Chapter 11: Chapter 11 His gaze seemed to penetrate everything Chapter 11: Chapter 11 His gaze seemed to penetrate everything Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Scalding hot water poured into the teacup, and as the steam rose gently, a faint scent of tea diffused, shrouding the man’s handsome brows and eyes in the mist of tea.
Compared to at the Lai Family’s, Song Baiyan at this moment seemed detached, but he actually resembled more an Ascender orchestrating the entire game.
Outside the window, rainwater slid down the glass with a murmuring flow.
Under the light in the private room, ripples spread and danced, silent yet tranquil.
Tang Li unconsciously stopped in her tracks.
Due to nervousness, her right hand slightly clenched her left wrist.
For a moment, she couldn’t help but doubt whether it was right or wrong to meet with Song Baiyan.
Although he had helped her at the Lai Family tonight, aside from that, she had not really interacted with Song Baiyan.
After Ji Ming’s audience with her in her previous life, it wasn’t long before Han Jifeng was found unrelated to the bribery case and was ultimately acquitted and restored to his position.
Throughout the entire investigation, Ji Ming was the one who came forward.
However, Tang Li’s heart was clear as a mirror—if not for Song Baiyan’s tacit consent, even with Ji Ming’s capabilities, he wouldn’t interfere in trivial matters arbitrarily.
Perhaps because she stood in place for too long, Song Baiyan lifted his head, his eyes gentle and tinged with a hint of a smile: “Ji Ming told me you came to express gratitude?”
Tang Li came back to her senses, murmured an affirmative, yet her gaze fell on the empty seat opposite Song Baiyan.
“There is another door in the private room.” After placing the purple sand teapot back on the tea tray, Song Baiyan’s deep, magnetic voice came again: “Exiting from that side, you’ll be closer to the elevator.”
This statement was a clear explanation for her.
Tang Li turned her head to see—
Indeed, most of the screen concealed that door.
Slowly retracting her gaze, she looked at Song Baiyan, seated at the table again.
Song Baiyan was also watching her.
Unlike her deliberately suppressed guardedness, his gaze seemed to see through everything.
At that moment, Tang Li felt an illusion—
As if her little schemes had already been discovered.
She slightly lowered her eyelids, but her heart rate refused to slow.
In her previous life, she died at only 26 years old. Although she had experienced her share of hardship, her vision and experiences were ultimately limited. Now, facing Song Baiyan alone, a man who was past his thirties, she was gradually feeling out of her depth.
She didn’t know how much time had passed when a pair of black leather shoes suddenly appeared below her eyelids.
Song Baiyan stood before her, hands clasped behind his back.
Being close, Tang Li’s vision was dominated by the man’s white shirt, and with each breath, it was his scent that enveloped her—tea mixed with tobacco, warm and comforting, scattering her thoughts, yet inexplicably grounding.
Then, she heard Song Baiyan speak: “It’s almost midnight; I’ll have Ji Ming take you back.”
“…” Tang Li finally couldn’t keep her composure and looked at the man ready to turn away, saying, “Thank you for tonight, not just for lending me your umbrella, but also for helping me out during the birthday banquet, and outside the study that time as well, if it weren’t for you, I would have been discovered.”
Hearing this, Song Baiyan’s profound gaze returned to her.
Tang Li met his gaze directly, unflinching despite the man being older than her.
This time, it was Song Baiyan who shifted his gaze away first.
His eyes landed on the rain-drenched wound on Tang Li’s forehead.
The girl, thinly clad in a shirt in this deep night, was not kept warm, and those doe-like eyes, after being rinsed by rain, appeared even more lucid, also revealing a touch of pitifulness.
Just like a little animal abandoned by its owner, wandering on the roadside.
Gone was the carefree life in Diannan.
Then, Ji Ming knocked on the door and came in.
Tang Li seized the opportunity to speak: “You’re busy, I won’t disturb you any longer.”