C86

Chapter 86 - Consecutive Phantom

When Yu Cen Ran said those words, Julie's body trembled slightly. She thought that no one would notice her, but she didn't expect that her every move and movement had already entered Yu Cen Ran's eyes.

Yu Cen Ran protected the South Bridge, his muscular arms wrapped around the South Bridge's shoulders. In front of outsiders, he did not hide his care for the South Bridge at all.

Nanqiao's mind was currently in a mess. She did not have any unnecessary thoughts and did not notice Chen Yilin behind her. Her pair of eyes were staring fixedly at Nanqiao, as well as Yu Cen Ran, who was filled with hidden bitterness.

Even when Nanqiao and Yu Cen disappeared at the end of the corridor of the investment department, Chen Yilin still didn't look back. Allen took a sip of warm water and walked up to tease her.

Clenching her fists tightly, Chen Yilin glared at Allen and said in a bad mood, "You don't have to care, you sissy!"

Allen didn't back down at all. The two of them started fighting in the office. A lot of people went up to mediate, but Julie felt a headache. She twisted her brow and took advantage of the chaos to quickly walk to the safety passage.

Taking out her cell phone from her bag, Julie's gaze fell onto her inbox, where a message was lying quietly on it. The bank had just informed her that her account had received a transfer of 200,000 yuan.

Her hands gripped her cell phone tightly. Julie was nervous, but when her cell phone vibrated, Julie jumped in fright. She quickly covered the speaker on her cell phone for a few seconds, then suddenly remembered that she had turned on mute mode.

Lowering her eyes, Julie looked at the name displayed on the caller ID. A few seconds later, she clicked open, picked up, and pressed her phone to her face. "Hello?"

A sweet and gentle female voice came from the other side, "The money has been received. I've said that I won't mistreat you. In addition, your father has already been transferred to the best hospital. He should be starting his surgery next week."

A hint of joy appeared on Julie's lips. "Thank you, Miss Xue."

That's right, this Miss Xue was referring to Xue Yuwei.

When Xue Yuwei heard the woman's gratitude, impatience showed on her face. She raised her hand, which was smeared with pimple, to carefully examine it. Upon hearing the words "but", Xue Yuwei's eyebrows knitted together, waiting for the next part.

Julie twisted her sleeve with her fingers and said uneasily, "Miss Xue, I'm afraid I can't get close to the CEO because the CEO is really …"

No matter how he hinted, he wouldn't take the bait. It was fine for him to deal with normal men, but to be close to such a powerful man, Julie didn't have the confidence nor did she believe that she could easily do it.

Not to mention getting close, Julie didn't even dare to be too impudent in front of Yu Cen Ran. She kept having the feeling that she was very clear on the situation and had a very sinister way of looking at people.

Yu Cen Ran definitely had a way to make him suffer the consequences!

After listening to Julie's words, Xue Yuwei raised her eyebrows and smiled. "I understand. Cen Ran is like this. Not every woman can get close to her."

Julie quickly agreed, saying that only the South Bridge could get so close to Yu Cen Ran. However, this sentence caused Xue Yuwei's expression to change drastically. However, she couldn't clearly see the other party's mood, so Xue Yuwei hung up without saying anything further.

In a large room, Xue Yuwei stood in front of a French window. Her pure white hands held onto a goblet that was filled with a liquid the color of blood.

After gently shaking the goblet a few times, the corner of Xue Yuwei's lips twitched. Suddenly, she ferociously smashed the goblet against the ground, and the blood-red liquid immediately splattered all over the place. A few drops splashed onto the corner of Xue Yuwei's skirt, creating a contrast between white and red.

Hearing the noise, a servant of the Xue Clan rushed upstairs. He knocked on the door a few times but received no response. He knocked even more urgently. "Miss, Miss, are you alright?"

Xue Yuwei squatted down. His hands wrapped around his knees, his face buried between his knees. With a sinister look in his eyes, he said, "Scram, all of you scram!"

In Xue Yuwei's mind, she could still hear what Julie had just said. Only the South Bridge could get close to Yu Cen Ran's South Bridge, and also the South Bridge!

That bitch who wouldn't leave!

Annoyed, Xue Yuwei inserted her hand into her hair and randomly scratched it. After a while, she raised her head again. Her hair was in a mess like a madman, but the corner of her mouth raised with a hint of a sinister smile that had an unknown meaning.

South Bridge, you have to fight with me over Cen Ran right? Fine, I won't let you have a good life!

Xue Yuwei held her phone and opened her mailbox. Her fingers quickly and nimbly poked and clicked on the screen. After a while, she pressed the send button.

On the other side, in the president's office of the Yu Group.

Yu Cen Ran brought Nan Qiao to his office and comforted him. She kissed the top of his head and said that she shouldn't worry too much as there was still an important meeting to be held. Yu Cen Ran didn't stay in the office for more than a few minutes before she left.

South Bridge was the only one left in the huge CEO's office. It was easy to let your thoughts run wild when you were alone. South Bridge was sprawled in the resting room, tossing and turning, but no matter what, he couldn't fall asleep.

In his mind, he kept thinking, who was the one who leaked the plan?

Huo Ting had only changed the plan at the last moment. Before that, the department manager had printed out the plan for South Bridge for everyone to learn from. If they insisted that someone intentionally leaked the news, everyone in the investment department would become a suspect.

Even Nanqiao himself was no exception.

Finally, on the N th turn, South Bridge let out a wail. Its head was stuffed under the blanket, and then it suddenly opened up. Its eyes were like a dead fish's eyes, staring blankly at the pale ceiling.

"Crazy!" Nanqiao half propped himself up from the bed. She turned her head to look at the clock on the table. The hour hand and the second hand were pointing in the direction of 6.30 a.m.

It was already time to get off work. Nanqiao wiped his face and slipped his feet into his shoes. He walked to the outer room and picked up his phone to call Yu Cen Ran.

The Yu Family faced a crisis of plagiarism. The other party was the young master of the Huo Family, who had been involved with the wife of the president several times!

Nanqiao's heart tightened as his elegant brows scrunched up into a frown. When he poked his head in to take a look, he was so angry that he nearly spat out a mouthful of blood!

Photographs of South Bridge and Huo Ting had been posted on the news, and the media had taken pointers, accusing them of hinting that South Bridge had purposely leaked the information this time.

At such a critical juncture, the news that came out from the media had undoubtedly pushed South Bridge to the forefront.

Nanqiao felt a wave of irritation. The so-called 'evidence' that the media had confirmed, was mostly photos of her coincidentally with Huo Ting, not even Nanqiao herself.

The photos had already been clarified, but no one expected a public relations crisis, and some busybodies took advantage of the chaos to retell the old story. South Bridge's temples suddenly jumped, the veins on the back of his hand that was holding his phone were exposed.

He was obviously very angry.

Just then, Yu Cen Ran walked into the room. The meeting had just ended, and Yu Cen Ran couldn't hide the fatigue in her eyes. She casually loosened the tie on her suit, then threw her coat on the sofa and sat down.

Nanqiao had let his imagination run wild for a long time, and now seeing Yu Cen Ran was like seeing a drowning man seeing his lifesaver.

Nanqiao hurriedly moved forward, trying his best to not sound too flustered. "How is it? Did you find anything?"

Yu Cen Ran knew that the South Bridge was referring to the inmate of the investment department. She raised her hand to twitch her eyebrows and said lightly, "Didn't you say you'd give me two days? You're not in a hurry."

Hearing this, Nanqiao was displeased. He showed the phone to Yu Cen Ran, who glanced at the news. He held his face in one hand and lit up a cigarette, puffing out smoke.

The smoke obscured Yu Cen Ran's face and the emotions on it could not be seen. Nan Qiao was anxious and was forced to smoke a mouthful of smoke. Immediately, he choked and coughed non-stop.

"Alright, don't worry, I will take care of this matter." Yu Cen Ran cast a sidelong glance and pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray, extinguishing it. In the end, she couldn't bear to do so. She reached out a hand to pat her back to ease the atmosphere.

After a while, South Bridge finally recovered. Originally, it wanted to say something, but just as South Bridge was about to speak, Yu Cen Ran stood up, picked up her coat from the sofa and said in a low voice, "Let's go. I'll send you home first."

To the South Bridge, how could she still have the mood to return home? However, Yu Cen Ran's expression didn't look too good. Nanqiao glanced at her a few times and finally decided not to speak anymore.

The interior of the car was quiet, so quiet that one could even hear the sound of a pin dropping. South Bridge rested his head against the soft pillow, quietly feeling the oppressive atmosphere within the car.

Yu Cen Ran tilted her head and looked at the South Bridge. Her thin lips moved as she sneered, "Why are you so dejected? How can you be defeated by such a small matter?"

As he spoke, Yu Cen Ran held the steering wheel with one hand while pressing the music button with the other. A soothing sound of Schubert's light music flowed in the car, and the gentle rhythm of the notes eased the uneasiness in his heart a little.

Nanqiao massaged his temples. "I just feel that these painstakingly done plans have suddenly been said to be plagiarism by others. Furthermore, so many things have happened in succession."

After a pause, South Bridge continued, "Yu Cen Ran, I feel a little tired."

Yu Cen Ran didn't even glance at the road ahead. Her eyebrows raised as she heard the words of the South Bridge. She moved her hand from the car rack to the South Bridge's hand and covered the back of the South Bridge with her warm and dry hand.

Yu Cen Ran's tone was calm and soothing. "An Xin, I will handle this. You just need to do what you like. I'll do the rest."

Nanqiao nodded. "Yes."

The car drove for almost 40 minutes before stopping in front of the villa. When they were about to leave, Yu Cen Ran called Housekeeper Zhang, so when the car stopped at the door, South Bridge looked up and saw Housekeeper Zhang already waiting at the door.

Opening the door, Housekeeper Zhang came out and took the things from the South Bridge. Housekeeper Zhang said to Yu Cen Ran: "Young Master Yu, I will take good care of the young mistress. Please go back quickly!"

Yu Cen Ran urged him to hurry back to his room and rest. He agreed to go back to his room. Yu Cen Ran then stepped into the car and left, rushing back to the company to deal with things.