After Breaking Up, I Married the Dying Tycoon in a Flash
Chapter 130: Trade Secrets

Chapter 130: Chapter 130: Trade Secrets

She nodded earnestly, making quite a fuss about it, "I know, I really do."

He no longer had the courage to continue, so he kissed her eyes gently and whispered, "Alright, get some rest soon."

Bian Yue naturally wrapped her arms around his waist and found a comfortable spot in his embrace.

Her cheek pressed against his, her voice soft and gentle, she said, "Remember to wake me up when you leave tomorrow."

"Why?"

"To have breakfast with you," Bian Yue paused before adding, "And to see you off."

People feel infinite apprehension when they’re close to happiness.

Shen Jinci had heard someone say this before.

At the time, he dismissed it with disdain. His life, smooth sailing as it was, knew no apprehension, much less the anxiety of uncertainty. He was destined for a rising fortune.

As for happiness, he didn’t need it.

But now, he began to understand just how arrogant his younger self had been.

Enveloped in the deep night, Shen Jinci watched Bian Yue’s serene sleeping face, feeling an indescribable hidden pain.

—Was this something he had stolen?

Taking someone else’s name, hence living in unease, spending days in anxiety.

Shen Jinci had seen Bian Yue’s name in that person’s diary.

Those few lines allowed Shen Jinci to piece together the first glimpse he ever caught of her.

At 21, Shen Jinci returned home after completing his studies, spending a full two years in the hospital, barely dragging his ailing body out.

Sitting in the car, looking out the window out of sheer boredom, he encountered Bian Yue. She was in middle school, the 14-year-old girl standing on the wet, slippery asphalt road after the rain, wearing her simple school uniform, sucking on a lollipop, with headphones hanging around her neck, waiting for the delayed bus.

That person wrote in the diary, "She stood at the bus stop, in her school uniform, her hair permed into cute, soft curls, her eyes staring straight at me, like a little deer."

Bian Yue boarded the bus, and that person followed her for a long way, watching her enter the gates of the Bian Family.

So he wrote again in the diary, "At first, I thought she might be the housekeeper’s daughter, having come off the bus. But then I saw Uncle Bian come out to greet her, embracing her with a loving, tender smile, and I realized that she was Bian Yue. I was glad for her auspicious birth, sparing her from many of life’s hardships. As for her future, it’s highly likely that she will become the wife of some socialite, dressed in silk and satin, worried only about how to spend the wealth that she could never deplete."

Shen Jinci thought, that person was right, if he wasn’t Shen Jinci, Bian Yue would never become his wife.

The night seemed like a dark net, heavily descending upon them.

Shen Jinci held Bian Yue close, his eyes tightly shut, almost melding her into his chest.

Bian Yue was already asleep, and only then did he dare to let his worries flood out from every limb of his body.

All the apprehension he had in his life was because of her.

If one were to use Buddhist terms, she was his karma.

Bian Yue was his karma.

And the price for his once willful past...

Without realizing it, a sleepless night passed.

When Shen Jinci woke Bian Yue up, the girl was still adrift in dreams, her expression blank as she opened her eyes to see him.

With a helpless yet amused tone, Shen Jinci said, "Didn’t you say you were going to see me off? Or do you want to keep sleeping?"

Only then did Bian Yue come to her senses, sitting up abruptly with urgency in her voice, "I’m getting up now! No more sleeping!"

Shen Jinci’s smile deepened as he said "okay" and then went to fetch a jacket for Bian Yue.

The two of them had a simple breakfast in the hotel restaurant.

Bian Yue tapped on the porridge in her bowl and heard Shen Jinci ask, "Does Honey want to make movies recently?"

Bian Yue widened her eyes, staring at Shen Jinci in shock, "Mr. Shen, you might trip if you step too far; we’ve not even figured out how to shoot TV dramas, let alone movies?"

"Are those two conflicting?" Shen Jinci used a handkerchief to wipe the oil from the corner of Bian Yue’s lips, speaking slowly, "Everything is man-made; nothing is impossible as long as you want to do it."

"So, does Mr. Shen have any good projects?" Bian Yue perked up, her voice crisp, "Whether I’ll do it is another question, but if the Lixing Group is going to get into the film industry, it’s going to be big news for the industry, and I’d love to hear some gossip."

"Want to hear some gossip? Come back to my place now, and I’ll dig up any industry insider info you want to know."

He said this with a smile, a perfect touch of playfulness that was reined in by his refined and profound demeanor, very enticing.

Bian Yue’s face blushed slightly, and she elongated her tone, "Oh, so I have to sell my looks? Forget it then, I don’t want to know!"

The restaurant was bustling, but Shen Jinci didn’t care how eye-catching he and Bian Yue looked. He casually took the back of her hand, his long fingers stroking provocatively, his voice lazy and seductive, "No way, who would dare to ask Miss Bian to sell her looks? If anything, I’ll be the one selling looks to pamper you."

Bian Yue clicked her tongue lightly and gave Shen Jinci a look, "Alright, get to the point, why are you suddenly bringing this up?"

"The Lixing Group does indeed plan to enter the film and television industry, but not in Xiangjiang, in the Mainland." Shen Jinci paused momentarily, his voice light, "Bian Yue, the market there is broader, and I have a premonition that the cultural industry in the Mainland will be stronger than here in the future."

Bian Yue was quite surprised and looked at Shen Jinci, perplexed, "When did you start thinking this?"

"A month ago."

"And now..."

"Now it’s already in progress."

Bian Yue smiled thoughtfully, "So, Mr. Shen is really discussing a partnership with me?"

"Yueyue, I hope you can go far. If I could be your partner and stand closer to see you succeed, I would be very happy."

Bian Yue tapped on the caramel pudding in front of her and said, "Shen Jinci, let me think about it."

"Okay."

"Show me your business plan." Bian Yue smiled and winked at Shen Jinci, "Is this considered a trade secret?"

Shen Jinci said it wasn’t, and that she could look at whatever she wanted.

Bian Yue scooped a spoonful of caramel pudding, sickly sweet.

Bian Yue saw Shen Jinci off when it was still not yet dawn.

She yawned, about to turn back to catch up on sleep, when suddenly she heard a surprised female voice behind her.

"Bian Yue, is that you?"

Bian Yue frowned and turned her head, seeing Zhuang Jie Ning.

The relationship between the two was no longer what it used to be. Bian Yue’s frown deepened as she looked at Zhuang Jie Ning walking towards her with perplexity.

Zhuang Jie Ning seemed oblivious to Bian Yue’s puzzlement, her smile appropriate. She approached Bian Yue and said softly, "I heard you were shooting a film here, and thought it was just a rumor, but here you are."

"Is there something you wanted?"

"I just saw Mr. Shen’s car parked outside." Zhuang Jie Ning said with a probing smile, "Bian Yue, does Mr. Shen often come to see you?"

"Yes, we have a great marriage, thank you for asking."

After finishing her sentence, Bian Yue turned to leave.

Zhuang Jie Ning grasped Bian Yue’s hand, "Bian Yue, wait..."

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