Urban All-Round Master

Chapter 149: Chapter 148: Gentlemen Are Wolves Who Endure Loneliness

Chapter 148: Gentlemen Are Patient Wolves

That old fellow didn’t have many skills, but he was quite good at playing the pitiable card. Back in the day, Lin Zifeng was fooled by him more than once or twice, so the trick wasn’t going to work this time.

”Kid, if you want to win over the girls’ hearts, you need to put in more effort. You better act like a gentleman. Don’t all the girls nowadays like gentlemen? Just be more gentlemanly, and isn’t that enough?”

Ha! Gentleman? Lin Zifeng found that somewhat amusing—as if he could pass as a gentleman.

So he replied coldly, ”Gentlemen are nothing but wolves that can endure loneliness. Look at me, a security guard earning a measly three thousand a month—do you think I can pretend to be any sort of gentleman?”

”Bodyguard? What are you talking about, ’bodyguard’?”

Nangong Shui was somewhat puzzled. Nangong Bing had mentioned that she didn’t want others to know she had an unwed husband, so she commonly told people he was her personal bodyguard. Why was there suddenly the title of a security guard popping up? Could it be that this guy really worked as a security guard at Tianyu?

”Ha! Old man, do you really not know, or are you pretending not to know? Didn’t you even ask your precious daughter?” Lin Zifeng took a drag of his cigarette, feeling that the old man’s skill at playing dumb was despicably high. Could it be that Nangong Bing hadn’t said a word about her affairs to him? That seemed unlikely. At the very least, with Nangong Shui’s arrival, the father and daughter, who hadn’t seen each other for a long time, would have chatted a bit.

”You mean to say, you’ve been working as a security guard at Tianyu Group all this time?”

”Haha... That’s hilarious. You used to be so well-connected—how can you bear to come back as a security guard? Haven’t I told you? Let Bingbing find you a decent position casually—how come you never mentioned it to me, and just became a security guard?” Nangong Shui found the day’s most hilarious joke, and as he looked at Lin Zifeng’s speechless face, he felt an increasing urge to laugh.

What kind of play were they acting out between them?

”Laugh? You’re still laughing. All this is thanks to your darling daughter’s doing. On the first day I came, she gave me the choice to be either a cleaner or a security guard. What choice did I have? I definitely chose to be a security guard, of course. To actually become a cleaner? Wouldn’t that mean fighting with the cleaning ladies over their livelihood?”

Seeing Nangong Shui laugh even harder, Lin Zifeng gave him a disapproving glance, then decided not to bother with him anymore, heading straight upstairs to sleep. Talking to this shameless old man was truly a waste of time and spit.

”Hey! Hey! Don’t go. Let’s sit down and chat some more, haha...” Nangong Shui was now beyond amused.

Who would have thought the former king of the employment world would end up as a security guard back in his own country? What a rare joke.

However, as Lin Zifeng’s figure gradually faded away, Nangong Shui’s expression slowly turned cold.

Watching Lin Zifeng’s retreating back, he was somewhat suspicious. Lin Zifeng hadn’t mentioned a word about his two-year disappearance; where had he been all this time?

As for his parents’ disappearance, could it really be that he didn’t care much, at most just flaunting his lip service? Now Nangong Shui was finding it even harder to see through this guy. He was too mysterious.

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The night was as tranquil as water. Lin Zifeng was alone in his room, watching the cold moonlight, feeling a myriad of melancholy, but who could understand and empathize with his inner emotions?

He took a puff of his cigarette, and as the smoke wafted and gradually drifted across his forehead.

When dawn’s early light seeped into the room the next day, Lin Zifeng was up earlier than anyone else—getting up, washing up, getting ready.

After descending the stairs, the dining table was laden with steaming breakfast. After a night of rumbly stomach, Lin Zifeng was so famished he practically crawled towards the table as if he had not eaten for centuries.

Who knew what had changed today, but the young girl Hua Buqi and Nangong Bing were also up unusually early, and Nangong Shui was leisurely enjoying an egg roll. That little girl usually never got up so early; what in the world was happening today?

However, Lin Zifeng couldn’t be bothered to ask; he needed to fill his stomach first. The particularly important matters could wait until later, otherwise he would have to take the bus to work again today. He vividly remembered how terrible commuting by bus was—it was practically a fate worse than death.

”You’re up?”

Nangong Shui, looking like the Maitreya Buddha himself, flashed Lin Zifeng a smile that was bubbling with cheerfulness. Lin Zifeng, who was just about to drink some soy milk, felt a pang of anxiety in his heart. Could it be that this old man was concocting some new harebrained scheme today?

Glancing at Hua Buqi and Nangong Bing, they were acting as if they were on explosives, ignoring Lin Zifeng’s existence completely as if he were invisible.

Through the days they had spent together and what he had learned, Nangong Bing had already mastered the ”Ignore-Everything Technique”, essentially pretending he did not exist. As for Hua Buqi, she was even more dismissive because neither of the girls wanted to feel uncomfortable. They couldn’t win an argument against him, let alone a fight.

Now, they would only seek him out if something came up, and at most, they would use him as cannon fodder or a shield. Other than that, they had no reason to look for him. Only heaven knew how much they would have to spend if this guy really acted up.

”How did you sleep last night?” This old geezer was really something, asking questions like a chattering woman early in the morning. Could it be that he was up to some trick again?

”Not bad, woke up and ate, pretty good,” Lin Zifeng replied briefly.

”Hmph! All you know is to mooch off others here. And you love money too,” Huahua, who had been silent all this while, was dressed like a little princess today, a pure white outfit with a delicate, fitted vest, a cute princess skirt in light pink, and petite high heels. She seemed to be getting ready for an event.

”Mmm! This soy milk is really nice, it makes my whole body feel comfortable,” Lin Zifeng ignored the girl’s dissatisfaction completely, picked up the soy milk and began gulping it down. His slovenly behavior annoyed Hua Buqi tremendously.

She muttered and cursed under her breath, rolled her eyes, and glared at him furiously, but he just didn’t care. ”I do my thing, you do yours, what’s it to you?”

”Bingbing is going to Yanjing to discuss a project today. Do you have time to accompany her?”

Nangong Shui was almost pleading, hoping to patch things up between the two adversaries. But Nangong Bingqing’s delicate eyes flashed with aversion as she frowned and coldly said, ”I do not need that.”

A simple sentence that didn’t allow any room for others to argue back. Her icy tone was enough to deter anyone, utterly bereft of any warmth.

But it was fine by Lin Zifeng. He was living a carefree life now. He couldn’t be less bothered about her business. He could just play cards with some close friends in the company, chat, shoot the breeze, and it was also not bad to appreciate beautiful women with a group of animals from the security team. Why wouldn’t he enjoy that?

”Bingbing, why are you so stubborn? As a CEO of a company, don’t you think about your personal safety? Aren’t you afraid that some people might have ulterior motives? At the very least, you should have someone reliable by your side,” Nangong Shui said.

Someone reliable? Come on! Old man Nangong, you’re really talking nonsense. Even if there was someone reliable, why would you drag me into this? In the heart of your precious daughter, I’ve already been cast into the eighteenth level of Hell. What trust is there to speak of?

Lin Zifeng nearly choked...

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