Rebirth: CEO's Sweetheart Reaches the Life Pinnacle!-Chapter 739 - 656: Act on the Situation (Three Updates)
Even if Jin Jiachao ignores it, the worry is that media involvement might turn this into a disaster.
Things like this have happened before; rumors often spiral and become impossible to clarify.
What if... Li Si dared not think further. She didn’t want Jin Jiachao exposed to gossip and scandal.
Jin Jiachao gradually sobered up from his drink and warmly advised, "Li Si, listen to me! I have some familial connection to Qi Yayun—she’s a relative from Su Ye’s side.
Over the years, out of respect for Su Ye, I’ve extended a bit of care to them. So she wouldn’t do anything too outrageous.
As for He Qingchi, she’s even less of a concern. Last time at the banquet, I confronted her directly. No matter what, she should show some dignity!"
Li Si sat in the car, watching as the vehicle ahead slowed down. She looked outside at the street and asked, "Mr. Jin, are you on this street? I think I just saw you!"
In truth, she hadn’t seen him—she was trying to bluff.
Jin Jiachao glanced at the car behind him and laughed in a low voice, "You little rascal, trying to trick me! Hurry back! I’m about to arrive at the agreed location. Don’t worry, I’ll have a brief chat with an old friend and return home. No need for you young ones to fret. Alright, I’m hanging up!"
After saying that, he pressed the hang-up button and looked at the phone screen, smiling and shaking his head.
Li Si, on the other side of the call, was left speechless as the phone cut off.
What Jin Jiachao said could only reassure her a little.
But mostly, she remained uneasy. As soon as the term "media" crossed her mind, her first reaction was to imagine those melodramatic scenes full of sensationalism.
Though Jin Jiachao was already quite old, he maintained himself well and looked almost indistinguishable from someone forty-something.
So it wasn’t entirely incomprehensible that He Qingchi harbored feelings for him.
Still, if they truly managed to ensnare him in some tangled scheme, it would be the ultimate embarrassment.
Li Si’s phone rang at that moment, and a glance showed it was Jin Yichen calling.
"Sisi, did the old man just talk to you? His phone was busy all this time! Finally got through, and he hung up on me!"
Jin Yichen had called several times, only to be hung up on by the old man, but at least he managed to reach Li Si.
"Yes! I tried to persuade him, but he wouldn’t listen. Then he outright hung up! Yichen, what now? I have a bad feeling something’s going to happen!"
After a brief silence, Jin Yichen responded, "Alright, Sisi. I’m some distance away from the old man right now. If I rush over, I won’t make it in time.
I’ll have to rely on you for now! You’ve got a driver and bodyguards with you, right?"
He worried that the old man’s affairs might drag Li Si into trouble. Besides, Leng Mochen was out of the country, and if something happened, it wouldn’t be easy to handle.
"I’m with them! You don’t need to be polite—just tell me what to do!"
She already knew Jin Yichen was in a meeting at his company when she called him earlier, and rushing over from opposite ends of the city would take time.
"Stay on him for now. I’ll get his destination and text you the address. Whatever those two women have in mind, we need to be prepared.
As for the stubborn old man, leave him to me!"
Li Si quickly nodded. "Alright! I’ll wait for your update!"
After hanging up, she instructed Jiang Tong, "Don’t lose sight of him!" 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
"Rest assured, ma’am!"
Jiang Tong followed the car ahead carefully as it suddenly made a sharp turn. He quickly followed.
Maintaining an inconspicuous distance, he stayed glued to their tail.
Finally, the vehicle ahead stopped in front of a clubhouse.
Li Si gazed from afar and recognized the place—it was somewhere she had been before.
It was unmistakably the clubhouse owned by Wang Ruotong’s uncle Liu Yuanqing.
Could it be that Jin Jiachao had arranged to meet someone here?
Then, did He Qingchi and Qi Yayun know about this beforehand?
Li Si observed that the car they had been tailing had also parked without its engine shutting off, and nobody had come out for quite a while.
She suspected that perhaps Qi Yayun and the others weren’t aware Jin Jiachao had chosen this location.
Otherwise, why go through all the trouble of disguises and tracking?
Wouldn’t it be much simpler to just lie in wait here?
Jiang Tong meticulously surveyed the surrounding environment as his phone vibrated. After glancing at the message, he turned to Li Si, speaking in a low voice, "Ma’am! Liu Jie and the others are on standby at the back and are asking for subsequent instructions."
Li Si looked at the familiar vehicle behind them and paused before replying, "Let’s wait for now and see what they intend to do. Act accordingly!"
She, too, was waiting to see what Qi Yayun and He Qingchi’s next move would be.
If they left without stepping out of the car, then she should likewise head home.
But if they got out, she’d have to follow up before Jin Yichen arrived and ensure Jin Jiachao wouldn’t suffer any losses.
...
In the car ahead, He Qingchi tugged at her hair in frustration, complaining, "What’s going on? Why would he come here? How did you even get your information?"
No matter how much she wanted to set Jin Jiachao up, she wouldn’t choose to make a move at Liu Yuanqing’s place.
What would that accomplish?
If he found out, how would he perceive her then?
And there was Peng Wanru! She absolutely couldn’t allow Wanru a chance to mock her for resorting to desperate measures over a man.
"I truly didn’t know he’d come here! Qingchi, why don’t we wait? He came here after dining with Li Si, so he probably won’t stay too long."
Qi Yayun’s face remained calm, but inside, she was completely thrown off. She had never expected that tailing Jin Jiachao and timing her move would lead them here.
But this location—inside Liu Yuanqing’s clubhouse—absolutely limited their options.
If chaos erupted when the time came, Liu Yuanqing was sharp enough to figure things out.
Once Liu Yuanqing realized what they were up to, he wouldn’t possibly allow their scheming to unfold at his venue.
He Qingchi crossed her arms and sneered in discontent, "Yayun! Are you really helping me? Sure, he’s finished eating, but what if he spends the evening playing cards with his friends? Am I supposed to sit outside like an idiot all night?"
She had been skeptical of Qi Yayun’s plan right from the start.
If not for the enticing promises she had painted, He Qingchi wouldn’t have agreed.
But now, it seemed like Yayun’s reliability was questionable at best.
"Qingchi, of course I’m helping you! But since he’s entered Wanru’s family clubhouse, what can I do about that? Fine, tell me what we should do next, and I’ll follow your lead!"
Qi Yayun lost her patience as well. If not for her own agenda, she wouldn’t bother associating with someone like He Qingchi, who had such a temper.
He Qingchi gritted her teeth and held back her frustration, her breathing heavy. After a prolonged silence, she finally spoke, "We’ll postpone the original plan. Now that we’re at Wanru’s place, we can play it off like we’re here to visit her. We’ll take the opportunity to discreetly find out which room Jin Jiachao is in."
Qi Yayun responded coolly, "Fine, whatever you say! Let’s follow through the way you want—but don’t come blaming me later."
"Absolutely!" He Qingchi snapped back stiffly, then opened the car door and stepped out.
