Chapter 19: Bad Luck is Coming

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Chapter 19: Bad Luck is Coming

Mu Yanxiao wasn’t very interested in Director Huang Qi’s request. After all, in Young Master Mu’s eyes, he wasn’t short of money or power, and he had no desire to become famous and bring trouble upon himself. Why would he send his guide parrot to a film set to shoot a movie?

It was simply a waste of time and energy. With that time, he might as well take his parrot out for more barbecue or to the beach to swim and bask in the sun. Therefore, Young Master Mu was planning to coldly reject the request. However, before he could refuse, Lin You suddenly opened his mouth.

“Squawk squawk, you’re pretty smart! This lord is the smartest! The most photogenic!”

Mu Yanxiao, who had been planning to deliver a righteous refusal, “…”

He paused, then lowered his head and pulled Lin You in front of him, asking with considerable confusion, “Linlin, you want to act?”

Mu Yanxiao had asked very seriously, so Lin You answered just as seriously.

“The most photogenic! The smartest!”

To Director Huang Qi and Lu Yuan standing nearby, however, this scene was both comical and somewhat surprising. It was comical because Young Master Mu, previously known as the most calm and ruthless king of the business world, was actually seriously discussing whether or not to act in a movie with a parrot. What was surprising was that the parrot really did seem to possess an unusual level of intelligence.

It was as if he could actually understand what Mu Yanxiao was saying.

Thinking of this, Lu Yuan felt a vague sense of unease welling up inside him, though he couldn’t quite put his finger on what exactly made him uneasy. Even if this parrot was smarter than ordinary parrots and could even carry out simple conversations, he was still just a parrot. There was nothing particularly special about him.

On this point, we have to give Young Master Lin You thirty-two thumbs up for his incredibly accurate judgment and performance.

Lin You had always only revealed his unusual intelligence in front of people he felt had good intentions toward him. In front of strangers and people who harbored even the slightest trace of ill will toward him, at most, he was just a parrot with a little bit of cleverness. That was all.

Of course, Young Master Lin You would absolutely never admit that this incredibly accurate judgment actually came from something as fierce and peculiar as a “beast’s intuition.” Even though he was possessing a parrot, his soul was still that of a perfectly normal human being! He definitely wasn’t a parrot, that always-crazy beast!

Ahem. If Boss Mu heard what Lin You was thinking, he would definitely just chuckle. Didn’t Lin You know that he had already been influenced by the parrot and was occasionally going crazy himself? Regardless of what Director Huang Qi and the celebrity Lu Yuan thought, after several rounds of what looked like highly abnormal discussion between Lin You and Mu Yanxiao, Mu Yanxiao finally agreed to Huang Qi’s request.

This could also be considered an indirect opportunity for Huang Qi and Lu Yuan to build a connection with the Mu Family. After all, there were far too many people who wanted to curry favor with the Mu Family. Most of the time, Boss Mu didn’t have the time to deal with them, and even when he did, he certainly wouldn’t give them a pleasant reception. But now, with Lin You the parrot serving as a medium of communication, Huang Qi and Lu Yuan both felt that things should go much more smoothly.

“However, I want to make one thing clear beforehand.” Mu Yanxiao paused and spoke in a low voice. “If Linlin is abused in the slightest or treated badly while he’s with you, you can leave the film industry. And if Linlin himself doesn’t want to continue filming, no one is allowed to force him.”

Huang Qi was startled by this blatant threat, but in the end, he gritted his teeth and nodded. Even if he had to treat this parrot like an ancestor, his scenes would only take five or six days to shoot. As long as he endured it, he would have at least managed to establish a connection with the great Mu Family!

“Rest assured, I’ll definitely take good care of him!”

Mu Yanxiao nodded. At the same time, Lu Yuan, who was beside him, raised the corners of his lips. “Brother Mu, since that’s the case, let me treat you to this meal. Linlin has helped me a great deal, so I have to thank you somehow.”

His words sounded perfectly reasonable, and Director Huang Qi immediately jumped in.

“A’yuan, that’s not right. Naturally, I should be the one treating this meal. Young Master Mu is giving me face by coming here, so don’t try to steal this opportunity from an old man like me who’s already halfway into the grave!”

Young Master Lin You was very unhappy. Because letting the other party treat them meant…

They had to eat together!

And sure enough, things eventually turned into a dinner with Huang Qi, Lu Yuan, Mu Yanxiao, and Lin You.

Throughout the meal, Lu Yuan kept chatting with Mu Yanxiao. As both a doctor and a socially adept celebrity, Lu Yuan could keep up a conversation with Mu Yanxiao without making the latter feel impatient. Their back-and-forth conversation even seemed quite harmonious.

Director Huang Qi’s eyes kept flashing as he watched from the side, while Young Master Lin You was so choked by the atmosphere that he couldn’t even eat his favorite chicken wings.

Finally, when Lu Yuan told an amusing story from university that made the corners of Mu Yanxiao’s lips rise, Lin You the parrot angrily flapped his wings and shot straight into the sky.

In an instant, Lu Yuan, who had been happily feeling that things were progressing smoothly, felt his heart turn cold.

The next moment, Mu Yanxiao’s previously mild expression suddenly turned icy, transforming from early spring into Antarctica.

“Linlin?” Mu Yanxiao didn’t know why his parrot had suddenly flapped his wings and flown away. Was he planning to run away from home? Or had he found or discovered something? Mu Yanxiao’s heart sank. He absolutely did not want it to be the latter.

After flying fifty meters upward, Young Master Lin You could no longer go any higher. It was as if an invisible rope were pulling him back. Irritated, he flapped his wings again. This time, Lin You changed direction and flew forward, lowering his altitude slightly. Whatever. He was in a bad mood right now. But that displeasure suddenly stopped when he thought of something.

Oh dear! How could this lord have forgotten? He couldn’t leave his blind master by more than fifty meters! Since that was the case, how could he go shoot a movie? Then there was no need to shoot it. And that meant he wouldn’t have to see that perverted doctor-celebrity whom he wanted to poison the moment he saw him~

Give this lord a hundred thumbs up for his cleverness!!

The moment Lin You thought of this, all his previous displeasure vanished. Once his mood returned to normal, he planned to go back to his blind master. After all, Mu Yanxiao’s voice calling for him from below was becoming increasingly urgent… and increasingly dangerous.

Just as Lin You decided to dive back into his master’s arms, he happened to turn his head and casually glance in another direction. And with that one glance, he saw something wrong.

Lin You instantly froze in midair. His tiny black-bean eyes were filled with shock. By the time he came back to his senses, he was already flying toward that direction like a madman. Perhaps he was simply too determined, because Mu Yanxiao was actually pulled along two steps by him.

Lu Yuan and Huang Qi both looked confused, while Mu One and Mu Five instantly became as alert as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

Just now, Mu Yanxiao had seemed to suddenly stagger forward two steps. To an ordinary person, it could perhaps be attributed to him simply losing his footing. After all, Mu Yanxiao couldn’t see at the moment. But to Mu One and Mu Five, two highly skilled combat experts, it had looked as though their boss had suddenly been grabbed and dragged forward two steps by someone!

Heaven knew there was no one else here!

Moreover, considering Mu Yanxiao’s own abilities, it was practically impossible for someone to suddenly pull him forward like that.

The shock in Mu Yanxiao’s heart was even greater than that of Mu One and Mu Five. Or rather, his shock was already surging through him like stormy waves. Just now, he had suddenly felt a force pull him away from his original position. To put it absurdly, he had even felt as though he were being lifted up. But there was no one beside him, and nothing had touched him. How could someone have pulled him, or even lifted him up?!

Mu Yanxiao’s expression grew increasingly cold. At that moment, he desperately wanted something—or rather, someone—who could reassure him. He tilted his head back and opened his eyes. His voice carried a sharp, dangerous edge, along with a trace of vulnerability.

“Linlin, I’ll say it one more time. Come back!”

That shout brought Lin You back to his senses.

Lin You suddenly realized that he couldn’t reach that place by relying on his own strength. He immediately dove down and threw himself into Mu Yanxiao’s arms. “East! East!!”

When Lin You rushed back, Mu Yanxiao’s heart settled, and the strange anxiety and sense of danger he had felt just moments ago vanished in an instant. But the moment he heard Lin You’s shout, his calm mood plummeted again. He suddenly tightened his grip around Lin You and asked in an extremely low voice, “What’s wrong with the east? Who did you see?”

Lin You suddenly fell silent.

He had seen Little Uncle.

The man who was known throughout the previous generation, and even the entire Lin Family to this day, as the most eccentric, yet also the most talented, terrifying, unreasonable, and untouchable person.

Lin You believed that as long as he could meet his Little Uncle and tell him about his predicament, his Little Uncle could accomplish what even his great-grandfather had been unable to do. However, he had only just realized that unless he came clean to Mu Yanxiao about his situation, there was absolutely no way he could openly ask Mu Yanxiao to take him to meet his Little Uncle and explain everything.

Lin You sighed gloomily. He felt that his luck had been particularly bad lately. He wasn’t going to confess his secret to Mu Yanxiao right now. Putting aside how absurd and unbelievable the whole thing was, with the Netherworld Network, cell phones, and other ways to communicate secretly still available, he didn’t want to expose himself.

Even if Mu Yanxiao was rational enough not to strangle him after learning the truth, given Mu Yanxiao’s suspicious, gloomy, and ruthless personality, the peaceful coexistence between them, along with their barely budding friendship, would be completely destroyed. To Mu Yanxiao, he would ultimately be a form of deception, and one carried out with the purpose of deliberately gaining his favor.

Lin You believed there had to be some enormous karmic connection between him and Mu Yanxiao. Otherwise, why would he be unable to move more than fifty meters away from this man?

“It seems there was a parrot that looked a lot like my Little Uncle, squawk~” Lin You’s voice was filled with immense regret. “But he flew away in an instant! I couldn’t catch up, squawk!”

Upon hearing this, Mu Yanxiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and even his expression improved considerably. He reached out and rubbed Lin You’s head. “Don’t worry. I’ll send someone to search the Qinling Mountains. As for this place… I’ll also have someone stay behind and keep watch.”

“Squawk squawk, a hundred thumbs up for Master~” Lin You leaned over and rubbed his neck against Mu Yanxiao’s, then silently lit a hundred candles for himself in his heart. No matter how many people you leave behind, it’s useless. You’re watching the wrong target in the first place!! What a pit!!

Meanwhile, in the eastern direction, where neither Lin You nor Mu Yanxiao and the others could see him, a man dressed in black Tang-style clothing suddenly stopped. He turned around and looked toward the southwest. His handsome face, which carried a hint of devilish charm and coldness, revealed a trace of confusion. After a moment, his sword-like brows furrowed. He raised a hand and lightly touched his thumb to each of his other four fingers. Finally, he raised an eyebrow.

“Bad luck is coming.”

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