Chapter 53
It happened too suddenly, and Song Linchu’s thoughts about resistance were suppressed by someone who had planned it in advance.
Song Linchu was not quite sober last time. His mind was clouded by alcohol, his perception was slow and weak, and his intuition was not very strong.
This time he was sober and he experienced a direct rush to the brain that he could not resist.
It was already one o’clock in the morning.
The surroundings were silent, with only a half-moon hanging high in the sky, quietly peeking through the half-drawn curtains, listening to Tan Yue’s personal instruction.
It was still early spring, and the weather still had a chill, with everything still in the tail of winter, but the vibrant spring atmosphere enveloped this small area.
Perhaps the spring sun here was too scorching, making Tan Yue’s palms to also become hot, even hotter than magma.
It was like he had magic, controlling human emotions.
When the magic spell is fast, humans feel like they’re riding a witch’s broomstick, soaring high into the clouds, stepping on soft clouds, and thoughts drifting.
Under this impact, humans gasped for breath like stranded fish, eyes filled with physiological tears due to excessive stimulation, sliding down from the corners of the eyes and being kissed away.
When the magic spell suddenly slows down, humans fall from the high clouds into an endless abyss in an instant.
The abyss is filled with unnamed anxiety, like gently falling feathers, scratching the heart even more.
Under the slow magic spell, the initially repelling hand slowly turned into a gesture of grabbing the shirt, and they softly beg the spell caster to chant faster.
In this kind of torment of magic spells that are sometimes fast and sometimes slow, the human defense line collapses, bursting into a torrential flood and exploding.
The hands were powerless and they fell back onto the snow-white sheets.
The spring temperature of this land seemed particularly high, and even humans who are afraid of the cold had a thin layer of sweat on their foreheads.
The chilly spring gently tapped on the tightly closed glass, trying to convey a little bit of coldness to this space, to bring down the scorching temperature, but it was mercilessly blocked outside the window, leaving behind patches of frustrated white mist on the glass.
In the pouring flood, the human’s mind is blank, and the spell caster’s hand wandered off to other places…
It had obviously visited this place before, and was already familiar with the route. Without even needing a guide, it found its secret base in the ravine formed by two prominent mountains.
The white fog on the window glass gathered more and more, condensing into a crystal clear water droplet, quietly rolling down.
Perhaps the sound it made when it fell to the ground was too loud, awakening the human who was under the spell.
The helpless human raised the hand hanging on one side, scratching the spellcaster’s back with fair and slender fingers, hoping to awaken the spellcaster’s conscience and set them free through pain.
But the spellcaster was too cunning. He knew this secret base better than the humans themselves. An unknown switch was pressed inside, causing the human to stretched tight like a bowstring, only to soften into a puddle in an instant.
The tamed human had lost the fangs and claws and became the spellcastor’s prey and the most tempting delicacy in the world, emitting the fragrance of spring and making people salivate.
The belt showed it’s ferocious face, revisiting the familiar place.
The fragile human had completely lost his ability to resist and whimpered softly, letting the belt expand its territory.
The night grew deeper and the noisy city gradually became silent. The colorful neon lights went out one by one, leaving behind a thick curtain of night.
The torrent gathered again into the sea again. The fragile embankment could not withstand the impact of this massive force from the water waves, and its defense weakened.
It was unclear how long it had lasted, but under the pouring spring rain, the embankment finally could not withstand the impact of the flood and broke again…
The night was still long.
This private commotion between the two lasted until four o’clock in the morning before it ended.
Song Linchu made some progress this time and didn’t pass out again, but he was so tired that he didn’t want to move a finger. After being carried out of the misty bathroom, he fell into a deep sleep.
Tan Yue had been banned for almost half a month and felt refreshed once again.
After settling Song Linchu, he went to Song Linchu’s room and found the almost unused medicine in the bedside table.
The young man had obviously formed a conditioned reflex and was strongly resistant even in his sleep.
Tan Yue kissed the sensitive ears of the youth to soothe him.
As it turned out, this was a self-destructive tactic, where killing one enemy would harm oneself by 1200.
After all, even a fierce beast could still have dessert after a full meal.
When Song Linchu was once again awakened from his sleep, he was horrified to find that the old man wanted to give him medicine in another way…
There are so many men in the world, why did he follow a dog!
Moreover, he picked it himself!
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Early the next day, Tan Yue’s personal secretary Cheng Bin and bodyguard Ah Yong were waiting in a car at the entrance of Tan’s villa, as per his instructions.
Around 7 o’clock, Tan Yue sat in the car, shrouded in the morning mist.
“Sir,” Cheng Bin looked at the dark circles under Tan Yue’s eyes with concern and asked, “Did you work overtime again?”
Tan Yue did more than just overtime. He barely slept, only dozing off for a while when it was barely light outside. However, this time was different from the previous times he worked non-stop. Tan Yue felt immense satisfaction in his spiritual world. He was radiant and full of energy, more vigorous than the morning sun peeking out from the morning mist.
He waved his hand, indicating that he was fine, and ordered Ah Yong to “go to the old mansion.”
As a family with decades of heritage, the Tan family had its own old mansion. The mansion was located in the west of Haikou, where there were scattered Chinese-style courtyards clustered together. They looked like loyal guards surrounding a big house located in the central position.
This was the main house of the Tan family and the residence of the patriarch for generations. However, Tan Yue, the current patriarch, did not live here, but there were servants coming in and out of the mansion, so it look seems that someone lived there.
Tan Yue’s car drove into the mansion area and stopped in front of the main house.
The servants inside heard the sound of the car engine and saw the familiar car and license plate at the entrance through the surveillance camera, and were frightened. They hurried to the dining room to inform the master, who was having breakfast.
The master of the main house was a middle-aged man in a wheelchair.
When he heard the name “Tan Yue,” the middle-aged man’s expression turned gloomy, and he almost broke his chopsticks.
Although they were half-blood brothers, with the same father but different mothers, Tan Gan obviously did not have the ability to hide his emotions like Tan Yue. Instead, he showed both his anger and joy on his face.
Tan Yue’s half brother was mentioned before and he was called “Tan Zhao”…🤔…I don’t why the author changed it but let’s just go along with it…
“Let him roll!” Tan Gan gnashed his teeth, with an angry expression mixed with a hint of concealed fear.
“Okay, okay.” The servant ran away, trembling.
Fang, the old butler of the villa, was over sixty years old, with white hair on both sides. He was already the butler of the Tan family when Tan Yue’s father was the patriarch of the family. He was considered an elder of two generations and was a respected old man.
He was an esteemed elder with considerable authority, and all the younger generation respectfully addressed him as Uncle Tan.
As he heard the servant’s report, he walked steadily across the courtyard and opened the gate just as Tan Yue stepped out of the car.
Compared to others who were deathly afraid of Tan Yue, the deeply experienced Butler Fang clearly didn’t fear him much.
He courteously said to Tan Yue, “Second young Master, master doesn’t wish to see you. Please leave.”
Cheng Bin, as Tan Yue’s spokesperson, coldly retorted, “Butler Fang, after all these years, haven’t you learned to change your address?”
Butler Fang paused for a moment and then replied, “It’s because I’ve been calling out “Second Young Master” for many years, and it has become a habit. Partriach, please leave.”
Cheng Bin adjusted his glasses and sneered, “Such arrogance! After occupying this nest for so many years, you’ve forgotten that this isn’t your own home.”
Butler Fang froze, and then angrily reprimanded: “What are you, you dare to play tricks here. It’s not up to you, a blind thing, to talk about the Tan family’s affairs.”
When Cheng Bin was insulted like this, he didn’t get angry but instead smiled and said, “I don’t have the authority to interfere with the affairs of the Tan family, but I advise you not to dawdle here. Otherwise, the ones knocking on the door later will be the police.”
Butler Fang is very sensitive to the word “police” and immediately became cautious. “What do you mean?” he asked.
“Young master Tan, in collaboration with the Vice President of Wanuo, Qiu Linsen, stole Wanuo’s commercial secrets. The evidence is conclusive. You can go and ask him, that is if he won’t shrink back,” Cheng Bin replied.
Butler Fang did not know what Tan Gan had done, and Tan Gan wouldn’t tell him. But he knew that people like Tan Yue would not come to them without reason. In Tan Yue’s mind, they were not worth his attention. After hesitating for a moment, he quietly glanced at Tan Yue, who was expressionless and silent, and went inside.
Tan Yue had no intention of asking for permission, and calmly walked in.
The servant guarding the door clearly feared Tan Yue, let alone the fact that Ah Yong, a tall and big man, was following behind him. He dared not stop them and could only painfully follow at the back, waiting to be sacrificed.
Tan Gan had lost his appetite a long time ago and wheeled himself into the living room. Butler Fang had just hastily relayed Cheng Bin’s words, and before he even had time to think, Tan Yue and his group walked in.
The two brothers hadn’t seen each other for many years and Tan Gan, who was over forty years old, had aged a lot, while Tan Yue was full of energy.
Tan Gan was obviously afraid of his younger brother. The moment he saw him, he tightly grasped the armrests of his wheelchair and shouted angrily, “Who let you in? Get out, we don’t welcome you here!”
Tan Yue stood in front of him, looking down at him coldly.
Tan Gan’s face was full of anger, and his facial muscles twitched rapidly as if he wanted to say something. But all his words were stuck under this icy gaze.
However, Tan Yue, this ancient iceberg, smiled slightly. Although the smile did not reach his eyes, he stared at Tan Gan and spoke coldly.
“Big brother, is the thing you stole from Wanuo delicious? Is it choking you?”
Tan Gan had a moment of guilty conscience, then averted his gaze and said, “I don’t understand what you’re saying.”
Tan Yue seemed to know that he would say that and reached out behind him. Cheng Bin understood and put a file in his hand. Tan Yue took the file and threw it coldly onto Tan Gan’s lap.
After hesitating for a moment, the middle-aged man opened the file and his eyes widened when he saw its contents.
“No, impossible!” He threw the document on the ground. “Tan Yue, you’re slandering me!”
Tan Gan couldn’t believe that despite setting up so many smoke screens, Tan Yue’s people were still able to follow the trail and trace it back to him.
He knew that the Wanuo spring new product was the biggest project of the first quarter this year. If it could not be successfully launched, it would deal a fatal blow to Tan Yue.
For this reason, he specifically bribed one of Wanuo’s vice presidents, Qiu Linsen.
This Qiu Linsen had a poor background and married into his current wife’s family for money. However, he had an extramarital affair and wanted to leave his wife and elope with his lover. But when he got married, he signed a prenuptial agreement with the woman that stated he would leave the marriage with nothing. He didn’t want to leave empty-handed but still wanted a divorce. Tan Gan promised to help him win half of the property if he provided the project plan for this new product.
Although Qiu Linsen was tempted, he cherished his well-paid job as Wanuo’s vice president and didn’t want to lose it for a small gain.
So Tan Gan set up a smokescreen for him, which were the two employees.
Originally, he intended to let Wanuo’s competitor release a similar product first, occupying the market with a high-quality and inexpensive product. By the time Wanuo realized it, the competitor would have already earned a lot of money.
But no one expected that his smokescreen would be so unfortunate to be exposed in advance, giving Tan Yue the opportunity to strike back.
Originally, Tan Gan wanted to catch Tan Yue off guard and make him suffer heavy losses by preventing his new product from being launched.
As a result, it was his own heavy loss instead.
However, he had no direct contact with all the personnel and companies involved. He was only an implicit shareholder in the company where the female employee who jumped ship worked. But even this was very secretive, and he didn’t know how Tan Yue was able to follow the trail.
If it were just this matter, he could completely push the blame to his subordinates and claim no responsibility.
But Tan Yue had evidence of all his behind-the-scenes manipulation. Stealing commercial secrets of other companies, whether by one’s own hands or by instigating others, would result in imprisonment.
Tan Gan’s face turned white. “Slander, all of this is your slander!”
“It is slander,” Tan Yue condescended and bent down to pick up the document from the ground. He glanced at the pale-faced Tan Gan and lowered his voice. “Then I’ll have to submit these false pieces of evidence to the court and see how the court will judge.”
Tan Gan was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. “You dare! You’ve already ruined me like this, and if you make me go to jail, my father, no, my grandfather in heaven won’t let you go!”
Tan Yue looked at him as if he was looking ay a fool.
He appeared cold and heartless on the surface, but at this moment, waves of searing pain shot through his back and shoulders, making him unable to help but frown.
This was the work of a certain wildcat.
During their last encounter, the wildcat had clearly been provoked, clawing and biting him relentlessly. However, Tan Yue, who might have a tendency towards masochism, brought a thicker belt than even before, leaving the wildcat gasping for breath.
It was not yet 8 o’clock, so the little wildcat should still be fast asleep.
He had tormented the person so mercilessly last night, who knew how they would react when they woke up?
He needed to go back and coax (decieve) that person properly. Otherwise, he would be miserable.
President Tan was eager to go home and coax (or deceive) his little partner, and when he looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, he found his visage even more hideous.
If it weren’t for Tan Gan actively seeking trouble, he wouldn’t have bothered with this person who wasn’t as good as a grasshopper in the autumn. But since he had come to his doorstep, he would take back everything he was owed, with interest.
Although Butler Fang didn’t understand what had happened, the moment he heard the word “imprisonment,” he realized the gravity of the situation.
However, he was calmer than Tan Gan. If Tan Yue came in person today, it must not be simply to threaten someone.
He must have a purpose.
He cleared his throat, his voice still calm. “Er…Patriarch, please state your purpose.”
The beast revealed his disguised fangs after a long time. “I want that piece of land in Suhai.”
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Tan villa.
Shortly after Tan Yue left, Song Linchu was awakened by his alarm clock. Although he didn’t have class in the morning, he still had to go to school today and move his things from the dormitory to his new home. Otherwise, who knows if Su Zhan will mess with his things again.
Other things were not a big deal, but he had a pile of books and manuscripts, which were his hard work and could not be damaged.
Tan Yue kept him busy until dawn, even more excessively than the first time, making him wonder where this animal got so much energy.
Even the donkeys of the production team couldn’t match him!
Song Linchu was exhausted and didn’t want to move a finger, but he got up from the bed with a strong will.
Tan Yue should have gone out because he heard him say “wait for me to come back” in his ear while he was half asleep.
So Song Linchu supported his waist and returned to his room.
………..
Tan Yue successfully negotiated and obtained what he wanted. He called the legal department of the company to send a lawyer’s letter and then went back to the villa.
Butler Liu was no where to be seen, but Tan Yue didn’t care. He went straight up to the second floor and opened the door. The bedding on the bed was messy, but no one was there.
He frowned and walked to Song Linchu’s door, knocked a few times but didn’t get a response. He hesitated for a moment, then twisted the door of the room.
Unexpectedly, the door was not locked, and it was easily twisted opened.
However, the bedding inside was neatly folded, and no one was there.
Tan Yue: “…?”
Where is my little husband?!
The time goes back an hour.
Despite the soreness of his waist, back pain, and a certain part that was burning with pain, Song Linchu did not lie down on the bed and sleep. He opened the suitcase, put some of his clothes into the suitcase, and dragged it downstairs.
Fortunately, the Tan villa had an elevator, otherwise he estimated that he would not have the energy to drag such a large suitcase downstairs.
When Butler Liu Steward saw the suitcase in his hand, he asked in surprise, “Little Lin, where are you going?”
Song Linchu cleared his throat and tried to make his voice sound normal. “Isn’t it still a few days before I can move there? It’s too troublesome to go back and forth like this, so I discussed with gege and decided to stay at school for a few days until I move in and then come back.”
Butler Liu never suspected the authenticity of his words, as he was such a well-behaved and obedient child. He even considerately helped him put his luggage in the car and advised him to take good care of himself at school.
Song Linchu readily agreed and got into the car. As he watched the street scenes rapidly receding outside the window, he dared to grit his teeth and rub his waist, leaning to one side to relieve the pressure in the middle.
Feeling extremely uncomfortable, Song Linchu cursed a certain bastard a hundred times in his heart.
Goodbye, you shameless man who not only deceived your husband but also lack self-control!
I won’t serve you anymore!