Ch 10. Lin Shenmei

Shangguan Ling, who had just returned to her apartment, was eager to tell her what had happened, but she decided against it because she didn't want to worry Yu Hanshao and Professor Gu.

If that girl was indeed from a group that was targeting them, then what would happen if the whole group of girls decided to go after them? Facing that girl alone would be extremely difficult and even impossible to win a fight with her, one could imagine the group's situation if faced with a group of people like that.

Shangguan Ling could only hide it while secretly checking which group the girl was from. Inside her room, Shangguan Ling turned on her laptop and searched for some secret data regarding the group of people who were likely to be their enemies.

She searched in detail for all the groups that might harbor people like the girl she met earlier. But to no avail, the strongest group that had been chasing them until now was still the Black Tiger Team, and she knew for sure that none of the Black Tiger members were women.

Even if there were, it was impossible for them to be as strong as the girl who confronted him earlier.

"Then who is that girl? With her abilities, she could have caught all three of us at once. But instead of catching us, she doesn't seem to care about us. It's quite a strange situation..." muttered Shangguan Ling in astonishment.

The next day, Shangguan Ling told about the situation she had faced yesterday. Yu Hanshao, the target of all his enemies, was naturally worried after hearing Shangguan Ling's words. She told Professor Gu that they should move back to another place instead of staying in Shanghai.

But Professor Gu just shook his head, "No. The situation now is very unsafe. The situation now is already very unsafe. It's better for us to stay with people who have no intention of 'catching' us than to move to another place that is not necessarily safer than here."

"But this doesn't make us safer. You may not know, but that girl's ability is higher than mine. Maybe if there were ten people with the same abilities as me, we could be evenly matched against her," Shangguan Ling replied. She still clearly remembered the fight she had yesterday.

Yu Hanshao nodded his head, agreeing with Shangguan Ling's opinion. "What she said is right. If a person with such high abilities intends to capture us, none of us can run away. This is indeed a grave situation."

Hearing Yu Hanshao and Shangguan Ling's words, Professor couldn't help but calm them both down. He was also naturally worried that the 'group' of the girl who fought with Shangguan Ling yesterday would catch them, but he knew acting rashly in the current situation was not the right choice.

In the end Professor Gu said, "Then at this rate, we will stay here for a week. If that girl's 'group' does intend to catch us within that week, we'll leave here. But if not, then we will stay here."

Yu Hanshao and Shangguan Ling glanced at each other for a moment, both sighing softly. Yu Hanshao replied reluctantly, "Alright. We'll see the situation in the coming week."

***

After a week of Li Hanshen and Yu Mei living in the apartment, both of them began to get used to the environment around them. Li Hanshen no longer made watching television his favorite activity, but switched to gardening together with the elderly at the farm close to their apartment.

It's quite strange that Li Hanshen who is so 'young' wants to hang out with the elderly, even so the elderly like the presence of Li Hanshen who is still very young and handsome.

At the mango plantation where Li Hanshen 'works', the elderly love to chat with him, just like now.

"Hanshen, isn't it tiring working like this all day? Why don't you go to college like everyone else?" asked one of the elderly men in his 50s, even so the old man still looked full of vitality and looked very healthy.

Li Hanshen smiled as he picked a ripe mango, "I like what I'm doing now, uncle Wang."

Uncle Wang who was standing beside him helped Li Hanshen pick the mangoes, he replied, "but still... You are still young, it would be a pity if you spend your youth hanging out with us. Don't you want to be friends with those who are your age?"

Li Hanshen was silent.

Yes, he doesn't want to hang out with those who are 'the same age' as him. The thoughts of the youth whether it was in the present or the past were all the same, they were naive and couldn't think wisely. Li Hanshen as a person who had lived two lives obviously didn't want to spend his 'young' years hanging out with such people.

For him, hanging out with the elders was wiser than hanging out with the youth.

"I have my own friends, uncle. Sometimes we play on weekends, on weekdays they are quite busy, so we rarely play," Li Hanshen replied.

"Really? Then you can bring them here sometime. I want to see what your friends are like."

If it was the old Li Hanshen, he would consider uncle Wang like his new family. The attention uncle Wang and all the elderly in the estate paid to him was not lacking at all, instead it seemed excessive. But that was only natural since almost all the people working at the estate were people who had no offspring.

So once Li Hanshen, who was a young man, came to work for them, the elderly were naturally very happy. That way they could vent their hidden desires to Li Hanshen.

Li Hanshen on the other hand only replied to uncle Wang's words with a small smile. He didn't have any peers, but that didn't mean he couldn't create humans who were the same age as him.

What harm would it do if he created a few more humans to be his 'friends'?

While Li Hanshen has many 'friends', Yu Mei has none other than Chen He, who often plays at her apartment. Chen He's image as Asia's most expensive actor is shattered when he meets Yu Mei or Li Hanshen.

By the way, Li Hanshen introduced himself as Yu Mei's sibling. Visually, Yu Mei is younger than Li Hanshen.

"Why did you bake her like that? Gosh, you're doing it wrong..." grumbled Chen He while teaching the girl to bake. Moments ago, Yu Mei suddenly wanted to learn how to bake while watching a television show.

And Chen He, as a versatile actor, had of course experienced the role of a chef. He generously shared his knowledge with Yu Mei, even though the results did not match his expectations.

Chen He wandered around the apartment's kitchen, which was in complete disarray. Sprinkles of flour covered the entire table and floor, the white apron was now filled with various colors of cream, and even Yu Mei and Chen He's clothes were dirty.

The man admitted that Yu Mei was beautiful, but when it came to studying, she was terrible. If it wasn't for the girl's beauty, Chen He would have scolded Yu Mei and asked her to give up baking.

Yu Mei threw the plastic plate she was holding, "Then how should I do it? I keep failing. But, for mas-brother's sake, I have to make the cake perfectly!"

Hearing that, Chen He just wanted to run from the apartment as soon as possible. It seemed like he would have to hold back his emotions a little longer.

***

At the Linhu Group, a woman in her mid-thirties sat cross-legged while facing the large window that displayed the large streets of Shanghai filled with the hustle and bustle of various people.

She fiddled with the tips of her ruby-red nails as she listened to what her assistant was saying.

"Madam, what should we do with the 2 percent stake that suddenly became someone else's?" the man in his mid-20s asked his boss.

Lin Shenmei swiveled his chair, looking at his assistant with a seductive gaze. "Interesting... You're saying Huatian Jewelry gave away 20 percent of their shares to buy a hunk of diamond? Their way of tying up important figures is quite good. But I'm sure not everyone is happy with this type of exchange. Especially now that the CEO is seriously ill which makes all my brothers fight over the inheritance of Linhu Group."

Gu Tian listened carefully to his madam's words. As said by Lin Shenmei, the situation inside Linhu Group was not good at all. Since the CEO who was Lin Shenmei's husband was seriously ill and Lin Shenmei herself didn't have any offspring yet, then all the brothers whether it was her husband's side or Lin Shenmei's side must be eager to get Linhu Group to make it their own.

Lin Shenmei as the wife of the CEO who had seen how her husband worked hard to make Linhu Group as big as it is now naturally did not want her husband's hard work to fall into the hands of others. She tried to fill the void of her husband's position, but there were still others who tried to bring her down.

"For now, try contacting the owner of Huatian Jewelry and ask him to contact the owner of the diamond stones. If we can get that person to side with us. During the shareholders' meeting, we might be able to keep my husband's position."