Villains: Starting with the Landlady

Zong Qiaona seemed to have become 10 years younger, and her feelings for him had completely reached the level of "liking," although it was still some distance from "admiration." However, it was equivalent to indirectly controlling her, preventing her from using her scheming against him.

"You did it because Sun Li told you to?"

“Not entirely,” Zong Qiaona said lazily, tilting her head back. “It was mainly my own idea. After all, if I wanted to enter the Sun family and establish myself as a woman with no blood relation, this was the only way.”

"But I don't see Sun Yichen being very close to you?"

"Yes, I didn't take care of him after he was born. He was raised by a wet nurse. But that woman still goes out shopping with Sun Yichen occasionally. They are more like mother and son."

"Is the wet nurse one of yours too?"

"Yes, I found an honest and simple countryman who hasn't seen much of the world and isn't good-looking, so I'm not worried about him causing any problems."

The next morning, Ling Yun bid farewell to the Sun family and returned to the Su family's manor in his Rolls-Royce Phantom.

This trip to the Sun family completely resolved the hidden danger and gained a "protagonist" underling who could go head-to-head with those "protagonists" while he reaped the rewards. This also opened up a new avenue for him: not all "protagonists" had to be killed; some could even be used to his advantage.

However, Su Guosheng, due to Tian Suanzi's previous arrangements, could not do what Sun Yichen did.

Thinking of Zong Qiaona's seductive charm in bed, Ling Yun still felt a lingering sense of satisfaction. No matter what other women did, they all catered to him; none of them were as willing to go to such lengths as this kind of woman.

Moreover, she has a good figure, and her cooperation and compatibility are high. I look forward to meeting her again.

As for Sun Ying, it's quite interesting to slowly win over this kind of girl, so there's no rush.

Since Ling Yaxuan and the other two women all possessed combat abilities at the B- level, communicating with ordinary beauties was no longer effective. Only by finding other special tools could he achieve further improvement.

Seeing the Su sisters open the door to greet her, Ling Yun's lips curved slightly.

Chapter 147 Maya's Surprise

After returning to the manor, Ling Yun leisurely played for half a day.

Su Qingya also took a rare day off to stay home and rest with him. Su Jinyao was even more so; she didn't want to continue her previous job. When Su Guosheng asked her if she was planning to work for her sister, she replied that she was ready to completely retire, which made the old man so angry that he glared at her.

"Xiaoyun, Qi Jingjing's mother sent you a message."

Su Qingya was scrolling through Ling Yun's chat history when she saw the message Mei Ya had sent him.

It wasn't that Ling Yun was so magnanimous as to allow his information to be seen by others at will, but seeing that Su Qingya was on a whim, and since Su Qingya already knew more or less about his situation, he simply didn't bother with it.

"She invited me to her house, is there a surprise?"

Ling Yun looked at the phone she held up in front of him.

"What kind of surprise could there be?" Su Qingya squinted at Ling Yun's puzzled look and said, "You, Young Master Ling, are really busy, running around all over the place, huh?"

Ling Yun replied with a question mark, then tossed his phone aside and began to enforce the Ling family rules.

When it was lunchtime, Su Qingya urged him to hurry up and leave.

Ling Yun followed Su Qingya out to the restaurant. Su Guosheng saw the two of them come out one after the other and just laughed happily, completely unaware that the three women at home had already taken their medicine, otherwise they would probably have suffered a high blood pressure attack from anger.

"Yun'er, you can visit your Aunt Yao Yao more often when you have time."

Su Guosheng was still thinking about casting a wide net, otherwise Ling Yun would focus on watering Su Qingya's single seedling, which would have a low success rate.

"Okay, I know."

Ling Yunduan picked up her bowl to eat, glancing at Liu Qiuhua and Su Jinyao. Both women blushed slightly, feeling that Su Guosheng's words were somewhat in the way.

After finishing their meal, Ling Yun accepted Mei Ya's invitation. However, this time Su Jin Yao and Su Qing Ya were both going along, so Ling Yun couldn't object and had to take them all in one car.

The car arrived at the Qi family's house, and as expected, Qi Yuan was not home. But Ling Yun was surprised to find that Qi Jingjing was also not there!

The only people in the house were Meiya and another woman Lingyun knew—Jin Lin.

When they saw Ling Yun arrive with two women, they were taken aback at first, and then felt a little uncomfortable. But then Ling Yun did something that stunned them both.

He took the hand of one of the Su sisters in each hand and sat down on the sofa in a very natural and generous manner, while the two sisters obediently followed behind Ling Yun.

"Ling Yun, you..."

Maya was so shocked she could hardly speak, while Jin Lin's eyes widened as she recognized Su Qingya.

"As you can see, there's nothing that can't be said."

Maya felt dizzy and patted her cheeks. Initially, Jin Lin, who was on good terms with Maya, called to discuss some matters, but Maya immediately guessed it was Ling Yun.

The two women knew about each other's relationship with Ling Yun. After thinking about it for a few days, they decided to take advantage of the time when Qi Jingjing and Zhang Caiwei were out having fun to invite Ling Yun to their home for a chat.

But this time, not only did Ling Yun arrive, they also got to know an even bigger piece of gossip.

"So, Sister Su and your sister..."

Although Su Qingya is younger than Mei Ya and Jin Lin, her commercial success makes them hesitant to call her their older sister.

“Everyone is the same.” Su Qingya sat up straight. She did not show her business side in front of the two women, and looked like an ordinary beautiful woman next door.

The four women are all around 40 years old, but judging from their appearance, they look like they are under 30, much like the original Xia Lan.

Since they were already there, they exchanged glances, and finally Maya brought out a deck of cards.

"Hey, how about we play two decks of cards?"

With no objections, the card game officially began...

Ling Yun was an exceptionally skilled poker player; at least all the women combined couldn't beat him, the landlord.

At dinner time, the three women squeezed into the kitchen to prepare dinner, as Zhang Caiwei and Qi Jingjing would also be coming back for dinner that night. When Qi Jingjing learned that Ling Yun was coming, she almost jumped up and down, constantly complaining that Mei Ya had tricked her daughter by giving her up so that she could have Ling Yun all to herself.

Why three women? Because Su Jinyao can't cook, but this woman can eat, and importantly, she doesn't gain weight, which is quite infuriating.

That evening, Qi Jing and Zhang Caiwei returned. Seeing the scattered playing cards on the table, they first obediently greeted everyone, then leaned against Ling Yun's arms, showing him the gifts they had just bought for him.

"Honey, both Aunt Sus are here?" Qi Jingjing asked curiously.

"Yes, you can call them 'sisters' from now on."

"Sister?" Zhang Caiwei was taken aback, then a possibility crept into her mind, and her lips trembled slightly as she said, "Could it be that you..."

"There are no outsiders in Jingjing's family now."

Upon receiving Ling Yun's affirmative answer, the two women were stunned for a moment. They stared blankly at Su Jinyao, who had finally started clearing the table, and the three women laughing and chatting in the kitchen.

"My dear husband, you're such a womanizer!"

"Honey, when you get busy, will you forget about us?"

Ling Yun treated them both equally, holding the two girls tightly in his arms: "Don't worry, although I can't be in two places at once in this life, I guarantee that the love I give you will be almost the same!"

"Tch, you womanizer!" Qi Jingjing laughed and patted him on the shoulder.

Before long, Maya brought the dishes to the table. Seeing Lingyun chatting and laughing with the two girls, she coughed lightly and said, "Jingjing, come and help."

"I'm coming!"

Qi Jingjing immediately ran over, and after Jin Lin came out, Zhang Caiwei also walked over with a smile: "Godmother, I'll help too!"

Jin Lin and Zhang Caiwei have a very good relationship. Jin Lin actually really wants a daughter. Seeing that Zhang Caiwei doesn't mind her relationship with her, she affectionately led her into the kitchen.

Now, the Qi family's kitchen, which was originally quite spacious, was finally filled to the brim.

Chapter 148 The Bottom of the Strange Mountain Cliff [Bonus Chapter]

As the night passed, time slowly came to the nineteenth day of the eighth lunar month.

Lingyun's birthday is on August 10st, which is two days later on October 5th in the Gregorian calendar. This year is also his 20th birthday, but he requested that everything be kept simple and that there be no unnecessary fuss.

At this moment, he was riding in Ling Yaxuan's car towards Qishan, preparing to personally go to the bottom of the cliff to take a look.

The cooperation with Zhenxin Biopharmaceutical has already begun. Under the operation of the behemoth Ya Yun Group, those competitors who used to block us no longer dare to act recklessly. In a while, Qingqing Ointment will probably be promoted throughout the entire country.

"Boss, we're here."

Ling Yaxuan stopped the car. Today she was wearing dark sweatpants and a short-sleeved top, with a sports vest underneath. As for why Ling Yun knew so much, it was because he was considerate of his subordinates and had bought these clothes for them.

The mature woman had her hair tied in a high ponytail, and her sunglasses and upright posture made her look like a javelin. So even though her figure and appearance could easily surpass 99.99% of women, passersby didn't dare to approach her, feeling inferior in comparison.

"Let's go."

Ling Yun held her small hand, and Ling Yaxuan, for the first time ever, showed a smile, and followed Ling Yun downstairs.

The staff at Qishan Scenic Area had all been taken care of, and they even offered to send their professional search and rescue personnel to search the bottom, but Ling Yun rejected all of these offers.

He only said that his phone had fallen to the bottom of the cliff and contained a lot of valuable information, thus preventing many people from prying into it.

Because it's still the holiday season, there are quite a few people visiting Qishan today. However, since it's not yet a month after the "chance encounter" was told, Guan Ziming is still busy with company matters, hoping to make a fortune.

The two walked down to the bottom of the cliff through the staff passage, and then used their X-ray vision to examine the situation there.

Almost no one comes to the bottom of the cliff. Even the staff of the scenic area only come down occasionally to clean up the trash. Thanks to the improvement of tourists' behavior and the supervision of the scenic area, it is now very clean.

Ling Yun knew this was no small undertaking and was prepared to fight until nightfall.

Seeing that Ling Yaxuan was preparing to conduct a thorough search, Ling Yun stopped her.

"Yaxuan, you're not planning to search every inch of the place, are you?"

Ling Yaxuan blinked, then nodded blankly.

"You're both stupid and smart." Ling Yun put his arm around her waist and pointed upwards: "Guan Ziming fell from up there in the future, but didn't die, and discovered the 'Herbal Bible,' right?"

The three women had memorized Guan Ziming's destiny, so they were naturally clear about it.

“Look, let’s first see where it fell from, where there’s cushioning and the chances of not dying. Then we can search the mountain from where it fell. Guan Ziming is just a normal person. After surviving a fall, how much time would a normal person have to waste searching for treasures haphazardly? They’d definitely be rushing to find the way up the mountain following the signs. I reckon the book is very likely on that route!”

After listening to Ling Yun's words in silence, Ling Yaxuan said softly, "Boss, that's how Second Sister looked last time, but she still couldn't find it."

Ling Yun nearly choked on his saliva, and said stiffly, "Do as I say, it's because she's not good enough!"

"Roger that, boss!"

More than an hour later, the two glanced at the road they had turned back on, and Ling Yaxuan, barely suppressing a laugh, said, "Boss, should we look again?"

"Forget it, let's spread out and search slowly." Ling Yun's face also turned a little red, but Ling Yaxuan was too embarrassed to laugh out loud. Instead, a silvery laugh rang out after she walked away.

"When we find Ya Xuan, we'll execute him on the spot!"

Ling Yun muttered a few words to himself, then silently broke off a branch and squatted down.

【Dear Master, are you planning to have your fortune told?】

"Fortune telling and divination? Sorry, I don't know those, but I can follow the natural order!"

Ling Yun stood the branch upright on the ground, then gently released it. The branch slowly fell to the ground under gravity, pointing in one direction. Ling Yun picked up the branch, took a few steps in the direction it pointed, and then repeated the above steps.

"Although I don't know if it will work, my luck value is so high, at least the heavens will be kind to me, right?"

【Master... even with high luck points, this isn't how you use them, is it?】

Ling Yun didn't reply. After the branch pointed to a cliff, Ling Yun stood in front of the cliff, looked at it for a few moments, and then patted it a few times.

As if a button had been pressed, the cliff face hidden by the tree canopy suddenly moved, and then a section of the cliff, about a foot deep, slowly emerged. Although the commotion was considerable, the area was deserted and concealed by trees, so outsiders had no idea what had happened.

"No wonder X-ray vision was useless. This wall of traps must be over 30 centimeters thick. How could LV3 X-ray vision possibly detect it!"

Xiao Na was also surprised by his actions, and finally exclaimed softly, "As expected of the master!"

Ling Yun didn't call out to Ling Yaxuan, but walked in quickly on her own and found a "Herbal Bible" locked inside a box.

After Lingyun picked up the Herbal Bible, Xiaona's notification sound came through.

[Congratulations, Master, on obtaining the "Herbal Bible"! Since Guan Ziming's company is now under your control and has no chance of recovery, Guan Ziming's luck value has dropped by 800, directly to zero! Master can go directly to him, or send Sun Yichen to seize his "protagonist" identity!]

It would be too beneath Ling Yun to go there himself, so he directly called Sun Yichen and asked him to take over the cooperation with Guan Ziming from now on, and also had his secretary Su Linglong give him instructions.

After finishing these tasks, Ling Yun put the "Herbal Bible" back into his spatial storage and then came out. After he left, the cliff face returned to its original state, and even the switch was broken, making it impossible to enter by trickery unless a hole was carved out.

He quickly found Ling Yaxuan, who was bent over searching, and patted her pert, beautiful buttocks.

"what!"

The attack on her shapely buttocks made Ling Yaxuan immediately cover her rear end and turn around, instinctively adopting a defensive stance. However, upon seeing that it was Ling Yun, Ling Yaxuan silently rubbed her buttocks and whispered, "Boss, should I call my second and third sisters over?"

"No need, I've already found it."

"Really? Boss is amazing!"

"of course!"

Ling Yun smiled confidently and led Ling Yaxuan back upstairs.

On the drive back, Ling Yaxuan glanced at Ling Yun, who was flipping through books, and couldn't help but ask.