Everyday, Boss Is Pretending To Be Weak

Chapter 3 Absence makes the heart grow fonder

He Zhou returned to his room, filtering the body’s experiences in his memories and picking out the ones that look suspicious. He planned to verify them when he had the time. While he was thinking, his phone rang. 

He guessed that it would be that young police from the street before, and when he picked it up, his thoughts were confirmed. 

“Expert brother, it’s me, Xu Lin, the person giving chase on the street!”

He Zhou replied with “En. I know. Is there a problem?”

Xu Lin’s personality was straightforward so his words over the phone were direct. “You helped me catch the Bat and establish a merit. Didn’t I say I would treat you to eat!”

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He Zhou was reminded that he worked as a police, perhaps it would be easier to gain access to clues concerning the accident. “Alright, tell me the time and place.”

Xu Lin replied clearly and seemingly like he had remembered something, said. “That’s right, expert brother, can I know your respected name?”

“He Zhou, He, Zhou.” (T/N: basically telling him how each word of his name is formed by using other chinese words.)

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He Zhou stopped in his tracks, his deep eyes lingered on him. “You know me?” In his memories, the original owner hadn’t encountered this person before.

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Xu Lin smiled, embarrassed, “You are the He Family’s Young Master, besides, we’re schoolmates, it’s normal for us to be familiar with each other, it’s just that you seem really different from before. I couldn’t even recognize you.” He said as he ushered He Zhou inside.

The restaurant’s decorations were simple and stylish, the soothing music made people feel relaxed, the crystal light attached on the roof was gorgeous and dazzling. The reflected light fell on He Zhou’s face, it looked noble like jade, upright and elegant, it made the servers and customers unable to stop sneaking looks at him.

“Schoolmates?”

Xu Lin brought him into a private booth to separate themselves from the gazes outside. “Oh right, aren’t you studying at Jing University’s finance department? I’m from the philosophy department, we’re fellow alumnus.”

He Zhou sat down. “You aren’t a police?” From the original body’s intrinsic knowledge, it seems that a student can’t be a police at the same time.

Xu Lin laughed mischievously and took out an ID from his chest pocket. “You mean this? This is work for a special department, for convenience’s sake, they gave us this ID, strictly speaking, we belong to the police system’s external staff. Actually with your ability, you could also come to our department and work, I could introduce you to – no wait, that’s not right, your newly wed partner is our ex-leader, his connections are even wider than mine, why would I need to introduce you?”

He Zhou once again heard Wen Renyi’s name from another person’s mouth but this time, he held a different identity. 

“Let’s stop talking about this. Just order whatever you want to eat.” Xu Lin passed the menu to him, and secretly used internal strength.

He Zhou pretended to not feel it and lightly took it, sweeping a look across the price tag. “Working for your department must pay a lot, huh?”

“What?” Xu Lin was shocked by the He Zhou’s downplay and did not understand the meaning in his words. 

He Zhou looked at his young vitality-full face and couldn’t help but laugh. “You are a student, how could you afford the dishes here? If it’s not from the prosperity of the family then it must be the bountiful salary but according to my knowledge, you don’t seem to be a part of the capital city’s rich kids, then the only explanation left is that the salary of the special branch must be high.”

Xu Lin was flabbergasted as he looked at him, it took him a few seconds before coming to his senses and boasted half jokingly. “Young Master He, it’s like you were possessed by Detective Conan!”

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“Huh?” What is Conan?

Xu Lin coughed. “You are right, Our branch’ s welfare salary isn’t bad, I could at least afford a dish here. Furthermore, I’m treating Young Master He so I can’t always be going to roadside stalls, right?”

He Zhou smiled and didn’t continue speaking. He started ordering the dishes. 

Xu Lin saw him lower his head and secretly sent a message on his phone under the table. After sending the message, he went on Weibo and saw that someone from the circle had tagged him.

Not only him, all the fellows he recognized had sent him congratulations saying that he finally earned a little popularity on Weibo. Xu Lin was stupefied and somewhat believed it but the current timing was not right so he could only look at the comments below. 

“Wow! So handsome so handsome! I can’t control myself now, lick! Lick! Lick!” Xu Lin couldn’t help but draw back the corner of his mouth, are they really calling him handsome?

“His countenance is beautiful and his skills were also this good, also how was he able to do it in one strike?” He… looks beautiful? Is this kind of description… manly?

“This kind of attractiveness should be the first of its kind! Can I conveniently ask the identity of this brother?”

These kind of comments made Xu Lin dumbstruck, since when did he become a handsome brother? Even though his looks couldn’t be considered ugly, but they definitely didn’t deserve this much praise right?

“Xu Lin, Xu Lin.”

A gentle low voice rang beside his ear bringing Xu Lin back to his senses. When he came to, all the dishes were already placed before him. 

“I’ve finished ordering, it’s your turn.”

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Xu Lin felt a little awkward stuffing his phone back and casually ordered a few more, letting the attendant serve the dishes. 

This restaurant was on the higher end side of the capital city, the quality of service was really high and the serving speed was very quick, Xu Lin this time, was considered to have spent hard earned capital just to treat He Zhou but seeing the dishes served, he could eat until he was full and didn’t consider it a waste. 

He ate and ate and suddenly felt something wrong, how come there wasn’t any movement from the person at his side, he raised his head that was stuffed into a bowl and looked towards He Zhou’s direction. He Zhou was sitting quietly looking like a painting and watching him eat.

“Are you full already?”

He Zhou’s gaze fell onto the serving plate, Xu Lin followed along and saw that the dishes he had ordered had already been eaten clean.

This speed!

“You really are amazing。“ Xu Lin laughed foolishly.

“You flatter me too much.”

Xu Lin also didn’t want to continue delaying other people’s time and started picking up the pace. After he finished eating, he wiped his mouth. “Young Master He, thank you for helping me catch the Bat.”

“You also treated me to a big dinner. Thank you.” He Zhuo felt that catching the Bat was an insignificant matter, Xu Lin’s great kindness made him feel a bit perplexed. 

Xu Lin smiled brightly and extended a hand to open the door, letting He Zhou step out first.

He Zhou had just stepped out of the room, when suddenly two tall guys in straight black suits appeared in the front and said with a cold face. “Master He, Young Master is waiting for you upstairs.”

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Xu Lin in response, stood in front of He Zhou and wrinkled his brow. “Who are you guys?”

The expressions of the men in suits did not move a muscle. “This is the young master’s family matter, outsiders should stay out of it.”

He Zhou roughly guessed the other’s identity, and said to Xu Lin. “You go back first, I need to handle a family matter.”

Xu Lin then reacted, his face burning with panic. Other lovebirds would rather face death than be apart. Right now, they must want to confide in each other, He must be blind if he was still insisting on going with him.


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7 Comments

  1. wandering fujoshi

    What does Xu Lin intend to do by using his internal strength?

    Thanks for the chapter!♡

    1. ReadItForTerra

      Probably testing his martial abilities. He Zhou was a waste before.

  2. shieldrich

    MC, you need to meet your hubby now!

  3. Naive

    MC.. just meet your husband already..
    (ノ*>∀<)ノ♡

  4. Katie Thairu

    Thanks for the chapter! 😊😍