Trafford's Trading Club

These days, one could surprisingly see Ren Ziling being taken home at dusk by a young man.

Gradually, they were linked together by the people in the neighborhood of this town… And this gossip could be heard everywhere when going through the street.

Luo Qiu also saw they two beneath the old house downstairs... Laughing and talking.

Who was he?

A vaguely uneasiness or irritability came to him... Was it really like what the neighborhood said?

She was still age, how could she only devote her mind to a young child?

And furthermore, one who wasnʼt a biological child?

But who was that young man? Though Luo Qiu believed himself to be a rational man, somehow a sudden impulsiveness started to grow.

And this impulse was a devil hiding in his heart, nourished for few months ever since his father died.

Then... He saw that young man again because he deliberately asked for a leave of absence from school and came home earlier.

As it was nearing the Colleague Entrance Exam, the teacher was also tolerant of him; maybe because he knew the boy had just lost his father.

Luo Qiu hid in his room. He felt guilty when he silently saw them through the slit of the curtains.

It wasnʼt a luxury car. However, Luo Qiu thought this twenty-five or twenty-six-year-old man who could drive this car may not be poor.

Then, Ren Ziling weakly got off the car… Luo Qiu didnʼt know what they were talking about.

But he knew they didnʼt speak much--- The man nodded and drove away.

Luo Qiu saw Ren Ziling leaning against the wall downstairs and lighting a cigarette… This was the first time he saw her smoking.

She suddenly crouched down and covered her eyes with hands. He knew she was crying... This was also the first time he saw her crying for so long.

She just crouched down and cried alone.

What kind of helpless and pain had she suffered? Luo Qiu didnʼt know... He just thought maybe those rumors were reasonable.

He looked at her for almost ten minutes… Ren Ziling stood up, quickly washed her face with the mineral water, patted her face, and then she went up.

Luo Qiu heard her footsteps, then the knocking sound and her regular questions…

But he just sat in the dark room and gave no response. So she thought he had gone to bed.

She really brought him back, but she still felt him to be cold.

…

”Really! I saw that woman enter a hotel! With a young man!”

”Which woman?”

”Which woman? That widow! I said before she couldnʼt resist the temptation!”

”Wait... Did someone just pass by?”

”Who?”

”The son of Old Luo. Am I wrong?”

…

Luo Qiu thought he shouldnʼt come... But he still arrived.

It seemed that something drove him here. He felt that it was a feeling that he couldnʼt control... But he really saw that manʼs car park at the hotel.

All the hotels in this old town were not tall, all the hotels in the old town were like this… Maybe it should be called a bistro. Luo Qiu suddenly felt he was ridiculous. What could or should he do here?

Leave or not? He hesitated… Maybe it was better for both sides to keep silent.

Perhaps, he could live on his own... So be it.

But he saw the man walk in the hall, and he quietly followed the man, who directly entered a room of the second floor instead of going to the reception… Something really compelled him.

He silently followed the man. However, he didnʼt see him enter the floors which were prepared for the guests of the hotel. Instead, he went to the private dining room on the second floor.

In the room... It seemed to be very noisy.

He even heard Ren Zilingʼs voice. Then he took a deep breath and quietly opened the door.

The voice was loud.

”No way! I will never give up the custody of Luo Qiu!”

”What custody, is he your own son?”

The voice came from a middle-aged man. Luo Qiu knew he was a cousin of his father.

Those people inside were all his family members… Who moved to this city because his father had worked and settled here.

”In fact, weʼre closer to him! We have the same blood! And you are a stepmother! Will you be so kind and take care of him in your young age?”

How bitter the words were.

” Iʼve said many times! Donʼt come to me again! I wonʼt give up the custody!”

How... How many times had she faced these people?

”Humph! You are just greedy for money! Greedy for the property of my poor cousin.”

Ren Ziling ruthlessly threw the documents on the table in a sudden, vigorously saying, ”These! Are all the property of my husband, the pension, the estate license, and the legacy! Iʼve appointed my layer to give all of these to Luo Qiu!”

”Iʼm the lawyer of Qingyuan Law Firm, and this is my card.” The man said, ”Miss Ren has signed relevant legal documents. If you have any question, Iʼll be glad to be at your service. Or you can take the copies for confirmation.”

Lawyer... This man, was a lawyer...

”What can you give him? Well! Iʼm not his real mother, but Iʼve been living with him for a few years. And you? Do you know what he likes? Do you know his birthday? Have you even made a call to great him? You just want the property not his custody!”

”You want nothing, then what can you give him?”

An angry voice.

”I!”

Ren Ziling pointed at herself and loudly swore, ”Can give him a home!”

Why she was so strong... Because she knew she must face these abuses to protect Luo Qiu.

If she wasnʼt strong enough, how she would live on with him?

…

Luo Qiu quietly closed the door, and no one knew he had been there.

But that day he crazily gave a woman a hard slap in the face… The one near the store.

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Crack -!

A loud slap from his slender fingers on the tender face, obviously made the delicate face become red in a moment.

Who knows how much strength was used. However, he had, in an instant, left a red imprint of a palm on the delicate face.

Long Xiruoʼs brain suddenly went blank.

She had never been slapped after she became an adult. When was the last time? Thousand of years ago? Or when sheʼs a child?

She just felt pain when she was held by the neck. But now a humiliation spontaneously arose.

Long Xiruo slowly lowered her head, but her eyes were still calm and solid.

”You... have you decided to start a war here?”

Her great fury didnʼt hold Luo Qiu back.

”I just want you to know something.”

Luo Qiu suddenly released Long Xiruo on the ground; then he said, ”Weʼre not reincarnations of evil. Nor have we been forced to disappear by those lunatics in the west, we are just... and will always be living in this world.”

All of a sudden, a strange old door appeared behind the club boss.

It was opened slightly, and revealed something from it.

Long Xiruo couldnʼt help stepping back in a cold sweat, without fury, she was trembling.

She seemed to hear the wailing sounds and saw the deathly stillness of a gloomy barren land.

She was the true dragon guardian of this land... but merely this land.

But out of there...

He was right... In this non-magical era... No one could compete with him.

Rumbling---!

The horrifying door closed. Her head went blank again, forgetting the pain and the humiliation.

It was so heavy...and unbearable.

The cold wind which blew through the traffic had sobered her to some extent.

She and the club boss were still here in this city, nothing had changed.

”Sorry, I seldom hit others. But sometimes Iʼm really too impulsive.”

She heard such a light sound... An explanation, not an apology.

”Did I hurt you?”

Luo Qiu came closer to Long Xiruo, slightly touching her face and the imprint slowly faded.

Long Xiruo subconsciously stepped back with fear.

”Master!”

At this moment, Miss Maid abruptly appeared behind Luo Qiu.

Long Xiruo clearly saw her angry blue eyes and the black flame on her hand--- she was getting ready for a battle.

”Lunatic.”

Long Xiruo abruptly said this and disappeared from the roof nearby.

She swallowed the humiliation and didnʼt want to fight... Pride was useless in front of the door.

…

”Master, just now...”

Seeing Long Xiruo leave, Miss Maid hid the black flame and came to Luo Qiu.

Luo Qiu exhaled and silently looked at You Ye, ”Kind people are easily bullied. However, a lunatic will be somewhat frightening. Itʼs all right. I just warned her... You go back first.”

You Ye nodded, taking a glance at Ren Ziling not far away, and knew what had happened.

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She still felt scared... If the car hadnʼt stopped in time, would she have been lying a hospital?

Ren Ziling looked up at the building she lived.

She took out her mirror and touched up her makeup to hide her listlessness.

Luo Qiuʼs sharp eyes were really inherited from his police father.

She wanted to go up after smoking, but she crouched down and her eyes filled with tears… A lonely feeling came to her.

But she couldnʼt let others know her weakness.

”One minute, Ren Zi Ling, just one minute cry, all right.” She said to herself.

”What are you doing here?”

Just a minute, Ren Ziling heard a familiar voice… Luo Qiuʼs voice.

Ren Ziling surprisingly looked at him with an embarrassed appearance.

”Painful...”

The burning cigarette sobered her, and she hurriedly stood up and rubbed her eyes, ”The sand got in my eyes. What are you doing? Why are you downstairs with the light on?”

Luo Qiu showed the shopping bag, ”Buying daily necessaries. I canʼt expect you to buy these.”

Ren Ziling smiled.

”Have you eaten anything?”

”No... No time to...” Ren Ziling shook her head.

”Go home, I will make some glutinous rice balls for you.” Luo Qiu said.

Seeing Luo Qiu directly walking upstairs, Ren Ziling quickly followed him. And she naughtily pushed his back, ”Hurry up! Iʼm hungry! Boy!”

”Throw your cigarette pack away before going home,” said Luo Qiu.

Subeditor Ren piteously said, ”All right!”

Ren Ziling was reluctant to throw it. But now Luo Qiu suddenly turned around at the doorway, lightly saying, ”Including those in your wardrobe.”

”... All right.” Subeditor Ren resignedly nodded her head.

”Then... Welcome home.”

Ren Ziling looked up, seeing Luo Qiu entering her home.

Then, she couldnʼt help herself. After crying for a minute, her eyes turned red again.

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Shen Meihuan was anxiously looking for her son in the street… Where could he go? Did he gain some consciousness?

Many doubts came to her mind. She worried about what could have happened to him.

She regretted that she had gone out for shopping.

Many hours later she still didnʼt find her son. This drove her almost insane.

”He just came back, please donʼt take him away again...” she prayed.

Maybe her prayer was heard, she found her son later.

He stood in front of an amusement center and was quietly looking at the signboard.