NOVPUBChapter 68: Chapter 68: You need to find a way to leave
Chapter 68 -68: You need to find a way to leave
Tang Yu couldn’t help but take another look at him; Meng Jilin without his white coat gave off a different aura.
Gentle and refined, tall and handsome, with a smile that seemed to light up his eyes like stars.
“Did you just come from the set?” he asked.
“Yeah, it wasn’t busy today, so I wrapped up around four.” Tang Yu said, handing him the menu, “Order whatever you like, it’s on me.”
Meng Jilin smiled, took the menu, and ordered a few dishes.
Tang Yu also ordered several items.
After all, she was the one treating, and if she didn’t order, it might make the other person feel uncomfortable.
The two of them chatted as they ate, with a very harmonious atmosphere.
Tang Yu laughed, “Back when we were studying, we hardly spoke to each other.”
“Was it that we didn’t talk, or do you not remember?”
Tang Yu bit her chopsticks and tilted her head to think, “Did we talk about anything other than studies?”
Watching her cute gesture, Meng Jilin’s eyes twinkled as he said, “I borrowed an umbrella from you.”
Tang Yu’s eyes widened, “Ah, right! It wasn’t even school out yet, what did you borrow my umbrella for?” She seemed to only now think to ask.
Meng Jilin just smiled and said, “It’s all in the past.”
Tang Yu observed Meng Jilin’s expression with confusion, feeling like he had more to say.
However, since he didn’t wish to talk, she couldn’t force him to, so she asked no more.
“By the way, how’s your stomach recovering?” Meng Jilin asked.
“Pretty good, just some stretch marks left.” Tang Yu said.
Meng Jilin knew that Ye Sihan hadn’t noticed the marks on her stomach, which meant they hadn’t been intimate.
This stirred an unusual feeling in his heart.
“You need to find a way to get out.” Meng Jilin said.
“I know…” Tang Yu said, but her mood weighed heavily upon her whenever the topic arose.
“If there’s anything you need from me, just say the word.” Meng Jilin said.
“Thank you.” Tang Yu didn’t expect an old classmate, with whom she wasn’t very close, to be so kind to her. It almost seemed unreal, especially since she had been somewhat of an outcast at school and often the subject of ridicule by both boys and girls. “Removing the scar from my stomach was already a huge favor.”
The two dined for over an hour before preparing to leave.
When it was time to pay the bill, they found that it had already been settled.
Tang Yu looked at Meng Jilin with surprise, and Meng Jilin said, “Next time, you can treat me!”
“Okay.” That was all Tang Yu could say.
Meng Jilin said, “Let me take you home.”
“No need, the subway is very convenient for me.”
“It would be very ungentlemanly of me to not ensure a girl gets home safely after dinner.”
Tang Yu did not refuse again.
She rode in Meng Jilin’s car back to her residential complex.
Standing by the roadside, Tang Yu thought that Meng Jilin really was a gentle man, with the charm of a mature man.
However, she did not know that her entire encounter with Meng Jilin had been photographed.
The next day, while Tang Yu was at the set, she received a call from an unknown number.
After answering, she recognized the voice as Lin Shuhuan.
“Let’s meet.”
“There’s no need.” Tang Yu refused.
“I have some photographs that you wouldn’t want to be public, interested in seeing them?”
Tang Yu instinctively thought of her secret with the quadruplets and grew pale from fear.
Her lips trembled and she struggled to speak.
“You have half an hour.” Lin Shuhuan seemed to have Tang Yu at her mercy. After giving the address, she hung up the phone.
Tang Yu clutched her phone, standing frozen in place.
Her mind raced.
Had she been photographed interacting with the quadruplets?
After discovering it, Lin Shuhuan intended to use this to threaten her, otherwise she wouldn’t be getting a call—it would’ve been from Ye Sihan.
With her heart gripped by intense fear, Tang Yu took a taxi to a private room at a certain coffee shop.
Upon entering, she saw Lin Shuhuan sitting there, elegantly sipping coffee.
She walked over and went straight to the point, “What photo exactly do you want to show me?”
“Guilty conscience, isn’t it? Otherwise, you wouldn’t have come,” Lin Shuhuan said slowly.
Tang Yu struggled to control her pounding heartbeat, “If you don’t talk, I’m leaving now.”
“This.” Lin Shuhuan slammed a few photos onto the table.
Tang Yu’s hand, hanging by her side, clenched tightly, then relaxed before she reached for the photos.
When she saw the person in the photos, she was momentarily stunned.
The first photo showed her and Meng Jilin smiling over a meal, the second showed Meng Jilin opening the car door for her to get in; the third was at the entrance of the neighborhood, where Meng Jilin helped her out of the car.
“I knew it, you couldn’t possibly be a simple woman. Two men from the Ye Family aren’t enough, you need to seduce a few more,” Lin Shuhuan said with a look of disdain. “If Sihan finds out you went to seduce this doctor, I suppose you’re going to have a hard time, aren’t you? In Sihan’s eyes, you’re at best a plaything, but he also won’t allow you to go off happily with other men.”
“That doctor is just an old classmate of mine. What’s wrong with having a meal together as old classmates? What is the problem?” Tang Yu retorted, displeased.
Not only had she been photographed with Meng Jilin, but they had also investigated Meng Jilin.
“Just having a meal and he’s escorting you home? How intimate,” Lin Shuhuan didn’t believe her. “What good could come from the daughter of a mistress?”
“What do you want exactly?”
“Stay away from Sihan! Stay away from my son! Leave the capital!” Lin Shuhuan spoke with harsh urgency.
“Then you should talk to Ye Sihan, tell him to let me go.” Tang Yu wanted to leave more than anyone else.
“If I could persuade him, do you think I would bother talking with someone like you at all? Just leave the capital and I will give you five million more! Now that I have photos of you getting cozy with another man, you have no choice.”
“I can’t make that decision. I have a clear conscience, so do whatever you like,” Tang Yu turned and left.
“Tang Yu, don’t regret this!”
Tang Yu didn’t look back and pulled open the door to leave.
That evening, when she was about to leave the set, a car stopped in front of her and the driver got out, walked up to her, and gave a slight nod, “Miss Tang, Mr. Ye would like to see you.”
Tang Yu recognized the driver, Ye Sihan’s bodyguard.
But why did Ye Sihan want to see her?
Subconsciously she thought about Lin Shuhuan approaching her earlier that day, but she wasn’t sure…
After getting in the car, she couldnít help but ask, “What is this about?”
“I’m not sure, I’m just responsible for picking you up.”
The night view outside the car window rushed backwards, Tang Yu sat in the car, restless.
Did she still need to report her involvement with Meng Jilin to Ye Sihan?
She just felt it was unnecessary.
It wasn’t as if she was meeting with Ye Yuli, after all, he was just a classmate, it shouldn’t be a big deal…
Taking out her phone, she sent a text message to Li Xue, mentioning that Ye Sihan wanted to see her and she was uncertain whether she’d be able to go home that night.
After half an hour’s drive, the destination was Cloud Club, a place where the wealthy spent their fortunes lavishly at every corner.
Upon entering the private room, inside were not only Ye Sihan but also Lin Shuhuan, Luo Bingbing, and Zhou Qinghua.
The table was set with various gourmet foods, yet no one had touched them.
It seemed everyone was waiting for her arrival.
Luo Bingbing and Zhou Qinghua both watched with malice-filled anticipation.
Tang Yu, tense, approached while gauging Ye Sihan’s expression, as unsettled as if waiting for judgment.
Before she could think of how to start, Zhou Qinghua took the initiative, “Tang Yu, you actually went behind Brother Ye’s back to find a man. Quite bold of you.”
