Chu Lingtian and Liu Bingxue had a physical relationship, but not a marital one.
Liu Bingxue repeatedly emphasized to Chu Lingtian that their encounter was purely accidental. She asserted that there were no feelings between them, let alone love, thus they were not a real couple. She also stated that she could never fall for a man as unmotivated and decadent as Chu Lingtian.
Their engagement agreement was crystal clear: they were merely pretending to be fiancé and fiancée to deceive Liu Shu, Zhang Ping, Liu Huohuo, and the men who incessantly pursued and harassed Liu Bingxue.
Therefore, Chu Lingtian and Liu Bingxue were effectively both single. Their relationships or physical encounters with other individuals were private matters, free from any emotional or moral complications, depending solely on their own willingness.
However, Chu Lingtian had sneaked out of the company to meet with Su Feifei, and Su Feifei had also escaped the hotel to see him.
Their meeting felt somewhat clandestine, like a tryst.
Chu Lingtian looked at Su Feifei and smiled, saying, "It's our Manager Liu calling. I'll take it and see what she wants."
"Okay."
Su Feifei nodded.
Chu Lingtian pressed the answer button and said, "Hello."
"Where are you?"
Liu Bingxue's cold voice came from the other end of the phone.
"I'm at the company."
At this moment, Chu Lingtian was unaware that Liu Bingxue had already dispatched her female secretary, Qin Li, to search for him in the company's underground parking lot.
Wang Dagang, who was guarding the security booth in the underground parking lot, wanted to cover for Chu Lingtian by saying he had gone to the restroom. However, Qin Li immediately stated she would find other male colleagues from the security department to check if Chu Lingtian was inside the restroom, and she also wanted to review the surveillance footage.
This left Wang Dagang with no choice but to tell the truth. He informed Qin Li that Chu Lingtian had left the underground parking lot in a hurry shortly after clocking in for work that morning, and his whereabouts were unknown.
Qin Li, the beautiful secretary, already harbored resentment towards Chu Lingtian for his repeated teasing and spanking. Therefore, she immediately embellished the situation and reported Chu Lingtian's unauthorized absence from his post to Liu Bingxue.
"You scoundrel! You're not at the company at all. After clocking in this morning, you rushed off from your post. Tell me, where are you now?"
Liu Bingxue's angry and charming voice demanded from the other end of the phone.
Chu Lingtian gave an awkward smile, not expecting Liu Bingxue to already know about his absence. He replied, "I'm out. Is there something wrong?"
"Yes, something very urgent and important. Return to the company immediately and come to my office."
Liu Bingxue said coldly.
Suddenly, Cai Hong snatched Liu Bingxue's phone and said angrily, "Chu! If you are with my daughter, Su Feifei, or if you can contact her, tell her that I am also waiting for her in President Liu Bingxue's office. She should come see me immediately, or don't consider me your mother."
With that, Cai Hong hung up the call directly.
Chu Lingtian was momentarily stunned. Then, he looked at Su Feifei and smiled, saying, "Manager Liu said she's waiting for me back in her office. Your mom also said on the phone to tell you to go to Manager Liu's office, where she's waiting for you."
"What? My mom? Do you think Manager Liu and my mom already know we're meeting secretly?"
Su Feifei's eyes widened in shock, and she asked with slightly parted red lips.
"I'm not sure about that. Let's go, we'll go to Manager Liu's office together."
Chu Lingtian shook his head and said with a smile.
"But... my mom is quite overbearing. She doesn't want me to interact with you much... Maybe we shouldn't go. Let's not go."
Su Feifei thought for a moment and replied worriedly.
Chu Lingtian chuckled, "What is meant to be will be. If it's a misfortune, it cannot be avoided. Furthermore, I dislike escaping from problems. I prefer to face them directly and then find every means to resolve them."
"But Liu Bingxue is urgently asking you to return, and my mom is also in her office. Even if they haven't guessed we're together, they must be suspicious. If we go, who knows what might happen..."
Su Feifei hesitated, her words trailing off. She knew her mother, Cai Hong, very well. For years, her mother had employed every conceivable tactic to prevent her from interacting too much with other men, fixated on marrying her off to a wealthy young master from the capital.
"Let's go, trust me!"
Chu Lingtian took Su Feifei's right hand and walked towards the roadside.
Su Feifei felt the warmth of Chu Lingtian's palm. It was the first time, apart from her father and other elder relatives, that she had been held by another man's hand. She immediately felt a bit shy.
Chu Lingtian walked to the roadside, hailed a taxi, and headed towards Baoxue Company with Su Feifei.
However, just as Chu Lingtian and Su Feifei left the cinema entrance, Wei Song appeared not far away.
"Brother Wei, when do you plan to make your move?"
A young man standing beside Wei Song, with a sharp-mouthed, monkey-faced appearance and a sinister expression, asked.
Wei Song sneered, "My dad said that this dog, Chu, must have some background. Otherwise, he wouldn't have my dad's superior's phone number. So, it's best not to deal with him overtly. Since the overt approach won't work, we'll resort to underhanded tactics. We've already secretly contacted 'Black Panther' and asked him to send people to tear Chu Lingtian to pieces."
"Black Panther? He's an unfathomably ruthless character. He once massacred hundreds of people in a single night, establishing his absolute dominance in the underworld of Dachang City, and then disappeared... You can contact him? You can get him to help?"
The sharp-mouthed, monkey-faced young man asked in shock.
"Hmph, my dad is the mayor of Dachang City, and our Wei family has power that can cover the sky in Dachang City. Others may not be able to contact Black Panther or get him to help, but my Wei family can."
Wei Song said with an arrogant and boastful expression.
The sharp-mouthed, monkey-faced young man pressed further, "So, Black Panther agreed to help you kill Chu Lingtian?"
"He agreed, but Black Panther said a brat who hasn't even grown his whiskers isn't worthy of his personal attention. Three of his subordinates are more than enough to easily deal with Chu Lingtian."
Wei Song replied with a cold and ruthless expression.
"Three generals?"
The sharp-mouthed, monkey-faced young man exclaimed.
Wei Song nodded, looking as if Chu Lingtian was doomed, and said with a sinister laugh, "Black Panther has three top generals under him. The eldest is an extremely accurate sniper, capable of hitting a target at a hundred paces. If he fires, the enemy is guaranteed to die with a headshot. The second is a martial arts master, who has practiced ancient martial arts for many years; his iron palms can split mountains and shatter rocks, making him terrifying. The third is an extremely beautiful woman who excels at using her charm to beguile men, and then kill them without a sound."
"Well, with these three formidable generals under Black Panther, not only can they kill a mere security guard like Chu Lingtian, but they could absolutely sweep through the entire Dachang City underworld!"
The sharp-mouthed, monkey-faced young man said with unwavering conviction.
"Black Panther has promised my dad that within seven days, this dog Chu Lingtian will completely disappear from this world. If his three great generals truly cannot kill Chu Lingtian, then he will personally take action and dismember Chu Lingtian!"
Wei Song said in a deep voice.
At this moment.
Chu Lingtian and Su Feifei arrived at the entrance of Baoxue Company by taxi.
Standing by the large floor-to-ceiling window of her office, Liu Bingxue watched Chu Lingtian and Su Feifei truly return together in the same car. She frowned, feeling an inexplicable sense of sourness and anger in her heart.
Liu Bingxue wondered in surprise, "What's wrong with me? Chu Lingtian isn't my real husband, so why do I feel jealous and angry when I see him so intimately with Su Feifei?"