The Downtrodden Villain In A Redemption Romance Novel Chapter 37
byChapter 37 Resentment
City A, on the top floor of Nangong Group.
Outside the huge floor-to-ceiling windows is a bright city night scene, with neon lights flashing and traffic flowing.
However, in this extremely luxurious office overlooking all living beings, the atmosphere has dropped to freezing point.
Nangong Chen stood in front of the window with his back to the door, his tall figure casting a long shadow on the smooth floor, holding a crystal cup in his hand.
“Bang——!”
With a crisp sound, he slammed the crystal glass against the wall, causing fragments and wine to scatter, leaving dark stains on the expensive carpet.
“Trash! You can’t even catch two people!” He turned around suddenly, his voice suppressed with rage, “You are following them in a dark alley, and you can’t even find out which car they got into! What’s the use of me raising you!”
In front of the desk, several core staff lowered their heads, not daring to express their anger, and their shirt collars were soaked in cold sweat.
“Master Chen, they probably used false certificates… I have checked all the records of leaving City A…”
“False evidence?!” Nangong Chen approached step by step, his eyes horrifying, “In my territory, not only can they get false evidence, but they can also get rid of the professional tracking team? Are you too incompetent, or is my name, Nangong Chen, no longer useful?”
“My subordinates don’t dare! We will immediately send more manpower to expand the search area, sifting through the black market, the border… every inch!”
“Get lost!” Nangong Chen waved his hand fiercely, “The reward is doubled. If you want to see the person alive, you will see the body if you die. If you can’t find any valuable clues, you can go and fill in the sea yourself.”
Several people retreated hastily.
Silence returned to the office.Nangong Chen loosened his tie irritably, the anger in his chest getting stronger.
He needs to vent.
He pressed the intercom, his voice without any warmth: “Let the wife come here. Now.”
At the same time, in the luxury apartment on the other side of the city, Su Xia was dressing up carefully in front of the dressing table.
When her phone rang, she happily picked up the call from Assistant Nangong Chen.But after learning that Nangong Chen was in a bad mood, her smile suddenly froze.
She subconsciously opened the chat window on her phone that she had set to do not disturb but had never been deleted.
The last message she sent three days ago: [Qingrang, are you okay?I’m worried about you.】
In front of it are dozens of unread messages, ranging from the initial worried inquiry, to the later grievance complaint, and finally to the final almost begging.
[Qingrang, can you say something back to me?】
[I know what I did wrong before, but I was also forced…]
[Chen…he is in a bad mood recently, I’m afraid…]
[You said before that you would always protect me, didn’t you?】
No reply.Stone sinks into the sea.
Looking at the unresponsive avatar, Su Xia felt a sting in her heart, mixed with emotions that she couldn’t tell whether it was regret or resentment.
In the past, no matter what she sent, Lu Qingrang would always reply immediately, with a gentle and indulgent tone.
He would patiently listen to all her trivial worries, comfort her when she was scared, and be there for her when she needed it.
That kind of meticulous care was something Nangong Chen had never given and could not give.
She even remembered that before Lu Qingrang went bankrupt, he carefully asked her if she would like to leave City A with him and go to a quiet town to start over.
How did she respond?She refused, with some distaste, thinking that he was whimsical and that he could not give her the life she wanted.
Waves of fine pain pierced his heart.
Su Xia got rid of the indecisive thoughts in her mind, put on her makeup, put on Nangong Chen’s favorite lotus root pink dress, tried her best to smile softly, and rushed to Nangong Group.
Standing at the door of the president’s office, Su Xia took a deep breath and pushed the door open.
As soon as she timidly called out “Chen”, she was pulled over by a brute force.There is no tenderness, no words, only possession that is almost punishing.
She bit her lip and endured it, tears falling from the corners of her eyes.
Afterwards, Nangong Chen leaned back on his chair and lit a cigar.
In the smoke, he looked at the huddled and trembling Su Xia, and suddenly reached out to touch her tear-stained cheek.
“Scared you?” His voice suddenly softened, and his fingertips rubbed the red marks on her wrist.”I don’t want this either.” He pressed her hand on his chest, “But thinking about Lu Qingrang letting us miss so many years, it hurts like crazy! He must pay the price!”
This show of weakness was like a dose of ecstasy, which instantly soothed Su Xia’s fear.
She looked at his painful side face, and a sense of mission arose spontaneously. Yes, Chen had always been reserved and self-possessed, but he must have been forced out of control by Lu Qingrang!
She raised her hazy tearful eyes and looked at Nangong Chen’s side face full of pain and affection. Yes, Mr. Chen is usually so noble and calm, how could he get angry easily?It’s all Lu Qingrang!It was he who forced Mr. Chen to do this!
All the fear, grievance, and even the humiliation of that moment found a perfect outlet for venting – Lu Qingrang.
She immediately snuggled into Nangong Chen’s arms more docilely, and echoed in a voice that was still crying but deliberately sweet: “Chen, don’t make yourself angry for him anymore, it’s not worth it! I sent him so many messages, but he didn’t even read them. He no longer has me in his heart! He deserves to be down and out! He deserves to hide around like a rat in the gutter! I hate him! I really hate him!”
She eagerly told her resentment against Lu Qingrang, as if the stronger the hatred, the more she could prove that she and Nangong Chen were on the same front, and the more she could exchange for his sympathy and compensation at the moment.
“Baby, you finally understand…” Nangong Chen answered in time, his voice full of emotion after being understood.
He lowered his head slightly, his breath ambiguously brushing her ear, “If Lu Qingrang hadn’t been despicably standing in the middle and sowing discord, how could there have been so many misunderstandings between us, how could we have missed so many years of the best time in vain, and made you suffer so many undeserved grievances?”
He cleverly attributed all responsibility and fault to the absentee who could not defend himself, perfectly portraying himself as a victim whose affection was repeatedly destroyed.
He continued to whisper in a tone full of temptation and promise, tightening his arms to trap her deeper in his arms, “Find him and make him pay for all the mistakes he caused… and atone for the time we lost.
“Hmm!”Su Xia nodded vigorously, her cheek pressed against the fabric of his expensive suit, completely immersed in the web of warmth carefully woven by Nangong Chen, and her meager guilt towards Lu Qingrang was completely swallowed up by this surging resentment.