"Cristino?"
Upon hearing the name, Rong Jingyang frowned subconsciously but remained silent.
Sensing his silence, Du Ruoxin didn't give him time to think. Feigning urgency, she said, "They're calling me again. I have to go. People's Square, 5th floor. If you want to come, just come directly."
*Snap!*
The call ended, clean and crisp.
Caroline had told her to play hard to get with men, to pique their curiosity, and not to always appear begging, pitiful, or seeking charity.
Begging wouldn't win her love, only colder responses.
The reason Du Ruoxin was so completely captivated by Rong Jingyang was that her love in this relationship was too ardent, making Rong Jingyang believe she couldn't live without him.
After all, things obtained too easily were never cherished by men.
To salvage her marriage, Du Ruoxin had to learn to play hard to get, to make Rong Jingyang care, and to involve him in the minutiae of their marriage.
Rong Jingyang: "..."
She hung up?
She hung up without him even saying anything?
Du Ruoxin... she had never hung up on him before!
"Alas!" A long sigh drifted through the air to Rong Jingyang's ears.
Qin Yunxi walked in with a look of regret, "Am I that terrifying? Why did Ai Wei run as if she saw a ghost? She vanished in the blink of an eye!"
He was, after all, a great beauty of the century, gentle and gentlemanly!
Rong Jingyang's eyelid twitched—You don't look like a ghost, but you're more terrifying than one.
"Old Qin, don't push it too far."
Qin Yunxi casually shoved his hands into his pockets, "How can I push it too far? Don't worry, I won't rape her."
Rong Jingyang: "————"
"Alright, alright. Du Ruoxin alone is enough to give you a headache. Stop worrying about others." Qin Yunxi steered the conversation back on track, "I had another feng shui master look at it. He said the design doesn't need to be changed, but because that location has too much yin energy, we need to set up a Bagua array beneath the foundation."
"And install several solar panels on the rooftop."
Day and night, twenty-four hours a day, thirty-six degrees of sunlight exposure, to ward off misfortune and invite good fortune.
Rong Jingyang frowned, "So we can only wait for the police investigation results?"
Qin Yunxi affirmed with an "Mm," and added, "Let's wait. However, the feng shui master said something profound and mysterious, and it's related to you."
Rong Jingyang looked at him, "Me?"
Qin Yunxi suddenly became very serious, as if possessed by the feng shui master, "All things in the world are but Yin and Yang."
"He can help balance the Yin and Yang of the geography, but for the school to become world-renowned, another balance needs to be achieved."
"Don't you understand?" Qin Yunxi explained, "I was also confused when he said it, so I humbly asked for clarification."
"The feng shui master said, 'One gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things.'"
"I understood even less, so I humbly asked again."
"The feng shui master said, the school's first chairperson must be a woman, and it's related to you."
"Damn it, that's like saying nothing at all!"
"But no matter how humbly I asked, the feng shui master refused to say who that woman was, only shaking his head and muttering that coordinating Yin and Yang would yield twice the results with half the effort."
Rong Jingyang: "..."
Qin Yunxi continued, "I guess the feng shui master means that you need to find the first female chairperson? Or perhaps you get to decide?"
This was the only answer he could come up with.
Rong Jingyang pondered for a moment, "It's still early."
The school had just started construction, and it was still 3-4 years away from opening. All this talk of "one gives birth to two," "two gives birth to three," "three gives birth to all things," and the female chairperson were matters for the distant future.
What he needed to consider now was how to expedite the construction.
Rong Jingyang pressed the intercom and dialed Fan Yinghao's office.
As soon as Fan Yinghao answered, he spoke first, "Sir, the custom-made special surfboard you ordered is complete. Would you like to try it?"
Rong Jingyang paused.
But then he remembered he had to accompany his daughter surfing later, and with his leg inconvenience, he could only use a specially made surfboard to go into the sea.
"Mm." He definitely had to try it; otherwise, making a fool of himself in the ocean would be too embarrassing.
"Alright."
Soon, Fan Yinghao pushed open the door, "Sir, shall we go now?"
Rong Jingyang nodded.
Qin Yunxi stared at them, "Where are you going?"
Fan Yinghao greeted, "Master Qin," and said, "We're going to the sea to test something."
Qin Yunxi, his curiosity piqued, asked, "Test what? Is it fun?"
He wanted to go too!
The group took the elevator to the underground parking lot.
Lin Xuanyao drove, accelerating onto the asphalt road. The Rolls-Royce cruised along the wide, eight-lane highway.
Suddenly, the words "People's Square" inadvertently caught Rong Jingyang's eye.
Wasn't Du Ruoxin here?
"Stop," he said.