Lin Yixun was getting anxious, holding her phone, and redialed the number once more. The phone still went unanswered. She hesitated for a moment, and relying on her memory, dialed another number.
The phone rang a few times without being picked up. Just as Lin Yixun was about to hang up, a man’s cool voice suddenly sounded from the other end.
"Finally willing to call me?"
"Was it you who did something to Xing Yi?"
Lin Yixun didn’t expect the man to admit it so readily, but then again, he had always been swift and decisive in his actions, never hiding anything from anyone.
"Leng Yixiu, if you want to deal with me, come directly at me. Why drag innocent people into it?!"
The man’s slender fingers tapped the desk nonchalantly, his lips curling into a chilling smile. "As far as I know, Xing Yi isn’t exactly an unrelated person."
"What do you want? Leng Yixiu, what exactly do you want?"
"What I want, you still don’t know?" The man leaned back in his boss’s chair. "Let me remind you once more, the one-month agreement we made has long passed. I told you, I would make you come to me willingly."
One-month agreement? What one-month agreement?
Lin Yixun pondered for a long time before recalling their encounter in the corridor of the apartment complex and that damned demand! Become his woman? Not unless she were dead!
"Leng Yixiu, I think I made my answer very clear back then. I will never be your woman, nor have anything to do with you!"
"Oh?" The man sneered, his voice cold. "Then I don’t need to show any mercy to Xing Yi anymore."
"Leng Yixiu, are you threatening me?!"
"You could say that." The man raised an eyebrow.
"Do you think I would agree to your unreasonable demand for someone I’ve only known for a short time?" Lin Yixun suddenly scoffed. "Leng Yixiu, you overestimate Xing Yi. To me, he’s just an insignificant friend."
"Is that so? I don’t mind verifying the truth of your words myself."
Lin Yixun understood well what he meant. If he wanted to verify how much Xing Yi meant to her, Xing Yi would at least suffer greatly.
"Leng Yixiu, don’t push me to hate you!"
"Since you already hate me to the bone, I don’t mind adding a little more to that."
Lin Yixun’s fingers tightened as she took a deep breath, "Leng Yixiu, you despicable man!"
"Lin Yixun, you must understand, I am a businessman. A businessman never stops until their goal is achieved, and businessmen have no sense of shame." The man paused before continuing, "To businessmen, the process is not important, the result is what matters most. To achieve their goal, they can use any means necessary."
Soon, the phone emitted a busy tone. Lin Yixun angrily stared at the now black screen, feeling a burning rage inside.
How could there be such a shameless person in the world? Who does he think he is? Just because he’s rich, he can do whatever he wants? Just because he’s rich, he can ruin other people’s lives?
But no matter how much Lin Yixun tried to deny it, she couldn’t ignore the fact that Leng Yixiu was no longer the same. He could crush her with just a flick of his finger.
She wasn’t afraid of dying, but she didn’t want to drag innocent people down with her. Xing Yi was innocent. If it weren’t for meeting her, his future would be bright. He was still the youngest and most promising professor at T University, the most admired teacher among students, and the senior she most respected.