Mr.CEO Looks Exactly the Same as My Son!-Chapter 693: Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road
After hanging up the phone, he tossed it aside and fiddled with a lighter, igniting and extinguishing it repeatedly.
The bright flame reflected on his face, adding an air of mystery.
He didn’t know how long he sat there, still unable to fall asleep. Finally, he got up to turn off the lights in the room, glanced at the empty big bed, sighed deeply, and resignedly lay down.
Having no one to hold in his arms, he slept restlessly, waking up several times throughout the night. He even considered sneaking in through the window, but held himself back, tossing and turning until sleep gently claimed him around three in the morning.
In contrast to Beichen Rui’s insomnia, the person in the next room slept exceptionally well. Without his constant fidgeting beside her, perhaps exhausted from his antics over the past few days, she managed to sleep until the morning light.
The morning sun angled through the curtains, filling the room with fresh air.
Ye Xinluo opened her eyes, glanced out the window, and could vaguely hear the original birdsong. Sitting up in bed, she stretched lazily, glanced at the space beside her, couldn’t help but smile sneakily, and then got out from under the covers.
After washing her face, brushing her teeth, and applying some skincare products, she noticed some ambiguous marks on her neck. She grabbed some foundation and meticulously covered them in the mirror.
After finishing all this, she went to the wardrobe to change clothes and then left the room.
As she passed the adjacent bedroom, she couldn’t resist taking a peek. Before she could retract her gaze, the door opened, and Beichen Rui, dressed in a black suit with faint dark circles under his eyes and a somber expression, walked out.
Seeing him, Ye Xinluo shrank her neck and quickly ran away.
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After finishing breakfast, she headed to work. Arriving at her desk, she put down her bag, didn’t go to the pantry to get water immediately but went to Qin Yin’s desk instead.
It seemed Qin Yin hadn’t arrived yet; her desk was empty. After asking her neighbor, she learned that Qin Yin hadn’t come to work for the past two days, citing health issues.
She suddenly remembered Qin Yin was still injured, likely resting at home now.
She turned to return to her desk, but hadn’t taken two steps before running into someone she didn’t particularly want to see—Jiang Yue.
Following the complete shutdown of Jiang Group and without financial support, Jiang Yue operated as discreetly as possible at the company, wishing everyone else ignored her existence.
It’s reported that Jiang Yue’s father mortgaged the family villa to repay debts and that Jiang Zhengguo was recently charged with embezzlement and bribery, with a death linked to him, resulting in a twenty-year sentence.
When Jiang Yue saw Xinluo, she paused momentarily, illustrating how narrow the paths of adversaries can be. Now, the entire company buzzed with rumors that Ye Xinluo would be the future lady boss, while she was left with an imprisoned uncle and a father who leveraged the family estate to settle debts.
She’s still lumbered with considerable debt, cobbling resources together to fill the gaps. Where once she mingled with socialites during Jiang Group’s heyday, those same people now pretended not to recognize her, leaving her deeply discontented.
Most distressingly, Sister Shihan has disappeared, whereabouts unknown. Although she’s thought about seeking out Beichen Rui, their current status makes accessing his villa impossible.
Jiang Yue once mustered the courage to ask him at the company, but he said nothing and simply walked away...
