Chapter 20: Pitiful, Ridiculous, and Sad
Lin Huaiyan listened to the changed voice on the other end of the phone.
My heart sank to the bottom in an instant.
Sheng Yuan was obviously unaware of Mingzhu's disappearance.
Sheng Yuan has been suffering from insomnia recently.
He hadn't had a good night's sleep for several days, and he just managed to fall asleep with great difficulty.
But he was woken up by Lin Huaiyan's call.
He has always been very grumpy when he wakes up.
Impatience reached its peak.
But when his somewhat confused brain finally extracted the key information from Lin Huaiyan's words.
Sheng Yuan immediately woke up.
"What did you say? Mingzhu is missing?"
"Useless trash."
Lin Huaiyan spat out this sentence coldly, and had no patience to continue talking to Sheng Yuan.
"Explain yourself clearly! What happened?!"
Sheng Yuan's roar almost broke his eardrums.
Lin Huaiyan was too lazy to argue with him anymore and just hung up the phone.
The most important thing now is to find someone to open the door of the Ming family as soon as possible.
Sheng Yuan stared at the suddenly interrupted call, his chest heaving violently.
After suppressing his anger, he subconsciously called Mingzhu.
All I could hear was still the cold, mechanical busy tone.
Sheng Yuan threw the phone hard onto the bed.
Now, just hearing the busy tones made his temples swell.
He didn't understand why he was so out of control.
I don't understand and I can't comprehend it.
It was obvious that he wanted a divorce.
But now I am still emotionally affected by Mingzhu's every move.
"Mr. Sheng."
After receiving Sheng Yuan's instructions, Xiao Cheng hurried over and handed over Mingzhu's itinerary records for the past two days.
After taking a quick look, Sheng Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.
Mingzhu has been staying in the Ming family since she returned to China.
Never left at all.
But the uneasiness in my heart became stronger.
He decided to go to Shanghai in person.
The phone rang again, and it was Lin Huaiyan calling.
Sheng Yuan originally wanted to leave it alone.
But he hesitated for a moment and finally picked up the phone.
"Sheng Yuan! Where is Mingzhu!!!"
Lin Huaiyan's furious roar came from the other end of the phone.
He has already brought people to open the door of the Ming family.
I searched everywhere, but still couldn't find Mingzhu.
Sheng Yuan sneered and became sarcastic.
"I should be the one asking you this. Aren't you supposed to be together more often these days?"
"If anything happens to Mingzhu,"
There was a chill in Lin Huaiyan's voice, and he ignored Sheng Yuan's crazy talk.
"I'll make you roll back to where you came from."
"Just you?" Sheng Yuan raised his lips in disdain, not taking Lin Huaiyan seriously. "You're not qualified."
"I don't have time to talk nonsense with you!"
Lin Huaiyan finally realized that as long as he said anything about Mingzhu.
Sheng Yuan seemed to have lost his mind and was completely unreasonable.
"I didn't find Mingzhu at the Ming family! Did you take her away?"
Sheng Yuan's heart tightened.
But according to the travel records, Mingzhu should still be at home.
A thought suddenly flashed through my mind.
Could this be a drama directed and acted by Mingzhu herself?
It's very much like what Mingzhu would do.
I don't want to get divorced but I can't bring myself to do it.
Just to let him go to Shanghai to pick her up in person.
"It's quite realistic."
This thought eased Sheng Yuan's depressed mood that had lasted for several days.
His tone became much better, and he didn't take Lin Huaiyan's bad attitude to heart.
"Tell Mingzhu that there's no need to worry about it. I'm on my way and can reach Shanghai in four hours."
"Fuck!" Lin Huaiyan, who was always gentle and polite, couldn't help but curse, "Sheng Yuan, are you fucking sick?"
The phone was hung up harshly.
Lin Huaiyan arranged the personnel with a grim face.
"Everyone, go find her immediately! Even if we have to turn the entire Shanghai market upside down, we must find the pearl!"
What does it mean when a single and extremely beautiful woman suddenly disappears?
Lin Huaiyan didn't dare to think too much.
But he can only calm down when he sees someone.
The complacency in Sheng Yuan's tone made him feel more and more depressed.
It was almost midnight when Sheng Yuan arrived at Ming's house.
When pushing open the door of the Ming family's main building.
The dazzling light from the crystal chandelier made him squint slightly.
The living room was filled with a strong smell of cigarette smoke, and even the air was a little foggy.
Lin Huaiyan sat alone on the expensive leather sofa, the cigarette between his fingers had burned to the end.
The ashtray was filled with cigarette butts.
Sheng Yuan looked around but didn't see Mingzhu.
"Mr. Lin is quite elegant, visiting someone else's house in the middle of the night." Sheng Yuan took off his suit jacket and threw it on the sofa, his voice casual, "Why, are you waiting for me to see you off personally?"
Lin Huaiyan crushed the cigarette butt and raised his bloodshot eyes.
His men searched the entire Shanghai city but still couldn't find any trace of Mingzhu.
Sheng Yuan's nonchalant attitude at this moment.
These words completely ignited his anger, which was already on the verge of exploding.
Sheng Yuan met Lin Huaiyan's gaze without giving in.
A suffocating low pressure filled the air.
A man like Lin Huaiyan, who has a calm and somewhat lukewarm personality, is not worthy of being taken seriously by him.
"Where's Mingzhu?" Sheng Yuan walked towards the sofa, his leather shoes making a dull sound on the carpet. "If she doesn't want a divorce, she can just say so. It's not impossible to discuss it. There's no need for her to disappear."
Lin Huaiyan remained silent, but his eyes were fixed on Sheng Yuan's every move.
Just when Sheng Yuan was about to sit on the sofa.
Lin Huaiyan suddenly stood up and kicked Sheng Yuan hard in the waist.
Sheng Yuan was kicked onto the sofa unexpectedly, knocking over the tea set on the coffee table.
A burning pain came from the side of my waist.
Although the injury was not serious, the humiliation made him lose face.
Especially because of Lin Huaiyan.
Xiao Cheng, who was standing aside, quickly approached Lin Huaiyan and tried to control him.
"Xiao Cheng."
Sheng Yuan's calm tone made Xiao Cheng stop.
Sheng Yuan was seen slowly unbuttoning the cuffs of his shirt.
Every time he was this calm, it meant someone was about to get into trouble.
"Lin Huaiyan, I've already given you a lot of face."
Sheng Yuan slowly stood up, darkness gathering in his eyes.
The next moment, the two tall men were fighting with each other.
They have all received professional combat training.
But Sheng Yuan is fifteen years younger than Lin Huaiyan after all.
At the beginning, the two were evenly matched, but soon Lin Huaiyan was knocked to the ground.
"You fucking..." Sheng Yuan pressed his knee against Lin Huaiyan's chest, his tiger's mouth against his throat, "How many years have you been thinking about my wife? Huh?"
The fist came down with a sound of wind, and blood immediately appeared at the corner of Lin Huaiyan's mouth.
"Mingzhu is really blind." Lin Huaiyan turned his head and spat out blood foam, then suddenly laughed.
"Of all the people who pursued her back then, you were the best at pretending."
Sheng Yuan grabbed his tie, veins bulging on the back of his hand. "How dare you say that to me? You're nothing but an old dog wagging its tail and begging for mercy!"
His nails scratched bloody marks on Lin Huaiyan's face. "Has she ever looked at you straight in the eye in all these years?"
Sheng Yuan leaned close to his ear and said viciously, "She is mine."
Lin Huaiyan suddenly uttered a hoarse sneer, with deep pity in his eyes: "Sheng Yuan, if you are really so sure that she is yours, then why are you still trying to prove it like a pathetic clown?"
Lin Huaiyan tilted his head and coughed up a mouthful of blood foam, then spoke again, "Don't you think it's ridiculous to use those childish tricks to prove your ownership?"
Sheng Yuan's pupils contracted sharply and his knuckles trembled from the force.
"Mingzhu met you..." Lin Huaiyan panted, each word carrying the smell of blood, "It is really...her greatest misfortune..."
Lin Huaiyan pulled the corner of his mouth with difficulty, "If... I could do it again..."
"Shut up!" Sheng Yuan shouted, his fist falling heavily, his voice hoarse.
"No one in this world deserves her more than me! No one can love her more than I do! No one! Not even you! She will only be mine in this life, the next, and every life to come!"
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