“You should remember why grandma sent you to that family.”


  “I understand. Don’t worry; I’ll reveal to auntie that that woman isn’t really pregnant.”


  “You need to be smarter. How does that sl*t have the right to vie for things with you? She only has Ji Ziming’s love going on for her. If you snatch him, won’t that work, too?”


  “I……” Qu Jingwan suddenly choked.

  “You, what? Think of a plan quickly to break off their relationship. Alright. I won’t talk further.” Old Lady Qu hung up and sat in her recliner. She was so furious with the man that her chest hurt still.

  “Madam, are you okay? Do you want me to bring you to a hospital?” The driver looked at her pain-filled expression through the rearview mirror worriedly.

  “That’s not necessary; just send me home.” She closed her eyes, her voice sounding weak.

  “Yes.” The driver nodded and drove in the direction of the Qu mansion.

  In the CEO’s office, Pei Ge was leaning on Ji Ziming’s shoulder when she thought of something. She sat up instantly. “Let’s go to Red Star this afternoon.”


  “Why are you so anxious to head there?” The man tilted his head as he looked at her with his cold eyes. “It’s fantastic that you’re being serious about work, but we’re in the middle of a break. You needn’t be anxious about visiting that company. Plus, even if you don’t go, it will still be acquired by me.”


  “It’s different. If I go, it will prove that our company values Red Star and will show our sincerity.”


  “For a company like that, I’ll give you as many as you want.”


  “I know that you aren’t short of money, but some things are more meaningful than it.” Pei Ge rolled her eyes at the man. She really could not understand why he assumed that everything could be solved with money. As for her, she considered some things, such as love, kinship, and friendship, more important than all the money in the world.

  “Oh? Meaningful? Then, is it not meaningful that you’re accompanying me right now?” Ji Ziming’s deep eyes narrowed, and in them, the woman appeared slightly blurry and mysterious.

  “You……” The woman stood up, wanting to sit back at the office desk to form an outline of what she would say when they met Red Star’s top management this afternoon, but before she could take a step, the man pulled her hand, causing her to fall on his muscular, strong chest.

  “Ouch!” Her small face hurt when it hit his chest, so she yelped in pain. “What are you doing?!”


  “Don’t you know what I’m doing?” Ji Ziming’s dark eyes deepened, and his big hands traveled inside her sweater with relative ease as his thin lips moved slightly. “You’re my woman. What I’m doing—shouldn’t you be more proactive?”


  The woman’s eyes met his eyes, which were akin to the galaxy. Her small hands quickly held his big ones. “Can’t. This is your office. What if someone comes in? It won’t be nice for them to see this.”


  “I’ll turn whoever sees it blind, whoever hears it deaf, and whoever speaks about it mute.” There was a cold glint in the man’s eyes when he said this; this glint was like a poisonous dagger, and its ruthlessness made her feel petrified.

  “Don’t be so ruthless.”


  “If I’m not ruthless to them, they’ll be ruthless to me.” He withdrew his hand from inside her clothes as his eyes shifted. “If you’re scared that people will see, I’ll bring you to a place where they can’t.”


  The man smiled, but that made her more nervous.

  “Are we going out?”


  “Don’t need to; wait here a minute.” Ji Ziming let go of her and walked to the office table. He took out a remote control from the drawer and pressed it while aiming at the white wall. It shifted in a parallel direction. It turned out to be a panel painted in the same color as the walls in this office.