Chapter 25 Setting the Game "Will you miss me?"

Yuntan didn't know why she wanted to leave, she just didn't like being in that situation.

She seems to have always been like this.

Once she finds that she is no longer wanted or expected, or that she has caused trouble to others, she will leave.

She never fights for it.

No, actually I did strive for it.

For example, when her parents were negotiating their divorce, she also tried to get her mom or dad to take her away, but they were just fighting over whether Yun Jin would stay or go.

Later, she also tried hard to win Yuan Qinrong's maternal love, but after Yuan Hongren was born, she gradually realized her mistake.

As a result, Yuntan gradually developed into the personality she has now, and even she couldn't tell exactly when the change began.

She found it difficult to maintain a long-term, close relationship, and once the other party showed the slightest discomfort in the process, she would actively distance herself from him.

It’s not because you don’t like the other person anymore, but because you don’t want to get hurt. It’s an instinctive self-protection.

Yun Tan knew that his personality would inevitably hurt others.

She still remembers that when she was in high school, she had a very good female friend.

They ate together, went to the bathroom together, studied together, and played together. Later, after graduation, the girl got a boyfriend, so she inevitably had to spend some time with her boyfriend. But she still took good care of Yuntan and would take the initiative to ask Yuntan if she wanted to go play with them.

After being asked several times, Yuntan refused. She didn't want to be a light bulb or a burden to others.

So over time, without any arguments or misunderstandings, she and her once best friend drifted apart, and their contact became less and less.

Many years later, they bumped into each other overseas and mentioned it while chatting in a coffee shop. The friend asked, "Did I neglect you too much back then?"

Yun Tan shook his head: "No, I was just afraid that you would find me annoying."

"How could that be!" My friend opened his eyes wide, "I always thought I was negligent in some way and made you angry."

Yuntan smiled and waved his hands, saying of course not, but as he smiled, his eyes became red.

Yun Tan suddenly realized that his personality was actually hurting many people.

Friends are, and Lu Wangshan is too.

After they finished their coffee, they smiled and said, "Let's have dinner together when we have time," and then they never had dinner together again.

After so many years, they have already developed their own social circles and are no longer familiar with each other. Of course, it is impossible for them to continue to be close friends like they were before.

Yuntan has never been treated like a treasure since she was a child. She has also seen both her parents regard her as a burden. So when she grew up, she always worried that she would become a burden to others.

She didn't want to be abandoned in the future, so she would rather leave early.

-

Back in Beijing at 2 p.m., Yun Tan turned on her phone and found that Lu Wangshan had replied to her message three hours earlier with a simple, single word: "OK."

She took a taxi home and Leo immediately came out to greet her excitedly.

Those tense emotions finally relaxed, and she liked Leo's 100% enthusiasm for her.

"Do you miss your mother?" Yun Tan hugged it, "Did you eat well?"

She went to look at Leo's food bowl and ate it all.

When Lu Wangshan goes on a long business trip, he will take Leo with him. When he goes on a short business trip, he will arrange for someone to feed and take Leo for a walk.

Yuntan put a harness on it, tied a leash to it, and took it out to play first.

It is already very cold in Beijing at the end of December, but today is a nice day with warm winter sunshine.

After taking a walk, Yuntan and Leo sat on a bench in the community for a while and basked in the sun.

There was no response from her phone the entire afternoon, and Lu Wangshan didn't send her any more messages.

Yun Tan noticed that Lu Wangshan must be a little angry.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, she sent Lu Wangshan a second message: "Are you back?"

Lu Wangshan: "I'm at the company. Eat dinner by yourself. I'll be back late."

Yuntan's eyelashes trembled slightly. He lowered his eyes to look at Leo for a moment and replied, "Okay, Leo, I will feed you well too."

"Let's go. Today you can only eat the dinner made by your mother." Yun Tan stood up and said to Leo with his head down.

Lu Wangshan finally returned at 11 o'clock that night. He came back so late not because he was angry that Yun Tan left on his own, but because the company had a lot of work left.

Yuntan heard him push open the door of the guest bedroom and go to bed quickly after taking a shower.

-

The next day, Monday.

Lu Wangshan still left breakfast for Yun Tan, but he was no longer there.

After breakfast, Yuntan rushed to the company and met Li Sen, who was walking towards the door listlessly.

The two chatted as they walked towards the design department. When they reached the second floor, they suddenly saw a young woman getting out of a black Mercedes through the window.

Li Sen suddenly woke up from his doze: "Holy crap! Isn't that a car that smells of oil!?"

Yun Tan looked downstairs and saw that it was indeed Huang Youwei's license plate number: "Who is that girl?"

"Looks like she's the intern who just joined the sales department last week! Her name is Yang Lei, damn! I thought she was pretty back then, so I asked others about her! She seems to be only a senior in college, she hasn't graduated yet! What a greasy beast!"

Yun Tan tugged at Li Sen's sleeve, asking her to not be so obvious about leaning against the window: "Maybe she's just passing by, who knows."

Li Sen snorted coldly and immediately took out his phone to take a photo. "I don't believe it. Why would he drive to the company's backyard and drop the person off if he was just on the way? Besides, that greasy-smelling, lustful guy, even if he really was hitching a ride, it must have been part of his attempt to seduce someone!"

"Okay, it's almost time, and I haven't checked in yet."

When Li Sen saw the time, he exclaimed and hurriedly pulled Yun Tan to the third floor to get his fingerprints scanned before the attendance deadline.

Ding Mian was telling everyone that the company was going to hold a team-building event this week. The date was set for this Friday and Saturday, and the location was a holiday villa on the outskirts of the city. He asked everyone about their opinions.

To Yuntan's surprise, almost everyone raised their hands to sign up, even Li Sen.

"Where is Xiao Tan?" Ding Mian asked.

Li Sen bumped her arm and said, "This is paid vacation! If you don't go, you won't get Friday off. You still have to come to work."

Yun Tan: "Isn't there still Saturday?"

Team building takes up the weekend, what’s the difference between this and overtime?

"Our company may not be good at other things, but team building is a real employee benefit. We don't have to play those bullshit games to cultivate team spirit. We really go there to eat, drink and have a vacation." Li Sen explained.

Yuntan is still hesitating. Wouldn’t it be nice for her to play frisbee with Leo on Saturday?

"I'm not going," Yun Tan said to Ding Mian, "I might have something to do on Saturday."

Ding Mian: "Okay, it's all voluntary anyway. I'll submit the list the day after tomorrow. If your schedule changes, just let me know."

Yun Tan nodded: "Okay."

After lunch break at noon, Yuntan went to the bathroom, but suddenly heard a girl crying from the cubicle.

Yun Tan paused and looked up.

The girl was probably on the phone, her voice choked with sobs. She said she drank too much last night and asked the other party to delete the video.

I didn't know what the other party said, but I could only hear the girl crying even harder, begging humbly, saying sorry, please, and finally she roared without caring about anything: "I don't want your money! I just want you to delete the video!"

The lunch break was about to end, everyone started to get up, and the sound of people coming and going began to be heard in the corridor.

Yuntan walked forward silently, carried the maintenance sign to the door, and then closed the door of the women's bathroom.

Perhaps because she heard the door closing, the girl fell silent and hung up the phone.

She hesitated in the cubicle for several minutes, making sure there was no sound outside before carefully pushing the door open. However, she was caught off guard and saw Yun Tan standing in front of the sink.

She opened her mouth, wanting to say something eagerly, but nothing came out, and her eyes quickly turned red.

Yun Tan then realized that the girl was Yang Lei, the girl who got out of Huang Youwei's car this morning.

"Were you talking to Huang Youwei on the phone just now?" Yun Tan asked straight to the point.

Yang Lei was stunned, tears streaming down her face. She nodded and said yes.

Yun Tan sighed inwardly and asked softly, "Did he force you?"

"no."

Yang Lei subconsciously denied it, paused for a moment, hesitated again, and said, "We were having dinner with a client yesterday, and I drank too much... I don't know."

Having interns dine with clients inevitably creates the suspicion of forcing them to drink.

"Is he threatening you with the video?" Yun Tan asked.

Yang Lei shook her head: "He said he liked me very much and wanted to be with me, but I asked him to delete the video, and he refused. He said... he wanted to keep it as a souvenir."

Yun Tan scoffed: "Do you believe it? He has a wife."

These words might have been too harsh for the young girl, and her tears fell even harder: "I know I don't want to be with him, but he won't delete the video, and I'm afraid."

"The video is his evidence. Have you ever thought about calling the police?"

"B-but that video...may not prove anything."

Huang Youwei later showed her the video on his phone. She was drunk and did not resist obviously. She was even calling the name of her ex-boyfriend, with whom she had just broken up.

It can be said that Huang Youwei had sex while drunk and it was a misunderstanding.

"At worst, you can report him to the company's top management."

"No, no, that would be too much for everyone." Yang Lei raised her hands to cover her face. "I haven't even been officially hired yet. I'm a poor student and I need money. He's the vice president. What good would my report do?"

Yuntan fell silent.

She also didn't know whether it would be useful to report to the higher-ups, after all, it was not uncommon for officials to protect each other.

Finally, she asked, "Are you on birth control?"

Yang Lei said in a trembling voice: "I took the birth control pill this morning."

"Okay, that's good. Remember to get another physical examination," Yun Tan said. "I still hope you won't be afraid. Huang Youwei is a coward. The weaker you are, the more he'll bully you."

After saying that, he left.

Yuntan stood at the bathroom door, took a deep breath, and thought about what happened when he was fourteen or fifteen years old.

…

At that time, Yun Qihui and Yuan Qinrong would not give her and Yun Jin too much pocket money. Yuan Qinrong didn't like Yun Jin who was lazy all day long, so she was even more stingy with him when it came to pocket money.

Yun Jin had just gotten a girlfriend at that time. He always liked to act like a rich man, but he was troubled by the fact that he had no money.

At that time, Yuntan had grown into a very beautiful girl, so many boys in school liked her, but she never responded.

Yun Jin found a way to make money from it.

At first, I just helped them send love letters and gifts to Yuntan. Later, it developed into taking photos and videos of Yuntan at home and sending them to them.

Although it was not as terrifying as what Yang Lei was experiencing now, it still caused the young Yun Tan to feel extremely frightened at that time.

After she found out, she had a big fight with Yun Jin.

Yun Qihui rarely scolded Yun Jin, but he still advised her not to make a big deal out of it, after all, they were all family.

Yuan Qinrong had never liked Yun Jin, but she still tried to persuade her. She didn't want to embarrass herself in the socialite circle.

-

When Yun Tan and Li Sen left the company after get off work, they ran into Huang Youwei and Yang Lei again.

Huang Youwei was holding Yang Lei's wrist and was saying something, and only let go when he saw someone coming out.

Li Sen bumped into Yun Tan and motioned her to look.

Yun Tan suddenly stepped forward and said loudly, "Boss Huang."

Huang Youwei smiled and said, "What's wrong, Xiao Tan?"

"Minister Ding has a document for me to bring to you for your signature, but since you won't be here this afternoon, I've put it on your desk."

"Okay, is it urgent?"

"It should be quite urgent. Director Ding asked me about it when he got off work."

"Okay, I'll go up there." Huang Youwei glanced at Yang Lei, who was standing silently beside him, and said calmly, "You guys should go home first. Be careful on the road."

Li Sen also reacted, took Yang Lei's arm, and said casually: "Don't worry, Mr. Huang, Yang Lei and I are going the same way, so we can take the subway together."

After Huang Youwei left, Yang Lei thanked them in a low voice.

Yun Tan patted her shoulder and said, "Let's go quickly. Be careful on the road."

Li Sen watched Yang Lei leave and tutted, "Is that Youwei harassing her again? That's so pitiful. Seeing how hard it is to win you over, you've replaced her with someone younger and more naive. But when did Si Cao ever ask you to deliver the documents to him?"

Yuntan shrugged.

Li Sen was shocked and said, "You're talking nonsense! Aren't you afraid that the oil smell will find out and make things difficult for you?"

Yun Tan sneered: "Wear it."

She thought to herself, damn it, the one to be afraid of now is Huang Youwei.

Ding Mian just happened to be coming out from get off work: "Why aren't you leaving yet?"

Li Sen: "Just getting ready to leave."

Yun Tan suddenly said, "Boss Ding, please count me in for the team building on Friday."

Li Sen turned his head and asked: "Why did you suddenly decide to go again?"

Yun Tan smiled and said casually, "I just happen to be free again."

-

Lu Wangshan was indeed still angry about Yun Tan returning to Beijing alone when he was in Guangdong, but he also understood that it was not a big deal, and their current relationship did not allow him to make a big deal about it.

He just felt a little powerless because Yuntan always subconsciously chose to escape.

When Yun Tan came back in the evening, she still saw Lu Wangshan in the kitchen, and Leo came out to greet her.

"Sit for a while, it will be ready soon." Lu Wangshan said.

He ultimately didn't mention the weekend, so Yun Tan asked first, "How's your brother?"

"I've been in Beijing lately, keeping it."

Yuntan nodded and said "Oh".

Lu Wangshan: "I'm going on a business trip tomorrow for about a week. Can you take care of Leo?"

If Yun Tan was not there, Lu Wangshan would take Leo with him.

"Okay, don't worry." Yun Tan said, "But our company has team building on Friday and Saturday, so I might not be able to come back on Friday night."

"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to feed them then. Where are we going for the team building?"

"Moon Viewing Villa."

Lu Wangshan raised his eyebrows: "Jin Ci's place."

Yun Tan was stunned. She knew this person's name. "Is that your friend?"

"Um."

"What a coincidence."

That night, Lu Wangshan went back to the master bedroom to sleep, but the two of them didn't do anything.

The next morning, Lu Wangshan got up to catch an early flight. Yun Tan opened his eyes drowsily and asked, "Are you here so early?"

"Yeah." Lu Wangshan changed into formal clothes and was tying his tie. Then he returned to the bed and kissed Yun Tan on the lips, whispering, "Will you miss me?"

Yun Tan paused, as if stunned, and blinked blankly.

Lu Wangshan didn't wait for her to answer. He pinched her face and quickly stood up and left.

Yuntan lay alone in bed, but couldn't fall asleep even after closing his eyes.

I always feel like something is wrong.

Sex partners sleep in the same bed to make love, but they did nothing last night. Kissing became commonplace, and Lu Wangshan even asked if she missed him before going on a business trip.

It would be fine under normal circumstances. After all, someone like Lu Wangshan, even if he is just a sex partner, must be a considerate and gentle sex partner.

But they had just had an unpleasant experience over the weekend, and even if no one exposed it, if he continued to do this, it would seem like he was being too nice.

-

On Friday, colleagues from the company gathered at Wangyue Villa.

The villa is nestled against the mountainside, nestled among vast expanses of greenery. I don't know what kind of trees they are, but they don't lose their leaves even in Beijing's winter. The vast expanse of greenery acts as a natural oxygen bar. The overall style is Chinese, with white walls and black tiles. Every step offers a different view, with pavilions and towers, and layers of distant mountains shrouded in mist.

There are also abundant entertainment facilities, including swimming pools, stream fishing, tea rooms, hot springs, bars, KTVs, outdoor barbecues, as well as art galleries and collection halls.

Li Sen told her that he heard that these were all the villa owner's own collections.

Yun Tan raised his eyebrows, thinking that Jin Ci had quite good taste and this villa was also uniquely built.

LH is quite humane in team building. Unlike most companies that organize some meaningless and boring games, everyone just treats it as a vacation and plays whatever they like, traveling in groups of three or four.

Li Sen took Yun Tan to the outdoor barbecue area, where half of the people in the design department were.

Ding Mian was grilling meat and asked, "What are you two eating?"

Li Sen shouted, "Mutton skewers! And Chiba tofu!"

Yuntan ordered pork belly and potato chips.

Ding Mian handed the freshly grilled lamb skewers to Li Sen and took out a handful of pork belly skewers. "Xiao Tan, do you like them tender or crispy?"

"The crispy focus, thank you Si Cao."

So I baked it a little longer, almost drying up the oil, and the air was filled with a sizzling fragrance.

"Our Sicao is so good at grilling meat that he can even switch jobs and become a chef in a barbecue restaurant." Li Sen started teasing him again.

Yuntan was full after eating a few skewers, and took over Ding Mian's position to be responsible for grilling meat for everyone.

She has no talent for cooking. When she was studying abroad, she and Jiang Zhier almost burned down the kitchen several times while cooking together. Fortunately, she was able to handle the barbecue.

In the middle of the trip, Yuntan went to the bathroom.

Unexpectedly, I met Huang Youwei in front of the sink after coming out.

He was wearing beach shorts, his upper body naked, and his skinny figure showed some signs of forced fitness.

In short, it is not pleasing to the eyes.

Especially after getting used to Lu Wangshan's figure.

Huang Youwei smiled at her and said, "Xiao Tan, do you want to play in the swimming pool later?"

"No, Mr. Huang, I can't swim."

"There's a shallow water area and a swimming ring. The facilities here are all very well-designed," Huang Youwei invited her. "Your design department is too united yet too exclusive. You never integrate with the group."

Huang Youwei remembered that Yuntan lied to him on Monday and said that he had left a document that needed signature in his office, but it turned out that there was no signature at all.

Or when he was talking to Yang Lei.

In Huang Youwei's opinion, Yun Tan had just gone too far with Qiao before, and now that he saw that Qiao had a new target, he was playing hard to get.

Yun Tan shook off the water droplets on her fingertips, turned around and smiled at Huang Youwei.

When she smiled, she was unconsciously charming and her brightness was extremely impactful.

"Perhaps the only common hobby among everyone in the design department is eating."

Huang Youwei was a little dizzy because of her smile, and couldn't take his eyes off her: "You like it too?"

“Well, the barbecue ingredients here are very fresh.”

"Do you like sausages?"

Just now, when Huang Youwei passed by the barbecue bar, he saw Ding Mian distributing sausages to everyone.

This was originally a normal statement, but it became very strange when Huang Youwei asked it, like an extremely disgusting and self-satisfied flirtation.

Yun Tan lowered his eyes, suppressing his discomfort and remaining silent.

Huang Youwei was pleased by her humble and submissive look, and he became bolder. He took a step closer and raised his hand to hold Yun Tan's lower back.

She wore a short down jacket today with slim jeans, which showed off her perfect waist-to-hip ratio.

Before Huang Youwei's hand moved downwards, Yun Tan dodged his hand and said, "Boss Huang, I'm leaving first."

She held her posture just right, with her eyes downcast and her lips pursed, looking a little scared and a little shy.

Huang Youwei held her hand, pulled out the secondary card for his room tonight, and handed it to Yun Tan: "Xiao Tan, you should have noticed a long time ago that I like you very much."

Yuntan lowered his head and didn't answer.

Huang Youwei leaned over, put the room card into her palm, and whispered: "I'll wait for you tonight."

After Huang Youwei left, Yun Tan raised his head and looked at the camera above the corner of the wall.

She held the room card between her fingers and sneered, her expression extremely cold, with no trace of her cowardice from before.

I really don’t know how a fool like Huang Youwei got to that position.

…

Yun Tan washed her hands carefully again and lathered the wrists that had just been touched by Huang Youwei.

After wiping my hands, I was suddenly stopped by someone when I was about to go out.

"Yuntan?" A man came down the spiral staircase with a surprised expression.

Yun Tan blinked blankly: "Hello, who are you?"

"It really is you! I've heard so much about your great name! I'm Jin Ci, a friend of Wangshan's."

Yun Tan exclaimed, "Ah!", then remembered and smiled at the man: "Hello, I heard him mention that this villa is yours."

"Are you here for vacation?" Jin Ci asked. "Why didn't Wangshan tell me? I'm so sorry I couldn't entertain you well enough."

"No, our company is just here for team building."

Jin Ci raised his eyebrows and tried to recall which company had recently booked a venue for team building.

Although he was unhappy with Yun Tan for dumping Lu Wangshan, he still had some basic manners in front of others. Moreover, with a beautiful woman in front of him, his attitude naturally became better. "Well, have fun. If you need anything, you can tell me."

Yun Tan nodded and thanked him. After walking a few steps, he stopped and turned back: "By the way, Brother Jin Ci."

Jin Ci's eyelids suddenly twitched.

"Can I call you that?" Yun Tan walked out from the room into the sunlight, her skin glowing delicately and her smile radiant. "I want to ask, does your villa have 360-degree surveillance coverage?"

Jin Ci was stunned for a few seconds: "Yes, except for the guest rooms, everything is covered, including the corridors."

He didn't know if it was his illusion, but as if he saw the fox tail shaking behind Yun Tan, he suddenly understood how someone like Lu Wangshan could be "played" by her.

-

On Saturday evening, the team building ended and everyone went home.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Li Sen was lying in bed watching a TV series when Yun Tan suddenly sent him a message: "Are you free to work overtime to make a PPT?"

Li Sen was about to curse. Who allowed team building to occupy a weekend and then make people work overtime?!

But then Yuntan sent a second message: "I've already thought of a title for you."

Li Sen was stunned: "What?"

Yuntan: "LH Travel Vice President Huang Youwei cheated on his wife and sexually harassed multiple female colleagues"

Li Sen jumped up from the bed and said, "Holy crap!? Sister! What gossip did you hear?!"

Yuntan: "It's me."

Li Sen's heartbeat suddenly accelerated. He called Yun Tan and started, "Are you okay? What happened to you that smell of oil? Damn it, don't scare me! He didn't do anything to you, did he?"

Yun Tan laughed, his tone relaxed: "No, why are you so anxious? I deliberately set a trap for him to fall into, but I didn't expect this idiot to jump so quickly. I'll show you the evidence."

After that, Li Sen received a compressed evidence package with a capacity of several gigabytes, with all the photos and videos organized.

-

At the same time, Jin Ci was just reported by an employee that an employee from LH Company had checked the surveillance footage. Because the surveillance footage involved sensitive content, they came to inform Jin Ci specifically.

Jin Ci suddenly remembered Yun Tan's strange question from yesterday: "Who asked for the surveillance?"

"I don't know her. She's a very beautiful woman, about 20 years old."

"Send me the surveillance footage."

"good."

Jin Ci clicked on the surveillance video, his face suddenly darkened, and he muttered "Ancestors" in his heart, and immediately forwarded the surveillance video to Lu Wangshan.

He was typing carefully, but before he could send it, Lu Wangshan called him from across the ocean.

"Where did you get the video?" Lu Wangshan's voice was frighteningly deep.

"This weekend at the villa."

"Who is that man?"

"I don't know yet. I just saw the video. I'll ask someone to check it out right away." Jin Ci spoke faster. Just as he was about to reassure Lu Wangshan and tell him not to worry, he hung up the phone.

Why are you in such a hurry? He hasn't finished speaking yet.

Jin Ci recalled Yun Tan's expression when he called him "Brother Jin Ci" that day, and finally understood where that cold feeling of being plotted against came from.

But the one being plotted against was not him, but the man in the video.

Lu Wangshan’s beloved ex-girlfriend is not just a victim, she is the one who set up the scheme.

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