Chapter 269 - Dark Forces

When Deming came out of the washroom,  Lifen has already left the room. He walked downstairs only to find her sitting in the living room while thinking hard about something.  

'Was she again thinking about the thing from before? Exactly what is she hiding that's giving her such a pain? I need to find it soon and then will resolve everything for her', he said to himself as he descended the stairs.

Feeling him arrive, Lifen looked up at him as she walked and said, "Umm...I..I am sorry".

This time it was Deming's part to get confused  He raised his brow looking at her as if she has grown two horns on head head all of a sudden.

"I acted a little childish before. You must been irritated by me that why you angrily walked off the closet", she said with lowered head.

Hearing her complete words, now he understood why she has come running after him in the washroom and then here giving stress to her little brain. 

He wanted to chide himself thinking how insensible he had been. She must be blaming herself for annoying him when he wasn't even a bit annoyed at her. 

He pursed his lips as he patted her head softly, "Silly girl! I wasn't annoyed at you. I can't ever be. You think too much". He assured her.

Lifen lifted her face up to witness his assuring smile . "Then before you said...", she still has her doubts.

"What did I say?" He asked feigning innocence. He truly didn't know exactly what made her feel like that.

"Earlier you said that you are okay if I...if I don't come to live with you... I thought", she hesitated completing her words but still completed the main important subject of her thoughts.

Deming paused and then looked at her face. Her cheeks were looking fuller and rounder with a pinch shade of red. It meant she was a little embarrassed. She really looked so adorable like a cute little bunny that made him want to tease her more.

He let out a loud chuckle startling the woman standing in front of him. "Does that mean that you will come to live with me?"

"I-I never thought about that", she responded meekly.

"Silly! I was just saying that I will support you in your decision. If you don't want come here to live then I am okay with that. And it doesn't mean I am annoyed at you", he said as he pinched her cheeks.

"And it also meant that if you won't come then I will come to live with you. That way it won't be a problem. Right?", he added.

Now hearing the real meaning of his word 'okay', Lifen felt that she has been been wrongly treated. She scrunched up her nose and looked the man with a pout.

Then she gave a loud hmph and brushed past him. 

"Hey that wasn't my fault. You took my words wrong", he said as he followed after her to the dining table.

They ate their dinner in peace while Lifen ignored to give any glance to Deming. The food that was cooked wasn't bad at all but it looked too simple. It was not like Lifen mind but Deming was a little...

"I will definitely learn everything soon so that something this simple won't embarass me again", he said in his mind and looked at the girl who was comfortably enjoying her food.

He wanted her to praise him for the food but she was here intentionally pretending to be annoyed at him. He smiled looking at her cuteness.

"There is ice-creams for the dessert ", he said and looked at the girl who temporarily paused her chopsticks but then gave another loud, "Hmph"

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At some club in H Nation, 

A man in his early thirties was sitting enjoying the sultry air of the club, with wine in his one hand while a woman under his another dressed in all revealing clothes.

His eyes gave off a glint of l.u.s.t and desire as he eyes trailed after the waitress who has previously come to serve the wine he has ordered.

"Master Gao, whom are you looking. I am beside you, right her", the woman said to him as she moved his face to make him look at her, "Don't you think I am looking a little different today?" 

She asked as she seductively as she bit her lower lip to entice him towards her. 

Gao Ren understood the meaning of the women's words. He gave  a pinch to her shoulders and drew her more closer to him. "Ofcourse you look more like you are craving to get tied up on my bed. Have patience babes, you  soon will be then asking for more", he said in her ears in a  slow teasing way.

Once he confirmed the woman sitting beside him was satisfied,  his eyes again trailed off searching the same waitress from before. She was now serving the drinks on another table.

Looking at her beautiful face he licked his lips as he beckoned one of his bodyguard and whispered something into his ears.

The bodyguard nodded to the order he just received and walked in the way the waitress was heading.

He was about to exuse himself from the woman sitting beside him when a voice stopped him.

"Gao Ren!", a man with bronze disheveled hair came, panic written all over his face.

Looking at the man who has arrived, Gao Ren greeted,  "Cao Mei!"

"Brother we are over. Do something or this time we will be done for", Cao Mei said in desperation.

Gao Ren gave a look to the woman and she stood up to go and sit at a little distance. 

Once she has left, he turned to look at the man who has just arrived with such a horrified look. "What happened?"

"Our man has been tracked down by the Dark Forces. Now their men are after us. They are keeping their sharp eyes on us as they are eyeing their prey", Cao Mei informed.

"Dark Forces? How can that be possible? Haven't you sent your people after the CEO of Li Corporation, Li Lifen. Then why are they ending up at the hands or Dark Forces?" Gao Ren was bewildered.