Deliberately Approaching
Chapter 186 The Truth Behind the Design Blueprint

Chapter 186: Chapter 186 The Truth Behind the Design Blueprint

Li Zishen’s chest heaved violently, with a deep blue tie constricting his neck like a rope, causing him so much pain that he couldn’t breathe.

"Quick, go..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Chen Xin had already started the car, constantly adjusting the steering wheel. He made it to the gate of the Foreign Language College in just two minutes.

The assailants from the attack on Mei Garden appeared!

This was Li Zishen and Chen Xin’s first reaction.

The limited edition luxury car raced down the road, naturally attracting the attention of many students, though several were annoyed because their companions were startled.

Despite Chen Xin’s skilled driving, this was, after all, a school.

——Rich people are just bullies!

——My God, that’s the Leng Family’s car, what’s it doing here? Could it be Li Zishen inside?

——Holy crap, is he drifting?

At this moment, Li Zishen could hardly care about the feelings of others, his eyes scanning the surroundings sharply through the window like those of a ferocious beast.

Just as he reached for the secret compartment, a figure suddenly appeared.

"Xiao Wan!"

The car slowed to a stop.

A bodyguard dressed in casual clothes approached, pushing a highway race bike: "Boss, two decorators were moving things, and Miss Tang just..."

Li Zishen waved his hand dismissively, his gaze intense.

The entire process took less than five minutes, and the bodyguard appeared just in time, but for Li Zishen, it felt like surviving a monumental catastrophe.

"President Chen, the boss..."

Chen Xin patted the bodyguard on the shoulder, reassuringly saying, "It’s okay."

The bodyguard nodded, frowning.

He was responsible for this area of the Foreign Language College. Just as Tang Xiaowan was knocked down, he was about to report to Bai Long when he saw his boss’s car.

Without a word, Li Zishen scooped up Tang Xiaowan who was inspecting her ankle.

Her resistance was completely insignificant at that moment.

"What are you doing?"

"Come back to Li Garden with me to get some medicine."

"I didn’t get hurt, why would I need medicine? Cheng Shi will be here soon, and if he doesn’t see me, he’ll..."

The incident from Saturday went unmentioned, which was just as well.

Li Zishen had spared Cheng Shi on account of Tang Xiaowan’s feelings at the time. If the same situation arose now, it would be a different story.

"If there’s a next time, believe it or not, I’ll cripple him," Li Zishen said fiercely, a flash of displeasure in his bright phoenix eyes.

"You wouldn’t dare!"

"Try me."

"Cheng Shi is my man. Even if he does something wrong, you can’t just handle him however you like. If you dare lay a hand on him, you would be..."

"A hypocrite? A wolf in sheep’s clothing?"

"Right, exactly."

Chen Xin, seeing Li Zishen carrying Tang Xiaowan over, hurriedly opened the rear car door.

"Take the east gate."

"No, go through the south gate."

The unnamed road in front of the Foreign Language College was the closest to Jinda South Gate and was the road Tang Xiaowan often took on her way back to Jinyuan Academy.

Chen Xin caught on, immediately changed direction, and headed straight for the east gate.

"I already said I’m not going!"

"Sit tight."

"Who do you think you are? Doing whatever you want? I won’t go to Li Garden, I hate Li Garden. You’re nothing but a despicable villain, a sneaky old fox. You don’t really want to treat me, you just want to lock me up in Li Garden."

Tang Xiaowan was in the midst of her tirade when Li Zishen suddenly grabbed her hand, staring intently at the Ruby bracelet: "Before you return to Mei Garden, you said this wasn’t given by me and it had initials engraved on it?"

"Yes, that’s right. It has two letters, T, specially customized by Huahua, and I’ve checked, the other pieces of jewelry have engravings too."

"Leng Lingxiao gave them to you, and it’s a whole set?" asked Li Zishen, furrowing his brows and then taking off the bracelet.

Chen Xin: "?"

"Lady Tang is in love with Leng Lingxiao?"

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

Tang Xiaowan raised her eyebrows, "Right, a whole set, the initials ’T’ and ’T’ are on the clasps, standing for Tangtang. Don’t believe me? See for yourself."

Of course, the man believed the girl’s words.

He just didn’t understand why there would be the same design, why the girl would be wearing the one given to her by Leng Lingxiao.

Where had his own set gone?

However, facts were facts. The letters on the bracelet’s clasp were clearly visible, piercing into Li Zishen’s heart like a sharp blade.

"Why?"

Tang Xiaowan scoffed, "You’re asking me? I want to ask you. Huahua came up with the concept for the jewelry herself, then she and I drew up the designs together, but you made the same thing and gave it to me, why?"

"What are you talking about, Leng Lingxiao’s idea?" Li Zishen glanced at the bracelet again, "Did he tell you, or did you come up with it yourself?"

"He said it."

The words fell, and Li Zishen suddenly looked downward.

"You showed me the drafts, and at that time I thought..."

"Lies, how could that be?"

"You believe everything he says but not me. Do you still suspect... that the person who attacked you that day at Mei Garden, the one who poisoned you, was me?"

"Even if it wasn’t, it has something to do with you."

Tang Xiaowan’s reply hit the mark.

Last Saturday at Mei Garden, Leng Lingxiao had already warned Li Zishen to keep away from Tang Xiaowan, otherwise, he would only bring her more danger.

He was reluctant to admit it, but the facts were there.

Ever since the night attack at Mei Garden, every time Tang Xiaowan had an accident, was followed, or had her pictures taken stealthily, it indeed had something to do with him.

A sense of guilt immediately flooded the man’s heart.

Tang Xiaowan touched the tip of her nose, and with raised eyebrows, said, "Can I get out of the car now?"

"Xiao Wan, have you discovered something new lately? Ever since that last visit to Bie Yuan, I feel like you’ve... changed a lot, I mean, your attitude towards me."

Silence suddenly fell inside the car.

Chen Xin: "..."

Ah, men in love are so pitiful!

Quickly act spoiled, say you haven’t changed, don’t upset Brother Shen any further.

Due to Cheng Shi taking Tang Xiaowan away midway the day before yesterday, Li Zishen had thrown a fit when he returned to Li Garden, with items strewn everywhere in the study.

The laptop suffered once more, replaced with a new one.

Chen Xin wasn’t afraid of Li Zishen getting angry, he was just pained over the stuff, after all, it all cost a pretty penny.

"What could I possibly discover? It’s all in your head!"

"Really?"

In fact, Li Zishen had long known about Tang Xiaowan’s secret investigation into the 8028 case.

He was just waiting, waiting for her to ask him directly.

Li Zishen had already promised Tang Xiaowan, no more following her, no more monitoring. But with danger popping up now and then, how could he keep his promise?

"It’s just in your head."

"Xiao Wan, I’ve been looking into your matter all this time. If there’s any progress, I will tell you right away, trust me. And about the design sketches, I wasn’t lying to you. At that time, I thought you really liked that set of jewelry, so I sneakily took a picture and had it custom made, wanting to surprise you."

"What about the proposal?"

"There’s a sticky note inside the jewelry box, it says ’I love you, will you marry me?’. You didn’t send it back, so I thought you were willing."

Chen Xin: "..."

Is this really Brother Shen himself?

I don’t know anything, didn’t see or hear a thing.

Please don’t involve me in any aftermath.

Tang Xiaowan suddenly remembered the incident on Friday when Li Zishen brought a thermal lunch box to Mei Garden for her, with the same use of a sticky note.

"Oh my god, you’re really something, using a sticky note for something like this? It’s like kids playing house; I’m seriously impressed!"

"Wasn’t it you who taught me?"