LWDC Chapter 40

Chapter 40 – Where is He?

Chapter 40 – Where is He?

Chapter 40 – Where is He?

Duan Yunhong slept until past ten in the morning before waking up.

He had cleared his schedule in advance for today, which was why he had been so unrestrained last night. During the “deed,” he had even asked Ning Fei if he needed to get up early the next day, and Ning Fei’s response was still to shut up and go wild. Duan Yunhong assumed that Ning Fei would at least be free in the morning, so he played even more recklessly than before.

However, when Duan Yunhong woke up, Ning Fei, who he expected to be even more exhausted than himself, was not in bed.

“Ning Fei…?”

Duan Yunhong called out, but there was no reply. He got up and wandered around upstairs and downstairs, looking for him everywhere. However, whether it was the infinity pool, the square bathtub, the water bed that Ning Fei was interested in, or the study, entertainment room, and gym that he was not interested in, there was no sign of anyone else. Duan Yunhong stood in the lobby on the first floor, surrounded by silence, with absolutely no movement of other people.

–Left already?

Duan Yunhong raked his fingers through his hair. He didn’t expect that Ning Fei getting up wouldn’t wake him up at all. Now, as soon as he opened his eyes, the person was gone, and Duan Yunhong’s important plans were completely disrupted.

–If I had known, I would have made sure to explain everything clearly and ask everything I needed to ask last night. Tsk, I was so dazed by that horny guy…

With a feeling of annoyance, Duan Yunhong returned upstairs, found his phone, and prepared to send a message to Ning Fei first. First, he would ask why he left without a word, and then he would ask if he had time to meet again tonight. He made such a scene last night, he didn’t know if he would have to stay in the nanny van to rest today…

Duan Yunhong sat on the sofa, sliding his phone while his thoughts wandered. Originally, he was very relaxed and leisurely, but after a few seconds, he gradually frowned, and his originally leaning back straightened up.

–Where is he?

The interface sorted by the latest information had already scrolled very far down, and some names that Duan Yunhong was not familiar with had appeared, but he still hadn’t seen Ning Fei’s ID. Duan Yunhong suspected that he had missed it, pulled back to the top, and began to focus on each contact name. But Ning Fei, who should theoretically be at the very top, still did not appear in Duan Yunhong’s field of vision.

Duan Yunhong narrowed his eyes and finally clicked on the search bar, directly searching for Ning Fei’s name.

The familiar avatar did not pop up.

There was only a long list of associated words, clicking on which would only lead directly to a web search.

Duan Yunhong’s brain seemed to freeze for two seconds because of this situation, and then he suddenly thought of a possibility: “…Deleted me?!”

When this thought popped up, Duan Yunhong’s first reaction was, impossible.

Everything was fine last night, and he was so entangled with him, how could he completely turn his back on him after waking up? Even if he did something to make him unhappy, if he wanted to turn his back on him, he should at least explain the reason!

Moreover, with Ning Fei’s character, if anyone provoked him, he would definitely take revenge before leaving, it was impossible for him to give in silently.

Duan Yunhong denied his guess while exiting the chat software and instead directly searched for Ning Fei’s phone number. Ning Fei had two numbers, and Duan Yunhong had saved them both. But when he entered Ning Fei’s name in the contact search box, he still found nothing.

“Even this is deleted…?”

Duan Yunhong’s brow furrowed. But he also knew very well that this was almost impossible. If Ning Fei wanted to delete Duan Yunhong’s number from his phone, he would have to secretly take Duan Yunhong’s finger in the middle of the night, unlock his phone, and then do a series of operations. During this period, Duan Yunhong could wake up at any time, and taking such a big risk to do such a simple thing didn’t seem like Ning Fei’s style.

Suddenly, from the depths of Duan Yunhong’s mind, a guess surfaced.

A long-forgotten guess that Duan Yunhong had almost forgotten, with a low probability but not zero possibility.

Duan Yunhong held the phone, staring into space, expressionless. After a long while, his gaze finally refocused.

He dialed his assistant’s phone.

“Hello, it’s me.” After the call was connected, Duan Yunhong directly ordered, “Find me Ning Fei’s contact information.”

The assistant on the other end asked doubtfully: “Ning Fei is…who?”

Duan Yunhong’s heart sank.

The assistant had met Ning Fei many times with him, so theoretically, he should know who Ning Fei was.

Well, theoretically.

Even though he had expected it, Duan Yunhong couldn’t help but add another sentence: “Ning Fei is Su Cenxi’s manager.”

“Su Cenxi’s manager?” The assistant on the other end was silent for a few seconds, as if confirming something, and then said, “His manager seems to be Jia Silin, or Gu always dug from another company. Is Ning Fei his new manager?”

“…In short, you go ask.” Duan Yunhong’s voice was very low, very cold. He did not give a clear answer, just ordered: “Also, check Su Cenxi’s movements today, where is he, I want to talk to him.”

The assistant heard a storm coming, and cautiously asked: “Uh, is there a rough talking point? It’s easy to communicate when making an appointment…”

“No, just check where he is and tell me the time and address.” Duan Yunhong ordered expressionlessly, and quickly hung up the phone.

He didn’t want to care what the assistant would think of him, and he was too lazy to care whether his investigation of Su Cenxi would cause a riot, he just wanted to know an answer.

An answer that he had already guessed, but still wanted to verify.

*

Su Cenxi’s schedule was still full today.

Others — including Gu Hechen — thought it was normal, after all, Su Cenxi was recently known as the “workaholic” in the circle. But only Su Cenxi himself felt it was amazing, obviously the goal had been achieved, obviously Ning Fei had left, why did he still honestly come to finish all the shifts?

Was he really trained into a habit by Ning Fei?

However, even though Su Cenxi came, he would occasionally be distracted during work. He would subconsciously look in a certain direction outside the venue, but he only saw Jia Silin and other assistants. When Jia Silin asked him what was wrong, he couldn’t say anything else, just shook his head and withdrew his gaze.

Until this job was coming to an end, Duan Yunhong suddenly appeared outside the venue.

There were no ST people in this job, so his appearance was quite abrupt. Especially when he came, his eyes coldly swept over the people from Chen Xi Studio, and finally fixed on Su Cenxi, which made it difficult for everyone not to notice him.

Su Cenxi was even more uneasy under his gaze. For no reason, Su Cenxi had a bad feeling, he always felt that this ST director came with ill intentions.

This anxiety led to Su Cenxi making a small mistake at the end of the job, fortunately he covered it up himself.

When the job ended, Su Cenxi stepped off the stage, and Duan Yunhong really strode towards him. Seeing Duan Yunhong’s gloomy face, Jia Silin and other assistants subconsciously greeted him first: “Director Duan, is there anything I can help you with?”

“It has nothing to do with you.” Duan Yunhong bypassed Jia Silin and approached Su Cenxi directly, “Where is he?”

He didn’t say a name, but Su Cenxi inexplicably had a thought: he’s asking about Ning Fei!

But how could this be possible? Everyone has forgotten Ning Fei’s existence, Duan Yunhong shouldn’t remember him either!

So Su Cenxi tried to calm his mood, and meeting the other party’s powerful aura, he replied: “Who?”

“You know who I’m talking about.” Duan Yunhong stared at Su Cenxi with sharp eyes. Regardless of what the other party answered, Duan Yunhong could deduce the answer from the other party’s subtle facial changes: “He helped you, even if others don’t remember, you must still remember, right?”

Su Cenxi’s eyes widened uncontrollably.

–How could he not forget?!

–How could he know my situation!

To be honest, if Duan Yunhong only asked about Ning Fei’s whereabouts, Su Cenxi would hesitate for a while whether to tell him. But now that it involved his true identity, there was no way Su Cenxi could respond to him.

“…Director Duan, I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Su Cenxi clenched his fingers nervously, but after all, he was a supermodel who had experienced big scenes, and he could still maintain an expressionless look on his face, “Sorry, I still have work to do, excuse me.”

After speaking, Su Cenxi also bypassed Duan Yunhong and wanted to leave quickly.

Duan Yunhong didn’t stop him, but sneered as he passed by him: “Your every move is imitating him.”

Su Cenxi’s body seemed to stiffen for a moment, or maybe it didn’t, anyway, he left the scene without looking back.

Leaving other staff members in place, looking at the uninvited Duan Yunhong in shock and doubt, no one knew how to treat him for a while.

Duan Yunhong didn’t need these unimportant people to pay attention to him either.

He turned around and strode out, the scenery outside the corridor window flashed by, and his mind was also surging with scene after scene related to Ning Fei. For example, Ning Fei was unwilling to accept his solicitation and insisted on only taking Su Cenxi; for example, Ning Fei used various tricks to please Duan Yunhong in order to win favorable conditions for Su Cenxi; and for example, Ning Fei said that he must take Su Cenxi to the TOP 10 in order to win a bet.

“Ha, ‘bet’…isn’t it just to make those time-travelers pay their debts?”

Duan Yunhong sneered, he had already figured it all out. He shouldn’t have figured it out so late, Ning Fei didn’t hide anything at all, it was just that he hadn’t met such a person for too long, and he had become complacent, so he completely turned a blind eye to such obvious hints.

–So, those flattery, intimacy, lingering…were all fake. It was just to achieve his goal, unscrupulous.

–The so-called “physical compatibility” is also a technique developed after experiencing many worlds and many people, right? The words of praise in bed are just insincere lines for the occasion.

Duan Yunhong quickly returned to his car, and just as he got into the driver’s seat, he realized that he had unconsciously brought the tie that Ning Fei gave him yesterday with him, and it was still on the passenger seat.

“Ha, he said he picked it out for me, this was also bought casually, right?” Duan Yunhong picked up the gift box and looked at it, and then threw it to the back seat, “Anyway, the money in this world is useless to you…”

At this moment, Duan Yunhong also realized that Ning Fei probably guessed what he wanted to say last night.

That’s why Ning Fei kept interrupting him, not letting him say it.

Because he didn’t want to listen at all, and didn’t want to agree. He knew that Duan Yunhong wanted to take the relationship a step further, but he was ready to leave, last night was just his last time to have fun, a carnival before leaving. He would no longer waste time in this world because of Duan Yunhong.

“Debt collector…Ning Fei.” Duan Yunhong’s fingers gripping the steering wheel gradually tightened.

“You wait for me.”

End of Volume 1.

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This volume is over! It is expected to enter V next Wednesday! Double update on the day of V!