Captured Hearts: The Substitute Bride’s Gambit

Chapter 39: Chapter 39 Qi Yunfan Gets Beaten Up Chapter 39: Chapter 39 Qi Yunfan Gets Beaten Up Sheng Tingyuan looked deeply at her, “I feel that you’ve changed, you didn’t use to talk like this.” And you certainly wouldn’t have taken his side like this before.

Lin Chuyi listened with a bit of amusement. He had the nerve to say she’s changed, as if she hadn’t completely become a different person already?

With a double meaning, she said, “It’s just acting, I’m quite good at it.”

As Cong Ningyuan finished speaking onstage, Lin Chuyi stood up and said to Sheng Tingyuan, “I have something to attend to, I’ll step out first.”

After she spoke, she left the banquet hall.

Su Shan immediately followed her.

Cong Ningyuan stepped off the stage and also left the banquet hall directly.

The two of them, one after another, went into the small hall next door, and the door closed behind them. Su Shan and Cong Ningyuan’s assistant guarded outside.

As soon as Cong Ningyuan entered, he apologized, “I’m sorry, boss. The timing wasn’t planned well this time, and we almost had a mishap.”

Lin Chuyi, with a serious expression, said, “From your first day at the company, I told you that you handle external affairs while I manage internal affairs. You handle the public appearances, and I’m responsible for the company’s development. In such a public event today, you made me take charge?”

Cong Ningyuan gave a wry smile, “It won’t happen again, the mistake was indeed on me.”

It wasn’t that Lin Chuyi wasn’t willing to be in the limelight, but that she couldn’t.

The company needed a clean and respectable front, and she, Lin Chuyi, was not respectable enough, for she had a father who was a murderer.

If this matter were to be exposed, the company might face catastrophic public opinion pressure.

More importantly, the more famous she became, the more people would dig into her personal information. If the Shi Youjin murder case resurfaced, people, not knowing the truth, might condemn him across the internet.

Lin Chuyi didn’t want her father to suffer from cyberbullying because of her; he had borne enough already.

Thus, she always kept a low profile. Fame was a burden, not an honor to her.

However, she didn’t overly blame Cong Ningyuan. He was so easy-going that scolding him would make it seem like she was bullying him.

“How’s the investigation into my dad’s case going? Any new leads?”

Cong Ningyuan shook his head, “All the leads we could find are very unfavorable to your dad. I’ve also hired a specialized team of lawyers for his defense, but based on the current evidence, the murder was committed by your dad, premeditated, which rules out a reduced sentence.”

Lin Chuyi’s heart sank.

Is there really no other way? Is the last hope with the Ye Family?

She sighed softly and gestured to Cong Ningyuan, “Alright, you’re the CEO of Jungle Pharmaceutical, it’s not good for you to be away too long. Go back to the banquet hall now, you still have socializing to do.”

“Then I’ll leave.”

Cong Ningyuan opened the door, about to leave, but then saw Qi Yunfan blocking the doorway. He was trying to barge in, while two assistants were holding him back.

Seeing the two people were indeed alone in this small hall, Qi Yunfan’s eyes reddened instantly, “Lin Chuyi, you’re just as my mother described, not a well-behaved woman at all! It’s not enough that you’ve hooked up with Sheng Tingyuan, but now you’re also having a private meeting with the CEO of Jungle Pharmaceutical! You’re despicable and shameless!”

Cong Ningyuan’s expression turned cold, he turned back to look at Lin Chuyi, “What’s going on?”

Wasn’t this Qi Yunfan always portrayed as a warm and submissive man before? Why is he so arrogant today?

Lin Chuyi spoke indifferently, “We broke up, and he’s with Wen Nianyou now.”

Cong Ningyuan raised an eyebrow, “He cuckolded you?”

“Right.”

Qi Yunfan’s face turned red with anger, “It’s obviously you who cuckolded me, and you’ve put several green hats on me! Are you that thirsty? One man after another, no wonder you have so many invitations. They were all obtained by sleeping around!”

Cong Ningyuan stepped forward and threw a punch, “Watch your damn mouth!”