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
Looking at the sleeping face before him, he took one of her hands in his.He found her! She no longer existed only in his memory but had appeared in front of him."You agreed today. I won't allow you to go back on it." His voice rang faintly in the quiet room.He was only answered by each other's breathing....After the interview, Ling Yiran returned to Yi residence. Today's interview was quite simple for her. The interviewer just looked at her health certificate and asked her some basic questions.When asked why she, a brilliant law graduate, wanted to be a food delivery rider, she was already ready to answer that, but she was nervous and could only say in the simplest possible terms that she had been jailed for a traffic offense, so her lawyer's license was revoked.No further questions were asked after that. They just told her to go home and wait for a reply.She knew that the interview might have gone wrong.However, that question was an impossible question to get past.
Ling Yiran looked shocked. "What did you say?""Did you not hear me?" Yi Jinli repeated with a patient face. "I said, since you don't like that company, I might as well get rid of that company."He looked as if he was talking about something very ordinary.However, get rid of it?!Ling Yiran's pupils constricted suddenly. Could she have understood him wrongly? That company was a rookie in the food delivery industry. Although it was not as good as those well-known companies, it was performing quite well recently. She had also read news reports that the company recently raised another $1.7 billion in capital.How could a company like that be rid of so easily? However... If it was Yi Jinli, then the impossible would become possible."Just because I don't like it?" she asked, looking at Yi Jinli in shock.He smiled. “I also don't like the people who sell others out. A company leader who wants to gain benefit by selling people out probably can't do much even if I don’t get myself i
What was… this place?She was stunned. Then, her mind began to recall the previous scene, and she sat up immediately.She drank again and even got drunk!"Are you awake?" A voice rang in the room. Qin Lianyi stiffened and turned her head to one side.Sure enough, Bai Tingxin was sitting on a sofa not far from the bed. His eyes were on her."I'm… I'm awake..." she stuttered and scrambled out of the bed. She looked at her clothes. They were all intact, so she supposed... nothing had happened.Qin Lianyi thought so to herself, but just in case, she asked, "Did I do anything when I was drunk?""You did a lot of things. Which one do you want me to say?" Bai Tingxin asked lazily.Qin Lianyi's jaw dropped.A lot of things... What… What did she do?! Her head was now in a mess after getting drunk this time, unlike the previous time when she remembered almost everything that had happened."What… What did I do?" She swallowed the sudden flow of saliva in her throat and asked cautiously.
"Fine, let's date," Qin Lianyi said with resignation. Since she was going to be avenged on, she should at least be mentally prepared for it. "Then you… Uh, you can give me my phone back now."She had not forgotten that the main reason she followed him to the mansion was to get her phone back.He stared at her for a moment, then threw the phone which was lying on the coffee table straight back to her."Ah!" she exclaimed, catching her phone just in time. The phone cost her 10,000 dollars. She had bought it through gritted teeth. If it hit the ground and its screen broke, it would cost more than 2,000 dollars to fix.It hurt to think about it!If it did break, she dared not ask him to pay!Qin Lianyi turned on her phone and looked at the time. It was already past nine o’clock, and there were several missed calls on her phone. They were all from her parents, so she immediately called them back.The call soon got through and there came her father's angry shout. "Won't you just give
As someone who was appearance-obsessed and would love this idol today and love another tomorrow, she was serious about each one of them! She was a devoted fan when she was crazy about her idols and even spent money to go to their concerts and autograph sessions.Sometimes, she would even attend celebrity fan meetings.Of course, most of this happened before Yiran's incident. After Yiran's incident, she became less starstruck. Besides going to work, she focused all her energy on helping her best friend to reverse her case.Therefore, the videos of the concerts, signings, and fan meetings were equivalent to the wonderful memories of her youth.However, these memories were now... gone?!"What happened to my idols' event videos?" Qin Lianyi exclaimed, turning her head to stare at Bai Tingxin who was driving."I've deleted them," Bai Tingxin answered quite directly and readily."You... deleted them?" Qin Lianyi thought she was going to faint. If he had not returned her phone, she w
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