Chapter Forty-Four: A Scene of Desolation, Heaven and Earth Grown Old

  Study, Ye Shengge wore a loose bathrobe after bathing, putting the center of gravity of his body in the real leather sofa chair behind him, tapping on the keyboard of the computer to end the video call by his side. He rubbed his tired eyebrows and threw himself into the sofa chair again.

  The black shiny desktop blended almost seamlessly with the night outside. Miyako had left half an hour ago, and the hands on her wristwatch had already moved steadily to 11 o'clock.

  The study door was knocked as expected, and Hao Lianpeng still walked in from the outside wearing a black suit and trousers.

  The crystal chandelier on the ceiling refracted a dazzling transparent light, which was even more stunning, and set off Hao Lianzhuang's hard facial features, which were even more intimidating than marble. As soon as he entered the study, before reaching the desk, Hao Lianzhuang knelt down on one knee, bowed his head, "Young Master!"

  Ye Song lightly raised her eyes, and the moment she saw him, the fatigue on her forehead was gone, and her warm and bright phoenix eyes appeared. She slightly raised her hand, "Xie, get up and talk again."

  Mo's face flashed with hesitation, Ye Shengge's expression had already begun to show some impatience. Mo lowered his head and could still feel his gaze, so he said, "Yes, Young Master Xie!"

  "I've told you before, there's no master-slave relationship between us, don't be so formal."

  She lightly slid open the leather sofa chair, Ye Shengge's fingers moved on her thigh, "Speak!"

  "Yes." Meng stood up, thought for a moment and replied expressionlessly, "It has been investigated that the mastermind behind the smashing of 'Night' is Long Si, the fourth master of the local Dragon Prosperity Gang. This person is ruthless and vicious, with despicable means, and because of his base and contemptible methods, he is often despised by people in the underworld. The ones who smashed 'Night' are a group of thugs under his command."

  Hao Lianyu hesitated for a moment before raising his own question, "But I don't understand, we've never had any dealings with them, so why would they want to make enemies with us? And more importantly, no one knows that you, Young Master, are the mastermind behind 'Night', so how did they find out about this?"

  Ye Sheng's two fingers supported his chin, with a resolute and white porcelain jaw that had an artistic quality to it. His eyes seemed to be drifting, both far and near at the same time, as if he was thinking about something unknown.

  After a long time, he finally laughed softly and said, "Meng, we have met a powerful opponent."

  Mo Yan didn't understand and asked in confusion, "What did Young Master say?"

  Ye Shengge stood up from the sofa, his tall figure instantly blocking out half of the scorching crystal lights on the ceiling. "Don't you think that there's someone else behind the scenes?"

  "Let's not talk about how Long Four knew I was the boss behind 'Night' for now. Based on our relationship with the Longxing Gang, we have no grievances or grudges against each other, so they wouldn't be foolish enough to come and make enemies with us automatically. Moreover, who is Long Four? He's just a small fourth master of the Longxing Gang. If anyone should take action, it should be his boss!"

  Hao Lianyu looked at the man in front of him who was hiding himself in the night shadows by the window and nodded, "Young Master is right, but even we can't find out about that person, he's too dangerous."

  Ye Sheng Ge seemed to not want to talk about this matter anymore, turned around and looked at Hao Lian Guo, with a warmth in his eyes that even he himself didn't know, "Have you found out - who she is?"

  Hao Lianhui naturally understood who the young master was referring to. He immediately bowed and said, "Reporting to Young Master, Qian Lianxia is the daughter of Qian Junwei, the CEO of the top 50 global enterprise, Qian Group. Since Qian Junwei has no son, it's rumored that Qian Lianxia will be the successor of the Qian Group."

  "What? The top-ranked Forbes' Chunjun is actually her?" Ye Shengge's eyes widened in surprise as well. He had already known that she came from a noble family and had an excellent background, especially after hearing her mention it unintentionally when she was drunk last night, he became interested and specially asked someone to investigate, but he didn't expect that this investigation would actually reveal her true identity behind her back. It had to be said, he was really surprised, this identity was no longer just noble, it was extraordinary.

  Global Top 50, how many people envy and yearn for it.

  Hao Lianju was also surprised, but replied calmly: "Yes, young master, it's absolutely true!"

  "Alright, I understand, you go down first!" Ye Song's slight surprise quickly gave way to calmness.

  Hao Lianju bowed his head and said with a somewhat embarrassed expression: "Young Master, Miss Hui has requested to see you and has been waiting for a long time."

  At the mention of this name, Ye Song's eyes shot over with a sharp gaze, causing Hao Lianyong's heart to tremble. After a moment, he reluctantly said: "Forget it, let her in!"

  "Yes, thank you, young master!" A look of joy flashed across Hao Lian's face, and he backed out of the room, but a hint of sadness flickered across his face again.

  He stood by the window, looking down at the scenery at the foot of the mountain with his head bowed. The night was hazy and the sound of high heels behind him pierced his ears sharply, but it didn't feel out of place. On the contrary, this sound of high heels was very comfortable.

  She walked straight into the study door, first kneeling on one knee and bowing her head to him, "Young Master,"

  Ye Sheng Ge didn't respond to her and was almost silent.

  The girl raised her head and looked at the man by the window, asking with some resentment: "Young master, why don't you want to see me?"

  Her face was somewhat pale and weak, with a very pale complexion, as if she had not seen the sun for years. On her palm-sized beautiful melon seed-shaped face, a pair of big eyes with black pupils were carved, even though they looked a bit pale, it couldn't be denied that this was an extremely beautiful woman, just like you accidentally found a tenacious jasmine flower in a mountain valley.

  Ye Sheng Ge still didn't speak, and even his back figure remained as straight as ever.

  The woman who called out to him finally couldn't bear it anymore, her voice trembling with sobs. "Tell me, loving you, was I wrong?" She knelt on the ground, her knees facing his direction and crawled two more steps forward. He didn't speak, so she didn't get up.

  "I said, I can give up on fame, now and even in the future. I can give up everything as long as I can love you like the woman beside you does. This is my only small request, can't you fulfill it for me? Or is it because..."

  Her emotions were on the verge of collapse, "Because you are the young master, and I am just a killer tool rescued from those bandits, nothing more than a subordinate!"

  "Report painting,"

  Ye Sheng Ge finally spoke up, his voice was tired and helpless, "You get up first!"

  "No, you don't tell me the reason, I won't get up!" Bing Hua said stubbornly.

  "What's the reason?" Ye Song gazed at her with deep, passionate eyes from a superior position. "Don't forget, you're just my subordinate, my killing tool, my spy placed beside the enemy. So, you shouldn't be here now. What I'm thinking about now is how to please my woman, how to make my woman happy. That woman won't be you!"

  His voice was icy and devoid of warmth, each word cutting into Xianghua's heart like a knife. Her pupils dilated instantly, and she even forgot how to react.

  Ye Song was still thinking hard, "I don't know what Little Ya likes?"

  He surprisingly asked her with a patient and inquiring expression, "Ben Hua, you're a woman, so you should understand women well. Do you know what 18-year-old girls generally like?" Ye Song almost didn't look at her and walked straight past her out the door.

  "Find me a car tomorrow, low-key, Xiaoyu doesn't like to show off."

  The figure behind him was stunned, forgetting all thoughts and movements for a long time, until a single tear rolled down from the corner of his eye.