Ch. 221..225: Mr CEO Ex-wife Escapes Again Chapter 221-225
Chapter 221: Chapter 221 She Regretted It Chapter 221: Chapter 221 She Regretted It Yin Hehe awoke again to find herself confined to a very small room.
There were no windows, save for an exhaust vent above, and the suspended incandescent bulb overhead was so bright that it made her eyes ache.
“You’re finally awake?”
Just as her still-groggy mind was trying to figure out what this place was—
That’s when a sinister female voice emerged in the room.
Yin Hehe immediately locked her gaze onto this person.
“Is that you, Madam?”
“Yes!”
The Madam, dressed lavishly but with her face covered by a black Tais, slowly walked out of the darkness like a ghost.
“Lan Youjia, you didn’t expect this, did you? Coming here, you still can’t escape from the palm of my hand.”
She stepped towards Yin Hehe, speaking through gritted teeth with hatred.
Lan Youjia was the name Lan Yi had at home before.
Later, after she went to study, she thought the name was too casual and chose Lan Yi for herself.
Yin Hehe observed the woman.
“Madam, what are you doing? I’m just trying to protect myself, surely you don’t need to show such hostility toward me?”
She wasn’t as panicked as one might expect, but rather felt confused at realizing who was behind this.
Indeed, it was true.
In the Tulan Society, Lan Yi’s mother never posed a threat to anyone, and Lan Yi even less so.
So why had the legitimate wife suddenly taken such drastic measures against her?
“Hehe, not needed?”
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, the legitimate wife revealed a thick layer of sarcasm at once.
“You weren’t needed in the past, but now, you’re really capable, aren’t you? With one sentence you’re aiming for the position of the heir to Tulan Society, and you dare say I don’t need to?”
“…”
“Let me tell you, Lan Youjia, as long as I, the Madam, am here, a bastard born from a stray, like you, will never become the heir to Tulan Society!”
She spat out the words, brimming with loathing.
Her face seethed with rage, as if she wanted to rip Yin Hehe into shreds right there.
Yin Hehe understood what was going on upon hearing this.
Immediately, she pursed her lips, braced herself against the wall, and slowly climbed to her feet.
“Madam, believe it or not, I truly have no such intentions. I’m doing this only to escape,” she said sincerely to the legitimate wife.
“Escape?”
“Yes. I made a deal with father: if I help him succeed, he won’t force me to marry his dim-witted son. That’s all I’m asking for.”
Yin Hehe stood up and looked the legitimate wife squarely in the eye as she spoke earnestly.
She definitely wasn’t coveting the position of heir to the Tulan Society.
After all, she wasn’t the real Lan Yi. Why would she want that? All she wanted now, was to gain Lan Cuo’s trust.
And then find an opportunity to make her escape.
Luckily, after saying this, the legitimate wife seemed to soften a bit.
“Is what you’re saying true?”
“Of course it is,” Yin Hehe nodded immediately.
“Madam, if you don’t believe me, I can swear to you right now. And, Madam, the business I’m doing with father is of utmost importance—if you kill me and mess it up, he won’t let you off.”
Yin Hehe administered the final strong dose to the woman.
Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, her complexion changed, and her attitude clearly wasn’t as rigid.
“You just wait here for me!”
That was all she left Yin Hehe with before she hurried out.
Seeing this, Yin Hehe knew she must have gone to consult with someone; so, she wasn’t anxious and found a chair to sit down in the room.
What was the time now?
And where was this place? Did Lan Cuo know she was missing? Would he come to find her?
Her mind was a whirl with these questions.
Yet, she couldn’t deny that at this moment, she had calmed down quite a bit, and the fear from being drugged had also dissipated.
She hadn’t expected that when she had been waiting for almost twenty minutes and this door was opened again, the ones who came in turned out to be two strange men she had never met before.
“What… what are you going to do?” she asked.
“What are we going to do?”
To her horror, the two men even flashed a sinister smile.
“Miss Second Young Lady, the madam said that the things you just mentioned are unfounded and that you need to show a bit of sincerity for us to believe them,” they said.
“What kind of sincerity?” she asked.
Yin Hehe sensed danger and immediately got up to back away.
But the room was only so big; where could she possibly retreat to? It was a matter of merely two or three steps.
Before she knew it, the two men had cornered her.
“It’s, of course, this!”
They pinned her down, and before long, they actually took out a syringe from their person. And inside the syringe, there was a clear liquid.
Yin Hehe: “!!!!”
Almost instantly, all her blood felt as if it had frozen inside her body, turning her as pale as a dead person.
“Get away from me! You bunch of animals, don’t touch me, get out!”
She finally lost her composure.
Screaming frantically in front of the two men, she desperately tried to escape to the side.
She was a lawyer, how could she not be aware of what this was!
She finally felt a fear she had never known before.
However, these people didn’t let her get away. Seeing her attempt to escape, they simply reached out and grabbed her.
Instantly, she was like a chick caught in the talons of an eagle.
She could struggle no more.
“Miss Second Young Lady, why are you running? Isn’t this what you asked for? Hahaha…”
Their maniacal, ghastly laughter made the room seem like hell at that moment.
Yin Hehe’s eyes turned blood red!
She struggled fiercely, screamed, called for help…
And at last, she pleaded desperately with the two men, hoping they would spare her.
But it was no use.
The sharp needle eventually pierced her arm.
“No—”
She cried out miserably.
In that moment, she finally regretted that she should not have left Jiangbei, and even more so, she should not have naively thought that staying away from that man was more important than her life!
“Sheng Siyuan…”
As she lost consciousness, the name she cried out with her completely hoarse voice was this one.
—
Southeast Asia, airport.
By the time Sheng Siyuan arrived here on a private plane, it was the early hours of the third day.
This place wasn’t like the United States; entering the country still required some formalities.
So it had been delayed by a day.
“Mr. President, we’ve found out that the Tulan Society’s Second Young Lady indeed returned,” reported Xu Guannan as soon as they disembarked from the plane.
Sheng Siyuan, who hadn’t slept for two days and nights, immediately took his assistant’s phone when he heard this news.
“Is the Second Young Lady Lan Yi?”
“Yes, Lan Cuo has four women in total. Besides his legal wife who he married properly, the other three were women he brought back. Lan Yi’s mother used to be a croupier in the gambling city of Southeast Asia. She caught Lan Cuo’s eye, and after he brought her back, she gave birth to Lan Yi,” Xu Guannan briefly explained.
This was indeed the true background of Lan Yi. The Tulan Society, a crime syndicate in Southeast Asia that struck fear into people’s hearts. Who could have imagined that the private life of its leader was so disorderly?
Sheng Siyuan got into the car.
“Where is she now?”
As the car door closed, that was his first question.
Chapter 222: Chapter 222 Never Thought He Would Travel Thousands of Miles to Find Her Chapter 222: Chapter 222 Never Thought He Would Travel Thousands of Miles to Find Her How is Lan Yi doing now?
Actually, Xu Guannan doesn’t know much either, because ever since that second young lady returned, Lan Cuo has kept her out of the public eye.
The only piece of news, it seems, is about her marriage to that police chief’s stupid son.
It’s still going on.
“What did you say? She’s still going to marry that idiot?”
With those words, the handsome face of the man sitting in the car suddenly grew grim, and even the temperature seemed to drop significantly.
Xu Guannan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and looked toward the vice president who was driving.
The vice president swallowed hard.
“Yes… It’s like this, five years ago the real Lan Yi ran away from her wedding, which enraged the local police chief. So, for these years, he’s been causing trouble for the Tulan Society. Now that Lan Cuo has finally found his daughter, of course, he wants to marry her off again to appease this man’s anger,” the vice president explained bravely.
Xu Guannan, upon hearing this, immediately flashed a sharp look in his eyes and turned to the man sitting behind him.
“President, does this mean that the madam hasn’t yet revealed her true identity here? Is she still wearing Lan Yi’s face-changing mask?”
“…”
Saying this only made things worse.
At the mention of it, the man in the back looked even more sullen and fierce.
Because Yin Hehe not taking off that mask meant that in her heart, she feared Sheng Siyuan far more than Lan Cuo!
She would rather be trapped here.
Than be discovered by him, Sheng Siyuan.
The atmosphere in the car was terrifyingly silent.
Soon, the car arrived in the downtown area, and Xu Guannan planned to head to the hotel first.
But the man in the back, upon seeing this, suddenly commanded in a cold voice, “Go to the Tulan Society!”
“What?”
The two in front both broke out in a cold sweat.
The Tulan Society?
Going there so directly? That’s the home turf of Southeast Asia’s number one gang, and they were just going to show up unannounced?
Xu Guannan’s face turned pale.
“President, this isn’t our territory after all. Shouldn’t we make arrangements first?”
“Yes, yes,” the vice president also quickly nodded in agreement.
“Boss Sheng, everyone in the Tulan Society is a desperado. If we barge in rashly, it might be dangerous.”
“Afraid of what?”
Unexpectedly, the man replied with an air of composure.
“When we get there, just tell the security at the door that the president of Shengshi Group has arrived. They will naturally let us in.”
“!!!!!”
No one dared to make a sound after that.
Because the president’s audacity had surpassed their imaginations, and they had no idea how to respond.
The car headed in the direction of the Tulan Society.
In just about twenty minutes, an expansive manor with a commanding view appeared in front of everyone, a massive group of buildings covering the entire mountaintop, now clearly in sight.
This was the first base of Southeast Asia’s dread-inspiring underworld.
Sheng Siyuan looked out at it indifferently from inside the car.
“Seems like the black market business is still more profitable.”
“What?”
The two nervously focusing on the road ahead were startled by the casual remark from the formidable boss, and immediately turned their heads.
Seeing their reaction, Sheng Siyuan then clarified nonchalantly, “Just talking.”
“…”
Just talking?
He was the prominent leader of the Asian business community; such thoughts, if serious, would be quite fearsome.
Several people finally arrived at the main entrance.
“Who goes there?”
As expected, different from a proper company, the moment a strange vehicle approached, someone immediately came out with a gun.
That style, Xu Guannan recognized at a glance as the highest-end weaponry of the time!
“Gentlemen, please don’t misunderstand, inside the car is the president of the Shengshi Group, who has come to discuss some business with Mr. Lan.”
Xu Guannan exited the car, hands raised, and declared his identity.
Shengshi Group?
As soon as these words were spoken, the two men were stunned.
Wasn’t that the largest and most prominent business group in the Asian business community? Why would they suddenly come to meet their boss? The two groups were entirely on different paths.
They looked towards the inside of the car.
Just at that moment, Sheng Siyuan inside the car also looked over and raised his hand to greet them from inside.
“…Quick, go and inform the butler to come over.”
The two men finally didn’t dare to underestimate the situation.
Before long, as Xu Guannan stood next to the car, he saw an elderly Southeast Asian man jogging over and greeting them from afar.
“What a rare visitor, I never expected Mr. Sheng to come to our little place, we’re truly honored.”
The butler’s attitude was unexpectedly warm.
Xu Guannan, seeing this, finally felt relief, understanding now that there really was a difference between people, like just now when the boss, with great composure, had them come here.
Such treatment would never occur to Xu Guannan.
“Mr. Lan jests,” said Sheng Siyuan.
Sheng Siyuan also got out of the car at this point.
Under a swath of pale golden twilight, his tall figure stepped out from the car, his handsome features, and the dignified elegance that naturally emanated from him, forced one to avert their gaze.
The butler also felt this overwhelming presence.
“No, no, no, it’s absolutely an honor for Mr. Sheng to visit Tulan Society. However, Mr. Sheng, our society head is currently not at home, would you be able to wait here a bit?”
The butler said while bowing and nodding.
Upon hearing this, Sheng Siyuan’s sharp and distinct brows immediately raised.
“Arriving at such an inopportune time, where has your society head gone? When will he be back?”
“He left yesterday with our second young miss to run some errands in the capital and said he’ll be back tonight. If Mr. Sheng is willing to wait, then I will arrange accommodations for you right away,” the butler candidly shared.
Of course, what he didn’t realize was that the man before him had come for the second young miss he mentioned.
Sheng Siyuan’s breathing became a bit unstable.
“What errands are they running? Why would he take the second young miss with him?”
“This…”
“…It’s like this, old sir, our president is in a hurry to discuss business with your society head, and his schedule is rather tight, so that’s why he’s asking these questions,” Xu Guannan interjected at the critical moment, smoothly mediating.
Only then did the butler dispel his doubts.
A few minutes later, the group declined the butler’s arrangement and drove towards the hotel, Xu Guannan looked back at the man whose entire expression seemed shrouded in the air of an impending storm.
He bowed his head to start investigating this matter.
“President, this matter, it does remind me of some rumors that circulated in the Tulan Society yesterday morning,” suddenly, the assistant driving the car remembered something.
Upon hearing this, Xu Guannan immediately looked towards him.
“What rumors?”
“It was said that yesterday morning, suddenly, news spread that Lan Cuo had the newly returned second daughter join him at the breakfast table. You may not know, but here, breakfast is a very solemn affair, akin to our dinners. For someone of Lan Cuo’s status, ordinary people simply don’t have that privilege!” the assistant recounted carefully.
Xu Guannan was stunned for a moment, then promptly asked, “And then?”
“After that, news came out suggesting Lan Cuo might be appointing this second daughter as the heir of Tulan Society. Right after breakfast, he took her to the capital—an area that not even Lan Cuo would go to recklessly.”
“…”
Chapter 223: Chapter 223: Yin Hehe, have you had enough fun this time? Chapter 223: Chapter 223: Yin Hehe, have you had enough fun this time? This sentence was a bit strange.
Lan Cuo was the boss of Tulan Society, and if even he rarely went to the capital, then other than a lack of interest in expanding in that direction, the remaining reason might be that there was someone there he feared.
“President, we really found out, there is someone called Guo Su in the capital who controls significant power in the Military Department, and for all these years, he has been vigorously cracking down on gangs and violence.”
Xu Guannan quickly found this person based on the information Sheng Siyuan provided.
Therefore, Lan Cuo’s subsequent move was also self-evident.
“Are you saying, this was Mrs.’s suggestion to him? She wanted to help him resolve this Guo Su issue?”
The two people in front were so shocked that their pupils trembled.
On the other hand, the man behind them was very calm.
“Isn’t this her style? She probably wants to use this to extricate herself from troubles.”
He had even thought of this.
When the words fell, there was relief and a sigh of relief.
But after these two emotions passed, what followed was grinding teeth in anger!
Because this woman was so capable, he might have really worried for nothing.
“Damn it!”
After he returned to the hotel, he was so upset that he had no appetite for dinner.
In the evening, news indeed came from Tulan Society that Lan Cuo had returned.
“Mr. Xu, our president has come back, but I wouldn’t recommend you come over now. The president… is in a bad mood, and I’m afraid he won’t be able to discuss business properly with Mr. Sheng.”
Unexpectedly, the butler who called to relay this message also turned down Xu Guannan’s visit.
Xu Guannan didn’t understand.
“Why would he be in a bad mood? Didn’t your second miss help him solve a big problem?”
“Ah?”
The butler surprisingly wasn’t aware that this side knew all this, and on the spot, he became somewhat vigilant.
“No… It’s not that, Mr. Xu, I won’t discuss this with you anymore. I’ll call you again tomorrow after I see how the president is feeling.”
Then, the butler hung up the phone.
Xu Guannan: “…”
Vice President: “…”
Even Sheng Siyuan, who had already put on his suit, inexplicably looked at him.
Xu Guannan had no choice but to explain: “President, it’s that the butler said Lan Cuo is in a bad mood, this…”
“Screwed up?”
The man retorted with a question.
It took Xu Guannan several seconds to respond before he immediately tossed aside the phone and rushed out of the hotel.
It only took about ten minutes to clarify the situation.
Indeed, it had been screwed up.
Lan Cuo had already arranged to have dinner with General Guo Su on a luxurious cruise ship in the capital, but at the critical moment, the daughter he brought with him went crazy.
Not only did she lift a cup of wine and splash it towards Guo Su on the spot, but in front of the cruise ship staff, she loudly revealed their plans to collaborate with this powerful man.
Doing such a thing.
The consequences were imaginable.
“President, what do you think Mrs. meant? If she had decided to help Lan Cuo, then why did she screw things up at the critical moment? Does she have some other plan?”
After investigating all this, Xu Guannan asked very puzzled on the phone.
Sheng Siyuan also furrowed his brow deeply.
He was also unable to understand the woman’s intention with this move. Could it be… she wanted to avenge the real Lan Yi? To use Guo Su’s hand to get rid of Lan Cuo!
A feeling of irritation rose from the bottom of his heart, and he opened his cigarette case and harshly took out a cigarette to draw on.
“Where is she now?”
“Of course, she was brought back, but I need to go to Tulan Society to see the exact situation.”
Xu Guannan said.
Sheng Siyuan took a couple of drags on his cigarette and hung up the phone, his expression lingering in the smoke without easing for a long time.
Meanwhile, Xu Guannan secretly slipped into Tulan Society.
“Who would have thought, was expecting this bitch to really soar to the heavens, turns out she was just playing with father!”
“Isn’t that so!”
The building complex scattered across the mountains made it difficult to find a single person. Xu Guannan thus headed toward the brightest spot, guided by the light.
As a result, upon arriving, he saw two extravagantly dressed young women in conversation.
“She’s definitely done for this time. Father’s relationship with the capital has always been tense, and now with this debacle, I bet things will get even tougher for them. Won’t they flay that little bitch alive?”
“That definitely won’t happen!”
Suddenly, the girl on the left spoke up again.
“If she dies, how would he explain it to Meng Ang? So, the worst outcome is still marrying that idiot!”
“That’s letting her off easy!”
Upon hearing this, the other girl immediately cursed in dissatisfaction.
Xu Guannan was listening behind the window.
He waited until they had walked away before he tiptoed in, ready to look around some more.
But unexpectedly, at that moment, another figure stealthily appeared from behind the house.
“You vicious women are the ones who deserve to die the most. Jiajia, I will certainly rescue you.”
He emerged into the light.
Xu Guannan took a look and was surprised to find that this was a young man with an attractive and refined appearance.
Xu Guannan followed him.
Sure enough, before long, the man found a house perched on a cliff within the labyrinth-like complex. The house was overgrown with vines, with an abyss below and the gray sky above, devoid even of a single flying bird.
Witnessing it was enough to make one’s flesh crawl.
“Jiajia? Are you in there? It’s Meng Zhao, I’ve come to rescue you.”
This young man didn’t seem frightened at all. Having found the place, he immediately began knocking impatiently from the outside.
It must have been four or five minutes.
Finally, there seemed to be movement inside the room. Xu Guannan watched intently until, through that tiny vent hardly big enough for a dog, he saw a familiar face, yet devastatingly pale.
!!!!
It really was the madam!
“Jiajia, it’s Meng Zhao. How are you? Are you all right?”
This state of affairs gave the young man such a shock that he rushed to the little vent and asked the woman inside with great anxiety.
The woman…
Was none other than Yin Hehe.
She held herself up in that damp and chillingly cold little room, struggling to suppress the pain within her body, like ants incessantly gnawing at her.
“How… did you get here?”
“I came to rescue you!” Meng Zhao, hearing her response, immediately waved his hand with great agitation.
“Why would Uncle torture you like this? Weren’t you going with him to take care of business? Jiajia, what exactly happened in the capital? Now even Auntie has been locked up, saying she will be sold!”
“What did you say?”
With those words, Yin Hehe, already deep in her cage, began to tremble violently inside.
“Sold?”
She clutched the two iron bars with force, her eyes nearly bursting with blood.
“Sold where? Where is Lan Cuo? Go call him, call him now!”
That last sentence came out as she could no longer control the convulsions shaking her entire body.
Meng Zhao, seeing this, was frightened.
“Jiajia, calm down. I’ll find a way to deal with your mother’s situation, don’t panic. Right now, the priority is to get you out of here.”
After saying this, the young man proceeded to take out a key from his body, ready to unlock the door.
“Who’s there?”
But just at that moment, someone spotted him.
In an instant, a whistle was heard, and a large group of people rushed over, forcing Xu Guannan to leave as well.
When he returned to the hotel, he immediately reported what he had seen to Sheng Siyuan.
“It seems he really doesn’t want to live!”
At the drop of his words, a bloodthirsty gleam burst from the man’s eyes. His powerful aura of murder was like the deep darkness before dawn, chilling to the bone even at a glance.
He was ready to unleash a massacre!
Chapter 224: Chapter 224: Coming to Find Her in the Middle of the Night Chapter 224: Chapter 224: Coming to Find Her in the Middle of the Night Deep into the night.
Lan Cuo, the number one mafia boss in Southeast Asia, probably never imagined someone would dare to come and kill him at this time.
“Shengshi Group? What’s he doing here? I don’t have any business dealings with him, why would he show up in the dead of night?”
When Lan Cuo first heard about this person, his mood was already sour, and he didn’t take it seriously at all.
Indeed, that was the case.
One operating in the shadows and the other in the light, although both were at their peak, they truly had no dealings with each other. What reason would there be for a visit at this hour?
Lan Cuo waved his hand, signaling to dismiss the visitor.
But just then, someone stumbled and ran in from outside.
“Boss, this is bad. That president from Shengshi brought the military with him, several trucks’ worth.”
“What did you say?”
Lan Cuo’s face finally changed.
Ten minutes later, in the brightly lit hall of the Tulan Society, Lan Cuo finally met this legendary king of the Asian business community.
“President Lan, it’s finally nice to meet you.”
The man was surprisingly young.
Of course, he didn’t look like a businessman; elegant and graceful, when he walked through the front door, his poised and gentlemanly demeanor suggested he was here for a poetic rendezvous with drinks rather than a bloody confrontation.
Lan Cuo’s anger had not subsided.
“President Sheng, what is the meaning of this? Even if you have business to discuss with Lan Cuo, you wouldn’t need to bring so many people at this hour, would you?”
“Business?”
The man who had already made himself comfortable on the sofa laughed coldly after hearing this, crossing his legs.
“Who told you I came to talk business with you?”
“Then what are you here for?”
Hearing that it wasn’t even for business, Lan Cuo’s face grew even uglier as he stood there.
Meanwhile, behind him, a dozen men in black swarmed in.
After all, this was his territory.
Yet the man sitting on the sofa remained unfazed.
“I’m here looking for Lan Yi. President Lan may not be aware, but a few months ago, I ran into a bit of trouble in the U.S., and luckily your daughter saved my life.”
“…”
“So, having heard she’s returned home, I’ve specifically come to check on her.”
He mentioned the name in a nonchalant manner.
However, he didn’t mention that Yin Hehe was betrayed and forcibly taken back, merely using the words “returned home” as a substitute.
Lan Cuo was stunned for a moment.
He probably hadn’t expected that the number one figure in the legitimate business world, who had arrived with a menacing air in the dead of night, was here for just this matter.
“So it’s for her sake. Then there’s even less need for President Sheng to worry. My daughter is doing very well.”
Realizing it was for this reason, Lan Cuo’s attitude grew even worse.
He impatiently indicated that this man need not concern himself.
But was it really a matter of concern?
Sheng Siyuan put out the cigarette in his hand and finally stood up from the sofa.
“President Lan, it seems you have not understood my intention. When I say I have come to see her, I’m not asking for your opinion. I’m informing you that if I cannot be assured of her safety within three minutes, then your Tulan Society won’t be peaceful tonight.”
He glanced at his wristwatch expressionlessly.
In an instant, Lan Cuo, who had never been threatened before, felt a flash of murderous intent in his eyes.
“Are you threatening me? Do you know where you are?”
“I do know, but having come here, I’m obviously prepared. Do you know who sent Lan Yi to you? It was Henry, a traitor from the U.S. military. My visit this time represents them.”
“So, if you don’t mind, I also don’t object to letting them drop one to test, do I?”
“!!!!!”
Drop one? What?
A bomb? Or… a missile!!
The black-clad men in the hall shuddered at these words.
Lan Cuo’s face immediately changed color as well.
“You—”
He wished he could tear this person into pieces right then and there.
But in fact, now that the military was involved, and it was the formidable military of M country, he had no room to struggle.
“Fine, I’ll have someone bring her up now!”
In the end, he agreed through gritted teeth.
Sheng Siyuan also smiled.
But no one knew the relief he felt upon hearing those words.
This place had always been lawless, and the man before him was a desperado. If a conflict truly broke out, it would be good for no one.
So, the way things were being resolved now was for the best.
Sheng Siyuan sat back down, picked up the cup of water in front of him, and waited nonchalantly.
In about ten minutes, he heard footsteps and immediately looked up. As he wished, there she was—he finally saw this woman again.
But her condition came as a surprise to him.
“Didn’t you say she was being held?”
He furrowed his brows and immediately asked Xu Guannan in a low voice.
Xu Guannan also found it strange.
“Yes, I saw it with my own eyes, how come the madam… now she looks as if nothing’s wrong.”
He was extremely astonished.
Before the two could figure out what was going on, the woman had already been brought before Lan Cuo.
“Jiajia, he says you saved him, and he’s come to see you. Is there any truth to that?”
Lan Cuo asked directly.
Upon hearing this, the woman standing before him turned around, her glassy eyes catching the bright overhead lights as they settled squarely on Sheng Siyuan’s face.
Sheng Siyuan: “…”
In that instant, his heart skipped a beat so violently that he couldn’t help but stand up.
“Yes, I know him. He’s the president of Shengshi Group. However, Dad, we only have a professional relationship. He paid me a commission, and I helped him win a lawsuit, that’s all.”
Sheng Siyuan was about to approach her when, unexpectedly, she looked at him and delivered this line with utter indifference.
The leg Sheng Siyuan had lifted stopped mid-air.
“What did you say?”
He asked.
His tone was palpably chilly.
Yet, still without a hint of emotion, she withdrew her gaze as if she had been looking at a stranger, and not a trace of attachment lingered.
“Dad, if there’s nothing else, I’m going back. I want to sleep.”
“Go ahead.”
Lan Cuo, upon hearing this, waved his hand and let her go without any hesitation.
And so, she turned and was actually ready to leave.
Seeing this, Sheng Siyuan finally let the rage that was bubbling in his chest burst forth. He dashed over in a few swift strides and grabbed her wrist.
“Han Lina, have you had enough?”
He bellowed.
In that moment, his bloodshot eyes fixed on her as if he wanted to tear her apart!
Yes, Sheng Siyuan was defeated by her once again.
Back in the Provincial City, it was she who had rejected him, yet he shamelessly came looking for her again. He had forsaken his dignity and lowered himself, traveling thousands of miles without sleep for two days and nights to find her.
But what about her?
What did it mean?
Was she now pretending not to recognize him?
Sheng Siyuan had never felt such a mix of anger and disappointment…
Chapter 225: Chapter 225 She No Longer Recognizes Him Chapter 225: Chapter 225 She No Longer Recognizes Him “Let me go, let go…”
However, after being seized and fiercely interrogated by him, fear was evident in the eyes of this woman.
She struggled in his grasp.
Her screams were incessant, as if Sheng Siyuan were some kind of terrifying demon, making her shake with fear throughout her entire body.
Lan Cuo saw what was happening and made his move.
“Sheng Siyuan, what do you mean by this? Are you here to see my daughter or to settle scores with her? Don’t push your luck!”
After he spoke, he rushed forward to snatch his struggling daughter back from Sheng Siyuan’s grip.
Sheng Siyuan: “…”
A bloodthirsty murderous intent exploded in his eyes, and had Xu Guannan not promptly held him back, it’s likely the conflict would have escalated on the spot.
“President, please calm down. Haven’t you noticed that the lady is behaving unusually?”
He held him back and whispered urgently into his ear.
As the words ended, the rationality gradually returned to the eyes of the man who had lost his senses, his blood-red pupils clearing slightly.
Unusual?
He looked at the woman again.
And this time, he truly noticed that something was off about her.
Because even after Lan Cuo pulled her back, she was still trembling beside him, including her lips, which were drained of color as if she had indeed been greatly frightened.
Was he, Sheng Siyuan, that frightening to her?
Even if she didn’t want him to find her or to know her real identity!
But surely it wouldn’t be to the extent of inducing such fear?
The man finally began to calm down.
“Lan Cuo, let me make it clear to you, your daughter and I indeed have a personal grievance. I will let her go for tonight, but I will return tomorrow morning. You’d better make sure not to harm a hair on her head, otherwise, I will have the entire Tulan Society buried with her!”
He spoke slowly, his voice much more controlled than before after suppressing his anger.
Yet, he couldn’t help but issue a stern warning to Lan Cuo, which was even more domineering and arrogant than before!
Lan Cuo was so infuriated he nearly drew his gun on the spot!
To have his Tulan Society buried with her?
Who did he think he was? Did he truly believe that being the king of the Asian Business Community made him invincible?
Lan Cuo, if pushed too far, was capable of destroying the whole of Southeast Asia!
Lan Cuo watched the man with gritted teeth as he left.
“Boss, I find Sheng Siyuan’s visit quite suspicious. Shall I look into his affair with the second young miss?”
The butler, seeing the man finally leave, hurriedly came over to suggest.
It was only then that Lan Cuo, still seething with anger, turned around.
“That useless thing, not only is she of no help, but she also causes so much trouble outside. I should have killed her long ago!”
He cursed bitterly, and in that moment, there wasn’t a trace of fatherly warmth in his eyes.
The butler, upon hearing this, didn’t dare to say anything else, but simply asked, “What are your plans now, boss? Sheng Siyuan said he would come again tomorrow, is he planning to take the second young miss away? If he does, what about Director Meng there?”
“In his dreams!”
With that, the drug lord was reminded.
“Notify Meng right now, tell him he can have his idiot son come and take her away tomorrow!”
Unexpectedly, the man uttered this insane proposition nonchalantly, even the butler was stunned for several seconds.
So soon?
But eventually, without daring to object, he turned and went to make the call.
When he left, his hurried footsteps meant he did not notice that at the doorway, shrouded in darkness, a young woman had been hiding and secretly listening the entire time.
“Hehe, Yin Hehe, so what if he comes? You still can’t be saved,” she sneered.
Upon hearing this, she saw the steward hurry away and couldn’t contain her joy.
Before long, she returned to her room. After a bath and meticulously dollying herself up, she elegantly made her way to this most luxurious and largest building in the complex.
“I want to see the President.”
“Looking for death? You want to see the President today?” a member of the Tulan Society guarding the door sneered upon seeing her.
Lin Shuang wasn’t rattled and took out some little things from her body.
“Of course, how else would your President blow off steam if I didn’t come?”
“…”
Finally, they let her in.
Thus, the woman swayed her hips as she ascended the stairs. Once at the bedroom door, she took out a bottle of perfume, spritzed it over herself, and then called out in a tender voice, “President, I’m Shuangshuang. I heard you got irritated by the president of the Shengshi Group, and I’ve come especially to cheer you up.”
“Bang!”
The door was flung open, revealing the frightful face of a middle-aged man, who nearly scared her to death.
“Pr… President?”
“I seem to have forgotten that you too are from Jiangbei. What, do you know him?”
The words seemed as though they crawled out from hell itself.
Lin Shuang shivered instantly.
“Of… Of course, I ended up in this state all thanks to him, my dear. So today, I’ve come to tell you where his weakness lies.”
She leaned in, soft as a boneless creature.
This woman had changed the most in the past few months. When in Jiangbei, she had always presented herself as the pure white lotus.
But here, she had become no different from a nightclub hostess.
Lan Cuo saw fit to grant her desire.
After hearing her words, he who had nowhere to vent his anger, fiercely pulled her in!
“Aah—”
Soon, a woman’s scream echoed from behind the closed door.
Half an hour later, inside the room.
Lin Shuang lay battered and bruised, tears of humiliation and sorrow streaming down her face as intense pain wracked her body.
But in the end, all this turned into a burning hatred.
“Yin Hehe, Sheng Siyuan, you wait for me; today’s me is your tomorrow!”
“Speak up, what secrets do you know about him?”
It was about ten minutes later when Lan Cuo came out, and the woman still hadn’t picked herself up.
He was noticeably displeased.
Lin Shuang swiftly propped herself up to sit.
“President, you might not know this, but your second girl, she actually worked as a maid in the president of Shengshi Group’s home.”
“A maid?”
Lan Cuo, wrapped only in a towel, was astonished to hear this.
Lin Shuang nodded.
“Yes, she was good friends with Sheng Siyuan’s ex-wife. It was his ex-wife who helped her when she was rescued. Later, when Sheng Siyuan’s ex-wife became ill and passed away, your daughter sent her child back and stayed at the Sheng Family for several months.”
“Then what?”
“Then, to avoid being caught by you again and to escape marrying his foolish son as destined, she schemed to latch onto the president of Shengshi. She wanted to marry him.
Unfortunately, Sheng Siyuan eventually found out. In her desperation to get him, she even incited Shengshi Group’s shareholders to seize power from him. That’s when your daughter fled!”
The woman had fabricated an entire web of lies, turning black into white.