Chapter 1979

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

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The journey was silent.

Liang Xuer turned to look at Li Tingshen a few times. His dark and cold face made her lose the courage to speak to him.

Indeed, she had nothing to say to him. Even if she did, it was because she wanted to break the silence.

However, if she said something unimportant, she would be humiliated.

After racking her brains and hesitating, she finally found a topic.

“Sorry to trouble you.”

Li Tingshen remained silent.

Despite knowing his coldness, Liang Xuer still felt a little embarrassed. She bit her lips and turned her face away.

“There’s no hatred between us. Can you stop acting like you’re unwilling to talk to me? Are you really not going to talk to other women when you’re with Ye Qingqiu? Look at her today. I haven’t even done anything with you and she’s already so persistent and aggressive. She doesn’t allow you to interact with any woman? Do you think you’re logical?”

Li Tingshen finally reacted. He turned to look at her and said calmly, “So you can accept it?”

Liang Xuer was stunned. “It’s reasonable to exist. Even a monk can’t refuse a woman from going to the temple to burn incense.”

Li Tingshen fell silent for a second before letting out a low laugh. His eyes darkened.

“It’s a pity I’m not a monk.”

Liang Xuer thought that he had misinterpreted her meaning. “You’re not someone who causes trouble for yourself. She has imprisoned you so tightly and agreed to be with her. Don’t you feel tired? Someone like her will continue to cause trouble for you in the future.”

“Liang Xuer.” Li Tingshen grabbed the steering wheel with one hand and leaned lazily against the seat. “It’s immoral to gossip behind someone’s back.”

Liang Xuer froze in her seat. Her face was instantly covered in bright red blood before it quickly faded away.

She clasped her hands tightly in front of her and her trembling voice was shrill.

“Didn’t Ye Qingqiu say anything behind my back?”

They stopped at a red light.

Li Tingshen turned to look at her. His long eyes and small smile made Liang Xuer feel ashamed.

He was telling her that Ye Qingqiu didn’t have such a low character.

“Actually, you don’t have to come personally today. There’s no need to give Ye Qingqiu a chance to mess with you. You might not even listen to Aunt Lian.”

If she was really that obedient, he shouldn’t have agreed to be with Ye Qingqiu.

“She discovered something unexpected and came to pick you up personally…”

Li Tingshen seemed to have paused for a moment. Liang Xuer turned her head and saw the car moving. Almost at the same time, Li Tingshen’s voice sounded again.

“I just think you should be happy.”

Liang Xuer’s heart skipped a beat.

She stared at Li Tingshen’s side profile, wanting to see something, but nothing could be seen on his cold and handsome face.

She really didn’t understand.

“What do you mean by that? You don’t intend to break up with Ye Qingqiu and accuse me of speaking ill of her behind her back. Now, you want me to be happy… What are you thinking?”

Li Tingshen didn’t look at her. His lips curled into a smile, but it sent chills down her spine.

“Don’t think too much, or you’ll be even more upset.”

Liang Xuer couldn’t digest Li Tingshen’s words. “What do you mean?!”

Li Tingshen’s eyes darkened and his face turned cold.

“There’s a price to pay for everything, just like how there’s a price to pay and a debt to make up for.”

Liang Xuer didn’t understand at all.

“Why are you suddenly telling me this?”

The car slowly turned into a high-end neighborhood.

Li Tingshen didn’t say anything else.

His words made Liang Xuer panic.

But she knew very well that no matter how she asked, she wouldn’t get an answer.

He glanced at the rearview mirror as Li Tingshen drove the car into the underground parking lot.

After parking the car, Liang Xuer opened the door and got out.

Just as she took her luggage out of the trunk, the sound of a car engine sounded behind her. Immediately after, she braked, opened the door, and closed it.

The voice was loud and clear in the spacious underground garage.

A few men in black suits got out of the car one after another. They held metal rods in their hands and gradually surrounded her.

“What… are you doing…”

Liang Xuer was so frightened that her face turned pale and she staggered a few steps back.

Sitting in the car, Li Tingshen looked coldly at the situation outside through the rearview mirror. Under Liang Xuer’s gaze, he finally opened the car door and got out.

Liang Xuer hurried to his side.

“Brother Tingshen…”

Li Tingshen walked to the back of the car calmly and looked at the man who got out of another car.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“What do you want to do?”

Ye Ze walked to the group of men in black and nodded at Li Tingshen.

“I’m sorry, Young Master Li. My Miss said that she’s in a bad mood and can’t control her temper. She said that you’ve agreed to let her be, so I’m here to follow her orders.”

Seeing Ye Ze, Liang Xuer’s face turned cold. “You chased her all the way here just because she wanted to throw a tantrum?”

Ye Ze didn’t say anything and just glanced at her coldly.

Li Tingshen said calmly, “What does she want to do?”

Ye Ze didn’t answer him and gave the person beside him a look.

The few of them swarmed forward and swung the metal rods in their hands, smashing Li Tingshen’s car.

“Ah—”

The sound of metal colliding and glass shattering sounded in the underground parking lot. Liang Xuer couldn’t help but scream in fear.

Li Tingshen stood at the side and watched coldly.

When it was about time, Ye Ze asked them to stop.

Then, he walked up to Li Tingshen and said,

“Miss said that the passenger seat is dirty and she can’t sit in it anymore. This car is equivalent to being crippled, so why don’t we just cripple it?”

Hearing this, Li Tingshen looked at Ye Ze and his lips twitched.

“Really? That’s a waste because she’ll have to smash a new one next time.”

Ye Ze couldn’t care less and said emotionlessly, “Then I’ll go back and report.”

With that, he left with his men.

There were other private cars in the garage. When they saw this scene, they were shocked.

Liang Xuer was so frightened that her face turned pale. She covered her ears and hid in a corner, trembling.

Li Tingshen glanced at the car coldly before turning around expressionlessly.

Seeing the frightened Liang Xuer, he said calmly, “Go upstairs.”

As he spoke, he grabbed the suitcase and slid it to Liang Xuer.

Liang Xuer trembled and looked up carefully. Seeing that the fierce-looking people were gone, she removed her hands from her head.

Her cold and trembling hand held onto the box, her voice still filled with shock.

“Aren’t you going up?”

“I have other things to do.” Seeing that she wanted to say something but couldn’t, Li Tingshen added, “She’s throwing a tantrum at me. She won’t blame you. You don’t have to be afraid. No one will make things difficult for you.”

Liang Xuer gripped the handle of the suitcase tightly as tears welled up in her eyes.

“She let so many people chase after her and smashed her car without any reason. Is she throwing a tantrum at you? Is she from the underworld? Are you going to let her do whatever she wants?”

Li Tingshen frowned and pursed his lips before walking towards the elevator.

Liang Xuer bit her lip and hurried after him.

The elevator stopped on the first floor and the door opened. Li Tingshen stepped out without saying anything to Liang Xuer.

She was cold and heartless.

Such a person would probably never know that he had been hurting others.

Xiao Chu came to pick Li Tingshen up.

“CEO Li, do we really have to attend the gala in such a manner? If something goes wrong midway, how should we explain to Madam? Also, shouldn’t we inform Miss Ye in advance…”

Li Tingshen lowered his eyes, his expression hazy.

“She doesn’t have to know.”

She didn’t say anything else.

He didn’t even say anything. No one knew what he was thinking.

With such an indifferent personality, how long would it take to completely understand him?

Shaking his head secretly, Xiao Chu sped up.

*

Ye Ze returned to the Ye residence and reported the mission results to Ye Qingqiu.

Ye Qingqiu was sitting in the flower room, eating fruits and reading fashion magazines. Ye Ze saw a bunch of cut branches and leaves under the flowers.

However, every pot of flowers did not look messy or miserable, as if they had been carefully trimmed.

Hearing that Ye Ze had completed the mission, Ye Qingqiu wasn’t surprised. Without even raising her head, her lazy voice sounded.

“Did he say anything?”

Ye Ze said, “He said that it’s a waste because you have to continue smashing next time.”

Silence filled the flower room.

After a long while, Ye Qingqiu finished reading the last page of the magazine and threw the book on the transparent table.

He picked up his phone and made a call.

“Oka? I’m Ye Qingqiu. Leave the latest Hepburn gown for me. I don’t have anything to attend. I just like it and feel that it’s a pity to miss it… Uh… I’ll go get it myself tomorrow.”

After hanging up, she threw her phone on the table and smiled at Ye Ze.

“Then let’s continue smashing. Let’s see what brand of car I can smash next time. I hope you won’t buy a car worth hundreds of thousands just to deal with me.”

Ye Ze was speechless.

Ye Qingqiu didn’t look as bad as she had imagined. She stood up and walked around the room.

“Xu Wenxuan moved a few epiphyllum flowers back from the base. He said that he wanted to give me two. Help me make a trip to his house.”

Ye Ze didn’t hesitate and left.

“Wait a minute.” Ye Qingqiu walked towards him with both hands. “Help me investigate something.”

“Okay, what do you want to investigate?”

Ye Qingqiu raised an eyebrow.

*

At night, Li Tingshen was on a video call.

On the huge screen, there were many video calls.

The man in the middle of the screen had well-defined features. Even through the screen, one could sense his extraordinary aura. He was noble, elegant, wise, and steady.

At this moment, he spoke in a cold and deep voice.

“Do you need help?”

Li Tingshen leaned back in his chair and rejected her without hesitation.

“No need.”

“Brother Bo, with his personality, he has to suffer because of his pride. If I were you, I wouldn’t even bother to say anything.”

Clearly, the man in the middle of the screen was the largest person in the Dark Corporation.

Yin Ruijue had interacted with Li Tingshen a lot, so he knew him better.

Bo Jinchuan said calmly, “It’s good to have more experience. You’ll be able to see how cruel the rules of survival are.”

Li Tingshen pursed his lips as his thoughts coincided.

Yin Ruijue snorted and said, “He’s the one who let others see how cruel life is, right? With his bad temper, he must have dug a hole long ago before anyone tried to trip him up.”

The “ghost” was no match for Li Tingshen.

He didn’t say a word. One second, he was amiable, and the next, he was going to kill her. Just the thought of it was terrifying.

However, she had yet to witness his methods.

The few screens on the screen were all looking at Li Tingshen, but Li Tingshen, who was ridiculed in public, only smirked casually.

“I’ll let you experience it someday.”

Yin Ruijue hurriedly waved his hand and said, “Don’t. I don’t play dirty. If you want to come, come openly. Aren’t you quite good at fighting? If something happens one day, we’ll fight and resolve the problem with our fists. Aren’t you quite good at fighting?”

“Oh?” Someone on the screen was finally interested. “How can I fight?”

Yin Ruijue laughed and was about to say something when Li Tingshen’s phone rang.

Glancing at the phone screen on the table, he said calmly, “If there’s nothing else, I’ll leave first.”

At the same time, he cut off the video call.

The call was from Lian Lili.

The moment the call connected, she asked, “What happened? I heard from Xu’er that your car was smashed today?”

Li Tingshen frowned and said coldly, “Nothing.”

“Ye Qingqiu got someone to do it?”

Lian Lili’s tone was full of undisguised dissatisfaction and anger.

Li Tingshen stood up. “This is between us. We can buy a new car. I’m fine too. Don’t mention this again.”

“What do you mean by something between you and her?!” Lian Lili’s voice suddenly became sharp. “I’ve lived for more than 40 years, but this is the first time I’ve heard that a woman’s jealousy and temper can cause a group of people to smash a man’s car. She has really broadened my horizons. Come back quickly!”

Liang Xuer’s comforting voice could be heard.

Li Tingshen hung up.

There was a message on the screen. It was from Ye Qingqiu and had been sent an hour ago.

“Remember to buy a better car. That way, I’ll have a sense of accomplishment when I smash it.”

Li Tingshen’s lips twitched, making him look even colder.

After leaving the company, Xiao Chu asked him where he was going.

After a few seconds of silence, he said calmly, “To Oka.”

Xiao Chu was a little surprised. This was the first time she had heard something like this from Li Tingshen.

Oka was the most prestigious venue for luxury goods.

Some of the well-known luxury brands were rare. Almost all of them were high-end luxury brands.

It was a place that only the top celebrities of wealthy families would patronize.

Xiao Chu started the car and said with a smile, “Have you already thought of a way to make Miss Ye happy?”