Cheng Ying shook her head gently and said softly, "I’m not cold anymore."
The two of them gazed at each other, as if this world only had room for the two of them, and no one else could intrude.
Watching this scene, Lin Yixun suddenly felt redundant. Why was she staying here? Was she looking to humiliate herself?
The man supported Cheng Ying as they walked outside step by step. When they passed by Lin Yixun, he glanced at her coldly, his gaze sharp as a knife.
Lin Yixun thought that if looks could kill, she would have died a thousand times over already.
"Xiu, this time it really has nothing to do with Miss Lin. I accidentally fell into the pool," Cheng Ying always knew just the right moment to add fuel to the fire.
It would have been better if she hadn’t said anything, but saying this only made the matter more concrete. Lin Yixun sneered inwardly, thinking Cheng Ying had truly mastered the art of acting.
So, was Leng Yixiu now going to confront her and demand an explanation? But to her surprise, Leng Yixiu’s steps did not stop beside her.
Could it be over just like that?
In her astonishment, the man had already reached the entrance of the grand hall. At the entrance stood two tall men dressed in black suits, presumably Leng Yixiu’s bodyguards.
Whatever the man said to the bodyguards made them nod respectfully before heading towards Lin Yixun.
Lin Yixun was puzzled, but seeing the two men approach aggressively, it was clear they meant no good.
Sure enough, in the next moment, Lin Yixun was seized by the arms. She had no time to struggle before her body was swiftly thrown into the air and splashed into the swimming pool.
The icy water instantly enveloped her body. In the moment she fell into the water, she seemed to hear the bodyguards’ gleeful voices, "Such a vicious woman deserves to learn a lesson, or who knows how she might scheme against Miss Cheng next time."
Lin Yixun finally understood what Leng Yixiu had told the bodyguards. He hadn’t even bothered to ask about the incident before condemning her.
He thought she had pushed Cheng Ying into the pool and, in return, decided to punish her the same way, avenging Cheng Ying!
Lin Yixun couldn’t swim. In just an instant, she swallowed several mouthfuls of water, her survival instinct making her desperately flail her limbs. She tried to surface but would sink back down just as her head broke through the water.
She wanted to call for help to the people by the poolside but couldn’t make a sound.
As the air slowly left her body, her lungs burned with pain, and Lin Yixun felt utterly miserable. She flailed her arms desperately, but her strength was ebbing away with each movement. She dared not stop, fearing that stopping would mean her life would ebb away with the water.
One of the bodyguards by the pool, seeing Lin Yixun struggling weakly, started to worry, "Alright, alright, let’s fish her out."
"What’s the rush? President Leng wanted us to teach her a lesson so she’d never dare to bully Miss Cheng again. Pulling her out so soon would make it too easy for her. Let her stay in there a bit longer."
"That’s not a good idea. What if it turns deadly..."
"Relax, she won’t die that quickly."
Ouyang Hao couldn’t find Lin Yixun in the grand hall and got even more annoyed when her phone was out of service. Where had that stubborn woman gone off to now?
"Do you know where Lin Yixun went?" Ouyang Hao asked his assistant.
"Yixun? She said it was a bit stuffy inside and went out for some fresh air. She seemed to have been out for quite a while."