Chairman Husband, Too Boorish - 196

Chapter 196 : I Want to Show You My Second Marriage

"I just got back too," Chu Yi Sheng chuckled, his seemingly relaxed tone tinged with a subtle bitterness. "Really? You were caught red-handed by Liang Xi Cheng just a few days after you got back. He probably waited too long for you and couldn't sit still for a moment longer."

Yan Liang's heart skipped a beat. She coughed lightly, somewhat embarrassed. "Chu Yi Sheng, please don't mention Liang Xi Cheng in front of me, okay?"

"Are you still angry with him? Actually, he ..."

"I'm not angry." Yan Liang took a deep breath, interrupting Chu Y Sheng, and said softly, word by word, "We're divorced, and we have no relationship anymore. He has a wife now."

Chu Yi Sheng tightened his grip on the steering wheel slightly. He said, seemingly serious but not quite, "Oh? So, does that mean I now have a chance?"

"…"

"Don't be nervous, I was just joking."

The phone rang. Yan Liang eagerly took it out, glanced at the caller ID, and breathed a slight sigh of relief, managing to steer the conversation away from the unpleasant topic. "I need to take this call."

Chu Yi Sheng nodded, and Yan Liang answered the phone directly. "Manager Zhuo."

"Director Bai, I'm calling to remind you that the meeting, originally scheduled for 2 PM, has been moved up an hour. The afternoon meeting has a lot of content, so I think you'll need to come early."

Yan Liang, "…"

After hanging up, Yan Liang still felt a little guilty. She scratched her hair, embarrassed to speak, "... Um, the company suddenly called to say the 2 PM meeting was moved up, so I'm afraid I can't have lunch with you. Maybe next time?"

Chu Yi Sheng raised an eyebrow, but smiled without saying a word, readily turning the steering wheel. "Lati, is that right? I'll drive you there, but aren't you hungry? Let's just buy something to eat later."

It's just a meal ...

Once Yan Liang arrived in City C, she changed her phone number. Before getting off the car, Chu Yi Sheng asked her to leave her phone number with him, and Yan Liang naturally couldn't refuse.

After leaving her number, Yan Liang entered the company. When she reached her floor, she saw the cleaning lady carrying a black suit jacket as she walked towards her.

Yan Liang recognized the suit immediately. Upon closer inspection, her face flushed – wasn't that designer Han Qi Ming's jacket? He had draped it over her yesterday, but Liang Xi Cheng had thrown it away near the restroom. She had almost forgotten that, regardless of the circumstances, someone had draped it over her to ease her embarrassment, and now …

Yan Liang quickly stepped forward, blocking the cleaning lady's path. “… Um, Auntie, did you find this jacket in the restroom?”

The cleaning lady recognized Yan Liang. She had just joined the company, and the young women in the design department gossiped about her daily, saying she was Manager Zhuo's mistress. The cleaning lady, though older, was very tactful and polite to Yan Liang. “Oh, Director Bai? Yes, I found this jacket in the restroom yesterday. I don't know who it belonged to, such good material … It would be such a waste to just throw it away, so I picked up a good one instead."

"Auntie, this outfit is mine."

"…"

"Auntie, it's like this, I wasn't feeling well yesterday, so my friend draped the coat over me. Later, I went to the restroom, and I felt really dizzy, so I forgot about the coat."

"Oh, I see."

The cleaning lady didn't think too much of it. She felt she couldn't afford to offend this woman. She had originally planned to give the coat to her son, but now she reluctantly returned it to Yan Liang. "Since it belongs to Director Bai, then I'll return it to its rightful owner."

Yan Liang took it, said thank you, and seeing that it was getting late, she hurried towards the conference room.

The cleaning lady, however, looked reluctant, didn't say anything, muttered a few words, and walked towards the storeroom.

Yan Liang genuinely believed that the meeting had been moved up and was extremely urgent, so she hurriedly entered the meeting room with her suit. However, when she saw that it was almost 1 p.m. and there was no one in the meeting room, she felt that something was wrong.

After waiting a while, still no one came in. Yan Liang finally couldn't resist taking out her phone, just about to dial Zhuo Hui's number, when the conference room door behind her was suddenly pushed open, and steady footsteps sounded. Yan Liang paused, turned around, and her expression changed abruptly when she saw who it was.

She put her phone in her pocket, frowning as she looked at the tall, slender man in the doorway.

Liang Xi Cheng had changed his clothes, wearing a sky-blue shirt and black trousers. His hands were casually in his pockets; the simplest style and color, on him, exuded a unique mature charm.

Yan Liang's eyes flickered, avoiding his gaze. She didn't really want to be in the same room with him, so she grabbed her suit jacket hanging on the back of her chair and prepared to go to her office first.

But before she could take a step, Liang Xi Cheng strode forward, blocking her path. "Leaving as soon as I arrive. Where are you going?"

"Chairman Liang, I'm not your employee. Why should I report my whereabouts to you?" Yan Liang retorted sharply. "Please move aside, Chairman Liang."

"Yan Liang, throw away the clothes you're carrying."

Liang Xi Cheng's sharp gaze fell on the men's suit in her hands. His face darkened, his petty nature undisguised. "I don't like you carrying other men's clothes."

"…"

Yan Liang thought he was crazy.

What business was it of his?

She insisted on taking it, even rubbing it against her chest, looking defiantly at the man before her, whose face was growing increasingly dark. She said irritably, "Chairman Liang, you can't control what I do, so please move aside!"

"Are you sure?"

Liang Xi Cheng reached out, grabbed her wrist, and forcefully snatched the suit jacket from her hand, tossing it onto the large table behind him. He cornered Yan Liang against the wall, his strong body pressing down on her. His long, slender fingers gently stroked her face, his eyes filled with a gloomy light, yet also with heartache. He suppressed a sigh of desire and spoke again, his voice carrying an overly obvious concession, "Don't be stubborn with me. I didn't know Ye Qing would come; it was my oversight. Yan Liang, you can do whatever you want, but don't treat me like this ..."

"Then how do you want me to treat you?"

"…"

"Do you want me to be your secret lover?" Yan Liang pursed her lips, no longer avoiding the question. Her clear eyes, slightly flushed, said earnestly, "Liang Xi Cheng, don't pressure me. You should know what I dislike most. I … I really don't want to make my life so difficult. Do you know why I didn't go back to City A after returning from England, but went to City C? Because I wanted to avoid you forever. Since you chose something more important than me a year ago, there's no need to cling on now. I don't want to know if you still have feelings for me, and I don't want to think about your feelings for me."

"The Ye family, for Ye Qing, and for your current wife, is it truly just a purely business marriage? At least for me, a year ago, we already let go of each other's hands. Marriage may not be the most important thing in life, but it is sacred. I won't be so magnanimous as to wish you and Ye Qing a long and happy life together, but at least I won't compromise myself by thinking of sneaking around with you at this time. Your request is unfair to me, you know that?"

Liang Xi Cheng's thin lips were slightly pursed. He could tell that every word Yan Liang was saying to him was serious. This seriousness made him even more afraid, afraid that he would lose her again.

If before he was unsure whether she still had that unwavering heart for him, after Chu Yi Sheng's words, he was basically certain.

Because he was certain, he wanted to hold onto her even more.

"... There are some things that I feel a man should handle himself. That's why I lost you a year ago, and I don't want to have another chance to make you sad and cry. Yan Liang, I haven't kept any of my promises to you, but I think you should at least know why I was so determined back then. Also, I want to show you what my second marriage was really like. Do you want to see it?"

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