Chapter 53: The Reason Their Relationship Could Last Four Years
Liang Chaosu’s expression was not good.
Shen Lichuan’s emotions became increasingly indignant, “She loved to laugh the most, without any pretense. Her voice was loud, clear, her mouth wide open, a row of teeth, revealed and sparkling, so dazzling, it made everyone involuntarily happy with her.”
“She loved beauty. She liked pretty fairy dresses, dreaming of growing to 18 overnight and wearing high heels every day. She also loved lipstick, eyeshadow, loved everything that could make her beautiful. Madam Liang was strict with her, she dared not disobey, so I secretly sent them to her, and she secretly learned to put them on for me.”
“But what about her now? She doesn’t smile, she’s silent, dressed old-fashioned and dull, her long hair—” Shen Lichuan’s eyes reddened, his voice trembled uncontrollably, choked up.
“Before she was 18, it was jet black and lush, every time she jumped into my arms, like a bolt of silk spilling into my arm bend, now it’s like her whole person, dry and desolate, under your repeated torments—”
His voice abruptly stopped.
The gleaming, ice-cold hard object pressed against his temples, the round hole deeply pressing into his eyebrow, a chilling coldness reaching his soul, Shen Lichuan’s blood almost solidified.
“Are you finished?” Liang Chaosu’s smile was shocking, “Don’t say I didn’t warn you, how she was before is in the past, and her future problems have nothing to do with you.”
“And this warning.” Liang Chaosu cocked the safety, the crisp “click” making his bones go numb, “You’ve made me repeat it three times.”
Shen Lichuan was stiff.
A warning, in short, is a demonstrative admonishment to the wrongdoer.
Power is the qualification for resource allocation, when the two are superimposed, the greater the power, the more deterrent the warning becomes.
And Liang Chaosu’s obsession with his career undoubtedly made him an unquestionable dominator, a forceful individual who spoke and was obeyed.
Domestically, Shen Lichuan had the backing of the Shen family, still having some room to maneuver. But this was a chaotic zone thousands of miles away, and with the untamed and wild appearance this man revealed, he could do anything with ease.
The atmosphere dropped to freezing point, the satellite phone on the hunting vehicle rang, breaking the stalemate.
Liang Chaosu answered with his other hand, “Speak.”
“BOSS, we found out, there are no women around the Shen guy, even his personal secretary is male. This past week he’s either been inspecting or meeting with those government bitches, and the places he stays are fixed, the hotels in the center of Lasan City, oh right, the hotel waiters are also not women, it’s practically perverted…”
The unknown man on the phone was still babbling, Liang Chaosu hung up expressionlessly.
Liancheng had not come to Shen Lichuan’s side.
After a long silence, he suddenly put away his gun and sneered, “No matter how much you do, how many memories you have, she didn’t choose you.”
“This is not about choosing.” Shen Lichuan’s gaze was deep, “I just want to help her one last time, she didn’t get on the plane, that was her answer to me, she let go.”
Liang Chaosu couldn’t stand this kind of connection that spanned thousands of miles and still felt so intimate, as if it couldn’t be dismantled, couldn’t be severed, only physically separated, their souls intertwined.
His anger, Shen Lichuan could feel it without looking at his expression.
But Shen Lichuan was even angrier than him, sorrowful, depressed, lonely, his heart like cold ashes.
“Don’t you just want to satisfy your sister’s selfish desires? I’ll marry her, treat her and the child well, Liancheng and I… won’t have anyone else, you can rest assured, let her go.”
Liang Chaosu stood motionless. “Whether I let her go is not up to you to decide.”
Shen Lichuan was just about to mention his funding gap, that Liancheng was not needed for a marriage alliance, the Shen family would make up the difference, and he would treat it as a gamble.
Liang Chaosu’s private mobile phone, kept in the innermost layer of his tactical suit, rang, it was a call from home.
It wasn’t on speakerphone, Shen Lichuan didn’t hear clearly what was said on the other side.
The next second, Liang Chaosu rolled down the car window and extended his arm out, making a gesture.
Soon, a car drove up from behind. Liang Chaosu opened the door without a word, switched to another car, and sped away.
Leaving the original driver of that car to grin at the astonished Shen Lichuan, “BOSS ordered me to make sure Mr. Shen enjoys a most stimulating hunt, to leave a deep impression, so that Mr. Shen can draw lessons from it every day in the future.”
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Domestically.
The night grew deeper, nearing early morning. The turbulent wind and rain of the past two days had subsided. The crowns of the camphor trees lining the road swayed, scattering broken branches and fallen leaves on the ground.
The black Bentley crushed the fallen leaves, drove out of the scope of the small town, and onto the highway.
Liancheng, in the back seat, stared silently at the dark, undulating mountains outside the car.
She really couldn’t figure out where the oversight occurred that she was caught before even leaving Nan Province.
“Miss Liancheng.” Xiao Da, in the co-pilot seat, handed her a packed lunchbox, “You didn’t eat dinner, did you? Have some to tide you over.”
Liancheng didn’t decline, she took it, “How did you find me?”
Xiao Da, who had turned his head away, turned back again, a hint of respect yet amusement in his tone, “In modern society, surveillance cameras are as dense as a celestial net, finding someone is very easy.” He then looked at the lunchbox in Liancheng’s hand, “The weather is cold, the food will get cold easily.”
Liancheng opened the lunchbox, the first thing she saw was bright yellow corn kernels stir-fried with peas. She didn’t touch them, only picked at the two dishes next to them.
After a few bites, she casually asked, “But aren’t surveillance cameras controlled by the government? How do you have the right to view them?”
“Public ones can’t be accessed, but private ones, you can check them for money.” After speaking, Xiao Da frowned, “You’re not eating the corn?”
A realization dawned on her.
Liang Chaosu was powerful and had a lot of money. As long as there was a target scope, and she had no identification, she couldn’t take trains or planes, so they would search by bus station.
But this must have required a huge investment of personnel. In the end, she had underestimated the situation before, misjudged Liang Chaosu’s determination to find her, and left in a hurry, it was a situation destined for defeat.
After much thought, having calculated everything, even Liang Wenfei, the result was still a failure.
Liancheng felt a knot in her chest. To Xiao Da’s question, she involuntarily showed a hint of disgust, “I don’t like it. It makes me sick to see it.”
Everything that could be associated with Liang Chaosu made her feel extremely disgusted.
Xiao Da paused, exchanging glances with the driver, their four eyes showing the same uncertainty.
Two seconds later, the driver changed the navigation destination, “Then we’ll take you to a service area to eat something else.”
Liancheng remained silent behind him.
Returning to the provincial capital, Xiao Da did not take Liancheng back to the Liang family.
He detoured to a newly developed luxury residence near her company, Jade Mansion.
Liancheng didn’t move around much, only sizing up the living room a few times.
The main color was light gray, with off-white as the secondary color. The decoration was new Chinese style, with softer lines and details, unlike the unified orange light luxury decoration delivered by Liang’s real estate. It seemed meticulously designed for a woman, elegant yet warm, and worthy of reflection and appreciation.
She couldn’t help but find it rare.
Liang Chaosu was heavy on desires, indulging in them, yet very cautious. As an aggressive figure with significant influence in his social circle, he had to be impeccable in his personal life to avoid capsizing.
This was also the reason their relationship had lasted for four years.
