Yun Mengxi clung tightly to Bai Jinghong, enduring it all.
Compared to the last time, this time, she truly experienced “Towards the Clouds~”
Her forehead beaded with fragrant sweat, she couldn’t help but open her small mouth and bite down on Bai Jinghong’s shoulder.
“Jinghong, I… I can’t anymore… Jinghong… give… it to me!”
Yun Mengxi couldn’t help but call out Bai Jinghong’s name.
A long while later, Bai Jinghong gave a soft grunt. Yun Mengxi also shuddered…
Both were somewhat exhausted, especially Yun Mengxi.
Her face was rosy, but her lips carried a smile. She nestled in Bai Jinghong’s arms and, with hurried breaths, entered dreamland.
…
In the morning, when Bai Jinghong woke up, Yun Mengxi was no longer beside him.
But the enchanting fragrance within the blankets still lingered.
On the pillowcase, a single long, soft strand of hair remained.
And on the sheets, too, were the traces left by the two of them last night.
Bai Jinghong smirked slyly, got up to use the bathroom to freshen up, and then took a shower.
After the shower, his whole body felt refreshed.
When he left the guest room, he saw Yun Mengxi in the kitchen, already wearing an apron.
After what happened last night, Bai Jinghong no longer needed any reservations whatsoever.
He walked directly into the kitchen, coming up behind Yun Mengxi, and wrapped his arms around her slender waist.
His chin rested on her shoulder.
Yun Mengxi smiled gently, turned her head to look at him. “Why didn’t you sleep a bit longer?”
Bai Jinghong leaned forward and kissed her on the lips. “How good my stamina is—you should have experienced it by now.”
“I’m not tired.”
“You bad guy…” Yun Mengxi’s pretty face blushed. She bit her lip, her eyes full of tender affection.
After breakfast, Bai Jinghong took Yun Mengxi out for a stroll.
The two visited a rather famous temple in Dragon Sea.
Yun Mengxi even sought a small trinket for Bai Jinghong, calling it a charm for safety, nicely named.
Afterwards, Bai Jinghong sent Yun Mengxi to Cloud Dream Tech, while he himself had the driver take him back.
On the other side, inside Thunder Hall!
Ye Chen’s face was full of dark gloom.
Kneeling before him was a burly, rough-looking man.
Surrounding them was a large group of men, holding various instruments of torture.
Whips… candles… clamps, electric batons, pepper spray, scalpels, and more.
The captured man was someone Ye Chen had run into last night.
Last night, after being rebuffed by Yun Mengxi, Ye Chen’s mood was truly awful.
And on top of that, Wen Tailai had actually reported that the police were looking for him, seemingly regarding the Wu Family matter.
This made Ye Chen even more irritable.
So, he went to a bar to drown his sorrows.
He genuinely was just drowning his sorrows, but who would have thought that as he was about to leave, he’d overhear a big man nearby bragging loudly.
That man was also quite drunk, boasting wildly to his friends.
Saying something about how he was now considered one of Young Master Bai’s men, how he’d done two jobs for Young Master Bai and earned two or three hundred thousand.
This topic immediately grabbed Ye Chen’s attention.
Especially when the man added things like, just smashing some glass, driving around a bit, and pocketing over a hundred grand, how awesome it was.
Ye Chen was no fool; he immediately understood something.
He didn’t act right away. Instead, he waited until that man left the bar, about to ride off on his motorcycle, before apprehending him.
He also contacted Thunder Hall members to come over and take him for interrogation.
Initially, the man was afraid of leaking Bai Jinghong’s secrets and kept his mouth stubbornly shut, refusing to talk even under threat of death.
But he truly couldn’t endure the rounds and rounds of torment from Ye Chen’s people. Finally, he confessed everything.
His knowledge was limited. He explained being ordered to smash the windows of a woman’s villa.
And then last night, going again, just driving circles around it to scare someone.
He even showed a selfie he’d taken at the scene—originally kept for showing off and bragging, it now became evidence against him.
If Ye Chen hadn’t figured it out by now, he’d be a brainless donkey.
He finally realized that Bai Jinghong was the mastermind behind the scenes, the cause of everything.
While furious, he was also very excited.
Because this was an opportunity, a chance for Yun Mengxi to learn the identity of the real culprit.
He had already recorded it, ready to give it to Yun Mengxi, to let her know that he had always been concerned about her affairs.
But Ye Chen didn’t know that Yun Mengxi had already become physically involved with Bai Jinghong.
Currently, he simply wanted to curry favor with Yun Mengxi a bit and land a blow on Bai Jinghong.
As for this big man who leaked Bai Jinghong’s secret, Ye Chen had no intention of continuing to hold him.
After revealing the truth to Yun Mengxi, he’d release him. Bai Jinghong would deal with him then, saving himself trouble.
Right now, he needed to personally find Yun Mengxi and let her hear with her own ears and see with her own eyes that those events were orchestrated by Bai Jinghong.
Even more, he needed her to know that only he could protect her!
After getting this information, Ye Chen was truly exhilarated, because he could vaguely sense that Yun Mengxi was about to lean closer to him!
He couldn’t wait to head out, having someone send him directly to Cloud Dream Tech.
Infiltrating Cloud Dream Tech was naturally a breeze for Ye Chen.
He already knew which floor the CEO’s office was on and headed straight up.
Finally, as he exited the elevator, he saw Yun Mengxi walking into her office.
She was flipping through some documents in her hands.
Very absorbed.
Ye Chen quickly approached and greeted: “Miss Yun.”
Yun Mengxi instinctively looked up.
Seeing Ye Chen, she herself was startled.
“You… what do you want? How did you get up here?”
Yun Mengxi truly had a psychological shadow regarding Ye Chen. This damn pervert had actually sought her out at her company.
She was about to call security.
“Miss Yun, why are you so wary of me? I recall I haven’t offended you before!”
“And I came here today mainly to talk about something, a very important matter!”
Yun Mengxi also feared that this pervert Ye Chen might suddenly go crazy and spray feces or something.
So she planned to stall him while secretly signaling for security.
“What do you have to say? Say it.” Yun Mengxi remained vigilant.
Ye Chen tried to move closer.
Yun Mengxi hastily stepped back. “I can hear you fine. Just say it!”
“This matter isn’t convenient to discuss here. How about we go to your office?” Ye Chen was also immensely frustrated.
What was going on? Why was Yun Mengxi treating him with such an attitude?
He remembered that on the night they met, they had chatted quite pleasantly.
“If that’s the case, then just leave. I can’t be bothered to listen anymore!”
Yun Mengxi’s face turned cold, brooking no argument.
Ye Chen felt helpless. He glanced at Yun Mengxi’s secretary.
“Tell her to step away. We’ll just talk here.”
A flash of inspiration struck Yun Mengxi. She signaled with her eyes for the secretary to go call security.
The secretary understood and immediately stepped aside to make the call.
Seeing the secretary move away, Ye Chen got straight to the point.
“Miss Yun, I know about your villa being smashed. I also know who the mastermind behind it is.”
Yun Mengxi almost felt like going up and kicking Ye Chen in the balls.
This bastard, coming here to provoke her?
Ye Chen took out his phone and played a video. In the video was the captured biker.
“Miss Yun, I caught this guy by chance. He’s one of the people involved in smashing the villa.”
“See for yourself!”
Ye Chen sneered inwardly.
There was no wiping this stain off Bai Jinghong now.
In his understanding, Bai Jinghong had done this to retaliate against him. Bai Jinghong must have thought Yun Mengxi was his woman!
Seeing Ye Chen so confidently swearing, Yun Mengxi was speechless for a moment.
But she could hear the audio in the video.
Between the lines, it was all Bai Jinghong!
This made Yun Mengxi freeze entirely.
“How is that possible? Why are you framing him?” Yun Mengxi immediately erupted in anger.
Ye Chen was stunned again. It sounded like Yun Mengxi was actually defending Bai Jinghong. There shouldn’t be any relationship between them, right?
“Miss Yun, I swear I’m absolutely not lying to you. If you don’t believe me, I’ll video call him right now and you can ask him personally.”
“Fine, call him. Let’s see what tricks you’re trying to pull.”
Yun Mengxi was also getting fired up.
