“The plan mainly involves developing certain areas in the southern district.”
“President Qin, directors, please focus on the red-marked areas on the big screen.
We intend to prioritize development in these locations.
These areas are key points in the government’s development report.
The current plan is to turn this area into a residential district and establish a shopping mall here…”
In the executive conference room, a man in a suit professionally and seriously described the plan with a marker.
From time to time, he glanced at the handsome, cold, and aloof man seated in the main chair.
But the man’s face was too calm. His dark eyes were unfathomable, revealing nothing, leaving the speaker unable to predict his thoughts.
Finishing his report without confidence, he quietly awaited the evaluation from the man in the main seat.
“Has it been negotiated with the government?”
Hearing the CEO’s voice, the nervous man quickly nodded.
“Yes, yes, President Qin. The government has agreed.
All relevant departments have coordinated.
The only thing left is the bidding process.
This morning’s data shows nearly 100 large, medium, and small companies have already applied for this bid.”
“What about the residents in the southern district?”
“The vast majority have also been negotiated with. They will receive substantial compensation, and they’ve agreed.”
Listening to the report, the man in the main seat, Qin Yu, remained cold and detached.
When he heard the words “vast majority,” his long fingers began to tap the table rhythmically.
He lifted his deep, indifferent gaze to the man reporting.
“By next week, I don’t want to hear ‘the vast majority.’
I don’t care what method you use, solve this completely.
Otherwise, pack your things and leave immediately.”
The man immediately broke into a cold sweat, nodding repeatedly, trying to contain his fear.
After the project report ended, the conference room fell back into a tense, eerie silence.
Everyone kept stealing glances at Qin Yu’s phone, noticing his increasingly dark expression.
They wished they could just hide under the table.
The oppressive, low-pressure atmosphere seemed to weigh on everyone, and some couldn’t stop shivering.
The assistant standing beside Qin Yu spoke up:
“Let’s end the meeting here. Thank you all for your hard work.”
With that, everyone quickly dispersed, as if ready to fly out with wings.
Once the directors had all left, the assistant respectfully said,
“President Qin…”
“Leave.”
“Yes.”
After the assistant left, the enormous conference room was left with only Qin Yu.
Staring at his phone, which showed no notifications, his frustration and hostility intensified.
Why?
Why didn’t she video call me?
Wen Wu…
I miss you so much.
Why aren’t you responding?
He regretted it.
He shouldn’t have let Wen Wu go back.
He should have locked her up, making her only look at him.
Strong, extreme, and almost pathological emotions assaulted Qin Yu’s mind.
Unconsciously, his eyes were a stormy sea of turmoil.
A flash of insane crimson passed through his gaze as he looked at the profile labeled “Dear Wife”.
Qin Yu decided then and there to go to the Wen family estate and take his treasure back.
Just as he rose to leave, his phone on the table suddenly rang.
Anxiously, he picked it up.
Seeing the incoming call was from an unknown number, the light in his eyes immediately vanished.
His finger hovered to hang up, but in a daze, he accidentally answered.
The next second…
The voice he had been longing for day and night came through.
“Qin Yu…”
Realizing it was Wen Wu, he instantly brought the phone to his ear.
The moment she spoke, her voice, full of grievance and dependence, reached him.
“Wen Wu…”
“Why aren’t you responding?”
“Don’t you want me anymore?”
“I feel so bad, Wen Wu…”
“I want to hold you.”
Her words carried intense worry and heartbreak, and Wen Wu could hear it clearly.
She didn’t say a word.
She just quietly listened to Qin Yu pour out his longing for her.
She knew that not calling him for so long would make him anxious and restless.
“Qin Yu, I’m sorry.
I didn’t mean to ignore you. My phone was taken by my dad.
I’m using the butler’s phone secretly to call you.”
“Why?”
“Why did he take your phone away?”
Wen Wu didn’t know how to explain to him.
She had never been good at lying.
So when she returned home, her parents quickly uncovered her lie in just a few words.
Wen Wu knew Qin Yu couldn’t be separated from her for too long.
She also didn’t intend to hide her relationship with Qin Yu from her parents.
Even though the banquet that night was their first meeting…
From yesterday until now, less than twenty hours had passed.
To outsiders, they might seem crazy and incomprehensible.
But Wen Wu knew.
She had come for Qin Yu.
So she told her parents simply about her relationship with Qin Yu.
She only said they fell in love at first sight at the banquet, exchanged contact information, and wanted to be together.
She didn’t mention that Qin Yu had secretly brought her to his home.
Even so, her father still refused.
“Wen Wu, are you crazy?”
“You just returned to the country. You don’t know Qin Yu.
He’s a madman with violent tendencies. The upper class all dislike him, avoid him.
And you tell me you want to be with him?”
“I won’t allow it. Absolutely not!”
“Unless you step over my dead body!”
“Dad!”
“You go back to your room and rest. Don’t think about this!”
“Old Chen, bring the young lady’s phone!”
Wen Wu knew she couldn’t go against her father, and her heart couldn’t take it.
She didn’t resist, quietly returning upstairs.
Once upstairs, she obediently handed her phone to the butler. She didn’t want Old Chen to be embarrassed.
But she begged him to lend it to her.
Old Chen had served the Wen family for twenty years and treated her like his own child.
After some hesitation, he secretly gave the phone to Wen Wu.
This was how Wen Wu was able to call Qin Yu.
“Qin Yu, I can’t sleep with you tonight.
You behave yourself. Tomorrow, I will come find you, I promise.”
“No!”
“Wen Wu, I want to hold you now.”
Hearing she wouldn’t be with him tonight, his eyes filled with mist, and a sharp headache hit his forehead.
He struggled to stand, then sank into his chair with a deep breath.
Hearing her urgent, slightly heavy breathing, Wen Wu’s voice filled with concern.
“Qin Yu, what’s wrong? Are you not feeling well?”
“Qin Yu?”
“Wen Wu, don’t disappear on me.
I miss you.”
Every word carried pain and love.
Rationality teetered on the edge of collapse. Qin Yu felt the beast within him ready to break free.
The intense pain made the veins in his temples bulge, and the large veins in his hand clutching the phone stood out.
“Miss, hurry up.
Sir is waiting.”
The voice of a stranger on the other end made Qin Yu even more desperate.
Don’t take my Wen Wu.
Don’t hang up.
Then the girl’s hurried voice rang in his ears.
“Qin Yu, I have to go for now. Be good. I will come find you tomorrow. Trust me, I love you!”
“Beep, beep, beep.”
Then the phone disconnected.
It completely cut off all of Qin Yu’s light.
If he had never experienced warmth, he could have endured the cold, perhaps even grown accustomed to it.
But now…
He had found his sun.
And people were trying to take her away from him.
He couldn’t bear it.
Not even for a single night.
He didn’t know how to survive the long, endless night.