Chi Yanyu found Shen Lingge at the resort bar, he usually was the appearance of cold and noble, but today he was like a lone wolf that had been injured, licking his own wounds alone.
Shen Lingge did not know how much he had drunk already, only his gaze was still clear.
Chi Yanyu accompanied Shen Lingge to sit for a while, seeing him put down the wine glass then asked: “Ge, what happened? Is my saozi [sister-in-law] okay?”
Did not know which few words touched Shen Lingge’s nerves, he suddenly turned his head and fixedly looked at Chi Yanyu for a moment, after a while he hoarsely said: “Yanyu, she is going to leave.”
Chi Yanyu was stunned, he had never seen Shen Lingge with this kind of appearance, black eyes gloomy, masseter muscle tense, the knuckles gripping the wine glass already turning white, even the swallowing movement looked embarrassed.
Chi Yanyu probed and asked: “You two argued? Because of Jinghong?”
Shen Lingge lightly shook his head: “Has nothing to do with her.”
At five o’clock in the morning, Shen Lingge supported the dead drunk Chi Yanyu out of the bar, after sending the already unconscious Chi Yanyu back to his room, he again walked back to the door of Wen Xian’s room.
He had the room card, could easily enter.
But Shen Lingge, he did not dare.
Shen Lingge mockingly hooked the corner of his lips.
He, Shen Lingge, also had such a day, he lost so utterly before Wen Xian, as long as she could look at him once more, he could give her even his heart.
Life and death, power to grant or take, let her dispose.
When Wen Xian woke up in the morning, she found herself changed into clean sleepwear, new clothes also already properly placed by the bedside, after she finished washing up and changing clothes, she opened the door preparing to leave.
This was not the room she lived in.
But as soon as she stepped out, she froze, because there was a person sitting by the door, he seemed to have sat here all night.
Hearing the movement, Shen Lingge immediately lifted his gaze to look at Wen Xian, he slowly stood up and stood still in front of her. When he wanted to stretch out his hand to touch Wen Xian’s forehead temperature, she avoided.
Shen Lingge’s movement paused in the air, perhaps alcohol had numbed his brain, he actually let out a low laugh.
At this time Wen Xian had not yet managed to close the door, Shen Lingge’s big palm lightly touched her waist, the other hand clasped her wrist, in an instant pushed her back into the room again.
Wen Xian simply did not have time to dodge.
Shen Lingge trapped her between himself and the door panel, he sighed: “Xian Xian, don’t hide from me, don’t be afraid of me.”
Wen Xian struggled slightly, but Shen Lingge suddenly tightened the strength in his hand.
She turned her head away, did not dare to meet his eyes: “The money for my mother’s set of jewelry I will think of a way to return it to you, I will move back to Licheng Garden, you give me back Zanzan.”
Shen Lingge lowered his gaze to stare at Wen Xian for a moment, every sentence she spoke now he did not like hearing.
He faintly mocked: “Really afraid I’ll eat Qin Zan’s rabbit?”
Wen Xian stubbornly responded: “That is my rabbit.”
Shen Lingge showed a very easy to talk to appearance, he replied: “Okay, I will give that little thing back to you. Likewise, you have to give Wen Xianxian back to me, that is my dog.”
Wen Xian lifted her eyes and was immediately captured by the man’s strong and carrying aggressiveness black eyes, she pressed her lips: “It bears my surname, that is my dog, not yours. I won’t trade.”
Shen Lingge was practically going to be angered to death by Wen Xian this little ungrateful one, rabbit reluctant to part, dog also reluctant to part, every single one of those little things could not bear to part, but precisely just wanted to leave him behind.
Shen Lingge spoke in a cold voice: “I also have the surname Wen, I am also yours.”
Wen Xian softly refuted him: “No, you are Shen Lingge.”
Shen Lingge did not control his own emotions, he raised his hand and pinched Wen Xian’s chin, forcing her to look at him. His tone was flat: “Wen Xian, I’ll ask you one more time, do you want me or not?”
Wen Xian’s eyelashes lightly trembled, after quite a while she then softly said: “You are not mine, I don’t want.”
Shen Lingge stared dead-on at this woman, he really wanted to just carry her up right now and throw her back to the Shen family, so she could never again say such words that stab him like this. Her every sentence was poking right into his heart nest.
Making him hurt so much that blood dripped.
But in the end Shen Lingge still let go of Wen Xian.
He thought she would immediately leave, but she did not. She lowered her head and thought for a moment, suddenly said: “Today I just want to take Zanzan back.”
Shen Lingge: “……”
He slowly and unhurriedly tidied up his messy shirt, faintly said: “It’s impossible for me to return the rabbit to you. Also, if you dare move back to Licheng Garden, those servants at home also can’t return to Mingcheng, I will dismiss them.”
Hearing this, Wen Xian immediately raised her eyes and glared at him: “The matter between you and me, what does it have to do with them?”
Shen Lingge licked his back molars, lightly laughed: “Now you can’t control me, I’ll do whatever I want.”
Wen Xian: “……”
Wen Xian slammed the door and stormed off, she didn’t want to bother with him anymore, this unreasonable trouble-making childish ghost!
And Shen Lingge, after Wen Xian left, also could no longer maintain his calm appearance, he violently tore off his tie, then fiercely punched the door.
Damn, he still couldn’t hold it in.
Mention Qin Zan and he completely lost reason, he made her angry again.
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Wen Xian returned to her own room and immediately packed her luggage, she and those little radish heads were going to take the plane back to Licheng in the morning, thinking of this made her feel a bit lost again.
She understood that Shen Lingge actually had not done anything wrong, anyone in that kind of situation would choose to hide their own identity, after all such a thing was too beyond common sense.
Wen Xian could understand Shen Lingge, but she, she just felt very sad and very wronged.
All the way on the return Wen Xian was very silent, Gong Yan said a few words to her but she only weakly answered a few sounds, the corners of her eyes and brows were all full of “I’m very unhappy, quickly coax me.”
Gong Yan little friend hesitated a bit, decided to compromise: “Sister Xian, what’s wrong with you?”
Wen Xian: “……?”
Wen Xian turned her head to stare at this little ice cube, she asked: “Little ice cube, what did you just call me?”
Gong Yan expressionlessly withdrew his gaze: “I didn’t speak.”
Wen Xian also felt it was her own hallucination, she must have been angered dizzy by Shen Lingge. She listlessly gave an “mm” sound then leaned her head against the car window again, not caring whether it shook or not on the road.
Gong Yan: “……”
Looks like she really got hit by something.
Right before getting on the plane Wen Xian received Shen Lingge’s message.
[Shen Lingge: Remember to take your medicine when you get back, listen to Duoduo’s words.]
Wen Xian lowered her eyes and stared at that line of words for a while. The walls she had just built for herself along the way were in that instant shattered by his one sentence. Her heart softened, and just as she was about to reply to Shen Lingge, she immediately saw the next sentence.
[Shen Lingge: If you dare resign, your colleagues will lose their jobs.]
Wen Xian: “……..”
Damn this dog thing!
When getting off the plane, it was Duoduo and the driver who came to pick her up. Maybe Shen Lingge had mentioned her being sick, she opened her mouth and asked: “Miss, you’re already such a grown person, how could you still get caught in the rain?”
Wen Xian guiltily glanced at Duoduo, softly said: “I didn’t get caught in the rain.”
Duoduo: ?
Duoduo had prepared medicine in the car. Under Duoduo’s forcing, Wen Xian unwillingly drank the medicine that smelled bad and tasted bad, and after drinking it she just shrank to one side without speaking anymore.
After Wen Xian returned to Licheng, almost everyone around her noticed she wasn’t quite right. The housekeeper and Duoduo discovered she almost didn’t contact Shen Lingge anymore—no messages, no calls.
Duoduo as usual reported Wen Xian’s news to Shen Lingge every day. Wen Xian knew but didn’t stop her. For the time being, they didn’t know what happened between these two, but no one dared ask either.
Gong Yan, on the other hand, noticed Wen Xian was studying drawing seriously now. She no longer secretly played with her phone or slacked off. It was just that occasionally she would stare blankly at the pencil in her hand for a while, but after coming back to herself, she would again throw herself into intense and exciting study.
And Zhuo Xiangshuang asked Wen Xian indirectly if there was a problem in her relationship. Wen Xian shook her head and didn’t answer. Her recent work content had already returned to normal.
The person sending her emails was also no longer Shen Lingge.
These days, Wen Xian became more and more silent.
Only when she went home and played with Qiuqiu and Wen Xianxian would she show a smile. The housekeeper and Duoduo watching on the side both felt very worried. They couldn’t help at all.
Compared to Wen Xian’s silence, inside the Licheng circle things were lively. Almost everyone had heard that Shen Group’s person in power was going to personally come to Licheng to hold a bidding meeting. Most enterprises moved at the news.
Qin Zan also heard this news.
The assistant carefully asked beside him: “Boss, do you need me to prepare the banquet for that day?”
Qin Zan with an indifferent expression thought for a moment, then asked an unrelated question: “How is Xian Xian recently?”
The assistant replied: “Miss Wen is still the same as usual. Gets up early to go to Shen Group for work, stays in the company for lunch, after dinner goes to the private studio to learn painting. Every day is the same.”
Qin Zan’s fingertips moved slightly, instructed: “Keep an eye in the evening, don’t let anything happen to her. That person who took photos of her at the door last time, found yet?”
The assistant shook his head: “Not yet. The car was rented. The people in the car all wore masks. The street surveillance all caught blurry images. For now, we haven’t found their identity.”
Qin Zan frowned: “Increase manpower to check.”
The assistant responded: “Yes.”
…
Wen Xian was not doing well these days, and Shen Lingge was even worse. His bad mood was known by almost the entire Shen Group. For a while, everyone was on edge. People who ran into Shen Lingge on the road didn’t even dare to breathe loudly.
Shen Lingge had already coldly cursed several department heads in succession during the morning meeting. In the past, when they made some small mistakes, Shen Lingge would just lightly remind them to pay attention next time.
But these days, he didn’t save any face for them. Except for assistant Xiao Song, almost everyone had been scolded by Shen Lingge once.
Assistant Xiao Song practically had bitterness he couldn’t say. These two days, staying by Shen Lingge’s side, he was basically scared to death.
Shen Lingge often, while signing, would ask him some strange questions.
For example.
“You’ve dated before?”
“No? What were you doing all those twenty-plus years before?”
“You know how to coax a girl?”
“No? Are you planning to get married in the future?”
“You say, what would Xian Xian be doing right now? Forget it, you can go.”
Another morning meeting ended with Shen Lingge snapping a fountain pen in half. He walked out of the meeting room with an indifferent expression, voice even colder: “If I see this kind of mistake on the report again next time, you don’t need to come to work anymore.”
What answered him was a field of dead silence.