Chapter 38

Translator: Henyee Translations

Editor: Henyee Translations

Xiao Qi felt a bit guilty and did not dare to look Lan Qianyu in the eye. However, Ye Yan was his last hope. If he lost this opportunity, he would really suffer a crushing defeat. Thinking about this, he commanded firmly, “Apologize right now!”

“You’re asking me to apologize to him?” Lan Qianyu was furious, and was about to flare up, when Xiao Qi suddenly tugged on her hand, looking at her almost pleadingly, and whispered, “Qianyu, take it that I’m begging you…” Then, he commanded loudly again, “Apologize!”

Lan Qianyu only felt a blazing fury rushing into her chest and she clenched her fists tightly. If this had been normal times, she would have already flared up. But looking at how servile Xiao Qi was, she felt like she did not have the heart to do that to him.

Ye Yan’s lips curled up into a mocking sneer. When he looked back, that sneer had vanished, and was replaced by a rare generosity, “Mr. Xiao, you are in the wrong. Ms. Lan is just feeling anxious for you, how can you treat her like this?”

Lan Qianyu really wanted to yell at him for shedding crocodile tears. But when she thought about how this was indeed Xiao Qi’s last hope, she eventually suppressed her anger and said stiffly, “Sorry!”

“You’re too polite!” Ye Yan was all smiles. “Sit!”

The three of them sat back down at the table once again.

Ye Yan raised his wine glass to toast to Lan Qianyu, “Ms. Lan, thank you for saving me that day.”

“You’re welcome, I didn’t do it on purpose.” Lan Qianyu smiled coldly. Holding her wine glass, she lightly clinked it against Ye Yan’s. “I’ll drink first to honour you.” Then, she drained her half glass of red wine in one gulp.

“Good alcohol capacity!” Ye Yan smiled slightly and symbolically took a sip of his wine.

The waiter immediately poured another glass of wine for Lan Qianyu. Xiao Qi picked up his wine glass and stood up, “President Ye, Qianyu and I toast to you together!”

Ye Yan clinked glasses with them. Xiao Qi and Lan Qianyu finished the wine in their glasses. When she finished this glass of wine, Lan Qianyu’s face was already slightly flushed, like a cloud of volcanic ash, complementing her exquisite small face, making it look even more alluring.

Ye Yan lightly swirled the long-stem wine glass, while staring at her deeply, with a primitive desire looming in his eyes.

Just then, Xiao Qi’s mobile phone rang. He looked at the caller ID and said to Ye Yan, “President Ye, I’m going to answer a call. You two can drink slowly.”

“Okay.” Ye Yan nodded.

Holding his mobile phone, Xiao Qi headed in the direction of the bathroom. Lan Qianyu watched as he left. Turning her eyes away, she glared somberly at Ye Yan. “What the hell do you want?”

“What do you mean? I don’t quite understand.” Lazily, Ye Yan leaned back in his chair, lightly swirling his wine glass, with an inherent arrogance on his face.

“You told Xiao Qi to ask me to come and find you personally. Only then will you consider injecting capital into Xiao Corporation. You did that on purpose.” Lan Qianyu’s tone was not a questioning one, but an assertion.

“You’re right, I did do it on purpose.” Ye Yan’s foot, which was crossed atop the other, softly caressed Lan Qianyu’s calf under the table. His gaze was extremely suggestive. “Because I wanted to see you!”

“You…” Lan Qianyu was just about to say something, when Ye Yan suddenly grabbed her hand, and with a light tug, she fell into his arms.

Lan Qianyu responded quickly and struggled to stand up. Unfortunately, Ye Yan was faster than her. His strong arms clasped around her waist tightly, together with her restless hands. She still continued to struggle. His wickedly charming face suddenly closed in on her and he said suggestively, “What do you think your fiancé will think if he sees us in this position? Hmm?”