Chapter 306 - It Just So Happens That I Am Free Tonight, I’ll Follow You Home To Take The Gift (1/2)
Chapter 306: It Just So Happens That I Am Free Tonight, I’ll Follow You Home To Take The Gift
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
A chilling feeling surged through Ruan Danchen’s body. By the looks of it, Liu Ronghua must have successfully moved into the Shen family’s home. Otherwise, judging from Shen Jialiang’s attitude previously, how could he let Liu Ronghua waltz in and out of the house whenever she pleased?
Ruan Danchen felt cold all of a sudden as she recalled Liu Ronghua once told her that the baby was stillborn. If that was the case, how was it possible that Shen Jialiang would let Liu Ronghua live in the Shen manor?
Ruan Danchen thought of one harsh possibility. The Shen family feared that Ruan Danchen would be unwilling to let go of her child thus they lied to her that her baby was stillborn to prevent her from causing further trouble and she would not observe her child from afar.
Ruan Danchen was leaning against a telephone pole, unable to stand straight due to heartache. She did not expect that her own mother would betray her for self-benefit.
Thus, Ruan Danchen ended her desire to question Liu Ronghua.
Ruan Danchen did not know whether Qi Chenglin’s son was hers or not and she kept observing him for these past few years.
Ruan Danchen finally met with Qi Youxuan when she attended Song Yu’s wedding. She confirmed that Youxuan was her kindred after asking for Qi Youxuan’s birthday on that day at the Qi family’s house.
Ruan Danchen felt conflicted afterward. She was happy and grateful that her own son lived healthily and grown to be a cute and cheerful boy even without his mother’s guidance.
At the same time, Ruan Danchen felt sorry for Qi Youxuan. Youxuan was a boy now and she could not accompany him for these past six years, thus she felt that she did not have the right to acknowledge Youxuan as her son. She would feel satisfied just by looking at him from afar and talked to him if there was any chance.
Ruan Danchen would feel grateful if she could do all these.
There was nothing happier than to see her son grew up happily and healthily.
Ruan Danchen would not want to disturb her son’s life and induced such heavy burden on his tiny shoulders by simply acknowledging him as her son. She would not want the carefree smile to disappear from Youxuan’s cute face.
Ruan Danchen inhaled with her sore nose and wiped the tears off her face.
Now Ruan Danchen’s eyes appeared swollen and bloodshot due to her endless crying when she dreamt.
Ruan Danchen went to the kitchen, made herself a simple sandwich and warmed a glass of milk. She then used a cloth to wrap some ice she retrieved from the refrigerator and applied it on her eyes while she took her breakfast.
Ruan Danchdn noticed that her eyes were less swollen after her breakfast, then she applied some eye drops to get rid of those capillaries that were bulging out on her eyes. Afterward, she did some simple makeup before leaving for her work.
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Song Yu took a glance at Ruan Danchen once she stepped into the design department. Even though there was a makeup on her face, Song Yu could still notice that Ruan Danchen was not in a good mood.
“Danchen, what happened to you? Did you not sleep well? Why were your eyes so red?” Song Yu was taken aback when she saw Ruan Danchen.
Ruan Danchen quickly took out a portable mirror and had a look of herself. Her eyes were a little less red as compared to this morning after the application of eye drops but it was still easily noticeable.
“Nothing, I just had a bad dream and ended up bursting into tears,” Ruan Danchen blushed and answered awkwardly.
“Chang Lai will come and fetch me to the banquet tonight. Do you want to come with me?” Song Yu suggested softly.
Qilin would set up a banquet celebration for Qilin Hotel which was at its final stage of construction at a buffet restaurant at Shengyue. The main purpose of the banquet was to show appreciation for the staff of Qilin and Chengshi.
Ruan Danchen smiled at Song Yu and said, “What are you talking about? Chang Lai will surely fetch you straight to Qi Chengzhi, where should I go once you met him? I don’t want to be the third wheeler. The company will send out vans to fetch us to Shengyue tonight so I’ll just follow them later.”
Song Yu replied Ruan Danchen with a smile as she knew Chang Lai would come much earlier to the company. Since she was pregnant now, Qi Chengzhi wanted her to leave work earlier and Director Zhao did not have a choice but to agree with it, but the same did not apply to Ruan Danchen, she could not possibly leave work earlier.
In the end, as expected, Chang Lai came to fetch Song Yu off a couple hours earlier before it was time to get off work.
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Ruan Danchen followed the vans to Shengyue at night, with Qi Chengzhi and Song Yu arrived shortly after. Both of them sat at one corner and Ruan Danchen did not purposely go and greet Song Yu.
Even though Ruan Danchen was close to Song Yu, she did not want to simply greet Song Yu in front of the crowd as the consequences may be disastrous. They would gossip that Ruan Danchen was a bootlicker and wanted to kowtow both of them, thus she did not want to act ostentatiously.
Qi Chengzhi brought Song Yu home after staying for a while due to her current pregnancy.
Qi Chenglin arrived shortly after Qi Chengzhi and Song Yu left due to work overtime.
This humongous buffet restaurant was in chaos as there were staff from two different companies feasting and chatting together. Qi Chenglin was being low profiled so except for Qilin’s important cadre, none would notice that Qi Chenglin arrived.
However, for some reason, Ruan Danchen felt Qi Chenglin’s presence as soon as he stepped into the restaurant.
Ruan Danchen could see the door from where she sat but the distance between her and the door was far and she did not purposely observe the movements in and out of the door. It was a sudden tingling sensation, palpitations and warm ears that made her peeked at the door unconsciously and there Qi Chenglin was, standing at the doorway in a sharp-looking suit.
The tie was properly knotted and the suit was especially well-fitted as it accentuated his wide shoulders with a narrow waist and perfectly showed off his inverted triangle body shape.
Qi Chenglin radiated an aura just by standing there and it induced irregular breathing in Ruan Danchen.
Qi Chenglin appeared to not notice Ruan Danchen at all, which was logical as it was crowded at the restaurant and he did not come here to find Ruan Danchen.
Ruan Danchen did not dare to stare at Qi Chenglin openly so she peeked at him from the corner of her eyes. She noticed Qi Chenglin looked at the opposite direction, nodded and walked in that direction. She followed his gaze and noticed that Qi Chenglin went to talk to Qi Chengyue and Cheng Dongge.
Ruan Danchen relaxed slightly, then she heard her colleague sitting opposite her asking, “Xiao Ruan, don’t you want to take some food and eat?”
Only then Ruan Danchen remembered that she had not taken any food until now and her plate was clean and empty.
“I’ll go and take some food now,” Ruan Danchen replied and took a glance at Qi Chenglin again. When she noticed that Qi Chenglin was talking to Cheng Dongge and Qi Chengyue attentively, she hurried off to the Japanese cuisine area and chose her favorite sashimi.
She then took a sauce plate and squeezed some wasabi out, and just as she was about to pour some soy sauce, a mellow voice traveled to her ears. “I thought you said you were going to prepare presents for Youxuan? It has been so long, are you giving him a perfunctory promise?”
The voice was unexpected and it made Ruan Danchen jumped. Her hand shook and the soy sauce dripped onto her pants. There was not much soy sauce that accidentally got onto her pants but she wore white pants. It would still be obvious even if it was just a drop or two.
Ruan Danchen turned her head in surprise and stared at the man who came out of nowhere behind her.
Ruan Danchen’s height only reached Qi Chenglin’s chest level even if she stood with her back straight. It was Qi Chenglin’s firm and athletic chest despite buried within his suit and his tie that caught her eyes the moment she turned around.
Qi Chenglin was standing close to her, Ruan Danchen could tell that the tips of their shoes were almost touching each other. She could even feel the heat radiating from his chest.
The men’s perfume still remained on Qi Chenglin despite a full day’s work and the scent traveled all the way into her nostrils. It felt like someone had suddenly turned on an internal heater inside her system and her skin turned into a shade of a ripe strawberry. She could feel warmth now bloomed into a full-blown, sweltering heatwave bursting through her pores as if she was standing beside a stove.
“Young… Young Master Lin,” Ruan Danchen swallowed hard as she was sent reeling backward. She was as red as a beetroot and radiated heat like a hot pan, one could cook a three-course meal on her steaming scalp. She felt so nervous until she did not care whether they attracted the public’s attention or not.
Seeing Ruan Danchen backing off as if trying to escape from a grotesque monstrosity, Qi Chenglin narrowed his eyes slightly and his gaze shifted to the soy sauce stain on her pants.
Ruan Danchen followed his gaze to her pants where the soy sauce stained and she found a reason out of this. “I’ll tidy up myself in the washroom.”
She lowered her head, avoiding Qi Chenglin’s gaze and hurried off. She purposely moved one step further away from Qi Chenglin as if he was a blazing fire ready to consume her.
Qi Chenglin quirked up a corner of his mouth and smirked. He stared with narrowed eyes at Ruan Danchen who was rushing towards the washroom with her head down.