Chapter 223 Parting
Because he didn't have anesthesia and was young and healthy, on the fifth day after being shot, Cui Jian could walk normally without pulling the wound, and the pain was greatly reduced. At noon, he stewed a portion of soft beef for himself, pouring the thick broth and shredded meat on white rice. Although it seemed simple, it tasted great.

While enjoying the food, the iron door opened and Xueying finally came back. Cui Jian stood in the living room with a rice bowl in his hand and smiled, "This anniversary really took time."

When Xueying saw Cui Jian, she immediately felt wronged and raised her upper lip. Seeing that Xueying was about to complain, Cui Jian hurriedly said, "Don't, don't cry, there are delicious foods."

Xueying immediately lost her aggrieved mood and walked past Cui Jian to the dining table. Cui Jian sniffed and was not sure, so he moved closer to Xueying and sniffed again, then took two steps back: "How many days have you not showered or washed your hair?"

"Four days." Xueying took a large basin and poured all the rice and the remaining beef into it. While stirring, she said, "This is simply lawless. He even dared to illegally imprison me. I will sue him and bankrupt the Yun family."

Cui Jian was surprised: "Imprison you? What did you do?"

Xueying: "I don't know either. My mother and my eldest sister insisted that I stay in Busan to study, but I disagreed and asked my mother to leave me alone. My mother got furious and told me to go back to my room and reflect on myself."

Cui Jian asked: "Then what?"

Xueying: "Then there was a hunger strike competition, and I won in the end. Even though I won, I didn't eat a single bite of their food, and I just took a taxi back home."

Cui Jian didn't understand: "Tell me clearly, what did you do?" He had said before that Yun Xinyue suspected that he and Xueying were in love, but she would not force her daughter to go on a hunger strike for three days.

Xueying opened her eyes wide: "I thought about it for three days, but I still don't know what I did. I even thought about how I laughed at others for wetting the bed in kindergarten."

Cui Jian asked: "What are the attitudes of your father and your brother?"

Xueying replied, "My mom's company had a legal dispute, and my dad went on a business trip. As soon as he left, they teamed up to make me reflect on myself. As for my brother, do you think I could really go on a hunger strike for three days? I gave in after one day of hunger strike, and he secretly fed me food during these three days."

Xueying said: "They said that Hancheng is not safe now and gun battles often occur. Even if I want to stay in Hancheng, I should live in a villa with a higher security level."

Cui Jian was curious: "Then what?" Is it possible that the Yun family of the Divine Kingdom is preparing to eliminate the Yun family of Busan?
Xueying: "If they had said so earlier, I might have agreed. But after three days of hunger strike, how could I let them go when they forced me to give in? I am like this..."

Xueying stood up and said coldly, "Now that things have come to this, everyone has fallen out. Either sign a letter severing the mother-daughter relationship, or promise not to interfere with my personal life. Otherwise, if I call you mom again, it will be the last time I call you mom."

Xueying finished speaking, smiled, and sat down to continue eating: "Anyway, I have a father and a brother."

Cui Jian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. You really know how to find a way out for yourself. He asked, "Didn't you ask why?"

Xueying paused and said, "Why are you asking? What right do they have to interfere in my life? Yun Xueshan eats my mom's rice, and I eat Yun Xueshan's dad's rice, so we're even."

Cui Jian caught the change in Xueying's expression: "Because of me? Because I was injured?"

Xueying shook her head: "It's not because you were injured."

Cui Jian: "Is that because of me?"

Xueying did not deny it this time: "You guessed right last time. From what they said, they seemed to think that we were in love. Even if we were not in love yet, we were already in a very close relationship. I was angry at the time and said that even if I married you, what did it have to do with you guys."

Cui Jian: "And then?"

Xueying stretched out her left cheek: "Did you see it?"

Cui Jian observed carefully for a while and answered honestly: "No."

Xueying: "My mother slapped me, and I went back to my room and started a hunger strike in anger." My cell phone was confiscated, so I couldn't take photos as evidence.

Cui Jian smiled and said, "You are a good storyteller. You talk about yourself as great in a confusing way. But I think what your mother said makes sense. We live together and we didn't interfere with each other before. Now we are getting more and more familiar with each other, and it is indeed possible that other feelings will develop. It is right to move."

Xueying asked: "Do you have any ideas in that regard?"

Cui Jian answered confidently: "I don't have one, and I won't have one in the future."

Xueying: "Me too, you're not my type at all. I like sunny, handsome, sweet-talking men who are obsessed with me, who are always there when I call them, and who know what I'm thinking just by looking at me..."

Cui Jian saw Xueying's starry eyes and sighed: "It's a pity that you are destined to live a lonely life."

"Hmph." Xueying squinted at Cui Jian, then lowered her eyes and asked, "Are you feeling better?"

Cui Jian: “Basically no problem.”

Just after he finished saying this, Cui Jian's phone vibrated. He glanced at the number and didn't recognize it. He answered the call: "Who is this?"

"it's me."

Cui Jian asked unsurely, "Yun Xinyue?"

"Yes, you didn't save my phone number?"

Cui Jian: “Deleted.”

Yun Xinyue: "I want to talk to you."

"I'm busy." Cui Jian handed the phone to Xueying: "Your mom."

Xueying hung up the phone: "I have nothing to say to her. But you seem a little rude."

Cui Jian: "Who asked her to bully you?"

Xueying thought about it and gave a thumbs up: "Well done."

Cui Jian: "It seems like this matter will never end."

Xueying agreed: "I just don't understand, what will happen even if we fall in love?"

Cui Jian: “I can understand that.”

"Understand what?"

Cui Jian: "People in our industry die quickly."

Xueying clenched her fist: "We must fight to the end before you die."

Cui Jiandao: "I don't have much contact with your mother, but I can feel that she is a very persistent person and will not change her mind easily. Your confrontation is destined to be a marathon with no end. Unless we really get married, she will give up. But we can't get married, so we are destined to be losers."

Xueying did not answer. She admitted that what Cui Jian said was true, but she did not want to accept it. She wanted to resist, but how? If it was true, she could still resist. Facing rumors, she did not know how to fight back.

Cui Jian stood up: "Remember to wash the dishes after eating."

Xueying said from behind Cui Jian: "I am very angry."

Cui Jiandao: "Anger also has to wash dishes."

Xueying said word by word: "I understand."

……

Before dinner, Xueying had packed her luggage, and Yun Xueshan's driver took the luggage to the car. She refused to let Yun Xueshan enter the villa, and while Yun Xueshan was waiting outside, she and Cui Jian had dinner together. The dinner was curry beef rice, which was not a scene of parting.

Compared to Xueying who was as angry as a little lion, Cui Jian was in a stable mood. Just as they sat down, a guest rang the doorbell. The visitor was Ye Lan, who was invited by Yun Xueshan. She asked Ye Lan because she couldn't find anyone else. She was not familiar with Duanmu, Li Ran, and Yu Ming, and they might not give her face even if she asked. She asked Ye Lan because she didn't want to make the relationship with Cui Jian too awkward.

Ye Lan's first reaction when she received the call was, why can't Cui Jian and Xue Ying fall in love? Yun Xue Shan analyzed Cui Jian's work, Cui Jian's ability, Xue Ying's personality, etc. Although Ye Lan did not comment, she agreed for the sake of the Yun family's face and Yun Xue Shan being a shareholder.

"Hello, boss." Cui Jian greeted him at the door of the living room. Ye Lan had called before.

Unlike Yun Xueshan's gloomy poker face, Ye Lan had a rich expression. Seeing Cui Jian's deliberately respectful look, she couldn't help but want to laugh. Ye Lan said, "I'm here to eat." "Welcome." Cui Jian made way for her and said as he walked, "Tonight's dinner is curry beef rice, plus choy sum soup."

Ye Lan took off her heavy black suit jacket and looked at Cui Jian, but Cui Jian didn't react.

What a lack of eyesight! Ye Lan put her suit on the back of the sofa and walked to the dining table. Cui Jian had already prepared the chairs and was helping Ye Lan serve the food.

Ye Lan asked: "Can't you help me pull down the chair?"

Cui Jian: "You're eating for free."

Ye Lan: "My boss."

Cui Jian came over, pulled a chair, and said gently, "Boss, please sit down."

Ye Lan sat down. Xueying smiled sweetly for a long time and finally took the opportunity to greet her: "Hello, Sister Lan."

Ye Lan handed Xueying a gift she had prepared and said, "I heard that your love affair has caused unrest in the Yun family. Thank you." She took the plate handed to her by Cui Jian with both hands.

Xueying leaned her head on Ye Lan's shoulder and said aggrievedly, "I didn't."

Ye Lan: "Not in a relationship? Or not causing any unrest?" Ye Lan looked at the other party involved. Cui Jian was completely out of it, as if the whole thing had nothing to do with him.

Xueying: "Of course we are not in a relationship, right Cui Jian?"

Cui Jian said: "No."

Ye Lan: "Why don't you care at all?"

Cui Jian: "It was her mother who wronged her, not my mother who wronged me, so why should I worry about her?"

That makes sense. Xueying asked, "If your mother wrongly accuses you and forces you to do it, and it won't end until you obey, what will you do?"

Cui Jian: "Kill her."

Cui Jian answered very seriously, which made both of them stunned. Cui Jian said: "She invaded my life, kidnapped me with family affection, and harassed me endlessly. If calling the police can't solve the problem, then we can only deal with her. Is there a problem?"

Ye Lan shook her head and said, "Murder is against the law."

Cui Jian: "Suppose Yungui keeps harassing you, blocks you every day, calls you for no reason, and calling the police doesn't work, would you want to kill him?"

Ye Lan thought of Yun Gui's face and nodded: "I will, but calling the police will definitely work."

Cui Jian: "She is Yun Xinyue, a major shareholder of the Yun family, a big chaebol in Busan, who has close ties with the Blue House."

Ye Lan raised the spoon and said, "The curry rice is delicious. The beef is tender and the rice grains are distinct. It melts on the tip of your tongue after you put it in your mouth."

Cui Jian smiled, and Ye Lan also smiled. She turned her head and glanced at Xueying, saying sympathetically, "You can't beat a powerful person. You've been eating the Yun family's rice for 19 years, so you should be an obedient girl. But why does your mother think you two are in love?"

Xueying certainly couldn't say that she refused to attend the anniversary party because Cui Jian was injured, so she could only say, "Who knows, she's in menopause. I'm not happy, so she's happy."

Ye Lan nodded and looked at Cui Jian: "Duanmu took over Furukawa Jiro's project. Did you know about it?"

Cui Jian nodded.

Ye Lan said: "Manager Li has a very bad opinion of this project. It is almost certain that a conflict will break out."

Cui Jian said: "Don't worry, boss, Duanmu will resolve the conflict."

Ye Lan: "No, it's mainly because there are too many conflicts in our company. Look at other bodyguard companies, they don't have any problems for two or three years, but our company has trouble every month. So I decided to set up a public relations department to deal with issues related to the bereaved families."

Cui Jian: "Hancheng's security is also not at peace. The Yun family's incident caused them to lose more than a dozen bodyguards. At least our company has not lost any bodyguards." I'm not bad, but when I think about there are people who are worse than me, I immediately feel better.

"Stop, don't talk nonsense." Ye Lan stopped him and asked, "Did Duanmu take on the project for any personal reasons?"

Cui Jian said: "Boss, don't worry about these things."

Ye Lan: "Can't you control it?"

Cui Jian shook his head: "Don't worry about it."

Ye Lan smiled and nodded.

Seeing the two flirting with each other, Xueying angrily accused: "You two are the ones who are in love, right? What? I feel so wronged."

Ye Lan patted Xueying's head symbolically and comforted her, "I know. You've been wronged. By the way, Manager Li said that the Bodyguard Alliance has already hired a Polish game company to design levels for the alliance's first competition. Including the venue layout, prop design, and personnel deployment, it is expected to take about two months."

Cui Jianlai was interested: "Wizard? Dying Light? This is my war?"

Ye Lan thought for a while and asked, "What is it?"

Cui Jian: “Games.”

Ye Lan: "I haven't seen you playing games." Why is Cui Jian focusing on the Polish game company instead of the first league competition?
Cui Jian: "I watch game videos in my spare time." His instructor likes to play single-player games. The three games he mentioned are also the three games that the instructor likes very much. By the way, Cui Jian also got into the game. Cui Jian likes This War of Mine the most. The stealth and assassination part in it is very interesting.

Ye Lan took a mouthful of rice and put it into her mouth. She would not speak with food in her mouth, so Cui Jian watched her chewing, waiting for an answer. Ye Lan drank a sip of lemon water slowly and asked, "Can I ask for you?"

Cui Jian: “Sure.”

Xueying wailed, "I am wronged."

No matter whether it was unfair or not, it depended on whether people believed it or not. Xueying still got on the car after dinner.

Yun Xueshan asked beside Ye Lan: "How is it?"

Ye Lan whispered, "For the Yun family, I think you should get your mother's 20% stake as soon as possible."

Yun Xueshan asked, "Why?"

Ye Lan said, "Because your mother is a psychopath." After that, she gestured for them to go. Yun Xueshan got into the car in confusion, and the bodyguard helped her close the back door.

Ye Lan turned around and saw that the small iron gate of the villa had closed automatically. He gave up the urge to have a drink and asked the bodyguard beside him to call for his car to come over.

Just as they were about to get in the car, Duanmu drove Zhao Ai to the door. When they saw Ye Lan, they both got out of the car and greeted her: "Hello, boss."

Ye Lan asked: "Why are you here?"

Duanmu pointed in the direction of his home and said, "My home is nearby. Come over for a cup of tea after dinner."

Ye Lan nodded, rang the doorbell, got in her car and left.

Zhao Ai watched Ye Lan leave and said, "Our boss seems to be difficult to get along with. He always has a poker face and no expression at all."

Duanmu rang the doorbell and said, "She is young and needs a serious attitude to enhance her prestige. I suggest you don't underestimate her or try to get close to her. Otherwise, you will become a stepping stone for her to create her own unapproachable personality."

As soon as Cui Jian opened the door, Duanmu and Cui Jian received a call from Li Ran. As soon as the three met, before they had time to talk nonsense, Duanmu drove away with Zhao Ai. Cui Jian returned to his bedroom, took out his gun from the safe, checked his wounds, went downstairs and drove away.

(End of this chapter)