Chapter 253 - Had It Become Real?
Beauty and the Bodyguard
âAh.. So Yao Yao, youâre saying he should take responsibility?â Yushu blinked blankly.
â......â Mengyao didnât know what to say anymore. âYouâre not gonna ask your brother to beat him up?â
âOh, well Shield Broâs touched me already that time I got stuck in the fence.â Yushu said after some thought. âYao Yao, maybe we can just write this down, and leave him alone if he listens to us and be a good boy.â
âYeah, that sounds good.â Naturally, Mengyao agreed- it wasnât her who got touched, so why would she mind when Yushu was fine with it?
âBoth times were because I saved you!â Lin Yi wasnât too happy with what was going on here- this girl was trying to cause him trouble after heâd saved her twice!
âOh. Weâll call it even then, but Shield Bro, come bungee jumping with us this weekend! I havenât tried it before, you know! Letâs go together.â Yushu didnât mind- she had Lin Yiâs secrets against him, so it didnât really matter.
âSureâ¦â¦â Lin Yi had planned to reject her, but he did touch her, and in front of his Miss, too⦠Heâd be lucky enough if Mengyao werenât causing him trouble- bungee jumping compared to that was nothing.
Mengyao didnât know what Yushu was thinking. She waited for Lin Yi to go eat before whispering to her. âShu, do you really have a crush on Lin Yi?â
âAh? Noâ¦.?â Yushu said as she peeled her orange.
âNo? You let him touch you..?â Mengyao frowned, sighing internally- Lin Yiâs probably seduced her already! She didnât react at all when Lin Yi touched her!
âBut it wasnât on purpose!â Yushu was starting to find it odd herself⦠She seemed to really get along well with Shield Bro? She didnât even care about getting touched and was even talking about bungee jumping, as if it wasnât a big dealâ¦â¦
âYouâ¦â¦.â Mengyao didnât know what to say anymore⦠Could her best friend have fallen for Lin Yi after that one confession..? Had it become real for the both of them?
Zhang Tongtian was leaning back in his chair as he called Sun Jingyi, a triumphant look on his face.
âHello? Miss Sun?â As far as Tongtian was concerned, Jingyi might as well be on his bed already- unless she wanted to stop doing trading in Songshan!
With his connections in the city, Tongtian only needed to release the footage to the media, and Jingyi would be done for, along with her company!
Putting the departmental punishments aside, there was the simple fact that no one would go to their company for business anymore! No one would trust a company this unsafe!
The purchasing managers all understood what that meant- why would they go to Jingyiâs exposed company when they could get their rebates from safer ones?
Yet Tongtian didnât know the sort of background Jingyi had- the girl had come to Songshan alone not to rely on her familyâs influence, but to cut herself off from them!
The Sun House⦠She couldnât stand those people anymore, fighting with each other for her grandfatherâs wealth- what happened to family? Her grandfather wasnât even dead yet, one could only imagine how much worse off things could get when her grandfather died.
Jingyiâs parents had died young, and her grandfather had been her parent figure growing up. Her relationship with her grandpa was closer because of that, they were actually family⦠The other Suns, on the other hand, treated her as public enemy number one, since she was the one most likely to inherit that fortune- it discomforted her too much, and compelled her to come to the outer city and start her own empire!
âChairman Zhang, what do you need?â With the memory card in her hand, Jingyi wasnât scared of Zhang Tongtian in the slightest anymore- her voice was calm and casual as he spoke, no longer tense.
âMiss Sun, have you forgotten? Iâm hosting a press conference today- Iâll be exposing some companyâs rule-breaking!â Tongtian said. âMiss Sun, would you be interested in participating?â
Tongtian smiled coldly. Sun Jingyi⦠This is your last chance. Donât make me put you and your company to ruin!!
âOh? How could I reject an invitation from Chairman Zhang?â Jingyi said faintly. âWhen and where is it?ân/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
â9 AM today, in my companyâs conference room. Iâd advise Miss Sun to come earlier, we can discuss the contents of the press conference before it happens!â Tongtian hinted.
âI apologize, I have something to attend to here- Iâll be lucky if I manage to get there on time!â Jingyi wondered why this Tongtian was still so triumphant- hadnât he noticed his missing memory card? Did he have a backup?
Thatâd be really bad⦠Sheâd gotten Lin Yi to steal the memory card for her because Tongtian was bad with technology! From what she had heard, the guy didnât even know how to use computers or cameras, heâd gotten that footage by hiring a private detective to do the deed for him! He should have just left it in his bag after watching the footage once.
Jingyiâs guess wasnât off- Tongtian did check his camera again this morning, and saw the memory card still safely inserted. He wasnât tech-savvy, and just left it at that without looking into it further.
Tongtian was a social but gruff man. His company sold computers, but he himself couldnât even find the power button.
âAlright then. I hope you wonât regret it!â Tongtian hung the phone up after a cold hmph. The damn woman was just asking for it!
Jingyi walked into Tongtianâs conference room a little after nine oâclock- Tongtian was looking really displeased as he watched her walk in, wondering how sheâd hold up when he exposed her.
Tongtian had made his decision- the girl didnât know when to give in, and this was her well-deserved punishment.
âMiss Sun, youâre quite late.â Tongtian said neutrally as he nodded.
âChairman Zhang. Why would my tardiness matter in your companyâs press conference?â Jingyi asked faintly.
âMiss Sun, do take a seat.â Tongtian said with a cold chuckle as he seated himself at the host table.
The majority of these reporters were on good terms with the company- heâd even used his connections to get a couple of reporters from big news companies⦠This exposure would make quite the news.