“That’s because you met the most attractive man right after you began to understand love. Other people will never seem good enough to you,” the man blew against the soup as he spoke before drinking a mouthful.
Feng Ling: “…”
Shameless.
“Wash up well and wait obediently for me to come home tonight,” the man placed his bowl down and spoke abruptly.
Feng Ling had just eaten a mouthful of food. Hearing this, she immediately paused. She lifted her eyes to look at him: “What?”
The man glanced at her meaningfully: “What?”
“Earlier, what did you say about washing up to wait for you?” Feng Ling glared at him: “Li Nanheng, are you just trying to…”
“Do you take showers before going to bed?”
“…I do.”
“And so, what did I say wrongly? You always sleep after taking a shower. I’m telling you not to sleep so early and to wait for me to come back. Is there something wrong with that?”
“…”
“Remember to watch out for your wounds. Try not to let them come into contact with water.”
“…”
Li Nanheng watched the way she stared at him with the chopsticks in her hands. He lifted one corner of his lips: “Earlier, what did you think I was referring to?”
Feng Ling did not answer. She lowered her head and gloomily ate two mouthfuls of food.
After her injuries were recovered, when she returned to Mrs. Mo’s side, she needed to study Xiao Ba and Mrs. Mo and learn their abilities to reverse their partner’s trap on them. Otherwise, she would really be doomed to die in Li Nanheng’s hands.
——
Li Nanheng left in the afternoon. Feng Ling changed her bandages and found that she did not have much to do. Although she was only a pretend-student in T University, eventually, she would have to take the examinations with Mrs. Mo. She took Mrs. Mo and Mr. Mo’s face into consideration and decided she could not fail too terribly. After all, she had to at least make it seem like she was trying.
And so, yesterday, she requested someone from the hotel to visit T University to retrieve the textbooks she had left in her dorm. She sat by the window to flip through the books and attempted some mock questions.
By evening, Feng Ling was drowsy from all the work she had done. Since Li Nanheng said he would only be home after dinnertime, she decided to close her books and lay down on the couch for a short nap.
Before she knew it, she had slept for more than three hours.
——
During the meeting, the old CEO’s new secretary would occasionally lean close to Li Nanheng’s side to speak to him. Every so often, she would also hand a document to him, and approach his side to eagerly explain the progress of their cooperation and the details projected on the big screen.
From start to finish, Li Nanheng only stood silently to look at the screen. He did not have much interest or patience for this Secretary Chen whose body was doused with the heavy scent of perfume.
Secretary Chem watched as CEO Li maintained a distant and indifferent appearance as he stood by the side of the crowd. Even though he was clearly the VIP today, he stood away from the people and made himself seem unimportant. She watched him, a handsome, tall and broad-shouldered man dressed in a black coat and felt that these sort of men always appeared impossible to approach when they wore their suits. However, when they took off their clothes, they were definitely the seductive type with perfect figures. After all, even from afar, she could sense the heavy aura CEO Li carried with him. Even without that aura, whenever anyone approached them, the distinct contrast in their charisma was undeniable.
She had heard that CEO Li also had other unique positions in America. Although she wasn’t sure what those positions were, her CEO was always extra-respectful to the people from the Li Corporation. She felt that he definitely was not a small figure.
She was a fresh graduate and had used countless schemes to climb her way onto the CEO’s secretary’s position. It hadn’t been easy getting here. She looked at their fifty-year old CEO and compared him to CEO Li… this was truly the difference between heaven and earth.
This Li Nanheng carried a unique charm; any woman who approached him would find it difficult to restrain themselves from climbing onto his bed.
“CEO Li, please look at these. There are also several more detailed images, but I didn’t manage to bring them today due to the lack of time. How about, when the meeting ends here, I’ll bring CEO Li to our company to review those images? We can have a meal afterward and I can fully explain them to you…”
The atmosphere carried a perfume scent. Li Nanheng grew more and more disgusted with these women who kept approaching him.
He checked the time on his watch and finally turned to look at the woman who wouldn’t shut up next to him: “The Li Corporation has not accepted your company’s bidding documents. With regards to the detailed images, our various departments are in charge of filtering through them. Prior to this selection process, it’s too early to be showing these miscellaneous things to me.”
Secretary Chem immediately smiled softly. As she watched him, her eyes seemed to be shining. She answered sweetly: “CEO Li, isn’t this because I am extremely confident in our company’s preparation? I wouldn’t be this confident if we did not have the best design team. If you come with me to look at our images, you will surely be even more satisfied.”
Li Nanheng indifferently picked up a glass of champagne from a waiter passing by and expressionless turned to leave. He appeared as though he did not hear her words.
Secretary Chem saw his cold expression and rushed to follow. However, at this moment, two bodyguards dressed in black stepped forward. They directly blocked her path.
“Hey, what are you doing?” Secretary Chen saw that they were intentionally stopping her; her eyes were immediately filled with anger.
The two bodyguards continued standing in her way expressionlessly. They did not speak nor did they offer any explanations. Finally, when Li Nanheng could no longer be seen, and this love-struck secretary would no longer have the opportunity to cling onto him, they silently backed away.
Secretary Chen rushed to step into the crowd. However, after a long moment, she still could not catch sight of CEO Li. She immediately stomped her feet in frustration.
——
Those finance related theories were likely an effective method of hypnosis. Feng Ling slept especially well and was eventually woken up by a phone call.
She received it blearily and heard a familiar voice.
“I’m on my way back. Have you had dinner yet? I’ll buy something for you?”
She was dazed for a moment before she became more awake. She ran her hands through her hair: “…Boss?”
Her voice was husky from sleep and it sounded as though she was somewhat lost.
Li Nanheng paused on the other end of the call: “You were sleeping?”
“En. I fell asleep accidentally.” Feng Ling sat up to check the time. “I fell asleep at 5:00 p.m.. It’s already 8:00 p.m.?”
As she spoke, she got up to turn the lights on. She scanned the room and saw that there wasn’t anything to eat. The call was still connected and the man seemed to be driving. She answered: “Just buy whatever is the easiest then.”
After half a beat, she seemed to recall something: “You’re done with work?”
“…”
Li Nanheng: “The first thing I said was, I’m on my way back. Are you suffering from amnesia from an excessive amount of sleep?”
