Li Jingchen looked at her with a calm gaze, his brows twitching slightly. "Where's Song Nuan?"
Two unusual blushes appeared on Su Yin's cheeks. Her hands were delicately tucked between her legs, revealing a glimpse of her cleavage. She stammered timidly, "Who...who are you? What do you want with her?"
A hint of annoyance flashed in the man's eyes.
He had seen this fawning and obsequious look on too many women's faces and knew exactly what it meant. He coldly withdrew his gaze, walked right past her, and didn't answer her question.
Su Yin quickly caught up, "Why are you looking for her? What's your relationship with her?"
Li Jingchen frowned as his path was blocked.
Since Song Nuan disappeared, he hasn't had a good night's sleep. His eyes are bloodshot, and when his gaze is cold, his whole demeanor is gloomy and frightening. One look from him makes Su Yin feel afraid.
"Get out of the way."
She shrank back. "Why are you glaring at me? You forced your way into my house. I'm not letting you in until you explain yourself."
Li Jingchen let out a soft breath, raised his eyes and stared at the several tightly closed doors on the second floor. His voice was deep and heavy, "Song Nuan, I know you're upstairs. If you come back with me now, I can pretend nothing happened."
Second floor room.
Song Nuan leaned against the door, listening to the sounds coming from downstairs. Her heart pounded wildly. At first, when she heard a man's voice, she thought she was hallucinating, until Li Jingchen shouted that...
At that moment, the phone on the table started vibrating wildly.
Song Nuan walked over and saw that it was Fang Yu's call. She swiped to answer and immediately heard Fang Yu's anxious voice in her ear, "Lin Xuan came to my office this afternoon and secretly installed a listening device."
"Li Jingchen might be..."
"He's already here." Song Nuan interrupted her in a low voice, a chill running down her spine. Li Jingchen had actually sent Lin Xuan to Song's company to install a listening device.
Fang Yu sighed, "I couldn't reach you just now, so I asked Yi Ran to go find you, but it seems I was too late."
"Let her go back."
"So what do you plan to do?"
Song Nuan pursed her lips, pondered for a moment, and said in a low voice, "I will handle this matter. Tell Yi Ran not to come, and also don't let Lin Xuan or any other people from the Li family into the company."
"Remember to do things the way I told you about the project. Su Yin is impatient for quick success and instant benefits. She thinks she has Song Zhiren backing her up, so she acts recklessly and doesn't consider the consequences. She wants to ruin the project. Make sure to bring her to the dinner."
Fang Yu found it strange, even somewhat uneasy, that she had to explain so many things at once.
Before she could ask any more questions, Song Nuan hung up the phone.
The next second, Fang Yu received a text message from Song Nuan. She sent two strings of numbers, and the message was—
"If you need anything, contact the first number, which is Ouyang Zhoujing. If he can't solve it, call the second number, this time to her."
Fang Yu was bewildered, and her unease grew stronger. Unable to put her mind at ease, she dialed the number back, but Song Nuan had already turned off her phone, and the call couldn't get through.
She sighed softly and then called Xu Yiran, "No need to go to the Song family anymore, come back."
...
Su Yin stood firmly in front of the stairs, gripping the handrails on both sides with both hands. Although her movements were resolute, there was a hint of coquettishness in her eyes.
"I'll say it again, move aside." Li Jingchen's patience was almost exhausted.
He couldn't wait to see Song Nuan, immediately, right now. He wanted to know why she had left without saying goodbye and disappeared for so long!
"No way!"
Li Jingchen's eyes turned cold, and he gripped Su Yin's hand tightly. When the man's icy fingertips touched her skin, Su Yin felt as if she had been electrocuted, and waves of tingling sensations spread throughout her body.
Before I could even savor the fleeting pleasure, I was suddenly replaced by an intense pain.
Su Yin winced in pain, "It hurts—"
Li Jingchen used even more force, and did not hold back because of her shouts. He forcefully pulled her hand off the armrest and flung it away, so hard that Su Yin lost her footing and fell to the ground.
Bang!
Two voices rang out simultaneously.
One sound was Su Yin falling and hitting the ground, and the other was Song Nuan opening the door and the door slamming against the wall.
The man's foot, which was stepping onto the stairs, paused, frozen in mid-air. He looked up at her, his eyes red-rimmed, filled with a complex mix of emotions.
Song Nuan stood on the second floor, looking down at him with her eyes lowered.
They remained silent.
After a moment, she deliberately looked away and focused her gaze on Su Yin, who had fallen but in a graceful posture, and asked in a light tone, "Are you alright?"
Seeing this, Su Yin's eyes filled with tears, and she began to wail in grievance, "Of course something happened! This is your friend, right? He's so fierce, he doesn't know how to be gentle with women at all, he barged in for no reason and even pushed me down."
She touched her wrist, which Li Jingchen had gripped, and her face contorted in pain as she held it out. "Look," she said, "my wrist is all red from being gripped."
Song Nuan's lips parted slightly. "Apologize."
It's obvious who this is being addressed to.
Li Jingchen laughed incredulously, "You want me to apologize to her?"
"It's a fact that you injured her, so isn't it only right that you apologize? Do I need to teach you something so simple, Mr. Li?"
Li Jingchen's gaze turned extremely deep.
After not seeing him for a few days, Song Nuan started calling him President Li.
Su Yin's focus was the same as his. She rolled her eyes and finally recognized the man in front of her.
Li Jingchen is the head of the Li family, the most powerful of the four major families.
I never expected him to be so young; his looks and charisma are in no way inferior to any male celebrity.
Su Yin interjected, "Don't think that just because you're President Li you can avoid apologizing. Sister Song Nuan is right, you have to apologize for hurting me, otherwise this matter isn't over today."
Song Nuan raised an eyebrow. What did she say? Sister Song Nuan?
Li Jingchen's face was full of disdain. "When did you get another sister? Is Song Zhiren so prolific? He sent one Song Ningxue away, and another one comes along."
"She belongs to Song Zhiren..."
When the conversation was about to turn to her, Su Yin quickly interrupted Song Nuan, "Don't worry about that!"
Li Jingchen glared at her coldly.
Su Yin felt a chill run down her spine, as if many invisible pressures were pressing down on her.
"Su Yin, you can go out first. I have some private matters to discuss with President Li."
She opened her mouth reluctantly, wanting to say something, but when she met Li Jingchen's gaze, she swallowed her words, obediently said "oh," put on her coat, and left.
Without Su Yin's obstruction, the distance between them was only a flight of stairs. As long as Li Jingchen came up or she came down, the two could talk face to face.
But no one moved; they maintained that distance and posture.
He spoke first, "Come back with me."
Song Nuan's tone was neither warm nor cold, revealing no emotion, "I thought I had made myself clear enough."
"What?"
"I want to break up with you. You promised me that, Li Jingchen. Don't tell me you're going back on your word. If that's the case, then there's no chance for us in this lifetime, even without Zhong Qingya."
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