The sudden words stunned Wan Qianqian. Her first reaction was to wonder if Gu Tanfeng knew about her relationship with the Ling family. Just as she was pondering this, a warm and hard chest pressed against her face. She could even feel his head rubbing against her neck.
His doting actions and the strength he used to hug her seemed to carry a hint of fear. This immediately softened her heart, and she slowly reached out to hug his strong waist. "No, I won't."
Lin Li, who had sent the children back to the Gu family without a hitch, felt that something was a little strange. The mystery that had been clouding her heart before gradually became clear, and her beautiful eyes narrowed slightly.
Lin Li, who had been thinking about the father and son of the Ling family, unconsciously walked to the front of a villa. The solemn door stood firmly in front of the villa. The dark golden door faintly exuded a dignified aura. Through the gap in the door, she could see a path with beautiful flowers on both sides, and there were a few butterflies playing on top of the flowers.
Lin Li looked at the villa gloomily, and her gaze subconsciously fell on the balcony of one of the bedrooms on the second floor. Her gaze was especially deep, as if she wanted to see through the glass wall and see inside.
"Miss Lin?" A somewhat familiar cry of surprise sounded from behind her. When the voice entered her ears, a face quickly appeared in her mind.
That face condensed in her mind for two seconds before it was dispersed by Lin Li, and her slightly unfocused expression gradually became cold and distant. Without even giving a response to the person behind her, she walked in another direction, leaving behind a cold back.
Xu Changjun's assistant, who was still standing in the same place, had a confused expression on his face. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he walked into the Xu residence.
In the study, Xu Changjun was wearing a relatively casual and loose outfit as he sat in front of his desk. In front of him was a medium-sized wooden photo frame. The photo in the frame was of a beautiful figure standing in the garden, holding a few colorful flowers in her hands. A smile bloomed on her exquisite face, and her smile was even more beautiful than the flowers.
That day, Lin Li had placed such a photo frame on his desk in a particularly domineering manner. There was a hint of stubbornness in her beautiful eyes, and there was a hint of unnaturalness on her pink cheeks.
"Take good care of it. I'm not a person who takes photos casually." With an unnatural expression, she forced out a sentence, left the item, and hurried away.
Xu Changjun unconsciously stared at the photo for a long time. The expression on his face became softer and softer as the memory became clearer. Even he himself did not notice it.
A clear knock on the door came from not far ahead, pulling Xu Changjun back from his memories. His hand on the frame moved imperceptibly, and the picture was hidden.
"Come in." That angular face no longer had the slightest hint of gentleness. Indifference and alienation gradually occupied his entire face.
The assistant, who saw the change in expression on his face, wrinkled his nose and walked into the study with the document. After slightly bowing and nodding, he handed the document in his hand to Xu Changjun and explained softly, "President, the Ling family has been acting more and more arrogantly recently. Their target seems to have been the entire W Corporation from the beginning."
"Mm." Xu Changjun casually picked up the document in front of him. His fingertips wandered lazily across the paper. His slender eyes scanned the document like X-rays, and he read very quickly.
The soft response made the assistant momentarily unsure of Xu Changjun's intentions. He could only stand at the side respectfully, quietly waiting for Xu Changjun's orders.
The afternoon sun shone in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, hitting Xu Changjun's body warmly. It was as if he was covered with a faint layer of light, vaguely giving off a feeling that he could only be seen from afar and not blaspheme.
"Continue to look, quietly observe the changes." After quickly skimming through the document, Xu Changjun left the same order as before. A conflicted expression appeared on the assistant's face. His lips opened and closed, as if there was something he wanted to say but didn't dare to say.
The conflicted expression fell into Xu Changjun's eyes, but he didn't make the slightest explanation. Instead, he asked coldly, "Is there anything else?"
The obvious order in his voice forced the assistant to shut his mouth tightly. He obediently moved forward and respectfully took the document back with both hands.
"Then, President, I'll leave first." The assistant left softly and then turned to leave. However, in the next second, he stopped in his tracks. The conflicted expression gradually climbed onto his face.
"Speak." Xu Changjun naturally caught the hesitation on his face. The coldness on his handsome face was obviously a little thicker than before.
It was so cold that the assistant's neck shrank slightly, and the muscles on his face seemed to jump. After hesitating for a moment, he replied, "I just saw Miss Lin walking at the door of the villa …"
Speaking of this matter, Xu Changjun's assistant felt that the relationship between Lin Li and the Ling family was a bit mysterious. Although he subconsciously felt that Lin Li would not do anything harmful to Xu Changjun. But after careful consideration, he finally told Xu Changjun.
Hearing the familiar name, Xu Changjun was a little stunned. His eyes as sharp as a cheetah stared at the assistant, and he asked calmly, "Which Miss Lin?"
"It's Lin Li, Miss Lin." The assistant was stunned for a moment by the sudden burst of aura. A blank expression appeared on his face, and then he responded to Xu Changjun in an exceptionally obedient manner.
After coming back from the daze, the assistant secretly complained in his heart. It seemed that the president did not know many Miss Lin, and why was his reaction so big?
Xu Changjun, who overreacted, quickly calmed down. After two or three seconds of silence, he slightly waved at the assistant, ordering him to leave again. The focus of his eyes fell on the wooden photo frame, and the color of his eyes gradually deepened.
"Lin Li." After the assistant left the study, Xu Changjun used his hand to pick up the photo frame that had fallen down. His fingertips gently rubbed the face in the photo, and he muttered the name with a muffled groan.
As soon as they walked into the Gu family villa, Lu Yunxue's anxious and concerned voice could be heard. There was a hint of sobbing in her voice, and she cursed the Ling family from time to time. These noises fell into Wan Qianqian and Gu Tanfeng's ears one after another, gradually calming their hearts that were hanging in suspense.
The two walked into the villa side by side, and saw Xin Yue. Xin Yi was obediently sitting on the sofa, quietly listening to Lu Yunxue's words, and answering questions very patiently. She did not seem at all like a child who had just been kidnapped.
"Daddy, Mommy!" The two little figures sitting on the sofa keenly noticed the presence of Wan Qianqian and Gu Tanfeng, and the two delicate faces quickly blossomed into brilliant flowers.
Their voices were very crisp and sweet, and to Wan Qianqian, it was like the sound of nature, causing a natural and gentle smile to appear on her face.
"Are you okay?" Wan Qianqian bent down slightly, and hugged the two figures who ran to her cheerfully into her arms. Her voice became a little shaky because of the excitement, and she hugged them with particularly complicated emotions.
The two heads buried deep in her arms shook slightly, and then they raised their pink and tender faces. Their firm eyes and stubborn expressions clearly told Wan Qianqian that they were really okay.
This silly proof comforted Wan Qianqian's heart, but it also made her heart ache. She should not have let them go through such a thing.
Witnessing this scene, Lu Yunxue slightly pursed her lips, and her eyes focused on Wan Qianqian for a long time before turning to Gu Tanfeng. Her face, which had some traces of age, was tense. "What did Ling Feng say just now?"
"He didn't admit it." Gu Tanfeng seemed to have already guessed what Lu Yunxue wanted to ask, and he immediately answered as soon as her voice fell.
After listening, Lu Yunxue's face kept surging with anger, and she even instilled this resentment into her hand. She directly slapped the glass table in front of her. The sound of her palm hitting the glass was a little muffled, and it caught Wan Qianqian off guard. Her heart skipped a beat.
"What does he mean by this? He took my grandchildren away, but he didn't admit it. When you went to get them back, he let them go? "Lu Yunxue was so angry that her teeth were trembling, and she clearly sorted out the matter.
This doubt also hovered in the hearts of Gu Tanfeng and Wan Qianqian for a long time. They couldn't figure out why Ling Feng went through so much trouble and didn't hesitate to become enemies with the Gu family, but he didn't get anything in return.
Lu Yunxue, who was gradually regaining her rationality, looked at Wan Qianqian from the corner of her eyes. A bold guess quickly flashed in her mind, and her heart thumped fiercely.
"Tan Feng …" Lu Yunxue's bold guess didn't disappear in a flash. Instead, there was a feeling of being more and more confirmed in her heart. Lu Yunxue's face was almost tense, and the wrinkles between her eyebrows were particularly obvious.
There was a hint of worry in that soft voice, and her red lips were almost pressed into a straight line. She grasped the last trace of hope and said, "Why don't we postpone the wedding?"
As soon as she finished speaking, a cold gaze landed on her face. His expression didn't change in the slightest. Instead, there was a hint of sullen anger, and it was obvious that he was particularly dissatisfied with what she said.
As expected, Gu Tanfeng didn't give her any face. He slightly opened his thin lips and said in a tone as cold as winter, "I said, I don't want to hear these words a second time."
"But …" Lu Yunxue, who knew that there was no hope, but still wanted to persuade him, was a little anxious. She didn't care that Wan Qianqian was present, and expressed her disapproval without missing a beat.
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