Chapter 743: Chapter 717: Must Take a Look (Thank you kateliu for the silver reward +40 update)
“She’s a foreigner with a really difficult name to pronounce, something Silk. I just call her Aka.” Liu Mei had seen her neighbor a few times and greeted her. These days, foreigners who come to the Celestial Empire are good at Chinese, even Old Mai and Aka are good at it.
“I’ve seen her too.” Yu Minglang remembered.
During the first time Yu Minglang set up Old Mai and had a physical altercation, he felt someone taking pictures from the opposite building. Although it was at night and the distance was far enough that he couldn’t see her face clearly, he could still make out her general features under the neon lights.
Yellow Hair with a peaked cap, he recognized her immediately when they met today. She was the one taking pictures on the rooftop that night!
“Do you have much contact with the neighbors across the hall?” asked Yu Minglang.
“Aka is really nice. Every time we meet, she’s very friendly and chats with me.” Liu Mei thought she was a not bad neighbor.
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“She looks at me strangely.”
“Did she fall for you?”
“…Not really, I feel like the way she looks at me is a bit… lewd?” Yu Minglang searched for the right adjective, and reluctantly found one.
Yes, lewd.
Although they didn’t talk, he clearly felt Yellow Hair’s lewd stare at him when they met.
Little did he know, Yellow Hair had been eavesdropping on Xiao Qian and Yu Minglang discussing unspeakable things next door…
Because of this, every time she saw Yu Minglang, she couldn’t help but fantasize. This behavior, combined with the earlier episode of taking pictures on the rooftop, planted a seed of doubt in Yu Minglang’s mind.
Xiao Qiang’s sixth sense told him that Yellow Hair’s background was suspicious, so he needed to investigate carefully. Even though it was just a passing encounter, he wouldn’t be at ease without thoroughly investigating someone living next to his daughter-in-law, especially a foreigner. What if she had some connection to Old Mai?
When Yu Minglang entered the bedroom, Xiao Qian was still asleep. He carefully searched the room, but didn’t find any eavesdropping devices.
But that didn’t mean they were safe.
If the other party were using a through-wall listening device, they wouldn’t need to install anything on this side to monitor the sounds inside.
Yu Minglang thought for a moment, staring at the wall, seemingly pondering over how to handle this matter.
Anything that threatened his wife was important, so he decided to find an opportunity to sneak into the apartment next door and investigate the situation.
Xiao Qian was still sleeping soundly. Perhaps dreaming of Yu Minglang, she wore a faint smile on her face. Yu Minglang stroked her soft cheeks with his fingertip. Her little nose twitched, like a cat sniffing gently. The scentless smell was that of her man, so she continued to sleep peacefully.
Although Yu Minglang no longer worked as a sniper, his habit of not using any fragrant personal care products remained. There was almost no smell on him, which had become Xiao Qian’s way of recognizing him. Even in her sleep, as long as she felt the familiar warmth and scentless air, she knew it was him.
So she rested her face on his hand and continued to sleep.
Yu Minglang thought it was very amusing, his eyes scanned the room and found cosmetics on the dressing table. He casually picked up a bottle, touched her face with the cold container, and Xiao Qian immediately opened her eyes.
From groggy to alert, then relaxed after seeing him, to angry several seconds later when she realized he had done it on purpose, a whole range of emotions came and went within a few seconds. Then, the bottle used for the prank was thrown at his head.
“Get! Out!!!”
“Why so fierce…” Yu Minglang knew he was at fault and took her spare clothes out of the room. It’s best not to mess with a woman with morning grumpiness.
Shuixian woke up too, yawning as she entered the bathroom. She was startled when she saw Yu Minglang squatted in the bathroom, diligently washing Xiao Qian’s clothes and took a step back, leaning against the door.
“Good morning!” Yu Minglang stood up, rinsed the foam on his hands, and gentlemanly gave the bathroom to Shuixian.
Shuixian glanced at the basin and swallowed hard. Oh my god! This was way too considerate; if she wasn’t mistaken, were there even Boss Qian’s bras in there?! He even washed these things?
“Daodao was the best at washing clothes among us, and I learned from him.” Before Yu Minglang left, he didn’t forget to give Shuixian a jab.
“Why do you keep mentioning him? We already broke up.” Shuixian was indeed hurt by his words again.”Really?” Yu Minglang asked back, successfully leaving ripples in Shuixian’s heart.
Yu Minglang turned away arrogantly. Besides his family’s Qian Bao, nobody could order him around~
“Xiao Qiang! Come here!”
Hearing Xiao Qian’s call, Yu Minglang swooshed into the bedroom, where the sleepy beauty, Xiao Mei, asked with her eyes closed.
“What’s for breakfast?”
“I bought you Xiao Long Bao with Crab Roe that you like.”
“I don’t want to eat Xiao Long Bao with Crab Roe.”
“Should I cook porridge for you?”
“No, I want matcha cake and red bean sweet porridge.”
“Is it appropriate to eat such sweet stuff? You’re not afraid of getting fat – don’t throw it! I’ll go buy it! You’ll have no pillows left to sleep on if you keep throwing them!”
After persuading Xiao Qian to put down the pillow, Yu Minglang ran out gloomily to buy her breakfast.
“The cake must be delicious, and the red bean porridge must be from Sweet Porridge House!” Xiao Qian added. That’s in two different directions in the city, making him drive around!
Who made him disturb her sleep? It was most annoying to be interrupted when she was having a lovely sleep in the morning, so what if she wanted to take revenge on him?
Shuixian watched Yu Minglang run out like the wind, dumbfounded. Xiao Qian happened to get up to use the bathroom, so Shuixian casually asked.
“How on earth do you manage him? He’s just too obedient, isn’t he? Hurry up and teach me.”
Clothes washed, breakfast bought, even the toothpaste squeezed neatly on the sink, Xiao Qian was living a fairy-like life!
“Actually, there’s not much to it. In short, it’s just four words: Fam…iliarity breeds affection.”
Shuixian’s face turned red again. Why did Xiao Qian have to pause? Her thoughts went astray…
Yu Minglang returned with the breakfast Xiao Qian wanted and waited for the elevator. The door opened, and Yellow Hair came out with a large backpack. The moment she saw Yu Minglang, she couldn’t help but think about what she had accidentally overheard last night. Tsk, tsk!
In fact, she had only heard the beginning and then had the decency not to listen any further. But even that little bit was enough to refresh her outlook. She never thought that this seemingly serious man would be so good at seducing people in bed, just listening to it made her blush.
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Yu Minglang maintained his usual aloof demeanor outside. He ignored her, and they passed each other, with him going up and her going down.
At the door, Yu Minglang didn’t rush to knock on his own door but instead focused on the neighbor’s door.
Yellow Hair had gone out, so there should be no one in the neighboring room at this time.
Yu Minglang put the breakfast aside, took out a piece of wire from his pocket, and walked towards the neighbor’s door.
The moment the wire was inserted, Yu Minglang frowned.
This lock was unusual.
If it were an ordinary lock, he could pick it open with just a few strokes, but this one wouldn’t work.
The lock was particularly complex, using a leaf lock technology, and it seemed to have been modified. In previous test records, it took technicians from a locksmith company 270 minutes to open this type of lock. Yu Minglang could open it, but it would take him a long time to do so.
He didn’t know when Yellow Hair would come back, so it wouldn’t be prudent to try to pick the lock now.
However, this specially modified lock didn’t deter Yu Minglang from wanting to explore this room. Instead, it aroused his interest, and he had to see it for himself.