48: Chapter 48 Dividing the Money, Moving House

Back at his rental apartment, Lin Ning struggled to lie down on the bed; although this was only the second time, his posture was so practiced it was heartbreaking.

The young man who brought Lin Ning back was named Mi Yu, and he helped Lin Ning place the medicine and a large pile of nutritional supplements on the table.

He asked with some hesitation, "Are you sure you don't need me to stay and take care of you?"

Lin Ning waved his hand and said weakly, "Didn't Division Chief Chen already agree? My place is small, and there's nothing wrong with my body. Go back, thank you, brother."

Listening to the footsteps outside fade away, Lin Ning let out a long sigh of relief.

Lin Ning hadn't told anyone about his hospitalization due to Psychic Power depletion; he told everyone who contacted him that he was away on business.

Having been hospitalized consecutively due to extreme exhaustion, Lin Ning couldn't imagine what kind of personal attacks he would suffer if those bastards found out.

He took out his phone and dialed Chen Zhi, "Brother Chen, I'm home."

Chen Zhi's helpless voice came through, "I know, Mi Yu told me. What is it this time?"

Even though it had only been two days, Lin Ning had already contacted him once, but Lin Ning had many tricks up his sleeve and was quite a handful.

Lin Ning chuckled, "Nothing, I just wanted to thank you. From the hospitalization to sending someone to take care of me, I've troubled you."

Chen Zhi didn't believe it, "I've received your thanks, so I'm hanging up."

"Wait!" Lin Ning said quickly, "What about that... how did things go later that day? Did you catch anyone else?"

Chen Zhi was silent for a moment, and considering that Lin Ning had been deeply involved, he said, "After we found the hard drive in the place you mentioned, we sent people to stake it out and caught one person. We are still interrogating and investigating. Zhao Xiaoqiang, Liu Jianjun, and Wang Xiumei have all been brought in. That's all, I can't tell you anything else."

Lin Ning had already known the general situation through the Eye of Insight, and what he cared about most was whether the others had been caught, so he felt satisfied upon hearing this.

Chen Zhi heard Lin Ning's satisfied sigh, and his anger gradually rose, "What? Are you here to eat melon and listen to gossip?!"

Lin Ning quickly covered his mouth, "How could that be? I'm just concerned!"

Chen Zhi said, "You're so energetic, why don't you come over and let's have a talk?"

Lin Ning: "No, no, no! I'm still too weak. My head hurts, my body hurts, and the doctor said I need to rest properly."

Chen Zhi felt particularly fortunate at this moment that this wasn't his subordinate, "Then why aren't you listening to the doctor and staying in the hospital properly?!"

Why was Chen Zhi so angry? Was he going through menopause? Lin Ning complained silently.

Not daring to tease him any further, he directly stated the real purpose of his call, "I saw Ou Jiarui at the hospital entrance."

Chen Zhi fell silent on the other end, and after a moment, "And then? Why are you so interested in him? According to what you said, you only saw him by chance on the street once."

Perhaps this fight side-by-side had given Lin Ning confidence, so Lin Ning said, "Judging by his physiognomy, I discovered that he might be in danger!"

Chen Zhi stood up from his seat abruptly. If he had doubted Lin Ning's words before, after experiencing the incident with Senior Engineer Gao Yayin, he no longer dared to take them lightly.

Chen Zhi said urgently, "I'm coming to find you!"

Lin Ning said quickly, "No, no, no! Listen to me first!"

Lin Ning briefly talked about saving the child, "I felt at that time that the child's physiognomy was that of someone on the verge of death, and what happened later proved my guess."

Chen Zhi's voice carried a reluctance to believe, "You mean Ou Jiarui's physiognomy is the same as that child's?"

Lin Ning: "No, not the same, but on his extremely good and wealthy physiognomy, there are signs of that kind of deathly aura..."

Lin Ning scratched his head, not knowing how to express it, because he hadn't sorted it out himself.

He simply told Chen Zhi his most intuitive feeling.

"I'm just an amateur, I simply divide people into good people, bad people, people on the verge of death, or people with good fortune. Ou Jiarui is a combination of the latter two."

"I know he is very important to our country, so even if I'm not sure if he is really in danger, I still want to tell you in case you can send someone to protect him or something."

After a long silence, Chen Zhi told him to rest well and hung up the phone.

Having offloaded the matter, Lin Ning felt relieved and cast it to the back of his mind.

Sleeping, eating, and looking at his phone—who said there was no medicine for Psychic Power? This was his miracle cure!

After lying down for another three days, Lin Ning was fully revitalized.

The first thing he did was to call Jin Er and the other two and head straight to Old Yang BBQ.

Jin Er was eating with his mouth full of oil, looked up at him, "Why have you lost weight again? The wind is strong in Yanjing in the spring, you'll be blown away!"

Lin Ning chewed on a skewer and smiled vaguely: "I'm here to replenish now! Eat first, I'll tell you the good news in a while!"

After a few large kidneys went down and the cold beer moistened his throat, the craving that had been tormented by bland food for days was finally suppressed. Lin Ning put down his glass and cleared his throat.

"Three brothers, our bonus has come down, let's split the money today!"

The skewer in Xu San's hand paused, his eyes like light bulbs that had been electrified: "How much?"

Jin Er and Zhang Shitou didn't say anything, but their chewing speed slowed down significantly, and their eyes were fixed on Lin Ning's face.

Lin Ning didn't keep them in suspense, took out his phone, and operated it one by one in front of the three of them.

Ding, ding, ding.

Three crisp text message notification sounds rang out almost simultaneously on the three old-fashioned mobile phones.

Jin Er wiped his mouth, took out his phone with a cracked screen, squinted at it, and clicked his tongue: "Whoa~~ So much!"

Zhang Shitou stared at the string of numbers on the screen for a long time, then nodded very honestly: "That's a serious amount."

The wrinkles on Xu San's face all crinkled into a smile, and he slapped Lin Ning on the shoulder: "Hahaha! Lin Zi, you are a real God of Wealth! This time I've followed you and enjoyed some happiness!"

Lin Ning was also full of smiles. Not to mention that he earned even more, just the sense of accomplishment of bringing his brothers to make a fortune together was refreshing!

Taking advantage of this excitement, he threw out an even bigger firecracker:

"Money is one thing. Secondly," he paused, looking at the three pairs of eyes looking over, "I rented two apartments in Linfeng Garden. The big one is a three-bedroom apartment. From now on, that place will be our studio, and also the place for the three brothers to live. The days of beds and all-night internet cafes are over for us."

As his voice fell, the table went quiet for a moment.

Jin Er's wine glass stopped in mid-air, the smile on Xu San's face froze, and even the most composed Zhang Shitou widened his eyes.

"A three-bedroom in Linfeng Garden..." Xu San's voice was a bit airy, "For us to live in?"

"Yeah, I've seen the house. It's bright, has hot water and a kitchen, and the security is tight." Lin Ning nodded, "Work as usual, split the money as usual, but we need a solid place to rest and discuss things. Our 'career' needs a proper base, doesn't it?"

Jin Er put down his wine glass, didn't speak, picked up the wine bottle to fill Lin Ning's glass, and then filled his own.

He raised the bottle, and his face, which always wore a reckless expression, had no exaggerated expression at this moment, but he said two words heavily:

"Classy."

Zhang Shitou picked up his glass, his voice very deep: "Lin Zi, you've spent a lot of money."

Xu San had already recovered and was rubbing his hands excitedly: "Oh! We've finally been hired by a boss who provides housing. Lin Zi, say no more, from now on, wherever you point, I will attack!"

"It's not that serious." Lin Ning smiled and waved his hand.

He also said the ugly things first, "I asked, the bonus for the first telecom fraud case was high, but the other two were only two or three thousand. There might not be this much money in the future."

Jin Er waved his hand, "Is two or three thousand little? I think you're getting carried away!"

Zhang Shitou also said, "We were only busy for two days in total, just like playing, it's more than enough!"

Xu San also laughed: "Exactly! Steady streams make long rivers!"

"Alright!" Lin Ning raised his glass, "Then I wish us... a prosperous opening!"

"Prosperous opening, congratulations on moving to a new home!" Xu San snatched the words.

"Cheers!"