Still no response. She glanced at Ke Nanyun. “Could it be…” The words “something happened” she couldn’t bring herself to say, it was a bit scary, she didn’t want anything to happen to Xueyeye.
”Move aside,” Ke Nanyun put away his relaxed expression, his face tightening.
He stepped back a few steps, rammed the door open with his shoulder, rushed in, and Yuan Xingcan also nervously followed.
”Xueyeye?” No one was on the bed, and there were no signs of anyone having slept there.
The window was open, and the night wind blew in, lifting the curtains.
”She’s not here,” Yuan Xingcan said in surprise. “How could this be? She just said goodnight to me before going into the room.”
”She left from here,” he stood by the window, his face turning dark. “There’s a flower rack, she climbed down from it. The question is, why did she do this? He had a bad feeling.”
”Do you know where she went?” He glared at Yuan Xingcan.
Seeing his unfriendly look, she quickly shook her head, “I really don’t know.”
”You’re together every day, how could you not know?” He said angrily, “I don’t believe you.”
”We are together every day, but Xueyeye has never mentioned the habit of running out in the middle of the night.”
Why was he interrogating her like this?
It’s not like she instigated her!
”She doesn’t have this habit, but if someone encourages her, maybe she would.”
”Are you saying I’m responsible?” Xingcan said angrily.
”I didn’t say that. I’m just curious what you’ve been teaching her.”
Yuan Xingcan took a deep breath, “I won’t argue about this with you. It would be better to use this time to find Xueyeye.”
”I know,” Ke Nanyun said: “I’ll handle it. You go to sleep.”
”You think I can sleep?” She said angrily: “Just attacked by a madman, now inexplicably accused of instigating someone to run away from home.”
He looked at her and sighed, “I apologize. I was worried and talking nonsense.”
Yuan Xingcan couldn’t deny that it was indeed because of her that Xueyeye was becoming more independent, actively seeking herself, but who knew what she was looking for by sneaking out in the middle of the night? He just didn’t want her to be hurt again.
”I don’t accept it,” Xingcan turned her head and angrily returned to her room.
”Ridiculous!
She angrily pulled out her suitcase from the wardrobe. It was better to pack early and leave at dawn to avoid being driven crazy by this weird, sarcastic man.
She angrily organized her things, pulling open the drawer to put away her stationery and documents.
Suddenly, a light blue rectangular envelope caught her attention.
She didn’t remember seeing this envelope before, nor did she remember putting it in.
”What is this?” The envelope was not sealed, and she could easily pull out a stack of papers inside.
She stared wide-eyed at the property deed in her hand. That address was her apartment! Why would it appear here?
Yuan Xingcan unfolded another document, and the property deed’s owner was… her?
She was confused. What was going on?
Golden Girl’s “Supreme CEO, Be Careful with Love”
Chapter Nine Yuan Xingcan was stunned.
Clutching the property deed, she instinctively walked next door and almost collided with Ke Nanyu, who was about to come out.
She held up the property deed, “What’s going on?”
Ke Nanyu glanced at it, “A token of gratitude.”
He had been dwelling on what he heard that day, thinking for a long time before remembering where he had heard the name Jiang Pingzhe – he was a lawyer who had once visited with the law firm’s director.
He assigned this matter to Assistant Jiang, who quickly clarified everything. For Yuan Xingcan, his ex-girlfriend, he felt nothing but disdain and was angry about her poor judgment of character.
So he bought the apartment but couldn’t find an appropriate moment to tell her, until her grandfather fired her for being unsuitable.
“Gratitude?” She glared at him, “I don’t need your gratitude. You didn’t need to buy my house and then give it to me like some charitable act.”
This meant he knew how naive she was, how she had been used by a man eager to climb the social ladder and then ruthlessly discarded!
“This isn’t charity, and I’m not doing a good deed! I’ve said before, I won’t do anything without benefit,” he stared into her angry beautiful eyes. “Why are you so angry?”
She stomped her foot, “Of course, because you interfered in my affairs without even asking me!”
“So you’d rather lose this house than accept my help?”
“Why should I accept your help?” She felt belittled, believing she was capable of handling things herself. What right did he have to interfere in her private matters? He was just her client!
“Help comes with a price.”
He hadn’t originally wanted to discuss this at this time and place, but seeing her stubborn and unwilling to compromise, he had no other choice.
“Do you think I would spend a large sum to buy an expensive apartment and give it to a stylist who has nothing to do with me?”
She glared at him, “What do you mean?”
“It means the money for buying this house is a loan to you.”
She glanced at the price, “I can’t pay it back, at least not in a short time.”
“Can’t pay it back within three months?”
“That’s right!” How could she possibly repay it? Her savings over the years had been spent on buying the house. With a monthly salary of 80,000, how could she possibly repay it within two months?
“Very well,” he said calmly, “If you can’t pay it back in three months, then marry me.”
Huh? What did he say? Marry… marry him?
She stared wide-eyed, frozen for a full thirty seconds, “Did you misspeak, or did I mishear?”
He smiled, “I’m going to find Yukino. You didn’t mishear. I’m indeed proposing to you.”
Yuan Xingcan leaned against the wall, feeling slightly dizzy and warm.
It must be because she hadn’t slept yet. She now knew that staying up late was not only the enemy of beauty but could also cause auditory hallucinations, so she was going to sleep.
She staggered to the door, her hand just touching the doorknob when Ke Nanyu’s voice rang in her ear, “You haven’t given me an answer yet – either pay back or marry me.”
“Wow!” She was startled by his sudden appearance, “Do you always pop out and scare people like this?”
He placed his hand on the doorknob, preventing her from opening it. “Dawn is approaching.”
Dawn is approaching? What does that mean? “So what?”
“If Yukino isn’t running away from home, she should be coming back soon.”
“That should be the case.”
No, no, why are they talking about Yukino? She quickly brought the topic back to his shocking words. “What did you just say?”
“I said dawn is approaching.” He knew what she was referring to but didn’t want to answer directly.
He must be too lonely.
When she turned on the light in the room, waiting for him to return, he actually felt touched.
When she smiled gently at him and finished the food he made, he felt surprisingly satisfied.
When she helped Yukino discover herself, her serious expression made him unable to ignore her.
Finally, last evening, when she was talking closely with Dong Fangyin, he experienced jealousy for the first time in his life.
He finally understood what it meant to not be able to live without her, to not be able to bear the thought of his loved one being away.
He had originally agreed to his grandfather firing Xingcan to avoid creating conflict and opposition.
She completely disagreed with his approach. If she were to stay, she would definitely argue for Yukino, and he absolutely did not want to quarrel with her.
“No!” If she weren’t usually so refined, she would have screamed loud enough to burst his eardrums, “You just proposed to me?”
“Yes, didn’t I say so? Either pay back or marry me.”
