"A Decade of Silent Love—Exposed by the Bullet Screens"
Chapter 9
Qin Heye shot up from his chair, nearly fumbling his phone. He frantically tried to silence the blaring ringtone, yet he dared not answer. His panicked reaction, coupled with the now muffled but still audible "Husband, husband, I love you..." melody, drew a bewildered stare from Pei Qianhuo. "Mr. Qin?" the assistant ventured, a hint of concern in his voice. "Are you alright? Even when the Qin Group's finances were in crisis, you weren't this rattled!"
Qin Heye's face was a mask of icy composure as he finally managed to lower the volume. "My wife," he stated, his voice a low, cold monotone, "insisted on setting this ringtone."
Pei Qianhuo's mind reeled. Wife? As a special assistant, he knew better than anyone that Shi Ning was obsessed with divorce, not with setting such an antiquated, saccharine ringtone for the formidable Mr. Qin.[Read More Here]
But one simply didn't contradict the boss, especially when the boss was a walking ATM.
"So," Pei Qianhuo ventured, "you... don't want to answer it?"
Qin Heye's entire body was rigid with tension and his handsome features frozen like a sculpture . "Don't you see ? I'm in a meeting."
"But this is the first time that madam has called you," Pei Qianhuo pressed, a flicker of worry in his eyes. "If you don't answer, won't she be angry? And if she's angry..." She'll divorce you, the unspoken words hung heavy in the air.
Qin Heye pressed a hand to his brow and at the very last second, just as the ringing was about to cease, he finally answered.
Meanwhile, Shi Ning, walking down the hospital corridor toward a specific ward, frowned into her phone. "Why did you take so long to answer?"
"I was Busy," Qin Heye replied, his voice deliberately indifferent. "In a meeting."
"Then... can you come " as Shi Ning started her words , Qin Heye cut her off, speaking rapidly, his tone even more aloof.
"Busy! Not going!"
He hadn't even heard her request. Shi Ning's frown deepened. "Not coming?"
"Extremely busy! Not going anywhere!" Qin Heye declared, then looked up at Pei Qianhuo, his voice laced with a sudden, harsh criticism. "What kind of planning is this? Even a dog couldn't understand it! Go back and redo it!"
Pei Qianhuo's head tilted in confusion. ??? I'm not a planning manager!
"Tell me about the publicity plan," Qin Heye continued, his gaze fixed on his assistant.
Pei Qianhuo's confusion only grew. ??? I'm not even the advertising manager!
Qin Heye shot him a glare. Fine, a CEO has to have some tricks up his sleeve.
A new understanding dawned on Pei Qianhuo. He quickly moved closer to Qin Heye, his voice suddenly three octaves higher than usual. "President, you have a business trip to Country N in an hour! For half a month!" He figured that would be enough. Surely, half a month would be enough to delay the impending divorce.
Shi Ning listened to the rustle of papers, the faint murmur of voices, and Pei Qianhuo's loud pronouncement about a business trip. For a moment, she almost believed Qin Heye was genuinely busy.
But then, a familiar stream of golden text flashed across her vision.
[ I'm dying of laughter! No one told me the villain is so hilarious! He's just pretending to be busy, terrified Shi Ning will drag him to get a divorce certificate! ]
[ Married for three years, and never received a call from her . Then, as the divorce deadline looms, his wife suddenly calls for him it is scarier than a ghost! The villain is so petrified he won't dare to answer the call if he could ! ]
[ And he claims he's going on a business trip for half a month! I bet he'll just hide on the top floor of his office , cradling Shi Ning's doll and playing house every day! ]
Shi Ning's eyes widened. What?! Holding dolls and playing house? How old is he?!
She checked the time on her phone and with a speechless expression on her face she began again . Her voice, when she spoke again, was laced with irritation. "Mr. Qin, it's 5:40 now."
"Working Overtime," Qin Heye retorted promptly.
Shi Ning rubbed her forehead. "I was going to say that , the Civil Affairs Bureau has already been closed for the day."
Qin Heye hearing this visibly relaxed, then stiffened again, his voice oozing self-righteousness. "The Civil Affairs Bureau belongs to the state; their closing time is set by the state! Read fewer novels. You can't just move the Civil Affairs Bureau into your house!"
Shi Ning's jaw dropped. ??? [Read More Here]
He thought I was going to ask him to move the Civil Affairs Bureau so we could get divorced on the spot? What an outrageously twisted mind! Who's so obsessed with divorce?!
"If that's all," Qin Heye said, his voice curt, "I'll hang up." He sounded incredibly anxious, as if he might disconnect at any second.
Shi Ning was utterly exasperated so she said the things she want to say in a single breath. "...My dad found out about our divorce agreement and got so angry he landed in the hospital. I wanted you to pick me up so we could go tell him we're not divorcing, just to put his mind at ease. It doesn't matter if you don't come."
Qin Heye's tightly knit brows suddenly smoothed. The icy mask on his face visibly softened. But his voice remained stubbornly neutral. "Is that all?"
Shi Ning felt a surge of anger—anger at his ridiculousness, at his stubbornness, at his hypocrisy. He was such a massive tsundere! With a sharp, exasperated tone, she snapped, "Yes! It's just a small matter! Don't let me bother the very busy Mr. Qin for it !"
With that, Shi Ning hung up. She was too annoyed to bother with the barrage of spoilers. Let him figure it out! That stubborn, masochistic tsundere! If he wouldn't speak his heart, even as a "secret admirer," he deserved to suffer.
Qin Heye stared at his phone, visibly panicked the moment Shi Ning hung up. He quickly composed himself, then opened WeChat and saw Lin Han's earlier message and his usually cold face instantly flushed crimson. !!!
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