Spellbound Hearts - Chapter 94 - Challenging His Limits

Faced with Yu Hui’s inquiry, Ji Xuan merely smiled without speaking.

Yu Hui smiled cryptically, “Is it inconvenient to say?”

Ji Xuan looked sincere, “President Yu, please don’t make it difficult for me. I’m new here and truly unaware.”

Though Ji Xuan claimed ignorance, two scenes flashed in her mind: first, Fang Hui’s warning during a business trip, and second, eavesdropping on Song Zhaoli’s phone call the previous night.

On the call, Elder Song questioned Song Zhaoli: “I’ll ask you just once today, are you going to marry Xie Yao or not?”

It seemed like a compromise had been made? To marry?

In the crowd, people clustered around Song Zhaoli and Xie Yao.

Song Zhaoli’s expression was cold and hard, emotionless. These people dared not speak to him directly, so they tried to flatter Xie Yao standing beside him.

“Yao, your dress is beautiful today, is it custom-made?”

“Yao, I saw this necklace at an auction before, two million, right? Grandpa Xie really spoils you.”

“Yao, what have you been doing for skincare lately? Your skin looks great.”

“Yao’s skin has always been good, she doesn’t need any skincare.”

The people surrounding Xie Yao chattered away.

Xie Yao seemed to be smiling, but all her thoughts were focused on Song Zhaoli.

Song Zhaoli was forcibly sent here by Elder Song today. Although Xie Yao wasn’t too happy about it, his presence was better than absence.

After basking in the crowd’s admiration for a while, Xie Yao noticed Song Zhaoli’s patience wearing thin. She smiled awkwardly, “You guys have fun, I’ll go rest with Fourth Brother.”

Someone joked at the right moment, “You’re getting married, still calling him Fourth Brother.”

Xie Yao blushed, glanced at Song Zhaoli, and said, “Don’t say that.”

The people flattering her knew the truth but continued to praise her, “What are we saying? Everyone knows you’re getting married, what’s there to hide?”

Xie Yao was delighted by the compliments, shyly leaning closer to Song Zhaoli’s arm.

A few minutes later, Xie Yao and Song Zhaoli appeared in the birthday party’s lounge.

Song Zhaoli sat coldly on the sofa, smoking, while Xie Yao questioned him with reddened eyes, “What’s wrong with marrying me?”

Song Zhaoli glanced at her, flicking ash from his cigarette, “I don’t want to string you along, nor do I want to use you.”

Xie Yao said, “What if I’m willing to be used by you?”

Song Zhaoli mocked, “Are you crazy?”

When Song Zhaoli was ruthless, he was truly ruthless, and when he was bad, he was truly bad.

Xie Yao knew he wasn’t a good person, yet she couldn’t let go, “I’m not crazy. Our marriage was decided by the Xie and Song families long ago. Everyone knows we’re getting married. If you break off the engagement, how can I continue in this circle?”

As she spoke, her eyes grew redder, as if tears would fall at any moment.

Song Zhaoli stared at her for about three or four seconds, extinguished his cigarette in the ashtray before him, and smirked, “Xie Yao, do you think those people outside really don’t know I don’t like you?”

Xie Yao’s weak spot was hit, her face flushed instantly.

Song Zhaoli sneered, “You can comfort yourself, but don’t deceive yourself.”

Looking at Song Zhaoli’s smirking face, Xie Yao pressed her lips into a straight line.

Suddenly, she understood why she liked Song Zhaoli. Besides his impressive qualities, he was bad and scummy, but he was bad and scummy in a straightforward way.

As he said himself, he never strings you along, nor does he use you.

Like Jiang Taigong fishing, willing participants take the bait.

Song Zhaoli was like Jiang Taigong, and there were many willing to be the fish in this circle.

After Song Zhaoli finished speaking, Xie Yao clenched her hand at her side and said, “Did you sleep with a woman recently?”

Song Zhaoli narrowed his eyes playfully, “Which one are you referring to?”

Xie Yao’s face turned red with anger, “How many have you slept with recently?”

Song Zhaoli lazily replied, “Many, some are celebrities, some models, and some are subordinates under unspoken rules.”

Xie Yao bit her lip, almost crying from anger.

Seeing this, Song Zhaoli said unhurriedly, “Xie Yao, we’re not suitable for each other. The Xie and Song families won’t always be on good terms. You’ll become a discarded pawn, and you know better than I do what happens to discarded pawns in arranged marriages.”

Xie Yao, “…”

After saying what needed to be said, Song Zhaoli stood up, ready to leave.

Seeing him about to go, Xie Yao blurted out, “That woman is Ji Xuan, right? You not only found a kidney source for her mother, but you also transferred her to work under your watch…”