Chapter 32: Domineering Secretary Bai Yueguang 11 Sorry
After Ji Hanlin politely entertained the last few organizers, he pulled himself out of the crowd and walked out of the venue. When the cold wind blew on his face, he felt a little tired.
He took out his cell phone and wanted to check the time, but the moment the screen lit up, he noticed the unread text message reminder at the top.
The sender is Wen Qianning.
I thought it was a greeting from her after she woke up, but when I actually clicked it, there was only a short sentence on the screen:
[Ji Hanlin, let's break up.]
He was stunned for a few seconds, as if he didn't understand the meaning of this sentence.
Break up? The man's eyes darkened. He stared at the words three times, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
Ji Hanlin thought he had read it wrong, and reconfirmed the sender, and it was indeed Wen Qianning.
They had clearly been in love last night, so how could they break up overnight? He subconsciously wanted to call Wen Qianning to ask, but a cold tone came from the receiver: "The person you are dialing is busy. Please try again later."
Time and again, it was the same voice. Ji Hanlin's heart sank a little bit. He opened WeChat and finally realized that he had been blocked.
The chat box's message history was still stuck at last night. The emoticons she sent were still cute, but now they seemed to be mocking him.
Along the way, the driver saw that he looked unhappy and didn't dare to ask any more questions. He stepped on the accelerator to the bottom and the street scene outside the car window quickly receded.
Ji Hanlin held the phone tightly, his mind full of Wen Qianning's appearance last night: she hugged his neck, the girl's eyes were sparkling, and the dependence in her tone did not seem fake.
But that breakup text message and the fact that he was blocked, both told him mercilessly that everything was fake.
He couldn't help but frown as if remembering something. After last night...she did say something very confusing, something about being bored and breaking up, but he thought she was just joking.
Could it be...she was serious? Was she really, fed up with herself?
Ji Hanlin's eyes darkened.
As soon as the car stopped downstairs of the apartment building, he opened the door with the spare key. Some things in the living room had been taken away, but many things remained unchanged. It was obvious that the person living here left in a hurry.
At this time, his cell phone rang. It was an email from the Human Resources Department with the title "Wen Qianning's Resignation Application."
Ji Hanlin opened the email and looked at the few short lines of text before he finally understood...
She was not acting on impulse, but had planned this for a long time. She didn't even give me a chance to react and just broke up with me and resigned without any explanation.
If Wen Qianning didn't like him back then, why did she agree to be with him? If she really liked him, why would she break up with him without any reason?
Something must have happened that I didn't know about.
The sky gradually darkened, and Ji Hanlin stood alone in the deserted apartment. His phone was still lit, displaying the same cold breakup text. The warmth of last night was still fresh in his mind, but now all that remained was silence and an indescribable dull ache in his chest.
"Heh." The man chuckled, his smile hidden in his eyes, and kicked the doll into the corner. The dull thud of the plush ball hitting the wall reminded him of how she always said she was afraid of pain. Every time he applied even a little force, the girl would cry out in pain.
"Find her." He pulled out his phone and instructed his special assistant, his tone as cold as ice. "Dig three feet into the ground to find her."
She wouldn't be so naive as to think... that just breaking up unilaterally and then blocking him would be the end of it, right?
The special assistant was very efficient and called back the next day after the order was issued.
"Boss Ji, we've found the person."
Hearing this, Ji Hanlin's eyes tightened instantly: "Where is she?"
"Miss Wen took a flight to country x and has arrived."
Ji Hanlin's eyes became even colder, and even his breathing became heavier.
She moved faster than he expected. After saying goodbye, she boarded the outbound flight neatly. The whole process was flawless, as if she was executing a well-thought-out escape plan.
His throat moved, and he finally said in a deep voice: "Send me her new contact information."
In less than a minute, Wen Qianning's new number was sent.
Ji Hanlin dialed the number without hesitation.
The phone rang twice and then was connected.
"……Hello?"
The moment the girl's voice rang out, his heartbeat slowed down uncontrollably.
At this time, Wen Qianning was abroad, curled up on the sofa in the hotel.
Initially, she saw that it was an unfamiliar number and hesitated to answer it immediately, but because she had recently changed her number, very few people knew this number.
Her eyebrows twitched slightly, but she finally picked up the phone.
But there was silence on the other end of the phone, and the other party didn't say anything.
It was so quiet as if... someone was watching her silently in the darkness.
An indescribable chill suddenly rose from his back, crawling up his spine little by little. Wen Qianning's breathing slowed down a beat, and he suddenly had a strong sense of foreboding.
She instantly realized something, and her heart suddenly tightened. Could it be Ji Hanlin...
Once this thought came to mind, it entangled her consciousness like a vine.
The other party remained silent, but it was this long silence that made Wen Qianning almost certain that the person on the other end of the phone was the one she was most afraid to face.
Wen Qianning never expected that he would contact her so soon.
"Ningning, where are you?" The man finally spoke. His tone was light, but there was a sense of oppression as if a storm was about to come.
Wen Qianning suddenly froze, feeling flustered.
"I, we've broken up..." She hesitated, her heart beating irregularly, and said with some fear, "I won't tell you."
She couldn't even speak for a moment, her face turned pale and her mind went blank for a moment.
"You're so willing to give up. You run away so cleanly."
Ji Hanlin chuckled softly, a laugh that sent chills down one's spine.
"Wen Qianning, what did I do wrong that you suddenly broke up with me and disappeared without even giving me an explanation?"
Wen Qianning didn't know how to explain it. He opened his mouth but couldn't say a word.
She bit her lips tightly, her eyes reddened, as if she had finally made up her mind.
"I'm sorry." Wen Qianning murmured softly, and the next second, he abruptly hung up the phone.
Then, she hurriedly pulled the SIM card out of her phone, broke the thin card into two pieces, and threw it into the trash can without hesitation.
Please... the male protagonist must not come to me again.
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Two months passed.
After completely throwing away the phone card, she seemed to have never had any intersection with those people related to the plot of the novel again, not only Gu Yanran, the people of Shengshi, but even... Ji Hanlin. Since he called her last time and she hung up, he never contacted her again.
Perhaps, he was mature enough to understand that relationships can't be forced, and he had already accepted the fact of their breakup. Or perhaps, he had the self-esteem and pride that belonged to the male protagonist, and he disdained to beg for mercy to keep someone who left at any time.
This finally made Wen Qianning's anxious heart relax, and she no longer had to worry about the plot deviating again and making the mission impossible to complete.
And according to the original plot, the heroine should have appeared after she resigned. Maybe the two of them are in a hot relationship now, and the hero has completely forgotten about Bai Yueguang.
Wen Qianning let out a long sigh. If that was the case, she should be able to... go back and see how the male and female protagonists were progressing, right?
Thinking of this, Wen Qianning quickly booked a return ticket.
At first, she was worried that Lin Haozhe and Gu Yanran would come looking for her after she returned. But the facts proved that... now that she had been back for several days, no one had come looking for her at all.
Well, now that he realized that he was being overly self-conscious, Wen Qianning didn't want to hide at home anymore and planned to go shopping at the mall and have a nice meal tonight.
She put on a red dress, revealing her sexy collarbone, and her long hair fell naturally on her shoulders. She pursed her lips in front of the mirror. Her lipstick was a bright rose red, which was completely different from her usual light makeup.
The girl in the mirror had a slender yet well-proportioned figure. Wen Qianning smiled with satisfaction and headed towards the most prosperous business district in a good mood.
The restaurant she chose was on the top floor of the mall, and she found a corner seat by the window and sat down.
Just as the appetizers were served, there was a slight commotion at the restaurant entrance. Wen Qianning glanced up nonchalantly, nearly dropping her fork.
Ji Hanlin? !
The man who couldn't be more familiar was standing next to the revolving door of the restaurant. Next to him was a young girl who looked like a secretary. She was holding a leather notebook and listening carefully to what Ji Hanlin said.
Wen Qianning was startled. This was… the heroine from the original novel, right? It seemed her name was Jian Yi.
The girl who looked like a secretary had neatly trimmed shoulder-length hair, thin-framed glasses perched on her straight nose, and two shallow dimples when she smiled, which completely matched the description of the heroine in the original novel as beautiful, smart and capable.
"Wow, that's the president of Ji Corporation, right? So handsome." Wen Qianning heard people at the next table talking in low voices, "I heard they just signed a cooperation agreement with this restaurant."
Wen Qianning suddenly lowered his head, grabbed the menu on the table and covered his face with it, his heart pounding.
How could it be such a coincidence? She had just gone out today and she bumped into the male lead.
She could sense the group walking along the restaurant's route into the restaurant. Ji Hanlin's voice drifted over intermittently, low but clear: "...I want to see the rectification report next week."
"Okay, Mr. Ji." Jian Yi's voice rang out, as clear as a wind chime. "I've asked the legal department to add a supplementary clause to the contract regarding the division of responsibilities for food safety."
"Yeah." The man's tone was emotionless. "Go check out the tables by the window. The ones with good views are reserved for VIP customers."
The footsteps were getting closer, and Wen Qianning's back tensed. She pretended to concentrate on cutting the food on her plate, trying to minimize her presence, so as not to let Ji Hanlin recognize her. Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing... What was this? He and his new secretary were so sweet, so why did she, the white moonlight who had cheated on the male protagonist, jump out and humiliate herself?
"Boss Ji, the view here is really nice." The two of them seemed to stop diagonally in front of them. "It's the table in the corner..."
Wen Qianning's breath caught in an instant, and cold sweat broke out on the hand holding the knife and fork. She felt extremely guilty. Ji Hanlin had most likely seen her. She could even... imagine what his expression was like at that moment.
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