Chapter 70 - Starlock.

Menxiang stared at the stranger's eyes with an intense gaze as she ignored the hand in the air. She saw Bingwen walk to them, his hand bringing Shen Ji's hand down to enclose it into his own. He said. "Since you two are now familiar with each other, we will be leaving now. Good day."

Menxiang closed her eyes as he passed her holding Shen Ji's hand, but when she opened them, tears blurred her vision making her unable to see Jihai's sympathetic gaze and Longwei's guilty eyes on her.

Jihai explained. "We have somewhere important to go. When I am not busy, I will buy you a meal later, okay?"

Menxiang watched them leave and finally let the tears fall down her cheeks. The surrounding employees in the room didn't dare look at her, each one hurrying to go about their business. She turned around and left the building.

Jihai and the rest watched her enter her car as they parked in a building not far from the company to make sure she wouldn't try to follow them. As they watched her drive off, he turned to glare at Bingwen since it was just the two of them in the backseat of the first car. "I warned you not to hurt her, Bingwen. Do you really think that my words are as light as paper?"

Mingwen who was closing his eyes, resting suddenly opened them sharply. "Stay out of this, Jihai. This has nothing to do with you."

"If you don't stop misbehaving, I will personally help her get married into the He family and live well. You don't deserve her."

Bingwen closed his eyes again, turning his head away from Jihai as he carelessly said. "Do what you want."

"You-"

Longwei's voice resonated from a phone that was in speaker mode which was placed in the front of them at the middle of the console facing them. "Hey, guys.....let's not fight.....we have another things to do."

This time, Jihai was not letting the topic go, persistently pursuing the subject as he said. "Menxiang is more important than those matters, Longwei."

"I also agree. Bingwen, you shouldn't be so harsh to the woman you claim you love. Moreover, you shouldn't involve outsiders in your personal affairs." Shen Ji tried to sound concerned last comment betrayed her dissatisfaction of having played the fake girlfriend of Bingwen.

If she was forced to continue the act, doesn't mean she would lose the opportunity to stay by Jihai's side?

"What? Did I say something wrong?" She saw Cai Longwei give her a weird look but quickly turn his face away.

Cai Longwei twisted his lips into a sneer as he gazed at the car that Jihai and Bingwen were in front of them. It seemed like he needed to start protecting his territory seriously otherwise he would lose his best friend very soon, he thought.

How could they leave him alone with another white lotus?!

"Shen Ji." Bingwen's voice interrupted their individual thoughts, making them stare at the phone. "Are you unhappy with the new arrangement?"

"Of course not. I just feel that this is really not appropriate for an unmarried lady like me. Maybe-" Shen Ji tried to explain.

"If you find it very unbearable, we can send you back to Macao tomorrow. We won't keep anyone that isn't useful to us." Bingwen's icy voice made Shen Ji's hairs on her skin stand.

She clenched her fists when she heard him but she kept a hurtful and wronged expression. "I didn't mean to offend you, Bingwen. I just-"

"Mr Mo. You are not allowed to address me by my name, understand?"

Shen Ji's rage almost broke her innocent and kindhearted facade when she heard how rude Bingwen was treating her. How dare he look down on her?!

Tears gathered in her eyes as she bit her trembling, infusing Cai Longwei's heart with guilt and pity.

She sniffed. "Jihai....."

She appealed to Jihai's gentlemanly heart, hoping he would come to her defence. But she was met with disappointment when all Jihai said was. "Cai Longwei, take her back to the house. We will talk about this later."

Cai Longwei was astounded when the call ended. His two friends are truly very cold hearted, he thought as he saw Shen Ji freeze making him give her a handkerchief from his pocket. "Enough, let's go. "

Jihai turned to his friend when he saw them drive away. He was about to reprimand Bingwen's rude behaviour when he finally saw his phone vibrating. Picking it up, he heard a female voice say. "Jihai it is me, Chunlan."

His eyes brightened as he clutched the phone tighter. "How are you? Did your father scold you badly when he came back?"

She sighed. "Yes, he did. He was very furious when he found out about our plan but that's not what's important. What's important is I now have Starlock."

Jihai narrowed his eyes as he heard her. "How did you acquire Starlock Enterprises?"

Chunlan naturally sensed the distrust and cold annoyance in his voice when he asked her that question. "I was planning to give it to you as a birthday present but its too late for that now. I will send the papers of ownership tomorrow."

His eyes widened at the same time his heart trembled. Starlock Enterprises was belonged to his late father, Sakai Harumitsu who married his mother that later colluded with the Wen family to kill him and take over the company. The unexpected news had first made his heart go cold but when he heard her explain, his heart felt warm like honey.

He was well aware just how much it was worth and he wasn't expecting her to give it to him so easily. At this moment, he was reminded of how good Chunlan was to him, of how much she had been sacrificing for him up to this point. "There is no need to send it to me. I have no interest in that company. You brought a company so naturally you can keep it."

"Nonsense." Chunlan protested. "I have already said that I only brought it because I wanted to give it to you. If you don't want it, I will just sell it."

He quickly sat up and said. "I'll accept it. Since you insist, then I won't be polite anymore."

Chunlan smiled, her eyes filled with mirth. "Okay."

He cleared his throat when he heard her. "I also have something important to tell you, Chunlan."

"What is it?"

He smiled as he told her. "I once overheard your parents talking about a skilled physician that can cure your eyes. Guess what? I have finally found her. Chunlan, I now have Shen Ji."

Chunlan stood up abruptly, knocking down the glass of water on the table beside her. "WHAT?!"