In this case, it was better to strike and make them scared!Guan Lili's face became extremely pale. Ling Yiran continued saying, "Just like what you said, I’ve snagged Gu Lichen. Even if I can't join the Gu family, it shouldn't be difficult to ask Gu Lichen to take you on."Guan Lili clenched her teeth, unable to retort. Indeed, it would be simple enough if Ling Yiran wanted Gu Lichen to deal with her.Even with the way Gu Lichen treated Ling Yiran now, Ling Yiran probably did not have to ask for anything at all. She could just give the recording to Gu Lichen and Gu Lichen would make a move.Guan Lili trembled at the thought of this. She was already in such a predicament. If Gu Lichen wanted to deal with her, she probably could not even stay in Shen City anymore.Ling Yiran paid no more attention to Guan Lili and walked out of the pantry with her instant coffee in hand.As soon as she got back to her seat, Qin Lianyi's message popped up on WeChat. Ling Yiran opened it and saw her
After ending her conversation with her best friend, Ling Yiran looked at the online buzz, and sure enough, the video was trending.There were many comments below. One person even named her the woman who took the crown prince on the bus!Ling Yiran did not know whether to laugh or cry when she saw some of the netizens' comments.Such gossip would calm down after a few days!Ling Yiran did not expect someone to come to her when she returned to her rental house, just to ask about the trending news."Are you dating Lichen?" Ye Chongwei asked Ling Yiran as he rushed to her.Ling Yiran was stunned. She had met the man in front of her before. He was a friend of Yi Jinli and a socialite in Shen City."Is it true?" asked Ye Chongwei."It's personal. I have no comments," said Ling Yiran.Ye Chongwei was having a headache. He was dumbfounded when he saw the trending news this morning. He had seen how much Jinli cared about her before.Jinli's secretary, Gao Congming, told him Jinli had
The manager was afraid that someone would be killed, so he immediately called Ye Chongwei. After all, Ye Chongwei's family was the boss behind Tianxiang Pavilion, and Ye Chongwei was friends with Yi Jinli.As such, Ye Chongwei could only take Ling Yiran with him to put out the fire.After all, in Ye Chongwei's opinion, Jinli's abnormality these days probably had something to do with Ling Yiran. In particular, Jinli's attitude toward women who were obviously trying to seduce him was different these days.He was vicious and temperamental. It did not matter what those women did in front of him, but once some small details annoyed him, they would come to a miserable end.If this went on, Ye Chongwei figured that it would not be long before his Tianxiang Pavilion would be completely void of women!Ling Yiran immediately said, "Stop the car! I'll call the police if you don't!""Fine, call the police. If using your phone isn't enough, you can use mine to call the police a few more times
Ling Yiran said, "Let go! Yi Jinli and I are over, and he doesn't want to see me either. I think it'll only make him angrier if you bring me in!"Ye Chongwei glared at Ling Yiran. "Do you want Jinli to kill someone? I don't care if you guys are really over, but no one can die here today!"With that, Ye Chongwei dragged Ling Yiran into the private room.It was a private room, but it looked more like a hall that was about 200 square meters. It had a bar, a billiards table, a game table, a karaoke booth... and a small stage that could be used for performances.A middle-aged man was on his knees, begging for mercy on a space that ought to be empty in the middle of the room.There was a pair of tweezers, stained with blood, in front of the middle-aged man.When Ling Yiran saw the tweezers, her blood seemed to freeze immediately.She had seen such tweezers before. Those scenes seemed to be imprinted on her soul, and she could not forget them even if she wanted to. Sometimes in the mid
Yi Jinli looked at him indifferently before saying lightly, "Do it.""No..." Ling Yiran basically rushed in front of Yi Jinli.She knew the thing she should do now was to get out of here and stay out of this, but… Perhaps the scene reminded her of the time when her fingernails got pulled out and the pain she had felt.Back then, there had been no one to help her!All she could do was bear the heart-clenching pain!He slowly raised those beautiful peach blossom eyes, his cold gaze falling on Ling Yiran.When her eyes met his gaze, her thin body shuddered again. His eyes were too cold and icy.It was like a bottomless cold pond. The deeper she looked into his eyes, the colder she felt."No?" Yi Jinli stood up slowly. Looking at her coldly from a commanding position, he said, "Who are you to say no to me?"Her body trembled. The person in front of her was not the Yi Jinli she knew, not even Jin!He was now Shen City's Young Master Yi, and she was just an ant in his eyes!"Do y
"I... I feel a lot better now..." The waitress was so excited that she stammered a little, and her cheeks blushed due to her feeling shy.Yi Jinli said, "Since this man was going to pull out your nails, pull out all ten of his nails now.""Young Master Yi, if it hadn't been for your timely arrival, my fingernails would’ve been pulled out. But... I think he knows he was wrong too... Young Master Yi, why don't you let him off the hook this time?" The woman spoke with a delicate look, looking kind and innocent.Such a woman could easily arouse a man's affection and desire to protect her.Ling Yiran trembled when she heard their conversation.She suddenly felt like a joke. The man kneeling on the ground was a perpetrator, and the woman with an injured finger, dressed as a waitress, was the victim.Was Yi Jinli... getting justice for the woman?In a trance, she looked at Yi Jinli who was interacting with the waitress. From her point of view, what she saw now was his profile.He had
"Come on, I'll send you home." Gu Lichen took Ling Yiran by the hand and led her out of the room.Out of the corner of his eyes, Yi Jinli glanced at Gu Lichen and Ling Yiran's figures as they left. Then, he lightly ordered Ye Chongwei, "Ask all your staff to leave.""Huh? They..." Ye Chongwei pointed to the waitress with the injured finger and Mr. Li, who was still on his knees."Let them stay," Yi Jinli said lightly.Therefore, Ye Chongwei asked the staff inside and outside the private room to leave.Suddenly, the only people left in the private room were Yi Jinli, Ye Chongwei, the waitress, Mr. Li, Gao Congming, and several of Yi Jinli's bodyguards.Yi Jinli took the waitress' hand and gently caressed her index finger that was wrapped in gauze. His lowered eyes seemed to be thinking about something.The woman's face appeared bashful, and a hint of surprise flashed through Ye Chongwei's eyes. 'Is it true that Jinli is interested in this woman?'However, the next moment, what Y
Ye Chongwei sneered, "What do you think I need you to do? Since you’ve set your heart on setting Jinli up, you should've expected the consequences of your failure!"Ye Chongwei shook off the woman's hand as he spoke and left the private room, ignoring everything there....Gu Lichen drove Ling Yiran back to her rental house. On the way back, he said, "If Chongwei comes giving you trouble again, just give me a call."Ling Yiran was silent for a moment before she said, "You... could have woken me up... on the bus yesterday."He said, "You saw the video? I saw that you were asleep and thought I might as well let you sleep for a while. But what I didn't realize was that someone had taken a video of us and even posted it online. If you don't like it, I can have it taken down."He was always wary of those candid cameras, but yesterday on the bus, he had been so focused on her that he did not pay attention to his surroundings.She had only fallen asleep on the bus for half an hour, but
He clenched his jaw and felt his teeth ache. 'Yeah, she’s broken up with me. She has every right to find a new boyfriend, but... the thought of her smiling at another man, and kissing and hugging him makes me uncomfortable.’ Gu Lichen could not help feeling irritated."You can't find one! Do you think you can find another man like me to love when you love me so much?" he said.Zhong Keke retorted with a slightly red face, "You... You're too confident. Who are you to say I can't find one? I love you now, but I can slowly get over you. Besides, I don't need to find a man like you in the future. I just need to find an ordinary man with a good personality who treats me well! I’ll give him all my heart, and he’ll do the same!"It was more like she was telling herself that.'Yes, I can move on from him. I can do it!'However, her words seemed to have provoked him as he turned the steering wheel sharply, slammed on the brakes, and pulled over at the roadside.She was thrown forward and
The fact Zhong Keke accepted was that she feared she would love him more and more!When Yi Jinli and Gu Lichen returned to the ward, Ling Yiran was still chatting with Zhong Keke about the children, not only the new baby but also the triplets."Alright, Lichen and I are going home first. Yiran, have a good rest. I'll visit you and the baby again next time," Zhong Keke said and got up after seeing the exhaustion on Ling Yiran's face.Ling Yiran replied, "Okay. I'll let you meet my triplets next time.""Sure."After Zhong Keke and Gu Lichen left, Yi Jinli lay on Ling Yiran's bed and said, "If you're sleepy, sleep first. The doctor said you need more rest."Ling Yiran said, "I'm a little sleepy, but I had a nice chat with Keke today. Jin, you know what? I think it's great that Lichen has fallen in love with Keke. Keke's a wonderful woman, and Lichen has finally found his happily ever after."She said as she slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.Looking at his wife's sleeping fac
"Thank you! It's a good painting, and I like it very much. I didn't expect you to draw my daughter like that.""I saw the baby when I came to the hospital that day, so I remembered," said Zhong Keke."I heard from Jin that you and Lichen both came to the hospital that day. I didn't scare you, did I?" said Ling Yiran.Zhong Keke smiled softly, "All that matters is that you're safe. Being alive is better than anything."The two women chatted while the two men looked at each other. Then, Yi Jinli said, "Lichen, let's go get some air."The two men got up and walked out of the ward.Zhong Keke looked uneasily at the ward door.Ling Yiran said, "They’ll be back soon. Don't worry. My Jin won't kidnap Lichen."Zhong Keke smiled, knowing that Yi Jinli probably had not told Ling Yiran about what happened that day."By the way, how are you and Lichen's relationship? Does he treat you well?" Ling Yiran asked."He treats me well." It was true. He treated her well. He would give her everyt
He and Song Qingyao were not even friends."You don't have to explain this to me," said Zhong Keke. They had broken up, and she did not need these explanations.Besides, she knew better than anyone that he had always been in love with Yiran.Thinking of Yiran, Zhong Keke said, "I want to go to the hospital to see Yiran. Can I?" The last time she visited Yiran, Yiran was still unconscious, so she wanted to check on her.Hesitation flashed across Gu Lichen's face."Don't worry. I won't say anything to trigger Yiran. I’ll still pretend to be your girlfriend in front of Yiran. If Yiran asks you, you can say we're doing quite well. When Yiran has recovered, I can make an excuse to say we've broken up. Of course, I can take all the blame. For example, I thought being with you attracted too much attention, or I couldn’t get used to being with you, or I had fallen for someone else—"Before she could finish speaking, she was suddenly pulled into a wide embrace.His hands held her tightly
Zhou Xinmian: [I said you were living with Gu Lichen now. Then they said nothing and left readily.]"..."Zhou Xinmian: [Did you block their phone numbers? They said you're not answering your phone.]Zhong Keke: [Yeah.]She should have blocked her uncle's family's phone numbers long ago. Even blocking them now was considered late!Zhou Xinmian: [Well done! But didn’t they try calling you using another phone number?]Zhong Keke: [They did. But as soon as they spoke and I heard their voices, I hung up and blocked their phone numbers.]In other words, she did not give them a chance to talk.She did not want to listen to what they had to say anyway. They had worn out the last of her affection.Zhou Xinmian: [Have you made up your mind this time?]Zhong Keke: [I’ll just consider that my grandparents only gave birth to my father!]In other words, she no longer considered her uncle and his family her family!Zhou Xinmian: [You should have done that long ago! They told me Gu Lichen
It was why he had said such things at the time to keep the woman from leaving!"Maybe I've liked you since then." It probably started earlier than he thought.Zhong Keke's eyes watered as tears were about to pour out. She raised her hands and covered her eyes, "Gu Lichen, stop telling me such things!"Such things would only make her waver when her resolution was hard-won. Did he know how much determination and perseverance it took her to ask for a break-up and keep her distance from him to stop loving him when she loved him so much?Though her hands shielded her eyes, they could not stop the tears.His fingers pulled her hands away. "Alright, I'll stop. I'll stop talking. Don't cry."Her tears had always left him flustered.He hugged her and coaxed her. The indifference in his phoenix eyes had become affection.Zhong Keke finally stopped crying, but she still sniffled occasionally.Holding a tissue, Gu Lichen carefully wiped the tears from her face. After a moment, he said,
"Do you care about me?" She smiled bitterly. "That word isn’t only something you say but..." She did not continue speaking after a pause.However, he already knew what she was going to say.Gu Lichen turned pale. He knew that the incident at the comic fiesta was something that bothered her.He was the one who caused it!"Also, I think we'd better talk about the possibility of me getting pregnant!" she said."Okay, go ahead," he said as he asked the others in the living room to leave."Will you insist that I have the baby if I get pregnant?" she asked, looking at him."If you’re pregnant, I don't want to lose the baby," he said. He had never longed for children even though his parents had always wanted grandchildren, even if it was out of wedlock.However, such ideas had never occurred to him.Now, he wanted to have the baby because they would be... his baby with Keke!"Even if I don't want the baby, are you still going to stop me from having an abortion?" she asked.He was s
Even though he did not love her, she still thought she was a better candidate than Zhong Keke.However, to her disappointment, the way Gu Lichen looked at her was still icy."I'm not interested in you. The Song family you're so proud of will no longer exist in Shen City a year later. Perhaps the Song family can keep some things if you start planning now. Otherwise, you'll have nothing left."With that said, Gu Lichen left the ward, leaving Song Qingyao standing where she was in a daze.Other than reluctance, resentment, and jealousy, there was more shock and fear on her face.'Does Lichen intend to eradicate the Song family within a year? Is... Is he going that far for Zhong Keke? He doesn't love Zhong Keke, right? Why is he doing it? Why?' Unfortunately, no one could give her the answer.Gu Lichen walked out of the hospital and got into the car. He slowly closed his eyes as Song Qingyao's last words flashed through his mind.'It doesn't matter... even if I don't love her?'Kek
Song Qingyao's heart sank. Sure enough, he could find out anything he wanted to."Why did you do it?" Gu Lichen said coldly.Song Qingyao suddenly laughed. "You're asking me why? Gu Lichen, I’ve loved you for so many years. What do you think?""I wouldn't love you even if Zhong Keke didn't exist. If I wanted to fall for you, I would have done so from the beginning," said Gu Lichen.Song Qingyao's mouth was full of bitterness. She knew that!However, knowing was one thing. Her being reluctant and unwilling to accept it was a different matter!She shouted, "Why did you choose Zhong Keke? You love Ling Yiran because Ling Yiran saved your life when you were a child. What about Zhong Keke? Why her?"She accepted losing to Ling Yiran because she had never saved Lichen's life.However, how could she accept losing to Zhong Keke? "Because she's the one who saved me from the messy relationship," replied Gu Lichen."What do you mean?" Song Qingyao was puzzled.Instead of explaining, he