Chapter 12 Trust Me, Alright?

• “To hell with it!” Li Ning Juan scolded furiously.
• Seeing Bai An Xiang’s wronged expression, Cheng Yuan could not help but smile. The way Bai An Xiang was comfortably expressing her feelings in the household was adorable to him.
• Cheng Yuan said, “Don’t worry An Xiang, I’m here.”
• Bai An Xiang startled.
• Li Ning Juan resumed her scoldings, “You are just as useless, how does acting romantic help with the situation? Just like An Xiang’s father, all you do is talk nonsense, why don’t you confront Bai Yong Ming and beat him up?”
• Everytime Cheng Yuan said something, Li Ning Juan would verbally attack him like she was using a machine gun, Cheng Yuan had already gotten used to it for a while now.
• Bai An Xiang wanted to stop Li Ning Juan, but Cheng Yuan stopped her and gave her a nod of assurance, so she decided to leave it.
• “I’ll make a call,” Cheng Yuan smiled at Bai An Xiang and left the room.
• “Just like you, garbage!” seeing as Cheng Yuan was making his way out, Li Ning Juan redirected her anger back to Bai Shi Ju.
• However, Bai Shi Ju squinted at Cheng Yuan’s back view as he left.
• …
• Meanwhile, a Mercedes-Benz had entered the parking lot of Yue Liang Wan Estate.
• Bai Yong Ming was dressed up in a suit and leather shoes, brought his fine-looking secretary and entered the Yue Liang Wan Estate’s office anxiously.
• This was the biggest organisation he had ever worked with in his lifetime. Additionally, it would have been the largest sum of cash he’ll be in charge of, hence he was particularly excited for the task.
• “Long Chen Yu really thought he was some tough guy now, how dare he refuse me and scold me,” Bai Yong Ming smirked, “I’m going to show him, besides Long Teng Group, I, Bai Yong Ming can find an even better investor.”
• The secretary added on, “Yeah, we are going to work with Yue Liang Wan now, what’s the big deal with Long Teng anyway? Surely Long Chen Yu will come begging for a piece from Mr. Bai in the future.”
• Bai Yong Ming was deeply satisfied by the words of his secretary, he habitually pinched the her upturned buttcheeks, “Not bad Mei, I like your vision, but we need to keep a low-profile.”
• The secretary smiled flirtatiously, “Stop it.”
• However, when they got to the reception area of Yue Liang Wan Estate, a fine-looking attendant at the front desk asked them, “May I know if you have an appointment?”
• Bai Yong Ming was dumbfounded, “We are from Bai Corporation.”
• The attendant smiled politely, “Sorry, but do you have an appointment?”
• “No,” Bai Yong Ming instantly turned to a grimace.
• “Apologies, the general manager is busy right now, you can’t see him without an appointment.”
• Bai Yong Ming asked reluctantly, “Then how did Bai An Xiang see him yesterday?”
• She only found out about coming to Yue Liang Wan in the morning meeting, so it was impossible for her to make an appointment beforehand.
• The fine-looking attendant smiled courteously, “Oh I’m not sure about that.”
• Bai Yong Ming’s secretary, Mei, retaliated, “Hey, know your place, we are from Bai Corporation and this is the young master of the Bai Family. Mr. Zhang had given us his word to collaborate with the Bai Family. I suggest you try and talk to your manager before getting into trouble.”
• The attendant frowned, “Bai Corporation? Sorry, I’ve never heard of it before.”
• “You…”
• When he returned to Bai Corporation, Bai Yong Ming was in complete grimace.
• He didn’t dare to go straight to master, so he tried to make a call to Bai An Xiang instead. However, Bai An Xiang didn’t end up answering the call and it built onto his rage.
• Bai Yong Ming was left with no choice, so he went to his father, Bai Shi Pan’s office.
• 80 million, it was the key that represented the last hope of Bai Corporation. Therefore, when Bai Shi Pan heard about Bai Yong Ming’s screw-up, he did not dare to make a rash decision and brought Bai Yong Ming straight to Master Bai.
• “What? You didn’t even manage to meet him in person?” Master was infuriated, “Didn’t you say your former classmate works there as a manager?”
• Bai Yong Ming put his head down and stayed silent.
• He spoke to the classmate before, but he said he was just a logistics manager, this is way above his pay grade. Furthermore, Mr. Zhang had given his orders, if the Bai Family sent another person, he would never agree to investing in the project.
• “100 million,” Master Bai slammed the desk and shouted, “Didn’t you say you could strike a 100 million deal instead of 80? What happened in the end?”
• “In the end…”
• “In the end you didn’t even manage to see the man!”
• Bai Yong Ming was remorseful, “Grandpa, you can’t blame me for that, I am just a man after all. With her looks, Bai An Xiang must’ve seduced Mr. Zhang, otherwise…”
• “Shut up!” Master Bai glared at him and rebuked, “This is key to the survival of the family business, go to An Xiang right now and apologise to her. If you screw this up, I will disown you and your household right away”
• Upon hearing this, Bai Yong Ming and Bai Shi Pan’s faces turned pale in the blink of an eye.
• When master was leaving his office, the relatives who were leaning against the door, eavesdropping the entire ordeal, scrambled away in an instant.
• All the people who normally fawned over Bai Yong Ming even avoided eye contact with them, pretending to not see them.
• “Bai An Xiang must have slept with Mr. Zhang of Yue Liang Wan, otherwise…”
• Bai Yong Ming gritted his teeth as he said in the empty aisle.
• “Quiet!”
• This time, it was Bai Shi Pan’s turn to shout at Bai Yong Ming, “I always told you to not take it too far. Have you ever taken my advice? Bai An Xiang is your cousin after all, why would you constantly torment her?”
• “How does saying all these help?” Bai Yong Ming said meekly, “Dad, what do we do now? Do I beg for the bitch’s forgiveness?”
• Bai Shi Pan frowned slightly, “Do you have a better idea?”
• Bai An Xiang decided to not enter the office today based on Cheng Yuan’s advice. Cheng Yuan wanted her to rest up and reassured her that things will eventually get better.
• It was unknown why, or when, did Bai An Xiang start to trust Cheng Yuan, but she just realized that now.
• Was it because of Cheng Yuan’s former classmate who worked at Jun Feng Group?
• No, there must be more to it.
• “Meow… Meow…” Bai An Xiang’s phone on the desk went off with her favourite ring tone.
• As she was reaching for the phone, Cheng Yuan stopped her.
• Bai An Xiang looked at Cheng Yuan suspiciously.
• Cheng Yuan answered the call and put it on loud speaker, Bai Yong Ming’s voice came from the other end.
• “Bai An Xiang, come to Bai Corporation at once, see me at my office.”
• When she heard the commanding tone from Bai Yong Ming, Bai An Xiang felt a little disheartened, a deep feeling of resentment gushed in her heart.
• Originally, it was her who was supposed to be the one giving orders.
• She pouted her lips, but just as she was about to say something, Cheng Yuan put a finger on her slim lips.
• She could feel the warmth of Cheng Yuan’s finger as it was touching her soft and silky lips, she felt a sparkle of electricity rushing through and made Bai An Xiang’s petite body startle involuntarily.
• She looked at Cheng Yuan in astonishment, while shaking his head and whispered, “Let me deal with him.”
• They were extremely close to each other, Bai An Xiang could feel Cheng Yuan’s breath caressing her face, it was a little tingling. In that moment, the world around her stopped moving.
• Despite being married to each other, they did not have any intimacy between them, they never even held hands. However, Cheng Yuan’s actions had unintentionally triggered a strange feeling in Bai An Xiang.
• “An Xiang is not feeling well today.” Cheng Yuan said over the phone.
• “Why is the useless trash talking to me?” Bai Yong Ming gave Cheng Yuan the cold shoulder, “Pass the phone to Bai An Xiang, I don’t want to waste my time on a bumpkin like you.”
• Cheng Yuan smiled and hung up the phone before turning it off.
• Bai An Xiang could not comprehend.
• Cheng Yuan said, “He is coming to beg you now.”
• This made Bai An Xiang even more confused.
• Cheng Yuan smiled, “I guess, he didn’t even manage to see Zhang Xun in person.”
• “Huh?” Bai An Xiang startled, “How do you know Zhang Xun?”
• Cheng Yuan startled too.
• Right, I told her my classmate works at Jun Feng but I never mentioned anything about Zhang Xun. What type of excuse should I come up with now?
• Lying was such a tedious task to him, besides, he always thought his brain was not designed for this, so once again, he smiled, “You guess.”