Becoming The Bigshot's Only Love After Breaking Her Engagement-Chapter 555: The CEO’s Desperate Pursuit in the Flames of Regret
"Because I like you." Lin Yue said earnestly, "I didn’t understand before, but I do now. I like you. No matter how impatient you are with me, I want to give you all my patience. This is also what I owe you, and I should treat you this way."
"Like me?" Wan Tianning chuckled, "If you had said this to me before, I would have been overjoyed. But now... I feel you are saying you like me because you can’t catch up with my sister, so you settled for less. But I am Wan Tianning, I could never be anyone’s substitute."
"You think I’m using you as a stand-in?" Lin Yue smiled bitterly.
"Am I wrong?" Wan Tianning said, "I can’t see your sincerity, and you’re unable to prove it. I can’t blindly assume anymore as I did before. So I can’t accept you now, I can’t convince myself."
"Alright, I understand," Lin Yue said, "I will use time to prove to you my sincerity."
"Suit yourself. If you don’t want to leave, then stay by my side; I can always use a driver." Wan Tianning shrugged and went inside to find Lan.
Soon, Lan came out with packed luggage in her hands.
She was carrying several bags in one hand, and Wan Tianning didn’t seem to offer help. Instead, she pointed at Lin Yue and said, "Help Lan carry these."
She was treating Lin Yue entirely as an assistant.
Lin Yue didn’t get angry, though, and went over to help Lan carry the bags.
Seeing this, Lan felt uneasy and whispered, "President Lin, don’t be upset, our Miss Wan is just like this. She’s not targeting you on purpose, she just has this kind of temperament, but she’s not a bad person at heart."
"I know. Otherwise, why would I still like her?" Lin Yue said with a laugh.
Lan added, "You don’t have to carry them, you can go wait in the car, I can manage on my own."
"It’s fine, how can I let a girl carry so many things alone?"
Lin Yue took all the heavy ones, leaving only two lighter bags for Lan.
After everything was packed, Wan Tianning also came over to get into the car.
Lin Yue opened the car door for her, letting her sit inside.
However, just as he was about to close the door, someone suddenly ran over and blocked it.
"Who is it?" Lin Yue frowned, immediately shielding Wan Tianning, forcing the person to step back.
Wan Tianning glanced over and said to Lin Yue, "It’s someone from the village. What now, want me to sign an autograph? I remember I already gave you one."
Shi nodded, "Yes, you did sign it, but could you give me another one?"
Shi took out a large notebook and held it out to Wan Tianning.
Wan Tianning didn’t refuse and took it to write down her name.
"Alright."
"Are you leaving?" Shi asked.
Shi was only in his early twenties, looking a bit naïve with tanned skin.
He didn’t seem shy when talking to Wan Tianning, as if they were quite familiar.
Wan Tianning didn’t mind. She had seen too many men showing sycophantic flattery towards her, and Shi’s straightforwardness actually made her find him quite adorable.
"Yes, I am leaving. I have to go back to filming. You all like to watch the dramas I act in, so of course, I have to hurry back."
"Oh, take care on the way." Shi’s eyes showed disappointment, yet he sincerely reminded Wan Tianning.
Wan Tianning nodded with a smile.
Seeing her smile, Shi was completely stunned!
He had never seen such a beautiful smile, and his face turned beet red in an instant.
"We’re leaving."
Lin Yue, impatient, honked to remind Wan Tianning, then started the car.
Wan Tianning saw Shi startled and stepped back, she couldn’t help but blame Lin Yue, "You could have just spoken; why honk? You scared him."
"You know him well?" Lin Yue snorted with a smile and asked.
Wan Tianning caught the odd tone in his voice and chuckled, "Are you jealous of a village bumpkin? If you’re jealous of something like this, you won’t survive. Plenty of people like me, you’d drown in jealousy seeing how many there are."
"You know I’m jealous? You know I like you too?" Lin Yue countered.
Wan Tianning’s face froze, then turned red, "I don’t know, whether you’re jealous or not is none of my business."
With that, she pulled on an eye mask and closed her eyes to sleep.
Lin Yue’s lips curled into a smile, seeing her ears turn red and his eyes filled with tenderness.
Lan, sitting in the back, also noticed Wan Tianning’s reaction and winked at Lin Yue.
Lin Yue took a deep breath and kept driving.
They drove for two days and nights, stopping at a five-star hotel for half a day’s rest.
Finally, they arrived at Jiangcheng before nightfall.
"Lan, go inside first and see if there are any people from Xie Mingyu?" Wan Tianning didn’t dare to get out of the car, sending Lan to scout the area instead.
Lan opened the car door and went home for a moment, quickly running back to say, "No one, not a soul."
Only then did Wan Tianning breathe a sigh of relief and asked Lin Yue to drive the car to the underground garage as she wanted to enter from there.
Once in the underground garage, she got out and said to Lin Yue, "You can leave now. Thank you for being our driver these past two days."
"I have nowhere to go, may I stay with you?" Lin Yue also got out of the car, looking at her with a pleading face.
Wan Tianning chuckled, crossing her arms, "Lin Yue, do you think I’m a three-year-old? Even if you’ve gone bankrupt, there’s no way you don’t have a place to stay. Even if you don’t, can’t Ye Shao take you in? My sister can’t take you in? Anywhere you go is better than staying with me. If worse comes to worst, I’ll give you money to stay in a hotel, stay as long as you like, I’ll cover it."
"Alright, I’ll go stay in a hotel." Lin Yue nodded with a rueful smile.
Wan Tianning raised an eyebrow, thinking, ’Trying to trick me, are you?’
’Not a chance.’
But before Lin Yue could get back in the car, a few men suddenly approached.
Wan Tianning thought they were Xie Mingyu’s men and was startled, quickly wanting to get back in the car to escape.
However, these men walked right up to Lin Yue, blocking him.
"President Lin, you’re such a big boss, shouldn’t you pay back the money you owe us by now? Avoiding us all the time, what does that even mean?"
What’s going on?
Wan Tianning and Lan furrowed their brows, looking at these men.
They seemed more like debt collectors rather than people sent by Xie Mingyu.
Xie Mingyu himself always acted superior, even his bodyguards seemed pretentious.
But these men in front of them looked rather coarse, like street thugs.
"I have no money right now." Lin Yue shrugged and said, "As you can see, I’m down to driving others around. I really have no money."
"No money? No problem. President Lin, you’ll have to come with us." The man stepped forward to grab Lin Yue.
"What are you doing? How much does he owe you, tell me." Wan Tianning stepped forward, face solemn.
The man looked at Wan Tianning.
Wan Tianning sneered, "What are you looking at? Don’t you recognize a big star? He’s with me now. Whatever he owes you, I’ll pay."
