingxian casually hooked the sunglasses off his face. "Wearing sunglasses in the middle of the night, afraid of seeing too clearly?"

"Hey, hey, hey, bro! Don't touch my glasses!"

Lu Lan let out a miserable cry, hurriedly protecting the glasses that had been snatched away. However, it was too late. Under the bright streetlights, a face that looked no older than twenty was clearly outlined with soft contours.

"Maintain the aura, the aura! We still have to go find that scumbag, this is my specially prepared outfit." Lu Lan pouted, although the sunglasses were put back on, with that face, the action made him look even more... adorably youthful.

Shi Jingxian couldn't help but rub his nose. Lu Lan urged him, "Quick, quick, quick, get in the car!"

The hospital was about a forty-minute drive from Cha Nan's company, but under the wheels of the supercar, it took less than half an hour for the two to arrive. The tall building was brightly lit, with the large "Cha's" sign glowing at the top. Shi Jingxian opened the door and got out of the car. "Ah Lan, it's not convenient to park at the entrance, you should go to the parking lot. I'll call you when I come out."

Lu Lan didn't mind. "It's fine, I'll just wait here for you, it won't take long anyway."

Seeing his friend walk around the car towards Cha's building, Lu Lan, with his arms crossed and leaning on the car window, couldn't help but call out to him again, "Yezi, are you safe going in alone?"

He pushed up his sunglasses, thinking, "Why don't I pretend to be your current boyfriend and go in with you?"

After all, that scumbag had often indirectly suspected their relationship before. Ugh, a toad with a face full of warts.

"No need." Already a step away, Shi Jingxian waved his hand at him without turning back. "I'll call you when I need my sister to make an appearance next time."

Lu Lan: "…"

Blame him for the baby face!

The baby-faced little friend Lu was so choked that his eyes widened. Until he caught sight of a figure outside the building, which caught his attention.

If he wasn't mistaken, wasn't that... the damned Yi Ren?

Lu Lan's mind raced, and he called out loudly, "Darling!"

Hearing his voice, Gu Yemei, not far away, turned to look back. Lu Lan gave him a dashing air kiss from the car window. "Come back soon, I'll be waiting for you here."

Gu Yemei gave him a look as if he were a patient, then turned and walked away. Even with sunglasses on, Lu Lan could clearly sense the disdain from the other.

He hummed discontentedly a couple of times, but when he saw Yi Ren, who had witnessed their interaction, change his expression, his mood quickly turned to full delight.

Does this guy still dare to provoke and pick fights? People in the entertainment industry are the most superficial, now he knows to be afraid, right?

Deliberately driving the most eye-catching sports car over, Lu Lan was here to back up Gu Yemei. Hmph, Yezi is still too low-key. He thought discontentedly, so much so that even now, the scumbag's company doesn't know their relationship, and no one knows that the scumbag's initial startup relied on the Gu family's help, making it so that now, any kind of trash dares to bully Yezi.

Just as he was planning how to teach Yi Ren a lesson, the enthusiastic Lu Lan suddenly felt a chill around him. A bone-chilling coldness crept up his spine, as if he were being stared at by something extremely dangerous, fear following him like a shadow.

It was like falling into an ice cave. Even with the heater on full blast in the car, Lu Lan couldn't help but sneeze violently. Wiping his nose, Lu Lan looked outside suspiciously and warily.

Who's out there?!

Lu Lan's eyesight was perfectly fine, he wore glasses purely to cover his baby face. But after looking around, there was no particularly dangerous person in sight. Nearby, there were only some young people dressed like Yi Ren, most of them openly or secretly observing the suddenly appearing supercar, looking flamboyant and without any lethality.