Gently bite the jasmine

Chapter 153 But I'm not doing this for you

Lin Xi didn't need to think about it; she just knew what she had done that night.

Because recently, she only went back once.

But she didn't know why Duan Yiheng was asking this, so she looked up and said, "Why are you asking this?"

Duan Yiheng said, "You went back the day after I got drunk, right? Because the day before, you said you would resolve your issues with Duan Mingxuan."

“That’s right,” Lin Xi nodded. “I begged my grandfather not to force me to be with Duan Mingxuan.”

"Are you sure?" Duan Yiheng's anxious heart calmed down a little because of her words.

"I'm sure." Lin Xi turned her head to look at the dim light. "But it's not for you."

Duan Yiheng scoffed: "Is it necessary to explain the second half of the sentence? Even if it was wishful thinking, I don't need you to remind me. It's all my own fault."

He was happy to do everything.

It was he who couldn't resist breaking the ice and using a terrible excuse to force her to be with him.

He blamed himself for all the schemes orchestrated by the old man, for being so caught up in the warmth that he forgot the danger.

He saw Lin Xi's tears, vulnerability, and avoidance.

Unable to push him any further, he could only retreat and wait for an opportunity to act.

What surprised him most was that the old man did not let Lin Xi leave Yinfan Technology.

Whatever the reason, he maintained his last shred of rationality.

Lin Xi didn't know how to respond to his self-deprecating humor, so she gripped his coat tightly and said, "Have you finished asking your questions? Can we leave now?"

Duan Yiheng said, "I received a call from Mu Zhao that night. He and his father went to the Lanxi Club and saw Duan Zheng..."

Lin Xi looked at him strangely: "And then?"

"Duan Zheng said that your wedding date with Duan Mingxuan has been set."

"Impossible." Lin Xi frowned. "I've already made things clear to Duan Mingxuan, and Grandpa also said that I'm free to choose my own marriage. How could there be such rumors?"

Duan Yiheng's face turned cold, which meant that Duan Zhengzai was just being presumptuous.

"Let's go back first," Duan Yiheng said, walking around the car to open the passenger door for her.

Lin Xi stopped in front of the open car door and asked Duan Yiheng, "The Director Xu I told you about before, you..."

“She’s not one of Grandpa’s people,” Duan Yiheng said. “But she’s not one of mine either. If we’re talking about ‘surveillance,’ someone else is more likely to be involved.”

Lin Xi frowned slightly and said softly, "Chen Liangyi."

Duan Yiheng hummed in agreement: "She got her wish and became the pre-sales manager in the sales department. But because of Zheng Jizhong's matter, no one in the entire department dared to approach her. She was fighting alone in the department, and the consequences were predictable."

“Not necessarily,” Lin Xi said. “Chen Jingyi is a very strong-willed person. Although she does things in a dishonest way, she has a crazy ‘every man for himself’ mentality. Would she care about people she looks down on?”

Duan Yiheng: "Then it depends on Xu Yu and you. Consider it practice for you."

Lin Xi stared wide-eyed in astonishment: "Me?"

"Lack of confidence?" Duan Yiheng asked. "Don't you want to repay her for all the bad things she did to you?"

Lin Xi nodded: "I want to."

“Then you…” Duan Yiheng moved closer to her, looking her in the eye, “you have to be a little ‘bad,’ especially in the workplace. If you’re not bad, you’ll just be at the mercy of others.”

Although Lin Xi didn't know how bad it was, she felt that Duan Yiheng was right.

Duan Yiheng tilted his head slightly, gesturing for her to get in the car.

Duan Yiheng returned the way he came and escorted Lin Xi back to the Imperial Seal of Tiandu.

As they approached, Lin Xi asked, "How are you getting back?"

Duan Yiheng said, "The driver is here to pick me up."

Lin Xi: "..."

She suspected that the driver had never left the company.

Lin Xi was about to take off her coat and give it to Duan Yiheng when Duan Yiheng said, "Wear this for now. I remember I have another suit with you. Go get it when you have time."

"I've already sent the suit to be washed." Lin Xi's face suddenly flushed. "Have the driver come and pick it up."

"Why are you blushing?" Duan Yiheng didn't understand her sudden shyness.

Lin Xi retorted instinctively, "It's all because you threw your clothes around carelessly."

Suddenly, Duan Yiheng had a flash of inspiration. He chuckled and asked, "You sent it to be washed?"

Lin Xi was speechless. When she was cleaning up Duan Yiheng's dirty clothes, she never expected that a pair of men's underwear would suddenly fall out of his shirt.

She wrapped the clothes in a ball and threw them back into the basket in shame and anger, until the housekeeper took them away to wash them.

Lin Xi cleared her throat and took off her coat, throwing it to him.

Duan Yiheng smiled and took the clothes, then turned and got into the car that had been waiting for him.

Lin Xi went upstairs and called Duan Mingxuan as soon as she entered the foyer.

Duan Mingxuan has been quite remarkable lately. He has been diligent in learning and asking questions while following Duan Zheng, and his temper has become much more restrained.

Duan Zheng and Chen Baiwei praised each other to everyone they met.

Lin Xi didn't live with them, so naturally she didn't know. In fact, subconsciously, she always felt that Duan Mingxuan was still hanging out with his cronies at nightclubs every night.

When the call connected, Duan Mingxuan's voice was tired but excited.

"Why did Uncle Duan tell others that you and I are going to get married?" Lin Xi asked bluntly. "Do you know why?"

Duan Mingxuan was surprised: "I don't know! I've been busy with this and that lately. Who told you this?"

Lin Xi: "It doesn't matter who you hear it from. This is the message that Uncle Duan is conveying. Duan Mingxuan, you really don't know?"

"Xiao Xi, I swear, if I find out, I'll die a horrible death." Duan Mingxuan made a vow gesture on the other end of the phone.

"Don't talk nonsense," Lin Xi frowned. "I'm hanging up."

I couldn't get anything out of Duan Mingxuan, so it seems I'll have to go back.

Lin Xi took her laptop back to her bedroom, quickly took a shower, and then curled up in bed to revise her report.

Unbeknownst to her, someone had already gone to find Duan Zheng on her behalf.

Chen Baiwei was quite surprised that Duan Yiheng entered the East Building, but ever since she was taught a lesson, she avoided Duan Yiheng like the plague.

"Are you looking for your dad?"

Duan Yiheng asked coldly, "Where is he?"

Chen Baiwei: "I just received a phone call and went upstairs."

Duan Yiheng went upstairs by himself and met Duan Mingxuan at the top of the stairs on the second floor.

"How did you come?"

Duan Yiheng ignored him.

Duan Mingxuan glanced back and thought about it, remembering Lin Xi's phone call earlier, then turned and followed her.

Duan Yiheng, who had never shown any manners or refinement in front of Duan Zheng, simply pushed open the door to his study.

Duan Zheng frowned: "Did your manners get eaten by a dog?"

"Spreading rumors without regard for others' wishes, even a dog wouldn't eat your conscience," Duan Yiheng retorted sarcastically.

"You—" Duan Zheng stood up angrily, "I don't understand what you're saying."

"Don't understand?" Duan Yiheng chuckled. "It's alright. I'm just here to tell you that if you insist on going your own way, I won't show you any fatherly or sonly consideration."

"Father-son relationship?" Duan Zheng sneered. "Have you ever treated me like a father? Ever since your mother passed away, you've treated me like an enemy."

"Don't mention my mother," Duan Yiheng said coldly. "Neither father nor son. The word 'father' comes first. Whatever you do, I will repay."

Duan Zheng stared wide-eyed and slumped into a chair.