The Devil’s Love store was built in a coffee house location, but since Tianmin Street is in the suburbs of S City, it is surrounded by natural scenery. During the initial design, the coffee house was preserved as a place for people to appreciate the suburban landscape and rest.
Leng You Lan chose to open the store here for two main reasons. The first reason was the scenery. She transformed the coffee house into an open-air cafe, converting the original coffee house into a glass house. People can enjoy rich coffee, appreciate beautiful scenery, and simultaneously see the clothing hanging in the glass house. This presents a significant business opportunity for clothing sales.
Leng You Lan’s eyes suddenly brightened, and she nodded satisfactorily. She had finally found the place she was looking for. “Xiao Jing, come here.” Lei Jing quickly walked to Leng You Lan’s side. “Madam, what is it?” “Surround this corner with clothes, leaving only a one-person-wide gap.”
“Yes,” Lei Jing, despite having doubts, respectfully went to arrange it.
“Madam, the reporters outside are getting a bit impatient! What do you think?” The manager approached Leng You Lan again.
“Do you see those people? Go check which companies they’re from and write them all down,” Leng You Lan said coldly, pointing to the group of ladies who had just arrived.
The usually calm and shrewd manager now showed an extremely shocked expression. She had recognized the women at the front as the mayor’s wife and wives of world-famous enterprises. Their presence could be attributed to that banquet.
Leng You Lan watched the manager leave satisfactorily and then said, “Xiao Yun, go check if the coffee is ready. Xiao Jing, have someone move the newly received piano to the corner I just had you surround.”
After Lei Jing and Lei Yun left, Leng You Lan spoke again, “Old man, will you play a piece for my new store later?” Her tone left no room for negotiation. Fei Luo nodded resignedly.
The store opening was perfect.
The ladies’ enthusiastic support, the famous coffee master’s rich coffee, music master Fei Luo’s beautiful piano piece, the transparent glass house, excellently designed exquisite clothing, fresh air, and beautiful suburban scenery – all of this intoxicated everyone present. This feast would surely be remembered by everyone.
If there was one dissatisfaction today, it would probably be Fei Luo’s baked pastries! The staff who ate them all had remarkable expressions! On the day of the new store’s opening, the day passed in busyness, with most of the clothes sold out. Leng Youlan and others were returning to the villa from Tianmin Street.
“Youlan, I believe tomorrow’s newspapers will all have us on the front page!” Lei Yun said excitedly. “Yes! It seems this time was really successful!” Lei Jing also chimed in.
“Little Lan Lan, were my baked pastries really that bad?” Thinking about the expressions of the store staff earlier, Fei Luo felt incredibly aggrieved. What was most infuriating was that someone even fainted. He couldn’t give up after spending so much time and effort. “Little Lan Lan, I’ve decided to try even harder. I’ll bring them pastries again tomorrow,” Fei Luo suddenly said with determination.
Regarding the lively atmosphere around her, Leng Youlan was clearly detached. She hadn’t seen Lei Tianyi in the store and felt uneasy. Lei Tianyi’s recent mysteriousness troubled her deeply. Of course, she could find out through her ghostly intelligence network, but as Lei Tianyi said, she hoped he would tell her everything himself.
Leng Youlan murmured to herself in her suppressed mood, “Yi, are you home now? Do you know your girl misses you?”
The room was chilly, with a sorrowful air seemingly flowing through it. In the sea-blue room, a petite figure huddled before the large floor-to-ceiling window. Her hands tightly wrapped around her pulled-together knees, her small body curled into a tiny ball.
Waist-length black hair fell loosely, covering the exquisite face of the breathtakingly beautiful woman, hiding the clear sense of desolation on her face. She was stunning enough to move the sun and moon.
Leng Youlan’s heart was in extreme panic. An unprecedented feeling was tormenting her fragile nerves, all stemming from the man who doted on her. In the pitch-black night sky, under the cold moonlight, all she had was endless waiting.
“Mommy, will I become like you?” Leng Youlan’s voice trembled slightly, fear thick in her tone, mixed with a hint of helplessness. She knew she had already begun to sink.
The heart of coldness she had built over nine years was being slowly destroyed by that man. The one who possessed her, possessed her heart.
“Yi, do I have even a tiny place in your heart? Yi, where are you now?” She whispered softly, asking the question that had always lingered in her mind but was deliberately sealed away. However, the only response was the ticking sound on the wall and the room’s cold silence. She couldn’t help but shiver, hugging herself tighter, her small body curling into an even smaller ball.
Pain, a heart-rending pain. Tears sliding down her cheeks, she could no longer suppress her crying, “Mommy, why does heaven treat us mother and daughter like this? Mommy, can I come to accompany you after taking revenge?” The night was silent, with only the twinkling stars answering her. “Mommy, you don’t want me either, right? Do you know? I hate you! I hate you! Why did you leave me alone to suffer in this cold world? I hate you for taking away that woman, but not taking me away! I hate! I hate! I hate everything in this world, I…”
Leng Youlan was exhausted, weary, her heart dead! Tears continued to flow down her cold cheeks, her heart dripping bright red blood. “Mommy, Lan’er begs you, don’t abandon me? Mommy, Lan’er begs you to take me away? Lan’er’s heart can no longer bear a trace of pain.
The night was as cool as water, her heart cold and piercing. No matter how cool the night, it could not match the pain in her heart, the coldness within.
The amusement park in S City typically lost its daytime vitality after nightfall. However, in the past week, the park presented a different scene, causing passersby to look sideways, eager to explore its mystery.
The vast amusement park was brightly lit, with workers busily working. Coming closer, one could easily sense the tense atmosphere. A handsome and demonic-looking man was methodically directing everything, his innate authority seeming out of place among these workers.
The handsome man carefully examined every detail, his focused expression making people believe that if their assigned part had the slightest deviation, they would be thrown out the next second.
Lei Tianyi looked satisfactorily at his masterpiece, a small crystal palace. From design to construction, he had personally been involved throughout. Because his little girl had said she wanted a crystal palace of her own, he was happy to spoil her and fulfill her every idea.
He didn’t consider why he had to do something that could have been completed by his subordinates. He didn’t want to dwell on the strange feeling in his heart; he only wanted his little girl to be happy.
Today was the completion day of this small crystal palace. Lei Tianyi would return home later than usual. Suddenly, an inexplicable panic arose in his heart, but it was quickly overwhelmed by the joy tomorrow would bring. Tomorrow, he would bring his little girl here and let her name this place. Then, he would give it to her as a gift.
As for why it was built in the amusement park? Of course, Lei Tianyi hoped his little girl could make up for her childhood fun. He was sure she had never been to an amusement park. Thinking of this, a pain shot through Lei Tianyi’s heart. “Little girl, I’ll give you the entire amusement park.” Indeed, this park was a Lei family property, but from tomorrow, it would have a new owner.
