Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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When Ying Qiao sent Jiang Lan to the gate of the community, it was already dawn.
In order to act realistically, Jiang Lan started to yawn profusely as soon as he got in the car, his eyes filled with tears, and his chicken kept pecking rice[1]. Seeing that he was so sleepy that he couldn’t even open his eyes, Ying Qiao told him to continue sleeping and sent a message to Zhou Xu in his brother’s name, asking him to help give Jiang Lan a day off.
When he got there, he woke the person up and asked him to go home and sleep again.
By the way, he told him that he had taken a day off for him.
The street office awarded full attendance and gave a bonus for the same. Jiang Lan was completely confused and said quickly: “Actually, I’m not very sleepy. There’s no need to ask for leave.”
But Ying Qiao obviously disapproved of him staying up all night and going to work again. So, he said forcefully: “You stayed up all night and didn’t get a good rest. You can’t do much even if you go to work. Not sharpening your knife will stop you from chopping firewood.”
Jiang Lan retorted in his mind: I just want perfect attendance!
But he didn’t dare to say it. His mouth almost flattened into a duck’s beak and he said, “Oh.”
Ying Qiao rubbed his head and said: “If you encounter something like this in the future, remember to tell me in advance if you are acting alone. If you encounter danger, no one will know.”
Jiang Lan nodded again.
Ying Qiao saw that he was so sleepy that the corners of his eyes were turning pink and urged him to go home quickly: “Go back to bed quickly. I will come see you in the afternoon. I will also help you keep an eye on the affairs of Qin Shuyi and his daughter.”
“Um. Thank you.”
This time Jiang Lan thanked Ying Qiao sincerely. He felt that Ying Qiao was so considerate.
A small perfect attendance award was nothing in comparison.
Anyway, he was super rich now!
The two parted at the gate of the community, and Jiang Lan went straight home. After taking a shower, he really had a good night’s sleep.
When he woke up again, it was already 12 noon.
The bright sunlight shone through the gaps in the curtains, making people feel lazy all over. Jiang Lan rolled around in bed and got up in a daze, only to find that Suan Ni and Jiao Tu were already playing games on their tablets.
Jiao Tu was now very accustomed to the environment here. He had transformed into his human form and was sitting on the sofa wearing cotton home clothes. While controlling the game with ease, he still had free hands to eat shrimps.
The prawns were sent by their uncle. They were kept fresh using a special method. After thawing, you could peel the skin off and eat them raw. The meat was fresh, sweet and chewy. The two brothers peeled off a large plate and had put it close at hand. Jiao Tu ate one himself and fed another to Suan Ni. The two brothers enjoyed themselves happily.
Seeing Jiang Lan come out, Jiao Tu pushed the plate towards him and said, “Fifth brother, have lunch.”
“It’s really easy to make a living.”
Jiang Lan murmured and went to the refrigerator to find the remaining ingredients for lunch. The ingredients sent by Dragon Palace were all of the best quality, and they didn’t need to be processed to be delicious. Jiang Lan got another plate of scallops and a plate of crabs and brought them out. It was a sumptuous lunch.
Jiang Lan also had two pieces of fine jade in his lunch. He crunched the jade while reading messages on his phone.
Since he had asked for leave today, Xue Meng and the others had been tweeting at him in the group chat all morning, asking him why he didn’t come to work.
Probably because he didn’t reply in the group, Zhang Tianxing even sent a message to him privately.
Jiang Lan replied to the message in the group: [I went to save the world last night, so I asked for leave today to catch up on some sleep.]
[Xue Meng: Beat the boss on the shoulder.jpg]
Xiao Xiaoyu said jokingly: [I thought you were taken back to inherit hundreds of millions of family assets.]
[Xue Meng: Xiao Xiaoyu, stupid Muggle, have you read too many novels, what is this about inheriting hundreds of millions of assets?]
Xiao Xiaoyu replied with a hehe.
But she thought you know nothing. This was a man whose housekeeper drove a Rolls-Royce. It was no exaggeration for him to inherit a fortune worth hundreds of millions.
Jiang Lan saw the two of them had started an emoji war in the group. He was afraid that if he said too much, he would make a mistake, so he hid quickly.
By the way, the news from Zhang Tianxing came back.
Zhang Tianxing had sent several messages. Except for one asking why he didn’t come, the rest of the messages were all photos of newly bought snacks.
[Zhang Tianxing: I bought new snacks for Ni Ni. When will you come back to work? If it’s inconvenient, I’ll send it to you.]
Jiang Lan clicked his tongue twice, thinking that Zhang Tianxing was really a standard cat slave. It was a pity that Suan Ni was not a kitten.
Glancing at the little Suan Ni who was playing Penguin Speed with Jiao Tu, he replied with a slight guilty conscience: [I’ll come in the afternoon. He has enough snacks, so there is no need to buy so many.]
Probably because he got the confidence, Zhang Tianxing changed back to his cold male god image: [Not much.]
Jiang Lan felt that he could not convince Brother Cold and chose to give up.
Just after replying to the message, Ying Qiao sent another message asking if he had woken up.
Jiang Lan said that he had woken up, and Ying Qiao’s voice call came in.
“Are you awake? Have you had lunch?”
“I just ate.” Jiang Lan was curled up lazily on the sofa as he said, “I have nothing to do this afternoon, so I’m going to cancel my leave and go to work.”
Ying Qiao laughed at the other end and said helplessly: “Why do you have to go for this long?”
Then he said: “I have arrived downstairs at your house.”
!!!
Jiang Lan was startled and almost lost his voice: “Why are you here?”
He looked around frantically at the new additions to his home.
When Uncle Gui brought Jiao Tu, he also bought a lot of things for this small home, ranging from household appliances and carpets to clothes, food, and game consoles. Although Jiang Lan didn’t know the price, Uncle Gui would never buy cheap goods for them.
He rushed in and out of the room in panic, looking at the changed home and not knowing what to do.
Ying Qiao could hear something strange about him through the phone, and asked in confusion: “What’s wrong?”
Jiang Lan calmed down for a moment and cleared his throat again: “No, nothing…it’s just that the house is a little messy and I haven’t cleaned it up yet.”
Ying Qiao instantly remembered the messy bedroom he saw last time he went to Jiang Lan’s house.
He chuckled: “It doesn’t matter, I don’t mind it.”
Jiang Lan said “Oh” dryly, said I’ll go pack my things first, and hung up the phone.
He first gave Jiao Tu a few serious instructions, stringing together the words and asking him not to let anything slip.
Then he hurriedly hid all the things that looked expensive to the naked eye in the bedroom. He looked at his pajamas again, and was about to change, but the doorbell had already rung. He had no time to change, so he had no choice but to open the door like that.
Instead of an elite suit like in the early morning, Ying Qiao was dressed more casually and seemed more at home this time.
He handed the snacks he brought to Jiang Lan: “I was afraid that you might not have had lunch, so I bought some on the way.”
Jiang Lan took it and let the person in, but he had no intention of chatting with him. His eyes were scanning the room like radar, for fear of having missed something that should not appear outside.
Ying Qiao followed him and saw the greatly changed living room at a glance.
The living room had been re-carpeted, the sofa had been replaced, a four-door refrigerator had been added, and several decorative paintings had been added to the walls.
Ying Qiao stared at the abstract modern paintings suspiciously. If he saw it correctly, the paintings used for decorations seemed to be authentic and had been auctioned for high prices.
But before he could ask, his eyes were attracted by the boy on the sofa.
Jiao Tu greeted him politely, looking a little embarrassed.
He was still a little uncomfortable facing unfamiliar people.
Jiang Lan introduced: “This is my little cousin Jiang Tu, whom you met last time.”
Ying Qiao immediately thought of his little cousin whose shell was inlaid with precious stones and who was full of jewels. He didn’t expect that this little cousin would look so much like Jiang Lan after he turned into a human form.
He looked at the almost completely changed house and the few valuable decorative paintings, and suddenly understood: “Has your house been renovated?”
The little monster must have no money to decorate. He had been here several times before, and the little monster’s home was simply decorated. Now when the little cousin came, the house had been greatly renovated. Apparently the jeweled little cousin couldn’t get used to living in a simple two-bedroom apartment, so he had rearranged it.
Jiang Lan’s eyes wandered: “Ah, that’s right.”
Ying Qiao looked at the same luxury brand pajamas he was wearing which was the same as Jiao Tu. The pajamas were very loose on his little cousin, but they were slim-fitting on Jiang Lan, outlining his slender waistline.
He couldn’t help but rub Jiang Lan’s head lovingly, thinking that the little monster’s expensive clothes must be all given by this little cousin.
It was true that they were the same demon but with different destinies.
Looking at the little cousin with gems on his shell, and then looking at the little monster picking up his unwanted clothes, Ying Qiao felt extremely distressed.
But seeing that Jiang Lan didn’t care, even if Ying Qiao felt distressed, he couldn’t bring it up specifically. He could only pretend that he didn’t notice it, for fear of hurting the little monster’s self-esteem.
He patted the little monster on the shoulder with a heavy heart, becoming more determined to help him get out of poverty.
Jiang Lan didn’t know what he was thinking, so he could only ask him to sit down nervously.
When he had nothing to say, he asked, “Have you eaten?”
Ying Qiao: “Eaten.”
Jiang Lan: “Oh.”
He was a little numb, and he was thinking in confusion, had Ying Qiao discovered something? Otherwise, why didn’t he continue to ask about it?
He sighed sadly and brought up another topic: “Didn’t you go to work today?”
Ying Qiao: “Well, I worked overtime too late yesterday, so my boss gave me half a day off. I just stopped by to see you.”
Jiang Lan said “Oh” again, rolled his eyes around, and finally stretched out a tentative little jio: “I received another bonus. I have a lot of money recently, so I bought you a gift.”
He wanted to hint to Ying Qiao that the reason why his family changed drastically was because of the bonus.
But Ying Qiao didn’t understand it well. He looked at the little monster’s cautious expression and felt more and more affectionate: “There is no need to be so polite between you and me.”
Jiang Lan shook his head and said seriously: “I just wanted to give you a gift.”
His eyes seemed to be filled with the bright sunshine just like outside the window: “I am rich now.”
Ying Qiao was amused by his serious expression and didn’t refuse anymore: “Then I’ll be disrespectful.”
The gift Jiang Lan prepared was a pair of gemstone cufflinks. The gemstone was a sapphire bought from Shi Jing. It was as deep blue as the ocean and was very transparent and beautiful. He had polished the gems himself and hired a craftsman to make a pair of cufflinks out of the gems.
He went back to the room and took out his cufflinks, looking at Ying Qiao with expectant and excited eyes.
“Then I’ll open it now?” Ying Qiao took the delicate wooden box and looked at Jiang Lan with a smile.
After getting Jiang Lan’s confirmation, he opened the wooden box.
On the black velvet cloth, there was a pair of exquisite sapphire cufflinks.
The blue sapphire was crystal clear and surrounded by old silver inlays, coiled in the shape of a snake. The scales of the large snake were clearly carved, with the head and tail connected, just like guarding the sapphire in the middle.
Because of his dragon nature, Ying Qiao was born with a fondness for sparkling gemstones. Jiang Lan’s gift simply touched his heart. Of course, it would have been better if the cufflinks were not made in the shape of a snake.
He took off the cufflinks from his shirt on the spot and replaced them with the ones given by Jiang Lan.
Gently rubbing the cufflinks with his fingers, Ying Qiao looked at Jiang Lan and felt a warm feeling in his heart, like a quilt baked by the sun, fluffy and soft.
Except when facing the little monster, he had not felt this way for a long time.
No wonder Geng Chen always wanted to raise a cub.
Raising cubs was indeed a joy.
“Thank you, I like it very much.” Ying Qiao said solemnly.
Even though the little monster himself was still wearing clothes that his cousin didn’t want, he was willing to buy him a pair of cufflinks at an expensive price.
As a senior gem collector, he certainly knew that these two seemingly small gems were actually quite expensive.
He could understand the little monster’s thoughts.
From today on, this pair of cufflinks was his favorite, and all others in his collection would be put aside.
Seeing that he liked it so much, the smile in Jiang Lan’s eyes became even brighter, and two cute round dimples formed next to his lips.
Ying Qiao wanted to reach out and poke him.
He twirled his fingers, thinking that he would have to give it a try next time.
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[1] His head kept nodding.