“Ah! Li Baoer, get up. We are late!”
As loud as a pig may shout when being slaughtered, Xia Ning risks her life to wake up Li Baoer and then goes to wash up in a hurry.
Since she drank last night and feels dizzy today and she gets up too quickly, Xia Ning almost falls down to the floor after a few steps. She leans on the wall for a while and then stumbles to the washing room.
“Li Baoer, get up now…” While brushing her teeth, Xia Ning shouts. She is dizzy.
One minute later, Li Baoer rushes into the washing room and brushes her teeth quickly.
“Are you OK? Why do you look so pale?” Li Baoer is shocked when she sees Xia Ning.
Xia Ning shakes her head and goes on with her washing.
Five minutes later, they hail a taxi and go to work.
Sitting by Xia Ning, Li Baoer hesitates how to tell her what Xiao Tingting said. When they are going to arrive at the company, Li Bao’er says straightly, “Last night, Xiao Tingting called you and I answered the phone for you.”
Xia Ning is stunned and feels it unusual, “Hum. What did she say?”
“She said that President Li’s secretary will come today to talk with you. If you cannot get rid of it, you may be sued.”
“What?” Xia Ning’s eyes widen. She has not had the report about Li’s mother published. What does Li Dezheng sue her for?”
Li Baoer shrugs, “I don’t know what happened. Let’s put the matter aside for now. However, Xiao Tingting was really in a rage last night.”
Xia Ning is annoyed. It seems that Li Dezheng wants to make it as serious as possible.
Ten minutes later, the taxi stops at TIME building. Xia Ning goes upstairs and is immediately stopped by Ou Yixuan’s secretary.
“Assistant Xia, Secretary Ruo is waiting for you. Please go to the meeting room.”
Xia Ning is shocked. So soon it is.
To her surprise, there are already lots of people waiting for her in the meeting room.
Xiao Tingting, Secretary Ruo, Ou Yixuan and some directors and editors from other departments, as if there is a battle array waiting for her to break.
However, the expression of Xiao Tingting and other people tells her that this is more like a court session.
“Assistant Xia, President Li requests that you will announce a public apology and take the legal responsibility caused by the false report.” Secretary Ruo goes directly to the point.
Xia Ning is stunned. What false report?
As she sees Xia Ning being puzzled, Xiao Tingting puts a magazine in front of her, “On the first page. See it yourself.”
Xia Ning opens it and soon widens her eyes!
The former part of the report is about the exclusive interview. It is right. But at the latter part, someone added several pieces of information about some previous illegal events such as bribe about Li Dezheng to the conclusion, which are clear with exact dates and places.
“I did not write this.” Xia Ning points at the conclusion, “It is not written by me.”
“Not by you?” Xiao Tingting raises her brows, “I was in business trip yesterday and you were fully in charge of President Li’s exclusive interview. The report now comes out and you say you did not write it? Does it come out from nowhere?”
It does come out from nowhere!
Xia Ning looks into Xiao Tingting’s eyes, and suddenly understands who is conducting this meeting.
“Does Chief Editor Xiao forget? You gave me a half day leave yesterday and I have not finished the report yet.”
“I gave you a leave? You got angry and left yourself!” Xiao Tingting points at the draft, “I told you these cannot be published. You did not listen to me. When I came back from the business trip, you had made the decision yourself. Now, President Li is angry. What can we do, Assistant Xia?”
“I did not do it. It is not written by me.” Xia Ning refutes and looks at all the present people, “I don’t know who sets me up. However, I have not done it. I don’t need to bear any responsibility.”
Xiao Tingting laughs coldly and looks at Ou Yixuan, “Director Ou, what’s your opinion?”
Ou Yixuan squints his eyes. Being silent for a while, he said, “That exclusive interview is really in your charge. So, you need to apologize to President Li first. We will talk about the next step. Assistant Xia, you are suspended from your job for now.”
Xia Ning curls her lips and restively raises her head, “I did not do it. I won’t apologize for it. Suspension? I am telling you, Ou Yixuan, I quit.”
Saying this, Xia Ning turns back and wants to leave. At the time, a male staff comes to stop her.
Xia Ning is stunned. She turns and looks at people behind, “What do you want?”
Secretary Ruo responses, “President Li guessed Assistant Xia would react like this. The Li’s Group has called the police. We will settle everything in the police office.”
Xia Ning’s face darkens, “All right. I didn’t do it anyway. Even though I will go to jail, I am not going to admit it.”
Ou Yixuan’s face changes. He goes to her and whispers, “Don’t be so restive. I will find out what happened. You just give an apology and I will take care of the rest things.”
“No need!” Xia Ning grits her teeth, “I won’t apologize unless I die!”
“Good. Assistant Xia, we will meet in court.” Secretary Ruo says slowly.
“Wait!” Suddenly, Ou Yixuan shouts.
Secretary Ruo pauses, “Director Ou, what do you want to say?”
Being silent for quite a while, Ou Yixuan opens his mouth, “From this moment, Xia Ning is not an employee of TIME any longer. Whatever she does has nothing to do with TIME. TIME will not be responsible for anything related to the issue between your company and Xia Ning, except for our poor supervision.”
Hearing this, Xia Ning turns pale and feels the world rotating.
Ou Yixuan wants to get free from the responsibilities.
Xia Ning’s heart sinks to the bottom. She closes her eyes. For the first time in more than twenty years, she learns that the world is dark, “Good. It is good.”
Xia Ning is dizzy. She touches her forehead and her body staggers, nearly falling to the ground.
“Xia Ning!” Ou Yixuan hurriedly reaches out and wants to hold her.
Just at the moment, the door of the VIP Room is suddenly opened and a tall figure rushes in. Xia Ning is quickly and precisely held and hugged tightly.
The familiar smell runs around. Xia Ning leans on the strong chest and her heart calms down, being surrounded by a sense of safety.
A big hand covers her forehead. Xia Ning opens her eyes and meets the bright and intense eyes with anxiety.
“Rui…” She whispers. Her first reaction is to push him away but she is hugged more tightly by him, “Let me go. There are many people here…”
Yi Yunrui frowns. His face changes with rage. His flashing eyes sweep all the people around and stop at Xiao Tingting, “Tingting, what happened?”
Everyone is shocked by Yi Yunrui’s overwhelming power. They seem to have enough reasons to argue for themselves, but cannot speak out a word now.
Xiao Tingting feels guilty and she dares not look at Yi Yunrui’s investigating eyes. She curls her lips and turns slightly her face aside, “Cousin Brother, Xia Ning made some trouble. Here is the secretary of President Li. We are helping her to handle it.”
“Nonsense!” Yi Yunrui shouts. His face is darker, “When did you lose your manners to call her by her name? Ning is your sister-in-law.”
Xiao Tingting is overwhelmed by Yi Yunrui’s anger and dares not to say a word. She curls her lips and lowers her head. As if she suddenly remembers something, she winks at Ou Yixuan.Ou Yixuan frowns. He wants to say something when he realizes that Yi Yunrui is already staring at him.This man is born with king’s dignity. Even the boldest cannot withstand his forceful eyeing. In an instant, Ou Yixuan feels the chaos in his heart. Having been working and dealing with all sorts of people in the society for several years, he has learned to hide his emotions. He can face senior officers, the rich and the powerful with skills and ease, but he is always at a loss in front of this man, Commander of C District, Yi Yunrui. “Commander Yi,” Ou Yixuan tries hard to put on a smile on his face and says ambiguously, “I think there are some misunderstandings here. So, we are negotiating with President Li’s secretary now…Could you please wait for
What Yi Yunrui says is like a terrifying bomb and Director Tong is blown stunned. If it is only about Li Dezheng, there will be no need for him to deal with it personally. The point is that there are too many interests and secrets behind him. If he looks into these, he doesn’t know what kind of important people will be found involved. The Yi Family is powerful in B City. As Yi Yunrui has told him to do it, he has no other choices. “Well…OK. No problem. Respecting justice and observing laws is everyone’s duty. As for the bribery issue of Li Dezheng, it is an unescapable duty for the law enforcement department to find out the truth. Commander, please trust us. I will take care of this.” Director Tong looks serious, “Within today, I will give you an answer about Li Dezheng’s issue. You have my words.”Yi Yunrui nods and turns to Xia Ning, being ready to carry her up.“No, I can walk.” Xia Ning moves backward a little.
Yi Yunrui’s face darkens. He sounds extremely unhappy, “Just tell me what happened.”Feng Le sticks out his tongue, “Yes, Sir. One, Miss X is drunk and lying on the sofa in the living room. Two, I find two certificates in the bedroom: the business license and certificate of land ownership of Hokkaido Sushi restaurant. Three, Yasi Villa is in a mess. Do you think it needs a clean-up?Yi Yunrui is stunned. Why did she go to Yasi Villa?Isn’t she…In an instant, Yi Yunrui understands why Xia Ning left Yasi Villa. His heart aches with a sense of guilt“No need. I will call her later. You can come back. Don’t let her know I am in B city.”“Yes, Sir. Then do you think I should bring the certificates with me?”“Yes. Please.” Yi Yunrui hangs up.After standing by the door for a while, Yi Yunrui opens the door and notices that Xia Ning who originally was asleep in the bed before is trying
The room is not big and they are the only two in it. At the moment, being embraced by Yi Yunrui, Xia Ning blushes. She is so shy that she buries her head deep into his embrace.“Ning.” Yi Yunrui opens his mouth, “We have been married for two months. Yes?”“Hum.” Xia Ning nods.“Do you think…I am qualified enough to be your husband?”Xia Ning pauses. She does not understand what the question refers to. She lifts her head and looks at him in perplexity.“I am thirty-three years old this year.” Looking at her eyes, Yi Yunrui seriously says, “I am a soldier and seldom come home. When I was twenty-five, my mother began to introduce girls to me constantly.When mentioning this, Yi Yunrui pauses and Xia Ning’s heart aches unexpectedly. “However, I hope you keep one thing in mind.” Yi Yunrui holds her more tightly, “In my lifetime, I will not get married except my wife is you.”Hearing t
When she sees Yi Yunrui wearing an incredible look, Xia Ning is so shy that she hides back to the quilt.Although she was with Ou Yixuan for eight years, it really did not ever happen…Ha…It is embarrassing to talk about that.Yi Yunrui looks at her, the complicated feeling confuses him and he cannot figure out what it is. However, the secret joy prevails and he walks to her and keeps her in his embrace“Relax. Give yourself to me.” He pats on her back in the gentlest voice.She quivers, opens the quilt, showing half her head and covers it again.Yi Yunrui blinks. This time, he will not go away!He finds her from the quilt and takes an intense look at her and leans forward with thousands of kisses.As long as she is Xia Ning, he loves her.For so many years, waiting for such a long time, he endures the desire till now and they are finally becoming one from two.He love
“Director, President Li will be here soon. He asks to meet Miss Xia. What shall we do?” The secretary finds that Ou Yixuan’s face is covered with clouds and he realizes that his boss is refused.Ten minutes ago, she received a call from Li Dezheng. He said that he would like to ask Director Ou to arrange a time to meet with Xia Ning. He is on the plane and will arrive in fifteen minutes. It sounds that Li Dezheng is anxious. She put down the phone and told Ou Yixuan at once. Now, it seems that the situation is not good. To be honest, she has been the assistant to the Director for two years and she does not know that Xia Ning has such a strong background. The girl did not say anything about it. Now she caused such a big trouble. It is still not known who will take responsibility for that. Xiao Tingting is the biological daughter of President Xiao. The president will definitely protect her. Ou Yixuan is the son-in-law of the Mayor and he w
Xia Ning is surprised. What brings Yin Jingyao here?How does she know this place?Xia Ning looks at Yi Yunrui and says, “I will open the door.”Yi Yunrui stops her, “Go on with the dinner.”Yi Yunrui stands up and walks to the door. He opens the door and looks at Yin Jingyao, who dresses up beautifully.The clothes she wears are eye-catching, but in Yi Yunrui’s eyes, it is blinding.Every time Yin Jingyao shows up in front of him, he gets the feeling that she overdresses herself.“Rui.” Yin Jingyao sees Yi Yunrui and her heart beats quickly. She is excited, yet jealous as well.He is different from the way he usually is. Though he wears the army uniform as always, there seems to be something more in him.He often keeps a straight face and even the air surrounds him seems to be cold. People feel reluctant about getting near him. Today, there is a touch of gentleness a
Yin Jingyao makes the speech and puts Xia Ning in the place to be judged. Xia Ning is embarrassed.The problem between mother and wife has always been one of the most concerned issues in society. Xia Ning’s heart sinks. She wants to leave and get away from Yin Jingyao’s speech.As if he knows what she is thinking about, Yi Yunrui holds her hands. He asks Yin Jingyao with a spurious smile, “Are you questioning me how to be a son and a husband?”“No…” Yin Jingyao shakes her head at once, “No, I did not mean that.”“Even if I did not do it well in some respects, this is the Yi Family’s business. May I ask who do you think you are to question me about that?”“I just…”“I, Yi Yunrui, have my rules. I will not offend those who do not offend me.” Yi Yunrui’s eyes turn serious and he says word by word, “Yin Jingyao, I am clear about what you did to Ning. I hope you will show some self-r