Rebirth! The Assassin's Revenge-Chapter 516: Holding Someone Back

Seeing Lin Cheng a bit at a loss, Ling Tianyou sent him away after a few words.

Gu Ningyue put the coffee cup back in place, grabbed her coat, and asked, "Can we go now?"

Ling Tianyou nodded, "Are you hungry?"

"It’s okay," Gu Ningyue smiled and said, "What are we going to eat?"

Ling Tianyou thought for a moment, "Can you handle spicy food? How about Sichuan cuisine?"

Gu Ningyue agreed with an "Alright, let’s go!"

Holding Gu Ningyue’s hand, they left the company, the whole building had only a few offices with lights still on.

It’s said that Ling Tianyou’s company is the one with the least overtime, and a reporter once investigated that the one who works the most overtime is actually Ling Tianyou, the CEO.

Feeling the night breeze, Gu Ningyue tightened her coat and curiously asked, "I heard the Ling Family’s enterprise always disagrees with overtime culture. Can you tell me why?"

Ling Tianyou stepped slowly down the stairs and answered softly, "Why work overtime? It’s for two reasons, either being lazy during the day, or lack of capability. Unless it’s an urgent project, I’ve always thought overtime shouldn’t exist."

Gu Ningyue nodded, "But in some industries, that might not be easy to achieve. Some jobs always require overtime, and not every leader thinks like you."

The two walked to the car, Ling Tianyou opened the door, "That’s why so many professionals are eager to join Ling Corporation."

"Hmm," Gu Ningyue sat in the passenger seat, pulled the seatbelt over, and fastened it, "By the way, how did your talk with Lin Cheng go today?"

"Not bad, most things have been settled," Ling Tianyou smiled, "It’s just Lin Cheng wants to sign a contract with a small internet celebrity, but doesn’t know much about her background, so he’s preparing to investigate more. After all, signing someone requires caution. Especially for a newly established company, it must be stricter."

Gu Ningyue nodded, looked at Ling Tianyou with a charming smile, "By the way, why didn’t you tell Lin Cheng that I was here? Trying to scare him on purpose?"

Ling Tianyou smiled slightly, then returned to his calm state, "Not at all."

Gu Ningyue obviously didn’t believe him, "You definitely did."

When Lin Cheng saw her and showed that shocked expression, she clearly saw Ling Tianyou smile.

Although it was fleeting, Gu Ningyue was sure she didn’t see it wrong.

Ling Tianyou chuckled, "Want to see the invitations tomorrow? I had someone call them today, and they’ve made a few templates."

Gu Ningyue was slightly stunned, "Invitations? As long as they’re okay, it’s just an engagement."

No need for so much hassle, right? They’ve made several versions?

"How could that be okay?" Ling Tianyou disagreed a bit, "This is our engagement banquet after all."

Gu Ningyue turned to look at Ling Tianyou, "Then have you booked a place for the engagement banquet yet?"

Ling Tianyou looked at the cars ahead, "Yes, it’s booked, but the style hasn’t been chosen. We’ll go together to see the venue tomorrow! Also, take a picture of Shen Hanyin’s dress and show it to her."

Gu Ningyue touched her stomach, "Looks like we have a lot to do tomorrow, I better eat a bit more tonight."

Ling Tianyou agreed, hesitating to reach over and ruffle Gu Ningyue’s hair since he was driving.

Why is she always so adorable no matter what?

"Eat up! My treat."

"By the way, any news from Xiao Yun?" Gu Ningyue looked at the time displayed on the phone, "By now, she should have returned, right?"

Ling Tianyou, waiting at the red light, dialed a number.

After a while, the call automatically disconnected.

Ling Tianyou exchanged a glance with Gu Ningyue and dialed Xiao Yun’s number again.

This time, it rang for a while before disconnecting again.

Gu Ningyue’s heart skipped a beat, "Xiao Yun hasn’t gotten into trouble, right?"

As the red light turned green, Ling Tianyou, before moving the car, dialed Aunt Zhang’s number.

This time, the call was answered quickly.

"Aunt Zhang, has Xiao Yun returned?"

The voice on the other end was puzzled, "No, she hasn’t come back."

"Got it." 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

After hanging up, Ling Tianyou turned and looked at Gu Ningyue, who had been watching him, "Xiao Yun hasn’t returned and isn’t answering her phone. Something might have happened! I used someone else’s ID to set up this number a few days ago, so no one knows it. Before leaving, I told her if anything unusual happens, she should hang up if she sees this number."

Even though it didn’t hang up this time, this situation doesn’t feel right.

"Should we check it out?" Gu Ningyue looked at Ling Tianyou.

Ling Tianyou: "Do you want to go?"

Gu Ningyue nodded, "Instead of waiting, we might as well go check."

Ling Tianyou agreed, "Alright."

The car changed its route at the next intersection, heading to Jin Chenglong’s place as suggested by Gu Ningyue.

As they drew near, Gu Ningyue smelled something burnt, and soon the scent grew stronger. A billowing cloud of smoke rose from Jin Chenglong’s house.

"It’s on fire!" Gu Ningyue exclaimed, and nearby people also noticed something was wrong.

However, unexpectedly, no one called for help or dialed 119, the emergency number; people walked by indifferently, none taking the initiative to call for a fire brigade.

Gu Ningyue was speechless. What disgusting things had Jin Chenglong done to evoke such loathing from his neighbors?

This time, consider it an interest collected before eradicating harm for the people!

"I’ll get out and check. Wait for me here."

As she spoke, Gu Ningyue unbuckled her seatbelt, preparing to get out of the car.

Just as she was about to push the door open, a hand grabbed her wrist, "I’ll go with you."

Gu Ningyue hesitated for two seconds, "Up to you."

The two went to the back door of Jin Chenglong’s house, Gu Ningyue agilely climbed over the wall in the blink of an eye, "Coming up?"

She reached out her hand to Ling Tianyou below, thinking about how all those years of a pampered life might have diminished his physical skills!

Precisely thinking of this, she moved faster and extended her hand to him.

Just as Gu Ningyue suspected, Ling Tianyou was decent in regular physical exercises, but moments like this posed a bit of a challenge.

However, thanks to his own efforts and Gu Ningyue getting up there first, he didn’t embarrass himself too much.

After this instance, Ling Tianyou silently vowed to pick up those neglected skills once he got back.

Otherwise, how could he drag down his fiancée like this?

No, absolutely not.