Chapter 248 - Switch Sides

"I miss Jingye, gege…" Tian Ruyi cried. "I… I heard from your mom that… he was punished…" 

Bai Zichen sighed. He stood up from his seat and walked round his table to go to her side. He placed his hands on her shoulders from behind. "Xiao Ruyi, he deserves that after what he did. Don't you feel betrayed by him? He chooses that Lu slut instead of you."

Tian Ruyi remained silent with her head hanging low.

"Forget him, Xiao Ruyi… I'm here for you." He went and stood in front of her. "Stop thinking about him."

This was their chance. Bai Zichen was a known womanizer so it wouldn't be a surprise if he tried to hit on the woman in front of him.

"Gege!" She stood up and pounced in his arms. She buried her face on the crook of his neck and sobbed. 

"He'll only hurt you." He gently pressed his lips against her temple. 

Tian Ruyi allowed him to 'comfort' her further as they stayed embracing each other for a few minutes until she finally pulled away. "I'm sorry for disturbing you, gege…" she held his hand together, at the same time, passing something to him.

"It's fine, Xiao Ruyi. I'm willing to make time for you. I can even accompany you today." He smiled meaningfully at her. He used his free hand to gently stroke her cheek as he stared at her for a while.

She met his gaze. They both knew what they needed to do and she didn't mind it at all. She had already made up her mind since back then when she decided to be the person to seduce Bai Zichen. Although this time, they both knew what they were doing. It was not to fool the man before her but they were working together to fool the old man who may or may not be watching them.

As Bai Zichen's face came close, their lips were just inches away when they were suddenly distracted by her phone's ringtone.

"U-um… please excuse me." She checked the caller ID from her phone's screen and was surprised to see that it was actually Si Hongqi who was calling her.

"How about we continue somewhere else?" Bai Zichen asked, flashing her a smile. He went back to his desk to contact his secretary. At the same time, he casually slipped a small flash drive into his computer. "I'll clear my schedule this afternoon for you."

Tian Ruyi didn't reply but instead, she answered the call from Si Hongqi. "Hello?"

"Hurry up." After that, he ended the call.

A crease formed on her forehead as she ended up looking at her phone's screen in confusion.

A message notification appeared from her phone and there she saw a message from Lu Mengjie this time.

[No kissing him, Yiyi. Someone's jealous here. :3]

Ah… she almost forgot that she was wearing a necklace with a hidden camera in it. She didn't know where Lu Mengjie got it but she only had to message someone to bring it for her.

"Who called you?" Bai Zichen snapped her out from her trance.

Tian Ruyi turned to him for a moment before she eyed his computer. A small smile appeared on her lips before she returned her gaze at him. "It's my manager… He was just reminding me of my schedule tomorrow morning."

"I see… Anyway, want to go shopping? I'm sure that it will cheer you up." He went back to her and placed a hand on her waist.

"Instead of shopping… Can we continue on where we left off?"

Bai Zichen raised a brow and a mischievous smirk appeared on his lips. 

…

Entering the hotel room that was reserved for them, the couple saw Si Hongqi, sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed. He was holding his phone with a video call connected to Lu Mengjie.

Tian Ruyi stepped away from Bai Zichen the moment the door was closed behind them. She heaved out a sigh.

"Are you followed?" Lu Mengjie's voice came from the phone that Si Hongqi was holding.

"Yes… but only until the lobby," Tian Ruyi replied.

"It doesn't matter. They won't disturb us in this room. It's just that Bai Keran might end up using this situation to blackmail Xiao Ruyi," Bai Zichen informed. "She has a reputation to keep and now that he thought that she'll be having sex with me, he'll use it to control her."

Tian Ruyi rolled her eyes. "I'd like to see him try." She was about to settle on the sofa that Si Hongqi was sitting at but she paused. No, she didn't want to sit close to him so she decided to sit on the couch on the opposite side.

"I never thought that we'd be meeting like this, sister-in-law." Bai Zichen had a teasing tone in his voice as he approached the phone that Si Hongqi placed at the coffee table.

"You're not the only one who's surprised, fake brother-in-law," Lu Mengjie retorted with a chuckle.

"Have you breached the security system already?" He inquired as he took his seat on the same sofa as Si Hongqi.

"Yes. Kuro has taken care of the surveillance as well. As for the files on your computer, I made a copy of your hidden folder that contains the files you collected against your grandfather. I'll be checking them in a minute."

Bai Zichen sighed heavily. "Finally, he's going to get his retribution."

"If you don't mind me asking, why have you decided to go against your grandfather?" Tian Ruyi asked curiously.

"After I found out Lu Mengjie's true identity, I just knew that I had to switch sides. I may have bought the information from the person who buried his dirt in the past but after I learned that you are the daughter of that person, I knew that my grandfather is going to be in big trouble. I'm tired of his antics and I didn't want to be buried alive with him so here I am."