After the Fake Young Master Ran Away with His Child, the Villain Went Crazy - Chapter 4

When he reached the entrance to the terrace, there were four bodyguards standing guard at the door. They were tall and broad, and one glance was enough to tell that their muscles were solid.

“I’m looking for Mr. Yan.”

Jing Ruan walked up to one of the bodyguards, tilted his head up slightly, and stated his request. The bodyguard first sized up the person in front of him.

The person before him was wearing an ill-fitting suit. The suit was an ordinary off-the-rack item from a mall, and the pocket of the jacket bulged. One could guess what was stuffed inside.

His eyes were clear and foolish. He was not afraid of their imposing presence at all. He had simply walked straight over and asked.

The bodyguard turned back and glanced toward the terrace, then told Jing Ruan to wait here while he went in to report.

After only a few minutes, the bodyguard came out and said he could enter.

After Jing Ruan went in, the first thing he did was look at the statues the guests had said were extremely valuable. He wished he could go up and touch them, but unfortunately, they were not his, so he could not.

Yan Yi He had been observing him from the moment he entered.

The others had all left. Only Yan Qian was still beside Yan Yi He. Yan Qian did not have a good relationship with the Yan family. No one knew if the old man of the Yan family had eaten the wrong medicine, or if he had gone mentally muddled and been bewitched by women, but he had produced quite a few illegitimate children. There had even been a time when he sent word to the Yan family, saying he wanted to replace Young Master Yan’s attendant with someone else.

Yan Yi He had never responded.

Jing Ruan walked straight up to the two people on the terrace. Yan Jin had told him that the person who looked the most refined, the kindest, and the tallest among them was Yan Yi He.

Jing Ruan looked at Mr. Yan curiously.

This Mr. Yan was looking at him with a smile in his eyes. The aura around him was very gentle, like that of a modest and polite young man.

Moreover, he was extremely good-looking!

Yan Qian wondered in his heart just what kind of trick that illegitimate younger brother of his was trying to pull. What was the point of sending this person over? To make people laugh?

“Do you need something from me?”

Yan Yi He asked Jing Ruan in a soft, gentle voice.

Jing Ruan took two steps closer. He was dazed for a while by Yan Yi He’s beauty, and a faint pink spread across his face. He had never seen someone who spoke so gently and politely before.

“I want your contact information.”

Stammering a little, Jing Ruan asked the question Yan Jin had instructed him to ask. After saying it, he lowered his head and did not dare look at the other person.

Yan Qian was simply stunned. He felt that the Yan family was truly finished. These illegitimate children were worse than the last. Yan Jin had actually thought to send something like this to Yan Yi He.

Yan Qian immediately wanted to grab this piece of stinking trash and throw him out, then go properly ask that illegitimate brat Yan Jin if falling into a pit had damaged his brain. If he wanted to embarrass himself, could he not do it somewhere farther away?

Yan Yi He glanced lightly at Yan Qian.

He stopped Yan Qian’s movement.

“Why do you want my contact information?”

Yan Yi He asked him.

“I like you.”

Jing Ruan answered according to the words Yan Jin had told him to use.

Yan Yi He let out a soft laugh and picked up the fortune pouch on the nearby table. He selected three golden longevity peaches from inside, then put the pouch back on the table. Placing the golden peaches in his palm, he reached out and held them in front of Jing Ruan.

“Do you like these?”

The moment Jing Ruan saw gold, his eyes lit up brightly. He nodded again and again. Yet in the next second, Yan Yi He held one of the golden peaches up to his lips.

Jing Ruan did not understand and looked at him in confusion.

“Aren’t you going to bite it and see? If you bite it, it’s yours.”

Yan Yi He’s long, slender fingers pinched the golden little peach. The way he looked at Jing Ruan and the way he moved made it seem as though he were teasing some novel little pet.

Jing Ruan had not expected there to be such a good thing. He had long thrown the matter of asking for contact information to the back of his mind. In his heart, nothing was more important than money. As for liking someone, he did not really understand what that was at all.

Using Mr. Yan’s hand, Jing Ruan bit the little longevity peach, leaving a shallow tooth mark on it. After he bit one, Yan Yi He gave him one. Only after he had bitten all three did Yan Yi He stop.

Jing Ruan held the three newly obtained golden longevity peaches, his happiness shining from his eyes. His whole person looked as though he had gained some enormous benefit from the heavens.

Yan Qian only felt deeply humiliated. This person Yan Jin had sent over was not only shallow-eyed, he was also stupid and mercenary. Among those little items, the least valuable ones were the gold pieces. It could only be said that this person had no knowledge at all and could not distinguish good from bad.

After Yan Yi He finished teasing him, he found it rather uninteresting again. He was just about to signal Yan Qian with his eyes to send the person out when Jing Ruan looked at the fortune pouch on the table and greed rose in his heart.

He felt that Mr. Yan was truly very easy to talk to. Then could he give him the rest of those things too?

That was what Jing Ruan thought, and that was what he asked.

Yan Yi He picked up the fortune pouch, but he did not give it to Jing Ruan right away.

“Then what will you exchange for it?”

Yan Yi He first very clearly looked Jing Ruan up and down. Jing Ruan followed his gaze and looked over himself too. Then he heard Mr. Yan let out a regretful sigh.

“You don’t seem to have anything I want.”

Yan Yi He said.

Jing Ruan did not understand Yan Yi He’s light, drifting humiliation and scrutiny. He seriously searched through the pockets of his clothes and really found nothing. He only had the things Yan Jin had given him earlier.

“Then can I sing you a song in exchange?”

Jing Ruan tilted his head and thought for a moment, then answered him.

Yan Yi He found this novel and nodded.

And so, Jing Ruan seriously began singing the lullaby his grandmother used to sing to coax him to sleep. He only knew this one song.

Birds of the city in the sky, please take me far away.

Far away, there is a paradise I long for. There is no more red or black there, and children grow up safe and happy.

White flowers bloom across the entire city.

Laughter and joyful voices drift through the wind.

…

Jing Ruan’s voice was ethereal and clear. He did not sing in tune. In the first place, this song was not really a song. It was only the longing of the people of the Lower Fifth District for something beautiful. No one knew who had first hummed it casually, but many people in the Lower Fifth District knew how to sing it.

Yan Yi He listened to the lyrics. He could imagine the despair and hope described in the song. He could not help paying a little more attention and wondering what kind of place could give rise to such a scene.

After Jing Ruan finished singing, his eyes darted around.

His gaze kept drifting toward the fortune pouch on the table.

His meaning was very straightforward.

Yan Yi He pretended not to understand. He praised him with a couple of words, saying he had sung well, then simply stood there.

Yan Qian instantly understood Yan Yi He’s intention, so he deliberately put on a stern face and said to Jing Ruan, “It’s getting late. You should go back.”

Jing Ruan looked at Yan Yi He with eager eyes.

Yan Yi He raised his hand and checked his wristwatch.

“It is indeed getting late. You should go back. Otherwise, your family will worry if they can’t find you.”

Jing Ruan was so anxious that he paced two small steps on the spot. Then he could no longer care so much. He walked up to Yan Yi He and pointed at the fortune pouch.

“You promised. I sang in exchange for it.”

Yan Yi He lifted the fortune pouch and swung it in front of Jing Ruan’s eyes.

“Did I? Yan Qian, did I promise?”

Holding back his laughter, Yan Qian watched the boy circle around the pouch like a little dog, then answered solemnly, “No.”

Even if Jing Ruan was not very smart, he still knew they were playing with him. He was so angry that his eyes reddened. Large tears fell one after another, striking the carpet and leaving dark marks.

So hateful.

After Yan Yi He had teased him enough, he casually tossed the fortune pouch to Jing Ruan.

Jing Ruan fumbled to catch it. After catching it, he was dazed for a moment, then smiled happily again. He took the fortune pouch and was about to run, but when he reached the door, someone called him back.

“Don’t you want the phone number anymore?”

Yan Yi He thought that when the little mouse cried, it looked as though the sky had collapsed. Pitiful and miserable. It made him want to pinch his face.

Seeing that he was about to run off just like that, Yan Yi He called him back.

Only then did Jing Ruan remember his purpose. He ran back again and waited for the phone number. Yan Yi He recited a string of digits to him.

Jing Ruan’s eyelashes were damp, still hanging with teardrops. His gaze stayed fixed on the other person’s lips as he listened to the numbers Yan Yi He read out.

When Yan Yi He recited them, his speed was very slow.

It was so Jing Ruan could remember.

Jing Ruan silently memorized the number in his heart. After confirming that he had remembered it, he rolled his eyes upward and stuck out his tongue at Yan Yi He, making a silly face. Once he finished, he ran off in a flash.

Yan Qian silently watched the whole thing from beginning to end.

He could not understand how Yan Yi He had become interested in someone like this. This person had the words greedy for money and chasing profit written all over his face. Aside from a barely passable face, he truly did not have a single good point.

He and Yan Yi He had grown up together, and their relationship was like that of real brothers, so naturally, he said whatever came to mind.

“Yi He, why did you give him your number? It’s obvious someone is guiding this kid from behind the scenes. Look at his clothes. They were clearly bought at the last minute. They don’t fit at all. And he doesn’t understand a single bit of social etiquette. The moment he came in, he stared at valuable things.”

“His purpose is too clear.”

Yan Qian knew that if even he could see it, then Yan Yi He could naturally see it too. That was why he found it even stranger.

Yan Yi He chuckled and patted Yan Qian on the shoulder.

“Yan Qian, why are you so nervous?”

“He’s only a little mouse. I’m just finding some amusement to play with.”

Yan Qian smiled. He had not expected Yan Yi He to be interested in this sort of thing. As for Yan Yi He, even though the five of them had grown up with him since childhood, there were times when even they were not very clear on what Yan Yi He’s true self was like, or what he liked.

Jing Ruan took the fortune pouch back to find Yan Jin and happily told him that he had really gotten the number. He even recited the phone number to Yan Jin once.

Stormy waves rose in Yan Jin’s heart.

He first wrote down the number, then asked Jing Ruan about the details of how he had gotten it. He told Jing Ruan to explain everything from beginning to end.

Jing Ruan was a little confused, but he still followed Yan Jin’s request and told him everything that happened after he went in.

After Yan Jin listened, an unbelievable conclusion surfaced in his heart. Could it be that Yan Yi He had truly become interested in Jing Ruan?

Yan Yi He’s phone numbers were divided into public and private ones.

Yan Jin also had his external number.

Clearly, what Jing Ruan had obtained was his private number.

Jing Ruan watched Yan Jin’s expression shift back and forth. He wondered whether this matter had been handled successfully or ruined. Why did Yan Jin’s face look delighted one moment and ugly the next?

Jing Ruan was starving, and Yan Jin kept thinking without speaking. Jing Ruan looked at the nearest dining table, secretly picked up a piece of dessert from it, then turned his head and stuffed it into his mouth in one bite.

His right cheek bulged. Before long, it disappeared.

Jing Ruan repeated the same trick three times before Yan Jin finally noticed him.

“Jing Ruan, you did very well this time.”

After hesitating again and again, Yan Jin ultimately did not make use of Jing Ruan. This time, he had only wanted to test Jing Ruan and see whether he was someone arranged by Yan Qian. He had not expected that, by a strange twist of fate, Yan Yi He would become interested in Jing Ruan.

Yan Jin repeatedly warned him not to contact that phone number and told him to hurry up and forget the string of digits.

Yan Yi He was someone they could not afford to provoke.

He was afraid Jing Ruan would be played to death.

Jing Ruan nodded, thinking that it was enough for him to follow the male lead. Why should he bother with anyone else?

But even Jing Ruan did not expect that one week later,

Yan Yi He would take the initiative to call him.