However, he felt he could no longer hide.
He resolutely got up, washed his face a moment later, shaved off his beard, and then changed his clothes.
He waited quietly inside, and as dusk fell, a burly man walked in.
"Mr. Chen, what can I do for you?" The man was slightly hunched over, and one sleeve was empty, clearly indicating that he had lost an arm.
"Zhou Li, do me a favor." Chen Zhengyi stubbed out his cigarette and stood up.
"Mr. Chen, please give your instructions." Zhou Li slowly raised his head, his eyes cloudy, as if he had no expectations for this world.
"Help me tie someone up," Chen Zhengyi said, taking out a photo and handing it to Zhou Li.
"Xia Hanyue, the chairman of Yuansheng Group?" Zhou Li glanced at the photo and instantly recognized the person in it.
"Yes, it's her." Chen Zhengyi nodded. "Are you sure?"
"Hehe, although I'm crippled, my abilities are still there." Zhou Li smiled, his cloudy eyes suddenly contracted, and his pupils turned yellow.
His pupils instantly became vertical slits, like the eyes of a cold-blooded animal, making him look terrifying.
“You might die.” Chen Zhengyi stared at him and said, “But I have no one else I can trust. You are the only one I can trust.”
“Death?” Zhou Li muttered to himself, “From the moment I was born, I was treated like a monster.”
“I was abandoned by my biological parents and was picked up and raised by a homeless man. My life was worse than death.”
"If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have been taken away by special agencies and dissected for research long ago, right? I've already gained so many years of life, so what if I die? This world is too bitter, I won't come back in the next life."
Chen Zhengyi was silent for a moment, feeling conflicted, but considering his situation and unfulfilled wish, he gritted his teeth and said, "Go, I'll wait for you in the suburbs."
"Don't worry, I'll definitely complete the mission." Zhou Li grinned. "And I guarantee Xia Hanyue will be delivered to you unharmed."
Chen Zhengyi nodded, and Zhou Li turned and disappeared into the darkness.
Looking in the direction where Zhou Li disappeared, Chen Zhengyi was slightly lost in thought. He murmured to himself, "Xia Hanyue, you are the only person I care about besides Bai Yingyun."
“Unlike her, I got her, while you are like an untamed wild horse.”
"I don't know how much longer I have to live, but I've really had enough of this kind of life. Don't blame me, this is the only thing I want to do before I die."
Night fell, and the lights at Yuansheng Group went out.
Xia Hanyue had originally handed over the Yuansheng Group to her assistant, but there were still some important decisions that she needed to make.
After signing the last document, it was already 11 p.m.
Li Tianqi pushed open the door and came in, carrying a bowl of soup.
"What are you doing here?" Xia Hanyue glanced at him and closed the file in her hand.
"I was passing by your company and saw that your lights were still on, so I figured you must still be here and came to check on you." Li Tianqi put down the soup he was holding: "Cordyceps and black chicken soup, have some."
Xia Hanyue didn't stand on ceremony, took the soup, opened it, and drank it: "It wasn't poisoned, was it?"
"Poisoning?" Li Tianqi was stunned for a moment, then said with a wry smile, "Don't be ridiculous."
"You're so boring, you can't even crack a joke." Xia Hanyue rolled her eyes at him.
"Han Yue," Li Tianqi looked at her, "can we... give it a try?"
"Try what?" Xia Hanyue said leisurely, "You know my heart has belonged to someone else for twenty years."
“But he’s gone.” Li Tianqi looked directly into her eyes: “So many years have passed, don’t you want to start a new relationship?”
"I don't feel anything." Xia Hanyue thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "I think it's fine this way."
"Besides, it's impossible for us to be together. He's my brother-in-law, so I'm destined to keep him hidden in my heart for the rest of my life."
"Why are you doing this to yourself?" Li Tianqi sighed, then composed himself and said, "But I will not give up. I will wait for you for the rest of my life."
"Li Tianqi, the kind of person I despise the most is someone like you." Xia Hanyue sneered, "Is it worth wasting your prime years for a woman?"
“I’m willing, and aren’t you the same?” Li Tianqi said.
"I'm willing too, and besides, it's none of your business." Xia Hanyue frowned, somewhat displeased.
Li Tianqi remained silent for a while, simply watching her finish the bowl of soup.
"I've finished my soup, thank you. I should go back now." Xia Hanyue smiled faintly, stood up, placed her hands on the table, looked at him and said, "Maybe one day I'll figure it out, and then we can give it a try."
“Then I’ll wait for you. Tell me when you’ve figured it out.” Li Tianqi nodded.
"It might take a long time. Are you really going to wait?" Xia Hanyue asked again to confirm.
“If we have to wait, it will take forever,” Li Tianqi said earnestly.
"Pfft." Xia Hanyue couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Just how charming am I that I can make the richest man in Yanjing wait for me until the end of time?"
She walked up to Li Tianqi and straightened his collar: "It won't be long. Once Ye Xingchen returns from the Western Region, I'll know whether he's alive or dead, and that will be enough."
"What does it matter if I live? What does it matter if I die?" Li Tianqi asked.
"Sir, I wish my husband and I could be reunited with you." Xia Hanyue said quietly, "I wish him happiness in his next life, and that he will never be born into a family like the Ye family."
"Whether he is alive or dead, it's been twenty years, and I should let go of my obsession with him."
Xia Hanyue placed her hands on Li Tianqi's shoulders and murmured, "I was fifteen years old that year, an age when I should have been living up to my youth, but because of him, there was someone else in my heart from then on. I know he doesn't belong to me."
"So now that I've confirmed his whereabouts, it's time for me to find my own happiness."
Li Tianqi reached out and hugged Xia Hanyue tightly.
Xia Hanyue buried her head deeply in Li Tianqi's arms, and the two embraced in silence.
"I'll wait for you." Li Tianqi uttered three words, and hearing Xia Hanyue's words, he truly felt a sense of relief.
When he first met Xia Hanyue, he knew she was the one he wanted to spend his life with.
However, he himself did not expect that this wait would last for fifteen years, and now, he finally saw a glimmer of hope.
Suddenly, the office door rang urgently.
"Liang Qing, is something the matter?" Li Tianqi asked, somewhat displeased.
Liang Qing was his bodyguard. When he came in, he asked Liang Qing to have people guard the door. Wouldn't knocking on the door now interrupt his good time?
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