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Upon hearing this, the young security guard almost slammed the accelerator into the car's chassis: "You have a child?!"
"Yes, two, both are nine years old."
The young security guard could no longer keep his expression to himself: "Brother, you're already... well, how come you're still living in such a shabby place?"
He actually overheard the gossip.
He originally thought this person was a rabbit god, but it turned out to be a duck.
The ducks are one thing, but there are two babies too.
"...Who are those two children?"
"One lives in a villa, and the other lives in a rented house."
Isn't it clear yet?
One belongs to the female boss, and the other is his own.
The young security guard looked curiously into the rearview mirror.
The question that was about to be asked suddenly fell silent.
With a face as handsome as Pan An, it's no wonder that wealthy women are willing to have children with him.
Gu Xinglan, sitting in the back seat, felt a chill run down her spine from the security guard's gaze, wondering what he was thinking.
The scenery outside the window is becoming increasingly mottled.
Gu Xinglan quickly called out, "Thank you, brother. I'll be going now."
"Hey, um, can I add you on WeChat?" The security guard in the driver's seat called out to him, "If you ever come out of the villa, send me a message, and I can arrange a car for you when I have time."
"Okay, thank you, brother." Gu Xinglan didn't stand on ceremony and had already taken a step.
"and many more!"
Despite the security guards' repeated attempts, Gu Xinglan showed no impatience, listening attentively to the person in the driver's seat.
"You didn't call me 'brother' for nothing. Let me tell you, you absolutely must find a way to get a marriage certificate with her. That's the best way for you to go. Otherwise, in the end, you'll only get manual labor every day and nothing else..."
The person in the driver's seat said a lot, which can be summarized as how a "phoenix man" (a man from a poor background who achieves success through marriage) rises to power step by step by relying on his wife.
Gu Xinglan listened expressionlessly: "That's enough, I have other things to do..."
System: [Ding, the progress of the second hidden storyline has increased by one percent.]
"But then again... Brother, where did you learn this from?"
Upon hearing this, the security guard immediately perked up.
"I've seen plenty of people in your line of work, they're all like this!"
"If you didn't have a penis, it would be even easier. Just find an old man who's halfway to his coffin, get a marriage certificate, and divide the property. But then again, marrying into the family is also a good option. Isn't it just the same process? It happens all the time."
"I think you're just a naive college student who doesn't know the ins and outs of society. She won't even buy you a house or a car. You should take advantage of your youth and find someone older. They won't cause trouble, their memory won't be as good, and they'll be easier to please..."
After listening to a lot of stuff, the progress on the second hidden storyline stopped increasing.
Gu Xinglan touched her chin with her index finger, secretly thinking about when the second hidden plot had just been triggered...
"for you!"
Several red banknotes stuck out of the car window.
The young security guard, with one hand on the steering wheel and the other holding three hundred yuan, grinned, revealing his yellow teeth, and said, "Take this money. Look at you, you don't even have a decent set of clothes."
"..." He still had the black card that Li Taihe had given him, so he wouldn't let a stranger give him money now.
After politely declining, Gu Xinglan slowly returned to the Happiness Community.
The typhoon did not transform this place like the western part of Wushui; instead, it left it in ruins, even worse than before.
The small slide that used to be on the plastic board... is broken, not to mention the iron parts that were soaked by the rain, and there's a metallic smell everywhere, like the smell of blood.
Even with his good patience, he couldn't help but frown now, his sense of smell almost overwhelmed by the stench of rust.
There wasn't a soul in sight nearby, and the four large characters for "Happiness Community" next to it were now reduced to just the character for "earthy".
Moldy things were everywhere, even the trees planted along the street were moldy. If you didn't know better, you would think you had entered a ghost town.
As soon as Gu Xinglan got out of the car, she went straight to the original owner's rented room.
The stairwell in the apartment building was as dark as ever, without a single ray of light in sight.
If you listen closely, you can hear humming sounds from an unknown source, like the chanting of an elderly person on their deathbed.
As I climbed the stairs, the soft light from my phone suddenly illuminated a wrinkled and lifeless face.
Gu Xinglan shuddered, and almost threw her phone away.
Before he could even utter a sound, the other person yelled out first.
"Ah—" The man looked as if he had seen a ghost. His face first showed six parts fear, then two parts stunned, and finally turned into ten parts disgust and dislike!
They avoided him like the plague, as if he were some kind of moving pest.
"Sir, wait," Gu Xinglan was puzzled by the stare and was about to call out to the man.
But the other person's next words left him rooted to the spot: "Don't touch me!! Get the hell away from me!!!"
This time, he truly couldn't understand it.
He hasn't been back for just a few days.
Why has my attitude towards him changed so much?
This man was also a social butterfly who often ate and drank at the communal kitchen. He could chat with anyone, and people were willing to confide in him.
Gu Xinglan quickly surveyed the communal kitchen and the corridor that extended into it.
Apart from some places where water is dripping, everything else is pretty much the same as before; in fact, there's been no change.
What could have happened to make someone as talkative and slippery as an eel avoid him like the plague?
Upon entering the original owner's rented apartment, some problems seemed to surface.
The furniture was brand new, and although it was secondhand, the people from Li Taihe even renovated it into a kitchen, bedroom, and toilet.
The place used to be small, with everything crammed into a tiny square box. If you went to the toilet, the smell might not even dissipate while you were eating. But now, it has everything you need, and it looks much more comfortable.
But... that's not the main reason that man is avoiding him, is it?
Gu Xinglan sat on the sofa, fiddling with the small potted plants on the table, feeling a void in her heart.
System: "Host, that child is not in this room."
Upon hearing this, Gu Xinglan finally remembered the purpose of his trip: he had come to make breakfast for the child...
It's almost 10 o'clock now that I've left the rented room.
Some people have already returned from their part-time jobs that started in the early hours of the morning.
He was just about to ask the cook if she had seen Xu Mufeng.
As a result, the same strange thing happened again.
Then the auntie also let out a scream, much sharper than before, almost like the sound of a kettle exploding.
Gu Xinglan instinctively covered her ears and shouted:
"Aunt Liang, can you tell me... what happened?"
Before he could finish speaking, it was as if his gaping maw had opened wide. The aunt looked terrified, abandoned her meal, and hid inside the house.
Then came a series of thumping sounds, as if someone had been awakened by the noise, and footsteps echoed from the floor.
Immediately afterwards, a menacing-looking man, wearing only a pair of shorts, opened the door.
When the fierce-looking face through the crack in the door touched Gu Xinglan, it actually showed a look of horror.
Time and again, even the fiercest person in the hallway backed down and even showed fear towards him.
"gentlemen!"
Gu Xinglan took a few steps and arrived in front of the person.
Faced with those eyes contorted with extreme fear and disgust, he suddenly found himself speechless.
This feeling was unfamiliar; he could say he had never experienced such clear malice before.
"piss off!!!"
"boom!!"
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