My Breathtaking CEO Wife Novel - Chapter 35

Chapter 35: Chapter 35 – Stay Away From Her

Li Tian had a victorious smile planted on his face as he watched Tang Wan leave, clearly annoyed.

Tang Wan was gorgeous, but she was also a married woman. Li Tian was reminded that the cigarette he had borrowed from her that day belonged to her husband.

Contrary to Li Tian, uneasiness washed over Lin Yi.

“How… do you know her?”

Lin Yi asked in a soft voice.

“Why? I met her the other day.”

“You shouldn’t talk to her in that manner. Don’t you know that she’s the owner of Yunding Hotel?”

“What? Why didn’t you tell me earlier? I should’ve asked her for a membership card. Perhaps we could even eat here for free next time.”

A regretful expression surfaced on Li Tian’s face.

“Why can’t you understand… What I meant is that she isn’t someone ordinary. You’ve annoyed her this time, what if…”

“Don’t worry, she isn’t someone who would get angry easily. Maybe she left because she had other things to do.”

“Forget it, I won’t waste my time explaining this to you. I’ll contact her secretary when we get home tonight to apologise to her.”

Lin Yi was quite intimidated by Tang Wan.

However, she wasn’t intimidated by Tang Wan’s beauty or her ploys. Instead, Lin Yi was daunted by Tang Wan’s identity and power.

She was a mysterious woman who had managed to open thirteen 5-star hotels, all of which had been opened within a year. Nobody knew how many hooligans she had engaged with, or how many enemies she had disposed of in the process.

Not only this, but two pieces of information were also gradually revealed amongst Jiangdu’s upper class.

The first was Yanjing, and the second was the Wen Family.

Yanjing Wen Family was an affluent family, comparable with the Li family. Nothing about their family was ordinary, and they had a rich history dating back to thousands of years ago.

Tang Wan was a part of the Wen family. Who would dare to provoke her? No one in Jiangdu had the guts to do so.

If they hadn’t met coincidentally at the banquet, even someone like Lin Yi needed to make an appointment to meet Tang Wan,

“Why do you need to contact her secretary? She lives in our area.”

Li Tian thought that Lin Yi was overreacting. Based on his previous encounter with Tang Wan, Li Tian felt that Tang Wan was quite approachable. Additionally, she had even teased him about the water agarwood bracelet just now.

“I know she lives in our area, but…never mind, some things are just hard to explain. The banquet is almost over, just stay put here, I’ll go greet everyone.”

If this had happened much earlier, Lin Yi would be angry at Li Tian for speaking to Tang Wan in that manner, because he was playing with fire. However, after she found out about the actual worth of the bracelet he gave her, she was more lenient.

Although Lin Yi loved money, she wasn’t obsessed with it. However, she felt touched that the bracelet he gave her wasn’t something that he picked up from a random roadside stall. Instead, it showed a bit of his thoughtful side.

On the other side of the hall, Chen Jia Jun observed Li Tian and Lin Yi conversing. When the two seemed as though they were whispering, Chen Jia Jun began to lose his temper.

He was always a ‘rational’ man. Although he used to admire Lin Yi during university, he had never once confessed to her or asked her out.

He only chose to join the military for one purpose: to make himself appear more mature and manly.

He hoped to win Lin Yi’s heart after being discharged from the military, but he didn’t expect her to get married before he could even make the first move.

In other words, all of his blood, sweat, and tears went to waste.

When he noticed that Lin Yi and Li Tian didn’t have a close relationship, Chen Jia Jun thought that he stood a second chance. However, after losing so many battles of wits to Li Tian, Chen Jia Jun completely lost his patience.

Something that he had longed for was now in the hands of someone else. It was only natural that he couldn’t take it, especially since Chen Jia Jun had fallen in love with Lin Yi at first sight.

…..

The centre of attention of tonight’s banquet was undoubtedly Li Tian and Lin Yi. Even someone like Tang Wan could only play a supporting role, whilst the person who was supposedly the focus wasn’t even included in the list.

The two walked out of the hotel to their car, but they were met with a problem.

Who was going to drive?

It was already past ten o’clock, so Wang Ma had already gone home. As for Lin Yi? Her outfit today wasn’t suitable for driving.

“I’ll drive. It’s late, so there shouldn’t be any police.”

Li Tian said after glancing at Lin Yi.

Perhaps he was right. The traffic police must be really dedicated to their job if they worked at this hour.

“Okay, drive slowly.”

Usually, Lin Yi wouldn’t trust anyone without a driver’s license to drive, but what other choice did she have?

Li Tian belonged to the prestigious Yanjing Li family. It wouldn’t make sense if he didn’t know how to drive, but she thought maybe he’d drive a little slower than experienced drivers.

However, Lin Yi quickly realized how wrong she was after Li Tian started driving. It wasn’t that he couldn’t drive, but he was even speeding on the road.

They were in the city centre, but Li Tian was driving at a speed exceeding 80km/h as soon as he sat behind the wheel.

“Go slower.”

Lin Yi wasn’t used to this. She usually drove at a speed between 40km/h and 60km/h as she’d become dizzy if she drove too fast.

Li Tian took a glance at the rearview mirror and said, “I can’t. If I go any slower, the car behind us will catch up.”

The car behind us?

Lin Yi immediately turned around to have a look. Sure enough, there was a car chasing after them.

Most people in this social class were used to situations like this. They could never avoid this dark aspect of their lives, which included the risk of being targeted by kidnappers and murderers.

Lin Yi experienced it once, but fortunately, luck was on her side so nothing bad happened to her.

“You’re saying that the car behind us means trouble?”

Lin Yi asked, clearly unsure of the situation.

“Not just trouble, but big trouble! You’ll see what I mean when we pass through the road to the suburbs.”

Li Tian said while smiling.

These people didn’t even try to tail them secretly. They were constantly following their car, so naturally, Li Tian had taken notice of it.

“Just return home and everything will be fine.”

Lin Yi didn’t want to take the risk. They were only about ten minutes away from the villa.

“Honey, let’s make a bet. In another two kilometres, there will be a roadblock. Do you believe me?”

A confused expression appeared on Lin Yi’s face, as Li Tian sounded extremely confident.

“I don’t like betting.”

“It’s not really a bet. If it turns out like how I predicted, then give me a kiss tonight when we get back home. What do you say?”

“You…”

Lin Yi wanted to say that he was shameless for making such an inappropriate request, but she was suddenly reminded of who he was.

He was her very own husband.

“If… If you really…”

“Look, I was right! There’s a sign in front that says ‘road work ahead, detour’.”

Before Lin Yi could finish saying ‘if you really want to, then you can come to my room tonight’, Li Tian abruptly hit the brakes and pointed at the road sign in front of them.

As he had predicted, it was no longer possible to continue on this road to return to the villa.