Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 446 - 321. Don’t Be Afraid, I’m Still Here (-3)_2
Even though he saw it with his own eyes and even though Zan Hua and Xiao Kai were the most vivid examples, he still believed that it wasn’t something Da Sheng would do.
There must be a reason Da Sheng "couldn’t say" for doing that. Da Sheng must have her reasons for everything she does.
Such a matter, he certainly couldn’t confront Da Sheng directly to ask for clarification, nor could he bring himself to ask Yanqing to investigate for him. In the end, he decided to handle it himself.
He is an entertainment company owner, aware of the filth in the entertainment industry and acquainted with the pimps who controlled the peripheral businesses. He tried to mingle, bit by bit extracting information about Yanwu Square from their mouths. He helped them seal several deals using his status and position, which finally got him introduced into Yanwu Square as a guest with a card number.
In hindsight, Yanwu Square’s business just happened to need someone of his status for further expansion, so he got in without much trouble. However, it was easy to get past the threshold, but hard to advance further; besides knowing the person Father, he didn’t get a chance to know anything else about the guests or the inner workings of Yanwu Square.
Thus, the only thing he could naturally do was try everything to get closer to Father.
He even started a small band under his name, solely to please Father, launching it because of Father’s recommendation of Meng Chuyan, sparing no expense.
All of this just to get closer to the truth step by step, to know what exactly is going on with Da Sheng.
But everything was seen through by Yanqing and, due to Yanwu Square’s downfall and Meng Chuyan’s death, finally stranded, never reaching the final truth.
An hour passed.
To think, these years of emotional journey, so many twists and turns, could be pieced together and pondered in just an hour.
He called Tang Yanqing in and calmly said, "Mr. Tang, I confess and accept culpability. Everything was my doing, unrelated to anyone else."
Tang Yanqing’s eyes reddened, "In the end, you still only give me this answer?"
He smiled, "From beginning to end, all I wanted, was no more than this."
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At Shi Nian’s home.
The four girls finished cooking and were ready to eat together.
Ye He’s phone rang.
As a member of the "can’t-live-without-holding-phones-24/7" group, Ye He immediately tossed her chopsticks aside to check the phone. But upon seeing who it was, she furtively glanced at Shi Nian.
Shi Nian made a funny face at her, "If you’re afraid of me knowing, go upstairs to take the call."
Now, Ye He, Xiao Mai, and Rosa all knew she could do behavioral analysis, so whenever something came up, they’d practically want to throw a sheet over themselves to hide their facial and bodily expressions from her.
Ye He went upstairs.
She came down shortly after, almost in tears.
Face full of distress and fear.
Shi Nian had to ask, "What’s wrong?"
Ye He hesitantly sat down, "Boss, I’m screwed. It’s Mr. Tang, he said he’d like to meet me for a chat."
All three froze.
Ye He instantly looked dejected, "I’m screwed, he must be holding a grudge against me, surely he’s going to settle the bill for that pool incident with me!"
Shi Nian instantly got choked on a grain of rice, coughing incessantly.
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Half an hour later, Shi Nian drove Ye He to the meeting location; she had already stopped coughing, but once she got out of the car and was hit by the cold wind, she began coughing again.
Ye He fared worse, starting to hiccup as soon as she saw Tang Yanqing from afar.
Seeing the two ladies approaching with one coughing and one hiccupping, Tang Yanqing was overwhelmingly amused, leaning on Jia Tianzi with laughter. Jia Tianzi, embarrassed, held back his laughter with effort.
Shi Nian took a deep breath, walked up, and slapped the table, "Mr. Tang, what do you mean?" Then nodded at Jia Tianzi, "Mr. Jia is here too."
Among the four, one coughing, one hiccupping, one laughing to the point of collapse, Jia Tianzi calmly assessed the situation, feeling like he was the only normal one left, hence reasonably explained for the laughing one, "He told me it was gonna be a two-on-two date with no mention of bringing Shi Nian to crash it."
Shi Nian finally stopped coughing, "Who’s dating him two-on-two?"
Ye He was even more stunned hearing this, staring at Jia Tianzi, her face turned red again.
Originally, when Mr. Tang and Jia Tianzi came to the company to handle a case together, she was eyeing those four long legs equally, drooling, but Mr. Tang was more eye-catching, so she overlooked Jia Tianzi. However, slowly, Tang Yanqing became more unseeable, whereas Mr. Jia increasingly attractive.
It’s all because of that two-on-two date statement, making her heart race. It wasn’t her random thinking!
Tang Yanqing finally laughed enough, seriously glancing at Ye He, "Thank you, really. I couldn’t laugh for over ten hours, but seeing you made me laugh."
He looked around, "Otherwise, how about I buy you a bag of popcorn as a reward? Emperor, the popcorn bucket’s too heavy, the young lady can’t carry it herself, how about helping her with it?"
Jia Tianzi stood up begrudgingly, "Do I have to pay the bill too?"
Tang Yanqing grinned dazzlingly, "Our Mr. Jia is just so tall, rich, and handsome, there’s nothing we can do."
Jia Tianzi, having no other choice, took Ye He to buy popcorn. But how could mere popcorn buying time suffice for Tang Yanqing and Shi Nian to talk? While buying popcorn, Jia Tianzi decided to take Ye He to buy movie tickets for a show.
Shi Nian sighed, "What happened?"
He became desolate, pouting childishly, "Wanted to borrow a shoulder, to lean on."
Though Shi Nian cared, she couldn’t help rolling her eyes, "Weren’t you leaning on Mr. Jia’s shoulder for quite a while just then? Why borrow another?"
He looked up with melancholy eyes, "...Little Sound said she wants to plead guilty. Wouldn’t sign unless allowed, said if I don’t arrest her, she’d go to the DA’s office herself."
Shi Nian frowned upon hearing, "Seen people wanting to mend their ways, never seen someone this proactive. This isn’t like his style; there must be another hidden reason behind this." When Shi Nian got here, she pondered, "Could it be... he’s shielding someone else?"
The only one in this world that could make someone rush into danger blindly must be the one they love the most. Though the name was on the tip of Shi Nian’s tongue, she didn’t say it out.
Actually, no need to say it.
Tang Yanqing nodded.
Shi Nian was taken aback, "Really... is it her?"
Tang Yanqing reached over, "My hands are cold, help me warm them."
Sorrow filled Shi Nian’s heart too, grasping his hand tightly. It didn’t matter anymore if they were still in a mall, if a throng of people were passing by.
Never mind if... there were Huangfu Huazhang’s men watching.
At this moment, she couldn’t care for anything but to hold his hand when he felt the loneliest and most helpless.
Her fingertips lightly traced circles on the back of his hand, "If... if it really proves related to Big Sister Sheng, what will you do? Will you personally arrest her?"
He nodded, "I will."
Shi Nian softly asked again, "Even with the worst in mind, you still don’t know how to ask her now, do you?"
He smiled desolately, "Actually... I’m pretty useless, aren’t I?"
Shi Nian patted his hand, "Then leave it to me, let me ask her."
He looked up.
She just smiled gently, "Told you before, in this regard you cops aren’t better than us reporters. I’ll ask her better."
He tightened his grip, turning her little hand palm-down, clutching firmly.
Turns out, whenever he was afraid, she always shielded in front of him.
Just like before.
