Peninsula: The young master is poor and doesn't want to date.

Chapter 59 You really fooled our dad.

Kowloon Village, third floor of the convenience store.

Li Zhengyi stood behind the window, a second cigarette between his fingers.

The van turned out of the alley, its taillights flashed once, and it disappeared into the maze-like old streets of Kowloon Village.

He leaned against the window frame, smoke slowly billowing from his nostrils, dispersing into a blurry gray-white mass in the morning light.

He took out his phone and opened Bae Joo-hyun's chat window.

The unread messages are from three days ago.

"Liar, if you don't want to talk to me anymore, just say you want to break up."

He watched for a while.

Then I swiped the chat box away.

After swiping away, the phone screen remained in the photo album.

The photo he took last night.

In the photo, Bae Joo-hyun is wrapped up like a seaweed rice roll in his old coat and gray scarf, with only half of her face showing, her mouth open, completely unguarded.

It's really ugly.

He looked at it for two seconds, then didn't delete it.

Then he put his phone back in his pocket and stubbed out his cigarette in a can on the windowsill.

Can't sleep.

Let's order some fried chicken and beer for delivery.

Eat when you're hungry; nothing will change even if the sky falls.

Li Zhengyi silently calculated the time in his mind.

My family must have already sent someone to the East China Sea.

Given the old man's personality, he won't stop until he's turned the entire coastline of Donghai City upside down.

It could take anywhere from a week to ten days for Lee Woo-bin's body to be found before his family would truly accept the conclusion that "he is probably dead."

He had to proceed with caution until then.

Who knows if his brother's men are watching him?

Who knows if the old man's men are watching him?

Who knows if there are other forces watching him?

In short, caution is the best policy.

The following morning.

After he left, he did not go directly to Ding Wulang's detective agency.

I first went to the nearby farmers' market, wandered around inside, bought a few apples, and then came out through the side door and turned into a small alley without surveillance cameras.

In the alley, he took off his coat, turned it inside out, and put it back on.

This is a reversible jacket.

The navy blue immediately turned into dark gray.

Then he took out his hat and mask from his pocket, put them on, and continued walking.

He went to a small supermarket, bought a pack of cigarettes and a bottle of water, stood inside for two minutes to make sure no one followed him in, then went out through the back door, walked around three streets, and finally turned into the alley leading to Ding Wulang's house.

"Why are you acting like a thief?"

Lee Woo-bin sat on the bed, looking at Lee Jung-il who pushed the door open and made his first sarcastic remark of the day.

Li Zheng took off his mask and threw the apple to him.

"I'll give you vitamin supplements. Don't eat instant noodles every day. If you really die and the autopsy report says you were malnourished, I'll be the one who loses face."

"Thank you."

Lee Woo-bin caught the apple, wiped it on his clothes, and took a bite.

Then he put down the apple and looked at Li Zhengyi with a very subtle look in his eyes.

"you……"

"Um?"

"You really fooled the old man?"

Lee Woo-bin tried hard to suppress his curiosity, but he simply couldn't.

Li Zhengyi pulled up a chair, sat down, and crossed his legs.

"What do you mean by 'deceiving'? You make me sound like a liar."

"You're a liar."

Lee Woo-bin exposed him without any mercy, then leaned forward and lowered his voice, as if afraid of being overheard.

"How did you do it? That old man, I've known how much I'm going to get scolded just by looking at him since I was a kid. I don't even want to think about lying. How did you get him to believe you?"

He became more and more agitated as he spoke.

"You lied to him, did he see through it? No, he definitely didn't, otherwise you wouldn't be here. But how did you manage to fool him? How did you control your facial expressions? Didn't your heart race? Weren't your palms sweating?"

Lee Woo-bin asked a whole string of questions in one breath.

Li Zheng couldn't help but laugh when he saw his second brother's expression.

This guy used to be quite sarcastic, saying things like "Old men aren't so easy to fool" and "Don't give yourself away," but now he's acting like a little fan who's finally met their idol.

I wasn't lying.

Li Zhengyi spread his hands.

Lee Woo-bin was confused.

"You're not lying? How could you not be lying? I'm clearly still alive."

Li Zhengyi interrupted him.

"But in the story I told, you disappeared, not died. I'll just assume you really did disappear."

"You bastard, this is still a lie!"

"Wrong. Lying is telling lies. I didn't lie; I just had a different perspective. To them, you really have disappeared."

Lee Woo-bin pointed at Lee Jung-il.

"I hated you for this when I was a kid."

"Why hate me? You should thank me. Every time the old man beat you up, it was me who made up excuses for you."

Lee Woo-bin thought about it and realized that it seemed to be true.

He sighed again.

"Fine, I admit it. You're definitely smarter than me."

Then he thought for a moment and added another sentence.

"But it's only better than me. You have to be even better than your older brother."

Li Zhengyi stood up, walked to the door, and glanced back at him.

"Your older brother doesn't know you're alive yet. Look closely at his expression on the day of the funeral."

Lee Woo-bin thought about that scene, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.

Then she quickly suppressed her smile, pretending that she wasn't really looking forward to it.

"cut."

Li Zheng ignored him and turned to explain things to Ding Lilan.

Ding Lilan sat on the old sofa in the living room, with a small TV in front of her playing an episode of "Naruto".

The scene then cuts to the famous moment when Naruto punches Obito Uchiha away.

She sat upright with her back straight, but the way she stared at the screen was no different from any other girl watching anime.

There was also a plate of persimmon seeds and a can of cola on the coffee table.

When Li Zheng walked over, she pressed the pause button and looked up at him.

"senior."

"Thank you for your hard work. Please keep an eye on my second brother during this time."

"It's not hard work. Anyway, I'm at home and I still get paid."

Also.

For a bodyguard earning two million Korean won a month, guarding a rich kid in his own home is not a tiring job.

"but……"

Ding Lilan frowned slightly.

"Senior, what if you encounter danger while I'm not by your side?"

Li Zheng glanced at her, then held up one finger.

"My greatest danger is him."

He pointed in the direction of Lee Woo-bin's room.

"If he's found to be alive, I'll be in danger. Keeping a close eye on him is the best protection you can give me."

After listening, Ding Lilan didn't ask any further questions.

She stood up directly from the sofa, straightened her back, raised her hand, and gave a standard military salute.

"We guarantee the mission will be completed."

Li Zheng nodded and turned to leave.

"senior."

Ding Lilan called out to him from behind.

Li Zheng turned around.

When is your birthday?

Why are you asking that?

"Next week is my dad's birthday. I was thinking that if my senior's birthday is also around this time, I can buy two gifts at once, which would save me a lot of trouble."

January 1st.

Li Zhengyi said.

"On New Year's Day?"

Ding Lilan widened her eyes slightly, then lowered her head, as if silently counting the days.

"Oh. Then there's only one month left, very soon."