Feng Mian rang Li Haoran's number. On the third attempt, it finally connected.
"Where are you?" There was a sound of loud music and people talking loudly in the background from Li Haoran's end. Li Haoran had to close his other ear to hear his older cousin's voice.
"Cousin? I'm at Club X across the-" The phone call ended with a beep. Feng Mian slid her phone in her pocket, grabbed his coat and moved to wake the sleeping Hao Junli up.
Roughly around 15 minutes later, a white BMW car was parked in front of Club X. Li Haoran's phone rang once again.
"Come out, I'm outside the club." Before Li Haoran could get a word in, Feng Mian had once again prematurely ended the phone call.
Li Haoran looked at his phone in discontent. His cousin was such a party pooper.
Feng Mian waited for a good five minutes before Li Haoran got into the backseat and the car drove off to old man Li's house.
Li Haoran tapped Feng Mian on the shoulder. "Hey cuz, do we have to go back to the house? Can't we just spend the night out at a hotel or something? Grandpa is gonna chew me out when we get back, I can feel it in my bones."
"Your bones should have warned you not to go partying out so late. Grandpa was worried and asked me to come pick you up. You deal with him yourself."
At the mention of his grandpa, Li Haoran slapped the two palms of his hands together as he begged Feng Mian. "Put in a good word for me ah cousin, I promise that this will be the last time."
Feng Mian snickered. "For a branch manager, you sure have a lot of free time on your hands."
Li Haoran playfully shook Feng Mian's shoulder. "Coussinnn~".
Seeing that Feng Mian was unmoved by persuasion, he smartly changed targets to Hao Junli.
"Cousin-in-law~ help me ah~ Persuade grandpa to let it go this once. Grandpa likes you a lot, he'll surely listen to you."
Hao Junli reacted the same way he would react when one of his classmates begged him to them copy his homework- with a cold shoulder. Feng Mian became annoyed by Li Haoran's constant begging and decided to concede.
"Alright, alright, just shut up. I'll say something to grandpa. But only this once."
Li Haoran broke out into a wide grin. "Cousin is the best!"
By the time they got home, old man Li was already asleep. Li Haoran tip-toed his way up the stairs and into his room.
As they expected, early next morning on the breakfast table, Li Haoran got an earful.
Feng Mian and Hao Junli walked into the scene of grandpa Li beating his younger grandson with his walking stick. Feng Mian had seldom seen old man Li needing to walk with his stick, and he was actually fine walking without it. She suspected that the stick was meant to beat others with.
Li Haoran looked imploringly at the two people coming in, his eyes blinking SOS signals at them. Old man Li had also noticed the incoming pair.
"Look at this unrepenting brat! If your cousin hadn't come to pick you up, you'll probably be coming home next New Year, right?!" He gave Li Haoran another smack.
Feng Mian and Li Haoran took a seat without minding the scene.
"I think his work at the branch as head manager was too easy for him, so he had too much time on his hands," Feng Mian spoke.
Old man Li gave up on lecturing Li Haoran anymore, and also walked over to sit at the dining table. His eyes narrowed into crinkled slits.
"Xiaofeng... you are saying..."
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Quick Transmigration: The Day I Blew Up My Housemate
FantasíaOn his 21st birthday, Hao Junlin's housemate's surprise birthday cake surprised him into an early grave. With his soul scattered across multitudes of time and planes, Feng Mian resigned herself to contract with System 555 in order to bring him back...
