In the presidential suite."Go take a shower and get ready for dinner. By the way, tomorrow you will begin working as president of our branch office at nine o'clock."Ye Qian bent to pick up the garbage bin, and he put it outside the door for housekeeping to clear.He could only imagine who she had come in contact with if a frugal person like her was throwing away a limited-edition jacket.Miao Xiaobei sat up abruptly at his words. She stared at him and said, "When did I say that I was going to work at the branch office?""I arranged it for you before we came back here. Our company and the Murong Group are bidding for the same project, so I made this plan for you. You should thank me. I don't want you to stay in this country for too long, so you better be prepared. I guess you met someone you know today."Ye Qian leaned against the sofa with a tablet in his hand, and he was speaking seriously.She didn't know whether to thank him or to be angry.He had arranged it for her alrea
"Older Sis! My mother only had one child. Miss, why would you call anyone you meet 'older sister'?"Ye Qian's arm was around Miao Xiaobei, and she was leaning against him. She had a look of disgust in her eyes and a hint of mockery in the corner of her lips.Miao Wanwan's face suddenly darkened. She could only force herself to remain calm with so many people around.Murong Ling stared at her leaning flirtatiously in the man's arms with intense eyes.He stood where he was for a long time before he came back to his senses. He walked up to Miao Wanwan and took her into his arms."She just looks like your older sister. Your older sister is dead."As he said this, his eyes were fixed on Miao Xiaobei's face.When he saw her reaction, the corners of his lips curled up slightly. Then, he brushed past her and walked into the hotel.Miao Xiaobei clasped her hands tightly together.His voice was as ruthless and harsh as ever.She had always warned herself that she must remain steady. He
"Explanation?" Miao Xiaobei turned and looked at him. She had a derisive smile on her face."You should ask your wife what she did."She did not give him a chance to respond. She strode straight out of the stairwell and went to the elevator.It was not until the elevator began to move up that she slid down against the wall, sat on the floor, and cried out loud.She was so hopeless.That night, Murong Ling did not return home. He went straight to a bar.He was half-convinced of what she had said, including her words in the past.Suddenly, he had no idea who he should believe.When he had learned that she had passed away, he realized belatedly that he had feelings for her.Today, he saw her right in front of him, with another man standing beside her.At that moment, he had been completely overwhelmed by jealousy.He wanted so much to drag her back home and teach her a lesson, so that she would know who her man really was.After the function, he had gone to the hotel in a hurr
Miao Xiaobei sat down with a chuckle, and she played along with her obvious lie."Maybe I made a mistake then. Sorry, ever since I fell off a cliff three years ago, my eyesight hasn't been so good. Just the day before yesterday, I saw your sister in the afternoon with a man," she said, as she massaged the corner of her eyes gently."Oh, is that so," Li Xin said.Miao Wanwan looked at her smiling face from her seat across the table. She understood what her sister was trying to imply.She should have made sure that she was dead before she pushed her off the cliff. Then she would not be sitting here now."Older Sis, I hear that you have been spending time with a man since you returned. Does Ling know?"She redirected the topic of their conversation back to Xiaobei. She also wanted to find out who the man was.Li Xin glanced at her in mild surprise. Miao Xiaobei had been alone when she saw her that night.Miao Xiaobei gave them both a bland stare."It seems that my younger sister
Li Xin felt her entire body shudder. She had never seen this side of her before."Miao Wanwan, I wanted to play along with you. But your words are too repulsive."Miao Xiaobei stood up, pulled her chair back, and rolled up her sleeves. A chill was rising in her eyes.Miao Wanwan thought that she was leaving, so she got ready to stand, too. Just as she was about to, she felt a stinging slap.Another slap followed closely on her other cheek, before she had even recovered from the shock of the first.She dropped down on the floor in complete astonishment.Li Xin squatted down and shouted, "Miao Xiaobei, you are crazy!""Oh, I forgot about you."She shook out her arms, walked around the table, and kicked Li Xin into a sprawl on the restaurant floor.A long thin stiletto heel pressed down on Li Xin's head, preventing her from making the slightest move.Li Xin cried out in great pain.Miao Xiaobei crouched down and grasped Miao Wanwan's chin tightly with milky-white fingers. Two m
"Any later and you'd have not only gotten disfigured. You might also have broken an arm or leg," Xiaobei piped in.Miao Wanwan shook all over at her words. She wept for a bit more, and then she withdrew from Murong Ling's arms.She stood with one arm still firmly locked around Murong Ling's waist, tears glistening prettily on her face. She said, "Older Sis, I came here to apologize to you. I didn't think that you had so much hatred towards me. I promise you, from now on, I will no longer see Ling again. Can you not be angry anymore, Older Sis?""Promise that she won't see Murong Ling anymore?""Apologize?""It's f*cking ridiculous."Murong Ling drew Miao Wanwan securely back into his arms.He stared intensely at Miao Xiaobei with narrowed eyes. His entire demeanor was frosty."I'm not interested in your man, and it's not hatred I feel towards you.""It's disgust."She gave the pair of them a cold, sweeping look, grabbed her phone from the table, and marched off."Stop. Who s
"Ouch... It hurts." Her face scrunched up in pain."Now you know the pain. What have you done? Miao Xiaobei, you're dumb enough to choose the stupidest way to deal with your enemy. Attacking the enemy and sacrificing yourself in the process is the best way to describe your current situation." Ye Qian grumbled, but his movements were very gentle.Enduring the pain, Miao Xiaobei gingerly touched her forehead."He was right, but should she really be friendly to someone who had tried to kill her?""Ye Qian, can you be gentler?" she complained."If you want to be able to eat tonight, shut up."Sometimes, Ye Qian felt that he owed her, when the reality was the other way around.She was probably the only person in this world with the guts to act like this in his presence.However, he was content to be on the receiving end of her attitude, and simultaneously, he fancied more of her attention....Murong Ling and Miao Wanwan headed for the hospital. On their way there, her sobbing nev
The words were foreign to him as he had never enjoyed the warmth of a family.Murong Ling's heart clenched tightly, and he did not dare to look his son in the eye.He had neither showed affection nor fulfilled his responsibilities as a father since his son's birth.He had dumped all of his hatred for the little fellow's mother on him. The agony in his heart became too unbearable, and he fled."Dad... Is he really my dad?" muttered the little fellow to himself as he watched the disappearing figure.The servant finished washing the fruit and left the house. The Little Master was alone, staring longingly at the door with reddened eyes.The car outside the door had vanished as well."Ah." She sighed softly and brought the fruits over."Little Master, let's go back and eat some fruit. We'll read your storybook again tonight, alright?" She half knelt on the ground, coaxing him gently.She felt sorry for this sensible child. She could not comprehend why Master Murong had not brought
The doctors had briefly cleaned and wrapped Shannon’s wound on the way to the hospital. She was sent into the operating theater the second they arrived at the hospital. After eight hours of trying to run from the god of death, Shannon was pushed out from the operating theater.According to the doctor, the bullet was less than a centimeter away from Shannon’s heart. No one would be able to save her life if it had penetrated her heart.Fortunately, it seemed that Shannon had a chance to survive, but she was still at the edge of danger. If she does not wake up in 48 hours, the doctors will give up on her.Although the probability for Shannon to wake up was very low, according to the doctor, Sean strongly believed that she would wake up.He could not be bothered by his own injuries but held Shannon’s hand as he sat beside her bed. He held her hand so tightly as though he was going to squeeze it into his palm.Gently, he stared at Shannon’s face and spoke in a loving voice, “Shannon,
Sean’s gaze was ever gentle, and it made Shannon tear up even more.His eyes were full of pampering and love for Shannon, just like when they had first met each other. “I’m so sorry, Shannon. I truly regret that I’ve done so many evil things to you and even broke your heart.”“Shannon, I don’t deserve your forgiveness. So, don’t forgive me, but take good care.”“No matter what happens, you must take good care of yourself, Shannon.”I love you, but I don’t want you to feel sad for me, so I guess I’ll skip this phrase. After saying everything that he needed to tell Shannon, Sean calmly said, “Julio, just take my life; don’t hurt Shannon!”Sean took a step forward and stood in front of Julio. He did not try to defend himself or hide but waited for a shot from Julio.As Julio witnessed Sean’s bravery, he knew that he had been defeated.He was finally aware that he could never compete with Sean for Shannon’s heart. Julio was suffering from that awareness. However, the grudge he had
“Julio, are you crazy?!”Startled by what he said, Shannon accidentally hit her head on the edge of the bed. Surprisingly, the pain helped her regain some energy.She saw a mug as she turned her head to the side, and she quickly grabbed the mug and crashed it onto the bedside table. The next thing she did was cut her wrist with one of the broken pieces of the cup.“Julio, I don’t love you. I don’t want a baby with you! I would rather die than have a baby with you!”Shannon’s quick action left Julio in shock! There was a deep and bleeding wound on her wrist when he managed to regain his attention. He was too stunned as he looked at the blood on her wrist.He could not be bothered to remove Shannon’s clothes anymore when he saw her hurting herself. He tightly hugged her in his embrace and uttered, “Shannon, why did you hurt yourself?! Am I so bad to the extent that you would rather die than become my wife?”Julio seemed hurt by her actions as he chuckled with grief. “Shannon, you w
The morgue? Shannon almost tripped and fell to the ground.She could not be bothered by her injury to her ankle and continued to rush to the direction of the morgue with the help of the wall as a support.Unknowingly, Shannon’s eyes were covered with tears, and all of a sudden, she felt a sharp pain on her neck and lost consciousness just when she was pushing the morgue’s door open.It was already in the evening when Shannon woke up, and she realized that she was in a strange room. She was dressed in a white wedding gown, and there was a mirror nearby. Looking into the mirror, she saw herself wearing very nice makeup.Suddenly, Shannon felt a sharp pain in her head as she tried to recall how she ended up here. She remembered that she was on the way to the morgue to see Sean. How did she wake up in a strange room with this odd outfit?Whatever the reason was, Shannon had no time to think it through thoroughly. What she had to do now was to find Sean.Desperately trying to get up,
Shannon was eager to see Sean.She heard two nurses whispering at a corner when she rushed out of her ward.“What a waste; he was so handsome but died so young!”“True, such a misfortune. He is only about 27 or 28 years old. It was a horrible accident. He passed away even before he could make it to the operation theater.”“I heard that his family is quite rich; I guess he was fated not to be able to spend the money.”“Sigh. It’s sad for such a handsome man to die in such a pitiful way! His wife was at the scene of the accident and passed out while crying. She was sent to our hospital, but she is yet to awake!”“Sigh, what can she do even if she is awake!? She might as well not wake up since the first news she will get is the news of her husband’s death! It would be really pitiful for her!”…As Shannon listened to the conversation between the two nurses, her heart sank bit by bit.The man was very handsome, at the age of 27 to 28, his family was rich, his wife fainted at the s
“I mean what I said!”Ian’s handsome face turned cold as he added with an evil gaze, “Quinn, I won’t keep this baby!”“No! You can’t hurt the child! This is your baby!”Ian chuckled even more nastilly after listening to what Quinn had said. “My baby? Quinn, I’m sure you just want to use the baby to keep Sean! Sadly, Sean has known that the baby is mine since a long time ago. Do you think Sean will spare your life if he was not planning to protect my baby!?”Sean already knew that the baby was not his own! With that thought in mind, Quinn fell on the ground disappointedly; how it could be…Then, Ian turned around and walked toward his Lamborghini. He locked his door and drove toward Quinn at a fast pace!Quinn lifted her head and her eyes were widely opened with fear. It would seem that Ian definitely wanted to kill her today!But, she could not die! She was only 26 years old! She had such a bright future! How could she let herself die so young?With that in mind, Quinn did not bother a
To Quinn’s surprise, Sean rushed out to save Shannon’s life at the critical moment without a second thought.Unknowingly, Quinn’s eyes were flooded with tears, for she could not understand how Sean loved Shannon so much!She reversed the car and slowly accelerated as she attempted to hit Shannon again. She would not be satisfied as long as Shannon was alive.However, Sam managed to arrive just in time with a group of people before Quinn succeeded. She was worried that Sam would catch her, so she quickly changed her direction and drove toward the southern outskirts.Sam did not go after Quinn by himself as he was worried about Sean’s injuries. Instead, he summoned his subordinates to tail Quinn’s car.Anxiously, Quinn accelerated and drove away recklessly. She was in an extreme panic as she did not want to be caught by Sean’s men. She heaved a sigh of relief when she noticed that she managed to escape from their clasp. However, when she was driving toward a junction, all of a sudden,
She was told about Eli and Seth’s failure last night.Her men came back with news, saying that Shannon was taken away by Sean, who showed up out of the blue.From her view in the car, she could see love bites on Shannon’s neck, which confirmed her speculation. The thought of them having sex last night drove her crazy. Without a doubt, anger and bitterness had preyed on her. She clenched her fists so hard that she cut her skin with her own nails, causing blood to drip.Shannon! Shannon!You should be long dead! I should’ve killed you right away last night!But it is not too late. Shannon, go to hell!Quinn stepped on the accelerator pedal and drove the car out at full speed. It was Shannon that she was aiming for.When Shannon finally noticed the danger, it was already too late. The van seemed to be coming at lightning speed; she knew that she was unable to escape.“Shannon!”It seemed hopeless for her to think that she could survive the crash. She anticipated the accident, but
Sean took Shannon all the way back to his mansion.She had been fed with the most powerful pill of its kind. When they finally got home, her body temperature was abnormally high.Eagerly, she tried to break away. Instinct told her not to get entangled with her brother-in-law.Repeatedly, she told herself that Julio was the man she loved and that they would be getting married very soon. However, there was only one name that kept coming to her mind.Sean. Sean...Why? Why did his name keep coming back to haunt her?Is it because of the immense hatred?Or could it be…She did not want to go there.What she desperately needed was a cold shower to calm herself down. Falteringly, she tried to walk to the bathroom, but he clasped her in his arms to stop her from leaving.His sweet lips were attached to hers, and soon, their tongues were intertwined. Lost in the kiss, she could feel her mind drift. With one last effort, she regained her strength and gave him a hard slap in the face.