Xia Sanghuan took a deep breath, trying hard to make her voice sound normal.
"I want to go to the Leng family and bring my sister back. Are you available these days?"
Leng Chuanjin paused for a moment and didn't answer her question.
"Have you figured out how to explain it to your family?" he asked in a deep voice.
"If they ask for the reason, how are you going to answer?"
"What does it matter to you?" There was a hint of anger in the girl's voice.
She really hadn't figured out what to say to her family yet, but it wasn't his business to worry about.
"If Young Master Leng is not available, you can just refuse directly," she sneered.
"After all, even if I insist on taking Xia Anying away, Leng Wanqing won't refuse to open the door for me."
After saying that, she hung up the phone.
The merciless busy tone from the receiver almost pierced Leng Chuanjin's ears.
His thin lips tightened tightly, and the little patience he had left was worn out by the girl's call.
He took off his suit jacket and casually threw it aside.
"Young Master Leng, we haven't finished shooting yet," seeing the man's reaction, Shen Ruoyan's voice and expression returned to normal.
After all, she didn't dare to push her luck when the well - known "living Hades" in the business world was angry.
However, Leng Chuanjin didn't buy her act. He sent a message to Yun Ye and then walked out on his own.
"Young Master Leng, there's only the last set left..." The photographer noticed the tense atmosphere and quickly stepped forward to persuade him.
"If you don't want to be kicked out together with your camera, shut your mouth," he said and was about to leave the scene.
"Young Master Leng!" Shen Ruoyan called out behind him.
But the man walked away without looking back as if he hadn't heard a thing.
On the way back, he sat in the passenger seat, looking at the neon lights outside the car window.
"One wrong step, and every step goes wrong," Leng Chuanjin folded his arms and whispered.
Yun Ye, who was driving beside him, moved his lips but finally said nothing.
Moreover, it seemed that the young master didn't need him to say anything.
...
"I choose to reject this condition," Leng Chuanjin slapped the previous contract on the table.
Shen Siyuan across from him frowned instantly.
"Young Master Leng, you promised this before."
"Yes. But you seem to have forgotten the last clause," he stretched out his slender finger and pointed at the end of the contract.
"If an accident occurs during the operation, the damaged party can change or reject one requirement put forward by the other party."
"Black and white. Your fingerprint is also here." He chuckled lightly and "kindly" reminded her.
"Miss Shen. You don't want to go back on your word, do you?"
The man's expression changed from calm to gloomy instantly.
"No..." Shen Siyuan looked at his face, and cold sweat dripped from her forehead.
She began to wonder if her decision at the beginning was wrong.
She gritted her teeth and forced herself to look Leng Chuanjin in the eye.
"Young Master Leng, the main reason why the Shen family was willing to cooperate with the Leng family at the beginning was also because of this condition.
"If you just reject it now, it will be very difficult for Ruoyan and me.
"Moreover, in this operation, I don't think you suffered any losses."
Hearing this, Leng Chuanjin's face turned even worse.
"What do you mean by not suffering any losses?"
Shen Siyuan lowered her head and swallowed involuntarily.
"Because in this operation, only that girl..."
"Xia Sanghuan is mine!" the man's voice suddenly rose.
He glared at her fiercely.
"She was injured, seriously injured," he said in a low voice, his voice cold as ice. It was hard to tell whether he was blaming Shen Siyuan or himself.
"I'll consider Miss Shen's concerns," he let out a breath and said in a deep voice. Then he waved to Yun Ye standing behind him.
Yun Ye immediately understood and handed over another document.
"This is a plan we drafted temporarily. If there's no problem, implement it according to this."
He returned to his usual calm and self - composed look, as if the person who had just pressured Shen Siyuan to the point of almost being out of breath wasn't him.
"If you think it's okay, we can start implementing it now." He hooked the corner of his mouth, but his expression was far from kind.
Shen Siyuan knew that even if she disagreed, Leng Chuanjin would find a way to make her accept.
Rather than falling out with the Leng family directly later, it was better to agree readily now.
She quickly scanned the contents of the document.
It was a plan that could minimize the losses on all sides while maximizing the benefits.
She had no reason to refuse.
Seeing her nod, Leng Chuanjin stood up satisfied.
"Then it's settled."
The man walked out of the reception room without looking back. The moment he got in the car, Yun Ye saw the uncontrollable smile on his face.
...
After being discharged from the hospital, Xia Sanghuan rested at home for another three days and then returned to school.
The first thing she did when she got back to school was to go to the principal's office.
"You must know something, right?" she asked straightforwardly without any hesitation.
Li Ran looked up at the girl in front of him.
"Yes."
"I'm a friend of your master," under her stunned gaze, he slowly told the story between him and his good friend.
When the girl walked out of the office, her mind was still in a complete mess.
The principal was a friend of her master? Then why had she never seen him during the years she had been with her master?
The principal remained silent on this question.
"Do you know where he went?"
He shook his head. "I'm not sure either.
"But he's not the kind of person who would disappear for so long without a word.
"There must be something fishy about this."
Xia Sanghuan wasn't unaware of what the principal said.
Especially after receiving that note and talking to that Mr. Yu, she was more and more certain that her master didn't leave on his own.
Could he have been...
She shook her head to stop herself from thinking further.
...
At this time, the Internet was flooded with news about Leng Chuanjin's "engagement".
But the news content was ambiguous, and even the so - called photos and video clips were blurry.
The man glanced at the message Shen Siyuan had just sent him.
"You can start suppressing the hype."
While looking at the computer screen, he said to Yun Ye who walked in.
However, after receiving the task, Yun Ye didn't leave immediately. He stood there, hesitating, and glanced at the young master.
"Young Master Leng, Madam wants to see you tonight," after hesitating for a long time, he finally said it out.
"Madam also told me to tell you that she'll make you pay tonight..."
After saying that, Yun Ye quickly slipped away.
The man looked at the call from his mother that he had just hung up.