CH 3.5

Careful, Retribution Will Come Knocking At Your Door (Part 5)

Assistant Feng had a very positive work attitude on the first day of work. He appeared in front of the door of his dear Miss Tian’s house early in the morning. Smiling brightly from the door viewer, he said, “Miss Tian, good morning. I'm here to pick you up!” 

The door opened and Feng Dongdong’s smile stiffened. Staring at the beautiful chest muscles and solid eight pack in front of him, he swallowed his saliva and subconsciously took two steps back to look at the house number. 

“...This seems to be... Tian, Tian, Miss Tian's home, right?” 

Xue Lingqiao leaned against the door, looked him up and down, and inquired back, “Who are you?”

Xue Lingqiao’s stare made Feng Dongdong’s scalp numb. He shrank his neck and replied, “I'm Ms. Tian's assistant, Feng Dongdong. Dong(冻) is from the word frozen (冰冻). It snowed heavily the day my mother gave birth to me.” 

“You look like you can make anyone downcast. ”

Feng Dongdong laughed dryly, but he was going insane on the inside: A half-naked man just came out of Miss Tian's house early in the morning! His Miss Tian must have been ambushed and kidnapped to be sold to a nightclub!

While Feng Dongdong’s heart beat at the speed of light, he suddenly heard Tian Jingzhi's voice, “Monster Xue, if there is a monkey who escaped from the zoo standing at the door, let him in, that's my assistant.” 

Feng Dongdong walked in awkwardly. When he saw Tian Jingzhi's drowsy look, he started to stutter again, "Miss… Tian, Miss Tian, did you sleep last night?" 

Tian Jingzhi yawned and said in a distressed voice, “I was tossed all night and didn't sleep.”

Feng Dongdong gulped and snuck at a peek at the man, who was standing in front of the refrigerator, drinking water. He sighed inwardly; That’s Miss Tian for you. To find a top grade man with both face and body… Hmm?... This man seems kind of familiar? 

Tian Jingzhi was eating her breakfast when she saw Feng Dongdong staring at Xue Lingqiao. She lied calmly: “You know how I have eighteen cousins in my family, he is one of them. No need to bother with him, he will leave in a few days. When you come, just treat him as non-existent.” 

“Oh.”

Feng Dongdong nodded when a light bulb flashed on his head. He quickly took out his mobile phone and opened the forum thread to confirm. He couldn't help but ask excitedly: “Cousin, are you the 'Library God' that has been hotly debated on the forum these past couple of days? ” 

After speaking, he raised his mobile phone as if offering a treasure. On the screen was really a photo of Xue Lingqiao in the library. 

Tian Jingzhi raised her head in surprise. After looking at the photo, she gave Xue Lingqiao a scornful look. Can't you keep a low profile? Did you want to enter the entertainment industry? 

Xue Lingqiao took a look at the phone and frowned, “Can't you delete it?” 

Feng Dongdong originally wanted to say no, but after looking at Xue Lingqiao's face that exuded the radiance of a male god, he changed his mind, “I can delete it using my invincible hacking skills. But the original picture is in the hands of another netizen and they could just repost it.” 

“You’re a hacker?”

“I just know a little, but if Cousin has any computer problems, Dongdong can help anytime!”

Xue Lingqiao smiled and nodded before politely leaving the living room. Feng Dongdong watched him leave and stayed facing that direction like an idiot. 

Tian Jingzhi coughed twice, and threw out a sentence, “Assistant Feng, don't forget who your master is.”

It was only then that Feng Dongdong remembered his purpose here and immediately became excited. 

“Miss Tian,  at ten o'clock this morning we need to go to the filming of "Stunning". And at four in the afternoon is the audition for "The Legendary House". The most important feature of this role is beauty. The director said it must be you.”

Tian Jingzhi was gloating inwardly, but faked disinterest: “Not challenging at all.” 

Feng Dongrong replied subconsciously, “Because you don't have any acting skills.” 

The result of bad mouthing his boss is a deduction. One less bag of instant noodles. 

Before leaving, Tian Jingzhi suddenly thought of Xue Lingqiao. A few days ago, that guy asked to borrow her phone. She almost screamed with happiness: Great! The monster has finally found a companion and her life can finally get back on track! When she excitedly asked who he was calling, he slowly took a piece of paper out of his pocket and placed it on the table. Tian Jingzhi leaned over to take a look, and there were three big words printed above: Apply for Citizenship! 

Tian Jingzhi wilted, but gave a thumbs up in admiration. 

To live in modern society, he does need a reasonable identity. 

When Tian Jingzhi saw his passport, she almost spat out a mouthful of water. Not only did he know about the black market, he also knew how to pretend to be Chinese-American. How clever. However, she noticed the name on the passport, “Xue Lingqiao? Still using the same name after so many hundred years? What if you run into an acquaintance? To say that a grandchild will look exactly like their grandparents is not a plausible excuse. Doesn’t work that way outside of movies.” 

Xue Lingqiao slowly organized the various documents, “I will never abandon my name.” 

Tian Jingzhi finished recollecting as she walked into Xue Lingqiao's room. When she saw him watching "One Piece" on her laptop, she sneered: “When I come back from work, you will probably see Going Merry being burned. Bye.” 

Xue Lingqiao didn't reply and kept looking at the screen. He had completely become an otaku. Tian Jingzhi was speechless. Looking at anime instead of beauties, he deserved to remain single for five hundred years. 

Right after Tian Jingzhi left, Xue Lingqiao quickly closed the anime and opened a popular forum site. He looked up "Library God" in the search bar and a series of secretly taken photos of himself in the library popped up. Every comment under the post was more enthusiastic than the other. It was obvious even just from reading how restless these netizens are.

Comment One: Wow, really handsome! Much more handsome than that Tofu god!

Comment Two: Where is this library? Please tell me! Let’s all organize a meet there!

Comment Three: Everyone shut up and leave. That’s my future husband!

Comment Four: Husband, I miss you! Mwah! 

Why would they call a stranger "husband"? Why are women so frivolous now? Xue Lingqiao didn't quite understand this era. The only thing he had learned was that women don't need to bind their feet anymore.

In the past, he was great at blending into a crowd. But now, in the age of the Internet, it seems to have turned into his weak point. The longer he remained in the crowd, the more exposed he became.

Xue Lingqiao's intuition told him that his enemy was not far from him. The mountain won’t budge, so he could only visit himself.