For the past few days, Young Master Shen had been pestering Ying Qingcang to sell him the lavender field. "Look, even if you sell it to me, Xiao Qingqing can still use it. I'll supply her with all the cosmetics she needs." At this point, Young Master Shen was really starting to get on Ying Qingcang's nerve. Ying Qingcang picked up a folder and hurled it towards the other man. Young Master Shen's face darkened the moment he opened the folder. "Everything's already settled? So fast?" He glared at Ying Qingcang. "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I've wasted so much time over this." "Well, if you still want it, you could always go to Qingqing and beg. See if she's willing to give you a post as a manager or something." Ying Qingcang smirked. Young Master Shen snorted. "What kind of idiot do you take me for? If I become the manager, I'd be working myself to death for your Xiao Qingqing. She doesn't know a thing about managing a business." "But you'll have

"So it was you." Xin Qing stared at Lu Manman. "Why go through so much trouble..." Lu Manman looked at Xin Qing in an expression of pure hatred. "Why? Haha. Drop the innocent act. I'm not Ying Qingcang or Chen Ming. That kind of trick won't work on me." "Since you know that I'm with Ying Qingcang, why are you insisting on blaming me for whatever that's been going on between you and Chen Ming?" To Xin Qing, Lu Manman did not seem the type who would act irrationally. Why would she be doing something so irrational? Lu Manman glared at her savagely. "Then who should I blame? Should I blame myself?" She placed a palm to her chest. Then, she bent at her waist and began laughing. "Should I blame myself for marrying him even though I knew he was in love with you? Blame my own naivety in believing that he would stop loving you once you're with another man? Hahahaha..." Lu Manman raised her head. "Too bad I was wrong. He was wrong too. He thought he could forget about you

Today, the hospital was especially astir. Reporters swarmed the entrance. Outside the VIP suite, yet another crowd had gathered. Within the VIP suite, however, all was quiet. The afternoon sunlight shone onto the ocean blue wall, forming a blurry ring of light on its surface. Ying Qingcang lay on the bed. Despite not having any rest for days, he dared not close his eyes. His hand clamped down on Xin Qing's hand like a vice. He stared at the face that had been the source of his agony for seven days and nights. When he broke down the metal door and saw Xin Qing on the ground, he felt as if his entire world had stopped. That dirty woman sprawled on the ground, could it be that she would never be able to stand up again? Could it be that she would no longer be around to piss him off, too stare at him with tender eyes and call out his name? Le Le had been the first to react. It had rushed towards Xin Qing and began sniffing. After that, it turned to him and went into a barki

When she did not hear a response for a long while, Xin Qing turned her head towards the driver's seat, which was already empty. At quite some distance away, she saw a shadow sprinting away quickly. "What the hell is going on..." she thought. Xin Qing stayed in the car for a while. Eventually, she realized that she really had been abandoned here. She was left with no choice but to pluck up her courage and stepped out of the car. Ever since her abduction, she had developed an irrational fear of darkness. Even when she was sleeping at night, she needed to keep a small lamp on. "Hey! It's soft?" she thought. She had been worrying about having her high heels stuck between the rocks scattered all over the beach. But when she stepped down, the ground was surprisingly soft. Using the moonlight, Xin Qing glanced down to try to make out what she was standing on. She realized that she was standing on a red carpet. She took two tentative steps forward. The area in front of

This time, for Ying Qingcang, sickness came on horseback. There was no improvement in the past three days. The hospital wanted to give Xin Qing a notice of critical condition, but was stopped by Young Master Shen's man with a knife. Xin Qing didn't know it at all. She searched for a lot of information on the Internet. There were no cases that a young man as healthy as Ying Qingcang would be killed by the flu. So she didn't think too much. On the seventh day, Ying Qingcang's temperature gradually decreased. The hospital and Xin Qing were relieved. Young Master Shen looked at Ying Qingcang, who just woke up, and joked, "Is your brain still functioning?" "I'll be smarter than you even if my brain breaks down." Ying Qingcang was lying in bed, very upset. He never thought he would be unconscious and sleep like a vegetative person. Especially when he saw Xin Qing become worn and tired, he became more agitated. It took a long time for her to recover from the las