Chapter 65 - Sakai Yukiharu.

Honglin stood fuming as he watched them dance across floor, his colleagues and employees sending him looks of pity and embarrassment. Everyone knew that according to the rules, your companion was supposed to have your first dance but here she was waltzing with another man!

She was really slapping him across the face!

But Chunlan was having the time of her life with her new friend who was nervously clenching her waist seeing all the men stare at him with jealousy. They suddenly felt that their women were dressed a little too shabby today when they compared them to the woman on the dance floor.

Honglin was patiently waiting for the music to end when he overheard some men were whispering behind him.

"Did you know what recently happened earlier this week?"

His companion shook his head in ignorance. "No, what is it?"

"I heard that the heirs of the Mo and Cai family forced their fathers to step down from the company, becoming the youngest patriarchs at the age of 29!"

Honglin was stunned by the news.

The man continued. "That's not all, I heard they immediately pledged their loyalty to the CEO of Star Blade after they took over their company. I have a feeling that fate of the business world of the China is about to change drastically!"

His companion said. "I agree! I am going to try to leave a good impression on this mysterious man who has suddenly taken China by surprise. But come to think of it, what if Tang Huizhong had already planned this, secretly deciding this person to be his successor a long time ago?"

"Impossible! Who doesn't know that Huizhong's successor was supposed to be his son-in-law, Wen Honglin? But now.....ah, its such a pity! Let's go and grab another drink." They left the place still talking in hushed tones.

Honglin was so infuriated that he failed to realize that the first song had ended and they were already on the second song. He stomped out of the room, leaving in rage.

When the music ended, Chunlan smiled amicably. "Its time to rest. Thank you for dancing with me. Please lead me to a chair."

"Of course, it is my pŀėȧsurė to accompany such a beautiful lady." Dai Liang's face was flushed, unable to look at her directly. Anytime he wanted to face her, his heartbeat would start racing uncontrollably awakening an unknown dėsɨrė that he has never felt before.

He had just guided her to a chair and left when a woman who had just arrived screamed beside them. "Oh my goodness! He is here! I just saw him, he is coming!"

Chunlan frowned in bewilderment. "Who is coming?"

The two women turned angrily to the person who had intruded into their private conversation. When they recognised her, their hostility suddenly ceased. One of them meekly replied. "It is the-"

A man who stood the entrance of the room said. "Announcing the arrival of the host of this party, the CEO of Star Blade, Sakai Yukiharu! A round of applause please."

His intense charisma and destructive aura made him full of dangerous sėxiness, a man not to be trifled with. He stepped up to the stage, holding the mic as he greeted them. "Good evening, everyone. I am Sakai Yukiharu, the CEO of Star Blade. Thank you for attending my party, please feel free to enjoy yourselves."

Chunlan who sat down was in shock when she heard his voice. She gripped the table in a daze as tears spilled from her distraught eyes. The man had stepped down, walking around to talk to people, getting acquainted with them. For the first time, she was very frustrated and sad that she could not see him to confirm her doubts.

Honglin who had just entered the room with his ȧssistant who was pointing to a certain person. She said. "That is him, Sir. That man is the CEO of Star Blade, Mr Sakai."

Honglin's eyes widened with disbelief, his expression in awe. He blinked several times, then clenched his fists in rage.

How can this be....Impossible!

He circumvented around the man who was engaged in a conversation. He retraced his footsteps to the woman he was looking for, grabbing her hand to make her stand up. "Chunlan, it's time for us to leave. Let's go."

She frowned. "Why? I thought you needed to get this important deal for your company."

"I have realized that the terms were not favourable for us. I think its best we go now." He tried to drag her away but she refused to bulge, her hands gripping the chair. "What's wrong this time?"

"We haven't even dance and you want us to leave? What will people say? Weren't you not complaining that people rarely see us together? So let's dance at least." She sat down in an angry huff.

Honglin felt his head suddenly twitch in pain. He was at his wit's end, unable to make her do his bidding. He was about to threaten her when he saw tears gather in her eyes, her head lowered in self pity.

She said. "I know you are ashamed of me. You don't want others to see us in public because they will laugh at you being engaged with a blind girl. I am no longer the girl who is qualified to stand by your side."

He hastily agreed when he noticed the nearby people listening in their conversation. "Okay, just one dance and then we are going home."

She immediately let him guide her to the dance floor, the song just bȧrėly starting when they were intercepted by a bodyguard.

Honglin startled, blocking the woman behind him until he saw the man who walked in front of the bodyguards, gathering everyone's attention. "Its you! What are you doing here?"

The man looked at him, his eyes narrowing in disdain. "What do you think? I am the host of this party after all."

Chunlan's eyes widened in excitement when she heard his voice. She stepped forward, removing Honglin's hand which held her in place as she walked towards the direction of the voice. Taking a few steps, she grabbed the edge of his suit jacket. "Who are you? Tell me your real name!"

Honglin who saw her leave his side and arrive by the man's side moved to retrieve her but was subdued immediately by a bodyguard. Chunlan persisted in interrogating him, squeezing the edge of his jacket. "Answer me! Is it really you?"

The man who had been looking at her with a gaze full of emotions in his dark black eyes, put her hand that was on his suit jacket in his hand intertwining them. "Forgive me, Chunlan. You must have suffered greatly."

Chunlan felt herself become a blubbering mess, tears spilling from her eyes as she shook her head, hugging him tightly. "It was worth it. I am just glad you are back..... Jihai."