Keep an Eye on Your Brother (3-in-1)
The camera was pointed at who-knew-where, and the screen went pitch-black. But very soon, the phone returned to Fang Anyu’s hand. The video had been adjusted into a small window, so he could poke at the screen with one hand and chat with Jun Yueyue.
—Wait! Who’s behind you?! I’m only away from home for one night, and you’re sleeping with who?!
When Jun Yueyue typed that line and sent it over, she had basically already guessed the answer. But after Fang Anyu saw Jun Yueyue’s question, he froze for a moment in the video. He did not reply to her message. Instead, he simply held up the phone and pointed the camera behind him.
“Hey, hey, hey! Bro!” Fang Anyan looked like a rooster that had slept with its feathers blown up. Blocking the screen with his hand was useless, and he directly forgot whether Fang Anyu could hear him or not as he shouted.
Jun Yueyue was not surprised at all to see that it was Fang Anyan. What surprised her more was that neither of them was wearing a shirt.
So she immediately started arguing with Fang Anyan through the screen.
“Why aren’t you wearing clothes? Fuck! Have you no shame? I’m only away from home for one day, and you’re already seducing people? Don’t tell me you have a brother complex!”
Fang Anyan had originally been using his arm to block his face and shield himself from the camera. When he heard this, he was so angry that he lowered his hand.
“Are you sick or what?! My brother hurt his hand, so bathing and getting dressed is inconvenient for him. He also insisted on waiting for your message in the middle of the night and refused to sleep. I was only beside him to help listen out for it!”
“Is that a reason for you not to wear clothes?” Jun Yueyue narrowed her eyes. “You even helped your brother bathe?”
“If you’re sick, go to the psychiatric hospital!” Fang Anyan completely exploded and sat up. “Not only am I not wearing a shirt, I’m not wearing trousers either. Do you want to see?!”
As he spoke, he was about to lift the quilt. Jun Yueyue was afraid he had a death wish, but before he could lift it, a hand reached over from beside him and pressed the quilt down.
Fang Anyan met his brother’s gaze. For a split second, he suspected that his brother knew everything. But very soon, Fang Anyu moved the video away.
The scene changed, and Fang Anyu’s face appeared in the video. Jun Yueyue instantly felt refreshed from head to toe. Look, even though both of them had just been sleeping, that idiot slept like an exploded rooster, while her Yu Beauty merely had his curls fluffed up a little. Even the fluffiness had such aesthetic beauty. Sunlight scattered across his shoulders, and as Jun Yueyue watched through the video, she… swallowed.
Cough.
—What were you two talking about?
Fang Anyu asked Jun Yueyue.
Of course Jun Yueyue could not say that she and Fang Anyan had started arguing through the video again, and that Fang Anyan had been provoked by her to the point that he nearly showed her he was not wearing trousers. So she could only type:
—I was asking him about your injury. How is it? Does your wrist still hurt? What about the stitched area? You have to be careful with it usually, otherwise it’ll scar.
Fang Anyu’s attention was diverted. Sitting on the bed, he poked the screen with his finger and slowly replied:
—It hurts a little, but it’s okay. Anyan helped me bathe, so it didn’t get wet.
Jun Yueyue could spout nonsense at Fang Anyan, but when facing Fang Anyu, even if his words only reached her through emotionless text with no tone or inflection, they made her feel extremely peaceful and calm.
Fang Anyu had a very magical kind of power. He could inexplicably make people settle down, trust him, and even rely on him, even though in reality, he really did not look like someone who could give people a sense of security. He even needed to be carefully looked after himself.
Jun Yueyue smiled and puckered her lips at him in the video. Fang Anyu cooperatively pressed the phone against his own face. Then neither of them spoke again. They just faced each other through the video and smiled foolishly.
Fang Anyan got up from beside him. Men were all the same in the morning. He quickly put on his trousers. Thinking of his brother pressing down the quilt earlier, he suddenly felt it was rather magical.
He would not have actually lifted it, but the fact that his brother cared about that really surprised Fang Anyan. Not only that, there had also been the misunderstanding in the corridor that night. His brother had taken the initiative to clear up the misunderstanding with him the next day, but the things he said had also surprised Fang Anyan.
His brother was protecting Jun Yueyue. He had even displayed a possessiveness that Fang Anyan had never seen before.
Fang Anyan did not know whether this change was good or bad. Of course, understanding how to hold onto something like this was not a bad thing. What Fang Anyan could not figure out was whether that woman was good or bad.
At the end of the day, he still could not trust someone whose heart changed faster than her face, someone who had suddenly gone from utterly deranged to devoted and affectionate.
But whatever Fang Anyan thought did not affect Jun Yueyue and Fang Anyu being sticky with each other. Jun Yueyue was truly both tired and sleepy. Lying on the bed, she did not really say anything to Fang Anyu. She just looked at him, smiled at him, and was reluctant to hang up.
However, the room was dim, the quilt was warm and soft, and she could see the rich, precious flower she liked. Jun Yueyue’s consciousness gradually dulled, and without knowing when, she fell asleep just like that.
She slept until the afternoon. It was the older maid who woke her, saying that she should prepare herself because Old Master Jun was taking her to a banquet that night.
Jun Yueyue sat up and slowed down for a while. After coming back to herself, her first reaction was to reach for her phone and see what messages Fang Anyu had sent her. But she had not expected that Fang Anyu had not hung up the video at all. The moment Jun Yueyue picked it up, she saw Fang Anyu with his back to the video, tending to his flowers and plants.
The phone in Jun Yueyue’s hand was burning hot. When she checked the battery, it was almost finished and already red. But Fang Anyu seemed to have propped the phone up in the living room so that when Jun Yueyue woke up, the first thing she would see was him. This really was something especially happy, even romantic.
Jun Yueyue looked at the curtains that the maid had pulled open. Outside, the sky was clear for miles, without even a cloud. Because she had slept enough, and because of the long video call with Fang Anyu over the past few hours, her mood shot straight up.
Even though she had fallen asleep and had pressed the phone face-down on the quilt, so Fang Anyu could not see her and could not even hear the faint sound of her breathing, she just felt that Fang Anyu not hanging up the video was him watching her sleep for several hours.
Opening your eyes to find someone waiting for you with such expectation, wrapped in deep affection and sweetness—was there anything more romantic in this world?
Jun Yueyue simply propped the video up against the lamp stand. Then, within the range the video could capture, she left the bathroom door open and washed up and got dressed.
After busying herself for a while, when she turned around, she discovered that Fang Anyu was looking at the screen at some point, staring at her. Jun Yueyue paused in the middle of getting dressed and looked around. The maid who had been tidying the room had already gone out. Only then did she smile at the video. Then she deliberately slowed down the movements of changing clothes, even intentionally letting her fingers linger along the side of her leg and collarbone. In the end, she bit her own finger at the video, acting pretentious in an extremely disgusting way.
But thanks to the fact that she had this face and figure, these deliberately seductive movements did not look ridiculous. They did indeed carry a charming, alluring quality. Seeing Fang Anyu’s face in the video turn red, Jun Yueyue finally stopped, quickly put on her clothes, then hugged her phone and burst out laughing.
—Your phone is about to catch fire. Why didn’t you hang up for several hours?
This time, Fang Anyu poked the screen a few times. Clearly, he had learned how to use the small window. Not long after, he replied:
—I couldn’t bear to. I missed you a lot.
These sweet words made Jun Yueyue feel soothed all over. The corners of her mouth could not help rising madly. But then Fang Anyu seemed to have entered a mode where his sweet words could drown a person. One line after another left Jun Yueyue dizzy.
—Even just looking at you like this, I still miss you very much.
—When I see the little fish, I think of you. When I see the flowers and plants, I think of you. Even when I fry eggs, I think of you.
—I read in a book that liking someone means thinking of her no matter what you see.
—I think that’s right, but also not right. I like you, but it isn’t that I think of you only when I see something. It’s that from the moment I wake up, my mind has never once forgotten to miss you.
Jun Yueyue held her phone, feeling as if all the little deer and rabbits in her heart had crashed themselves to death one after another. Looking at these messages that seemed to be seriously analysing himself, but were actually damnably romantic, Jun Yueyue felt that what she had received were not short messages, but love letters stamped with Fang Anyu’s mark, belonging exclusively to her.
Jun Yueyue was not originally good at this kind of sickly sweet talk, but there was no woman who did not love hearing it.
She held her phone and racked her brain for a long time, wanting to reply with something that would make Fang Anyu happy too. But when she finally replied, it turned into:
—Then how about I change clothes again for you to see?
After the message was sent, the romantic and charming atmosphere from earlier was completely ruined by her. Jun Yueyue scratched her head and could not help laughing. It seemed she was still more suited to actual combat…
After Fang Anyu saw the message, the redness on his face, which had only just faded a little, came back again. Seeing him like this, Jun Yueyue became even more inappropriate.
—How about we video call tonight? Whatever you want to see, I’ll show you. How about it?
Fang Anyu stiffened in front of the screen. For a long while, he did not reply and did not move. If his eyes had not still been blinking, Jun Yueyue would have thought the video had frozen.
—Why aren’t you saying anything? Do you want to see or not?
After quite a while, Fang Anyu, for some unknown reason, hung up the video.
Jun Yueyue let out an “eh?” and stood up. Looking at the video, it really was not disconnected because of bad signal or anything like that. Fang Anyu had hung up.
Jun Yueyue raised an eyebrow. After waiting for a while, Fang Anyu’s message finally came over.
—Don’t talk like that. It makes me uncomfortable.
Uncomfortable?
What a wonderfully used word. Jun Yueyue reacted for a while before realising exactly what kind of uncomfortable he meant, and immediately laughed again.
She felt that if she spent too much time together with Fang Anyu, she might end up turning into an idiot who only knew how to laugh…
That auntie came to urge her again. Only then did Jun Yueyue send Fang Anyu one last message, tidy herself up, and go downstairs.
It was already dinnertime, but the house had not prepared dinner. Jun Yueyue knew they were going to a banquet, but the food at banquets was basically just decoration. If she did not line her stomach before going, she would have to go hungry and come back hungry too.
However, after searching the kitchen, there really was nothing. The older maid’s attitude towards her was actually pretty good now. She no longer looked at her sideways. She was probably afraid that if Jun Yueyue really became the head of the Jun family, Jun Yueyue would fire her. Her attitude was unexpectedly gentle.
“The old master has been waiting for you in the study for ages,” the auntie said to Jun Yueyue. “Go quickly.”
Jun Yueyue did not want to bother arguing with an old lady either. As long as she did not pick a fight, Jun Yueyue was too lazy to care about her.
“Okay.” She nodded and walked towards Old Master Jun’s study.
This was not her first time coming to this study. Jun Yueyue knew the way well. She knocked on the door and entered without waiting for Old Master Jun to speak.
Old Master Jun was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, his hair combed meticulously. He did indeed look like he had been waiting for her for a long time. Jun Yueyue walked straight to the old man’s side and smiled at him. At this moment, she looked especially like an obedient granddaughter. Lively yet respectful, she called out, “Grandpa.”
In her heart, however, she was thinking: It’s fine. Life is like this. Calling Money Daddy “Grandpa” isn’t unacceptable.
Old Master Jun was clearly very satisfied with her attitude. Even the look he gave her became much gentler. However, he merely gave a sound from his throat, kept a stern face, and drank two sips of tea before speaking.
“You’ve been awake for ages. Why did you only come down now?”
Jun Yueyue chuckled. “I’m a girl. I have to dress up.”
Old Master Jun held his teacup, his eyes sweeping over her. Jun Yueyue had indeed dressed up a little. She was wearing a small formal dress prepared in the wardrobe, but she had not put on any makeup at all. It was entirely thanks to her bright, beautiful looks. Even with only her hair casually pinned up, she could carry these luxurious little dresses.
Jun Yueyue let him look. But then Old Master Jun asked her a question that made her heart jump.
“That Fang Anyu. You seem to like him very much?”
This was the first time Jun Yueyue had heard Old Master Jun call Fang Anyu by his actual name. In her memory, Old Master Jun had always called him the fool of the Fang family several times.
Jun Yueyue met Old Master Jun’s gaze and controlled her expression. The smile on her face did not fade, but deepened instead.
“Grandpa, why are you asking that? Is it because of what I said to you last time? Did Grandpa believe it?”
“You said last time that you loved him more than your own life. Was that false?” Old Master Jun looked at Jun Yueyue, not missing the slightest change on her face.
Jun Yueyue shrugged. “Wasn’t I just trying to anger you at the time, Grandpa? I really don’t want to be the head of the Jun family. You also know that I’ve never had much promise since I was young. On the other hand, Yu’er is clever and has had more contact with company matters. She is indeed a more suitable candidate than me.”
“To be the head of the Jun family, one does not need to understand too much,” Old Master Jun said frankly. “Previously, you were always making trouble. I was indeed more inclined towards Yu’er.”
The old man sighed, then shook his head slightly.
“But in the end, her movements are inconvenient. There are many occasions that are not very suitable for her.”
Jun Yueyue sneered inwardly. Outwardly, her smile slowly faded. Look at this old man’s thoughts. When he disliked his eldest granddaughter for being muddle-headed, he did not mind that his younger granddaughter was disabled. Now that his eldest granddaughter was performing a little better, the younger granddaughter’s disability had become something he minded. This old thing really had his heart growing somewhere under his armpit.
“What’s unsuitable about it? After Yu’er has this surgery, maybe she’ll be able to stand up,” Jun Yueyue said.
Old Master Jun still shook his head. He had already asked carefully about the probability of the surgery succeeding, and it was not high. However, since Jun Yu insisted on having the surgery, and there was no danger to her life, only some suffering involved, Old Master Jun felt distressed but did not want to block his younger granddaughter’s chance to stand up. In the end, he only sighed and said, “I hope so.”
“Grandpa, you don’t need to worry. Yu’er has had good luck since she was young, and she has willpower. Rehabilitation training really won’t be anything to her.” When Jun Yueyue started saying nice things, even she admired herself. Old Master Jun was clearly especially receptive to this. For the first time, he revealed a satisfied smile at Jun Yueyue.
“Grandpa wants to ask you something. Just answer honestly,” Old Master Jun said. “Do you truly like Fang Anyu? If you truly like…”
Jun Yueyue quickly shook her head.
“How could that be possible!”
She had to deny it. She could not let Fang Anyu become a handle Old Master Jun could use against her. Besides, Old Master Jun was a pure businessman. For the sake of choosing the Jun family’s heir, he could be this picky even with his own two granddaughters. Could he really have any generous thoughts towards Fang Anyu?
“I just think he’s fun, so I tease him,” Jun Yueyue said with a completely indifferent expression. “But please don’t scare him again. The Fang family treasures him dearly.”
Jun Yueyue denied that she liked Fang Anyu, but she did not rush to completely distance herself either. That would seem too eager and opportunistic, and Old Master Jun definitely would not like that.
By saying this, she also smoothly explained away the incident from before, when Fang Anyu had clung to the car door and refused to let go before Old Master Jun had ordered someone to bring her back. It was not because she liked Fang Anyu so much that she would not let Old Master Jun do anything to him, but because the Fang family treasured Fang Anyu dearly, so she was telling Old Master Jun not to set his sights on him.
Even though the Fang family was now teetering and on the verge of collapse, a starving camel was still bigger than a horse. If the Fang family was truly pushed too far, they would still bite back.
What kind of heart did this old man have? Of course he understood the meaning behind Jun Yueyue’s words. But he was not so easily fooled either. After smiling, he tapped his fingers on the table a few times, then asked again, “Then if Grandpa asked you to divorce him, would you be willing?”
Jun Yueyue thought, I fucking knew you were going to pull this move.
She did not immediately say that she was willing. Instead, she acted like a child who had not yet had enough fun with a toy, awkward and reluctant.
“Grandpa… why? I already agreed to meet the shareholders with you. Besides, shouldn’t the position of Jun family head be decided after Yu’er has her surgery?”
“The higher-ups may be about to make a move. Rare trees were discovered on that piece of land. If people are sent down to investigate and it gets classified as a protected area, then we won’t be able to touch it anymore.” Old Master Jun rarely spoke a few honest words. “No one knows how Jun Yu’s surgery will go, and the rehabilitation period will be too long. The Jun family cannot wait that long.”
“But Grandpa, aren’t you perfectly fine?” Jun Yueyue smiled and said, “You’re so healthy! Are you afraid you won’t live to see Yu’er recover…”
“I’ve already been diagnosed with stomach cancer,” Old Master Jun suddenly said. “The doctor said that in the best case, I have half a year. In the worst case, two months.”
This time, Jun Yueyue was truly stunned.
Fuck. This wasn’t in the plot!
In the original plot, Old Master Jun lived for a very long time. Later on, he even came out to cause trouble again!
If this was true, then just how far had the plot collapsed?
“When did this happen?” The shock on Jun Yueyue’s face was not fake. Seeing Jun Yueyue so anxious, Old Master Jun actually raised his hand and pressed it downward slightly, comforting her.
“Just after you all went back last time. I had a stomachache and went to the hospital. They did some tests.”
Old Master Jun said, “I’m old. It’s normal for my body to be poor, and it’s normal to fall ill. You don’t need to panic too much. My appetite has always been bad, and I always thought the difficulty breathing was a heart problem. This time, they confirmed it’s stomach cancer, already late-stage. I don’t want to suffer through surgery, so I’ll do conservative treatment first.”
Jun Yueyue was so shocked she could not speak. At a time like this, she should act like a filial child and grandchild, cry a little, and express her grief.
But other than shock, she truly could not produce any other emotion.
Life and death were far too ordinary before her eyes. Jun Yueyue had seen too much of it, far too much. Besides, no matter how much she and Old Master Jun did not get along, she still disdained performing that kind of fake crying and fake sadness.
“What kind of expression is that?” Old Master Jun glared at Jun Yueyue. “I’m not going to die immediately!”
Jun Yueyue coughed and quickly came back to herself. With genuine disbelief, she said, “But you’re clearly so hale and hearty. I always felt like I wouldn’t even outlive you!”
In the plot, when she, this vicious female supporting character, finally exited the stage, the old man was indeed still bouncing around energetically between the male and female leads.
Old Master Jun seemed to have had some point struck by her words, and he was amused by this sentence.
He smiled and said, “I used to feel that way too. Your great-grandfather was even stronger than me. I always felt that as long as he was there, the sky would not collapse…”
“But look, when the sky wants to collapse, it collapses. I couldn’t even count on your father,” Old Master Jun said. “Carrying this burden really is tiring. But now, only you and Yu’er are left. You have always been insensible, and Yu’er’s body is like that… sigh.”
Jun Yueyue said nothing.
After Old Master Jun had tried to stir up emotions for a long time, he fell silent for a moment, then circled back to the topic from before.
“If you take over the Jun family, you have to accept a marriage alliance. No matter whether you truly like that fool from the Fang family or not, after you go back this time, cut things off.”
Jun Yueyue’s lips moved, but Old Master Jun did not give her the chance to speak. He continued,
“If you really can’t even bear to part with a fool, then you can continue being the Fang family’s daughter-in-law. But in that case, the Jun family’s relationship with you will only be that of your maternal family.”
Jun Yueyue lowered her head. For an instant, her expression twisted.
What that meant was, if she did not become the head of the Jun family, she would not get a single fucking cent.
“I’m taking you to meet someone tonight,” Old Master Jun said. “He hasn’t made much of a name for himself in Qiuhai City, but he is very famous in Pingchuan. He went out on his own at twenty and fought his way up. Now he has already firmly established himself in Pingchuan. The Jun family’s piece of land happens to be near Pingchuan.”
He had even found her next prospect for her. The tiny bit of sympathy Jun Yueyue had felt because he was about to die instantly vanished like smoke.
Judging from the current situation, if she refused to divorce, Old Master Jun really would be ruthless enough not to give her a single cent. Old Master Jun was about to die. He had lived his entire life for the Jun family; before he died, he would definitely resolve all future troubles.
To be fair, when born into a family like this, how could marriage possibly be decided by oneself? Seeking benefits and avoiding harm was the true nature of businessmen. Fang Anyan had originally been a chess piece, but he had been prepared by Old Master Jun for Jun Yu. Now that the candidate for family head had changed, the Fang family was clearly a discarded piece.
Old Master Jun really was shrewd. He had avoided every risk. The reason he did not ask Jun Yueyue to abandon Fang Anyu and then go be with Fang Anyan was because the original body had once crazily liked Fang Anyan.
He would not allow the head of the Jun family to like the marriage partner. Just like back then, he had chosen Fang Anyan for Jun Yu precisely because he knew Jun Yu did not like him…
From the position of an old man who had exhausted his entire life for the family, this decision was not exactly wrong. Because in his eyes, feelings were shallow to the point of being worth less than a banknote. They were obstacles, risks that needed to be avoided.
Jun Yueyue knew that at this moment, she ought to agree cleanly and decisively. But when she thought of how Fang Anyu had smiled so brightly at her before she went downstairs, she could not open her mouth no matter what…
After a moment of silence, before she could figure out how to answer, Old Master Jun withdrew his pressure at just the right time and smiled at Jun Yueyue.
“No need to rush. Tonight, go and meet Xiao Li first.”
Jun Yueyue let out a heavy breath of relief.
She knew that she probably had failed to hide how much she cared about Fang Anyu, letting this crafty old fox Old Master Jun trick a clue out of her.
She could endure pain. She could endure hunger. She could flee for her life day and night without stopping. She could survive with difficulty in a harsh environment like the apocalypse. But across two lifetimes, the thing she lacked most was affection. How could anyone expect her to resist liking someone like Fang Anyu?
She was too naïve…
Liking someone could not be hidden.
Jun Yueyue pulled out a smile at Old Master Jun.
“Okay.”
The grandfather and granddaughter got into the car. Jun Yueyue kept feeling that Old Master Jun definitely would not let this go, and her heart could not settle no matter what. She could not help taking out her phone and secretly sending Fang Anyu a message.
—Don’t go anywhere these next few days. No matter what anyone says to you, don’t believe them.
Fang Anyu actually did not reply quickly. Jun Yueyue could not help sending another message to Fang Anyan.
—Old Master Jun asked about your brother today. Keep an eye on your brother.
After Jun Yueyue sent it, she waited for a long time, but neither of the brothers replied. She had a bad premonition. At that moment, Old Master Jun looked over, and she quickly put her phone away, turning her gaze out of the window.
Neither of them spoke along the way. The car drove for a long time, turning from the country road onto the main road. Jun Yueyue’s heart remained a mess the entire time. When the scenery outside the window gradually became more prosperous and neon lights lit up, Jun Yueyue finally realised that they had left Xiude Town and arrived in an unfamiliar city…
Just for a banquet?
Jun Yueyue took out her phone and glanced at the time. More than two hours had already passed since she sent Fang Anyu the message.
But why had Fang Anyu still not replied? Had he not seen it?
Because Fang Anyu had not replied for so long, her heart grew increasingly restless. When she entered the hotel on Old Master Jun’s arm, her gaze was not very focused. She tripped on the carpet at the entrance and stumbled forward…
Jun Yueyue was wearing high heels and a pencil skirt. Unable to steady herself, she was already prepared to fall flat on her face. But just as she was about to fall, her arm and waist were simultaneously caught by a strong arm. An indescribable woody fragrance drifted over. After Jun Yueyue steadied herself, she quickly said, “Thank you…”
“You’re welcome, Miss Jun.”
This person’s voice struck beside her ear like a deep subwoofer. He clearly knew her. Puzzled, Jun Yueyue followed the voice and looked up, meeting a pair of long, narrow phoenix eyes.
Because she had seen people identical to those from the apocalypse far too many times, Jun Yueyue’s emotions originally could not fluctuate much anymore. But the person before her could truly shock Jun Yueyue. He could truly make stormy waves rise in her heart again.
She stared straight into those eyes without moving for a long while. Maintaining the posture of straightening her skirt with her hand, her gaze swept back and forth across his face. The more she looked, the more shocked she became. The more she looked, the more unbelievable it felt—
If the previous people had all been coincidences, then the person in front of her absolutely could not be. Whether it was his aura, his stature, or even the tiny scar in his eyebrow that formed a broken brow, Jun Yueyue could completely determine that he was the boss of another massive base they had once encountered in the apocalypse, a base that their squad could never have entered—Li Li.
She knew it. How could the surname Li be so common?
But how could it be him? If even he had appeared in this world, then what exactly was this world…
“Miss Jun?” The man before her raised his brow slightly, his thin lips curving faintly. “Miss Jun?”
“Yueyue!” Old Master Jun reached out and nudged Jun Yueyue, who had been staring fixedly at Li Li the whole time. He said, “Staring at someone like that the first time you meet is far too rude!”
Li Li quickly raised his hand and waved it, indicating that he did not mind. Then he smoothly took Old Master Jun’s hand and shook it.
“Grandpa Jun, I’ve been waiting for you for a while. It has already started inside. Please come this way with me.”
Old Master Jun nodded.
Only then did Jun Yueyue return to her senses. She had indeed lost composure earlier, but if someone did not lose composure after encountering something like this, that would be the strange thing!
Had this world gone mad? Never mind that the original plot had already collapsed into that dogshit state, now even the apocalypse bigshot Li Li had appeared in this world…
“Miss Jun?” Li Li called her again.
Old Master Jun entered the lift first, but Jun Yueyue still had her head lowered and seemed lost in thought. He was indeed planning to let Jun Yueyue meet this Li Li. Perhaps she would change her heart. After all, this eldest granddaughter of his had not taken many days to shift her affection from Fang Anyan to Fang Anyu.
Being easily moved to another person was a good thing. If she could shift her heart from Fang Anyu to Li Li, then after the marriage alliance, Old Master Jun would also have a way to shift her attention away from Li Li.
However, Old Master Jun also felt a little embarrassed by Jun Yueyue. Becoming so dazed after just one glance at someone was really too unreserved.
Jun Yueyue patted her own face and stepped into the lift. She did not notice Old Master Jun’s condemning gaze at all. Instead, through the reflection in the lift, she continued staring at Li Li.
Heavens. It really was him.
When looking at his face from the front, Jun Yueyue had not been fully certain. But when she saw his side profile, she was completely sure. Back when their squad had suffered disaster, this man had held a gun in his hand. There had been no bullets in the gun. What it fired were all stones, but the power was exactly the same as a gun.
He had an extremely rare stone ability, and his level had risen very quickly. It was said that he could instantly move an entire mountain of stone. Their base had been built high with stones, its surface smooth with nowhere to grab onto. Even second-rank zombies could not climb up.
Jun Yueyue still clearly remembered his cold expression as he looked down at several members of their squad like they were ants, telling them to leave their supplies behind and get lost.
Because their supplies had been robbed, when they returned that time, they could only eat very little each day and had gone hungry for several days. So Jun Yueyue’s memory of him was extremely deep. It absolutely could not be mistaken. It was him…
Then now, it seemed that to confirm whether this world overlapped with the apocalypse, whether she had not transmigrated but had instead been reborn before the apocalypse, there was only one method left to confirm it.
That was something Jun Yueyue did not want to touch until the final moment. Feeling troubled, she lowered her head. If this world truly was before the apocalypse, then the only possible reason she had not heard any news of Fang Anyu in her previous life was… that he had died very early.
How could a delicate, wealthy flower like him survive in the apocalypse?
What was even stranger was that the male lead of this book was clearly Fang Anyan, yet the apocalypse bigshot was Li Li. How should all of this be explained? Why had there been no Fang Anyan and Jun Yu in the apocalypse?
Jun Yueyue’s head was full of question marks.
After the lift arrived, Old Master Jun truly could not bear the sight of her “infatuated” appearance. He took the lead and walked towards the centre of the banquet. Jun Yueyue, however, stood inside the lift, her thoughts wandering beyond the heavens, while her eyes still stared at Li Li, who had not moved, through the lift’s reflection.
“Have you looked enough? I’m standing right here. Why don’t you turn around and look?” Li Li spoke, but Jun Yueyue did not hear him at all. She was immersed in her own thoughts, to the point that she did not even know Old Master Jun had left the lift.
Li Li had seen many types of women. There were plenty of women whose eyes went straight when they saw him, but this was the first time he had met one who became this stupid after seeing him.
He could not help laughing softly, and there was a hint of contempt in his laugh. But he quickly withdrew it. After all, if nothing unexpected happened, this woman would be his future wife, even if only as a decoration.
Her being infatuated with him was a good thing. Seeing her like this, Li Li simply stopped bothering with fake politeness. He directly pulled Jun Yueyue’s hand over and placed it around his arm. Turning his head and bending closer to her ear, he said, “Did your grandfather tell you? Tonight, you are my female companion.”
Warm, damp breath slipped into her ear. Jun Yueyue shuddered violently. Coming back to herself and seeing that Li Li was actually so close to her, the first thing that came to mind was the way he used a gun, and his utterly unmoved appearance whether he was killing zombies or people.
Her body’s stress response made her pull her hand back immediately. She clenched it into a fist “as big as a sandbag” and swung it at the face of the man before her. At the same time, her foot kicked his calf, and she abruptly pulled away from him—
Because no one had exited, the lift doors closed again.
Li Li touched the side of his face with his hand, then bared his teeth slightly as he moved the calf she had kicked. With an incomparably shocked expression, he looked at Jun Yueyue.
“Miss Jun, is this your special way of greeting people?”
There was a trace of anger in Li Li’s voice.
Jun Yueyue shook out her small fist and leaned against the lift wall, glaring at him. His reaction just now clearly showed that he did not have the slightest bit of ability, and he did not even know any martial arts. He was just an ordinary person. That made sense. Mutations only happened after the apocalypse.
So Jun Yueyue relaxed. Folding her arms, she leaned against the lift and pressed the button to send the descending lift back up again. Frowning at him, she gave a sneer and asked, “Grabbing someone’s hand and making them hold your arm the moment you meet, then biting at their ear—is that your special way of greeting people?”
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