After the Strategy Mission Was Exposed, the Childhood Friend Became a Sinister Male Ghost - Chapter 2

Unexpectedly, she collided with his soulful gaze, which held a depth of complexity she could not quite decipher. His stare was as cloying as honey, sticky and lingering, yet it carried an underlying damp and chilling frost. It felt eerie, as if she were being stared down by some sort of reptile.

The color drained from Ling Luo’s lips. Her body slumped against the wall, but she quickly ducked under his outstretched arm to make a break for it, bolting toward the emergency exit. It was only the seventh floor; taking the stairs would be fast!

“Luo Luo, I will give you two billion.” The man’s magnetic voice vibrated in her ears.

“?” Ling Luo paused in her tracks and looked back at him. “Are you serious?”

“As long as you marry me, I can give you more than two billion. Tens of billions, hundreds of billions; I can give it all to you.”

“If there are strings attached, I am not interested!” Ling Luo turned away. Her voice echoed up from the stairwell: “We cannot bridge the class gap between us! Our families are not a match, our ideals differ, and our perspectives are worlds apart. We are completely incompatible! Breaking up is the perfect solution!”

The words “breaking up” pierced his heart like fine needles. The upward curve of Di Yu’s mouth flattened, and his lips thinned into a straight line as displeasure clouded his face.

Ling Luo ran down to the first floor, panting for breath, and peeked toward the elevators. After waiting a minute, a stranger stepped out. It seemed Di Yu had already left. She breathed a sigh of relief.

She wiped the sweat from her face, thankful she had used waterproof and sweat-proof makeup; nothing had smudged. If her makeup had been ruined, she would have had to waste time fixing it at the male lead’s company. Missing her interview time would be the same as throwing away the opportunity.

Ling Luo headed to the garage and walked toward her Porsche. Suddenly, a horn blared behind her. She froze and turned around apprehensively. A Rolls-Royce Phantom was parked directly facing her car. The man inside was none other than Di Yu.

The high beams shone directly onto her face, and a sense of danger crawled up her spine to her skull. She had the distinct feeling that if she did not agree to get back together, she might be run over. Ling Luo trusted her sixth sense. She tremulously raised her right hand and beckoned him over.

The System asked, “Why do I feel like you are summoning a puppy? Is that pure provocation?”

“Then why don’t you pop his tires remotely or make him suddenly fall ill? That way he will realize that entangling himself with me is the beginning of misfortune!”

Wealthy families tended to be superstitious and believed in gossip and feng shui. If they thought she “cursed her husband,” he would surely run far away.

The system coughed awkwardly. “I do not have enough energy. I cannot even pop a single tire. I am kindly reminding you that the villain’s killing intent toward you is very high. If we used numbers, it is at 1,000.”

Ling Luo’s beckoning hand froze, and she immediately stepped back. Di Yu stepped out of the car and walked toward her. His eyes were as dark as ink, seemingly filled with storm clouds.

“Di, Di Yu, you, I, well,” she stammered for a long while, unable to form a coherent sentence. The system said his killing intent was high. He would not actually kill her, would he? Putting everything else aside, he was a villain with a vanished conscience! Even the original male lead would suffer at his hands in the future!

When Di Yu was two meters away, Ling Luo softened her tone. “Di Yu, I was just speaking out of anger. I did not really mean to break up with you. It is just that you need to change your temperament. Sometimes I cannot handle it; I am always afraid of you.”

“Afraid of me?” Di Yu asked back.

“Yes! Just afraid! Right now, I am just an ordinary person, and you are the high-and-mighty head of the Di family. There is a Great Rift Valley between us.”

“Do you love me?” Di Yu interrupted her.

Meeting his cold gaze, Ling Luo’s palms sweated from nerves. She forced a smile. “To be honest, I love your money.”

Confirming that she still loved him, Di Yu’s lips curled into a doting smile. “I will change those issues you mentioned about my poor performance in bed.”

Ling Luo analyzed his expression. He seemed happy. Could it be that he was moved by her? Does he actually love her? Ling Luo’s brain whirled at high speed, and she immediately flashed a bright smile. “I have to go to a college class reunion now, and I am almost late. You go home first, and I will come find you later!”

“I will drop you off.”

“No need, no need!”

Her heart thumping, Ling Luo slowly approached him. She tentatively extended her index finger and hooked his thumb. When he did not brush her hand away, she pushed her luck, stood on her tiptoes, and kissed his chin before quickly retreating a meter.

A moist, soft sensation lingered on his chin. The woman’s scent, mixed with the fragrance of apples, was sweet and alluring. It shot straight to his brain. As if bewitched, he could not react to the outside world, lost in the memory of that gentle kiss.

“See you tonight!” Ling Luo immediately scrambled into her car, hit the gas, and fled the underground parking lot. By the time Di Yu snapped out of it, the woman who had disrupted his peace was long gone.

Ling Luo arrived at the Xincheng Technology company. After her interview was finished, she went to the restroom. In truth, she poked around the office but did not see the male lead.

“His company was only recently established. Is he out doing business?” she asked the system.

“Yes, it is.”

“He would not be out all week, would he? The manager who interviewed me said I should start work the day after tomorrow.”

“He should be back in the office by then.”

“Are the villain’s emotions fluctuating much?”

“They seem to have stabilized. Ling Luo, you are amazing! You actually learned how to tie someone down with emotions!”

“Not really, right?”

“The villain has been completely placated by you! If you ask me, go buy a gift right now and give him a surprise! As long as you keep him tethered, he will not keep popping up unexpectedly and will not interfere with your mission to win over the male lead!”

“You have a point.”

Ling Luo had not returned Di Yu’s black card yet. She was loath to spend her own money, so she swiped his card for 1.2 million and bought a Vacheron Constantin watch. To someone like him, this was probably cheap. If he did not accept it, she could turn around and give it to the male lead to show her sincerity.

Ling Luo thought it over and checked with Housekeeper Yu at the Di residence. Learning that Di Yu was not home yet, she snuck over. She asked Housekeeper Yu to keep her presence a secret from Di Yu. Housekeeper Yu agreed with a beaming smile.

Ling Luo busied herself in the kitchen all afternoon. Before 5:00 PM, Di Yu returned.

“Good evening, Young Master,” the servants’ voices drifted in from outside.

“Young Master, Miss Ling is cooking for you in the kitchen. She asked me not to tell you,” Housekeeper Yu said, walking beside Di Yu and taking his coat.

Di Yu’s cold expression shifted instantly, and his eyes softened. Housekeeper Yu took the initiative to retreat and dismissed the other servants to their rooms, ensuring they would not disturb the private space of the Young Master and Miss Ling.

As Ling Luo brought out the final dish, she caught sight of the tall man leaning against the kitchen doorway like a solid wall.

“How are you back so soon? I was planning to give you a surprise.”

“In the future, leave these things to the staff,” Di Yu said, his eyes downcast and brimming with tenderness.

“That will not do. Doing it personally shows more sincerity!”

Back when she was first trying to win him over, she had cooked often. The villain had a huge appetite back then and finished every dish until they were spotless. He had practically licked the plates clean.