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Chapter 68 "Dad"? Or Boyfriend?

"As expected, it possesses powerful Prismatic Rank banknote abilities."

Zhou Lang carefully read through the four random mechanisms of the [Shop Malfunction], becoming more and more engrossed in the process.

From everyday items priced at around a thousand yuan offering buy-one-get-N-free deals, to super-large discount coupons offering 999999 off purchases of one million yuan or more.

Moreover, it triggers once every two days.

Now, it really is true that "nothing tastes better than dumplings"...

When Zhou Lang snapped out of his daze from the system interface and looked up at the upper floors of the apartment building, he was slightly taken aback.

"Her room light isn't on yet? The elevator's so slow, she hasn't even gotten home yet?"

……

At the same time.

As Shen Wanrou stepped into the elevator, two more men, one fat and one thin, walked in.

She glanced at him casually, but noticed that the thinner person had dark skin and looked somewhat familiar.

"Is he...that person's drinking buddy? The skinny, dark-skinned man Ziyi warned me about at the gym?"

Shen Wanrou was slightly startled. It was already late at night, and while she became wary, she also felt a sense of fear.

As far as I can remember, these two men are not residents of this building.

For safety reasons, Shen Wanrou did not press her own floor number, but instead pressed four more floors above it.

The two men, one fat and one thin, did not press any more floor buttons.

The elevator doors opened, and Shen Wanrou quickened her pace and stepped out.

She glanced back slightly and saw that the two people had followed her to this floor.

"This..." Shen Wanrou braced herself and knocked on a door.

This neighbor was a middle-aged couple she knew well; they lived with their twin sons who had just started working.

Shen Wanrou hoped they would be home so she could come inside and avoid them for a while.

However, after knocking several times without any response, Shen Wanrou's heart sank.

The two men were still at the elevator entrance, lit cigarettes, and seemed to be glancing over in this direction with barely perceptible eyes.

"What to do, what to do?"

Shen Wanrou thought hard and realized that in this situation, the only person she could rely on was Zhou Lang.

"I hope he's still alive..."

As Shen Wanrou walked towards the fire escape stairs, she sent a WeChat message to Zhou Lang.

[Shen Wanrou]: Zhou Lang, have you left? Are you driving now?

[Shen Wanrou]: My ex-husband's friend brought another person into my apartment building...

[Shen Wanrou]: I entered the wrong floor in the elevator, but they still got out of the elevator with me.

[Shen Wanrou]: I wanted to call you, and then pretend it was a call to Dad, so they could hear me; maybe that would be safer...

Shen Wanrou's hands trembled slightly. She had just walked down one flight of stairs when she heard the two people above her making a sound. Their footsteps quickened heavily, as if they were also going to take the fire escape.

"Zhou Lang, please..." Shen Wanrou gripped her phone tightly, her voice trembling with anxiety.

Then, her phone rang; it was Zhou Lang calling.

"Sister-in-law, can you really call me Dad?" Zhou Lang whispered. "I'll come upstairs to find you right away and show myself in front of them."

"If you really call him 'Dad,' and those two see me and realize he's too young, wouldn't that immediately give them away?"

Zhou Lang laughed and said, "Say it's your brother or boyfriend, and put it on speakerphone."

All of Shen Wanrou's tension, unease, and trepidation vanished in that instant.

She couldn't help but laugh: "You can still joke around, really~"

Shen Wanrou pressed the speakerphone button.

She didn't have time to think carefully between "brother" and "boyfriend," so she followed her heart and deliberately raised her voice, softly calling out the title: "Darling, I just realized I went to the wrong building and knocked on someone's door for ages."

On the other end of the phone, Zhou Lang raised his voice, sounding stern and loud: "I just parked my car and saw you disappear into the next building. Could you be any more confused?"

"Excuse me, darling."

The footsteps upstairs stopped. The two men seemed to have heard Shen Wanrou's phone conversation and stopped in their tracks.

Shen Wanrou walked downstairs while talking on the phone with Zhou Lang.

Zhou Lang also saw the motion-activated lights in the stairwell coming on one by one, so he went in and climbed up a few floors to meet Shen Wanrou ahead of time.

The two met on the 5th floor.

"Zhou Lang..." Shen Wanrou let out a long sigh, feeling her legs go a little weak.

Zhou Lang reached out to support her: "Don't go home today, come to my place, or I'll get you a hotel room."

"Um…"

He put his arm around Shen Wanrou's shoulder and helped her into the car.

Not long after, two men, one fat and one thin, came out of the apartment building.

The black monkey looked around and, seeing that only Zhou Lang's car had its lights on, scurried over.

"Oh, sister-in-law."

The black monkey glanced around, and Zhou Lang rolled down the car window to meet his gaze.

"Sister-in-law..." Seeing this, Black Monkey immediately changed his tune, "Brother, are you Shen Wanrou's... uh, boyfriend?"

Zhou Lang just stared at him, and the black monkey felt a little uneasy facing his muscular physique of over 1.8 meters tall.

"Don't get me wrong, brother. An old buddy of ours came here to collect a debt today, and we just happened to run into Sister Wanrou."

Black Monkey explained, "It was late at night, and I was afraid of scaring Sister Wanrou, so I pretended not to know her in the elevator and didn't talk to her."

Shen Wanrou's suspicions were not dispelled. She thought to herself, what a coincidence that the floor she accidentally pressed was the very one they were going to collect debts from.

Zhou Lang didn't bother arguing with him and made up a story: "If there's nothing else, we're leaving. We recently moved to a new place and won't be staying here anymore."

I was planning to come back tonight to pick up some things, but I thought I was being followed.

"Oh, it's our fault, we scared Sister Wanrou."

Black Monkey reached for a cigarette: "Brother, have a couple. I've heard of you. You're a big boss at such a young age. This car is so impressive. I might want to get some work from you in the future."

"Thanks, I don't smoke."

Zhou Lang reached into the car and handed him a business card from Kong Xiangfeng, the manager of the Speedway store: "You can contact this guy if you need anything."

"Hey, take care, brother."

……

A dozen minutes later.

Zhou Lang took Shen Wanrou back to the vicinity of his apartment.

"I still have a spare bedroom at home, and Xixi is still here."

Zhou Lang asked, "Should we just have something simple for the night, or get a hotel room?"

Shen Wanrou no longer cared about the ambiguity in her words and waved her hand, saying, "I... I can book a hotel myself..."

Her voice trailed off, and Zhou Lang could tell she was frightened.

"I'd rather stay at my place. There'll be someone to keep me company and we can talk," Zhou Lang said. "I don't think you'll be able to sleep well tonight if you stay in a hotel alone."

Shen Wanrou gave a soft "Mmm": "Sorry to bother you."

Zhou Lang and Shen Wanrou returned to his home.

When the lights were turned on, Shen Wanrou was stunned in the entryway upon seeing the huge duplex living room.

"I never knew there were such luxurious houses in Shushui City..."

Zhou Lang kicked a pair of pink canvas shoes that were lying around and straightened them.

This is for my younger sister, Zhou Xixi. The little girl came back from the express delivery service and is probably asleep by now.

"Sister-in-law, let me show you the other empty guest room first."