Dow and Carbon-Based Monkey Breeding Guidelines

Chapter 987: Handan Dream (Part )

Before this, Luo Binhan had not thought about when to invite Shi Qi to his home. In fact, with the current development of their relationship, he could have invited her to sit down a long time ago, but Yu Xiaorong and Fina were squatting in his house, and he was a little worried that it would touch Shi Qi's heart. Now that she took the initiative to bring it up, it was an opportunity. Anyway, Yu Xiaorong knew about it a long time ago, and it was inevitable that they would get to know each other.

There is another advantage to going to his house, that is, it can directly attack Li Li's lair. It is not easy to prevent her from outside, after all, he can't ask all guests and waiters to turn off their mobile phones, and the security of hotel rooms is only slightly higher. But if he goes to his own house and turns off the power, even if the little king Xuan can still touch the network of other people's homes, he will know nothing about what happened in the living room.

He hailed a taxi at the intersection and walked all the way back to the gate of his community. At this point he suddenly became a little nervous, realizing that he had never been prepared to deal with such a situation.

"Well," he said before entering the hallway, "my sister might be home right now. You've met her before."

Shi Qi nodded and asked, "Is she the girl from your mother's side?"

"Yes, she's still playing here with us. You can meet her later, and then I'll ask her to go out for a walk first."

"Is it necessary to let her out?"

"She's a difficult person to deal with. If she knows that I had a quarrel with my friend, she will report it to her mother within a day. And I have something to tell you, but it's better not to let her hear it."

Shi Qi responded softly, perhaps feeling a little uncomfortable. Luo Binhan couldn't explain more to her. He hadn't figured out what he should say to her today. When he reached the door and took out his key, he found that the door was not locked.

"Strange." He said. As a problem child whose parents were away for long days, Yu Xiaorong had always been accustomed to locking the door when she was alone, even during the day. His heart was hanging, and he immediately went into the house to check. On the coffee table in the living room was a striking crimson envelope, which did not look like Yu Xiaorong's style. He was staring at the envelope in thought when Shi Qi came in and asked with concern what was going on.

He shook his head and opened the envelope. "Wait for me a moment."

There was only one piece of paper in the envelope, and the words on it were all printed in standard font. The content read:

To Mr. Luo Binhan: Due to the incident this morning, I am temporarily leaving the Tan Mansion and looking for another place to live in order to deal with all my personal affairs. I will contact you again after everything is done, and we can discuss the whole incident this morning. Please forgive me for my rudeness. In addition: In order to facilitate the contact person to come and go, I temporarily led your sister out under a false pretext. She is now walking in the city with Fina, and there is a special person following to protect her. Don't worry.

The letterhead was unsigned, only a black swallow-shaped spaceship and a slightly damaged shell were drawn at the end, proving that the message was not written by someone else. Luo Binhan read the letter twice, making sure that he had understood it correctly, and hurried into the bedroom. The safe containing the box had been taken out of the cabinet and was blatantly placed on the bed, with the door open. There was no box inside, only a postcard with a sunny beach pattern. He picked up the postcard and looked at it. There was no text on it, only a smiley face composed purely of characters, which looked quite sinister; he checked the safe again to confirm that it was not cracked by brute force, but opened by entering the password normally. It was not difficult for Li Lixiang to know the password of the safe, and it would not be difficult to get an accurate model of the house key.

He threw the postcard and the letter into the box, feeling a mixture of emotions: he was relieved to know that Yu Xiaorong was fine, but he was also a little angry and disappointed that Li Li left without saying goodbye, but he was mostly at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He really wanted to put on a pair of thick insulating gloves, then pick up Li Li's box and shake it violently. What do you think I will do to you? He must have asked her this question, do you think I will really throw you into the Mariana Trench because of what happened this morning? Is it worth it for you to run away like this?

This funny feeling made it difficult for him to stay angry. At this time, Shi Qi called him twice but got no response, so she followed him in to check on the situation. When she saw the open safe on the bed, she was stunned for a moment. "Did you encounter a thief?" she asked.

"No, that's not the case." Luo Binhan said as he closed the door of the trunk. "My sister was playing a prank on me. She stole my things and ran away... I'll teach her a lesson when I get back, this damn girl."

He first went back to the living room to get a pair of slippers for Shi Qi, and found some snacks and drinks from the refrigerator. While washing the fruit, he was still thinking about Li Li's escape plan. This guy must have been monitoring his movements and knew when he and Yu Xiaorong would arrive home respectively, otherwise he would not have blatantly left the message in the living room. What about now? She is probably still stealing the microphone and camera in his house, but he can't catch her and settle the score. What's going on right now is called "hammering the jade cage to let the phoenix fly, and suddenly opening the golden lock to let the dragon escape" - he can't let her go on like this, and he will have to arrest her accomplice Pajaniya tomorrow. Anyway, the monk can run away but the temple cannot, and he has the key to Zhou Yu's house.

He returned to the living room with the fruit plate. Shi Qi sat on the sofa and looked around with a somewhat reserved attitude. The series of strange things just now must have made her a little worried, but fortunately there was no sadness on her face. Luo Binhan put the cut fruit on the table, walked around the living room again, and turned off the router, stereo, TV, air conditioner...all the electrical appliances with the "smart" label in his impression, and then turned around and looked at Shi Qi in surprise.

"Um," he said, "would you mind turning off your phone? Or at least putting it on airplane mode?"

Shi Qi sat quietly and looked at him, then asked: "Have you been targeted by the tax bureau?"

"It's not that serious. It's just that an electronic ghost escaped from my house and is watching my every move."

Shi Qi just smiled, took out her phone from her bag, turned it off, and put it on the table. She went to the kitchen to wash her hands, took an orange and slowly peeled it. Luo Binhan sat down at the table across from her, thinking about where to start.

"Zhou Yu and I had a quarrel," he said, "because I found out he had hidden something important from me - it was a very complicated matter, but it had nothing to do with the tax bureau and it wouldn't involve the police. It was just a private matter."

"Is it something about you? Or his own?"

"It should be considered related to me. It's mainly his own business, but it also involved me after all."

"Is it harmful to you?"

Luo Binhan pointed to the sunglasses on his face. "If he hadn't hidden it from me, I wouldn't have to wear this today."

Shi Qi raised her eyebrows in surprise, but didn't say anything. She just broke the orange in her hand in half and gave it to him. After he ate two halves and calmed down, she continued to ask, "Why did he hide it from you?"

"I don't know why he did that. Maybe he thought I was getting in his way, but he still didn't tell me even though it's been over for more than two years."

"Did he know you would get hurt?"

"I don't know. He was dreaming last month."

She looked completely confused.

"Then how did you get injured? What does it have to do with him?"

"Last month I thought there was a big problem I had to solve," Robinson said finally, "It was a business matter. We had a very bad relationship with the other party, and the two sides were on the verge of a fight. I almost wanted to call the police. As a result, I just solved the matter last week, and suddenly found out that Zhou Yu was also involved - it has been more than two years! And he is quite important! He has always had the other party's weakness in his hand. If he had participated earlier, I would not have to go through so much trouble."

"Didn't you ask him beforehand?"

"How did I know he was in there too!"

"But you didn't tell him in advance? Tell him you were in trouble?"

Luo Binhan sighed and put his hand on his forehead. "I thought it was useless to tell him. He is a nerd who has never been involved in things since he was a child. He can't even bargain with others. What's the point of me telling him all this?"

Shi Qi's originally serious expression gradually relaxed. She even nodded at the orange slices in her hand, but no one knew what that meant.

"Does he think the same of you? He feels that there is no use in telling you."

"Nonsense! I'm not an idiot!" Luo Binhan shouted angrily, "He didn't forget to tell me, he deliberately hid it from me! He even set a trap for me! Can you imagine? Everyone involved in this matter knows about it, only I don't know!"

Shi Qi's eyes showed a hint of curiosity. "Did he really do that?"

"Yeah, that's right. Pretty crazy, isn't it?"

"But why would he do such a thing? If he just thinks it's useless to tell you, he can just not bring it up. Isn't it redundant for him to go out of his way to hide it from you?"

Robin rolled his eyes. "How do I know what's going on in his head?" He said unhappily, "I also asked him why he did that, and he said it was just to keep it secret - he got hold of some of the other party's business secrets, and they seemed to be quite important, so he said he couldn't let anyone know, so he kept it from me. Do you think that's what a human being would say? Huh? Does he think I'll tell everyone about his affairs?"

Shi Qi smiled slightly and pointed at himself with a finger. "What about you now?"

"These are two different things." Luo Binhan said, "We are holding a struggle session against him!"

"Okay. So why are you angry? Is it because he lied to you, or do you think he looks down on you?"

"All."

"But you're not sure why he's hiding it from you, right? Maybe he doesn't look down on you, but just thinks people who are too close to him should avoid suspicion. Isn't it that he has business secrets? Or your competitor's? If that's the case, maybe he has signed a confidentiality agreement and doesn't want to be caught between you when a conflict arises."

  Luo Binhan shook his head. He couldn't explain in more detail what this "trade secret" was unless he was determined to tell it all. Maybe he should do so in the future, but it was too hasty at the moment. But Shi Qi's doubts did wake him up - this matter didn't make sense at all. If Zhou Yu just didn't want to leak the method of entering the city, there would be no need to hide it from him so painstakingly. As long as Zhou Yu didn't tell the specific details, could he dig out some black magic ritual from Zhou Yu's head? Besides, why did he have to master this ritual? Just to visit Zhou Yu's workplace?

And Zhou Yu was not the most suspicious person in the whole thing - although he was most annoyed with this guy - the people whose behavior was even more unreasonable were Cai Ji and Li Li. They should all know that the threat on the moon was actually not true, and even Zhou Wenxing himself was not a threat. Cai Ji once told him to ignore Zhou Wenxing and just wait for another month or two - now it seems that this suggestion is really reasonable, that is, waiting for Zhou Yu to wake up and take over everything; but Cai Ji actually changed his mind and volunteered to take the risk to help him kill Zhou Wenxing. What made this person's attitude change suddenly? Could it be that Cai Ji was also worried that the curse on Zhou Wenxing would affect Zhou Yu?

And Li Li. Even if Cai Ji's head was really kicked by a donkey, at least Li Li shouldn't make such a low-level mistake. She had also tactfully dissuaded him, and even wanted to ask him to leave. She obviously knew Zhou Yu's background, but in the end she still supported his plan on Dongzhao Island. That was not just a casual play, it was a complete gamble with two lives. There must be other reasons here, reasons that made them reluctant to let Zhou Yu take action, so they bet on both sides without any prior agreement.

He wondered for a while, until Shi Qi handed him a few more orange slices. "Have you figured out what he wanted to tell you?" she asked. "Why did he hide it from you?"

"No."

"So, let's wait until we figure it out first? I don't think the reason is because he looks down on you. Zhou Yu doesn't seem like that kind of person."

"How many years have you not seen him?" Luo Binhan paused, "Besides, I don't remember you speaking so highly of him before."

"It's not that I think highly of him... I just think he's a little different from most people."

Shi Qi stared at the coffee table and thought again, then held an orange in his palm and rubbed it gently. Luo Binhan finally realized that she simply liked the smell of orange peels, and wondered if this could relieve her headache. "I've never seen him particularly happy or unhappy," she said, "Sometimes you can tell that he's interested in a subject, but he's not particularly active. Even if some people are naturally introverted, isn't it strange when we were that age? It's as if he was born lacking in passionate emotions, and his mentality is completely different from his peers. However, if he was a person who was naturally cold and had no empathy, then everyone would have distanced themselves from him long ago."

"Perhaps you haven't seen through his true colors," Luo Binhan said grimly, "He secretly conducted human experiments and exploited child labor."

"Then you won't be angry about this now, right?"

Luo Binhan turned his head away. Shi Qi lowered her head indifferently and began to hesitate whether to peel the third orange. She glanced at the remaining blueberries, cranberries and grapes on the plate, and resolutely broke off a piece of orange peel. "Do you remember that there was a boy who fainted during class in the first year of high school?" She said uncertainly, "It seems to be epilepsy or hysteria... Zhou Yu was the first to discover it and also did rescue before the teacher came."

Robinson didn't remember this, which sounded normal to him. "His family is a medical family," he reminded, "He has been reading medical textbooks for fun since he was a child."

"No. I'm not saying he knows that. It's just that I think everyone was probably very anxious or scared at the time, right? But he didn't seem to have that feeling, and he never mentioned it afterwards, as if it had never happened. What was he thinking at the time? I don't quite understand his mentality at the time. The feeling he gave me at that time was just..."

"only?"

Shi Qi thought for a while, then said, "Determination."

"What kind of statement is that?"

"That is, he doesn't seem to be afraid or excited when he does things, he just has to concentrate on doing them. But he doesn't apply this determination to his life and interpersonal relationships, so he seems a little withdrawn. If you think about it this way, he has even less reason to look down on you, because he can just break up with you."

"So I should thank him?"

"Go if you like. How would you live without friends?"

Luo Binhan pretended to put the orange peel on her head, and Shi Qi leaned away. "To be honest," he lowered his left hand to indicate a truce, "I'm not just angry about this."

"What's that for?"

"It's because of me," he said solemnly. "I did some bad things last month... I told myself it was necessary, but it turned out it wasn't. I was like a - well, like a villain in charge of black humor. I was just annoyed that no one told me and left me there to be a clown."

Shi Qi looked at him and slowly reached out to cover his wrist. "Is everything over now?"

"Almost... Actually no, but my part is over. There's nothing for me to do. It's all their job."

"Then don't think about it anymore," Shi Qi said, "unless you are really being investigated by the tax bureau."

"What? You want to cut off your relationship with me now? I'm going to expose you too!"

"I don't know you." Shi Qi said seriously, picking up her hat and running away. Luo Binhan reached out and pulled her back to the sofa. "Okay, be serious, we have to talk about business."

"It turns out that what you just said was not serious."

"I was just talking about my memoirs of the circus," said Robinson. "Don't worry about Zhou Yu. He looks pretty good and even dreams in broad daylight. Is your mother's illness getting better?"

"Well... the doctor said that the effect of this treatment is very ideal, and she has been sleeping better these past few nights."

"Is it because of the new treatment plan?"

"It seems so, but I think the previous treatment is not completely unhelpful. It may just be that the new treatment is more effective the first time."

"Did you get a new doctor, too?"

"Yes. He seems to be a very famous expert. He doesn't see patients in this hospital. He came here for a consultation."

"Will the follow-up treatment still be provided by this person?"

Shi Qi shook her head. "He doesn't seem to be involved in the follow-up." She said a little bewilderedly, "He said that the follow-up treatment can be carried out by our hospital... This operation can only be done once."

Luo Binhanhan felt that this matter was a little difficult to bring up. How should he bring it up? Could he just ask her what she planned to do in a few years? "Maybe there are other ways." He hesitated for a while and said, "Technology is updating very quickly now. A few days ago, I heard from a very reliable person that there is a new method of treating tumors in Europe, which may be useful for your mother..."

"really?"

"Don't hold your hopes too high yet." Luo Binhan said immediately, "I'm still trying to get the exact information. I'll tell you when it's confirmed. But this technology is only available in Europe and won't be introduced to China in the short term. If your mother wants to have it, she may have to go abroad for treatment."

Shi Qi's eyes dimmed. Luo Binhan continued, "As for the cost of treatment..."

"Don't you say you can—"

"I can help you find a job abroad," Luo Binhan said hastily. "It's a formal and reliable job, but to be honest, it may not be easy. You are unfamiliar with the place, and you have to do vocational training again. You may also have to learn the language all over again... In short, you have to start everything from scratch."

Shi Qi stared at him blankly for a while. "Are you saying that you want me to work in Europe as well?"

"That's about it. You can't let your mother go abroad for treatment alone, right?" Luo Binhan said, "But this is just an idea. I need to find out more about the details. This job was offered by a business partner of mine, and I need to discuss it with her again."

"It can't be you..."

"No. Really not." Luo Binhan said immediately, "I didn't ask her to do it. She is like that. She likes to play the role of a god who comes from heaven to save people from suffering. Besides, you will be a reliable employee - your mother's life is in her hands. But if you really want to go, I will also consider going there to rest for a few months. I recently found that she has no sense of boundaries and often orders her subordinates to do outrageous things."

"You don't have to go out of your way to be there for me."

"I went there for my own health," Robinham said. "If I stay here, I'll be mad sooner or later. Do you think my eyes are the only ones injured? Look at this."

He lifted up his right sleeve, revealing the medical brace on his wrist. Shi Qi quickly stood up and took a closer look. "Broken bone?" she asked in surprise, "Did you really fight?"

"I was the only one who got beaten because the bastard on the other side only focused on hitting me."

"Did you fight back?"

"I'll send him to a place where he can't see the sun," Luo Binhan said. "No matter how many years he is sentenced to, it won't be too much!"

He moved his right fingers twice to prove that his right hand had not lost its function, and then Shi Qi slowly sat back down. "Anyway," he added, "my injury will take at least one or two months to heal. The doctor told me to work less and rest more, and find a place with a good climate to rest for a while. I can go abroad to relax and see if there are any opportunities to expand the market."

Shi Qi did not speak any more, but just lowered her head and thought. She looked at Luo Binhan for a while, then at the phone on the table. "I need to think about it." She said with a complicated expression.

"You don't have to rush to make a decision. I'm just mentioning it first. There is no deadline for this matter."

"Okay...but is your injury really all right?"

"You won't die." Luo Binhan said. He noticed that Shi Qi looked at his phone again. "Who do you want to contact? Or do you want to go back to the hospital? I can take you back."

"How can you send someone off like this? I came here just to let you rest."

"I can drop you off at the gate of the community. It's troublesome for you to find your way out by yourself."

Shi Qi and he looked at each other for a while. "I'm not in a hurry to go back," she said. "I'll just think about it here and wait until your sister comes back before leaving."

"You might have to wait until night then."

"Does it matter? It's safe to drive in this area at night."

Luo Binhan said nothing more. He thought that Li Li's eyes would also be fixed on the street, so he let Shi Qi stare blankly on the sofa while he curled up in the backrest. He just wanted to rest for a while, but his eyelids became heavier and heavier. Finally, he tilted his head back and fell asleep in the living room.

(End of this chapter)