Chapter 648: Chapter 648: Please Leave Her
Du Shaoheng felt uneasy.
He didn’t tell her that he had personally made it.
However, even if she knew, she probably wouldn’t eat it!
Du Shaoheng was well aware that Li Yufei always kept her distance from Guan Yue.
He also knew she might have misunderstood his intentions.
His investigation into Rong Ling wasn’t for any other reason. Li Yufei had previously fallen in with the wrong crowd, with Li Cheng as a previous example. He didn’t want Li Yufei to meet another man who would betray her and exploit her, so he investigated Rong Ling’s background in secret.
He was convinced that Rong Ling coveted Li Yufei’s wealth and did not truly love her. He definitely wasn’t a good match for her!
These days, men like him, who lead idle lives, are not uncommon!
Originally, he thought Rong Ling and Li Yufei were just playing games… But yesterday, when she fell into the water, the tension in Rong Ling’s eyes was palpable.
He began to believe they were genuinely involved.
Li Yufei ate, while Rong Ling patiently sat beside her, and Du Shaoheng sat nearby, looking out the window.
Not long after, Li Yufei finished eating.
She looked at Du Shaoheng with a faint smile: “Shaoheng, you can go back earlier. The doctor made rounds this morning and said I can be discharged this afternoon, so don’t worry too much.”
Du Shaoheng stood up.
As he was about to leave, Li Yufei suddenly thought of something and spoke: “Wait a minute.”
Du Shaoheng simultaneously turned his head.
Li Yufei handed him the documents from the bedside table: “Shaoheng, take it away. I hope you won’t do this again in the future.”
Du Shaoheng silently picked up the document and walked out.
He did not want to further provoke Li Yufei.
Rong Ling glanced over and inadvertently saw part of the document, his expression subtly startled, but he quickly returned to normal.
He suddenly said, “Mr. Du, I’ll see you out.”
Du Shaoheng did not refuse.
The two walked out one after the other.
Upon leaving the ward, both maintained silence, until they were far from the ward, and Rong Ling, who was walking in front, gradually slowed down and eventually stopped.
Du Shaoheng paused as well.
Rong Ling turned around, his eyes fell on the document in Du Shaoheng’s hand, and a flicker of cold light passed through his eyes.
He couldn’t help but curl his lips into a sarcastic smile, slowly approaching: “Mr. Du spared no effort to dig up everything about me. What exactly are your intentions? Am I such an important figure that Mr. Du needs to conduct a background check on me?”
Du Shaoheng met his gaze.
Rong Ling questioned: “Why investigate me?”
Du Shaoheng: “Why are you so agitated? Do you have something to hide?”
Rong Ling: “There’s no need for you to speculate about me. I feel that we shouldn’t interfere with each other, so why do this?”
Du Shaoheng: “I’m not targeting you; I just want to show Yufei that you are not a good match.”
Rong Ling said: “Oh. I’m not the right match, are you?”
Du Shaoheng said: “I’m not either, because I already have a wife, a daughter, and my own family.”
Rong Ling: “Then stop meddling in our affairs.”
Du Shaoheng: “She is my son’s mother. Even if I don’t have romantic love for her, we still have familial ties.”
Rong Ling: “Is that your high-sounding reason for investigating me?”
Du Shaoheng: “You can’t give her the life she wants. She is an excellent woman, and a man like you doesn’t deserve her! You won’t have a future together, nor any outcome!”
Rong Ling: “Since you are so confident, why are you still nervous?”
Du Shaoheng: “I’m afraid you’ll do something to harm her.”
Just like Li Cheng.
Rong Ling said: “In conclusion, this isn’t your business. Mr. Du, I hope this matter ends here and doesn’t happen again. I admit my family background isn’t as good as yours, but at least I have the right to be with her and the freedom to like her.”
After speaking, he turned to leave.
Du Shaoheng took a step forward: “Name a price.”
Rong Ling’s back froze.
Du Shaoheng: “How much do you want?”
Rong Ling turned back, his gaze somewhat complex: “How much?”
Du Shaoheng said: “You’re with her for her wealth, aren’t you? But you won’t have an outcome. She’s a very rational woman; she won’t throw caution to the wind for love. Even if she likes you momentarily, she won’t lose her rational judgment. She knows that with you, it’s only a fling; you won’t have an outcome, nor get married. But if you promise me to leave her now, I can give you a sum of money.”
Rong Ling’s lips slightly pressed together, he didn’t speak for a moment.
Du Shaoheng said: “Or… I’ll give you 5 million, leave her.”
Rong Ling’s pupils suddenly constricted.
5 million.
To him, this is simply an astronomical figure, yet the man in front of him speaks so lightly.
To be honest—
Rong Ling was not without temptation.
There is so much this money could do.
But…
He couldn’t take it.
Originally, he and Li Yufei were just playing along; if he took this money, what would it mean?
Seeing Rong Ling not speak, Du Shaoheng raised his eyebrows slightly: “Not enough?”
Rong Ling didn’t have time to explain, Du Shaoheng continued: “I might as well be candid with you.”
He took a deep breath, his tone not as harsh as before: “I have no prejudice against you. It’s just… I sincerely think you’re not the right choice for her. I might as well tell you, I have a rare, incurable illness. I don’t know where my future lies, or how much longer I’ll live. I just hope… at the end of my life, I see… or at least catch a glimpse of her finding a man who will make her happy. In this way, at least I won’t have regrets.”
Rong Ling’s expression slightly changed: “An incurable illness?”
Du Shaoheng didn’t directly address the topic: “I owe her so much emotionally. Maybe I shouldn’t have let go so easily back then. In youth, I was high-spirited, proud to the core, unable to lower my dignity to love her. She had a marriage, an unhappy one, so…”
He looked at Rong Ling: “I hope for her happiness. But Rong Ling, what she wants, you can’t give.”
Rong Ling looked down mockingly: “I won’t take your money.”
After speaking, he turned to leave.
Du Shaoheng suddenly said: “You really need this money now, don’t you?”
Rong Ling didn’t pause, his back disappeared around the hallway corner.
Du Shaoheng furrowed his brow, feeling… complicated!
…
The next day.
Employee cafeteria.
Lunchtime.
Rong Ling took his meal card to the cafeteria, got a meal, and found a random seat.
He didn’t notice the two girls closely following behind him.
Rong Ling had just sat down, when the girls behind him also got meals.
One girl nudged the girl next to her: “It’s him, it’s him! It’s him!”
An Nuan: “What a coincidence, meeting him in the employee cafeteria.”
Female colleague: “Nuannuan, go on! It’s such a rare chance to meet him here. You fell for him at first sight, didn’t you?”