novelraw Chapter 743 - 717: Must Take a Look
Chapter 743 - 717: Must Take a Look
"It’s a foreigner with a particularly hard-to-pronounce name, something with ’Si,’ I just call her Aka." Liumei had met the neighbor a few times and greeted her. These days, foreigners come to China speaking flawless Chinese; Mai’s is good and so is Aka’s.
"I’ve seen her before," Yu Minglang remembered.
The first time Yu Minglang was scheming against Mai and got into a fight with him, he sensed someone across the building taking pictures. Although it was nighttime and the distance made it hard to see the face clearly, he could discern some features under the neon lights.
A blonde with a baseball cap. When they met face-to-face today, he instantly recognized this was the same person who was taking photos on the rooftop that day!
"Do you interact with the neighbors often?" Yu Minglang asked.
"Aka is really nice. Every time we meet, she’s very enthusiastic to chat with me," Liumei thought the neighbor was quite nice.
"She looked at me in a strange way."
"Not that she likes you, right?"
"...Not really. I feel like the way she looked at me was slightly... lewd?" Yu Minglang struggled to find the right adjective and barely found a fitting one.
Right, lewd.
Though they didn’t speak, when they met face-to-face, he distinctly felt that the way the blonde looked at him was extremely lewd.
Little did he know, the blonde had eavesdropped on Qian and Yu Minglang doing indescribable things next door the day before...
To the extent that upon seeing Yu Minglang, she couldn’t help but start to imagine things. This behavior, coupled with the previous photo-taking on the rooftop, planted a seed of suspicion in Yu Minglang’s mind.
Xiaoqiang’s sixth sense told him that the blonde’s background was unclear and needed thorough investigation. Although it was just a brief encounter, he couldn’t be at ease knowing someone was living next to his wife without checking properly, especially since she was a foreigner. What if she had something to do with Mai?
Yu Minglang went into the bedroom where Qian was still asleep. Quietly, he began to search the room but didn’t find any eavesdropping devices.
But that didn’t mean they were safe.
If the other party was using a wall-through listening device, they wouldn’t need to install anything on this side to hear what was happening in the room.
Yu Minglang pondered for a moment, squinting at the wall as if contemplating how to handle the situation.
Anything that threatened his wife was no small matter; he decided to find an opportunity to sneak into the neighbor’s place to see what was going on.
Qian continued to sleep soundly. Perhaps she was dreaming of Yu Minglang, as she wore a gentle smile. Yu Minglang tenderly stroked her soft cheek with his fingers. Her little nose twitched like a kitten sniffing, recognizing the scentless scent of her man, and she continued to sleep peacefully.
Though Yu Minglang no longer worked as a sniper, he retained the habit of not using any scented toiletries, so he was almost scentless. This became Qian’s way of recognizing him; even in her dreams, she could tell by the familiar temperature and lack of scent that it was him.
So she leaned her face against his hand and continued to sleep.
Yu Minglang found it amusing, looked around, and saw the cosmetics on the dressing table. He casually picked up a bottle and used the cold container to touch her face, causing Qian to immediately open her eyes.
From blurry to guarded to relaxing upon seeing him, followed by realizing within seconds that he did it on purpose, turning to anger—all these emotions happened in just a few seconds before the bottle of cosmetics used for the prank flew towards his head.
"Get out!"
"So fierce..." Yu Minglang, knowing he was wrong, left holding her changed clothes. Women with morning grumpiness were not to be messed with.
Liumei also woke up, yawning as she entered the bathroom. Seeing Yu Minglang squatting there diligently washing Qian’s clothes, she was startled and took a step back, leaning against the door.
"Morning!" Yu Minglang stood up, rinsed the soap suds off his hands, and gentlemanly let Liumei use the bathroom.
Liumei glanced at the basin, swallowed hard. Oh my, he was so domesticated! If she wasn’t mistaken, there was even Qian’s little bra in the basin? He even washed that?
"Dadao is the best at doing laundry among us; I learned from him." Before leaving, Yu Minglang made sure to tease Liumei.
"Why do you keep bringing him up? We broke up already." Liumei’s heart was pierced again.
"Really?" Yu Minglang retorted, successfully leaving a ripple in Liumei’s heart.
Yu Minglang turned swaggeringly; apart from his Qian, no one else could deal with him~
"Xiaoqiang! Come over!"
Hearing Qian’s call, Yu Minglang swiftly darted into the bedroom. The sleepy beauty, with her eyes closed, asked.
"What’s for breakfast?"
"I bought your favorite crab roe buns."
"I don’t want crab roe buns."
"Then how about porridge?"
"No, I want matcha cake and sweet red bean porridge."
"Is it okay to eat such sweet things? Aren’t you afraid of getting fat—don’t throw that! I’ll go get it! If you throw one more, there’ll be no pillows left!"
After persuading Qian to put down the pillow, Yu Minglang reluctantly went out to buy her breakfast.
"The cake should be delicious, and the red bean porridge has to be from Sweet Porridge House!" Qian added, those are in opposite directions in the city, forcing him to drive around!
Who told him to disturb her sleep? Being woken up from a beautiful morning sleep is the worst, it’s her way of getting back at him!
Liumei watched as Yu Minglang hurried out, dumbfounded. Just as Qian got up to use the bathroom, Liumei took the chance to ask.
"How do you manage him? He’s so obedient, teach me."
He washes clothes, buys breakfast, even squeezes the toothpaste into the basin; Qian is living a god-like life!
"It’s actually nothing special, just four words: time... breeds affection."
Liumei blushed again. Why did Qian pause there, making her think otherwise...
Yu Minglang bought the breakfast Qian wanted, waiting for the elevator. When the elevator door opened, the blonde came out with a big backpack. The moment she saw Yu Minglang, she couldn’t help but think of what she accidentally overheard last night, tsk tsk!
She actually only heard the beginning before conscientiously stopping, but even that small part was mind-blowing. Who would have thought this serious-looking man was so charming in bed? It was enough to make one blush.
Yu Minglang maintained his consistent cold demeanor outside, ignoring her. They brushed past each other, with Yu Minglang going up and her going down.
At his door, Yu Minglang didn’t rush to knock but instead fixed his gaze on the neighbor’s door.
The blonde left, so the neighbor’s place should be empty now.
Yu Minglang placed the breakfast aside, took out a wire from his pocket, and walked towards the neighbor’s.
The moment the wire went into the lock, Yu Minglang frowned.
This lock was unusual.
If it was an ordinary lock, he could easily pick it open, but not this one.
The lock cylinder was particularly complex, using a wafer lock technology, seemingly modified. In past test records, the technical opening time for such locks took 270 minutes. While Yu Minglang could open it, it would take him a long time.
He didn’t know when the blonde would return, so picking the lock hastily wasn’t wise.
However, this specially modified lock only fueled Yu Minglang’s desire to explore the room, sparking his interest in entering and having a look.