Yi Yunrui’s voice is soft. Xia Ning is warm inside. She wipes her tears, “Hum, I know. Don’t worry. I am fine.”
In an instant, Xia Ning knows that she can live through.
Because he is here for her.
“You are not in good health. Go to bed earlier. About your job at the TIME ERA TV Station, do you want me to arrange it for you?”
“No need. I am young. I can handle it.” Listening to his voice, Xia Ning feels much better, “I get to the company. Do you have any other things to tell me?”
The other side is silent for a while, “No, there isn’t.”
“Well. So it is. Bye.” Xia Ning hangs up the phone and releases a deep breath.
It will be OK. She will be OK. She will certainly get the exclusive interview with Li Dezheng done.
There must be something she missed.
Thinking of this, Xia Ning takes out Li Dezheng’s information and looks it over again and then her eyes lighten.
There she finds the breakthrough.
Inside the Yi Garden
“Auntie Zheng, this is the top grade blood-nest. My father brought it back from his business trip. He specially told me to bring some to you.” Yin Jingyao puts the blood-nest in front of Zhao Yao and sits beside her intimately, “Auntie, is your arm still aching? May I massage you?”
Zheng Yao smiles and shakes her head. She holds her hands and pats them, saying to Zheng Ran who is sitting beside her, “Jingyao is a good girl. She often comes to see me. She really cares about me.”
“Jingyao is from a famous family. But she is not a bit stuck-up. That is rare.” Zheng Ran nods and agrees. She looks at the pretty girl and likes her better.
“Well, Jingyao is really good. Yuntian and his brothers are always busy outside for the business and leave me alone at home. It is Jingyao who comes to make me happy. I was thinking at that time, it would be so great if Jingyao is my daughter-in-law.” Talking about this, Jingyao looks pained, “Ah, I am not well blessed enough. It seemed that they are going to get married, while suddenly that woman jumped out. Ah…”
Yin Jingyao feels hurt but she does not change a bit, “Auntie Zheng, Brother Yunrui got married for his reasons. I cannot but blame that he and I were not given the fate like that. Anyway, even Yunrui has got married, I still can often come here. In my heart, Auntie is my second mother.”
“You are so good a girl.” Zheng Yao holds Yin Jingyao’s hands, showing love on her face, “It will be great if I have a daughter like you. At least, I won’t get bored…”
Zheng Yao has not finished her words, while Zheng Ran’s phone rings. Having a look at the number, Zheng Ran winks to her sister, and says in a low voice, “It is from Yunrui.”
Zheng Yao frowns. She is puzzled why should Yunrui ring up her sister.
“Hello, Yunrui. Yes. This is me, your auntie. Aren’t you busy in the army headquarter? What makes you call me?”
“Auntie, I would like to know Xia Ning’s position in the TIME ERA TV Station.”
Zheng Ran pauses for a while and smiles with some reluctance, “She, is an assistant to the chief editor. She was promoted. Ah…”
“Chief Editor?” Yi Yunrui pauses, “Which Chief Editor?”
“Well…” Zheng Ran is a little awkward, “Yunrui, here is the thing. Because Xia Ning is a senior employee in the company, while your cousin Tingting is just back to handle the company’s business, so temporarily, Xia Ning works as the assistant to Tingting to give her a hand.”
“You said Xia Ning is the assistant to Tingting?”
Aware of Yi Yunrui’s questioning, Zheng Ran pauses and wants to explain. At the time, Xiao Tingting comes in from the door and shouts at her phone, “Xia Ning, so you cannot finish the exclusive interview and make use of me? You ask me to serve Li Dezheng? You are insane!”
Hearing her shouting, all the three women in the hall immediately turn pale.
Zheng Ran constantly winks to Xiao Tingting. Xiao Tingting angrily shakes her hand, “Xia Ning, let me remind you. You’d better remember who you are! No matter how you do it, you have to get this exclusive interview done. Or, you quit.”
She finishes and hangs up the phone fiercely. Then, she drops the phone and sits on the sofa. She has hardly get calm before she finds there are three pairs of eyes staring at her.
“What?” Xiao Tingting is surprised, “Yes, I was scolding that woman, you don’t know…Hmmm!”
Not waiting for Xiao Tingting to finish her speech, Zheng Ran quickly covers her mouth and then says to the phone, “Yunrui, Auntie needs to handle something. May we hang up for now?
“Mom, what are you doing? Why cover my mouth?” Xiao Tingting removes Zheng Ran’s hand and asks in anger.
“Girl, I winked at you. Didn’t you see?”
“I saw. But I was in anger. Do you know what Xia Ning did? How dare she ask me to have dinner with Li Dezheng?”
“What?” Zheng Ran’s raises her voice by eight degrees, “How dare that woman! She thought she got the leopard gut!”
“That is it. Who she thinks she is? How dare she do this to me? I am mad…” Xiao Tingting takes a sip of tea, still in anger, and asks, “Mom, what did you want to say just now?”
“Oh.” Being angry with Xia Ning, Zheng Ran forgets that she wanted to tell Xia Tingting, “I just received a call from your Cousin Yi.”
Xiao Tingting widens her eyes, “Cousin Yi called you? What did he say?”
Honestly, she likes Cousin Yi the most. She likes the handsome look of him when he is in army uniform.
Zheng Ran curls her lips, “He asked about that woman. And he happened to hear your shouting.”
“Huh?” Xiao Tingting is frozen. Though she hates Xia Ning, Xia Ning is Cousin Yi’s wife. Hearing what she said would not give him a good feeling.”
“It is terrible. Mom, you should have reminded me earlier.” Xiao Tingting looks miserable and is regretful about the shouting.
Zheng Ran also shakes her head, “Xia Ning may not be right, but she is Yunrui’s wife. We are relatives. We need to take Yunrui into consideration…”
“Xia Ning should be punished if she does the wrong thing!” Zheng Yao says. She guesses about what Xiao Tingting just said and bursts into angry, “She looked gentle and I thought she was a good girl. The report in the newspaper is past too. But how dare she play the trick on Tingting! The woman…let me call her.”
Saying this, Zheng Yao takes up the phone to dial the number. Zheng Ran immediately stops her, “Sister, it is past. It is OK. Don’t be mad at it, not worthy. It is bad for your health.”
“Tingting is her cousin. She is too snooty to do so. No, I have to talk to her…”
“Sister!” Zheng Ran presses the phone to stop her again, “They are young and everyone is impetuous. It is normal to argue about matters from work. You might call her. But if she blames someone for this, Tingting may be the one.”
It reminds Zheng Yao, who stops and puts down the phone, “That’s right. I miss this. Then what can we do? She is too arrogant!”“Anyway, that woman is your daughter-in-law. Yunrui just married her. Let’s wait and see.” Zheng Ran pats her sister’s shoulder, “We have to believe Yunrui has the judgement.”Zheng Yao goes silent and signs at last. She shakes her head, “She is the one Yunrui chose. We cannot but wait.”Yin Jingyao darkens her face and feels full of complaints in her heart.Xia Ning, let us wait and see. Yi Yunrui’s wife will be me, only.On the road, people and cars come and go, with endless noises. “Hum, drive into No. 2, Kanghe Alley. Yes, it is.” According to the information, Xia Ning comes to a remote alley. There is some distance from here to downtown. People of B City know that this is the slum in B City.Xia Ning gets off, among the criss-cross alleys. She look
Early morning of the next day, Xia Ning goes back to TIME. Firstly, she puts a schedule on Xiao Tingting’s desk. Then, she takes the document and goes directly to Li’s Multinational Group.Seeing Xia Ning waiting early there, Li Dezheng’s secretary is shocked with surprise. Xia Ning says hi to her and asks her to inform President Li. She says nothing more. Xia Ning waits there, doing nothing for so long a time that the secretary feels embarrassed. She goes to inform Li Dezheng. It is lucky that Li Dezheng is back to the office today earlier than usual. Xia Ning has only waited for about an hour before she sees Li Dezheng get to the office.Seeing her, Li Dezheng directly tells her to enter the office.“So, have you made the decision?” This is the first question after Xia Ning enters the office.Xia Ning smiles and sits down. She is calm, “President Li, would you please give me half an hour for the interv
Xiao Tingting is in a fury. Xia Ning smiles slightly, “Chief Editor Xiao, you told me to find the way to do the exclusive interview. Now it is done. Why are you still unsatisfied?”“You.” Xia Tingting does not expect Xia Ning’s talking back. She bites her teeth, “I am asking what the hell you have done to enrage President Li?”“Nothing, I just told him to be a dutiful son.”“!” Xia Ning is puzzled about Xia Ning’s words. She did not read Li Dezheng’s material and cannot understand what it means, “No matter what, President Li is angry and you are going to get rid of it.”Xia Ning’s face darkens, “Chief Editor, I have finished the exclusive interview. President is angry because he just wants to say he is angry. I have done nothing to him.”“I don’t care!” Xiao Tingting claps her desk, “In any means, you have to get President Li away from his rage.” Xia Ning clenches her fists, restively she says, “Sorry. I
“The number you have dialed is power off…”Xia Ning frowns, Yi Yunrui turns off his phone?What happened?Feeling uncertain, Xia Ning dials again but the answer is the same.Xia Ning looks at the phone blankly for a while and signs. Maybe Army Commander Yi is too busy. Or, maybe something happened in the Army region and phones are not allowed…Anyway, if anything happened to Yi Yunrui, Zheng Yao wouldn’t have been so quiet.In this world, among the many people caring about Yi Yunrui, who she is?“Xia Ning, open the door for me!”Li Bao’er comes with her big voice. Xia Ning feels warm. She puts down the phone and goes to open the door.Li Bao’er enters with the look of coming all the way in a hurry. She goes directly to the refrigerator, takes a bottle of beverage, opens it and drinks. “Miss Li Bao’er, what have you done? How can you be so thirsty like t
“Ah! Li Baoer, get up. We are late!”As loud as a pig may shout when being slaughtered, Xia Ning risks her life to wake up Li Baoer and then goes to wash up in a hurry.Since she drank last night and feels dizzy today and she gets up too quickly, Xia Ning almost falls down to the floor after a few steps. She leans on the wall for a while and then stumbles to the washing room.“Li Baoer, get up now…” While brushing her teeth, Xia Ning shouts. She is dizzy.One minute later, Li Baoer rushes into the washing room and brushes her teeth quickly.“Are you OK? Why do you look so pale?” Li Baoer is shocked when she sees Xia Ning.Xia Ning shakes her head and goes on with her washing.Five minutes later, they hail a taxi and go to work.Sitting by Xia Ning, Li Baoer hesitates how to tell her what Xiao Tingting said. When they are going to arrive at the company, Li Bao’er says straightly, “
Xiao Tingting is overwhelmed by Yi Yunrui’s anger and dares not to say a word. She curls her lips and lowers her head. As if she suddenly remembers something, she winks at Ou Yixuan.Ou Yixuan frowns. He wants to say something when he realizes that Yi Yunrui is already staring at him.This man is born with king’s dignity. Even the boldest cannot withstand his forceful eyeing. In an instant, Ou Yixuan feels the chaos in his heart. Having been working and dealing with all sorts of people in the society for several years, he has learned to hide his emotions. He can face senior officers, the rich and the powerful with skills and ease, but he is always at a loss in front of this man, Commander of C District, Yi Yunrui. “Commander Yi,” Ou Yixuan tries hard to put on a smile on his face and says ambiguously, “I think there are some misunderstandings here. So, we are negotiating with President Li’s secretary now…Could you please wait for
What Yi Yunrui says is like a terrifying bomb and Director Tong is blown stunned. If it is only about Li Dezheng, there will be no need for him to deal with it personally. The point is that there are too many interests and secrets behind him. If he looks into these, he doesn’t know what kind of important people will be found involved. The Yi Family is powerful in B City. As Yi Yunrui has told him to do it, he has no other choices. “Well…OK. No problem. Respecting justice and observing laws is everyone’s duty. As for the bribery issue of Li Dezheng, it is an unescapable duty for the law enforcement department to find out the truth. Commander, please trust us. I will take care of this.” Director Tong looks serious, “Within today, I will give you an answer about Li Dezheng’s issue. You have my words.”Yi Yunrui nods and turns to Xia Ning, being ready to carry her up.“No, I can walk.” Xia Ning moves backward a little.
Yi Yunrui’s face darkens. He sounds extremely unhappy, “Just tell me what happened.”Feng Le sticks out his tongue, “Yes, Sir. One, Miss X is drunk and lying on the sofa in the living room. Two, I find two certificates in the bedroom: the business license and certificate of land ownership of Hokkaido Sushi restaurant. Three, Yasi Villa is in a mess. Do you think it needs a clean-up?Yi Yunrui is stunned. Why did she go to Yasi Villa?Isn’t she…In an instant, Yi Yunrui understands why Xia Ning left Yasi Villa. His heart aches with a sense of guilt“No need. I will call her later. You can come back. Don’t let her know I am in B city.”“Yes, Sir. Then do you think I should bring the certificates with me?”“Yes. Please.” Yi Yunrui hangs up.After standing by the door for a while, Yi Yunrui opens the door and notices that Xia Ning who originally was asleep in the bed before is trying