Seduced the Obsessive NPC and Ran - chapter 11

Bai Wei’s eyes were faintly bloodshot as he stared at Yan Jinge, who was speaking with his assistant across from him. Yan Jinge’s beautiful profile was exactly the same as before, but those eyes, stripped of all emotion, were completely different from the Yan Jinge Bai Wei used to know.

Bai Wei felt a little lost.

He suddenly wanted to ask Yan Jinge if he really didn’t love him anymore.

But the answer was obvious-if he still loved him, Yan Jinge would never have refused to give him face in front of so many people.

He shouldn’t have come.

That thought hit Bai Wei out of nowhere.

“Does President Bai have anything else to say?”

Yan Jinge’s clear, pleasant voice rang out again. “If there’s nothing else, I’ll take my assistant upstairs first.” Then, as if remembering something, he tilted his head and said with open scorn, “Unlike President Bai-who’s always on the way to a hotel with some third party-I’m actually very busy.”

After that, Yan Jinge gave a slight nod to Wang Bin behind Bai Wei as a brief greeting, then turned and left without a hint of reluctance.

Bai Wei: “…”

For a moment, Bai Wei’s vision swam.

Since when had Yan Jinge become so sharp-tongued?

But Bai Wei didn’t really care about the sting of the words. What truly made his blood run cold was this: when Yan Jinge mentioned “on the way to a hotel with a third party,” he still looked just as cool and detached as ever-only his eyes held a trace of ridicule.

-Why wasn’t he angry?

Why didn’t he demand an explanation?

Why didn’t he yell?

Why didn’t he show disappointment?

…Because he didn’t love him anymore.

That was why Yan Jinge no longer cared about anything Bai Wei did.

As Bai Wei stood there thinking, his secretary stepped forward and called softly, “President Bai…”

Only then did Bai Wei turn back. His throat was dry.

He said in a low voice, “Let’s go.”

Staying here would only mean more humiliation. Yan Jinge wasn’t going to look back. If Bai Wei kept standing there, he’d just look like the one who couldn’t get out of their relationship-the discarded loser.

With a dark expression, Bai Wei turned and left first.

After they exited Yan Group and walked toward where the car was parked, Bai Wei’s emotions had mostly stabilized.

He frowned slightly.

Where was he supposed to get the money?

Wang Bin’s father was watching him like a hawk and demanded to see the money within twenty-four hours. Nearly five hours had already passed. Even if Bai Wei sold his car at a rock-bottom price right now, he still wouldn’t get that much-besides, he needed a car to keep up appearances.

Bai Wei turned to him. “Wang Bin, you saw it yourself. I really don’t have any cash on hand right now. How about I give you that sports car I bought before, and you give me a little more time? We’re brothers-don’t make this hard on me.”

Wang Bin looked surprised and couldn’t help studying Bai Wei more closely.

-The exchange between Yan Jinge and Bai Wei just now had basically been Bai Wei getting ground into the floor. With how long Wang Bin had known him, Bai Wei should’ve been raging. By all rights he shouldn’t have had the headspace to think about anything else, yet he was unusually calm, as if nothing had happened.

Then, thinking about what he’d just seen on that screen, Wang Bin clicked his tongue to himself.

Looks like he didn’t understand this friend of his all that well, after all.

Wang Bin forced a difficult expression. “Brother Bai, it’s not that I won’t help you. If I wanted to mess with you, I wouldn’t have taken my dad’s money and handed it to you in the first place. But this time the one laying down the ultimatum is my dad… How about I call and ask what he thinks?”

“Thanks,” Bai Wei said.

Wang Bin had no choice but to take out his phone and call his old man.

He deliberately put it on speaker. The moment Wang Bin brought up Bai Wei’s suggestion, he got chewed out mercilessly: “Are you stupid, or did you get your head caught in a door? How much do you think a secondhand car is worth? In this situation it’s just a pile of scrap metal! I don’t care-if you can’t get my money back, don’t bother coming home! I don’t have a son like you-”

Wang Bin looked at Bai Wei helplessly.

Bai Wei nodded. “I understand. I’ll find another way.”

This was the first time Bai Wei had run into something this sudden and been forced into a corner like this. For a moment, his heart felt empty and adrift. He couldn’t help thinking: he’d been a director at Rongding Technology for two years-so why, when something actually happened, did he still have no idea how to handle it?

The next second, a figure appeared in his mind.

-All the things in the past.

Every time. Every single time.

It had always been Yan Jinge standing in front of him, helping him think of a solution.

Only, back then, he’d always turned a blind eye to it. He’d even felt that those big and small difficulties all had solutions anyway-look, didn’t Yan Jinge handle them more and more effortlessly?

That meant they weren’t real problems.

Not worth him worrying about.

…

So President Bai of Rongding Technology was actually that kind of person!

The “battle” between Yan Jinge and Bai Wei had happened right in the company lobby. Almost everyone coming in to work had to pass through there. Before long, the story of Yan Jinge publicly exposing the scumbag and the third parties involved spread through the entire Yan Group.

“Hey, hey, did you hear about the huge scene this morning?”

“I did, I did-seriously, it was insane-”

“Hahaha, when you swiped your card, did you see the big screen? It used to show stuff like outstanding employee spotlights and the company’s product philosophy. Today it suddenly turned into a Wall of Shame for a cheater’s hookups! Photos of him going in and out of hotels, and the people with him were all different-some men, some women!”
“Exactly, I was totally shocked. I didn’t expect rich people these days to play like that.”

“Crown Prince is badass! I live for this kind of ‘rip the scumbag to shreds’ plot!”

“Sigh, if only I were as awesome as Manager Yan… My ex was a total player. I was out shopping with my girls once and we bumped right into him with his arm around some chick. Caught them in the act on the spot, I was so mad I could’ve exploded! Just thinking about it still makes me furious and disgusted!”

“For real. Luckily Manager Yan came through. Did you see that scumbag CEO of Rongding Technology? His face went green.”

“Green with a hint of purple.”

“Purple going on black! Hahaha.”

“This piece of gossip is insane. That President Bai or whatever actually had the nerve to say Manager Yan pocketed his gift. How thick-skinned can you get? Honestly, with Manager Yan’s family background, there is zero need for him to stoop to that kind of petty crap.”

“Exactly, he’s a legit rich second generation.”

A lot of people have a sense of belonging toward their own country, their school, or a company that treats them well. It usually shows up as: I can badmouth my own company, but outsiders absolutely cannot.

Rongding Technology had been stepping on Yan Corporation to climb upward for a while now, intentionally or otherwise. The employees who felt attached to Yan Corporation had been holding in their anger for a long time. Now that Rongding’s CEO had made such a disgraceful scene, everyone was collectively celebrating like it was New Year’s. They couldn’t wait to spread the story as far and wide as possible. Over just one morning, countless gossip posts popped up-names blurred out, but one of the “main characters” was obviously pointing at the CEO of Rongding.

Lunchtime.

When Yan Jinge appeared in the staff cafeteria, he immediately drew countless stares.

-The main character of the gossip is here!

Yan Jinge pretended not to notice and quietly sat down to eat.

Halfway through, his phone suddenly buzzed.

He took it out and saw a message from Mr. Bai of Nirvana.

Mr. Bai: “I should be free around three this afternoon.”

Yan Jinge’s eyes lit up. He immediately made an appointment to meet President Bai, and they finally settled on a high-end restaurant as the location.

After finishing lunch, he went upstairs and told his assistant about the three o’clock engagement: “Help me reserve a table at that restaurant and send the booking info to President Bai. I’ll head out around two. If anyone comes looking for me this afternoon, write down what it’s about and we’ll deal with it later.”

“Got it.”

At noon, Yan Jinge organized all the information related to the joint collaboration. When he saw it was about time, he headed out.

Right before he left, he noticed a few people in his department nudging each other, their eyes all fixed on him as if they wanted to say something but were too hesitant. He simply pretended not to see it, went downstairs, got in his car, and drove to the appointed place.

At two forty, Yan Jinge walked into the restaurant.

He went to the table his assistant had reserved, only to see that a woman was already seated there.

The woman had long brown hair in big, loose waves and was wearing a professional skirt suit. When she turned and saw him, she immediately stood up, bowed slightly, and said respectfully, “Hello, Manager Yan. I’m terribly sorry-President Bai was called away at the last minute. He was really looking forward to this meeting, but he could only send me to speak with you in his place.”

Yan Jinge raised an eyebrow. “That’s fine.”

He wasn’t particularly interested in President Bai himself. As long as the collaboration moved forward normally, that was enough.

He sat down and got straight to the point: “What’s your company’s stance on this collaboration?”

The secretary smiled. “President Bai already briefed me on the key points. As for what you proposed to him on WeChat before, he’s agreed to all of it. We definitely won’t go back on our word…”

Unlike the usual tug-of-war over profits in business negotiations, both Yan Jinge and President Bai’s secretary were very upfront. The two went back and forth efficiently, and soon they had basically settled the collaboration. All that was left was to formalize it with an official contract.

Yan Jinge was very satisfied with this.

After seeing the secretary off, he was about to leave as well when he suddenly felt someone’s gaze on him. He instinctively turned and saw a young man sitting not far away in the restaurant, looking around college age.

The young man had his legs crossed, lounging casually in his chair.

He was only wearing a simple shirt and jeans, but his entire presence felt tightly controlled. The shirt was buttoned all the way up to the collar, making his Adam’s apple stand out and giving him an inexplicable air of restraint.

His skin was a little pale-not the healthy kind of fair, but the kind that suggested he didn’t go out in the sun much, maybe didn’t exercise either.

Right now, that slightly gloomy pair of eyes was fixed on Yan Jinge.

A chill crept up Yan Jinge’s spine; he suddenly felt like he’d been targeted by a poisonous snake.

He knew this young man.

It was Bai Cheng.

Yan Jinge’s impression of him was fairly deep-especially the way Bai Cheng had peeked at him from behind the door when he’d left the Bai Family.

-Hidden in the dark, vicious, and ill-intentioned.

Thinking of the family environment Bai Cheng grew up in, Yan Jinge frowned slightly.

He stood where he was and looked down, fiddling with his phone for a moment. Then he walked over to Bai Cheng.

Bai Cheng didn’t move or look away. His gaze followed Yan Jinge’s every step, like some sort of sticky substance clinging stubbornly to him-until Yan Jinge set his phone down in front of him.

Yan Jinge said, “This therapist seems pretty good. Want to give it a try?”

Author’s Note:

Bai Cheng: “?”

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