“Hello? Who is it?”
“Yu, it’s me.”
Yi Yunzhe?!
Why did he call?
Mu Yu suddenly got nervous as she glanced at the door subconsciously. After making sure that the door was shut tight and she was alone inside, she replied, “Is there something I can help you with, President Yi?”
“I forgot to tell you that Yihan left a parcel for you at my place yesterday, and he wanted me to hand it to you.”
Mu Yu was surprised as she replied, “Huh? What parcel?”
“I’m not sure because the parcel is wrapped tight. Where are you right now? I’ll send it over to you.”
“I’m at…” Mu Yu did not want to make a fuss, as she remembered that Cheng Xiang was in the opposite room. She paused for a moment, and politely replied, “I wouldn’t want to trouble you to come all the way here just to send a parcel. Why don’t I go over to your place and pick it up?”
“Sure, I’m in room 3022.”
“Okay, I’ll come over now.”
She hung up the phone, and as she walked toward the door, she wondered what she could do to get to Yi Yunzhe’s room without being noticed by Cheng Xiang. She suddenly heard the voice of a woman calling, “Mr. Cheng,” accompanied by knocks on the door. She listened attentively after realizing that the knock came from Cheng Xiang’s room.
“What is it?” She heard Cheng Xiang’s voice answering it.
“Hello Mr. Cheng, I am the new girl from the laundry room. Sorry to disturb you, but I accidentally misplaced your clothes. I’m not sure which ones are yours, so would you mind coming over to the laundry room to sort out your belongings?”
“Is this how you do your work?” Cheng Xiang was obviously displeased.
“I sincerely apologize, sir, I’m really sorry. I didn’t do it on purpose, so would you please be kind and do me a favor, sir?” The girl’s voice sounded pitiful. “If my manager knows about my mistakes, I will definitely get fired. I really need this job, sir. Please.”
“So troublesome. Where is the laundry room?”
“Over here, sir. Let me lead the way.”
There was no more sound outside.
Mu Yu peered open the door sneakily, and saw Cheng Xiang leave with a uniform-clad employee as they disappeared from the corner toward the elevator’s direction. Delighted, she immediately peered the door ajar, and went down the safety passage, evading the elevator. Finally, she arrived at room 3022 and knocked on the door.
“Come in.”
She realized the door was unlocked when she heard Yi Yunzhe’s reply. Without giving it much thought, she opened the door and went in.
The curtains were tightly shut, and the room was dimly lit by a wall lamp. She felt something was off, so she did not dare to enter the room. Standing at the entrance, she called out, “President Yi?”
“Yu?”
With the sounds of footsteps, Yi Yunzhe appeared in front of her.
God, why is he donning a sleeping gown?
Something’s not right!
Hiding her shock, Mu Yu decided to leave, but she felt a sudden dizziness. Losing her sense of direction, she unconsciously tried to grab onto something.
“What’s wrong, Yu?” Yi Yunzhe held on to her as he asked.
“I… I’m fine.”
Mu Yu pushed Yi Yunzhe away with all her might, and shook her head vigorously. But her head felt heavier, and her vision began to blur. Her body was sluggish, and she could not focus on her thoughts, causing panic to rise within her.
“What’s wrong, Yu?” Yi Yunzhe noticed that something was wrong with her, and forcefully held on to her with an anxious look.
“My… My head is dizzy… I…” She struggled for a moment, but still couldn’t resist falling into his arms.
“Yu! Are you okay? I’ll take you to the hospital! Hang in there!”
Yi Yunzhe nervously held her in a tight embrace, and upon realizing her body becoming more limp, he immediately took her to his bed, before turning to look for his phone to call for help.
Mu Yu’s soft muffled moans could suddenly be heard at that moment. Yi Yunzhe’s finger, which was ready to press on the number, froze at her moans. Turning his head toward her squirming on the bed, he stood there, stunned.
He was a man with much experience, so he instantly knew what was her problem.
“I… I don’t know what happened… I feel uncomfortable…” She began to look more and more unfocused as moments passed by, and her vision started to blur.
“Yu? Yu? What’s wrong?”
He kept asking if she was okay even though she did not respond. He could not help but keep crawling closer toward her.
He had already fallen for Mu Yu since she was studying in university. He listened to Xin Yihan, and silently looked over her for half a year out of his love for her. Little did he know that before everything was set in stone, that damned Qin Jinhuan came over and nonchalantly took her away. She was protected so tightly, to the point that it was hard for him to even meet her. He couldn’t even be too friendly when he finally got to meet her, as he did not want to startle her, for that might make her avoid him. This took away his chances of getting close to her.
Nobody knew how hard it was for him to act gentlemanly, and nobody knew how much he despised Qin Jinhuan.
If the conversation that she had with Mu Yu at the golf course had given him a slight amount of hope, then the way she tried to keep her distance from him in the dining hall today had finally popped his bubbles.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk, I never thought that you cared so much about my wife, President Yi. But I will not show you my gratitude, because my wife does not need any other men to care for her. I, alone, am sufficient enough for her.” Qin Jinhuan’s piercing words at the dining hall echoed through his ears, as if he was standing right beside him.
She already belonged to Qin Jinhuan. She never took notice of his attentiveness, and was oblivious of his feelings toward her. If he did nothing to restrain himself, then he would be the biggest laughing stock in An City.
Yi Yunzhe had no reason to convince himself to treat Mu Yu kindly, since things had developed up to this stage. She was the one who came to him under these circumstances, so how could he miss this opportunity to humiliate Qin Jinhuan?
And tomorrow was the day Qin Jinhuan signed the Phoenix Gully agreement. If he was able to mess with Qin Jinhuan’s mind and make him miss the chance of obtaining the contract, then he would be the ultimate winner in this revenge game.
As he watched the woman losing consciousness beside him, it was as if he could already foretell the situation where Qin Jinhuan got brought down by him. His face was full of delight at the thought of it. He joyfully turned his gaze toward Mu Yu who was on the bed, and his narrow eyes beamed with cunningness.
When Mu Yu sneaked out to meet with Yi Yunzhe secretly, Qin Jinhuan and his men hurriedly rushed to An City. However, when he finally reached the meeting room in haste, he was surprised to see that it was already filled with the other board members, except the person who initiated this meeting, his grandpa.
He agitatedly glared at Wen Zeyu, “Where is he?”
“Grandpa is in his office. I’ll go and get him now.” Wen Zeyu immediately ran out of the meeting room before Qin Jinhuan flew off the handle.
Even though Qin Xiaozhi had already stepped down from his position, his office was still well-maintained, as he would sometimes return to the company to have a look around.
After a while, Qin Xiaozhi finally arrived with the company of the twins. He slowly paced his way toward the meeting room, and nonchalantly had Qin Jinhuan step out of the chairman’s seat.
Qin Jinhuan glanced at him without much thought, and gave away his seat without uttering another word.
Qin Xiaozhi slowly lowered onto his seat and glanced at Qin Jinhuan coldly. “Are you confident with the signing tomorrow?”
“Yes.”
“What if you fail?”
“There will be no ‘what ifs’.”
Qin Xiaozhi sneered, “Stop thinking highly of yourself. As long as it’s not set in stone yet, anything can happen. Have you ever thought of the consequences if you were to fail obtaining the Phoenix Gully project?”
Qin Jinhuan coldly snickered and he confidently replied, “I already said, there will be no ‘what ifs’.”
Thump! Qin Xiaozhi stood up abruptly and slammed on the table. He ignored the crowd’s startled gazes and snorted, “Qin Jinhuan, do you know that this will jeopardize the entirety of Qing Tian Group if you were to take a wrong step on your scheme?”
He knew his grandpa was referring to the large investments he had made before he got his hands on the project. He coolly raised his brows and answered, “Wouldn’t it be more rewarding winning something with a challenge?”
Qin Xiaozhi kept on questioning him, “And what if you lose?”
Qin Wentao, who was sitting at the side this whole time, suddenly interrupted, “You don’t need to worry about Huan, Daddy. He already had a well thought-out plan. Or else, he wouldn’t have declared in front of everyone that he would step down from the president position, and never to step into Qing Tian Building ever again if he failed.”
“Owh? You really said that?” Qin Xiaozhi looked at Qin Jinhuan.
“Yes,” he replied indifferently.
Qin Wentao used the opportunity for further questioning. “You even said that you will forfeit the inheritance rights of your mother’s possessions as a method of compensation to us if you failed in obtaining this project, didn’t you?”
Qin Jinhuan snickered, “What I said was, ‘in your dreams.’”
“You…”
Qin Xiaozhi waved his hand to stop his son from continuing. “Since he has already made up his mind, we should not be worried about it anymore. Let’s just go back and patiently wait for his good news.”
“Daddy…”
“That’s enough.” Qin Xiaozhi exclaimed and stared piercingly at Qin Jinhuan. He sneered and left the meeting room after announcing, “Dismissed.”
The board directors, who did not have any chance to say anything, anxiously left the room while sneaking glances at each other.
In no time, the large meeting room was left with only two people, Wen Zeyu and Qin Jinhuan.
“Brother…”
“You don’t trust me either?”
Wen Zeyu was a feisty one. He would only call Qin Jinhuan ‘brother’ when he was distraught.
“No, it’s not that I don’t trust you. I just feel that it isn’t fair for you. Why is it that everybody gets their share of profits when we sign the project, but in the event that we lose, you are the one who has to bear all the consequences? Somebody is clearly setting you up.”
“So what if they are? Do you really think they will get what they want?”
“Grandpa’s advice was valid. We cannot afford a single mishap, so it will be wiser for you to have a backup plan. I don’t want you to lose everything beyond redemption.”
“I already have my own plans. Just wait for my updates tomorrow.” Qin Jinhuan left the meeting room without turning back, and headed toward West Bay with Bian Zijun and the others.
“Where is Yu?” Qin Jinhuan called Cheng Xiang after he could not get a hold of Mu Yu. His call could not get through even though he contacted her twice upon arriving at the holiday villa.
Cheng Xiang was petrified. “Young mistress is not in her room? That can’t be! I have been keeping my door open the whole time, and I did not even hear her leaving her room!”
A sudden distress creeped upon Qin Jinhuan, who was already feeling agitated. He angrily exclaimed, “Hurry up and look for her, you good-for-nothing trash!”
Cheng Xiang immediately realized that she might have left her room when he went out for the laundry. He instantly rushed to the monitor room to check the surveillance recordings.
Color drained from Qin Jinhuan’s face as he watched Mu Yu entering Yi Yunzhe’s three hours ago, and had not come out since. He immediately rushed toward the room, and barged in without waiting for the attendant.
Mu Yu was startled awake, and sat up in a daze. Realizing that she was in an unfamiliar room, she was immediately shocked. Then, she saw Yi Yunzhe lying right beside her with their outfits dishevelled, and her face instantly went pale white.
But what freaked her out the most was Qin Jinhuan holding a fruit knife in his hand, with his face full of fury.