Chapter 120 Being Sown Apart

Song Yilin covered herself with the menu, feeling that people around her were watching the spectacle, and some even seemed to be taking pictures.

With a dark expression, Song Yilin said to Chen Yan, "Mr. Chen, if you continue like this, I'm leaving."

In this day and age, who has a violinist playing next to them while they eat? I wonder where they hired the violinist from.

Nowadays, restaurants don't have violinists, and nobody's stupid enough to have a violinist accompany their meal.

Seeing that Song Yilin was genuinely angry, Chen Yan told the violinist to leave first.

Song Yilin breathed a sigh of relief after the violin finished playing and put down the menu.

Chen Yan even thoughtfully offered to take her plate and help her cut her steak.

Song Yilin held onto the plate tightly: "Thank you, Mr. Chen, but no need. I can cut it myself. Don't trouble yourself."

Helping her cut her steak would be ambiguous.

She wouldn't have come if she had known it was a Western restaurant.

Business dinners are unlikely to be held in Western restaurants, and it's rare for a foreigner to dine at a restaurant with square tables like this.

Even for business banquets with only two people, the table is always a round table.

Chen Yan, this was deliberate.

"Mr. Chen, the location we chose today isn't very suitable."

Song Yilin bluntly expressed her dissatisfaction. As a guest, Song Yilin directly addressed the person who hosted the meal, indicating that the friendly atmosphere could no longer continue.

Chen Yan shrugged, looking nonchalant: "President Song, I did want to eat at this restaurant. You're at my company, so I thought I'd treat you to a meal. You're overthinking it."

Song Yilin was disgusted by Chen Yan's shamelessness and thick skin. She was a woman about to get married, and Chen Yan bringing her here was either disrespectful to her or an attempt to steal her away. No matter which it was, Song Yilin would never give him a kind look again.

"Mr. Chen, I'm getting married in a few days. Mr. Chen, perhaps you should consider finding someone else."

Chen Yan stared intently at her with his deep eyes, a smile playing on his lips, and said confidently, "President Song, as long as you're not married, I have a chance."

Song Yilin closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She tried to suppress her surging anger. There was nothing to say to people with warped values.

Song Yilin quickly finished her meal, then called a car on her phone while still eating steak. "Mr. Chen, I'm sorry, my car has arrived. I'll be going now. Please enjoy your meal. Goodbye forever."

Chen Yan was normal during the day, but he started acting strangely after this meal.

If it's a man who has no feelings for her, then having a meal together is perfectly fine. In business, it's perfectly normal to meet up and have a meal together.

But Chen Yan hasn't given up on her yet; he's openly showing interest in her, so she can't eat this meal anymore.

Chen Yan watched Song Yilin's retreating figure, took a tissue, and spat out the beef from his mouth.

Take a sip of red wine to rinse your mouth.

It's not that the beef is bad, it's just that I don't want to eat it anymore.

Chen Yan gestured for his secretary to come up: "Find a few marketing accounts to post the video and photos we just took now. Be timely. The goal is to let Xu Qingmin know through other channels that I had dinner with his fiancée before Song Yilin explains today's situation to him."

The secretary nodded and sent it out immediately.

After finishing everything, Chen Yan slowly drank his wine.

Song Yilin had cheated on Xu Qingmin before, so what Xu Qingmin feared most was that Song Yilin would betray him again.

If you think about it carefully, you'll realize that he orchestrated this news.

This incident won't necessarily make them break up immediately, but it will plant a thorn in Xu Qingmin's heart.

For the past thirteen years, Xu Qingmin has carried this burden.

He is determined to have everything, so if he sets his sights on Song Yilin, then Song Yilin must be his.

He then made a phone call: "Brother, thanks for borrowing your factory today. Your investment will arrive tomorrow."

The person on the phone said excitedly, "Thank you, Mr. Chen. If it weren't for you, my factory would have gone out of business long ago. This factory is yours now."

Chen Yan smiled and said, "The factory is yours, it's yours, and you're running it very well."

Although he also owns shares in the factory, the one who is kind-hearted is not him, but the actual owner of the factory.

He was only helping him out of consideration for being from the same hometown.

Doing charity, even doing charity for your own people, is still charity.

Xu Qingmin was tutoring Bai Guanqun with his homework at home when a friend suddenly sent him an entertainment message.

Upon clicking, the headline read: "Chen Yan, suspected to be from Lijiang Group, proposes to his mysterious girlfriend."

Although the woman had covered half of her face, he could still recognize her as Song Yilin just by looking at her hair.

Xu Qingmin clenched his fists involuntarily, feeling as if a stone was pressing on his heart.

Xu Qingmin controlled his emotions and said, "Guanqun, take a look at the questions first. Dad is going out for a bit."

Xu Qingmin suppressed his anger, went up to the second floor, and punched the wall.

Chen Yan, he did it on purpose.

I wanted to call Song Yilin right away, but I held back.

His current mood is not suitable for him to talk to Song Yilin right now; he'll just take his anger out on her.

Song Yilin returned to the hotel and immediately dealt with company matters. After finishing, she saw that it was already 11 o'clock. Xu Qingmin usually went to bed at 11:30, so she had to quickly make a video call to him.

Xu Qingmin answered the phone as soon as I dialed, as if he had been waiting for her call.

"It's good that you're not asleep. I'm here today to attend a meeting of the Binzhou Circulation Association."

Then Song Yilin recounted everything that had happened that day.

However, she didn't mention that she had dinner with Chen Yan.

After listening, Xu Qingmin said leisurely, "How did you eat tonight?"

Song Yilin originally wanted to keep this a secret, but then she thought that since they were getting married, Xu Qingmin had the right to know.

"I ate with Chen Yan today. After the meeting, he came to my factory and we ate together. But I felt that he was crazy, so I left halfway through the meal."

Xu Qingmin's words were devoid of emotion.

He simply asked, "Why is he sick?"

"He took me to a Western restaurant, and there was a violin performance. I realized something was wrong, so I took a ride-hailing service and left."

"Oh, it's getting late, you should get some rest."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Qingmin's face was as if a storm had just passed.

Song Yilin looked completely open and honest. She had always been open and honest with Bai Ye, but in the end, she still married him.

He knew there was nothing between her and Chen Yan, but Song Yilin's lack of awareness of the danger still persisted.

Xu Qingmin took a deep breath.

Song Yilin won't do anything to betray him now, but there's no guarantee that Chen Yan won't harm her.

He saw through Chen Yan's ambition.

Chen Yan wanted more than just someone to manage his company; he also hoped that the person managing the company would be his other half.

Ultimately, deep down, he still couldn't fully trust Song Yilin.