To Rise Again In The Apocalypse

After Li Xinwen sent the cats and their stuff over to Lanyu the apartment felt cold and empty. With a sigh, Li Xinwen sat back down on the sofa. "Hopefully, the cats will be safe there," Li Xinwen murmured in a soft voice. Then, he stared at the clock once again. "There are still a few more hours before Ah 'Xiao's class ends... I guess I'll just read this book," Li Xinwen said as he picked up the thicker book that he brought out from the dimension.

The books tell nothing but arrays and seals. Not only did it explain how the seals and arrays were made, but it also explains its use and how to undo the seals in a step by step manner. Li Xinwen was so into reading the book that he didn't realize how time has passed. If it were not for the alarm he set on his phone before he started reading, he may have forgotten his plan for the day.

Closing the book, he put both books inside the bag he received when buying the jade for his mother. He then sent a quick message to Sun Xiao, telling the younger boy to wait for him to pick him up. Only after that did Li Xinwen left the apartment, locking the door behind him, and went to the elevator.

When he reached the ground floor, Li Xinwen saw the guard again. With a smile, he greeted the guard, "Hello Mr. Yun! I'm leaving now. I probably won't be back for a while," Li Xinwen informed the other.

"Oh? Why? You don't have any work, right? What about the cats?" Yun Bolin asked.

"Don't worry, the cats are fine. And no, I am on a break to recuperate so no work," Li Xinwen replied.

"Then, where are you planning to go?"

"Today? I'm going out with my younger brother to buy some stuff."

"What stuff? Maybe I can suggest to you someplace where you can shop without worry!" Yun Bolin has a friendly smile on his face as he tries to dig up more information.

"It's nothing important. I will be shopping at the nearby shopping mall anyway," Li Xinwen once again replied before he just waved Yun Bolin goodbye. As soon as Li Xinwen exit the building, Yun Bolin took out his phone again and reported his findings to his client.

In a five-star hotel room within the city, a young man stared at his phone with a message from Yun Bolin. "Shopping with younger brother? At the shopping mall? Heh, let's see how I can use this..." the man said as he began to phone some reporters that he knows. Though everyone within the entertainment circle knows Li Xinwen's family matter, the fans don't know the existence of this adopted younger brother. "The actor Li Xinwen, raising a boy toy to warm his bed... that sounds like a good headline. Xinwen, ah! If only you die from that accident, you'd save me a lot of trouble," the man said with a sigh.

After a while, there was a bell sound and the young man's lips curved up into a smile. He got up from the chair and went to the door to open it. "You're late, Mr. Director. I thought you-mmph!" the young man's lips were sealed with a kiss and he was pushed back into the room. The door behind them closed and there was a sound of the automatic lock being put in place.

"With you inviting me, how can I miss this?" the one that the young man called 'Mr. Director' said after the kiss. "Say it. What does actor An Yunxu want, hmm?" as the director said this, his hands started to slide into An Yunxu's shirt, letting it roam all over the male's body.

"That first male lead role in [Death to My Destiny] , I want it. Li Xinwen won't be able to return to work for a year, it'll be a shame to put the whole thing on hold just for one actor, right?" An Yunxu said as he sn.a.k.e.d his arm around the director's neck. "Director Fang... as long as you say that you don't want to wait for Li Xinwen, it's easy for you to put me in the crew, right? Don't worry about the money. My company is willing to inject twice the amount that Oracle Entertainment gave you. With this, there is no loss, right?"

Hearing this, Director Fang's eyes shine with greed before giving Li Yunxu a smile. "Since you say so. Then tomorrow, I'll deal with Li Xinwen. For now, let me just have my fun..." as he said this, Director Fang once again dive down for a kiss and soon, the room was filled with the ambiguous sound of p.l.e.a.s.u.r.es.

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Mini theatre: 

Lanyu: Good cat, good cat... Lanyu is not delicious. Later, Lanyu will feed you a portion of good food, alright? So please let Lanyu go?

Cat: Meow! (licks Lanyu's face)

Lanyu: No! No, no! Don't eat me, aah!!

Cat: (opens mouth wide)

Lanyu: (faints)

Cat: Meow? (playfully paws the unconscious Lanyu)

Lanyu: ...

Cat: (lost interest and left Lanyu alone)

Ever since then, Lanyu flew very high and out of reach whenever he tended to the cats for several days.