Adopting/Raising The Male Lead and The Villain

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"No trouble," said Chen Mingye. "If I don't take you there and help you settle down, your cousin just might kill me. That wouldn't make sense anyway. C'mon, c'mon, hop on in, okay? I have some free time lately, it's no trouble."

Huo Chengming opened up the car door first and got inside before he reached his hand out to Zhong Yuhuan.

Zhong Yuhuan took his hand and obediently climbed into the car.

She was followed by Li Jinyuan.

Chen Mingye was in charge of purchasing the tickets.

As though he was babysitting, he took them to Sydney. The hotel was already arranged in advance. They headed straight over to the hotel to rest up as soon as they got off the plane. After one night's rest, they went out to lunch.

"I have a few buddies in Sydney as well," said Chen Mingye over the dining table as he started flipping through his contact list, "Let me give them a call."

Zhong Yuhuan smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about that. We have a buddy called Yang Sem that we used to hang out with back home. His sister also studies in Sydney."

"She's still in school? Then she's still a child herself. That's not the same. What can a kid do?" As he was saying, Chen Mingye had already located the number and placed his call, "Just give me a minute."

Having spent so much time together, there were real feelings between them.

Chen Mingye had already been taking care of Zhong Yuhuan for a while now. Naturally, he truly cared about her. No matter how one looked at it, he should make sure she was in good hands.

Zhong Yuhuan's lips moved, but she didn't say anything after all.

Networking in this circle was propped up by relationships. And that's just not taking each other out to lunch, or playing a few games of golf together. Favors played a big role in it. Relationships built on favors were stronger and longer lasting.

Understanding that reasoning, Zhong Yuhuan decided to not say anymore.

Chen Mingye felt much better after he had placed the call and made all the arrangements.

"You can thank me formally after you have graduated college," said Chen Mingye with a smile. "I will be returning home in a few years as well. There just aren't enough businesses overseas to occupy my time."

Zhong Yuhuan nodded.

Chen Mingye smiled and said, "And maybe you would have taken over the Zhong's businesses by then."

Zhong Yuhuan smiled lightly, "Perhaps."

After lunch, Chen Mingye took the opportunity to visit his business friends in Sydney.

Li Jinyuan and Huo Chengming, on the other hand, accompanied Zhong Yuhuan to look at the apartment that she had booked.

To save some hassle, Zhong Yuhuan chose to live in the school apartment and picked the most expensive one available. After the two young men helped her move her items into the apartment, the three of them went for a walk on campus.

"Li Jinyuan, don't you have a show tomorrow?"

"No rush," smiled Li Jinyuan.

Zhong Yuhuan looked at Huo Chengming, "What about you?"

"I am fine too."

Zhong Yuhuan thought about it for a moment and said to him, "I left the deed and the keys to our apartment in London inside the safety box. The passcode is my birthday. You can take it whenever."

Huo Chengming was a little stunned.

She was telling him that to him?

"I felt that you would need some start-up capital," said Zhong Yuhuan, winking at him.

Huo Chengming's cheeks slowly began to blush. He didn't realize that Zhong Yuhuan knew what he had been up to this entire time.

But she may not know all of it. Huo Chengming looked down to hide the darkness in his eyes and said in a deep voice, "There's no need for that. I have money."

"I know you have money, but you don't have enough. You know it as well as I, you can treat that as my investment."

"The deed for the apartment..."

"Oh, it was under my dad's name, but he transferred it over to me last year. After all, he was going to bring Xu Xing back as his son. He needed to give me something to pacify me."