The King of Urban Mercenaries
Chapter 32 - 32 32 Trapped to Death

32: Chapter 32: Trapped to Death 32: Chapter 32: Trapped to Death “Oh, I’d really like to know just how gentle it can be?”

Shen Peini barely suppressed a smirk, casting a glance at the cold-faced Ling Weiwei, luring Lin Fei.

“Want to know?

That’s not impossible, but, after all, this involves our Weiwei’s image.

It’s noisy here with many people, not a place for conversation.”

Lin Fei’s hands tapped swiftly on the keyboard, his eyes fixed straight on the computer screen, showing no intention of looking up.

However, he didn’t forget to tease Shen Peini with his words.

“Ptui.”

Frowning with a slight resentment, Shen Peini spat at Lin Fei.

Shen Peini had intended to set a trap for Lin Fei, yet, unbothered, he had turned the tables, looping her into his scheme.

“I see you’re just bragging.

For a beauty like Manager Ling, how could there be a fiancé like you?

Such words, you keep them to yourself when we’re alone, but don’t ever mention them to a third party.”

Shen Peini’s eyes roamed curiously as she provocatively challenged Lin Fei.

Her words finally made a dent, thawing Ling Weiwei’s icy expression a bit.

Unfortunately, the calm didn’t last, as Lin Fei’s next statement turned her face back into age-old glacial ice.

“You know nothing, carrot and vegetables each have their own love.

How can you discern, under my plain exterior, the deeply experienced heart within?

Only Weiwei, with her insightful eye for talent, recognized my uniqueness.

She humbly pursued me, loving me uncontrollably.”

“Brother Fei?”

Repeating these three words softly, Shen Peini couldn’t suppress her laughter anymore, giggling.

Ling Weiwei, on the other hand, nearly passed out from anger, her gaze at Lin Fei brimming with murderous intent.

Shen Peini’s laughter, as charming as wind-borne silver bells, intoxicatingly delightful.

However, this bell-like laughter was received differently by different ears.

To Lin Fei, it scratched his heart like a cat’s paw, making him yearn to embrace Shen Peini tightly and shower her with love, her mere laughter tantalizing his heart.

But to Ling Weiwei’s ears, that was not the case.

The laughter was indeed pleasant but, in that moment, in Ling Weiwei’s ears, it seemed laced with mockery.

Although both employed in the General Affairs Department, the relationship between Ling Weiwei and Shen Peini could hardly be considered harmonious.

Two equally beautiful and competent women in the same department but from different factions were naturally competitors.

Under Ling Weiwei’s cold, deep gaze, Shen Peini’s laughter slowly quieted, her head nodding pityingly toward Lin Fei, “You really dare to say anything, don’t you?

If our Manager Ling heard that, how could you keep getting along in the General Affairs Department?”

“Enough!”

Ling Weiwei finally couldn’t hold back and scolded sharply, if Lin Fei continued, Ling Weiwei’s radiant image would be utterly tarnished in front of Shen Peini.

Though it was already nearly gone, preserving a little was always better than none.

“Enough what, when men are speaking, why should women intervene, do you think you are my Wei…”

Lin Fei’s words halted mid-sentence as he suddenly realized that the harsh voice was not Shen Peini, but the protagonist of his remarks… Ling Weiwei.

Shifting his gaze from the computer screen, Lin Fei slowly raised his head towards the origin of the voice, a graceful silhouette slowly coming into his view.

The silky black hair like a waterfall, a swan-like graceful neck, tailor-fitted professional attire, and a tall, elegant figure, who else could it be but Ling Weiwei?

As he saw the swelling murderous intent in Ling Weiwei’s eyes, any last hope Lin Fei harbored shattered completely.

For a moment, an awkward silence enveloped the trio.

Ling Weiwei’s autumnal eyes glared icily at Lin Fei, filled with a lethal intent so palpable that if looks could kill, Lin Fei would have died thousands of times over.

Lin Fei, on the other hand, stared back at Shen Peini, his eyes wide; if glares could thrill, Shen Peini would have been ecstatic thousands of times over.

As for Shen Peini, the instigator, her charming phoenix eyes shifted flirtatiously.

She glanced at Ling Weiwei, then at Lin Fei, occasionally giving Lin Fei suggestive looks.

Lin Fei was furious.

Even at a time like this, Shen Peini was still trying to flirt with him, oblivious to the concept of integrity!

He had once considered this woman a “confidant,” yet she schemed against him so subtly.

Damn it, this woman had completely betrayed him!

However, Lin Fei also knew that now was not the time to settle scores with Shen Peini.

The pressing matter was to get past Ling Weiwei.

There would be time later to deal with Shen Peini.

“Miss Ling, good, well, not so good morning.

Actually, I just remembered I have an important meeting to attend soon, so I’ll take my leave now.

We can talk later.”

Having said that, Lin Fei thought about fleeing without looking back.

Ling Weiwei was in a towering rage, and Lin Fei had no intention of being cornered by her to settle accounts now.

If he left now and returned when Ling Weiwei had cooled off, his predicament would be much better.

Unfortunately, Shen Peini seemed hell-bent on blocking his way for reasons unknown.

Even before Ling Weiwei could respond, Shen Peini exposed Lin Fei’s lie.

“If I’m not mistaken, Assistant Lin has only been on the job for a few days.

I haven’t heard of any important company meeting requiring Assistant Lin’s presence, unless he’s looking for an excuse to slip away.”

Ling Weiwei coldly glanced at Shen Peini, then fixed her piercing gaze on Lin Fei and said deliberately, “If you’re a man, come to my office!”

With that, Ling Weiwei walked toward her office.

Her graceful gait accentuating her curves—unfortunately, Lin Fei was in no mood to appreciate it.

“What are you staring at, I’m so scared.”

After Ling Weiwei left, seeing Lin Fei glaring at her, Shen Peini gently patted her voluptuous chest, feigning fear.

“Now you are happy!”

If they weren’t in the General Affairs Department, Lin Fei would have choked Peini out of sheer anger.

It was the first time in his more than twenty years that he had been so duped by a woman.

“That was all your own doing.”

“You misled me into saying that imagery nonsense.”

“Say whatever you want, but I’m indeed in a good mood now.

Consider it your punishment for taking advantage of me before.

Little brother, next time you want to take advantage of me, you’d better think about the consequences.”

“No need to wait for next time.”

Slap!

It’s just as well it was Shen Peini, the temptress; had it been Xiao Yina who was slapped, the woman would have exploded long ago.

As Lin Fei briskly walked away without turning back, Shen Peini burst into giggles.

Shen Peini’s laugh was distinctive.

Her eyebrows laughed, her eyes laughed, her lips laughed, her entire delicate body seemed to laugh—a woman of endless charm at that moment.

After a while, tears began to rim Shen Peini’s eyes, and as they overflowed, her laughter gradually settled into calmness.

She let the tears fall without wiping them away, no longer remembering the last time she had laughed so freely.

The fall of tears doesn’t always signify sadness; sometimes, when joy reaches a certain threshold, tears follow naturally—commonly known as crying tears of joy.