When Ye Wangxing rushed out, besides the Shi family of three, the other two people present, after pausing for a moment, also immediately got up and rushed toward the door.

The younger cousin frantically apologized to her second cousin in her heart, but she really had no choice. She genuinely did not want to sit with the Shi family—after all, the Shi family had been strange from beginning to end.

From the Shi parents to Shi Xuanzhu, there was really not a single normal one!

To be honest, the Shi parents were fine. They were old-fashioned, and when she had started working before, many of the clients across the table were like that. So she had long since mastered the skill of letting such words go in one ear and out the other.

—The key was her eldest cousin-in-law!

The younger cousin recalled Shi Xuanzhu’s gaze and shivered suddenly. Honestly, it was scarier than a horror movie.

She did not want to recall it further, fearing she might have nightmares that night. She immediately followed her eldest cousin outside and just happened to hear her second cousin speaking coldly into the phone.

“…I just asked you to return abroad to handle family business. What nonsense are you telling the reporters?”

Although his tone was calm, anyone could hear the anger radiating from the beautiful young man.

The younger cousin pulled her eldest cousin aside, finding a spot where they did not have to go back inside but could still hear what Ye Wangxing was saying. She silently apologized to her second cousin again, but considering the special situation in the room, she hoped he would not blame them.

Actually, the younger cousin still felt somewhat grateful to her cousin-in-law candidate. At least his actions had rescued them from that terrifying scene just now.

—Although it came at the cost of her second cousin’s social embarrassment.

But at least they did not have to suffer psychological damage, she thought with relief.

However, as the conversation between Ye Wangxing and the person on the phone grew deeper, the younger cousin took out her phone and opened the news link.

While Song Yun still anxiously watched Ye Wangxing and occasionally looked back, worried the Shi family might catch up, the younger cousin had already finished reading the entire news article.

After reading it, the younger cousin’s expression froze for a moment, and then she looked at her second cousin with a face full of sympathy.

She could hardly imagine how wild the subsequent news coverage and comments would be.

The younger uncle was going to hand over his inheritance to his sister-in-law, whose husband, the younger uncle’s elder brother, had died just last year. Their relationship even involved high-society power struggles over family business, coupled with some subtle government influence.

The younger cousin counted on her fingers for a long time, analyzing all the involved factors, then looked at her cousin with a gaze that combined sympathy with awe.

Her second cousin’s life was truly legendary—so legendary that even if his last two years of experiences were filmed, a Western production company could make over a hundred episodes out of it.

High-society conflicts, inappropriate relationships between siblings-in-law, political assassinations… all kinds of elements, as complete as possible.

Even the protagonists of romantic entanglements were more than one, making it perfect for a 100-episode or even multi-hundred-episode drama!

This kind of soap opera her mother would definitely love to watch.

The younger cousin quickly withdrew her thoughts the next second, and her gaze toward her second cousin carried a trace of guilt.

Meanwhile, Song Yun did not know what the younger cousin was thinking. He was still worried about the Shi family catching up. Fortunately, Shi Xuanzhu just sent him a message in his usual tone, letting him know that they had some matters today and would go home first, and any issues could be discussed in the evening.

He even asked Song Yun very gently if he needed any help.

Looking at the usual type of message, Song Yun’s expression was complicated. He stared at the screen for a long while, then said nothing, only sending an “ok” emoji and turning off his phone.

Now, even seeing Shi Xuanzhu’s WeChat avatar hurt his eyes. He did not know whether it counted as domestic abuse, but he did not want to see anything related to Shi Xuanzhu for the time being.

He even felt that Shi Xuanzhu’s previous emotional infidelity was no longer a big deal—if he could maintain normal behavior as before, then emotional infidelity was just that.

Song Yun closed his eyes, deciding to kick Shi Xuanzhu out of his mind for now, otherwise, he felt his thoughts would remain unclean.

After clearing Shi Xuanzhu from his mind, Song Yun felt much better. Still, when he looked at Ye Wangxing, his expression carried a trace of concern.

After all, Ye Wangxing did not look happy, and his furrowed brows suggested that the situation was difficult to handle.

And the extremely fast pace of Ye Wangxing’s next words proved this point.

“—Huh? A temporary measure? Why did I not know that there were tricky problems in the overseas company requiring you to use such a temporary measure to divert public attention? Or did our factory get burned, and you suppressed the news so that the stock price would not drop?”

Ye Wangxing spoke with a trace of sarcasm, but after hearing the voice on the other end, his brows tightened into a knot.

His tone shifted from sarcasm to seriousness mixed with confusion.

“…Are you serious?”

At this point, the voice of Will on the other end, usually pretending to be pitiful, grew louder. The younger cousin and Song Yun heard some keywords.

“Wangxing… situation… tricky… reporters… can’t… we need… attract everyone’s attention…”

The messages from the other side came intermittently, but Song Yun gradually understood what had happened.

Apparently, a major problem had occurred overseas, forcing the younger uncle to use the rumors with Ye Wangxing to distract the reporters from the news—a common tactic. But what kind of incident had made this usually unflappable younger uncle so nervous?

The younger cousin beside Song Yun also realized this and looked on with curiosity.

“But I still found it hard to understand.”

At that moment, Ye Wangxing spoke, and Song Yun and the younger cousin both perked up their ears.

The handsome young man spoke in an incredulous tone.

“—Why would reporters be interested in Kaizer’s walk-in closet, and even know about the theft from it???”

Song Yun and the younger cousin’s first reaction was that they had misheard, but then the situation on the other end of the phone confirmed they had not.

—Although mishearing would have been preferable.

Song Yun and the younger cousin exchanged a glance, simultaneously putting on pained expressions.

They both felt that today, the people and the events were somewhat off…

Fortunately, the person on the other end soon explained clearly.

“So rather than saying the closet was personally robbed, it would be more accurate to say that someone opened the wardrobe and, using the owner’s authority, packed up all the clothes and sent them away?”

The handsome young man relaxed his brows, but his face looked even more confused.

“It’s not that he wanted anything. I remember Kaizer’s walk-in closet had quite a few expensive watches, worth tens of millions, even hundreds of millions. None of those were stolen? Or was that guy just ignorant?”

…The younger cousin, upon hearing this, immediately wore a “I’ll compete with you rich people to the death” expression.

Song Yun, meanwhile, looked as bewildered as Ye Wangxing again. Stealing from a walk-in closet but leaving expensive watches—could this be a pervert?

Wait, why did I say “again”?

Song Yun began pondering, while the handsome young man on the phone changed his expression once more.

“—You said that the clothes taken from the walk-in closet were all ones Kaizer liked to wear while alive? Did you even check the logistics? Where exactly were they sent?”

The handsome young man spoke to the other side with some agitation, accidentally pressing the speakerphone button.

Then Song Yun and the younger cousin heard the voice on the other end.

The man, who had previously sounded pitiful like a little begging dog, now spoke with rare seriousness.

“…Those clothes were sent to your country.”

Upon hearing this, the handsome young man froze for a moment, then nearly dropped his phone, as if the man on the other end had said something terrifying—for him, it really was.

He even forgot to turn off the speakerphone.

Song Yun and the younger cousin shivered.

“…Will, don’t joke. You know I can’t handle this kind of shock right now.”

The handsome young man’s tone carried a hint of pleading, softening the heart of anyone who heard it, including the man on the other end. He comforted the young man: “It was probably done by a few of Kaizer’s former subordinates. Last year we removed them from the company, and they have always been thinking about how to reclaim their shares. They likely hired someone to do this.”

However, the man’s explanation did not convince the young man.

“No, it was Kaizer—his subordinates had already been scared into early retirement. Their biggest challenge now is how not to be humiliated by employees they had once mistreated.”

The handsome young man stated resolutely: “It could only have been Kaizer, and only he would do something like this!”

“—Just like only you could hack into my home surveillance.”

Song Yun: “…”

The younger cousin: “…”

What kind of life had her second cousin endured over the past two years?

The man on the phone fell silent for a while, then softened his voice: “I’m just worried about you, Wangxing. Even though people in your country are generally nice, what if you run into a pervert? What would you do then?”

The man on the other end became more pitiful and more outrageous as he spoke, making Song Yun and the younger cousin both look alarmed.

“I don’t think there could be a pervert harder to deal with than you four—even the hardest one still wouldn’t rest even lying in the coffin.”

The handsome young man said this calmly.

Hearing Ye Wangxing, the man on the other end seemed choked, silent for a long time. Then he quickly changed the topic: “Wangxing, this really looks like Kaizer’s doing, but he’s already dead, so…”

“—It must have been a contingency he set up before he died.”

The handsome young man immediately asked, a little speechless: “So Kaizer’s last move before dying was just to open his wardrobe and send all his clothes to your country?”

As the handsome young man spoke, Assistant Wang appeared, for some reason, looking out of breath and anxious, as if something urgent had happened. This made Song Yun and the little cousin instinctively point him toward Ye Wangxing.

Before the man across from them could reply, Assistant Wang spoke immediately.

“Boss, all the items from the presidential suite and the large flat you were staying in, as well as all the properties under your name, just arrived from overseas. Every package contains men’s clothing…”

At this, Assistant Wang swallowed hard, his face showing a look of fear.

“—After comparison, all these clothes belonged to Mr. Kaizer.”

Alongside Assistant Wang’s voice, a man on the phone added: “—Doesn’t this behavior perfectly match my brother’s personality?”

The handsome young man fell silent.

The man on the phone then delivered the final blow.

“Wangxing, what do you think is the likelihood that he would properly address this in his will and hire mercenaries to carry it out?”

Song Yun watched his brother stand still for a long time—

—before finally hanging up in anger.

However, Song Yun didn’t know whether his brother-in-law was alive or dead, he just moved that night at his brother’s request.

The little cousin, carrying some simple luggage, moved into Ye Wangxing’s large flat with him.

Originally, she had been a little scared because of rumors of ghosts, but after settling into a guest room with its own bathroom and walk-in closet, she immediately relaxed, letting go of her tightly held money and enjoying the aura of wealth.

Song Yun also sighed with relief. After introducing the new Aunt Li to the original housekeeper, he returned to his original secondary bedroom.

Only heaven knew how much courage he had mustered to come home this time. To him, his original villa seemed far scarier than the supposedly “haunted” large flat.

Luckily, his brother was considerate, even though he had completely broken down, he still assigned a few bodyguards for him.

This was one reason he could bring Aunt Li out safely.

—Otherwise, fearing Aunt Li might be mentally harmed there, he wouldn’t have dared to return.

Fortunately, everything was safe. Although the Shi parents still spoke in old-fashioned ways, when he said he wanted to reconnect with his brother, they shut up.

—Though their glances still seemed a bit… suggestive, as if he was too restless.

But that didn’t matter, although the looks were uncomfortable, they were normal.

Shi Xuanzhu also looked slightly displeased, seemingly wanting to play the emotional card, but Song Yun casually gave a reason: seeing Shi Xuanzhu now still felt a bit disgusting due to his mental… indiscretion, and he left with Aunt Li.

He left the Shi parents and Shi Xuanzhu to continue their family education alone.

Thankfully, it was all over. He didn’t have to see Shi Xuanzhu or think about the family matters for now.

Song Yun, feeling refreshed, organized his luggage.

Yet at night, he still worried about his brother’s situation.

—After all, last time, that hand had almost strangled Ye Wangxing.

But the next morning, Song Yun noticed that Ye Wangxing had slept well, looking refreshed, as if he had undergone a deep sleep massage.

His neck showed no marks or redness.

However…

Song Yun watched Ye Wangxing staring silently at a set of clothes already arranged in the walk-in closet. Puzzled, he asked: “Wangxing, is there something wrong with this outfit? It’s matched quite well, isn’t it? I see you looking at it for a long time.”

The handsome young man’s expression was complex. He looked at the entire outfit—from the shirt to the tie to the shoes. After a long pause, he said: “Yes, this outfit is matched very well, it suits me, and I really like this combination.”

Before Song Yun could ask again, the handsome young man took a deep breath and continued: “—If it weren’t for the fact that last night these clothes stayed obediently in the wardrobe in their usual places, and this morning I woke up to find them having magically moved to the temporary hanging rack in the walk-in closet…”

It took Song Yun a long moment to process what had happened after hearing the young man speak without punctuation.

He then looked at the clothes with an expression of shock.

However, by the next day, Song Yun had set aside this shock.

“By the way, big brother, don’t you think my second brother-in-law is kind of capable?”

The little cousin, holding some files, nudged Song Yun, who had just entered, her eyes full of admiration.

Song Yun’s expression was complex, he didn’t reply but just looked toward the office.

He clearly remembered that when he and Ye Wangxing left the chairman’s office, the chairs and all the files had been neatly arranged.

But now…

He watched the handsome young man sitting at the ergonomic chair behind the desk, reading documents, with a very complex expression.

The chair angle was perfectly adjusted, the documents were those Ye Wangxing had said needed attention, and there was a cup of steaming milk tea on the desk—prepared by a nutritionist, healthy but tasty.

All of this had been done within ten minutes of them leaving.

And, as usual, the surveillance cameras showed no one entering or leaving the office.

Only one person could accomplish this.

—At least among the people Song Yun knew.

His brother-in-law, already dead, who had worsened Ye Wangxing’s psychological condition.

In fact, when Song Yun had seen the arranged clothes the previous night, he had already thought about which temples could perform exorcisms. If necessary, he could have asked Fa Cai to test blood for “black dog blood.”

But…

This already deceased brother-in-law served Ye Wangxing impeccably. Such things had happened more than once: morning outfits arranged, office chairs adjusted—all done without anyone noticing.

Ye Wangxing’s sleep had been excellent, and he had even gained some muscle. His originally slim frame had not changed much, only his thighs and upper body had filled out slightly.

He looked more aesthetically pleasing.

Thinking of this, Song Yun sighed and said to the little cousin: “Let it be. From now on, just consider this normal and ignore it.”

The little cousin nodded, simply thinking of her second brother-in-law as a diligent young man, and casually told her friends in the chat group.

After all, they had never heard of a “haunted” luxury flat before. Their first reaction was disbelief that such a wealthy place could be haunted.

“Not really a ghost. It’s my friend’s deceased partner. He went a little crazy the first day, but after that, he was obedient—matching clothes, adjusting chairs, even making sure coffee didn’t affect health by turning it into milk tea.”

Her friends didn’t connect this with Ye Wangxing, since the previous information and Mr. Kaizer’s public image had nothing to do with the diligent behavior.

While envying the “divine love,” they reminded the little cousin to prepare items from various religions to ward off evil—just in case.

Feng Chuan also typed in the chat:

‘Of course, it’s best to inform the other party in advance, openly doubt, especially if they have a past record. If the other agrees, great. If not, be cautious.’

The little cousin nodded frantically and soon prepared numerous items—Eastern, Western, combinations, red, blue.

Even small sickle-and-hammer emblems, just in case.

But she didn’t expect the day to come so quickly.

The next morning, she was shocked to see her second cousin wearing an oversized shirt.

It wasn’t an artful, designer shirt with large sleeves, but a normal shirt on Ye Wangxing, looking like a child wearing adult clothes.

—but her second cousin was already 1.8 meters tall!

“…Wangxing… your shirt?”

Seeing the shocked expressions of the little cousin and her brother, the handsome young man rubbed his still sleepy eyes, looked down in confusion, and exclaimed: “Kaizer—!”

He stormed back into the room, yelling at Kaizer and warning him that this could only happen once.

The next day, Kaizer learned his lesson and didn’t change Ye Wangxing’s shirt—he switched the suit jacket instead.

—Which earned him another scolding.

Kaizer seemed to enjoy this, and on the third day, he changed the shirt again.

This time, the handsome young man quietly changed it himself and calmly left with Song Yun and the little cousin.

Half a day later, looking at the nearby ocean and the almost empty private beach, the little cousin once again marveled at how rich these people were.

When her second cousin suggested coming to the beach, Assistant Wang immediately arranged first-class tickets for everyone, including the two nannies and their bodyguards.

The little cousin, recalling the luxury of first class, vowed to stick close to her second cousin. She then looked at the handsome young man lying on the beach chair—and the three men on the beach doing various activities.

She set down her coconut and glanced at the presidential suite.

Inside, a large white shirt hung in the storage room.

It was taken from home that morning, belonging to her second brother-in-law.

The little cousin held the coconut, turned back to the ocean, and silently thought: “Now you behave, don’t you?”

 

 

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