Star Abyss Walker

Chapter 198 You're shameless!
Shortly after, Shen Man sent me an address. I immediately used navigation. It wasn't too far, about a 15-minute drive.

When I got downstairs, I found the weather to be unusually cold and gloomy. It was even snowing lightly. The snowflakes landed on my face, making me shiver involuntarily.

After hailing a taxi, the driver glanced at the address and couldn't help but laugh, "I've been driving for so many years, and I've never taken a passenger here before."

"How so?" I fastened my seatbelt.

"Young man, do you live over there?"

"No, I'm going to find someone."

"now it's right."

The driver chuckled, "Champs-Élysées Villas is the most expensive villa district in the entire South District. People who can live there are all extremely wealthy and powerful. Do you think these people would take a taxi?"

"..."

I was speechless, my feelings were somewhat complicated.

Lin Qingying is the CEO of Yuening Group, and her parents are the founders of Yuening Group. Actually, I've never understood why she lives in such a dilapidated house, while the Champs-Élysées Villa that the driver mentioned is the place where Lin Qingying should live.

Soon after, the car came to a smooth stop on the outskirts of the villa area.

After paying, I braved the wind and snow to walk towards the building where Lin Qingying lived, then took out my phone and sent her a message: "I'm coming to your place."

After that, we walked along the internal road of the villa area for about five minutes and stopped in front of a detached house. The house number matched the address Shen Man had given me.

The lights were on inside the villa, and Lin Qingying's white Bentley was parked in the open-air parking lot outside.

However, two cars were parked outside the villa's main gate: a Land Rover and a black Mercedes-Benz S400.

Outside the two cars, four muscular men in black suits were smoking in the snow. They were probably the boss's bodyguards. They all had sharp eyes and were looking in my direction.

"Hey bro, what do you do?"

One of the bodyguards exhaled a puff of smoke and asked with a smile.

"Looking for someone," I said calmly.

"Oh?"

He couldn't help but chuckle, pointing to the villa next door: "The person you hired lives here?"

"Ah."

"Hmph~~~"

Another bodyguard, slightly older and with a scar on his face, chuckled but said nothing.

The other three young bodyguards frowned, one of them even reaching into his coat and making a gesture as if he was about to draw his gun.

I didn't say much. I didn't take those three bodyguards seriously at all. As long as I switched to combat mode, I could turn them into three corpses in five seconds.

"drop!"

Just then, I received a message on WeChat. Lin Qingying finally couldn't help but reply: "Why did you come here?"

I looked up and sure enough, in the living room on the second floor, Lin Qingying had drawn back the curtains and was standing there looking at me. However, there was a middle-aged man next to her.

"drop!"

She sent another message: "I'll have the housekeeper pick you up. Have some ginger tea in the living room to warm yourself up. I'll take a look at the contract, and if there are no problems, I'll sign it and come down."

"it is good."

The next moment, the villa's gate opened, and a middle-aged man in a butler's uniform stepped forward: "Who is Mr. Ding?"

"I."

"Okay, please follow me."

The group of bodyguards were immediately dumbfounded.

I followed the housekeeper inside, and soon an auntie brought me a steaming cup of ginger tea, smiling and saying, "You must be Ding Han, right? Xiao Ying mentioned you to me before."

I felt a little awkward: "Yes, thank you."

"Don't mention it, just let me know if you need anything."

"Ok."

……

I took a sip of ginger tea, a spicy taste going down my throat. Then I looked up at the upstairs, a little suspicious, wondering who that middle-aged man upstairs was.

About five minutes later, footsteps came from upstairs.

Lin Qingying and the middle-aged man walked down the stairs one after the other.

"Oh, you have friends?"

The middle-aged man tilted his head and glanced at me, and I happened to meet his gaze. I could immediately see a lot of worldliness and shrewdness on his face, and I subconsciously felt that this man was definitely not simple.

"Mr. Lin."

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Since you have friends here, I won't bother you any longer. I'm sorry, this contract is really urgent, and the partner suddenly wanted it. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to bother you in the middle of the night."

"Mr. Cao, there's no need to be so polite. It's all for work."

"Right."

The man, referred to as "General Manager Cao," took a few steps toward the door, then turned back and said, "General Manager Lin, isn't the security at your residence too poor? How about... we bring over a few elites from the company's security department to take charge of your safety?"

"Need not."

Lin Qingying shook her head: "I don't live here often, so there's no need for that."

"Okay, it's up to you."

The other party walked straight out the gate, got into the Land Rover parked outside, and then drove away under the escort of several bodyguards.

……

Lin Qingying walked over and sat down next to me, giving me a helpless look.

"Auntie, you can go ahead and do your work."

"Okay, call me if you need anything."

The aunt left in a hurry.

I turned to look at her and asked, "Are you calm now?"

"I'm not angry."

She didn't look at me, but just looked out the window and said, "I have no right to interfere in your affairs, and I'm not angry, really."

"I know I know."

I followed her words and said, "But it happened so suddenly. Lu Xiaobei showed up in our neighborhood without any prior notice and got scratched by Sang Biao. He was badly injured and couldn't walk, so the scene at the hospital wouldn't have happened. But what happened to you? Why did you go to the hospital?" "My chest hurts a little. The doctor said I was too tired and told me to rest more," she said softly.

"The doctor is right, you really should rest more."

I tilted my head and glanced at her: "So, don't be angry anymore, okay?"

"I'm not angry..."

Lin Qingying looked upstairs and said, "I just came back to get a few sets of clothes."

"Really?"

"Ah."

She nodded: "Since you're here, let's go. Help me get my clothes, and while it's still early, let's go back to our place."

"it is good!"

I nodded gladly.

So, Lin Qingying led me upstairs to her room.

Her room wasn't very big, but it was very cozy. Her wardrobe was enormous, and it was filled with a dazzling array of clothes. It made me realize how terrifying the gap between social classes can be. The price of any one of the clothes in her wardrobe was probably equivalent to the total price of all the clothes I own in my entire life.

Lin Qingying packed several sets of clothes, filling a suitcase.

I carried my suitcase downstairs.

"Xiaoying, aren't you staying at home tonight?" Auntie appeared again.

"Ah."

Lin Qingying nodded: "It's closer to the company, so I won't stay at home."

……

After putting the suitcase in the trunk, Lin Qingying handed me the car keys.

"I'm a little tired, you drive."

"it is good."

I got into the driver's seat, fastened my seatbelt, and slowly drove away from the villa area with Lin Qingying in tow. Soon after, we entered the main road, but my mind was filled with questions.

"Ying, that man from just now?"

"Cao Jingyao."

Lin Qingying said simply and concisely, "He is the CEO of Yuening Group and the deputy assigned to me by the board of directors. He usually liaises directly with me on work-related matters."

"That's it..."

I was completely confused and said, "When I was reading CEO novels before, I thought CEO and president were the same position!"

"of course not."

Lin Qingying patiently explained: "Within the group, CEO and President are two different positions. Below them are Executive President, General Manager, etc. They are actually similar to external employees of the group, responsible for the group's management and operation."

"I see……"

I suddenly realized what was going on and showed an expression of complete ignorance.

"so……"

I continued, "It's so late, why do you still want to stay at the old house with me? If it were me, I would definitely stay in the villa. It's so comfortable here."

"Ding Han".

Her eyes suddenly reddened, and she said, "This used to be my home, where I lived with my dad and mom. After they left, I was too scared to live here alone. Everything here creates a psychological contrast for me, and it makes me very sad. Do you understand this feeling?"

"I understand, I'm sorry, Xiaoying..."

"fine."

Lin Qingying said, "Drive carefully, it seems you ran a red light just now..."

"is it?"

I gripped the steering wheel with one hand, patted my chest, and said thankfully, "Luckily, I don't have a driver's license, so they won't deduct points from my license."

"Ding Han!!!"

"Hey~~~ Xiao Ying!!"

"You're so shameless!!"

Lin Qingying glared at me angrily.

"By the way, I just heard from General Manager Cao that the group was planning to provide you with security personnel, why don't you want it?"

I frowned and said, "To be honest, as a big boss like you, it's inevitable that some people will try to take advantage of you. Your personal safety is extremely important. I think you should listen to what that General Manager Cao said and arrange a few bodyguards around you. That would be much safer."

"I don't trust them..."

Lin Qingying leaned back in her chair and suddenly said something, sounding a little tired.

I was slightly taken aback, but I didn't ask any further questions. I could tell she was quite exhausted.

"It's ok."

I smiled faintly and said, "With me here, your safety is guaranteed. Even ten of the bodyguards that President Cao brought together might not be as good as one of me, believe it or not?"

Lin Qingying couldn't help but chuckle: "I believe you!"

I chuckled and continued driving.

After a few minutes, Lin Qingying finally spoke and asked, "Now that Lu Xiaobei has come to Huaining City, what are your plans for her?"

"No need to make arrangements, she's staying in a hotel on her own."

I hesitated for a moment, then said, "My flight is tomorrow morning."

"You'll go see her off, right?"

"Ah."

"How about this……"

Lin Qingying said, "Keep the car keys with me for now. Tomorrow morning, you can take me to work first, and then drive Lu Xiaobei to the airport. Otherwise, it's too much trouble to take a taxi back and forth. I'll leave work early tomorrow, and you can pick me up and we'll go home together."

"what?"

I was taken aback, not understanding why Lin Qingying suddenly wanted to lend me her car to take Lu Xiaobei. But since she asked, it was fine, and it would save me the trouble of taking a taxi back and forth.

(End of this chapter)