Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Jiang Lan stayed at Ying Qiao’s house for more than two hours. During this time, Ying Qiao coaxed him into agreeing to many conditions by saying that he was injured and had to stay at home alone, which was pitiful. For example, they had to have lunch together during lunch break, and they had to exchange messages before going to bed, and they couldn’t stay out of contact with each other for several days like before. Another promise was that Jiang Lan had to explain everything to his family as soon as possible and give Ying Qiao a legitimate identity.
Jiang Lan agreed verbally, but he was very sad in his heart.
He thought to himself, it’s not that I don’t want to take you to meet my parents, it’s mainly because your love for me is not deep enough!
If you could fall in love with Taotie earlier without prejudice, wouldn’t everyone be happy?!
There would be no need to be so secretive as if you’re having an affair!
Ying Qiao didn’t understand his complaining look and walked him to the door.
Jiang Lan was concerned about his injuries, so he stopped him and took a taxi back to the office.
As soon as he sat down at his workstation, Suan Ni jumped onto the table and stared at him intently. Jiang Lan put a finger on his forehead and whispered in his ear, “Don’t tell on me, understand?”
Suan Ni swung its tail and meowed, expressing his dissatisfaction with the fifth brother’s suspicion.
He would never tattle to Fourth Brother!
….
Jiang Lan had just got off work in the afternoon and was cleaning up his desk when he received a call from his fourth brother.
“Are you off work? I’m at the door of your unit.”
Jiang Lan put on his backpack, picked up Suan Ni and Jiao Tu and went out to take a look. He saw a car parked in front of the street office. The window was rolled down. Bi’an was sitting in the driver’s seat and Jiang Chi was sitting in the back seat.
He waved at Jiang Lan: “Get in the car.”
Jiang Lan reluctantly sat in the passenger seat and looked around his new car: “Didn’t you send your car in for repair?”
“A new car.” Bi’an glanced at him from the corner of his eye and said casually, “The broken one was for temporary use. I will live in Jiangcheng from now on, so I bought one to drive around.”
“???”
Live in Jiangcheng?
Jiang Lan suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, but holding on to the last bit of luck, he asked, “What do you mean by living in Jiangcheng permanently? Didn’t you say that you are very busy at work in Shencheng?”
“Oh, part of the business in Shencheng is temporarily transferred to Jiangcheng, and they may open a branch in Jiangcheng.” Bi’an smiled slightly, “So I have to stay with you for a while.”
“…”
“How long will you stay?” Jiang Lan asked dryly.
Bi’an started the car and pretended not to understand his expression: “It’s hard to say, maybe a month, maybe a year.”
It mainly depended on when he broke up with Ying Long.
“If the branch office develops smoothly, maybe we will stay in Jiangcheng in the future.” Bi’an raised an eyebrow and looked at him: “Why, am I not welcome?”
Jiang Lan laughed dryly: “Of course you are welcome, but my house is a little small…”
Fourth brother, are you really not going to consider moving out and living in a bigger house?!
“It doesn’t matter.” Bi’an tapped his fingers briskly on the steering wheel, obviously in a very happy mood: “A big house feels empty when you live alone, a small house feels livelier.”
He emphasized: “Now, I like to be lively.”
Jiang Lan: “…Oh.”
On Friday night, his brothers and him went out to eat hotpot.
During the two-day weekend, Bi’an took them to travel around Jiangcheng and experience life.
The reason given was that he hadn’t had a good look around Jiangcheng yet.
As a playmate, Jiang Lan was so busy for two days that he didn’t even have time to make a phone call to Ying Qiao.
Bi’an also followed his words and asked his assistant to bring over all kinds of daily necessities, which showed that he was really going to stay here and not leave. He also asked to sleep in the second bedroom with Jiang Lan, because the kids were too noisy and it was easy to suffer from insomnia.
As a result, Jiang Lan not only had no time to contact Ying Qiao during the day, but he was also under his fourth brother’s watchful eyes when he slept at night.
It was only when he was hiding in the bathroom while taking a shower that he had a little free time to send a message to Ying Qiao.
Ying Qiao was originally waiting happily for his tail ring, but then a bolt of lightning struck him from the blue: [Permanent resident? Then what should I do?]
If Fourth Brother doesn’t leave, won’t he have to stay alone in the empty room all day?
This won’t work.
Jiang Lan bit his nails in confusion, thought for a long time, and typed: [I will come to see you when I have time! Send a kiss]
Ying Qiao had decided that he would not be easily corrupted by his sugar-coated bullets like before and asked cautiously: “When will you have time?”
He had to work during the day from Monday to Friday and go home after work; and on weekends, he had to take his fourth cousin to visit Jiangcheng, but he didn’t even have a name.
How could he know? Maybe he would have time only after his fourth brother left.
Jiang Lan thought so in his heart, but he was very good at coaxing people so he sent a message: [Time is like water in a sponge, if you squeeze it, you will always have it. In order to see you, I can squeeze out time even if I don’t have time =3=]
Ying Qiao, who had decided he would never be corrupted by sweet words, gently pressed the corners of his lips that were about to curl up: [If you don’t have time, then I’ll go find you. I have vacation.]
How could a couple in love bear separation? Jiang Lan agreed immediately. Although he suspected that his fourth brother stayed in Jiangcheng just to keep an eye on him, his fourth brother was so busy at work that he couldn’t keep an eye on him all day.
As the saying went, every policy has a countermeasure. As long as they were determined, they could always find an opportunity to date!
However, his naive idea was soon shattered by Bi’an himself.
“Foreign delegation?” Jiang Lan was confused. “Shouldn’t there be someone in charge of the reception? I still have to go to work.”
Bi’an said with a serious face: “The situation this time is very special. The visiting delegation is centered on the American team. International relations are tense now, and the United States has suddenly pushed for this international cultural exchange event. They obviously don’t have good intentions. It is said that in addition to the American elites, there are also many special races in the delegation. Among them are two Western dragon tribes.”
The dragon clan was just a general term, and it was divided into two major branches: the Eastern dragon clan and the Western dragon clan. Under these two major branches, there were different sub-races.
If you really look into it, the differences between different dragon tribes were huge, and some even looked like they were not the same species.
But no matter which dragon clan it was, its strength should not be underestimated.
It was just a cultural exchange, but the visiting delegation included not only vampires, werewolves, and Yin-Yang masters, but also two members of the Western dragon race, which was said to be on the verge of extinction. The Security Bureau took the news very seriously and issued mission instructions layer by layer. The Monster Management Bureaus in various places had already started to act secretly. They wanted to show the demeanor of China as a country of etiquette, but also be on guard against the other party’s ill intentions and deliberately causing trouble.
Actually, this matter had nothing to do with Bi’an. It was just that he had just had his points deducted, but Tai Feng turned a blind eye and didn’t really drive him away. Correspondingly, he also had to make some gesture.
The first stop for the foreign delegation when they arrived in China was Jiangcheng. There were two Western dragons in the delegation, so they had to have at least one dragon on their side to avoid appearing timid.
So Tai Feng went to find Bi’an.
Out of consideration for the relationship and the fact that he would never shirk his responsibilities when faced with such a big matter, Bi’an agreed immediately and also got Jiang Lan the job as well.
Tai Feng left with a smile on his face and said that if the mission was a complete success, he could give Bi’an 20 extra points.
Bi’an had a good idea. This way he could repay Tai Feng’s favor and still earn twenty points for free. It would also prevent Jiang Lan from having time to look for Ying Long. At least most of the time he would be under his nose.
It really killed three birds with one stone.
He ignored his brother’s complaining expression and said kindly, “It’s okay. The bureau will help you greet them. You can go to work normally. If there are occasions where you are needed, you can just come with me.”
“…”
After he said so, could Jiang Lan still refuse? No.
Taotie was responsible for the rise and fall of a country.
In the following week, Jiang Lan worked during the day, and at night, Bi’an took him to various high-end shopping malls to buy clothes and accessories for receptions. After all, they had to receive foreign envoys, so they couldn’t lose face.
Jiang Lan never cared much about these external things. The clothes he wore were all bought and delivered by his Uncle Gui according to the season. He would wear whatever Uncle Gui bought for him and never wore jewelry because he thought it was troublesome.
But Bi’an was a very particular dragon. He was not as delicate as Ying Qiao, who even needed someone to take care of his scales, but his clothes and appearance were still carefully taken care of. Almost all of his clothes were from luxury brands.
In comparison, Jiang Lan’s attributes were all focused on eating.
Bi’an was shopping in front, followed by two assistants who were responsible for carrying things and paying. Jiang Lan followed behind him sullenly. When Bi’an asked him to try on clothes, he numbly took the clothes and went to the fitting room, like a moving clothes rack without any emotion.
After buying clothes, he also had to buy ties, cufflinks, watches… If Jiang Lan hadn’t followed his fourth brother out, he wouldn’t have known that there were so many types of men’s accessories.
After two days of shopping, he really couldn’t bear it anymore. On the third day, he sternly rejected his fourth brother’s invitation to go shopping, saying that he was tired and wanted to have a good rest at home.
Seeing that he looked unhappy, Bi’an thought that he probably didn’t have the energy to look for Ying Qiao, so he left with peace of mind.
As soon as he left, Jiang Lan rushed to the balcony and looked down eagerly. After waiting for five or six minutes, he saw Bi’an going downstairs, exiting the community, getting into the car and leaving. Only then did he make a victory gesture with his fist, brought out the jadeite, and carefully started carving it using his sharp claw hook as a carving knife while calling Ying Qiao.
The call was quickly connected, and Ying Qiao’s deep voice came from the receiver.
“You didn’t go out today?”
“Yeah.” Jiang Lan was very proud, and his head shook: “I lied to Fourth Brother and said I was too tired and didn’t want to go shopping. He believed me and went by himself.”
Due to Bi’an’s tight surveillance policy, the young couple could only exchange a few WeChat messages secretly these days.
Of course, the reason Jiang Lan told Ying Qiao was that his fourth brother was going to attend an important meeting and needed to buy some clothes, so he dragged him to the mall every day.
Ying Qiao chuckled and praised him, “You’re really smart.”
“Of course.” I have practiced my acting skills.
But Jiang Lan didn’t dare to say this.
He was talking to Ying Qiao with headphones on, while his hands moved quickly. After a while, he took out a ring from the middle of the jade.
He didn’t know where his elder brother got this piece of jade from, but it was completely transparent and green, without a trace of impurities. It contained amazing spiritual energy and was a good material for making spiritual tools.
Jiang Lan used his sharp claws to remove the excess parts inside and outside the ring bit by bit.
——He was not wasteful. He would throw the small pieces of jade from the edges and corners directly into his mouth and eat them with a crunchy crunch.
Ying Qiao could hear the occasional chewing sound on the phone, and asked in confusion, “What are you eating?”
Jiang Lan was so focused on polishing the tail ring that he didn’t notice that the sound of his eating was heard by Ying Qiao.
When asked this question, he was stunned for a moment, then quickly responded: “I’m eating candy.”
As he said this, he stuffed another small piece into his mouth. It was crunchy and really delicious.
Even his eyes narrowed in pleasure.
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