LUO YAN just finished his video call with Shen Ji Yun. He told the other that he planned to just level up during the weekdays next week and then continue their delayed task during the weekend. There’s only two weeks left until the finals of the Rookie Carnival. He, at least, have to level up as much as possible. Not to mention, coordinate his attack with Eclipse.

  He should be grinding as much as he could. But because of the issue that came one after another, he couldn’t be as productive as he wanted. What, with that Raphael making a fuss and then followed by that Mo Jian. This past week felt like it had been months.

  He even missed Shen Ji Yun even though they had seen each other in the game yesterday. No matter, he could see the other tomorrow once he logged in the game. So, that’s a plus.

  He got out of his room just in time to see his older brother walking into the house. He quickly ran to the other, well, not really, but rather walked briskly.

  "Brother, welcome home," he greeted first.

  "Well, I’m back," Luo Ren smiled, rubbing his younger brother’s hair. "So, how did your plan go?"

  Luo Yan gave the other an ’okay’ sign. "It went perfectly, of course." He then recounted everything that happened, starting from when he and Luo Jin met with Mo Jiu up to the conversation they heard between Mo Guang Lin and Mo Jian. "So, we could confidently assume that our plan is a big success."

  Luo Ren felt surprised. He wasn’t privy to all of Luo Yan’s plan. He was the one in charge of destroying that Mo girl’s reputation while Luo Yan was the one in charge of putting a crack on Mo Guang Lin’s relationship with his daughter.

  He thought that it would take time for the latter to happen. With just how that old man pampered his daughter to heaven, he expected that it would take at least a week for them to even make a dent on the two’s relationship. Who would have thought that it would actually only take one morning?

  This result could only be attributed to Luo Yan’s hidden talent – scheming. It’s like just by placing the right pieces at the right position, he could easily make things happen. Like a grandmaster. If the other ever decided to be a businessman, Luo Ren had a feeling that he would definitely be very successful.

  s

  "But how did you know where that Mo Jiu would be?" he thought of asking.

  "It’s simple, really. According to the information given by your assistant, Mo Jiu often doesn’t go home and that he had an apartment near the university he’s attending. So, I simply searched for places where most students of that university go. It just so happened that Ah Jin and I got lucky with the first place we went."

  Luo Ren nodded. Luo Yan indeed thought things through. "Yan Yan is so smart. Something like this must be just a piece of cake for you."

  Luo Yan unknowingly puffed out his chest. "Of course."

  Luo Ren chuckled seeing such a reaction. Really, how could his younger brother be this cute? On another note, now that Mo Guang Lin seemed to have removed the blinders covering his eyes and finally managed to see the true nature of his daughter, he better not change his mind at the last moment. But to make sure that that wouldn’t happen, Luo Ren decided to keep an eye on the Mo family. At least, until that Mo girl was indeed out of S City.

  "But for me, Brother is still the MVP," Luo Yan added. "After all, you managed to help Jiao Jiao and her mother in every way possible without them even suspecting that you might have some other intention in doing so. I think that’s talent right there."

  Luo Ren wasn’t embarrassed hearing his younger brother teased him like that. In fact, it amused him to no end. He gently flicked the other’s forehead. "Naughty. Don’t make it sound like I’m some debtor who’s trying to scam innocent people."

  Luo Yan held his forehead and pouted. "I’m complimenting you, you know?"

  And he was indeed complimenting Luo Ren. The fact that the other was not trying to overwhelm Yu Jiao with unwanted attention was already a sign that he’s very serious with his feelings for her. He’s not looking for something temporary but rather something that life-long.

  Luo Ren understood how it would seem if he blatantly showed his interest to Yu Jiao now. With her being still a minor and their five-year age gap, some sensitive people might think that he’s some kind of criminal. Branding him as a pedophile or even accused him of grooming when he’d barely done anything to be called out on any of those.

  Well, that’s modern society for you. You’d be called names and terms that didn’t really apply to you or to the situation just to suit people’s agenda and their need for what they called ’social justice’.

  That’s why Luo Yan agreed on how his older brother was handling this. Not contacting Yu Jiao unless there’s a solid reason to, seeing her only if necessary, but still helping her in secret when she’s in trouble. So, when the time came that he confessed his feelings, no one would be able to accuse him of anything.

  Honestly, if he was in the same position, he would also do the same. But he would still probably show himself from time to time, you know, just to brush his sense of existence.

  "Why are the two of you just standing there?" said suddenly by a very familiar voice.

  s

  Both brothers turned to the door and saw their father walking in.

  Luo Yan brightened and walked over to hug his father’s arm. "Welcome home, Dad."

  "Yes, I’m back," Luo Wei Tian said, smiling down at Luo Yan. "So, what are the two of you discussing with your heads huddled together?"

  "Dad should ask Brother. You might discover something very interesting," Luo Yan said with a meaningful smile. He didn’t want to be the one to tell their father about Luo Ren’s feelings for Yu Jiao.

  Luo Wei Tian glanced at his eldest with his brow raised. Luo Ren could only shake his head and smile helplessly.