Bai Tingxin then took out a crumpled yellow piece of paper from his chest pocket.Written on it were the words, 'I'm sorry. I have to leave first'.It was the piece of paper she had left back then. He had been carrying it with him all these years.Several times, in anger, he crumpled up the paper and threw it into the trash can. However, he would go through the trash can and retrieve it.This piece of paper was like a thorn in his heart. He could not pull it out and was reluctant to do so.It was the only thing she had left for him. If he did not have that, then he would not have anything of hers.However, now... Now, he had found her!"Lianyi... Qin Lianyi..." He muttered her name over and over, and his thin lips kissed the paper in his hand. He looked so attached to it....Qin Lianyi followed Ling Yiran into Yi Jinli's car and said to them, "Thank you."Yi Jinli lightly said, "I'll take you back first. Where do you live?"Qin Lianyi hastened to tell him her address. Ling
Besides, if a man like him could get in danger, it did not matter whether she kneeled or not.Even if she were to break her legs kneeling, it would not do him any good.Her silence darkened his eyes. Without another word, he started the car and drove away.Just then, Ling Yiran felt nothing but silence and repression in the car....Ling Yiran went to Qin Lianyi the next day, and the two found a table at a restaurant near Qin Lianyi's house. Looking at her best friend's obvious dark eye circles, Ling Yiran reckoned she did not sleep well last night."What happened after you got home yesterday?" Ling Yiran asked."Don't go there. My parents were preparing a ransom and almost made me kneel on the washboard when I got home," Qin Lianyi said.Ling Yiran's face was full of surprise. "Why? You didn't tell them about Bai Tingxin?""Uh, I told them that a friend I hadn't seen for a long time played a little joke on me, but I forgot to tell them. It was all a false alarm," Qin Lianyi s
"If you can't settle it by then, just let me know and I'll..."Ling Yiran was interrupted by Qin Lianyi."You've helped me a lot yesterday, Yiran. If it weren't for you, I don’t think Yi Jinli would’ve have saved me. I started all this mess with Bai Tingxin. I'll let him let it out on me."Qin Lianyi put it mildly, but Ling Yiran was still worried. Could it be that simple?"Hey, don't worry. Although I left Bai Tingxin without saying goodbye, I didn't kill someone or set fire to him, nor do I have a grudge against him. It was just a... one-night stand. I don't think he'll be too hard on me." Qin Lianyi reassured her best friend.After all, it was already hard enough for her best friend to deal with Yi Jinli. She did not want her best friend to worry about her."However, if you have any trouble, do let me know!" Ling Yiran continued. "Even if I'm in no position to help, I can ask Yi Jinli. Maybe he'll help."Ling Yiran was visibly embarrassed when she mentioned asking Yi Jinli for
"Get in." His thin lips spat out these two words.A hint of struggle suddenly appeared on Qin Lianyi's face. Her phone was precious, but the price of her freedom was higher! She did not want to be locked up in his room for hours as she had been yesterday.If Yiran had not come with Yi Jinli to take her away yesterday, she did not know when she would be able to leave."It's all right. I was just thinking about changing my phone. I don't need that old phone anymore," Qin Lianyi said timidly."You don't need all those photos and all those internet accounts on your phone anymore? By the way, I think there's also some of your company's internal information on it," Bai Tingxin said lightly. "If you don't want it, so be it."This was… a threat!Qin Lianyi gritted her teeth, but the problem was her phone was password protected. Did... Did he unlock her phone and saw the photos and information on it?Then, her various social media accounts... Could he have decrypted them?"How could you
Qin Lianyi blinked. What the... Was he not giving her phone back?"Should I give you some money?" Qin Lianyi felt stupid when she said this. With his current status, would he care about money?Sure enough, he smirked and looked at her as if she was an idiot."Then what do you want?" she asked, taking a deep breath. If she did not risk anything, she would risk everything. She guessed he was using the phone to vent his anger on her from more than three years ago.She would just let him blow off some steam."Have you been in a relationship these three years?" he asked.She shook her head, wondering why he would ask this."Then have you ever liked anyone?" he asked again.There were many. If she counted those celebrities she liked with her fingers, her ten fingers would not be enough.However, facing his expressionless face, she shook her head almost instinctively."Speaking of this, you seem to have said you'd be happy with a boyfriend like me, didn't you?" He added casually.S
Qin Lianyi's red face turned pale. Her lips trembled, and all she could say was "I'm sorry."After all, she was the one who said those words, and she was the one who failed to do as she promised."You screwed me up," he said.There was once again silence in the car. She did not know how long it took until the car finally stopped. Qin Lianyi followed Bai Tingxin out of the car only to find that it was the same mansion he had brought her to yesterday.Qin Lianyi could not help stopping in her tracks at the thought of her being locked up inside last night."Why, are you afraid to go in?" Bai Tingxin turned his head to look at Qin Lianyi.She tugged at the corners of her mouth, trying to force out a smile. "We can just talk outside. It's all the same."Bai Tingxin gave a half-smile and said, "Qin Lianyi, I have many ways to keep you here if I want to, and I can guarantee that it won’t be easy for Yi Jinli to save you this time."Qin Lianyi was stunned. She hesitated for a moment be
"It's… so good." She was a little tongue-tied, and her mouth was full of the taste of the cocktail.She should have tasted the drink slowly, but she just swallowed it all in one go. "Bai Tingxin, what do you want me to do for you to let go of this? Tell me!"Perhaps it was the glass of cocktail that made her more daring and her voice louder.His black eyes darkened. “Whatever you owe me, you pay me with it now."She tilted her head on one side, her round eyes staring at him as if she were thinking of something. "I just have to pay you with whatever I owe you?""Yes," he said.Qin Lianyi stood up and shook her head. The alcohol probably caught up with her and made her feel a little dizzy.The cocktail was just as strong as before.However, because of this, she had also become bolder and could do things that she normally could not do.Just like how she was unzipping her coat and taking it off now.Bai Tingxin narrowed his eyes and looked at what Qin Lianyi was doing right now.
When he told her he was a bastard, she smiled brightly. "So what if you're a bastard? You are what you are. There's only one you in this world. What a person can achieve is not based on whether he is born out of wedlock.""Don't you think it's disgraceful that I was born?"She earnestly said, "I think your parents are irresponsible about marriage. Now that they have children, they should get married. If they can't get married, they should have kept their distance or took precautions. Isn't there a saying that getting into a relationship without considering marriage is just sexual harassment?"For the first time, someone said that about his parents in front of him.Did she know that sometimes people get into a relationship without considering marriage because there are so many other considerations?Marriage was nothing more than choosing the woman who could help them make the most of it."You get into a relationship for marriage?" he asked."Of course," she answered. "If I want t