He casually leaned forward, closing the gap between their faces. His cheek came in contact with her cheek, gently caressing it. However, the words that came out of his mouth next were enough to send goosebumps rising from her skin and bones."None of my business? But I am capable of finding out the answers if I want to. Should I let something happen to him? Then I’ll find out the level of importance he has to you..."Ling Yiran trembled as she glared at Yi Jinli. "What are you going to do? We're just pure colleagues. We do not have anything going on!""But he has feelings for you, isn't it?" he mumbled as his thumb gently rubbed against her lips.Her lips abruptly felt heated as if the spot that came in contact with his thumb was about to go up in flames."Don't... do anything to him," her lips trembled as she spoke these words with difficulty."Does that mean you care about him?" His breath and voice had the power to lower anyone's defenses, but the gaze he had was so sharp that

However, compared to the nauseating sensation, she was more afraid of losing her luxurious lifestyle. She was afraid of needing to live like a regular person—working a fixed job from nine to five and becoming prudent when buying any luxury bags.Zhao Mantian feared to lead that sort of life.For Zhao Mantian, she thought of herself as someone who should rightfully lead the upper class life while looking down at Ling Yiran and others of her kind. Now that Ling Yiran had witnessed her currying up to a fatty, the anger in her heart heightened.“Mantian, do you know her?” the short and chubby man next to Zhao Mantian asked.“Yeah. She just came out of jail not too long ago and now works as a road sweeper!” Zhao Mantian viciously revealed Ling Yiran’s identity before looking at the manager. “Since when does Royal Court allow even a road sweeper to dine here?”Yi Jinli’s back was facing Zhao Mantian, so she did not see him.Unfortunately, the manager could!Right now, he was trembling

Such an intimate action sent chills running down the manager and Mr. Zheng’s spines as fear crept up in their hearts.It was said that Yi Jinli never had any woman beside him all this while. Even with his late fiancée, Hao Meiyu, both of them remained courteous toward each other. Nobody ever saw him being so close to another woman before.Plus, he was demanding justice for a woman in public?Zhao Mantian knelt and stuttered as she made her apology. “Yiran, it... it is my fault. I shouldn’t have said such things to you. I... I’ll never do that again. Please forgive me!”Ling Yiran observed Zhao Mantian but did not feel any pity for her. After all, Zhao Mantian had never been merciful toward her either. Ling Yiran was not a saint who could sympathize with someone who had always mocked her.However, she just did not like such methods. Even if Zhao Mantian had knelt down to apologize, she did not have a sliver of pleasure in her heart.“Sis, do you want to forgive her?” Yi Jinli mumb

Her body went stiff, and she instinctively looked away. She did not want him to see her current expression.“But have you ever considered that it’s precisely because I’m Yi Jinli that I was able to make your old schoolmate kneel and apologize to you when she humiliated you earlier? With me around, you no longer needed to worry yourself with anybody else’s attitude toward you. I can easily make those who look down on you to humble themselves in front of you,” he said ever so casually.“So what? That kind of power is not mine to begin with.”“Why isn’t it good? I can let you abuse my power. What do you think?” He lazily leaned on the back of the chair, looking at her as if he was discussing the weather.Ling Yiran looked at him. No matter how she tried, she was unable to read him. She thought that when she had gone to beg him the other day, the way he rejected her meant that they would now move on with their lives separately. She thought that they would no longer have any contact wit

“Until I’m satisfied,” he replied.She bit on her lip as she lowered her eyelids. She stared at the glass of wine in his hand. The lights in the room reflected on her face, and her lightly fluttering lashes made her look indescribably pleasant.As if he could read her mind, he said, “You’re afraid that I’ll take advantage of you once you’re drunk? There are plenty of ways for me to get women. I don’t need to use this sort of method. Besides, even if I were to do anything to you right here and now, nobody will bat an eyelid.”‘Fair enough.’ Ling Yiran mocked herself for overanalyzing things.She took the wine glass and gulped it down.Bitterness and dry sweetness filled her throat as the wine flowed in.She was not used to drinking wine. Back then, she would only drink champagne whenever she needed to socialize for work.At that time, she was still Xiao Ziqi’s girlfriend, thus nobody would force her to drink too much.Yi Jinli refilled Ling Yiran’s glass with more wine. She rais