Chapter 96: Stop Praising the Male Lead's Second

After checking out the hotel lobby, they went to look at the back garden, the restaurant...

It wasn't until around eight in the evening that this cross-border video call finally drew to a close.

He Huanhuan said with satisfaction, thanking him, "Thanks so much, handsome. I had a great time today. You're such a nice person."

Free good-person card awarded.

Dr. Qi accepted it happily, the corners of his mouth completely unable to come down. "I'm glad you like it."

He Huanhuan nodded earnestly. "Of course I like it! I love it so much!"

She was a hype girl at heart — if nothing else, she had to deliver on emotional value, full stop.

Dr. Qi's gaze softened. "Should I hang up now?"

"Mm-hmm!"

The call finally ended, and Dr. Qi was finally free to head back to his room.

Standing in the elevator, Qi Yuan's heart was beating a little fast.

He thought, it must be because this trip was too special. It had sparked so much new interest in him for this otherwise dull and tedious world.

With a ding, the elevator doors opened, and he walked into the room with an easy, relaxed stride.

In the room, Xiao Zuo and Xiao You were once again tied up like sausages, lying on the floor.

Xiao You, on the other hand, actually felt more comfortable this time — the tight binding around his gut made him feel secure, like a safety hug.

Qi Yuan glanced over. "Put them on the beds, one each."

Qi Jin was confused. "Then where do I sleep?"

There were only two beds total. If both of them got one each, where was he supposed to sleep?

This hotel cost five thousand a night normally!

Qi Yuan said, "If you can't bear to give it up, you can share with one of them. That way you can also take a knife for him in the middle of the night."

Xiao You was shocked: Wait, they're going to stab him again tonight? That doesn't seem appropriate, does it?

Qi Jin was even more shocked: "Are you seriously gonna stab him in the dark? How did you get this messed up?"

......

Even though they were fraternal twins, was the IQ gap really that wide?

Qi Yuan sighed helplessly. "They failed to get their hands on them last night and then disappeared. Do you think the people behind them are just going to let this go?"

During the daytime video call, he had asked them about the details of the prize.

A newly opened cosmetics shop on the side of the road, and she casually drew a grand prize worth a hundred thousand. Possible?

He had searched Liweiquan's official website, and the prize was indeed filed and registered — a perfectly legal and compliant lottery.

But that didn't mean the process of winning it was legal and compliant.

Liweiquan wasn't some no-name small company. Just who could have bought off such connections, used such a perfectly legal lottery to send them to Sava, and then arranged a kidnapping?

Going to all that trouble, what were they after?

Qi Jin couldn't help but ask, "Bro, why didn't you apply to police academy back then?"

With that much curiosity, he'd make a better cop than Qi Jin ever could!

Qi Yuan couldn't be bothered to look at him. "There are plenty of things I'm curious about. How many jobs would I need to have?"

Fair point.

Qi Jin rubbed his head. "So, we continuing tonight?"

Wasn't he supposed to be on vacation? Why did it feel like he was clocking in for work instead?

After moving the two guys onto the beds, Qi Jin suddenly had a moment of brilliance and turned around, asking, "Hey, are you this invested because you're curious, or because the girl's pretty?"

The surgical scalpel twirled once around his fingertip, and Qi Yuan gave him a flat look. "You wanna be an only child?"

Damn! That was a threat — a blatant threat!

Qi Jin secretly sulked in his head, hoping the girl had a boyfriend so his brother could pine away alone!

But then he hesitated.

Maybe... better not? Pining alone was still pretty miserable...

Thinking this, he pulled out his phone and scrolled through He Huanhuan's Moments, looking for any clues.

Mm...

"Ten servings of takoyaki — there goes a whole lifetime, I mean it!"

"As long as your mindset is good enough, anywhere can be Phuket!"

"Hair's gotta be the flashiest, and boyfriend's gotta be the handsomest!"

"Delayed broadcast, ladies — I got full-on knocked flying! But no big deal, hahahaha......"

......

He honestly couldn't believe that Qi Yuan had a thing for such a lively, high-energy girl!

But the photos in her Moments only had her and her pink-haired best friend.

Probably no boyfriend. Probably, right?

At that very moment, right after the video call had ended, He Huanhuan's phone started vibrating like crazy.

She was shocked. "Whoa, did the Americans actually plant a bomb in my phone or what?"

Ding ding ding ding...

Han Mo's chat box was firing off messages nonstop: Having fun? Did you eat? Did you buy anything? Transfer sent. Were you on a video call with a friend?... When the call ends, message me back.

"Why's he sending me so many messages?"

She immediately accepted the transfer. Heh heh, that's another square meter added to my three-bedroom apartment.

The moment she accepted the money, a video call popped up immediately.

Han Mo sat in the car with a stern face. "You seem to have been on a video call the whole time. Was it with a friend?"

He Huanhuan shook her head. "No, I was on a call with the buyer. They were showing me Sava."

Han Mo frowned. "Buyer? Showing you Sava? Didn't you go to Sava for a trip?"

He Huanhuan only then remembered that she had forgotten to update him on what had been going on.

She giggled. "Me and Meili didn't have passports, so we couldn't go. I sold the grand prize at second-hand value. The buyer is a pair of handsome twins — they're so nice! They've been video-calling us to show us around..."

Here, there followed about twenty thousand words of detailed narration. She didn't notice that the more she talked, the darker Han Mo's face got.

A doctor with gold-rimmed glasses, young and handsome, gentle and considerate, always ready to help...

Wasn't that way too many compliments for this guy?

"...Later we looked at the garden together. That garden was huge! It had so many flowers! I just didn't recognize any of them..."

"...And the elevator was all gold and glittering, super bright. The younger handsome guy looked really good in it — the gold-rimmed glasses totally matched the gold-and-glam vibe..."

She couldn't wait to tell Han Mo every single detail she saw, but Han Mo's focus wasn't on that. His face darkened as he cut off her gushing:

"Where are you right now? I'm coming to find you."

He couldn't let her keep praising this guy any longer, or he'd get demoted to male lead number two.

"No need, go do your thing."

He Huanhuan rejected him flat-out. "Me and Meili are hanging out at my second brother's hotel. We're having a blast. Aren't you busy? Go on, mind your own business."

Apparently, Han Xuan still hadn't confessed, and his company was in complete chaos.

He Huanhuan thought to herself, she wasn't some lovesick fool.

Personal space and all that? She gave plenty.

......He didn't want it.

Han Mo took a deep breath. Why did he feel like he wasn't needed at all anymore?

That wouldn't do.

"I've mostly wrapped up the busy work. From here on, I can slow down the pace a bit."

"Eh, then once you're fully—"

Before she could finish her refusal, Han Mo asked urgently, "Don't we need to go see Wang Qiang? We promised him. Once we got back, we'd help him level up together."

"Oh right! The little fatty!"

He Huanhuan shot up from her seat. "I almost forgot about him!"

He was her friend through thick and thin — she had to take care of him.

She quickly asked Han Mo, "When are we going?"

"How about tomorrow morning?"

"Fine! Then come pick me up tomorrow morning. Don't come tonight."

"......Fine."