Hong Kong Nights of Passion

Chapter 129 It's hard to explain over the phone
Wen Jin took a half step forward and gently placed her hand on Jiang Shu's shoulder: "Child, some things can't be forced. Stop being so fixated on them. Manage the company well, and you'll eventually meet your true love."

Jiang Shu clenched his fists tightly, his head slightly lowered. Wen Jin opened his mouth, but in the end only let out a sigh, turned around and walked towards the villa. The dim yellow light under the corridor stretched his shadow long, making him look particularly lonely.

Jiang Shu was in a daze and had no recollection of how he got back to Kowloon Tong.

Stepping into the villa, he looked blankly at the butler, his voice hoarse: "Where's my dad?"

The butler stammered, his eyes darting around: "Master... he went to that villa over there again."

Jiang Shu's eyes instantly turned icy, as if covered with frost, and he uttered two words indifferently: "Understood."

After saying that, he went straight upstairs.

This place is cold and green; it no longer feels like home.

A moment later, he stood at the top of the stairs, his voice low and deep, "Bring me a few bottles of wine up."

The butler looked worried: "Young master, please drink less..."

"Aren't you going to listen to me anymore?" Jiang Shu interrupted, his tone full of annoyance.

Helpless, the butler had no choice but to turn around and fetch the wine.

On the sofa upstairs, Jiang Shu kept chugging bottles of alcohol.

The spicy liquid burned his throat. After finishing the bottle, he took out a treasured photograph with trembling hands.

It was an old photo. In the photo, he and Niannian were wearing school uniforms. The girl had a bright smile and her eyes were full of sunshine.

He gently stroked the face in the photograph with his fingertips until a hot tear fell onto the photo, spreading out as a water stain.

At this moment, he finally had to admit that he had completely lost her.

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Chen Si was kidnapped by Chi Ce's men on the fourth day, and Chi Yige immediately had her taken to the basement on Victoria Peak.

These past few days she has been hiding in Macau, with search warrants posted all over the streets and alleys.

She was starving and barely clothed; her tattered shirt and jeans were practically unusable.

At that moment, someone pressed her knees down and slammed them to the ground.

Chi Yige slowly walked down the stairs, signaling to turn on the lights. The blinding white light made Chen Si instinctively close her eyes.

When she opened her eyes again, Chi Yige was already sitting upright on a high stool, looking down at her.

"When you threatened me with Niannian, did you ever think about today?"

Chi Yige gave her a rare, cold look.

Chen Si's face was full of contempt as she scoffed, "So what? Didn't you almost lose her too?"

"You acted recklessly, causing the entire Chen family to suffer. You are a sinner against the Chen family!"

"Chen family?"

Hatred surged in Chen Si's eyes, and her sneer grew even more grating. "When have they ever treated me like a human being?"

At the age of 18, in order to secure a project and establish a foothold in the port area, they gave her to an old man in his forties or fifties in exchange for 100 million yuan!

From then on, she became their bargaining chip, trading her body for resources...

Li Mingyi stepped forward and threw a stack of photos hard onto the ground, scattering them everywhere.

"Are you trying to say that the Chen family only gained a foothold in Hong Kong by selling your body? Or are you trying to explain your work as an outside helper abroad?"

"You're investigating me?"

Chen Si's pupils suddenly contracted.

Chi Yige sneered: "Are you afraid of being investigated for what you've done? I'm only seeing you today because of Old Master Chen; he wants me to spare your life."

"But you should pay back for the harm you caused Niannian." Chi Yige's tone changed abruptly, and the oppressive aura emanating from him made Chen Si tremble.

Li Mingyi raised his hand to signal, and two men in black escorted the two men into the basement.

Upon seeing those two faces, a flicker of panic crossed Chen Si's eyes.

It was the person she sent to guard Wen Jinian.

"How you treated Miss Wen that day, now return the favor exactly as you intended." Li Mingyi ordered the two men, "Do a good job, and you might be able to leave alive."

"You can't do that! It's illegal!"

Chen Si struggled and roared.

Chi Yige had already turned and walked towards the stairs, his back to her indifferent figure.

The pleas for mercy in the basement gradually subsided. He washed his hands repeatedly in the bathroom, changed into clean clothes, and whispered, "Let's go. Niannian will be looking for me when she wakes up."

Li Mingyi looked at the coldness fading from his brow and smiled, "Only Miss Wen can make the young master like this. Her complexion has improved a lot these past few days. With you staying with her, she will recover soon."

Chi Yige nodded, a rare tenderness appearing in his eyes: "Yes, it will be alright."

Before we knew it, it was early September. Wen Jinian had been surrounded by people lately, and her eyes had softened, and she was smiling more often.

Now, there is hardly a narrow corner in this villa; it has all been transformed into an open space by Chi Yige.

Wen Jinian spends most of her time lounging on the sofa, or drawing comics in the garden.

Chi Yige specially installed an automatically retractable sunshade in the back garden, and also added easels and tables and chairs, setting it up like a studio.

Wen Jinnian asked in confusion, "Why did you turn this place into a training room?"

Chi Yige put his arm around her waist and rested his chin on the top of her head: "I'm afraid you'll run away. When school starts in September, I'll arrange a special car to pick up and drop off students here for classes."

"no!"

Chi Yige looked at the person in front of him.

She wore a white dress, the soft fabric hugging her slender waist, like a delicate and pure lily.

Chi Yige lowered his head and kissed her, his voice filled with laughter: "The doctor said you're not fully recovered yet, and you keep having nightmares at night that make me kick out of bed."

Wen Jinian was taken aback: "Really? Then...we'll sleep in separate beds?"

"No distinction."

Chi Yige tightened his arms around her and nuzzled her forehead with his nose. "Niannian, let's get married."

Her body stiffened for a moment, and her eyelashes trembled and drooped.

The uncertainty of when the aftereffects would heal and what the future held made her clutch the hem of her skirt tightly: "Isn't it good that we're like this now?"

Chi Yige looked at the unease in her eyes, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he finally nodded, placing his palm on the back of her hand and gently stroking it.

"it is good."

Jiang Shu has been spending a week at the company, either in long meetings in the conference room or working overtime in the president's office.

Looking at the empty villa, the butler sighed, "It's not as lively as when the whole family sat around the table for meals." The master had been living in the villa for a long time, and the young master never came home.

The butler had no choice but to call Jiang Xiao. "Master, the young master hasn't returned to the old house for many days."

There was a moment of silence on Jiang Xiao's end. "Is it still because of Wen Jinian?"

The housekeeper said helplessly, "I asked around at the company, and he spends all his time outside of work locking himself in his office drinking..."

Jiang Xiao remained silent for a long time before whispering, "I understand."

Wen Jin stared at the familiar note on her phone screen. When the phone rang for the seventh time, she finally took a deep breath and swiped to make the call.

"Wen Jin, let's meet."

Jiang Xiao's voice still had its usual commanding tone.

Wen Jin frowned subconsciously, her tone revealing resistance: "Let's talk on the phone."

"It's hard to explain over the phone."

Jiang Xiao paused, then lowered her voice, "You know Jiang Shu best. You've watched him grow up, can you really just stand by and watch him become so despondent?"

Wen Jin's grip on her phone tightened suddenly, and she remained so for a long while.

"Send me the address."

(End of this chapter)