âHate you? Why would I?â Yang Chen asked.
Xiao Zhiqing said softly, âBecause I purposely made you quarrel with your wife about our pastâŠâ
âOh,â Yang Chen said and he asked again, âDid I make love to you in L.A.?â
Xiao Zhiqing immediately went red. She felt the anger and humiliation rise every time she thought of it. âAre you trying to humiliate me? Yes! Thatâs right! We did do it! For the entire afternoon!â
âThen thatâs settled. You didnât make up the story. Sure, Iâm not happy about what you did, but I donât hate you for it,â Yang Chen said.
Xiao Zhiqing was stunned at first and then became teary-eyed. âYang Chen⊠youâre so nice to meâŠâ
âIâm nice to you?â Yang Chen asked in bewilderment.
She nodded earnestly. âYou are the nicest person Iâve ever met in my whole life.â
It was Yang Chenâs turn to be speechless. She didnât sound like she was lying.
But why?
âYou donât believe me? You treated and cured the toxins in my body. Now youâre curing my wound. I made you quarrel with your wife and yet you donât hate me. You even went so far as to wipe me downâŠâ Xiao Zhiqingâs heart warmed when she thought of it.
This man might not admit it but deep down, he cared about her.
âStop joking around. With your looks, it wouldnât be hard to find a guy who would treat you the same if not better,â Yang Chen said.
Xiao Zhiqing lowered her head. âI went to the States immediately after leaving home. I didnât get the chance to meet many people and those whom I did meet were either perverts or pedophiles. They only wanted my body. They didnât say it but I could tell.â
âThe world isnât as dark as you think. Nice people still exist.â Yang Chen tried convincing her.
âNo! Thatâs because youâre lucky! Everyone around me is mean!â Xiao Zhiqing yelled suddenly.
Yang Chen didnât know how to reply, so he shifted the topic to something else. âYou kept asking me questions so now itâs my turn. Who are you and how did you find me? And, why did you want to find me?â
Xiao Zhiqing kept quiet for a while and mumbled, âAfter running away, I picked up the basics of hacking. I had a photo of you, so I hacked into the airline company for your information. Then I went to the police station in Zhonghai for more detailsâŠâ
Yang Chenâs jaw dropped. Was it really that easy?
âThen who are you, why did you come for me?â
Xiao Zhiqing hesitated for a while and frowned in determination as if she had made up her mind. âIf I told you my identity, can you promise me one thing?â
âWhat thing?â Yang Chen frowned.
âTake revenge for me.â
âHuh?â
âI said to take revenge for me.â Xiao Zhiqing looked at him expectantly. âIâll do anything for you as long as you agree to take revenge for me.â
Yang Chen was stupefied. âWhat are you talking about?â
âYou have to agree first, only then will I tell you where Iâm from,â Xiao Zhiqing said stubbornly.
Yang Chen laughed. âWoman, know your place. You have no right to force me. If I wanted you, I wouldâve taken you right here right now and you wonât be able to resist. Plus, youâve seen my wife. Do you think just anyone would be able to seduce me?â
A flash of sorrow shone through her eyes. âYou⊠Just as it thought, you wonât agree to help me.â
âDuh. I told you back then that we should never meet again because I wanted to avoid trouble. I donât owe you anything and yet youâre here stirring up all kinds of problems for me.â
Xiao Zhiqingâs face fell. âI⊠I donât want to be capturedâŠâ
Yang Chen contemplated for a bit. âYou mean someoneâs trying to kill you?â
âI would have preferred death. These men wonât kill me, they only want to torture meâŠâ Her face turned ghastly pale.
Yang Chen was confused. Her whole existence made him confused. âI wonât ask you anymore if youâre unwilling to tell me. My patience is limited. Please leave by tomorrow morning.â
Anger crept up her face when she heard that. âHow could you be so cruel?!â
âExactly how am I being cruel to you?â
âYou took care of me and cured me. Iâm sure you have feelings for me since you said you donât hate me!â Xiao Zhiqing said firmly.
Yang Chen waved his hands and smiled. âForget about it. My wife paid for your hospital fees and her money is my money. I didnât want her to waste her money on something I could fix in an instant. I wiped your body so that I could feel you up and if I wasnât in a bad mood I wouldâve taken you. Be grateful.â
âYou⊠bastard!â
Xiao Zhiqing trembled in anger. She wanted nothing more than biting his head off!
âAlright, thereâs no point in talking anymore since you wonât tell me what I want to know. Continue living as you wish. Iâll have the nurses clear your bed in the morning.â Yang Chen walked out of the door and turned around, âOh right, the next time you come across me and my family, you can be sure that I will not let you go so easily .â
Xiao Zhiqing glared at him with red eyes.
Yang Chen couldnât stand her gazeâdespaired yet persevered. But there was nothing he could do. He was just a man, albeit stronger than your average person.
Honestly, Yang Chen thought that he had done enough for Xiao Zhiqing. Why would he agree to something he didnât even know was the truth?
What if she asked him to do something that would get himself killed? He couldnât agree to something that lightly.
Yang Chen didnât dare to cause any trouble when he was still waiting for Lin Ruoxi to forgive him.
Tears fell down her face as Yang Chen walked out of her sight. âYou cowardly man! The more you try to get rid of me, the harder it will be!â
Xiao Zhiqing slapped the bed and threw a pillow on the floor in frustration.
Moonlight and starlight shone through the night sky as Yang Chen walked out of the hospital.
He lit a cigarette. He couldnât go home until Lin Ruoxi felt better. He was sure he could beg for her forgiveness by showing his sincerity but that wasnât his best course of action.
Knowing how smart Lin Ruoxi was, once she calmed down, she wouldâve realized by then that Xiao Zhiqing was doing it on purpose.
Xiao Zhiqing was nothing compared to Mo Qianni, Rose, and his other ladies.
He was confident Lin Ruoxi would realize it once she thought things through.
Lin Ruoxi didnât want to let him off the hook so easily for a âsmall matterâ like this because of her stubbornness. Well, it was considered âsmallâ compared to the things he had done.
All he could do now was avoid her and feign being afraid to let her feel more superior in this situation.
The only problem now was that he had no place to spend the night. He couldnât go home and he couldnât possibly sleep at the office either.
Rose and Mo Qianni were out of the question. Wang Ma always met with Ma Guifang and if either one knew that he was there, Lin Ruoxi would know too. Tang Wan and An Xin werenât an option as well. It was already difficult to locate them when he wanted to.
The only choice he had left was Liu Mingyu and Cai Yan.
He could also use it as an excuse to check up on their cultivation progress. So he dialed Liu Mingyuâs phone number.
When it came to emotional support, Liu Mingyu was a more suitable choice compared to Cai Yan. Liu Mingyu had a gentle and soft personality whereas Cai Yan was a hotheaded person.
It took eight rings for Liu Mingyu to pick up the phone.
He could hear loud noises blasting through the phone.
âHelloâŠâ Liu Mingyuâs voice was a bit muffled but gentle as always.
Yang Chen frowned. âMingyu dear, where are you? Are you drunk?â
Liu Mingyu hummed. âIâm at the karaoke with my schoolmates. We came here after the concert⊠Hubby⊠come and fetch me⊠Iâm drunkâŠâ
âWhy are you still drinking at this hour?â
Yang Chen was speechless. He couldnât possibly ask the Sea Eagles to escort her home since she was with her schoolmates.
Yang Chen drove towards the karaoke place that Liu Mingyu was at after confirming the location.
Meanwhile, on the upper side of the planet, something else was going on.
The sun never set in the North Pole which caused the temperature to stay around negative ten degrees Celsius.
In the past, the polar bears might have been the only residence here, but now, it would seem that the north pole had made way for their new residents.
Suddenly, the surface of the ice opened up.
With a closer look, one could see that there was something beneath the ice. There was an underground laboratory made out of alloy!
How could someone build a laboratory underneath the ice?! This was impossible! No amount of money and technology would have permitted the construction of this laboratory!