Deliberately Approaching
Chapter 250: The Show Has Just Begun

Chapter 250: Chapter 250: The Show Has Just Begun

Leng Lingxiao pulled Tang Xiaowan away from the front hall, through the corridor, and quickly arrived at the kitchen.

Here, a faint scent of wood pervaded the air, a simple chandelier hung quietly beneath the wooden beams, and the walls around were eroded by time to a pale yellow, yet they remained neat.

"Wow, this house must be about a hundred years old!" Tang Xiaowan exclaimed, curiously surveying the area, then asked, "Is there a refrigerator, and might there be something delicious inside?"

Leng Lingxiao smiled and opened the refrigerator door.

"There’s beef, vegetables, fruits, and our family’s secret ancestral seasoning."

Tang Xiaowan: "?"

Leng Lingxiao picked up a pottery jar, shook it, and it emitted a crisp sound, "As long as you have this, no matter what dish it is, it can become a delicious meal."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xiaowan hurried over, "Really? That sounds magical!" She looked at the black powder inside the pottery jar and suddenly raised her eyebrows, "It clearly looks like you’ve just bought and poured in some ready-made stuff."

"Nonsense, it’s genuinely a secret family recipe." Leng Lingxiao laughed proudly and whispered, "Alright, now this handsome guy is going to start performing some magic, you’re welcome to watch eagerly, Tangtang."

Leng Lingxiao skillfully began preparing the ingredients.

He took a piece of fresh beef, sliced it thinly, then sprinkled a layer of the secret seasoning on it. Then, he cleaned the vegetables and prepared to show off his cooking skills in front of Tang Xiaowan using a frying pan.

Tang Xiaowan watched Leng Lingxiao’s busy figure, feeling a warmth in her heart.

She could not help but imagine that perhaps when she was a child, her grandmother was also busy in the kitchen like this, cooking all kinds of delicious foods for her.

"Huahua, thank you."

"What’s wrong, why so serious all of a sudden?"

"All of this, you must have prepared it in advance, right? Including these ingredients, pots and pans, all newly bought."

"The ingredients are, not the rest."

"What do you mean?"

"This house was just bought from Wang Jinhui by grandma this spring, some things... probably were processed by him, especially this kitchen knife, it’s obvious."

"Wang Jinhui?" Tang Xiaowan said in surprise.

"What’s so strange about that? Just walk about a hundred meters out the door, and you’ll be on the pedestrian street, all the shops on the entire street belong to him."

"So he’s a landlord then?"

"Yeah, pretty much, hahaha."

With that, Tang Xiaowan’s entire brain began to whirl rapidly, about Wang Jinhui, her grandmother, about this century-old house.

...

Lights dimmed on the streets of country Y.

Due to the time difference, it was just now two in the morning here, unlike in Huang City.

The hustle and bustle were also gradually fading.

In a dim alley, a few ragged homeless men surrounded Su Luoyi, who was wearing a trench coat; she had just come from a party and had drunk some alcohol, her steps slightly unsteady.

The person who had invited her was the man sitting next to her on the plane, Big Talker.

Within just a few days, they had become good friends.

The homeless men looked at Su Luoyi with smirks, one of them with messy hair whistled and said to the others, "Take a look at this pretty girl, seems like she’s lost, shall we help her find her way home?"

The other homeless men joined in teasing, their eyes filled with greed and malintent.

Su Luoyi widened her eyes, watching them nervously, and said in a low voice, "Don’t come any closer, I don’t need your help, and if you dare come any closer, I’ll call the police."

Her knowledge of language Y was quite good, naturally understanding that what these men were saying was indecent.

The disheveled homeless man smiled and said, "Don’t be so tense, we just want to have a chat with you. Where are you going this late, is it a date?"

Su Luoyi bit her lip, trying her best to stay calm. She looked around, trying to find an opportunity to escape. However, the space in the alley was narrow and no one was passing by, which made her heart sink and she became extremely scared.

Make a phone call, yes, make a phone call!

She frantically pulled out her phone, but unfortunately, it was out of battery, making her even more frightened.

At this moment, she deeply regretted why she had rejected Big Talker’s kindness, why she hadn’t accepted his confession and the roses.

Isn’t it good to have someone taking care of you in a foreign land?

And her former boss, Li Weilian, why did she betray him?

He was clearly a good boss, so why did she greed for wealth and switch allegiance to that mysterious boss, thereby ruining her own future.

Just then, a young man in a black suit ran over from the other end of the alley.

Seeing Su Luoyi surrounded by the homeless men, he immediately frowned and strode towards the homeless men, yelling sternly, "You bastards, what are you trying to do to this lady?"

The homeless men looked at each other and continued to mock, apparently not taking the young man seriously.

Su Luoyi took the opportunity to break free from their encirclement and hid behind the young man.

Her vision was blurry, and although she couldn’t see the newcomer’s face clearly, at that moment, she felt like he was the hero sent by the heavens to rescue her, very, very handsome.

In fact, the newcomer was Big Talker.

"Get lost, or don’t blame me for being rude," Big Talker said coldly.

The disheveled homeless man glared at the man in front of him, responding viciously, "Who are you? Mind your own business, or just go home. We just want to have a good chat with this lady."

Big Talker chuckled and said, "Chat? I think you just want to take advantage of her."

The homeless men, enraged and embarrassed, waved their broken bottles, ready to strike. Big Talker, unafraid, met them head-on and engaged in a fierce fight.

Seeing that the man was skilled in fighting, Su Luoyi thought he would be fine and took the chance to slip away.

She was terrified, running continuously, staggering so much that Big Talker shouted her name several times without her looking back.

Not far from her, a black sedan had been parked for a long time.

A robust man sat in the back seat, half-frame sunglasses covering his eyes, and his slightly twitching lips made it hard to discern his true emotions, whether he was happy or angry.

Suddenly, the phone on the mount lit up.

Through the sunglasses, his gaze shifted outside the car window, his index finger tapping gently on his thigh, seemingly in control of everything.

"Brother Hao, she ran away; should we chase her now?" the driver said anxiously after picking up the phone.

The man, however, remained unnervingly calm, silently pulling out a tool, aiming the dark hole at a street lamp outside the car window, gesturing through the air.

"Brother Hao!"

"The real show has just started, what’s the hurry? She likes to run, so let her run."

"But what if she encounters..."

"Do you think he is just anyone, a passerby acting heroically, a chivalrous good man, or a legendary hero from the myths?"

"Brother Hao is wise, Brother Hao is mighty!"

In fact, the driver didn’t understand the man’s point at all, merely flattering mindlessly, for the man seemed like a god.

"That’s enough, let’s go."

The car slowly started, and the street lamp shattered.