"I can't stay away from her."
His voice was deep and clear, “You know in your heart who I flew to Country A for. You can’t get rid of me even if you want to. If you piss me off, even in Country A, I will find a way to keep you by my side.”
"If you want me to stay away from her, the only way is to fire her."
Song Nuan's face darkened. "Are you threatening me?"
"It's not a threat." He stood up, walked to Song Nuan, and tried to hug her, but she dodged away.
Li Jingchen raised an eyebrow slightly, his expression a mix of mockery and sarcasm. "See, you won't listen when I try to speak properly, so I have no choice but to do this."
Song Nuan's face flushed with anger, and she raised her hand to slap his arm. "You call this talking properly?"
"Isn't this a decent way to talk compared to the intimate things we used to do?"
"..."
quibble.
That's utter sophistry.
Knowing she couldn't win an argument with him, Song Nuan stopped wasting her breath. "If you want to stay, fine, but just pay me the rent and utilities."
"You're short of this little bit of money?"
"We don't need it, we just don't want you to take advantage of us. Are you satisfied with this answer?"
Li Jingchen chuckled, "What do you want to eat tonight?"
"casual."
In the evening, Li Jingchen cooked three dishes and a soup, all of which were Song Nuan's favorite foods.
Having recovered from her cold, Song Nuan's appetite had returned, and she ate quite a bit. She ignored Li Jingchen throughout the meal and didn't speak to him.
The dining table was eerily quiet.
Li Jingchen finished eating first, folded a tissue, elegantly wiped his lips with a corner tucked in, and asked her, "Isn't that female college student coming?"
Song Nuan hummed in agreement.
Silence returned.
After a moment, Song Nuan spoke calmly: "Li Jingchen, I have a question for you."
"explain."
"What do you plan to do with Ouyang Chengyi?" Song Nuan avoided his eyes, pretending not to care.
"How do you want to handle this?"
Song Nuan pursed her lips, somewhat dissatisfied. She asked him, "Didn't you want me to throw the question back at you?"
"Would you help her?" Song Nuan asked in a different phrasing.
"Help her?" Li Jingchen repeated these two words, pondering them carefully, somewhat unsure of Song Nuan's meaning.
Song Nuan said calmly, "I know you two are in the same boat and have a good relationship. I don't expect you to avenge me, but I hope you won't at least side with Ouyang Chengyi."
She lowered her eyes, so she couldn't see Li Jingchen's expression.
Not hearing his reply for a long time, Song Nuan felt a vague worry in her heart, and her mood was fluctuating.
"you……"
A cold, clear voice suddenly rang out, interrupting her.
I won't help her.
"Oh." Song Nuan wasn't surprised by this answer. She stirred her soup. "I should be able to trust you, right? Or do we need to have a written agreement or record it?"
Li Jingchen smiled faintly, took out his phone, tapped the screen a few times, then turned it so the screen was facing Song Nuan. "You made this, didn't you?"
Although it was a question, he stated it as a statement.
He showed her a blog post from a marketing account that contained negative information about Ouyang Chengyi.
It's not surprising that they were discovered.
"It's me." Song Nuan didn't think she could hide it from them anyway, so she said casually, "If I weren't afraid of your four great families, I would have stripped her clothes off in the freezing cold and thrown her into the pool to freeze for hours."
Li Jingchen put his phone away. "You want to do this?"
"I didn't do anything, did I?" Song Nuan looked at him with a faint smile. "I just exposed some of her dirty secrets to ruin her reputation."
She was waiting for Ouyang Zhoujing to contact her.
However, after the marketing account posted the message, Ouyang Zhoujing remained silent.
Li Jingchen saw it all; there's no way he wouldn't know.
As if seeing through her thoughts, Li Jingchen said, "You don't want me to get involved, but you should know that if I don't intervene, you won't be a threat to Zhou Jing in the slightest."
Song Nuan's smile faded slightly.
Why is it that Lu Ziyang's way of speaking has become so much more annoying since he became Li Jingchen?
"The conditions you proposed to Zhou Jing will not be agreed to, no matter how much you try, the result will be the same."
"So I got bullied for no reason?"
Song Nuan's face turned cold. "Li Jingchen, and your good friend An Sze, and even Ouyang Zhoujing are involved. Ouyang Chengyi is possessive of you and feels that I stole you, but besides you, who else do I have a relationship with?"
"You've reminded me that I shouldn't only seek compensation from Ouyang Zhoujing, but from all three of you."
Li Jingchen pressed his temples, feeling a headache coming on.
And indeed, it was just as she said.
At least... the whole thing started with Ansze.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Song Nuan felt even more disheartened. Actually, he probably hoped that she wouldn't pursue the matter against Ouyang Chengyi.
She irritably put down her spoon, got up and went back to the front of the room, coldly saying to him, "If Ouyang Zhoujing doesn't agree to compensation, I'll accept my bad luck, but Ouyang Chengyi shouldn't expect to have an easy time either."
"Warm and cozy..."
His response was the sound of a door closing.
After calming down for a moment, Song Nuan called Fang Yu, "Fang Yu, check Ouyang Chengyi's ex-boyfriend's media accounts, have a hacker hack them, and see if there's any information."
Fang Yu couldn't help but ask, "Sister Song, what grudge have you gotten into with the Ouyang family?"
"It can't be explained in a short time."
"Okay, I'll give it a try."
After hanging up the phone, just like that, speak of the devil and he appears.
Ouyang Zhoujing, who had been silent all along, suddenly called.
Song Nuan waited for him for more than ten seconds before slowly answering the call. Immediately, a man's voice, which sounded gentle but was actually cold, came from the other end: "I heard you're abroad. I hope I haven't bothered you?"
He's so considerate even though he came here to demand an explanation; it's really kind of him.
"No."
Her tone wasn't pleasant; even through the phone, you could tell she didn't really like Ouyang Zhoujing.
Ouyang Zhoujing said, "Retract the article, and I'll have Cheng Yi apologize to you."
It seems they've seen it.
"Apologize? You mean 'I'm sorry, I was wrong'?" Although it was old-fashioned, Song Nuan still had to say, "If apologies were enough, what would we need the police for?"
Ouyang Zhoujing seemed to smile slightly, but Song Nuan wasn't sure.
He said, "Of course, the compensation you deserve will not be less. Cheng Yi promised your sister something: the Ouyang Group will not sign a five-year cooperation agreement with you, and naturally your sister will not receive any compensation either."
Song Nuanxin felt a chill.
No wonder heirs are cultivated by large corporations and families.
Seeing that Song Nuan remained silent, Ouyang Zhoujing continued to express his sincerity, "A compensation of 1 billion is impossible, but we can compromise on 500 million."
Song Nuan suddenly felt a little out of place.
As Li Jingchen said, she might have some tricks up her sleeve, but ultimately she couldn't defeat the Ouyang family.
Her financial power was simply not on the same level as theirs.
"What are your requirements?" Song Nuan asked.
"Requests?" Ouyang Zhoujing couldn't help but laugh, savoring the word. "Aren't these all the requests you made to me? I'm just fulfilling them."
By any measure, she came out on top.
But Song Nuan wasn't stupid. "No need for money, just don't forget to keep your promises. Also, keep an eye on your sister."
"good."
After hanging up the phone, Song Nuan opened Li Jingchen's WeChat. After hesitating for a few moments, she deleted the text in the chat box.
Then I threw myself onto the soft, comfortable bed.
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