She didn't bother to say a word; her emotions were written all over her face.
Lin Xuan wasn't blind, nor was he stupid. He actually had no right to persuade Song Nuan to return to Liangcheng with him. Given the current situation, Song Nuan had more to say, but what could he do when Li Jingchen was his superior?
He sighed again, his mood not much better than Song Nuan's.
“Ms. Song, I understand you, but I can’t disobey President Li. Please don’t make things difficult for me.”
Lin Xuan had spent a considerable amount of time with Song Nuan and roughly knew what kind of person she was. He figured that if she played the victim, Song Nuan might soften and go back with him.
Just as he expected.
One thing at a time, Song Nuan didn't want to involve unrelated people.
As she hesitated, Ouyang Zhoujing said, "Lin Xuan, why don't you go downstairs and wait for a while? I'll try to persuade her."
Lin Xuan: "?"
He watched with a frown as Ouyang Zhoujing pulled Song Nuan behind him, and then, at the last second before the door closed, gave him a mysterious, triumphant smile.
It's no wonder Li Jingchen was angry; Ouyang Zhoujing's behavior was too provocative, even he couldn't stand it.
Turning around, he went down to the public recreation area. It was early and there weren't many people yet. After hesitating for a moment, Lin Xuan decided to tell Li Jingchen.
"President Li."
The call was connected, but no sound came from the other end of the phone.
Lin Xuan continued, "Miss Song is unwilling to return to Liangcheng. With President Ouyang protecting her here, I am alone and have no way to forcibly take her away."
Ouyang Zhoujing's bodyguard was standing at the door of the VIP room. He was a special assistant, and although he had some skills, he was only a novice in the face of professional expertise.
It's difficult to take down even one, let alone so many.
Lin Xuan was prepared to be scolded, but to his surprise, Li Jingchen simply asked calmly, "Where is Zhong Qingya?"
"she……"
He wanted to say he didn't know, but when he looked up, a cold face appeared in front of him.
Speak of the devil and he appears.
Lin Xuan said, "She's right next to me."
"Give her the phone."
He replied with a "okay," looked at Zhong Qingya, handed her the phone, and said, "Miss Zhong, it's President Li on the phone."
Zhong Qingya smiled. Li Jingchen had called her many times last night, but she hadn't answered any of them. She knew what he wanted to ask, but she just wouldn't give him a chance to speak.
She even deliberately posted on her WeChat Moments and other social media feeds.
She wanted to make Li Jingchen feel anxious and tormented, to make him remember this moment when he needed her help.
"Instead of going to see your little girlfriend, you keep calling me day and night to harass me, and now you've even sent your assistant over. Li Jingchen, you've fallen for someone else pretty quickly."
"What utter nonsense is he spouting? He's so narcissistic," Lin Xuan silently complained.
Ignoring him, Li Jingchen asked coldly, "Did you drug Ouyang Zhoujing?"
After calming down yesterday, Li Jingchen vaguely felt that something was wrong. He was angry, but he couldn't guarantee anything else. However, he knew Ouyang Zhoujing very well, and Ouyang Zhoujing had no reason to lie to him with such a lame excuse.
The cruise ship caters to upper-class domestic and international travelers who may not know Ouyang Zhoujing but have heard of the Ouyang family.
Who would be so bold as to drug Ouyang Zhoujing?
After much thought, Li Jingchen could only come up with one possibility—Zhong Qingya.
He didn't check the surveillance footage, nor did he need to. Zhong Qingya was the same kind of person as them; she wouldn't do such a despicable thing herself.
"If I say no, would you believe me?"
Zhong Qingya tossed her hair, exuding charm. The moment she looked up and met Lin Xuan's gaze, she suddenly realized that the person opposite her was not Li Jingchen. Her expression changed, and the allure in her eyes vanished.
"..."
Lin Xuan wanted to close her eyes, but the phone was in her hand, and she was afraid that she would see something she shouldn't have.
Li Jingchen: "It's only a matter of time before I find out what happened on the cruise ship. Zhong Qingya, I'm giving you a chance to tell the truth."
"Asking questions with pre-existing answers is so boring."
"It really was you."
"Yes, I did it. I not only drugged Ouyang Zhoujing, but also Song Nuan. Ouyang Zhoujing likes Song Nuan, so I helped him out. A man and a woman alone together, with the drug's effect, they must have had a great time last night."
She chuckled, and Li Jingchen gritted his teeth, having for the first time considered hitting a woman.
The mineral water bottle in his hand was crushed beyond recognition.
"She won't."
Li Jingchen didn't know who he was saying this to, whether it was to refute Zhong Qingya, or to comfort himself.
Zhong Qingya smiled and said, "You're far too confident. Do you need me to help you remember how you and Song Nuan got together?"
"They're all one-night stands. If you can go from being a bed partner to a legitimate relationship, then Ouyang Zhoujing can too."
Lin Xuan felt that he was drooling more than usual today; he had swallowed more than ten times in the time it took to say just a few words.
He truly wished he were deaf.
Li Jingchen chuckled coldly, his aura dropping to freezing point, his expression one of tyrannical cruelty. "Feeling good now? Zhong Qingya, your Zhong family will pay the price for your actions."
Threaten her?
Zhong Qingya is least afraid of threats. In all her life, no one has ever dared to say the words "pay the price" to her.
She let out a disdainful laugh almost instinctively, "Li Jingchen, who do you think you are? The Li family may be a powerful clan, but if you want to bring down the Zhong family, I'll give you four words—"
"wishful thinking!"
He scoffed, "Remember what you just said."
There will be plenty of opportunities in the future to make her cry and beg him to let her go.
Zhong Qingya wouldn't remember him. Who did he think he was, that she would remember every word he said?
She couldn't understand whether Li Jingchen was out of his mind. She had already said so much and done so much, yet Li Jingchen was still thinking about dealing with her instead of breaking up with Song Nuan.
Zhong Qingya didn't show it on her face, but she was actually feeling very frustrated and almost bursting with anger.
What's so good about Song Nuan?
She glared at Lin Xuan, then smiled even more brightly, "To tell you the truth, I only had someone drug Ouyang Zhoujing yesterday. As for how he got back to his room, I have no idea."
"He probably walked back by himself."
Her smile held a hidden dagger, and she asked knowingly, "But he already gave the room to Song Nuan, so why did he go back? Did he drink too much and forget about it?"
Li Jingchen's forehead veins bulged, and his hands were clenched into fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white.
He didn't want to hear a single word; there wasn't a single word he wanted to hear. But his hands felt frozen; he wanted to hang up, but he couldn't move an inch.
He wanted to know more.
Zhong Qingya curled her lips smugly. With Li Jingchen's temper, he should have hung up the phone long ago. How could he listen to her so patiently without getting angry at all?
Actually, he probably didn't have much confidence in his woman and his brothers either.
“Last night you asked me to take Song Nuan away. I won’t refuse your request, but as you know, I hate her. If she comes with me willingly, I’ll let her stay for one night.”
"But she didn't. She chose to stay and share a room with Ouyang Zhoujing."
"Your girlfriend is really devoted."
Zhong Qingya almost laughed at herself, "I just wonder if she feels the same way about you?"
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