#38 - Tonight's goal is clear
Wei Changtian had been pondering how to establish his own power for several days.
He originally hadn't planned to be so hasty, intending to first set up a bookstore and then use it as a front to establish an underground violent organization resembling a gang.
However, Wei Xianzhi's words during the day made him feel that this matter shouldn't be delayed for too long, so he simply decided to proceed with both simultaneously.
The bookstore would be in the open, and the gang would be in the shadows.
Li Yang would come forward for one, and Wang Er for the other.
As for himself, he would definitely try to stay behind the scenes and not show his face.
It wasn't that he was afraid of trouble, but the villain's scope had to be large.
“Brother Wei, although I don’t yet know what you want to do, since you’ve asked me, I will definitely help you!”
Li Yang's answer was within expectations.
Taking a deep look at the two people sitting upright in front of him, Wei Changtian finally spoke:
“I plan to establish a secret gang that is completely loyal to me, and the bookstore is the face presented in the open.”
“Although I have the Wei family behind me, there are many things that are not convenient to do through the Suspended Mirror Division, so I must control such a force of my own.”
“Brother Li, Wang Er, you are the two people I trust the most, and this time I need you to help me...”
“……”
The study was quiet, and unknowingly half an hour passed.
Because Wei Changtian had told Qiuyun and Yuan'er, they never came in to serve, and no one added oil or changed the wax even when the candles burned out.
“Puchi~”
The last cluster of candlelight finally flickered and went out, and the entire room suddenly plunged into darkness, with only faint moonlight shining through the window, illuminating the incomparably serious faces of the three men.
“Brother Wei, this matter…”
Li Yang's voice trembled slightly.
Although he was a typical playboy, he was somewhat different from Wei Changtian.
Li Kan was at least a legal worker, while Wei Xianzhi was the head of a secret service.
Perhaps it was due to the different family education that Li Yang had not done too many outrageous things.
Therefore, after hearing these words, especially after he understood Wei Changtian's ultimate goal, a cold sweat instantly broke out on his back.
Brother Wei was not bluffing himself; this could really cost him his head…
Darkness enveloped him, and the sound of rapid breathing was clearly audible.
Wei Changtian didn't respond, just waited quietly.
Until Li Yang gritted his teeth and uttered a sentence word by word.
“Brother Wei! I’m in!”
“……”
Heaving a sigh of relief, he got up, found a new candle, and lit it.
Light reappeared, and only then did Wei Changtian look at Li Yang and sincerely say.
“Thank you, Brother Li.”
The two looked at each other for a few seconds, and the friendship originally built on “visiting prostitutes together” sublimated into a life-or-death relationship of “carrying guns together.”
Although this scene was somewhat like colluding with each other, Wei Changtian felt that there was nothing wrong with this word.
Li Yang, who had turned apprehension into excitement, suggested with a strong sense of organizational belonging: “Why not call it the Changtian Society?”
Wei Changtian: “……”
Are you afraid that others won't see that this matter has something to do with me?
“Ahem, I have already thought about this matter.”
“Oh? What’s it called?”
In the expectant gazes of Li Yang and Wang Er, Wei Changtian slowly uttered a name full of wicked humor.
“Freemasons.”
……
The next day.
August 15th, Mid-Autumn Festival.
Li Yang and Wang Er had already begun to busy themselves with preparing for the establishment of “Chun Shen Bookstore” and the “Freemasons,” while Wei Changtian went to the Suspended Mirror Division as usual.
“Chun Shen” was the name taken by Lu Jingyao, which came from the famous line “Reading unknowingly, spring is deep, an inch of time is worth an inch of gold.”
Wei Changtian didn't care about this, anyway, it was much better than the “Gathering Treasures” that Li Yang had come up with.
He would just treat it as increasing Lu Jingyao's sense of participation in the bookstore.
Morning training in the martial arts hall, afternoon Mid-Autumn Festival holiday in the Suspended Mirror Division, which means a day off.
Except for some on-duty personnel, everyone else could go home half a day early to reunite with relatives and friends.
Wei Changtian was of course “not qualified” to be on the list of on-duty personnel, so he had to return to the Wei residence early.
He played with Wei Qiaoling for a while and made up for the “Journey to the West” that he hadn't been able to tell the little girl last night, and time quickly came to dusk.
The hazy full moon had already risen from the east, and the orange-red sunset had not yet set. At this time when the sun and moon shone together, two servants came to call Wei Changtian to eat the reunion dinner.
Last year, this meal was eaten by four people, and this year there was one more, Lu Jingyao.
During the meal, Wei Qiaoling was still only focused on eating, Wei Xianzhi was drinking happily with his son, and only the atmosphere between Qin Caizhen and Lu Jingyao was somewhat different.
“Yao'er, you have been in the Wei family for some time now. Have your monthly affairs been normal recently?”
“I, I…”
“Oh dear, look at how scared you are. It's okay if you haven't conceived yet; after all, this matter can't be rushed.”
“I understand, Mother…”
“But we still have to make plans early. You don't practice martial arts, so it's better to have children early… Yao'er, why does your expression look like this?”
“Ah? I, I'm fine…”
“Tell me honestly, how many times a day do you and Changtian do that thing?”
“……”
At the beginning of Xu Shi, the meal was over.
Wei Changtian originally wanted to stay longer, but Qin Caizhen waved her hand and drove him away. When he left, she did not forget to wink at Lu Jingyao.
“What did my mother say to you during dinner?”
Wei Changtian asked curiously as he walked back.
“No, nothing…”
Lu Jingyao lowered her head, and after a long silence, she suddenly said something like her brain had short-circuited.
“Mother, Mother-in-law told us to rest early…”
“Oh.”
Wei Changtian nodded indifferently: “She's quite nosy.”
“……”
Lu Jingyao secretly glanced at that incomparably handsome profile in the moonlight and felt a little annoyed for a moment.
She was both angry at her own lack of ambition and a little angry at Wei Changtian's indifferent attitude.
Didn't he want to get her very much before? Why now…
If you were a little more forceful, I might have given in…
The more Lu Jingyao thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt, so she stopped talking.
The two walked their separate ways until they saw Wang Er, who was guarding the gate of the courtyard.
“Madam.”
Wang Er first greeted Lu Jingyao, and then whispered to Wei Changtian: “Young Master, the carriage is ready.”
“Okay, I'll go back and change my clothes and leave.”
Wei Changtian responded, and Lu Jingyao was a little surprised when she heard this.
“Are you going out?”
“Yes, I have something to do.”
“Oh.”
Lu Jingyao's first reaction was that Wei Changtian was going to a brothel, but after thinking about it, she denied this idea.
Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival; he probably wouldn't go to that kind of place.
Besides, he doesn't look like he's going to do something improper…
She breathed a sigh of relief, and her heart instantly relaxed a lot.
However, she guessed wrong this time.
Wei Changtian's goal tonight was very clear—
Enjoy flower lanterns! Cruise on a flower boat! Play with courtesans!
