Meng Jingwei turned back to look at Sato Nagafumi, feeling confused.
How did he know her name?
“Is there something?”
She asked coldly.
Sato Nagafumi walked up to her, his discerning eyes appraising her like a piece of merchandise.
His gaze made Meng Jingwei feel inexplicably repulsed. “Speak if you have something to say, otherwise, I’ll take my leave.”
She turned to leave, but Sato Nagafumi called out to her, “Hey, don’t go. Don’t you want to know why I know your name?”
Meng Jingwei chewed the White Rabbit candy in her mouth, pursed her lips, and smiled. “You like Yun Shasha, and Yun Shasha knows me, so it’s not surprising you know my name.”
Even if she were curious, she wouldn’t show it.
Meng Jingwei hated it most when others tried to decipher her emotions and thoughts.
Coincidentally, Sato Nagafumi seemed to have made the exact assumption.
“I heard Yun Shasha mention you. I know you like Qing Shao. Although I don’t understand why you’d like a man who’s playing both sides and is so arrogant, are you interested in cooperating with me?”
Sato Nagafumi dropped his appraising gaze and sincerely asked for her opinion.
Meng Jingwei had expected Sato Nagafumi to talk about anything, but she hadn’t anticipated such a melodramatic proposition.
“I’m very sorry, but I’m not interested.”
Her tone was stiff, her attitude dismissive.
Sato Nagafumi truly didn’t understand the relationship between Yun Shasha and Qing Muye.
She suspected that the ‘playing both sides’ he mentioned referred to Qing Muye and her, as well as Yun Shasha.
Unfortunately, even she herself was merely a ‘stepping stone’ for Yun Shasha.
Meng Jingwei let out a sneer and walked out of the private room.
This time, Sato Nagafumi did not follow.
After a trip to the restroom, she returned directly to the private room.
Chu Xue was sitting in a booth, playing with her phone. Seeing Meng Jingwei enter, she glared at her. “If you didn’t come back soon, I was going to send someone to fetch you from the restroom.”
Taking so long to use the restroom, had she fallen in?
“With my physique, it’s quite difficult to fall into a toilet,” Meng Jingwei quipped, then sat opposite Chu Xue and continued her meal.
“I’ve bought tickets for the day after tomorrow, so we’ll depart then. You can rest tomorrow.”
Chu Xue had originally planned to leave tomorrow, but there was a temporary issue at the company that required her attention.
“Everything is according to your arrangements.” Meng Jingwei had no objections.
…
Hilton Hotel, Presidential Suite.
On the bedroom bed, the scene revealed disheveled bedding, and Qing Sihai and Anthony, completely unclothed.
“Wow, Huai, you really drive me wild for you.”
Afterward, Qing Sihai leaned against the headboard, while Anthony lay on his lap, his right hand, holding a cigarette, dangling over the edge of the bed. He flicked the ash from his cigarette and sighed.
Qing Sihai’s eyes were slightly closed, a cigarette in his mouth, and he remained silent.
After a long pause, when Anthony received no response from Qing Sihai, his expression turned somewhat grim. “You were the one kneeling and begging me back then. What, are you regretting it now?”
A hint of coldness flashed in his azure blue eyes.
Qing Sihai furrowed his brow slightly, only to smooth it out again in an instant, his face maintaining its usual charming smile. “Regretting what? I was just thinking about where Shu Yao hid the child.”
“Hmph, good that you’re not regretting it.”
Anthony snorted coldly, got up, wrapped a bathrobe around his waist, and stood barefoot on the carpet, looking at Qing Sihai. “You were the one who said that having a child would secure your position as the heir to the Qing family. You cheated on me, and I’ll let your child be born smoothly. Now that the child is lost, it means your position in the Qing family is not guaranteed.”
He took a deep drag from his cigarette, his sharp eyes narrowing. “If your offspring with Shu Yao cannot be found, and you cannot secure the position of future head of the Qing family, then to me, you are just a pawn.”
As he spoke, Anthony walked up to Qing Sihai, supporting himself on the headboard behind him with one hand and cupping Qing Sihai’s chin with the other, he said sinisterly, “You should know the fate of a discarded pawn.”
Qing Sihai’s fingers gripping the cigarette tightened, and he crushed the cigarette butt with force, yet his face still wore a defiant smile. “Why the rush? You gave me a year, and it’s only been half a year. If I can’t even handle such a small matter, then I, Qing Sihai, am not qualified to work with you.”
He looked up, gazing at Anthony.
Their eyes met, and the air seemed to freeze for a moment.
Suddenly, Anthony threw his head back and laughed. “Hahaha, I knew it, I, Anthony, would never misjudge a person.” He gently patted Qing Sihai’s face with the hand holding his chin. “I await your good news.”
“Mm.” Qing Sihai nodded slightly.
“Want to take a bath together?” Anthony, his fair face beaming with a wicked smile, gestured towards the bathroom.
Qing Sihai shook his head. “You go ahead. I need to make a call.”
“Okay.”
Anthony thought nothing of it, turned, and went into the bathroom, closing the door behind him.
As the door clicked shut, Qing Sihai’s smiling face instantly clouded over, exuding a chilling aura.
Six months ago, because Anthony knew Shu Yao was pregnant, he came to Lancheng to capture Shu Yao.
During that time, Shu Yao called him multiple times, but he didn’t answer.
At that moment, Qing Sihai thought the child in Shu Yao’s womb wouldn’t survive that day, but who could have predicted that Shu Yao would escape with Meng Jingwei’s help?
Not only that, but that bitch had the audacity to turn on him and Anthony, claiming she was violated by him.
Anthony immediately sent people to arrest him. Although Anthony desperately wanted to kill him, he ultimately gave him a choice.
As long as he was willing to ‘submit’ to Anthony, his life would be spared.
This was also why Qing Sihai was unwilling to save Shu Yao the first time she was captured by Anthony and taken onto the plane.
Because when he first met Anthony in Country C, Anthony had already shown an ‘interest’ in him, and Qing Sihai had always deliberately kept his distance from Anthony.
But fate played a cruel trick, and he eventually fell into Anthony’s hands.
Qing Sihai was unwilling to die just like that, so he had no choice but to ‘submit’ to Anthony, stating that if the child in Shu Yao’s womb was successfully delivered, he could secure his position as the Qing family heir, and then he could become Anthony’s right-hand man, helping him ascend to that supreme position.
Anthony liked Shu Yao, but his feelings weren’t deep.
To a politician, even loved ones are evaluated for their value; naturally, they are best at weighing pros and cons.
His desire to marry Shu Yao was simply to leverage her family’s influence.
Anthony had a thousand ways to destroy the Shu family, but if he could take over the Shu family, it would be like adding wings to a tiger.
A moment later, Anthony emerged from the bathroom, barefoot on the carpet, bending to pick up his clothes from the floor. As he dressed, he said, “I came to Lancheng for business this time, and to see you. If it weren’t for an urgent matter in Country C that required my attention, I would have liked to ‘accompany’ you for a few days.”
Qing Sihai lifted the covers, slipped on a bathrobe, and walked directly towards the bathroom. “I’ll find you in Country C when I have the chance.”
“Alright, it’s settled then. I’ll be going now.”
Anthony said.
Qing Sihai ignored him and entered the bathroom. Just as he was about to close the door, Anthony pushed the bathroom door open and stepped inside, grabbing Qing Sihai by the arm and pushing him against the wall. “Remember this, from the first day I slept with you, you belonged to me. From now on, stay away from those men, including… women!”