Chapter 348 - Xia Yixuan (2/2)

”It has nothing to do with that matter.” Chu Lui said coldly. It was his own problem, and Li Manni had nothing to do with it.

Nothing? Yeah, right. Du Jingtang sat down at one side and stood up after a while. ”I'm going back to my office.” He couldn't persuade him. Out of sight, out of mind… so he left.

Chu Lui dropped the chopsticks in his hand, his eyes darkening. He pushed away the food in front of him and looked through the documents on his desk. He was busy today as he had to finish his work, for he promised Li Manni he would return to have lunch with her.

He had already broken his promise once. He would not break it again.

The sound of the pen scratching on the paper filled the office, as well as the man's low breathing. The female secretary at the door didn't dare to even breathe loudly. The CEO was scary when he lost his temper recently, but he was scarier when he wasn't losing his temper.

At 12 noon sharp, Chu Lui looked at his watch. The minute hand on the watch at exactly 12. He stood up, picked up his slightly wrinkled suit, and walked out with an expressionless face as always.

He sat in his car and lit up yet another cigarette. He watched the people walking up and down the streets, squinting his eyes from time to time. Suddenly, he dropped the cigarette between his fingers without a single warning. It almost burnt his pricey suit pants.

He stared intently at the woman just across him. The traffic blocked his view occasionally, but his eyes were extremely sharp and always managed to recognize her.

His face darkened, and his gaze was fixed intently on her face. Those brows, those eyes, and that face—he was familiar with all that. It was so familiar he thought it was all a dream.

The woman was smiling sweetly and hooked arms with a man walking towards her. The two of them walked into a mall.

A car passed again, blocking Chu Lui's vision. When he took another look, there was no one there.

He hurried down the car and ran forward.

There were too many people inside the mall, but none of them was the person he was looking for. He searched left and right—up and down, his hands clenching tightly by his side. He could only feel the blood rushing to his head and an impulse that bordered on insanity.

”Xia Yixuan!”

He bit out the three words: the name that made him uncertain of how to react and the memories that were buried deep in his heart.

She wasn't dead. She was actually alive. No… she was dead. He was the one who gave her that car. He just wanted to know who on earth that woman he just saw was. He needed to find out.

He knew that he wanted to know not just whether that woman was dead or alive, but more so whether he had hated the wrong person his whole life.

He walked into his car and gripped the steering wheel so tightly his knuckles cracked.