With a click, the door closed.
The once spacious room suddenly felt much narrower, leaving her only able to look at him. The man's gaze was distinctly cold, but his thick, dark eyelashes, when lifted, revealed a deep, intense desire.
It was just like when he was looking down at her in his house early yesterday morning.
Meng Jiuyi felt her legs go weak for no reason under that gaze.
Tan Yuchen asked, "Miss Meng, what are you doing here?"
Meng Jiuyi also pretended to be serious.
Where is Mr. Tan?
A smile slowly appeared on the man's face. "Are you sure you want to talk from this distance?"
Meng Jiuyi snorted: "We're not even that close."
Tan Yuchen chuckled softly, and the next moment he was walking towards her.
The atmosphere in the room has changed.
Every time they met before, he seemed ready to pounce on her and devour her whole. She swallowed hard and took a step back. Behind her was a clothes rack, which she tilted and slammed against the door with a thud.
If he falls any further, he'll hit her.
Tan Yuchen reacted quickly and grabbed the object, then slowly began to speak.
"Why are you avoiding me so quickly? What kind of monster am I?"
Meng Jiuyi looked around and talked about other things.
"...Why did you come here?"
"Knowing you were coming, I waited here."
His casual remark was like a few pebbles scattered on the lake of her heart, Meng Jiuyi said, trying to cover it up.
"I'm just browsing casually, and I'm thinking of starting a small business along the way."
"What a coincidence! Mr. Meng's business acumen has been transferred to my mind, and I also have this interest."
Tan Yuchen said in a lazy tone, "And before I buy a new place, I like to search it thoroughly, inside and out, to see if there are any valuable antiques."
According to that man, he bought this early yesterday morning, probably before the police arrived. Meng Jiuyi was successfully led astray by him.
"Did you find anything... valuable?"
Tan Yuchen stopped talking about that, leaned back on the sofa, lowered his eyelids, and glanced at the dangling protective sleeve.
"I haven't been able to find anyone to help me adjust the length these past two days. I wonder if Mr. Meng would be willing to do me a favor?"
Meng Jiuyi: "..."
He should just say he needs help; why beat around the bush?
She approached him to adjust the straps on his shoulders, his warm breath brushing against her face. It felt like they were trapped in a shower room, the stuffiness making her feel compelled to say something.
Does your shoulder still hurt?
"pain."
He uttered a soft sound, and Meng Jiuyi couldn't help but look up. His gaze was fixed intently on her face.
Meng Jiuyi quickly looked away.
Tan Yuchen tucked a stray strand of her hair behind her ear. "We didn't find anything yesterday, but we did discover that he has a funding shortfall."
His words jumped around so much that before Meng Jiuyi could even react, the man had already handed her a stack of documents from the table.
Meng Jiuyi opened it and saw Yan Chen's bank statement. Weren't they just talking about something valuable? He subtly shifted the topic to Yan Chen, and Meng Jiuyi tacitly agreed.
Tan Yuchen said, "Based on the auto repair shop's profit sharing, his monthly expenses, and his bank card balance, there is a regular large sum of money that he spends."
"Then what?"
"Then."
Tan Yuchen said slowly, "He has been helping an old lady who has no children."
Meng Jiuyi flipped through the list, thinking there were more later, otherwise how could he have come to this conclusion?
Then he said...
“A colleague at the auto repair shop once saw him go to the tenement building to take an elderly woman to the hospital.”
Meng Jiuyi: "..."
Just state the conclusion directly. Why use bank statements and go through all this roundabout and preamble?
Ah Bin pushed open the door with a cup of tea in hand and saw that the two of them were doing well, even discussing documents in a rather formal manner.
He immediately felt relieved.
"We don't have much else to offer in this small town, please forgive us."
Judging from their appearance and demeanor alone, these two were no ordinary people. However, Tan Yuchen showed no interest in drinking and asked him.
Do you have any spare cars?
Yes, yes, yes! There's a Buick downstairs.
He led them downstairs, and after they got into the car, he asked, "Mr. Tan, where are you planning to go?"
Tan Yuchen tapped his finger lightly on the steering wheel, "Take the original shareholders to see the blueprint for future expansion."
Meng Jiuyi: "..."
As the car drove out of the repair shop, it kicked up a cloud of dust and stones. Meng Jiuyi asked him where his own car was.
"Something came up, and Jiang Zhou drove me away."
Kyushu is not only filled with towering buildings and bustling commercial districts, but also with tenement buildings where flyers are posted haphazardly and garbage is piled up in corners.
A ray of sunlight streamed down from the clothes-drying area, where an elderly woman sat on a recliner on the first floor.
The room inside was dark and damp, like a den for rats.
Tan Yuchen slightly raised his chin, indicating that it was her.
As Meng Jiuyi approached, the old lady could hear the noise from a great distance.
"Is it... Ah Chen?"
Her eyes were hazy and dull, as if covered by a layer of shadow, just like Zhang Ma's.
Meng Jiuyi said, "No, we are his friends. He went on a long trip recently and asked us to come and see you."
The old lady hurriedly tried to get up to find a stool, but because she couldn't see clearly and was trembling, Tan Yuchen helped her.
Meng Jiuyi asked from the side.
"Grandma, does Yan Chen come to visit you often?"
“He comes about once a week. I haven’t seen him for the past few days. My eyelids have been twitching, and I’m worried that something might have happened to him.”
"Is there no one else in your family?"
“I used to have a son, but he had an accident at the construction site, and I cried myself blind. Once, I fell and Ah Chen bumped into me, and he kindly took me to the hospital…”
While Meng Jiuyi was chatting with the old lady, Tan Yuchen put the nutritional supplements he had brought inside and took a quick look around the room.
Square and open to the outside, he tapped the door lightly with his finger. Meng Jiuyi looked up and met his gaze, instantly understanding his meaning.
We found nothing.
When they left, the old lady insisted on seeing them off. Hearing that they had brought a lot of fruit, she raised her dry, rough hands, washed them, and offered to share them with them.
Having been alone for many years, Meng Jiuyi could tell that she was very lonely. The old lady even wanted to ask when she would come again.
She is not a saint, but when she sees people in similar situations to Zhang Ma, she can't help but feel compassion.
But she dared not take responsibility for anyone anymore.
After getting on the bus, Tan Yuchen said casually.
"Don't worry, I just made a call, and a nursing home will come to pick her up."
How did he know what she was thinking? Meng Jiuyi looked at him in surprise.
Tan Yuchen didn't turn his head, and said nonchalantly.
"I've been holding back my love for you the whole way."
Meng Jiuyi: "..."
The show-off lasted only a few seconds before the car wouldn't start, no matter how many times it tried.
Meng Jiuyi asked, "Is there something wrong with the car?"
Tan Yuchen grunted and said indifferently, "You dare to let me drive this piece of junk? Giving you 300,000 would be too much."
Meng Jiuyi thought to himself, "Then you still dare to ask me for hundreds of millions?"
The old lady was right at the door and heard them repeatedly trying to start the engine but not leaving.
"Is the car broken? Ah Chen left another car with me. I'm blind and don't need it. You guys can drive it back first."
Tan Yuchen slowly raised his eyelids, and the two of them suddenly looked at each other, but after getting into the car, they still couldn't find anything.
When they returned via the same route, the road was empty and the world was quiet. On the winding highway, there was only her and him beside her.
Meng Jiuyi couldn't help but ask, "Why did you go to such lengths to find these?"
Tan Yuchen held the compass and looked ahead, speaking logically and clearly.
“That bastard almost stabbed me to death the night before last. This debt won’t be wiped clean just because he’s dead. We have to make everyone around him pay the price.”
Well, that fits his vindictive nature perfectly.
He turned to look at her, a slight smile playing on his lips. "That's the official answer. Actually, I knew you'd come."
Meng Jiuyi's heart suddenly raced.
Tan Yuchen glanced out the window, then suddenly turned the car around and stopped it on the side of the road.
"look up."
Meng Jiuyi looked up, puzzled.
Outside the window, a burst of rosy light suddenly bathed her face in a brilliant gold—the mountains stretched endlessly, the azure sky stretched to the horizon, and where this blue and green landscape met, there was a magnificent and stunning sunset.
There are too many skyscrapers in Kyushu; you'll never see such a complete sunset.
Meng Jiuyi was so beautiful that she forgot to breathe.
"So beautiful."
She even rolled down the car window and took out her phone to take a picture. The evening sunlight wasn't intense, and each strand of her hair shimmered with golden light.
She was taking pictures of the sunset, and Tan Yuchen was taking pictures of her.
A slight click came from the phone camera. Meng Jiuyi turned her head, and the screen showed her holding the phone, her eyes wide with a bewildered expression.
Meng Jiuyi said angrily, "Why are you taking pictures of me?"
Tan Yuchen put away his phone, smiled faintly, and didn't respond to the conversation.
"You can't see a good view from inside the car, how about we sit on the roof?"
Despite his injured hand, he managed to lift her up with just one hand. When he reached out to catch Meng Jiuyi, she was like a chick being lifted up. With just a little effort, Tan Yuchen easily pulled her up, and she could feel how strong his arm was.
However, her foot slipped, and her head suddenly bumped into his chest, where he firmly held her shoulder.
Just like last night when he gripped her waist tightly, her heart clenched, and she found a seat on the roof of the car.
The sunlight was warm, and the world was desolate.
Tan Yuchen sat beside her, gazing at the horizon, the sunset outlining his deep, dark silhouette.
"Once this is all over, do you have any plans for what to do?"
His question had indeed stumped Meng Jiuyi, and he spoke in a low voice.
"...I don't know, I don't think I really have any dreams."
She has spent every day in the past making money through crooked means and seeking revenge, and has almost forgotten how she used to say in a childish voice that she wanted to dance ballet when her teacher asked her about her dreams.
"The word 'dream' doesn't need to be grand. Living each day well is a dream. There's no rush. You have a lifetime to think about it."
Meng Jiuyi asked, "And what about you?"
Tan Yuchen raised an eyebrow slightly, "I used to want to be a mercenary, but I was put in solitary confinement before I even left Kyushu."
Meng Jiuyi gasped.
He's really outspoken; he's deliberately going against his father.
"And now?"
"Now."
Tan Yuchen looked down at her, his dark eyes reflecting the sunset, giving him a uniquely gentle look. "There's one right here. I've heard that sunsets are even more beautiful in the tropics. When does President Meng plan to take me there?"
Who invites someone like that?
Meng Jiuyi didn't want to answer, and pointed to a bird flying by on the horizon.
"What's that?"
Tan Yuchen: "An eyesore of a light bulb."
Meng Jiuyi: "......."
As the sun slowly sank below the horizon under their watchful eyes, the world fell silent, and even their restless hearts gradually calmed down.
Tan Yuchen suddenly said, "We're about to set off. Make a wish."
Meng Jiuyi: "Is there such a saying as making a wish while facing the sunset?"
"You can make a wish for anything the Creator gives you."
Meng Jiuyi felt that what he said made a lot of sense, so he suddenly fell silent for a moment, closed his eyes and made a wish in his heart.
When she opened her eyes, she was suddenly gently rubbed on the top of her head, accompanied by a man's casual voice.
“I heard him. He said to relax and that he would make it happen.”
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