Vol 1 Chapter 2 (1/2)
Hearing Lin Jian Yin use his full name, Bai Xue Chen immediately shut his mouth. He knew that when Lin Jian Yin used someone’s full name, that always indicated he was about to fly into a rage. It was just that he had done it out of goodwill, so Bai Xue Chen could not help but reveal an expression of one who had been wronged. However, Lin Jian Yin did not fall for it. He shoved the black business card in front of Bai Xue Chen’s eyes and then pointed at the three words on it.
“You tell me, what does it say?” Lin Jian Yin’s voice was full of anger.
Bai Xue Chen scratched his head and then doubtfully asked, “G.o.d ‘n Devil?”
Lin Jian Yin’s eyes narrowed. “What else?”
“What else?”
Bai Xue Chen turned the card around. Other than the three embossed words, both sides of the business card were completely black. How was it possible to have a “what else?” Bai Xue Chen looked as though he was facing an idiot as he replied, “There’s nothing else.”
“You still dare to tell me that there’s nothing else?!” Lin Jian Yin jumped to his feet, and then jabbed violently at the business card in his hand. “There’s no telephone number, no address, nothing at all. So tell me, how am I going to find that antique shop! Not only is the brain of the person who designed this business card full of s.h.i.+t, even your IQ has dropped!”
“Uh…” Bai Xue Chen seemed to realize his mistake only then. He scratched his head, feeling a little awkward. However, he didn’t know how to explain it to him. Coincidentally, a cell phone rang. Bai Xue Chen quickly picked up his phone and, after glancing at the screen, urgently said, “Yue Lan is looking for me, I’ve got to go.”
“Wait a minute.” Lin Jian Yin simply couldn’t believe it. Yue Lan? Since when did this fellow get a girlfriend? Even I, his best friend, didn’t know about this.
Bai Xue Chen hurriedly grabbed his jacket and dashed toward the door. Before he closed the door, he only turned back to say, “Anyway, just remember to keep that business card on you.”
Following that was the sound of the door closing. Lin Jian Yin was dazed as he looked at the empty entrance and then lowered his head to look at that strange business card again. He had an urge to rip the business card apart and throw it in the face of his best friend. However, Bai Xue Chen had never tricked him before. Considering his excellent track record, Lin Jian Yin hesitated for a long time. In the end, he gritted his teeth. Fine, since keeping the business card on him wasn’t a big deal, he would just force himself to bring it around… He would just treat it like a safety charm.
After finis.h.i.+ng his late night snack and calling the managing company to roar at them to send over a manager who is at least somewhat competent, Lin Jian Yin’s mood finally improved. He intended to go home and sleep. He walked out of his personal lounge and stepped into the elevator. Then, he reached his hand out to press the b.u.t.ton for bas.e.m.e.nt two, but the b.u.t.ton would not light up no matter what.
“Don’t tell me it’s broken.”
Lin Jian Yin pressed it a few more times impatiently and grumbled in his heart. It had better not be broken. I’m thirty something floors up. Making me walk down thirty-something flights of stairs is simply asking for my death. However, that b.u.t.ton just wouldn’t light up. Lin Jian Yin pressed the b.u.t.ton to open the door, intending to switch to another elevator. However, no matter how hard he pressed it, the elevator doors didn’t move at all.
“What the heck!”
Lin Jian Yin’s sword-like brows furrowed together tightly, his heart full of impatience. He pressed the alarm, intending to severely reprimand the security guard, but there was no sound from the alarm bell either. This time, he really lost his temper.
“d.a.m.n it!”
Lin Jian Yin kicked the elevator several times with all his strength, but the elevator doors still didn’t budge an inch. He smacked his palm against the elevator b.u.t.tons, angrily thinking that he might have to sleep in the elevator today. At that moment, the elevator went “ding” and started going up. Lin Jian Yin was stunned for a moment. Then, he looked at the elevator b.u.t.tons.
“Fifty-first floor?” The corner of his mouth twitched as he looked at the only b.u.t.ton that was lit up. Upon thinking that he would have to walk down from the fifty-first floor to bas.e.m.e.nt level two, his face darkened. Only the fact that he wouldn’t have to sleep in the elevator let him suppress his rage with much difficulty. After all, being angry at the elevator wouldn’t be of any use at all. Tomorrow… Tomorrow, he would come and give the security guard a severe scolding.
It felt like only a short moment had pa.s.sed before the elevator doors opened. The bright lights that greeted him from the front stunned him for quite some time, but what made him even more astonished was that the doors in front of his eyes had a signboard hung on them. There, in simple yet strong brush strokes, were the words “G.o.d ‘n Devil” written on it.
Lin Jian Yin took the business card out from his pocket. After comparing them, he was certain that this business card had definitely come from the shop in front of him, for the three words had the exact same handwriting.
“Bai Xue Chen!” Lin Jian Yin gritted his teeth and complained as he thought about how his best friend had just tossed him a business card that didn’t have anything on it. Wouldn’t it have been fine to just say that the store is on the fifty-first floor? If it weren’t for how the elevator coincidentally broke down and even stopped at the fifty-first floor, I would never have freakin thought that the antique shop was actually right above my head.
Thinking about how his best friend, who had always been honest, actually dared to make fun of him like this, Lin Jian Yin had an urge to just turn around and leave. Glaring at the words on the signboard, he suddenly remembered the eight girlfriends and six managers that he had managed to angrily drive off, as well as Bai Xue Chen, his best friend who had been with him since youth. He once again suppressed his anger and walked toward this strange antique shop.