Translator: Henyee Translations
Editor: Henyee Translations
She discovered that people were looking and pointing at her at the roadside when she put the phone back into her bag. She suddenly remembered that she was still wearing the French maid costume. Xia Changyue didn’t have time to hesitate, so she quickly covered her face and ran into the apartment building.
A black limousine was parked quietly under a big banyan tree at the roadside.
The car window rolled down and revealed a man’s handsome face with distinct features. It had seductive eyes that resemble opals gazed at the direction where Xia Changyue disappeared for a long time.
He remained in the exact same posture while he was messaging her earlier with the phone still in his hand.
He kept thinking about the way she looked when she was hesitating in front of the restaurant.
She was still the same. She would clench her fists when she got nervous.
A set of French maid costume was enough to make her lose her composure. However, she was still so damn attractive.
He was actually worried that she might get harassed, so he followed her all the way home.
His eyes narrowed. A few moments later, he slowly raised his head to look at the old apartment building in front of him.
Uneven pavements, peeling walls, streetlights swaying under the dark sky…
It wouldn’t be easy to look for another building as old as this in G City. Was she staying in a place like this now?
“We have done the investigation, Young Master Chi. Miss Xia lives alone currently. She will only venture out when she needs to liaise with the production companies. She remains in the apartment to write most of the time. She also seldom orders delivery, so she should be cooking for herself.”
The Special Assistant reported respectfully.
“…”
She cooked for herself.
Yan Chengchi tightened his grip on the phone silently until green veins appeared on the back of his hand.
She was the little princess of the Xia family. She couldn’t even differentiate sugar from salt. How was she able to cook for herself?
She did enthusiastically offer to cook for him when they first got together. However, she almost scorched herself and burned down the kitchen.
Finally, he strictly forbade her to ever step in the kitchen.
He never told her that she looked beautiful when she was in the kitchen, learning to cook for him.
Although she had never succeeded in her attempts, he knew she was trying very hard to blend into his way of life. She tried so hard to prove to him that he wasn’t alone. He still had her.
However, in the end, even she betrayed him.
Yan Chengchi’s mood darkened when he remembered that. His gaze became complicated when he looked at the old apartment building again.
He should be happy that she got what she deserved. However, he only felt a bit of ache on his heart instead.
“What about An Chenxu?”
That man was willing to pay such a high price for a contract to save her. Why would he allow her to stay at such a place?
Yan Chengchi narrowed his eyes; there was a gleam of light in them.
“Our investigation shows that An family’s company has encountered a lot of problems in the past two years. The company’s strength is not as strong as it once was. An Chenxu had to manage the company very carefully for the family to go back to the upper echelons of society.”
The Special Assistant reported respectfully.
“Really.” Yan Chengchi’s muscular body leaned back into his seat and closed his eyes.
They were a pair of star-crossed lovers then.
Didn’t she leave him then because the Ans were rich? Who would have thought it would only take four years for the Ans to fall from grace? Was that why she lived in such a place because even An Chenxu couldn’t protect her?
This did look like retribution.
“Find out which company is An family’s biggest collaborator.” Yan Chengchi said grudgingly.
He did not, for a single moment, forget what happened four years ago.
It was time to balance the ledger.
Yan Chengchi narrowed his eyes. A coldness emanated from him.
“Yes.”
The car window rolled back gradually, and the limousine drove away discreetly.