Chapter 117 I Like You, Xin Qing (1/2)
Xin Qing would not be overthinking things as long as she did not see Ying Qingcang. She knew deep down that it was impossible for her and Ying Qingcang to be together. So when Ying Qingcang was not around, she would try to make herself forget him. Too bad her resolve would waver every time Ying Qingcang showed up. When he did, Xin Qing could feel nothing but suffering. Her heart would struggle endlessly, and she would be pushed to the brink of losing control of her own emotions. Unlike Xin Qing, Ying Qingcang felt no confusion at all regarding his own heart.
Ying Qingcang knew that he would always love Xin Qing. He did not believe he would fall for another woman. To a man like Ying Qingcang, everything was about control, including control over his own feelings and emotions. In this life, he would only ever love Xin Qing. As such, Xin Qing's own choices regarding the matter were not even within the realm of his consideration. If he found out one day that Xin Qing no longer loved him, the first thing he would do would be to imprison her and trap her by his side. Ying Qingcang's feelings were like blazing flames; if you accept willingly, they could be as warm as silk; if you are unwilling, they would incinerate and turn you and him both into nothing but ashes.
”You look to be in a good mood!” Young Master Shen said as he looked at the man whose lips were constantly lifting at the corners. ”Xiao Qingqing did something to make you happy?”
The arc on Ying Qingcang's lips grew wider. ”She needs to be provoked from time to time. Otherwise, it'll be easy for her to lose herself in her new surroundings and forget about everything she used to be.”
”Tsk, tsk. Poor Xiao Qingqing, to be loved by a psycho maniac like you.” Young Master Shen rapped his knuckles on the table. ”I also have some middling news for you.” Young Master Shen stood up and poured himself a glass of red wine. ”Rong Siman's been acting strangely these days.”
”What the hell did she do again?” Ying Qingcang was hardly interested in any news regarding that woman.
Young Master Shen took a sip of wine and rolled the liquid in his mouth twice. ”Recently, she's been pretty chummy with one of Ying Enterprises founding members.” Young Master Shen tossed a few photos onto the desk. The photos were taken in various locations and they all showed Rong Siman having dates with a refined, highbrow-looking man.
”Elder Li... This is one of the guys that the old man had trained and nurtured.” Ying Qingcang released a mocking laugh. ”I still remember back then when the old man kept pushing me to learn from the guy.”
Young Master Shen suddenly moved closer to Ying Qingcang. ”Didn't you say that Rong Siman's son doesn't belong to Uncle Ying? Could it be this guy's?”
”Not sure. That year when we found out she was pregnant, the old man had looked into it. But he didn't manage to find the guy. They've covered it up for so many years. Why suddenly come out now?” Ying Qingcang went silent in thought. ”Keep following her. It seems like this woman can no longer keep up her pretence.”
Young Master Shen chuckled. ”If you don't mind being the sacrificial lamb and roll in her bed once, I guarantee you that she's going to spill.”
”Why don't you go do such a disgusting thing instead.” Ying Qingcang sent Young Master Shen a scathing look. Young Master Shen only shook his head and said, ”People had no eyes for me! I don't get it, though. What do you think is going on in that loopy head of hers? Who does she think she is to even assume that you and your father both love her and that it was because of her that you two have a bad relationship with each other? She's even hell-bent on thinking that you left England because you couldn't stand living in that house because of your broken heart.”
Ying Qingcang leaned back in his chair and rubbed his forehead. ”She was mentally ill when young, and a complete nutcase once she got older.”
”So don't go around blaming Uncle Ying. It's tough on him too, you know. You up and left back then, but he had to stay and face that woman for so many years.”
”Serves him right!” Ying Qingcang scoffed. ”He's so obsessed with keeping a promise to a dead person. If that lunatic woman decides to get rid of him in the future, don't expect any kind of intervention from me.”
Young Master Shen patted Ying Qingcang's shoulder. ”Alright, enough. You threw out those words as if you meant them.”
”Ah Cang!” Monica rushed in. ”Lend Ah Nan to me!”
Ah Nan, who was trailing after Monica, kept blinking at Ying Qingcang imploringly. Ying Qingcang's eyes flicked towards Ah Nan, and then he asked Monica, ”Why do you need him?”
”A friend of mine from university is a Chinese, and she's coming to S City to see me in two days.”
”So?” All three men stared at her.
Monica pressed a hand to her head. ”Look, you guys don't understand that woman, okay? She's a psychopathic b*tch with a serious case of princess syndrome and a priggish, holier-than-thou attitude. In school, she would compare herself to me in everything. Grades, makeup, boyfriends, everything.”
”You'll keep a friend like that around?” Just hearing about it had already made Young Master Shen feel disgust.
”I want nothing more than to hide myself from her,” Monica said stomping her foot. ”Haven't I mentioned that she's a psychopath? She took the initiative to track me down. What else can I do?”
Ying Qingcang was still looking at her. ”But what does that have anything to do with Ah Nan?”
”Tsk! Ah Nan needs to play my boyfriend, of course!” Monica turned and made eyes at Ah Nan, causing the latter to shudder.
Monica went on, ”Right now, I have a good job and a nice place. All I lack is a man. When the time comes, she'll use that to mock me!” Monica looked fired up all of a sudden. ”I can't give her that opportunity. I'll appear before her perfectly. I'll make her feel so sorry for herself that she won't ever come looking for me again!”
”Young Master, I'm very busy these days. I don't have time.” Ah Nan would be damned if he was going to involve himself in the petty war between two women.
Young Master Shen laughed. ”How nice. Now you can skip work while having a woman to spend time with. Hurry up and go!”
”Then I shall relinquish this opportunity to you,” Ah Nan said in a sinister tone.
Monica glared at Young Master Shen before he could even open his mouth. ”I don't want Young Master Shen!”
”Why?”
”Why?”
Ah Nan and Young Master Shen had asked the same question at the exact same time.
”He's that madwoman Zhang Mi's man. I don't want him!”
Young Master Shen nearly spit out the red wine in his mouth. ”When the hell did I become Zhang Mi's man?”
”Those lackeys of yours told me.” Nowadays, Monica had been hanging out in Young Master Shen's bar everyday. ”They said Zhang Mi will become their young madam in the future.”