Chapter 1030: Exile

“I’m going to call Grandpa and tattle!”

Yaen Chi had just taken out his phone when a hand reached from behind and snatched it away.

Li Jian glanced at the screen, just in time to see that Chief of Staff Li’s number had been found.

His face darkened, “Are you childish or what, how old are you still tattling.”

“Who told you to ignore me!”

Yaen Chi shot him a cheeky grin, his mouth almost stretching to his ears.

He was still holding a game controller, and had just finished a racing game on the TV that took up half the wall.

Yaen Chi leaned sideways, his arm resting on the back of the sofa, “So, tell me, what’s the punishment for you this time?”

Li Jian poured a glass of water and sat on the single sofa.

Yaen Chi widened his eyes, “None for me?

So you just assume I won’t be thirsty?”

Li Jian didn’t respond to him, only said, “Classified.”

Yaen Chi blinked, “Oh, okay, but I still need to tell Grandpa that you accepted punishment privately, afraid he’d bite you.

Won’t even go home and are hiding here.”

Lately, Yaen Chi had been hanging out with Bo Yanching, only returning to the Li Family once, where he got nagged and scolded by his grandpa.

He really couldn’t take it, dared not go back.

If it weren’t for Nan Jiaojiao arriving and Yaen Chi not being able to cling to Bo Yanching any longer, he almost hadn’t remembered Li Jian.

He originally tried to test if the phone worked.

Usually, everything gets confiscated, including personal items and phones, for those locked in solitary confinement.

Who knew, with a mind to test it, Li Jian himself answered and called him over here.

While Li Jian was taking a shower earlier, Yaen Chi had wandered into the bedroom for a bit.

There was a suitcase on the bed, clothes folded like tofu cubes, stacked neatly, with a manila envelope to the side.

Yaen Chi knew the rules, didn’t open it secretly, but couldn’t resist asking questions.

Li Jian snapped, “Is your whole body uncomfortable if you don’t act like a jerk for a day or what!”

Yaen Chi was just teasing him, and upon being scolded, he put the phone down, grinning at Li Jian—

at his bare abs.

Never seen a man who takes a shower and still wears camo pants, belt and all, yet bare from the waist up.

It exuded two words:

Repressed flamboyance.

“I said it’s classified, naturally can’t tell you, the organization has rules.”

Yaen Chi raised an eyebrow, “How long are you leaving this time?”

“Half a year.”

He could pretty much guess it then.

The higher-ups want him to go achieve merits, make up for his mistakes.

Anyone else wouldn’t be able to give an exact timeframe, such punishment is equivalent to exile, not so easy to achieve merits.

But Li Jian could.

“So it’s half a year, I’ll cover for you with Grandpa, if it takes longer, no matter where you are, I’ll come catch you myself.”

Li Jian scoffed disdainfully, “Do I need you to cover for me?

Once the transfer order comes down, you think the old man doesn’t know?”

“Oh, right.”

Yaen Chi’s mind glitched, “Then why hasn’t he called to scold you yet.”

Li Jian took a sip of water, his face turned to the side, “He did already.”

Got scolded on speakerphone while taking a shower.

Yaen Chi laughed and collapsed onto the sofa.

Li Jian threw a game controller at him, “Take your pile of junk away, making a mess of my place.”

“No way, I just bought it, perfect to test out the feel.

I’m leaving it here, when I return to Capital City I’ll stay at your place, later record my fingerprints for access, okay.”

Li Jian’s face immediately turned as dark as a pot bottom.

Without saying a word, he threw Yaen Chi out.

Yaen Chi had nowhere to go, flipped through his phone, called a few friends he played with in Capital City, and arranged to meet at a bar for drinks.

Soon after, he received a call, flustered and at a loss.