The Scheming Ex-Husband's Courtship-Chapter 710 - 614 Why Did You Still Come Over?

Ye Rui sat in the hanging chair in the flower room, sipping flower tea while playing the game in her hands.

Ye Rui played this game, not to rank impressively on the leaderboard. She had only added a hundred yuan to get a VIP2 title, daily logging in to run some tasks, fight monsters, and participate in official activities.

Recently, however, she’s been frustrated by constantly being killed; she’s very cautious every time she leaves the city.

Just past the transfer portal, a line suddenly appeared on the screen: You were killed by the player ’Flower Under Night Dusk’, do you want to resurrect here?

Ye Rui remembered this ’Flower Under Night Dusk’, the Ghost King who had killed her repeatedly that day, unable to rise. This person might be sick, targeting her weaker account to kill. He was VIP13, while she was only VIP2, easily beaten by a single skill from him.

Ye Rui cursed under her breath, "Crazy," knowing she couldn’t win, she had no choice but to return to the city. Unable to complete her tasks, she decided to log off for now.

Bored, Ye Rui lay in the hanging chair browsing her social circle - all trivial matters. Just as she was about to turn it off, a familiar face caught her eye.

She and Qin Youyou both followed each other on social media. Despite their discord, neither had deleted the other; they were even more eager to track each other’s updates.

Qin Youyou usually liked to post melancholic texts along with sad pictures, always reminding Ye Rui of the phrase: ’moaning without pain’.

Today was no exception, her post still carried a subtle sadness: A foreign sky, the man in her heart, love deeply buried.

Ye Rui wasn’t concerned with such sentimental drivel; she sat up and enlarged the photo with her hands.

Leng Shaoqing’s luggage was packed by her, so she remembered clearly; this gray T-shirt, which she had neatly folded herself along with another black T-shirt for him to wear while resting in the hotel.

Even though Qin Youyou’s photo was retouched and showed only a third of the clothing, Ye Rui recognized at a glance that what she was wearing belonged to Leng Shaoqing.

Why was it Qin Youyou, the person she disliked the most?

He had secretly helped the Ye Family resolve business problems, fiercely humiliating the Qin Family, and now he was with Qin Youyou...

Ye Rui found herself caught in a dilemma, trapped in unparalleled contradiction.

The butler came to call her for lunch, shouting three times, but Ye Rui was oblivious.

"Madam, are you feeling unwell?" the butler approached, raising his voice.

Only then did Ye Rui look up, her tear-stained face caught by the butler, who was immediately shocked: "Madam, why are you crying? Is something wrong?"

"It’s nothing." Ye Rui knew that the butler would report everything to Leng Shaoqing in detail, so she wiped the tears from her face and smiled, "I was reading a novel. The experiences of the protagonists are so frustrating. They finally get together only to be forced apart. Clearly in love, yet unable to be together."

The butler saw the smartphone in her hand and the teapot beside it, and, not suspecting a thing, comforted: "Madam is so kind-hearted. Actually, separations and reunions are common in this world. Destined to meet despite thousands of miles apart, but sometimes even close at hand, we cannot hold hands. It’s all fiction, Madam, please don’t take it to heart."

"Butler, seeing how stern you usually are, you actually seem to know quite a bit about love," she remarked.

The butler smiled bashfully: "Not at all, not at all. Just that being older, I’ve experienced more in life."

Ye Rui jumped down from the hanging chair, "What’s for lunch?"

She couldn’t let the butler notice anything was off, so she ate more than usual. In the afternoon, she heard the butler on the phone with Leng Shaoqing, sounding very cheerful: "Madam cried this morning in the flower room after being moved by a novel, but she was in good spirits by lunch and had a good appetite."

Ye Rui, leaning against the wall, felt a surge of sadness. He did care about her, she thought, otherwise he wouldn’t have the butler update him daily. Even a minor illness concerned him greatly. But why wouldn’t he call her himself, why always through a third person?

Sometimes she even felt that what he truly cared about was her health, not her feelings.

When she married him, Ye Rui wasn’t blindly swept away by happiness; she had considered it carefully. From the day they got their marriage certificate, she was prepared to wholeheartedly nurture this marriage. What she hadn’t anticipated was facing a tough challenge just months into the marriage—the existence of another woman.

She loved Leng Shaoqing and cherished their marriage. Even if she had to bow out, she didn’t want to lose miserably. Moreover, perhaps everything was just Qin Youyou’s plot, and there was something she didn’t know about the situation. Should she trust Leng Shaoqing one more time?

In the afternoon, seeing Ye Rui hurriedly descending the stairs with her bag, the butler immediately asked with concern: "Madam, are you going out? Shall I ask the driver to take you?"

"Yes, my mom just called saying my dad is ill. I want to go home to see him, and I might stay there for a couple of days."

"Oh, I see. You better hurry back then, I’ll arrange the car."

Watching the butler leave with a sense of duty, Ye Rui could only silently say, "Sorry, Butler."

After the Leng Family’s car stopped at the entrance of the Ye Family, Ye Rui instructed the driver to leave. Instead of entering the house, she hailed a taxi straight to the airport. The plane ticket to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, had been booked in advance at home, and it was the last flight today.

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Qin Youyou was rejected by Leng Shaoqing at his door yesterday, which made her toss and turn all night, unable to sleep well. She had successfully made it into his bed before, but never expected this man to turn his back on her.

Even with a thick skin, Qin Youyou couldn’t go around telling people she had slept with the president. Moreover, she had hoped to use the opportunity to have Leng Shaoqing help the Qin Family reclaim their business. Now, besides during work hours, she can hardly see him.

"Assistant Qin, what are you doing here?" Standing in the hallway for a long time, Qin Youyou suddenly heard someone calling her, turning her head to see the company’s planning director.

Just as Qin Youyou was about to respond, the planning director handed her a document: "Assistant Qin, please deliver this document to Mr. Leng’s room. I’ve got some other matters to handle, so please take care of it."

This opportunity was just what she had been looking for, Qin Youyou immediately accepted it with joy: "Director Liu, you’re too polite, this is my duty."

Qin Youyou didn’t even look at what document it was, but in high spirits, she took the elevator to the penthouse suite. Knowing Leng Shaoqing liked light purple, she bought a light purple dress early in the morning. Standing at Leng Shaoqing’s door, she thought, this time no matter what, she must have a relationship with him again, only in this way,

The doorbell rang a while before someone came to open the door. As she heard footsteps approaching, Qin Youyou put on a seductive yet clean smile, but when the door opened, that smile froze on her face.

After a moment, Qin Youyou came back to herself: "Why are you here?"

Ye Rui leaned against the door, amused, "Miss Qin, your question is rather odd. I’m in my husband’s room; is there anything wrong with that?"

"I’m looking for Leng Shaoqing."

"He’s taking a bath. Is it this document you wanted to give him?" Ye Rui, not waiting for Qin Youyou to retract her hand, snatched the document away, "I’ll pass it on for you, goodbye."

Bang!

The door slammed shut in front of Qin Youyou, almost hitting her nose, turning her face pale with rage.

She furiously stomped her foot. This rare opportunity had been ruined by Ye Rui, who suddenly appeared. She had posted that moment on social media specifically to provoke her, never expecting her to actually show up.

After her anger subsided, Qin Youyou suddenly revealed a smug smile.

This is good too, since Leng Shaoqing least likes to be disturbed during work hours, especially when he is far away in a foreign land. With Ye Rui’s arrival, he should be very unhappy.

Moreover, Ye Rui wasn’t here to visit him, she was here to check on him, and probably no man in the world would like to be monitored by his wife in this way, let alone a man of his high status.

Ye Rui, I wish you luck.

Ye Rui placed the document on the desk, then turned around to the kitchen to boil water, and brewed a pot of floral tea.

After Leng Shaoqing finished his bath, the room was filled with the fresh aroma of flowers.

"The tea is just at the right temperature." Ye Rui handed over a glass tea cup, "This is the floral tea I’ve blended for you, to lower blood sugar, clear the eyes, and soothe the spirit."

Leng Shaoqing took it, "Thank you."

Ye Rui stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking outside, "This place is not as good as Aus City."

"Then why did you come all the way from Aus City?" Leng Shaoqing’s tone was indifferent, almost emotionless, but Ye Rui still sensitively perceived that he was not very welcoming of her presence.

Ye Rui originally had a lot of grievances to share with him, but just now, she saw a clean grey T-shirt in his cabinet. It was very clean, without any scent of someone else. Perhaps, this T-shirt had never left the cabinet, and it’s possible that all this trouble was stirred up by Qin Youyou.

"Don’t know how to answer?" Leng Shaoqing raised an eyebrow, a hint of mockery appearing, "Then let me answer for you. It’s because Chong Han is in Lisbon."

Ye Rui turned from the window, looking at the calm and composed man with a mix of surprise and confusion.