When Ye Qingchen realized that everything that he had done was nothing more than making a wedding dress for others, he completely blackened.
He began to suppress Xu Jiawei as much as he could, threatening Lin Tong with his future, forcing Lin Tong to have no other choice but to give herself up to him. In the end, the fragrance disappeared as the jade perished¹ depressedly before even thirty.
Almost at the same time, Xu Jiawei, who temporarily avoided the spearhead of Ye Qingchen's ruthless evil-doings, came back.
But he was no longer the original Xu Jiawei, but rather the only son of one of the three heads of the largest foreign mafia association. He ended up on the streets due to various misunderstandings of that year. He never expected that he would encounter a gang fight during this trip overseas. Xu Jiawei, who originally thought that he would lose his life on foreign soil, in a turn of events, actually ended up acknowledging his biological family.
At this time, Xu Jiawei had already been trained by his family as the successor. His return was just to take Lin Tong away.
In a certain sense, this man can be regarded as deeply affectionate and righteous.
It could be imagined just how furious he was once he knew that Lin Tong's youthful, early death occurred because of Ye Qingchen's humiliation.
Later, he spared no amount of effort and finally caused Ye Qing to completely fall from grace.
After dealing with Ye Qingchen, he left China with his wife, who was somewhat similar to Lin Tong, and never returned.
Xue Xue: "It's over?"
System: "Yes, it's over."
Xue Xue: "Then what is the client's request?"
System: "The client Xue Ying hopes to shine brightly in the entertainment circle, leaving the eighteenth line.² At the same time, don't let Ye Qingchen end up liking Lin Tong so as to prevent him from taking the path of self-destruction as in the previous lifetime."
²TN: Basically she wants to become famous and not be just some unknown actress.
Xue Xue: "What? She doesn't resent this Ye Qingchen even though he treated her like that?"
System: "After Xue Ying committed suicide, her soul still remained in this world because of a mistake made by the Heavens. After witnessing Ye Qingchen's bleak end, the resentment naturally disappeared."
Xue Xue: "…Alright."
System: "A friendly reminder for you. There is less than 10 minutes left before your mission's target awakens."
After listening to the system, Xue Xue's watery black eyes twirled around.
She gathered up her hair and softly said, "I know."
Ye Qingchen woke up with a splitting headache.
This normally occurred in a hangover, but very quickly, he realized what was wrong.
As soon as he lifted his heavy eyelids, Ye Qingchen came face to face with a woman as four eyes stared at each other.
Xue Xue fanned her long eyelashes and, under the man's gradual countenance changing to shocked fury, feigned calmness as she greeted him.
"Hi."
Ye Qingchen: "…"
Xue Xue felt a strong murderous aura.
Sure enough, the man's pair of hands became iron tongs in the next second as it bound itself directly around Xue Xue's slender neck.
And then, tightened.
For a while, the air became thinner. Ye Qingchen watched as the color of Xue Xue's face gradually became more and more swollen red, but that pair of almond eyes, which seemed to hold water and gather light, stared back at himself unblinkingly.
There were too many complicated emotions contained in there.
Suddenly, Ye Qingchen quickly withdrew his hand as if he was burned.
"Cough, cough, cough…"
"Who sent you?" The man's voice was dripping with ice. "If you honestly fess up, I could still spare your life…"
Spare her life?
According to Xue Xue's judgment, Ye Qingchen must be contemplating how he would teach her a lesson.
Xue Xue did not guess wrong.
Ye Qingchen was indeed scheming the various ways of dealing with Xue Xue in his mind, but the expression on his face actually softened.
"Be good…" the man whispered. "Tell me, who was the one that sent you here?"
Xue Xue did not answer, just stared at Ye Qingchen in a daze.
She thought she probably understood why this man could be crowned as the film emperor at such a young age, and why Xue Ying would be so crazy towards him, easily forgiving him even if she lost her life because of him.
Ye Qingchen indeed had the ability to move a person's heart.
Especially when he focused his gaze at you with that pair of eyes that seemed to have gathered the stars within.
That could make a woman feel like she possessed the entire world.
Just as Ye Qingchen's patience was exhausted to the end following the woman's silence, Xue Xue opened her mouth.
At the same time, she raised her white lotus root arm onto Ye Qingchen's neck.
Disregarding what had suddenly appeared in the man's eyes, a look that almost seemed like it could devour people.
"Who sent me? No, no one sent me." Xue Xue's voice was so soft it almost seemed like she was murmuring to herself, "I did this willingly."
As she said this, she leaned her body against Ye Qingchen's body.
The man's body suddenly stiffened.
The bare chest could clearly feel the softness and fullness of the woman under the bathrobe.
"Ye Qingchen."
Xue Xue called out to him, lingering endlessly.
"I like you."