"What?" Su Qingwen had been preoccupied with thoughts of Xiao An and didn't hear Hua Yueye's question at all. By the time she regained her senses, it seemed a bit late, as Hua Yueye had already finished speaking.
"Are you daydreaming in front of me?" The man's expression darkened slightly. He cast a displeased glance at her.
"Um, I didn't do it on purpose. I'm sorry," Su Qingwen blinked her eyes and tried to play it off. Then she waved her hand and said, "I was just thinking about Xiao An. She hasn't replied to me. It feels so strange."
"She's already grown up. She won't get into trouble easily. So just relax," Hua Yueye said nonchalantly, pursing his lips.
"I hope so." Su Qingwen tightened her grip on her phone. She still felt something was off. After all, this was really unusual. Xiao An wasn't the kind of person who wouldn't reply to others' messages.
She called back, but there was still no answer. Now, Su Qingwen was truly scared. The delicious food in front of her lost its allure. She quickly took a few mouthfuls and then looked up at Hua Yueye. "Dear President, can I leave first?"
"Where are you going?" Hua Yueye lifted his eyelids and stared at her unhappily.
"I'm going to check on Xiao An. God knows what might have happened to that girl," Su Qingwen thought for a moment. Xiao An was her only good friend in the company. She wouldn't feel at ease until she saw that she was safe.
"Go then." Looking at her like this, Hua Yueye actually felt a bit dissatisfied in his heart. But he couldn't bear to blame her directly, so he just waved his hand, indicating for her to go quickly.
Finally getting Hua Yueye's permission, Su Qingwen dashed towards the door. She kept dialing the phone. Suddenly, a man approached her. When no one was paying attention, he grabbed Su Qingwen's wrist.
Attacked by a stranger, Su Qingwen was really frightened. Her eyes widened in horror as she turned to look back. But before she could even turn around, she smelled a strong, pungent fragrance. Then she felt her body become extremely weak. She struggled to open her mouth to call for help.
Her mouth and nose were covered. Su Qingwen closed her eyes in despair and fell into darkness.
An Chendong looked at the unconscious woman in front of him. Frowning, he dragged her into the car and quickly took her to an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of the city.
When she woke up from the coma again, Su Qingwen felt her body ache badly, as if she had been beaten up. She blinked her eyes and gasped for breath. With great difficulty, she regained some consciousness and immediately looked at her clothes. Thankfully, they were still mostly intact. Su Qingwen let out a sigh of relief and quickly sat up straight.
"Help!" Although her hands and feet were tied, she could still call for help. Su Qingwen immediately shouted at the top of her lungs. But it seemed that she was in the middle of nowhere. Apart from her own echo, there was no other response.
"Help... cough, cough, cough..." Finally, Su Qingwen couldn't hold on any longer. She covered her throat and leaned against the corner of the wall, feeling extremely desperate. Obviously, this way of calling for help was useless.
At this time, she carefully observed her surroundings. It was like a warehouse with walls on all sides, and there was only an unremarkable door that was hardly noticeable.
Suddenly, the door opened. Su Qingwen felt her heart jump into her throat. She nervously tightened her fingers and carefully looked at the person coming in, trying to figure out who it was.
When she saw Shen Lingyun's face, Su Qingwen's eyes widened in surprise. How could this be? Wasn't he arrested? How could he escape under the surveillance of so many policemen?
"Baby, you seem really surprised to see me," Shen Lingyun stared at the shocked Su Qingwen with a venomous look in his eyes like a viper. Then he sneered and stepped forward to grab her chin.
Forced to look into the man's eyes, Su Qingwen felt a bone - deep pain where he was holding her. Her eyes instantly turned red. She struggled desperately. "You bastard, let me go quickly!"
"I heard you've become Hua Yueye's secretary. Su Qingwen, you're really something. You even joined hands with Hua Yueye to report me. Don't you know that everything I've done was for you?"
Su Qingwen was tortured by his words and felt a splitting headache. Was this guy crazy? She never asked him to evade taxes. He was just being so unreasonable!
"Spit! Shen Lingyun, you evaded taxes on your own. What does it have to do with me? Do you think you did it to give me a more affluent life? You're so shameless. I tell you, you're a cancer to society!" Su Qingwen sneered and stared at the man in front of her with disdain.
"Even now, you still refuse to admit defeat. Su Qingwen, I'll give you one more chance. Come with me. I'll treat you well. Otherwise..." Shen Lingyun didn't finish his sentence. But from his malicious eyes, Su Qingwen already knew it couldn't be anything good.
"I'll make it clear to you. I'd rather die than be with you. Remember this, Shen Lingyun. I hate you!" Su Qingwen was extremely disgusted with this man. She didn't even want to look at him. She quickly turned her head away and said firmly.
Shen Lingyun was furious. He grabbed Su Qingwen's collar, seemingly about to attack her. But when he raised his arm, the woman showed a look of determination to die.
Seeing this, he withdrew his hand. Instead, he forcefully tore at Su Qingwen's clothes.
The fragile fabric couldn't withstand his abuse. It soon turned into rags and hung awkwardly on Su Qingwen's body.
"Ah!" Su Qingwen didn't expect him to treat her like this. She was really scared and immediately let out a scream. She raised her hands to cover her chest to prevent the man from seeing her private parts.
"Are you crazy, Shen Lingyun? Do you want to do the same thing you did in the game? Aren't you afraid of legal sanctions?" Su Qingwen's tears kept falling. She desperately pulled her clothes together.
"Only now do you know to be scared?" The man reached out to stroke her cheek, his eyes teasing and cruel. "Just imagine, if Hua Yueye saw you like this, what would he look like? He should be very heart - broken and rush over immediately."
As he spoke, Shen Lingyun took out his phone from his pocket, turned on the camera mode, and pointed it at Su Qingwen's disheveled appearance. He deliberately said, "Dear, look at the camera. I think you look especially good right now."
This crazy man! Su Qingwen cursed secretly through gritted teeth.