Chapter 99 - She couldn't be passive anymore.

Tang Chunlan arrived at the office in hurried steps as she passed the secretary who was standing outside the door worriedly, hearing the loud noises coming from there but unable to go inside. She walked with her bodyguard who opened the door to see Jihai who was still half nȧkėd looking very angry with his hand poised to slap Shen Mengqi who sat on the couch in a distasteful manner. He seemed to be obviously restraining himself and soon, his bloodshot eyes were filled with surprise and fear missed with anxiety when he saw her. "Lan'er, what are you doing here? It's not what you think..."

Of course, she couldn't see what was happening but she felt her bodyguard's hand tighten around hers so she knew that something was wrong. "Yin Tao, what is wrong? What is happening?"

Yin Tao looked at the man and woman who were in a disheveled state with a killing intent yet he managed to keep his voice even. "I think we should leave right now. It's getting late, the Young Master is alright so we should go." He couldn't bear to tell her the truth especially when she had rushed here to check on her unfaithful lover.

Shen Mengqi who saw that she head arrived became more fearless when she saw that they were trying to conceal the situation. She said in a mocking tone. "Chunlan, why are you here? Things were finally getting interesting until you came. Jihai is really such a passionate person, I can see why you refuse to let him go..."

Jihai dropped his hand when he heard her words and ran to meet Chunlan who had stiffened in response. He held her tightly as he said. "Lan'er, don't listen to her words. Let me explain.."

Tang Chunlan realized that the feeling of trust was indeed a hard emotion to feel at that time. She knew that he would not betray her that way yet she also feared that he would try to hide it from her even if he was framed in the process. She raised her head, her blank eyes in level with his ċhėst. "Just tell me the truth, Jihai. Am I truly late this time?"

He shook his head fervently as he responded. "No, nothing happened between us. We had a brief conversation before she offered me a glass of wine to celebrate our reconcilation as friends since she promised me that she was going to apologize to you soon. Who knew that she would play such a dirty trick by spilling it on my clothes? I immediately saw through her tricks and I called my secretary to chase her away and I went to the bathroom to change. I was very suprised to see that she had returned and broken the lock, trying to seduce me there..... We were just fighting just now."

"That's not true." Shen Mengqi refuted his words immediately, her heart sneering at the scene before her. She couldn't believe that after everything she had planned for Chunlan, she still managed to arrive here to stop them. She knew that Jihai wouldn't sleep with her so she had come here with a different plan this time. She would tarnish his name and claim that he tried to **** her after drugging her so she could break their engagement. She didn't expect this woman to appear before her unharmed. "Don't you see my clothes? He obviously tried to force himself on me after the wine we had together. Chunlan, you know how he gets when he is tipsy so this shouldn't be a surprise. If you don't give me a proper explanation, I will definitely tell everyone of this incident! I refuse to be wronged!"

"Shen! Mengqi!" Chunlan impulsively drew out her bodyguard's gun angrily and pointed to the direction of her voice. Before anyone could react, she had already fired the gun. Nobody expected her to do it so they all stood there frozen but luckily, the bullet went astray since Chunlan didn't aim it well hitting the wall with a glitch.

Shen Mengqi shrieked and stood up from the couch with a shocked expression as she watched her life flash before her eyes. She lost her breath and glared at Chunlan as she retreated back to a safe distance. "Are you crazy?! You almost killed me!"

Tang Chunlan was grateful to Yin Tao who immediately retrieved his gun back as he said. "First Young Mistress, please control your anger."

She nodded solemnly because she knew he was right. She had indeed overreacted so she knew that she would have regretted it if she had indeed killed that vixen. The last thing they needed right now was another internal strife between the six families but her words had made her so angry she had seen red. How dare she threaten Jihai like that?!

She took a deep breath before she spoke to Shen Mengqi. "Mengqi, I advise you to watch your words. I don't care about what happened in this room before I came but if any unsavoury news spreads out, I will surely look for your life to repay it. You have done a poor job hiring those unskilled mercenaries but I can ȧssure you that the guards of the Tang family won't fail. Uncle Yin Tao, please escort this tramp out."

Shen Mengqi had bȧrėly gotten a chance to retort or recover from the earlier fright she had experienced when Yin Tao grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the office. She continued to scream and struggle but she was no match for the bodyguard who shut the door, leaving Chunlan alone with her fiancee.

She stretched out her hands and searched for him, waving them carelessly in the air. "Jihai? Where are you?"

She soon felt him approach her with his hands wrapped around her waist but she could still feel his tension which betrayed his feelings. She knew that he was still anxious about her reaction so she stroked his fingers to reassure him. "Next time, you should be more careful. Imagine what would have happened if I hadn't arrived on time?"

Bai Jihai rested his head on her shoulder as he allowed her to scold him for a little while. He also felt that he was too trusting sometimes but he felt that it was too cruel of him to forget past friendships since he grew up with them and they had taken care of him in their own way. "I know it's my fault this time. Don't scold me anymore, okay?"

Chunlan sighed lightly. She knew his personality the most so she was aware that he was tenderhearted and a little naive. She didn't want to change him since it was one of the qualities he possessed she had fallen in love. She silently noted that she would have to protect the both of them from now on. She couldn't be passive anymore. It was time to find a way to cure her blindness.

At all costs.