After I Became Famous, the CEO Wants Remarriage
Chapter 235 - Chapter 235 Chapter 235 The Intangible Ambiguity

Chapter 235: Chapter 235: The Intangible Ambiguity Chapter 235: Chapter 235: The Intangible Ambiguity “I don’t know either. After leaving the company, I just drove here unconsciously. By the time I came to my senses, I was already under your building,” Li Lingyang said honestly.

Ning Yichu felt her heart beating even faster.

Li Lingyang then asked, “Have you eaten? Are Chen Bao and Ningning still being good?”

“Yeah, they’re both fine,” Ning Yichu shifted the topic, “It’s windy outside today, you should hurry back.”

Li Lingyang raised his eyebrows, “Are you worried about me?”

“Don’t flatter yourself. I just don’t want you to catch a cold because of me.” With that sentence, she set a clear boundary between them.

But it seemed as if Li Lingyang was already used to it, his deep eyes filled with a dense helplessness.

“Alright, I’ll listen to you and go back, but…” he paused, then continued, “can you also listen to me just this once, and not hang up the phone?”

Ning Yichu leaned against the window, “Why?”

“Because hearing your voice feels like you’re right next to me.”

Li Lingyang looked up at her, asking, “So, can I?”

An intangible ambiguity began to rise between them.

A dense, ticklish sensation flashed through Ning Yichu’s heart, her face full of discomfort. After hesitating for a few seconds, she replied in a proud tone, “Fine, I’m agreeing to your request just because you helped me last time. Don’t read too much into it!”

Li Lingyang unexpectedly felt that this woman’s words were quite different from her thoughts…

The curvature of his thin lips deepened in that moment; he couldn’t help but chuckle lightly, “Alright, I won’t overthink it.”

Ning Yichu was finally satisfied, “Good, it’s very late now, you should go back.”

“I’ll do as you say.”

Li Lingyang stood still, giving her a deep look before finally getting into his car.

He turned around and drove towards the old mansion.

During the trip, their phone call never disconnected.

Although they chatted sporadically, they felt a faint sense of comfort within each other’s presence.

Li Lingyang briefly recounted the day’s events at the company.

Lying in bed, Ning Yichu suddenly felt an odd sense of a husband reporting his schedule to his wife…

However, she did not interrupt.

His voice was deep and pleasant, as if possessed by some magical power, it brought a sense of comfort.

As Ning Yichu listened, she felt a wave of drowsiness approaching. Her eyelids became heavy as if glued shut, and in a haze, she fell asleep without realizing it…

The sound of Li Lingyang’s even breathing came through, his eyes tender as a peach orchard in March, emotion deep to the bone.

He whispered into the phone, “Goodnight.”

Sweet dreams.

The next day, as Ning Yichu woke to the sound of her alarm clock, she saw the phone still on, uncalled, by her pillow.

The screen was still lit, showing that the call had lasted for over nine hours!

Ning Yichu instantly snapped to attention, her eyes wide with surprise as she tentatively called out, “Li Lingyang?”

“Morning,” the man’s voice quickly came from the other side.

Ning Yichu’s heart seemed to skip a beat, “I fell asleep. Why didn’t you hang up?”

“I couldn’t bring myself to do it, and…” Li Lingyang’s eyes held a faint tease, “listening to you talk in your sleep was quite interesting.”

Ah!

It was one thing not to hang up.

But she talked in her sleep too!

Indeed, Ning Yichu had this habit when she was asleep, something that Fan YuKe had complained to her about more than once.

Her face flushed red with embarrassment. She wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into, yet she couldn’t resist asking, “What did I say?”

Li Lingyang joked, “You said Li Lingyang is so handsome, and you really want to go on a date with him this weekend…”

“Cut it out,” Ning Yichu blurted out, annoyed, “I just fell asleep, it’s not like I went crazy!”

How could she possibly say something like that…

“Okay, okay, I won’t tease you anymore. Actually, you didn’t say anything last night. You just slept peacefully. It’s me who wants to date you this weekend. So, Lady Ning, do you have the time?”

Li Lingyang suddenly switched from his domineering personality to being so gentlemanly, it was somewhat disconcerting.

But Ning Yichu’s heart wasn’t opposed to it.

Her lips couldn’t help but curl up in a smile, “We’ll see when the time comes, after all, I am quite busy.”

“Yes, Ning Yichu is the most talented Jade Sculptor in Imperial City–her time is precious,” Li Lingyang said adoringly, and as if he remembered something, he added, “Oh right, I had someone get breakfast for you. It should be delivered in five minutes. Remember to sign for it.”

“Hmm, what are you doing right now?”

Ning Yichu asked casually as she got out of bed.

Li Lingyang glanced at the perplexed board of directors in front of him and replied somberly, “In a meeting.”

Their company’s executive meetings started earlier than those at most other companies.

Upon hearing this, Ning Yichu’s motions as she changed clothes abruptly stiffened, and the corners of her mouth twitched fiercely.

“So… you’re in the middle of a meeting while talking to me on the phone?!!”

“Yes.”

He even admitted it!

Didn’t that mean everything Li Lingyang had just said to her had been overheard by everyone?

At that moment, Ning Yichu couldn’t help but visualize that scene, her face getting hot with annoyance, “Li Lingyang, why didn’t you tell me earlier that you were… whatever, you better focus on your work, goodbye!”

After saying that, she immediately hung up the phone.

Li Lingyang stared at the darkened screen, his eyes reflecting a faint trace of desolation.

If he had known she was so shy, he wouldn’t have mentioned he was at work.

That way, he could have listened to Ning Yichu’s voice a little longer…

The boardroom fell into an eerie silence so profound it seemed one could hear a pin drop.

All the directors were utterly dumbfounded by what they had just witnessed.

If they hadn’t misheard, their president had just been on the phone with the former president’s wife…

And he had that indulgent, accommodating expression. It was as if… he was in love.

OMG, what on earth is the deal with these two?

Li Lingyang noticed the surrounding stares and his expression darkened visibly at record speed.

“Let’s continue the meeting!”

Sure enough, the president’s tenderness was not something these mere mortals could experience.

They should just get back to work!

…

After Ning Yichu hung up the phone, she realized her heart was pounding. After washing her face with cold water, that strange feeling was suppressed quite a bit and she calmed down.

In order to gather the six million needed in two days, Ning Yichu had made some surgery appointments last night under the alias ‘Doctor Majesty,’ starting from this morning she would be busy.

So, after sending off her child and requesting time off from her studio, she went directly to the private hospital arranged by her patron.

…

Last night, after Doudou fainted, Su Huimiao and Shen Jiangqing took her to the campus medical clinic. It was indeed because the little girl’s constitution was weak, leading to her fainting from being overly anxious, but after some medication and rest, there was no serious harm.