Chapter 40 - Where are the others?
Chapter 40 - Where are the others?
Duan Yunhong slept until about ten o'clock in the morning.
He had cleared today in advance, so he could be so unrestrained at night. When "doing business", he also asked Ning Fei whether he needed to get up early the next day. Ning Fei's answer was still to stop talking nonsense and just do it. Duan Yunhong thought that Ning Fei was at least free in the morning, so he played much more wildly than before.
However, when he woke up, Ning Fei, who Duan Yunhong expected to be more tired than himself, was not in bed.
"Ning Fei...?"
Duan Yunhong shouted, but no one answered. He got up and walked up and down the stairs, looking for someone. However, whether it was the infinity pool, square bathtub, water bed that Ning Fei was interested in, or the study, entertainment room, and gym that he was not interested in, there was no one else in sight. Duan Yunhong stood in the lobby on the first floor. It was quiet all around, with no sound of other people moving around.
——Leave first?
Duan Yunhong ruffled his hair. He didn't expect that the noise of Ning Fei getting up didn't wake him up at all. Now when he opened his eyes, the person was gone, and Duan Yunhong's important plan was completely disrupted.
——If I had known last night, I would have said what I needed to say and asked what I needed to ask. Tsk, I was so seduced by that impatient guy...
Duan Yunhong went back upstairs feeling annoyed, found his cell phone, and prepared to send a message to Ning Fei first. First ask him why he left without saying a word, and then ask if he has time to meet again tonight. He made such a fuss last night, I don’t know if he will have to stay in the nanny car to rest today…
Duan Yunhong sat on the sofa, swiping his phone while thinking. Originally he was in a very relaxed state, but after a few seconds, he gradually frowned, and his back, which was originally leaning on, straightened up.
——Where are the people?
The interface sorted by the latest information had slid very far down, and some names that Duan Yunhong was not familiar with appeared, but he had not seen Ning Fei's ID yet. Duan Yunhong suspected that he had missed something, so he scrolled back to the top and began to stare at each contact name intently. But Ning Fei, who should theoretically be at the front, still did not appear in Duan Yunhong's sight.
Duan Yunhong narrowed his eyes, finally clicked on the search bar, and directly searched Ning Fei's name.
The familiar avatar did not pop up.
There is only a long list of associations, and clicking on it will lead directly to web search.
Duan Yunhong's brain seemed to be stuck for two seconds because of this situation, and then he suddenly thought of a possibility: "...deleted me?!"
When this thought popped up, Duan Yunhong's first reaction was, it's impossible.
He was fine at night and was still so clingy, how could he be completely hostile to me when he woke up? Even if I have done something to displease him and he wants to get angry, I should at least tell him the reason clearly!
Besides, Ning Fei's personality is such that if someone provokes him, he will definitely take revenge and then stay away from them. It is impossible for him to back down without saying a word.
Duan Yunhong denied his own guess, exited the chat software, and directly looked for Ning Fei's phone number. Ning Fei has two phone numbers, and Duan Yunhong has saved both of them. But when he entered Ning Fei's name in the contact search box, he still found nothing.
“Even this was deleted…?”
Duan Yunhong frowned. But he himself knew very well that this was almost impossible. Ning Fei wanted to delete the number in Duan Yunhong's phone, so she had to secretly take Duan Yunhong's finger in the middle of the night, unlock his phone, and then perform some operations. Duan Yunhong might wake up at any time during this period. It is not like Ning Fei's style to take such a big risk to do such a simple thing.
Suddenly, a guess popped up in the depths of Duan Yunhong's mind.
A long-forgotten conjecture that Duan Yunhong has almost forgotten, with a very low probability but a non-zero possibility.
Duan Yunhong stood there holding his phone, his eyes fixed on the void, his face expressionless. After a while, his vision finally refocused.
He called his assistant.
"Hello, it's me." After the call was connected, Duan Yunhong ordered directly, "Give me Ning Fei's contact information."
The assistant on the other side asked in a puzzled tone: "Who is Ning Fei?"
Duan Yunhong's heart sank.
The assistant had met Ning Fei many times with him, so theoretically it was impossible for him not to know who Ning Fei was.
Well, in theory.
Even though he had expected this, Duan Yunhong still couldn't help but add, "Ning Fei is Su Cenxi's agent."
"Su Cenxi's agent?" The assistant was silent for a few seconds, as if he was trying to confirm something, and then continued, "His agent seems to be Jia Silin, who was poached from another company by Mr. Gu. Is Ning Fei his new agent?"
"...Anyway, go and ask." Duan Yunhong's voice was low and cold. He didn't give a clear answer, but just ordered: "Also, check Su Cenxi's movements today and where he is. I want to talk to him."
The assistant sensed a storm was about to come, and asked cautiously, "Uh, is there a general content of the conversation? We can discuss it when we make the appointment..."
"No, just find out where he is and tell me the time and address." Duan Yunhong gave the order expressionlessly and quickly hung up the phone.
He didn't want to care what his assistant would think of him, nor did he care whether his investigation into Su Cenxi would cause unrest. He just wanted to know the answer.
An answer he had already guessed but still needed to verify.
***
Su Cenxi still has a full schedule of work today.
Others - including Gu Hechen - thought it was normal. After all, Su Cenxi was a well-known "workaholic" in the circle recently. But only Su Cenxi himself felt it was amazing. His goal had clearly been achieved and Ning Fei had clearly left, so why did he still obediently come and finish all the classes?
Are you really used to being scolded by Ning Fei?
However, although Su Cenxi came, she would be distracted from time to time during work. He would subconsciously look in a certain direction outside the venue, but all he saw was Jaslin and other assistants. Jaslin asked him what was wrong, but he couldn't say anything else, so he just shook his head and looked away.
Just when the work was almost finished, Duan Yunhong suddenly appeared outside the venue.
There was no ST person doing this job, so his appearance was quite abrupt. Especially when he arrived, his eyes swept coldly over everyone in Chenxi Studio, and finally fixed on Su Cenxi, which made it difficult for everyone not to notice him.
Su Cenxi was even more uncomfortable being stared at by him. For no reason, Su Cenxi had a bad feeling. He always felt that the director of ST had bad intentions.
This panic caused Su Cenxi to make a small mistake at the end of his work, but fortunately he covered it up himself.
When the work was finished and Su Cenxi left the stage, Duan Yunhong really strode towards him. Seeing Duan Yunhong's gloomy face, Jia Silin and other assistants next to him subconsciously went to greet him first: "Mr. Duan, what's the matter?"
"It has nothing to do with you." Duan Yunhong walked around Jia Silin and approached Su Cenxi directly, "Where are the others?"
He didn't say the name, but Su Cenxi inexplicably had a thought: He was asking about Ning Fei!
But how is this possible? Everyone has forgotten Ning Fei's existence, so Duan Yunhong shouldn't remember him either!
So Su Cenxi tried to calm down, faced the other party's powerful aura, and replied: "Who?"
"You know who I'm talking about." Duan Yunhong stared at Su Cenxi fiercely. Regardless of what the other party answered, Duan Yunhong could infer the answer from the subtle changes in his face: "He helped you. Even if others don't remember, you definitely still remember, right?"
Su Cenxi's eyes widened uncontrollably.
——Why didn’t he forget? !
——How could he know my situation!
To be honest, if Duan Yunhong had asked about Ning Fei's whereabouts, Su Cenxi would have hesitated for a while whether to tell him. But now that his true identity was involved, Su Cenxi could not respond to him no matter what he said.
"...Mr. Duan, I don't know what you are talking about." Su Cenxi clenched his fingers nervously, but after all, he was also a supermodel who had experienced big scenes, so he could still keep a blank expression on his face. "Sorry, I have work to do. Excuse me."
After saying that, Su Cenxi also walked around Duan Yunhong and wanted to leave quickly.
Duan Yunhong didn't stop him, but sneered when he passed by: "Everything you do is imitating him."
Su Cenxi's body seemed to freeze for a moment, but it also seemed not to. In short, he left the scene without looking back.
The other staff members were left standing there, looking at Duan Yunhong, who had come uninvited, in shock and confusion. For a moment, no one knew how to treat him.
Duan Yunhong doesn't need these insignificant people to pay attention to him.
He turned around and strode out. The scenery outside the corridor window passed by, and scenes related to Ning Fei surged through his mind. For example, Ning Fei was unwilling to accept his recruitment and insisted on taking only Su Cenxi with him; for another example, in order to obtain favorable conditions for Su Cenxi, Ning Fei used all kinds of tricks to please Duan Yunhong; for another example, Ning Fei said that he must take Su Cenxi into the TOP 10 in order to win a bet.
"Ha, 'bet'...isn't it just to make those time travelers pay back their debts?"
Duan Yunhong sneered, he had figured it all out. He shouldn't have figured it out so late. Ning Fei hadn't hidden anything at all. He hadn't met such a person for too long and had become lax, so he completely ignored such obvious clues.
——So, all that flattery, intimacy, and tenderness... are all fake. He just uses whatever means to achieve his goal.
——The so-called "physical fit" is also a skill that is acquired after experiencing many worlds and many people, right? Those words of compliment in bed were just halfhearted lines spoken to please the occasion.
Duan Yunhong quickly returned to his car. As soon as he got into the driver's seat, he realized that he had unconsciously brought the tie that Ning Fei gave him yesterday with him and placed it on the passenger seat.
"Ha, you said you picked it for me, but you just bought it randomly, right?" Duan Yunhong picked it up along with the gift box and took a look at it, then threw it into the back seat, "Anyway, the money in this world is useless to you..."
At this moment, Duan Yunhong also realized that Ning Fei probably guessed what he wanted to say last night.
That's why Ning Fei kept interrupting him and prevented him from saying it out loud.
Because he didn't want to listen or agree at all. He knew that Duan Yunhong most likely wanted to take the relationship to the next level, but he was already prepared to leave. Last night was just his last chance to have fun, a party before leaving. He will no longer waste time in this world because of Duan Yunhong.
"The debt collector... Ning Fei." Duan Yunhong's fingers gripping the steering wheel gradually exerted force.
"Just wait for me."
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