Transmigrated as My Best Friend's Ex

145. Xu Is More Important to Him Than His Life

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

“How did I feel then?” Nancheng Yunsen narrowed his eyes. “I felt that I should shoot you to death.” In fact, at that time he was flustered for fear that Lei Wen might die.

“Humph!” Lei Wen snorted. “Can you give me a cigarette?”

Nancheng Yunsen came back to his senses. “You should ask me where the mortuary is.” Was this guy crazy? He was injured, but still wanted to smoke.

Lei Wen ignored Nancheng Yunsen’s sarcasm. He talked about the cause of the matter. “It was Lana who shot me.”

Nancheng Yunsen was not surprised. He crossed his arms over his chest and watched Lei Wen.

“You don’t seem surprised.” Lei Wen thought it was interesting. Nancheng Yunsen’s composure was only on the surface. They were friends for years. Lei Wen was very familiar with Yunsen. Yunsen was bad-tempered sometimes. He remembered the first time Yunsen lost his temper. At that time, Yunsen thought that Lana had agreed to be Lei Wen’s girlfriend.

Lei Wen was amused at the thought.

“I just received the news that Max was found to be your lover. If you really love Max, you would have made it known to the public long ago instead of secretly dating him.” Nancheng Yunsen still remembered that year Lei Wen and Lana came to visit him and owned up to their romance. Although he was a little angry that his best friend won the heart of the woman he liked, he wished them a happy marriage. After all, he could fall in love with another woman, but it was hard to get another bosom friend like Lei Wen.

“So you suspect Lana of doing it?”

“Well, not exactly. I think everyone is under suspicion.” Lana was a woman with a strong personality. Nancheng Yunsen had seen many indecisive women. He was attracted by Lana when he first met her, because in his view a strong-minded, independent woman was very charming. “By the way, I haven’t seen her for a long time.”

“Oh really?”

“Don’t try to change the subject,” Nancheng Yunsen said seriously. “What the hell happened between Max, the dead Young Master Qiao and you?”

“You seem to know a lot of things.”

“Answer my question!”

“Just as you know, Max is my lovers.”

“What?!”

“We two are just taking advantage of each other. Lana and I have always been a nominal couple. I’m homosexual from the very beginning.”

“You are lying. If you were born to be homosexual, why did you marry Lana?

“Because you would never marry Lana. She knew clearly that you liked her but wouldn’t marry her, so she came to ask me if I wanted to marry her. She said she knew I’m homosexual, and she also promised not to interfere in my affairs. That’s great, isn’t it? Marrying her can not only protect the reputation of the Lei family, but also give me the freedom to do what I want to do.”

“You asshole!” Nancheng Yunsen punched Lei Wen on the other, uninjured arm.

“Ouch, it hurts!” Lei Wen let out a cry of pain.

‘How could he hit me so hard?’ he thought.

“You know, people change. Time and money are enough to change a person. She has been only my nominal wife for many years. I feel guilty, although it was her who chose to marry me that year. So, when she expressed that she wanted to divorce me, I agreed at once and promised her a large sum of money as alimony. But…”

“She wants more than that, right?”

“You actually know her pretty well.” Lei Wen curved his lips into a sexy smile. “She wants half of my shares.” Although he was smiling, there was a glint of cruelty in his eyes. “Do you think I would agree?”

“Maybe you would. It depends on your mood.”

“Hahaha… Yunsen, you really know me. If you make such a request, I will give you all my shares without hesitation,” said Lei Wen.

“Shut up!” Was this guy flirting with him? “I don’t care about your shares.”

“As the second young master of Nancheng Group, of course you turn your nose up at my property. That’s why I dare to say so.” Lei Wen recovered his habitual composure. He smiled and said in a relaxed tone of voice, “Because I refused her request, she has decided to seek the help of the law. She has tried to find the evidence of my illegal love affair so that she can divorce me on the grounds of adultery. Then Max has been found.”

“You… Are you really homosexual?” They were friends for so many years, but Nancheng Yunsen never knew that Lei Wen was homosexual.

Lei Wen looked Nancheng Yunsen directly in the face, his eyes sparkling with mixed emotions. Nancheng Yunsen couldn’t tell how he felt at the moment. He just had an impulse to leave. “It’s late. I have to go home now.”

“I haven’t had dinner yet,” said Lei Wen.

Nancheng Yunsen flashed a look at Lei Wen and said, “There are so many bodyguards outside.” Then he turned around and straight away walked out of the ward without even looking back at Lei Wen.

Nancheng Mansion was bustling with noise and excitement tonight, because Nancheng Lie, who seldom returned home, finally came back for dinner. What was more, he was accompanied by a new friend who looked exactly like Li Qinghao. Everyone was curious about him. Nancheng Lie’s mother couldn’t help but glance at Li Qinghao from time to time during dinner.

Nancheng Yunyu’s wife tried her best to control herself, but in vain.

Nancheng Beibei was excited to see such a handsome boy. She insisted on Li Qinghao feeding her. Li Qinghao was not a patient man. However, he was very patient with Nancheng Beibei. He always doted on Nancheng Beibei.

Late at night.

“Xu, you go to bed first. I have something to talk to my eldest brother.”

“Okay, I want to surf the Internet for a while.” Li Qinghao put Nancheng Lie’s laptop on the bed. Seeing that Nancheng Lie was still here, Li Qinghao glanced at him suspiciously and asked, “Aren’t you going to your eldest brother’s room?”

Nancheng Lie smiled, “I feel as if we are an old married couple.”

Li Qinghao’s eyes blinked. He threw the mouse directly at Nancheng Lie. Nancheng Lie caught it with his hand and gave a triumphant smile.

In Nancheng Yunyu’s study.

Nancheng Yunyu knew that his youngest brother came back not simply for dinner. Nancheng Lie sat opposite him and said firmly, “Bro, I want you to inquire about a person.”

Nanceng Lie’s arrogant attitude provoked Nancheng Yunsen. He was running out of patience. “You have to pay a price if you want to entrust LD organization with something.” Nancheng Lie was brought up by his eldest brother. Although Nancheng Yunyu always treated Nancheng Lie like his own son, he was merciless once it involved LD organization. Maybe it was time to do a thing he always wanted to do.

“How much is it?” Nancheng Lie asked.

“Do you think LD organization is short of money?” Nancheng Yunyu lit a cigar, puffed at it, and then looked at Nancheng Lie with disdain, as if he was a sordid merchant.

Nancheng Lie raised his eyebrows and said, “It turns that even if I didn’t come to you today, you would come voluntarily to talk to me.” Nancheng Lie leaned back in his chair and crossed his legs, behaving like a playboy. He had just taken a bath and was wearing only a bathrobe, bare-chested and undignified. Nancheng Yunyu frowned. As a perfectionist, he couldn’t bear with any imperfections. His greatest regret was not bringing up Nancheng Lie to be a modest, self-disciplined gentleman.

“Have you ever considered how to protect Xu?” Nancheng Yunyu was indeed a cunning old fox. He knew very well that Nancheng Lie’s Achilles heel was Han Mingxu.

“What do you mean by that?”

“What happened to Xu is a miracle. Do you know what will happen to Xu if this secret is out?”

“He will become the target of research institutes all over the world.” Nancheng Lie was well aware of this, so he suggested to Yingli that they should move the research institute to the island belonging to the Nancheng family in order not to spill the beans. But the secret would be discovered one day as long as Xu was still active in this city. To make that day come later, Nancheng Lie knew that he should be more cautious than ever.

“Do you think you have the ability to fight against the world now?” Nancheng Yunyu exhaled the smoke. His words hit the nail on the head, but this didn’t mean that he looked down upon Nancheng Lie. “Money can buy almost everything in the world. Yeah, you are rich, but what if your enemies are also not short of money? How can you deal with them?”

“Nancheng Lie lowered his voice and answered, “I have to reach a position of great power and influence first.”

“So?”

“You asked me this question when I was very young.” Nancheng Lie still remembered the first time he was taken to LD organization’s training base. He was stunned when he saw the armed forces there. At that time, Nancheng Yunyu asked him, “Lie, do you want to join LD organization?”

Nancheng Lie thought for a long time before he answered, “No, I don’t. I prefer to stay with Xu. It’s too far from home.”

The training base was so far away from his home that he couldn’t see the one he loved the most often if he agreed to join, so he refused. LD organization’s training base was open to seldom people. Even Nancheng Yunsen had never been allowed in. Everyone was well aware of what it meant when they learned that Nancheng Yunyu took Nancheng Lie to the base. However, at that time Nancheng Lie knew nothing about it.

Now he changed his mind. “I’m willing to take over LD organization.” He needed the strength of LD organization, because he wanted to be strong and powerful enough to protect his beloved from any danger. Xu was more important to him than his life.