Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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After a long while, Chi Yan managed to calm down and came out. He pursed his lips, stood beside her, and said to her condescendingly: “Find a room for yourself to sleep.” His tone… well, she couldn’t tell what tone it was.
He didn’t seem too embarrassed.
“Okay.” Jiang Sui’s mind was full of confusion, and she obeyed almost instinctively as a student, pushing open a door nearby. Usually the master bedroom would not be here.
Chi Yan opened his mouth, but in the end said nothing.
Jiang Sui wished she had a shell to wrap herself up in.
The room she chose was all done in gray, where even the curtains looked depressing and heavy.
The guest room was quite big. She covered herself with the quilt and sighed deeply. It was all Chi Yiming’s fault.
Chi Yan watched her enter his room, rubbed his forehead, and went to sleep next door to her. He had only lived in that room for a few days, and there were only a few sets of clothes in the closet. Forget it, she would probably be more panicked if he told her.
Jiang Sui slept quietly that night, and she was nowhere to be seen the next morning. Chi Yan opened the door and saw the empty bed. The warmth in his eyes dissipated and became cold and ruthless. However, he was used to being calm, so he just glanced at it and didn’t even touch the bed she had slept in. He ate breakfast as usual and drove to the office building in R City.
Being in Chi Yan’s position was actually quite embarrassing. He had enough wealth and power, but what he could dispose of was limited.
Chi Yan’s career was on the rise, and everyone wanted to flatter him and get a piece of the pie. However, he knew that he was walking on a cliff, and if he was not careful, the Third Master would make him fall to his death.
Without a blood-related heir, all that mattered were interests.
In the past two years, Chi Yan had made a lot of money for the Third Master. The Third Master appreciated the wealth he had brought, but he had also become afraid of the ambition of this gradually maturing boy.
The Third Master restrained Chi Yan’s hands and feet, and Dai Youwei lying on the hospital bed was a good bargaining chip. However, everyone knew that this could not bring enough sense of security to the Third Master.
At Mr. Chen’s wine party, many people extended olive branches to Chi Yan. This batch of well-known pearls even attracted a famous jeweler.
The jeweler’s granddaughter was studying at No. 9 Middle School. When she got home, she praised the beauty of the pearls to her grandfather. The naive girl said, “There are some beautiful pearls in the jewelry exhibition hall outside our school, which are even more beautiful than the ones on my mother’s necklace. It’s a pity that they are left there without being processed. If they let my grandfather do it, he will definitely make the most beautiful jewelry in the world! I took a picture, you can take a look.”
This jeweler had gone bankrupt and moved his family to City R. He was old and his financial resources were no longer what they used to be. However, he made his fortune by relying on skilled craftsmen in his early years. He had manpower and technology, but no raw materials. The older a person got, the more vigilant he became, fearing that he would be cheated. So, if you deliberately go to him, the jeweler would not agree.
However, when his granddaughter recommended it, he was somewhat tempted. After all, as an old man, who didn’t miss his past glory?
Hesitantly, he went to the cocktail party hosted by his good friend Mr. Chen.
Things went unexpectedly smoothly, and even Shui Yang showed a relaxed smile on his face.
However, Chi Yan knew that this matter was not over yet.
Sure enough, a few days later, he received a call from Yue Sanye. The old man’s voice was even kind: “It’s been a while since you went back to R City. I have been persuading you to get together with Li Zi, but you didn’t want to. It seems that you have someone you like. I am not such a rigid person, but I also want to see your offspring born in my lifetime. You won’t refuse to fulfill my little wish, right?”
Chi Yan’s eyes were cold, but he smiled and said, “Of course not.”
The Third Master said, “That’s good. I see that the two girls in the video are both good. Which one do you like?”
The air was silent for a moment, and Chi Yan realized that there was surveillance in Chen’s home. No matter who sent the video to Yue San, the matter had eventually gotten out of control.
These thoughts only flashed through his mind for a moment. The surveillance might be far away. At least Yue San seemed to be testing him, which proved that Yue San guessed that he might have a lover, but he was not sure who that lover was.
Yue San had too many grievances with others in his early years. So, now that he was old and afraid of death, he stayed on the island and did not want to go out. However, he still coveted the land outside the island and wanted endless wealth, so he wanted to hold Chi Yan’s nerve tightly and make Chi Yan work for him. Just like on the island, when he used to risk his life to fight. Yue San wished Chi Yan would have a child, because the child could also be used as a shackle to bind Chi Yan.
It didn’t matter who he chose, Chi Yan understood this.
If he chose Liang Qian’er, Yue San would know that he was in love with Jiang Sui.
If he chose Jiang Sui, Jiang Sui would be tied to him from now on.
He heard himself say, “Third Master, her name is Jiang Sui. She is still too young. I will bring her back to the island to see you later.”
The Third Master on the other end thought about it and said with a smile, “Okay.” After hanging up the phone, his smile faded a little and he ordered, “Bring that Liang Qian’er to the island as a guest. Keep a close eye on Chi Yan.”
Chi Yan hung up the phone, veins bulging on his arms. He was so angry that he swept away a pile of documents on the table.
Shui Yang also realized that something was wrong. Dai Youwei was lying in the hospital. It was still unclear whether that accident was man-made.
Chi Yiming did this without thinking of such serious consequences. After all, some privacy on the island should not be disclosed to outsiders.
Shui Yang said: “What should we do now?”
Chi Yan looked at him coldly, Shui Yang shrugged, knowing that he had said something wrong, what could he do, it was like this, no one could escape. If you like someone, you should act like you like them, with the rough style of the island, Chi Yan had to get Jiang Sui, but it was a pity that Jiang Sui was innocent and was dragged into this by a few psychopaths for no reason.
Liang Qian’er had evil intentions and did not deserve sympathy, moreover her life was not expected to be in any danger. Jiang Sui’s situation was the most difficult to be sure of.
In order to deceive the Third Master, Chi Yan had to get together with Jiang Sui, and on the surface, he had to pretend to love her, but secretly he had to show that he disliked her because he was worried about Liang Qian’er on the island.
Shui Yang: Wow, that’s troublesome.
Shui Yang had been addicted to romance novels recently, and even romance novels were not so complicated. The apparent “shield” turned out to be the real “white moonlight”, this kind of drama was really despairing.
But the only good news that made people feel sad was that for the first time, Chi Yan could pursue his sweetheart openly.
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