The Counterattack Plan of A Villain With Ten Thousand Fans - Chapter 185 (Patreon)

Chapter 185

Master Feng's gaze was as cold as a winter star as he frowned at Ling Chunann, "Say that again."

The distance between Master Feng and Ling Chunann was only bridged by Feng Cheng, and with such an expression, if Ling Chunann were any less courageous, he might have been unable to maintain his composure on the spot.

"Hey, big brother, don't be so serious," Aunt Feng stood up at this moment, "Lan, I have to criticize you. Why didn’t you speak up about these matters earlier? Now, I’ve already spoken to the people from the An family, and you’ve put me in such an awkward position."

Seeing Master Feng's face grow even darker, others started advising Ling Chunann one after another.

098: "Host, what do we do now?" It was clear these people did not like the original host. Although they all seemed to be advising Master Feng to calm down, not one was truly on Ling Chunann's side, as evident from Master Feng's almost murderous look.

Ling Chunann glanced at Feng Cheng, who was casually wiping the table as if he hadn’t paid any attention to the matter, and responded, "It's fine, he won’t do anything to me now." He then glanced at Master Feng's darkened face, "At most, he might want to give me a beating."

After speaking with 098, Ling Chunann immediately adopted a frightened and shocked expression, lowering his head and stuttering, "Fa... father, what I said just now..."

098: "...Host, aren’t you just asking for trouble by acting like this?"

As 098 predicted, before Ling Chunann could finish his sentence, Master Feng furiously stood up and strode towards him.

The relatives who had been full of advice until a moment ago now fell silent. If one looked closely, they could see the schadenfreude in their eyes.

They would have been pleased if Master Feng had beaten Ling Chunann to death then and there. When the old Master Feng passed away, most of his shares were transferred to Feng Lan, making him the third largest shareholder of the company, awaiting to inherit the position after graduating from college. No wonder they were green with envy.

Just then, Feng Cheng, who had been silent, stood up, positioning himself between Master Feng and Ling Chunann, "Father, what my brother meant was that he does not like the girl from the An family, and said those things because he couldn’t think of a reason to refuse her. Today is New Year's at home, meant to be a joyful day. My brother is young and impetuous, prone to speaking without thinking. Please be magnanimous, the relatives are all hungry and waiting for your word."

With Feng Cheng's intervention, Master Feng calmed down, glanced at the relatives looking over, suppressed his anger, and turned to Ling Chunann, "Is what your brother said true?"

Under the pressure of Feng Cheng's hand on his shoulder, Ling Chunann obediently nodded, "Yes, father."

"Today, for the sake of the New Year, I will let this go," Master Feng sat back down.

098 was surprised that the young master would actually help their host, "Host, didn’t you say that Feng Cheng and the original host had a poor relationship?"

"It's bad now," Ling Chunann agreed with 098's remark, "But it was very good when we were kids." After Feng Cheng's call yesterday, Ling Chunann went through all of Feng Lan's memories about the Feng family, which of course included the conflicts between the two brothers.

"So you knew he would help you from the start?" 098 found the entire situation bewildering. The host was too impressive.

"Hm? No idea," Ling Chunann said.

"..."

The main table's dinner was quite tense. Ling Chunann had always disliked outside food, barely touching it with his chopsticks.

After dinner, Master Feng and the side branches went to discuss matters, leaving Ling Chunann bored and about to find the male and female protagonists for a chat, when Feng Cheng suddenly called him, "Big brother?"

"Come with me." Feng Cheng’s expression remained impassive.

Ling Chunann followed Feng Cheng to the fourth floor, to his private study. The room was not heated, and the air conditioning was off, the chill in the air making Ling Chunann shiver.

"Sit," Feng Cheng motioned to a couch by the window while he walked over to the desk to fetch the air conditioning remote and pressed it a couple of times.

"Quite considerate," Ling Chunann noted, seeing Feng Cheng switch from cooling to heating mode, indicating he rarely or almost never used the air conditioner.

"Yeah," 098 agreed.

"Just a bit tsundere."

"..."

Then there was a knock on the door, and the voice of the old butler came from outside, "Young master."

Feng Cheng: "Come in."

"Young master

, your tea and lemon osmanthus cake." The butler then turned to place the plate and tea before Ling Chunann with a smile, "Young master, please enjoy."

"Thank you, Butler Grandpa," Ling Chunann smiled at the butler.

"You’re welcome, young master. Ah, as long as the two young masters are doing well, that's all this old man wishes for," the old butler said cheerfully before leaving and closing the door behind him.

After the butler left, the study fell into silence again.

Ling Chunann looked at the cake and tea in front of him, then at Feng Cheng, who seemed lost in thought, "Thank you, big brother."

"Hm," Feng Cheng stared out the window, "Was what you said earlier true?"

"Ah?" Ling Chunann turned to Feng Cheng.

"Whether it's true or not, let's not bring it up again," Feng Cheng said without looking at Ling Chunann, "In two years, you can like whoever you want, but not now."

"Okay, thank you, big brother," Ling Chunann replied.

"Hm," Feng Cheng glanced at the untouched cake in front of Ling Chunann, seemed about to say something, then stopped, "Never mind."

After leaving Feng Cheng's study, 098 agreed with Ling Chunann's words, "He really is tsundere."

Clearly caring a lot about his brother, yet always showing an indifferent demeanor.

Ling Chunann just smiled, not continuing the conversation.

"Senior," as soon as Ling Chunann came downstairs, Ningning hurried over, "Senior, so you’re from the Feng family."

"Yeah, Ningning, what a coincidence," Ling Chunann smiled at Ningning, "I'm planning to head back now, you have fun."

"Wait," Ningning called out to Ling Chunann again.

"Hm?" Ling Chunann turned around.

"Senior," Ningning seemed a bit embarrassed.

"Speak your mind," Ling Chunann said softly.

"I came here today with friends, and now they say they won’t go home until after dinner. I remember you said you live in Lianhua District, I happen to be nearby too, could you give me a lift?" Ningning asked.

"Host, the female protagonist is lying. Just now, when the male protagonist's family was leaving, they said they would take her home. She herself didn’t want to go," 098 exposed Ningning's lie.

As if Ling Chunann hadn’t heard 098's words, he maintained his friendly senior demeanor, "Sure, come with me."

"Thank you, senior!" Ningning's eyes sparkled as she followed Ling Chunann, "Senior, I entered your space today, are you playing Sword Three?"

"Yes," Ling Chunann said.

Ningning, having found a common topic with Ling Chunann, chatted non-stop about the people and events she encountered in the game, naturally involving the male protagonist and Ling Chunann, "Recently, my master has been pleading for a love fate with my grandmaster."

"Oh?" Ling Chunann replied.

"Yeah, but honestly, I don’t think my master and grandmaster are a good match," Ningning frowned, "Not that I want to speak ill of my master, but his attitude has changed so drastically."

"How so?"

"Before pleading for the love fate with my grandmaster, he hinted many times that he wanted me to be his love fate, and he was also very cold towards my grandmaster. I don’t know why he changed all of a sudden," Ningning seemed troubled, "He’s started approaching me again recently, even saying there's a clan battle tomorrow with the Evil People’s guild, and asking me to join."

"It's best not to get involved in such things."

"Yeah, I think so too. He’s too strange," Ningning nodded with a bright smile.

"Reversal value +5%, current reversal value is 20%, please continue to work hard," the work provided by Si Rabbit for online reading.

The reversal value, which had hardly moved since coming to this world, suddenly started again, 098 was a bit surprised. Could this be called an unexpected success?

However, seeing their host's performance, it ultimately decided to credit Ling Chunann for his ingenious planning.

"By the way, senior, which server are you in?" Ningning finally asked the key question.

At that moment, the sound of a car horn interrupted their conversation, and Ling Chunann looked towards the car slowly stopping in front of them, pointing at the rear door, "Get in."

Ningning glanced at Shu Shiyen, who had stepped down from the driver's seat, seeming a bit shocked. When Ling Chunann urged her to get in the car for the second time, she instinctively wanted to back away but met Shu Shiyen's gaze, feeling a chill down her spine. By the time she reacted, she had already opened the door and got

in.

Shu Shiyen glanced at the young girl standing next to his treasure and then touched Ling Chunann's hand, relieved to find it not too cold, his tense expression softened, "How did it go? Smoothly?"

"Of course," Ling Chunann smiled.

Shu Shiyen, looking down, patted Ling Chunann's head, "Let's go home."

After Shu Shiyen's car drove away, a window on the fifth floor of the Feng family mansion slowly closed.

Seeing Shu Shiyen focusing on driving, 098 quietly spoke, "Host, just now your brother saw you with the adult." It was still a bit worried, would he tell Master Feng? What if he doesn’t let the host inherit the legacy?

"It's fine," Ling Chunann said. After the midday turmoil stirred by Feng Cheng, the main family members at Master Feng's table didn't dare to spread rumors about whether he truly liked men or not, and as for Feng Cheng, at least for now, Ling Chunann hadn’t perceived any threat.

Shu Shiyen glanced at the rearview mirror, then asked Ling Chunann, "Lan, where does your classmate want to go?"

Ling Chunann turned to look at Ningning, who seemed to be daydreaming, "Ningning?"

"Ah?" Ningning was a bit slow to respond.

"We're nearing the city center, tell us your address," Ling Chunann said.

Ningning quickly gave the name of her residential complex, then looked nervously at Shu Shiyen, seeing that he didn’t speak or look at her, she slightly adjusted her sitting posture, which had been too uncomfortable.

Throughout the ride, Ningning only occupied a third of her seat, sitting up straight. It was fortunate that Shu Shiyen drove smoothly because of Ling Chunann's presence in the car, otherwise, she didn’t know how many times she would have stumbled.

After getting out of the car, Ningning didn’t even dare to exchange pleasantries with Ling Chunann, hurriedly saying goodbye before fleeing.

"Does she know you?" Ling Chunann was interested as he watched Ningning's hasty retreat.

"Perhaps," Shu Shiyen said, closing the car window, then tenderly touched Ling Chunann's slightly reddened face, "Baby, don’t open the window anymore, it's cold outside, all the warm air from the car is escaping."

After running back home, Ningning was still a bit shaken. She indeed had seen Shu Shiyen before. She was only ten years old at the time when she was kidnapped. The kidnappers were underlings of the biggest gang in Qingcheng, but in the end, they didn’t get the ransom, and she was saved.

Rather than being saved, it was more like she was let go.

The one who let her go was Shu Shiyen, but she didn’t feel grateful towards Shu Shiyen, only fear. That experience was like a nightmare, one she dared not recall.

At that time, she wondered how there could be such a person, who regarded human life as nothing, completely devoid of emotion, like a cold machine.

After calming down, remembering Shu Shiyen's behavior on the way, Ningning suddenly froze.

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