Shen Lin kissed her forehead. "Okay, I'm going to answer a call."
Ye Xinning hummed in agreement.
Shen Lin got up to answer the phone, while Ye Xinning continued with her work.
Standing by the floor-to-ceiling window, Shen Lin looked at the unfamiliar number on his phone, hesitated for a moment, and then answered.
"Hello."
He answered the phone and spoke in a low voice.
But as time passed, no one spoke on the other end of the phone.
Shen Lin glanced at the phone again, said nothing more, and hung up.
Ye Xinning saw that Shen Lin hung up the phone so quickly, and asked, "Whose call was that?"
"I don't know, no one's saying anything, maybe it was a wrong number."
Shen Lin sat back down in his previous seat. Ye Xinning didn't think much of it and continued working on his tasks.
...
In the following days, Ye Xinning was still driven to and from the law firm by Aunt Wen every day. Shen Lin was busy with work again in the past few days, and the two of them could only see each other in the evening.
That day, while Ye Xinning was working in her office, she received that text message again.
It was the same phone number, but this time the message was much shorter than before, just one sentence.
—Your happy life has come to an end.
Ye Xinning stared blankly at the sentence in the text message, holding her phone.
Xiao Chen was sitting across from her discussing a case when he noticed her holding her phone and remaining silent. He asked, "What's wrong? Is there something you need to take care of?"
Ye Xinning snapped out of her reverie and said calmly, "It's nothing. Where were you? Keep going."
Xiao Chen noticed her distracted state. "Forget it, you should deal with what you're doing first. You won't listen to me now anyway."
Ye Xinning pursed her lips and stood up with Xiao Chen, "I'm sorry."
"There's nothing to be embarrassed about, I'll be going now."
After Xiao Chen left, Ye Xinning held her phone, her thoughts somewhat scattered.
Looking at the phone number on her phone, she realized for the first time how impatient she was.
She tried calling the other party, but as always, the phone was switched off.
Ye Xinning gripped her phone tightly in anger.
Meanwhile, in the president's office of the Shen Group.
Shen Lin received a phone call; it was from the same unfamiliar number from that day.
He answered the phone without saying a word, waiting for the person on the other end to speak first.
This time, the person on the other end of the phone did not remain silent as before. A woman's voice came from the phone, and Shen Lin's emotions changed.
"Brother Chenlin, it's been so long since we last contacted each other. I wonder if you still remember me."
Shen Lin gripped the phone tightly; he knew exactly who was on the other end.
I haven't been able to contact Jiang An.
After a long silence from Shen Lin's side, Jiang An's laughter came through the phone again, "What, Brother Shen Lin, don't you remember? I'm Jiang An. Brother Shen Lin personally kicked me out of Nancheng. You can't have forgotten so quickly, can you?"
Shen Lin's gaze turned cold, and his voice seemed to contain boundless icy chill.
"You went to great lengths to hide your itinerary, only to call me at this time. Tell me, what are you trying to do?"
"Brother Shenlin is still as clever and witty as ever. I don't want to do anything, but I haven't seen Brother Shenlin for a long time and I miss him. Brother Shenlin, please come to Beicheng."
North City?
Therefore, after Jiang An left the South City, he did not go abroad, but instead stayed in the North City.
Shen Lin's gaze was icy. "I told you, we should never see each other again in this lifetime. Who gave you the audacity to show up again?"
"Who gave me the courage? Hehe, of course it's because I deeply love Brother Shenlin and can't live without him, so I couldn't help but contact him again. Besides, I've prepared a big surprise for Brother Shenlin. Are you sure you don't want to come to Beicheng to personally receive this surprise from me?"
“I said I would never see you again, and I will. Jiang An, put away your filthy thoughts.”
After saying this, Shen Lin prepared to hang up the phone.
Jiang An's voice rang out again, "Brother Shen Lin doesn't want to see me? Well then, I'll call your Mrs. Shen right now. Anyway, I've been texting her all this time, and she's called me back. But if I call Mrs. Shen back, I don't know what I might say."
Jiang An's words made Shen Lin's eyes darken instantly, his face turning cold as he sneered, "I had no idea you were doing so many things in secret."
"Brother Shenlin's attention is not on me at all, so naturally he wouldn't know about these things. But that doesn't matter. I can tell you anything Brother Shenlin wants to know. So, would Brother Shenlin be willing to come to Beicheng to see me?"
Holding the phone, Jiang An expected a storm to rage against her, but instead, the man laughed, "Jiang An, you'd better have some incredible leverage, or I'll make you pay the price."
After Shen Lin finished speaking, he hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Shen Lin called Wen Zhu in. "President Shen, is there anything I need to arrange?"
Shen Lin rubbed his temples. "Arrange a flight to Beicheng tonight."
Wenzhu was surprised, "According to the schedule, I don't have any business trips to Beicheng recently."
"Jiang An has appeared." Shen Lin's gaze fell into the distance, and his cold voice rang out.
Wen Zhu was taken aback for a moment, then quickly replied, "Okay, Mr. Shen, I'll go book the tickets right away." Wen Zhu took a few steps outside, then turned back.
"If Madam asks about the work in the northern city, what should I say?"
"Just say it was a last-minute arrangement."
"Yes, Mr. Shen."
After booking the plane tickets, Wenzhu drove to Ming Mansion to pick up Shen Lin's suitcase.
They happened to run into Ye Xinning, who was returning from the law firm. "Madam."
When Ye Xinning saw Wenzhu return alone, she asked, "What's wrong? Shen Lin didn't come back, so you came alone?"
“Madam, there’s been a problem with the work in Beicheng. Mr. Shen and I need to go there immediately. I’ll come back to help Mr. Shen with his luggage.”
"Is there a problem at work?"
"Hmm." Wen Zhu had experienced many big events, so she was able to handle Ye Xinning's questioning with ease.
"Then I'll have someone go upstairs to clean it up. Assistant Wen, please wait a moment."
"Yes. Thank you for your trouble, Madam."
Ye Xinning had just finished talking to Wen Zhu when she received a call from Shen Lin.
On the phone, Shen Lin gave her many instructions, undoubtedly telling her to take good care of herself, not to overwork herself, and to wait for him to come back.
Ye Xinning agreed to everything, and the two chatted about other things until the maid finished packing Shen Lin's luggage and came downstairs, at which point Ye Xinning hung up the phone.
Wenzhu took her luggage and left. Ye Xinning stood at the door and watched her leave. Thinking that Shen Lin's business trip would last for several days, she felt inexplicably down.
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