Something happened?

That would be even better; isn't the point of something going wrong?

Ouyang Zhoujing didn't go back; he sat in the bar for a while, dealing with WeChat messages.

Hundreds of messages, apart from a few warnings from Li Jingchen, were from An Sze, who was spamming the screen with emojis and question marks like a madman.

It was all useless information, and Ouyang Zhoujing didn't even bother to read it carefully before exiting the dialog box.

Li Jingchen's message was much more concise.

Where is Song Nuan?

'You took her to see Du Kangtao?'

"Ouyang Zhoujing, Song Nuan is not someone you can covet. Keep your thoughts to yourself. My patience has its limits. If you dare touch a hair on her head, don't blame me for disregarding our brotherhood."

The few words were filled with the smell of gunpowder.

Ouyang Zhoujing called directly, and Li Jingchen answered immediately.

He turned on speakerphone, and Li Jingchen's voice was as cold as frost, "Let Song Nuan answer the phone."

Ouyang Zhoujing asked, "Didn't you say you wouldn't let me see her?"

Li Jingchen scoffed, "Don't play word games with me. Let her answer the phone. I've already sent someone to pick her up. She has to leave tonight."

Did you ask her if she wanted to leave?

"Who gives you the right to comment?"

Ouyang Zhoujing admitted that his current behavior was petty, but given the scarcity of resources, pretending to be a gentleman wouldn't get him what he wanted, and he didn't want to lose the opportunity.

"She met Du Kangtao today and doesn't want to leave for the time being. There are no VIP rooms available on the cruise ship, so I let her stay in my room. I'll go back to Liangcheng tomorrow."

That's what happened tonight.

After explaining, Ouyang Zhoujing had no expectations for Li Jingchen's answer; that man would never bow his head, let alone admit his mistakes.

"What you said was really awful, especially in front of me. You didn't consider her at all. Sometimes I even doubt whether you really love her."

“Ah Jing, if you continue like this, you will lose her.”

Even without me.

"..."

Li Jingchen hated being lectured, and yet he inexplicably became the one being lectured, his displeasure written all over his face.

What right does Ouyang Zhoujing have to criticize him from Song Nuan's perspective?

What is he anyway?

Putting down his phone, Lin Xuan knocked on the door and said from outside, "President Li, I've contacted the person in charge of the cruise ship. He said he knocked on the VIP room, but no one answered."

"They pried the door open before it was even opened."

He finished speaking coldly, then suddenly remembered Ouyang Zhoujing's words—

'If you keep going like this, you'll lose her, even without me.'

"Wait a minute." He pressed his thin lips into a stiff line and said, "Let's talk about it tomorrow."

Hearing the sound, Lin Xuan silently put away his phone, somewhat relieved that Li Jingchen hadn't gone so far as to wake Song Nuan up in the middle of the night and have her escorted back to Liangcheng overnight.

Just as he was about to leave, the man in the office said again, "Lin Xuan, come in."

Lin Xuan pushed open the door and walked in. "President Li, do you have any other instructions?"

Li Jingchen didn't speak. He sat with his hands crossed, his eyes dark and swollen from staying up all night in meetings to revise plans. But it didn't affect his handsomeness; it just made him look a little gloomy.

After a long silence, Li Jingchen's lips moved slightly, "What do you think of Ouyang Zhoujing?"

What a nonsensical question.

Lin Xuan silently complained, but didn't forget to reply, "President Ouyang is very good."

The man sneered silently upon hearing this and leaned back.

Lin Xuan pursed his lips, belatedly realizing that the issue was not so simple. While thinking, he cautiously asked, "Is it related to Miss Song?"

"..."

Judging from his expression, Lin Xuan knew he had guessed correctly.

He pursed his lips, not really wanting to get involved in the topic. After all, when it came to matters related to Song Nuan, Li Jingchen always acted out of character and became even more volatile.

"You and Miss Song have overcome so many difficulties together, Mr. Li, you must have confidence in yourself."

Regardless of the consequences, start by saying the nice things.

Lin Xuan glanced at the time discreetly. He had a meeting and was waiting for the other party to call and urge him to attend.

Li Jingchen pursed his lips, "Zhou Jing has a better personality, that's a well-known fact."

Lin Xuan: "..."

After a long pause, he said apologetically, "I've never been in a relationship, so I can't answer your question."

"If you were a woman, who would you prefer?"

"Of course it's you." Lin Xuan answered without batting an eye, his eyes unusually firm.

Li Jingchen scoffed.

"To be honest, I won't kill you."

Lin Xuan sighed helplessly. Wasn't this just forcing him to say that Ouyang Zhoujing was better? Although he also felt that Ouyang Zhoujing was gentler and more suitable for talking about love with women.

"I would choose President Ouyang."

The moment the words were spoken, the air became eerily quiet, and this strange atmosphere lasted for several tens of seconds.

Lin Xuan didn't even dare to breathe too loudly.

Li Jingchen uttered two words in a gloomy tone, "Get lost."

...

In the middle of the night, Song Nuan felt strange, experiencing alternating chills and fever, which completely dispelled her sleepiness.

She opened her eyes, paused in the darkness for a moment, and got up to check if the window was closed properly. Suddenly, she tripped over something, and before she could see what it was, it started moving on its own.

Song Nuan screamed in fright.

The thing seemed startled too, and suddenly grabbed her ankle. Song Nuan's hair stood on end instantly. She kicked her legs desperately, and after kicking the thing away, she ran away without looking back.

After locking the door from the inside, she called room service, "Someone has entered my room, please call security immediately!"

"Security will be there soon. Please do not hang up and keep the call connected."

"good."

Song Nuan leaned against the wall, terrified out of her wits. Her heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was about to jump out of her throat.

Faint sounds could be heard coming from the room.

Song Nuan was terrified and dared not approach. She stared intently at the door and noticed that the doorknob was turning. It seemed that the person inside was trying to open the door, but when they couldn't, they started banging on it.

Although the knocking was very soft, Song Nuan was still startled.

The knocking on the door grew louder and louder.

"How long until the security guards arrive!" Song Nuan almost screamed, her scalp tingling and her hands trembling.

"We'll be there soon, don't be afraid."

She wasn't angry at first, but upon hearing this, she couldn't help but yell back, "Are you kidding me? Someone's in my room this late at night, and you're telling me not to be scared? Do you want to hear what you're saying?!"

The waiter who answered the phone realized he had said the wrong thing and kept apologizing, while also reassuring her not to be nervous.

Song Nuan wasn't one to hold a grudge, and seeing that the other party was being nice, she stopped making things difficult for them and gradually calmed down.

Just as she had finally calmed down, she heard someone call her name again, "Song Nuan..."

The sound wasn't very loud; it seemed to come from a distance and was rather indistinct.

Song Nuan couldn't even tell if it was the voice of the person locked in the room or a hallucination caused by her own overly tense nerves.

"It's me, Song Nuan."

That sound...

Song Nuan frowned, thinking hard, and vaguely had an answer, but she couldn't believe it at all. "You know me? Who are you?"

With a bang, something happened inside.

Song Nuan hesitated before leaning closer to listen. The person was leaning against the door, breathing heavily, as if they were very tired.