Chapter 24 – Sleeping in Leng Yan’s Room
He Yinshao, Lu Rang, and Lu Qian chose to stay behind, and the staff stayed as well.
“Lu Rang… what are you doing?” Lu Qian’s upright figure stood out especially clearly in the darkness.
“Brother! I just found that skewer of bugs!!!” Lu Rang’s voice was full of excitement. “Let’s go grill it!!!”
“No…” Lu Qian felt a headache coming on, his temples throbbing nonstop. “Throw it away.”
“Brother~” Lu Rang held the bugs in one hand while tugging on Lu Qian’s sleeve with the other. “I want to eat them~”
“…I’ve got a slap for you. Want to eat that?” Lu Qian calmly asked.
Lu Rang’s hand trembled, and he tossed the skewer of bugs away. “Not eating it, not eating it…”
“Go back to your room and rest. We have an early flight tomorrow.” Lu Qian escorted Lu Rang to his room and pushed him inside. “Go. To. Sleep. Early.”
“I! Know!” Lu Rang returned to his room looking somewhat dejected.
But the moment he entered, he immediately came back to life.
Who was he?
He was Lu Rang.
Was it really too much to ask to eat one skewer of bugs?
“Damn man. Just wait until I sneak out in the middle of the night and grill those bugs. I’ll make them smell so good you’ll regret it.” Lu Rang punched the air.
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He Yinshao returned to her room and took a shower. She didn’t feel sleepy at all. After lying on the bed for half an hour, she picked up her phone and looked through her chats.
For some reason, Leng Yan’s name stood out especially clearly, even though there wasn’t a single message in their conversation…
Longing spread especially quickly through the darkness.
After hesitating for a long time, He Yinshao sent a message.
“Are you done yet?”
The reply came almost immediately.
“I’m in a meeting. My phone is being screen-shared.”
“!!!”
He Yinshao immediately felt her face grow hot.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Leng Yan flipped her phone facedown on the conference table.
“Keep going. It’s not like I was saying anything.”
“Oh, okay…” Leng Yan’s assistant awkwardly flipped through the documents.
If she hadn’t seen wrong just now, that message had been from He Yinshao to President Leng.
Weren’t these two sworn enemies…?
So had they made up?
“I heard He Ji wants to cooperate with us recently?” Leng Yan rested her temple against one hand, amusement in her eyes. “What kind of cooperation?”
He Ji was He Feng’s half-brother. After He Feng’s mother died, their father had openly brought He Ji into the family. The two were two years apart.
From what Leng Yan remembered, He Ji was actually quite promising and had strong business potential. But later, He Feng inherited all of their father’s assets, and He Ji’s company was swallowed up by He Feng…
Leng Yan kept feeling like something about that was off.
“Uh, He Ji recently started a company and wants us to invest,” the young assistant said hesitantly. “President Leng, it’s only a small company. There’s no need for us to waste our energy on something like this. He—”
“Invest in him. Give him proper support.”
“Alright. Understood.”
The assistant didn’t understand. President Leng had clearly never paid attention to small companies like this before.
But then again, the current President Leng seemed to have become much more capable at handling business than before…
That wasn’t necessarily a bad thing…
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In the middle of the night, He Yinshao finally gave up on trying to sleep. After tossing and turning for ages, she left her room to get some air.
When she reached the villa’s backyard, she heard a strange sizzling sound.
“Who’s there?” He Yinshao immediately became alert. She called out sharply and slowly approached the figure.
“Shh, shh, shh!!” Lu Rang turned around and pressed an index finger to his lips, speaking through gritted teeth. “Me! Keep your voice down!!”
“What are you doing?” He Yinshao immediately relaxed.
“Eating barbecue.”
“Didn’t we already finish eating?” He Yinshao looked confused, then suddenly clapped her hands together. “Oh, right! You never grilled that skewer of bugs!”
“Dear auntie, keep your voice down. If my brother wakes up, he’ll beat me.” Lu Rang looked close to tears as he grabbed her and pulled her into a crouch.
“I’m going to tell your brother.” Remembering how Lu Rang had repeatedly provoked her these past few days and deliberately acted friendly with Leng Yan, He Yinshao smiled without warmth. “Unless you give me a thousand yuan as hush money.”
“Do you think I’m some sucker?” Lu Rang let go of her and wiped his hand on his clothes. “I’ve never eaten a thousand-yuan skewer of barbecue in my entire life!”
“Tsk. Then introduce me to some acting opportunities. I want to act.” He Yinshao thought about it. That way, she could make money too.
“Fine, fine. I’ll send you the contact information for a director I worked with before. But if this is your first time acting, the best you’ll probably get is second female lead. You might only manage third female lead.” Lu Rang chewed on the skewer of bugs again. “So fragrant. Pure high-quality protein…”
“Ugh…” He Yinshao rolled her eyes and headed back toward the villa. “I’m going back.”
He Yinshao slowly walked upstairs. When her hand touched the handle of her own room, she stopped.
Her eyes darkened slightly.
With a sidelong glance, she saw the tightly closed door that belonged to Leng Yan.
No one knew what she was thinking.
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
…
He Yinshao released her own doorknob and walked farther down the hall. She opened another door and went inside.
Once she entered, He Yinshao thought she could detect a faint, lingering fragrance.
Her entire body relaxed.
She slowly walked toward Leng Yan’s bed.
Slowly sat down.
Slowly lay back.
The mattress was soft, and the blanket was comfortable.
As He Yinshao lay there, she unconsciously wrapped the blanket tightly around her entire body.
It seemed to still carry Leng Yan’s scent.
It almost felt as though she were holding Leng Yan again.
This time, He Yinshao fell asleep very quickly.
In her dream, she saw Leng Yan walking toward her.
Leng Yan ordered the servants to whip her.
Her back was covered in wounds…
Even now, she seemed able to feel that pain.
The overwhelming hatred could not be suppressed no matter what.
The scene changed.
Her own corpse lay cold at Leng Yan’s feet, while Leng Yan looked at her as though she were nothing more than an object…
And afterward?
Had Leng Yan and He Feng still gone against each other in the second life?
Probably not.
After all, without her…
The scene shifted again.
Leng Yan was in her arms, holding a bathrobe.
Her body was very soft.
“What are you doing?”
The three words held no threat whatsoever.
He Yinshao suddenly felt playful. Instead of letting go, she tightened her arms around her.
“He Yinshao?!!”
She could almost see Leng Yan losing her temper, even the tips of her ears turning red…
He Yinshao remembered how, inside the ambulance, Leng Yan had softened the moment she looked at her with an aggrieved expression.
So in her dream, she used that same look again.
“Sigh, you…” Sure enough, Leng Yan stopped struggling and turned her head away. “Let go of me…”
Leng Yan’s side profile faced her, exposing those bright red ears.
Completely unable to help herself, He Yinshao leaned closer and gently kissed her ear.
Leng Yan’s eyes visibly widened.
A flush crept across her cheeks.
Then she broke free from He Yinshao’s arms and slapped her across the face!
“!!”
He Yinshao woke with a start, only then realizing it had been a dream.
She touched her lips.
It almost felt as though that sensation was still there…
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