The Cold-hearted CEO's Unwanted Bride
Chapter 169: Are You My Galium Aparine?

Chapter 169: Chapter 169: Are You My Galium Aparine?

The rain showed no sign of letting up. Bo Yunshen glanced somberly over at Qin Yan, who lay on the ground, feeling a surge of annoyance within him.

Did Qin Yan think he was blind?

He had clearly seen her open her eyes and heard her choke on the water just moments ago!

Why was she still lying there motionless now?

Was she planning on pinning this on him?

Bo Yunshen was exasperated. He straightened up and nudged Qin Yan’s body with the tip of his foot, his voice solemn, "Dead?"

Qin Yan did not respond.

Bo Yunshen paused upon seeing this.

Was it really so serious?

Or did she have some other plan?

Bo Yunshen pulled at his sticky shirt, his gaze turning frosty.

The wound on his body had soaked in water and then, due to the violent movement, had reopened, causing the blood to spread. Bo Yunshen felt only irritation.

He suppressed a frown, glaring darkly at Qin Yan. She couldn’t possibly still be unconscious!

Hesitating a moment, Bo Yunshen crouched down to take a closer look at Qin Yan.

Who knew if Qin Yan was using this opportunity to fabricate some sort of intimate connection between them?

Loving such nonsense, did Qin Yan really think she could fool him?

Was he that foolish?

Yet, Qin Yan’s complexion was exceptionally pale, and she lay limply on the ground, not looking at all like she was faking it!

Bo Yunshen was particularly displeased. He had been kind enough to jump into the river to pull her out, which was already meddling more than enough!

Qin Yan had driven his Manman away, and he hadn’t kicked her while she was down, yet Qin Yan was still ungrateful!?

He sharply inhaled.

As the sky grew increasingly gloomy, after hesitating for a long while, he suddenly bent down, pried open Qin Yan’s mouth, took a breath, and his lips landed on hers.

After giving a breath, Bo Yunshen’s face was dark and gloomy.

If it wasn’t for worrying about staying with Qin Yan in the rain and something potentially worse happening, he couldn’t care less about Qin Yan’s life!

The mountain had collapsed before, Bo Yunshen had observed, and the rain was going to get heavier!

He didn’t want to stay on the mountain with Qin Yan waiting for death!

He hadn’t yet found Manman!

If something were to happen like this, wouldn’t that just unfairly benefit Qin Yan?

Right!

Exactly!

He was doing all of this for himself!

For the sake of reuniting with Manman!

Bo Yunshen performed CPR on Qin Yan for a while and then resumed pressing on her chest.

Qin Yan coughed up a mouthful of water. Struggling, she flipped open her eyes, meeting Bo Yunshen’s handsome face close at hand.

Qin Yan’s consciousness still hung in her dream, and upon seeing Bo Yunshen, she instinctively pushed the tall man away.

Her heart was wracked with the remnants of a dream, she sat up from the ground, her eyes hazy, her tone tragically sad,

"Aren’t you already in love with Lin Man? Why save me?"

Bo Yunshen froze.

Qin Yan was not yet fully awake from her dream. He touched his chest and stammered, almost talking to himself sarcastically,

"What? Mr. Bo is thinking of backtracking now?"

Bo Yunshen’s brows furrowed, overwhelmed by the implications, and unable to digest it right away. Hearing her remark, he scoffed coldly.

He leaned forward, reached out, and grabbed Qin Yan’s chin, his fingertips pressing hard enough to force her to look up into his piercing gaze.

"Backtracking?"

Bo Yunshen’s voice was thick with mockery: "What do you mean by that, Director Qin? Are you my backtracking?"

A sharp pain in her chin caused Qin Yan to shiver, her senses gradually sharpening.

"If I’m your backtracking, then what is Manman? Is Manman the other woman?"

"Qin Yan, have you lost your mind?"

How could Qin Yan be his fallback option?

Suddenly, Bo Yunshen recalled what Qin Yinyin had said before she disappeared. The concealed anger in him, even a heavy rain could not obscure!

It seems he didn’t guess wrong after all!

A three-year-old child, what does she know about original partners and mistresses? If it wasn’t Qin Yan who taught her, could Qin Yinyin have said such things?

It was Qin Yan who usurped another’s home, how could she have the audacity to say such things?

Bo Yunshen’s voice, tinged with the storm, heavily crashed onto Qin Yan’s heart:

"Manman and I have known each other for eleven years, and we have always loved each other!"

"And you!"

"Are nothing but a home-wrecker with baggage!"

Bo Yunshen’s tone was extremely heavy. As he spoke, his fingers gripping Qin Yan’s chin tightened.

Qin Yan cried out in pain, but the pain on her chin was nothing compared to the agony in her heart, slowly gnawing away at her nerves.

This emotion, intertwined with the feelings in her dreams, twisted and tangled, left her in unspeakable pain, and also thoroughly awakened Qin Yan’s deep reflections.

Her gaze gradually became clear, and after several ups and downs, dimmed again.

Suddenly, Qin Yan felt as if she was in another lifetime.

She thought it was a dream.

But she never expected that in reality, Bo Yunshen would indeed jump into the water to save her.

Feeling uncomfortable, she brushed the soaked hair from her face, her heart trembling as she said:

"Mr. Bo is right, I choked on water and was confused."

With Qin Yan’s admission, Bo Yunshen felt even more displeased.

He strangely felt that Qin Yan should not have reacted this way!

His anger felt like punching into cotton, soft and unimpactful against Qin Yan, the fury spreading within him and adding to Bo Yunshen’s frustrations.

"It’s good that Director Qin is aware of herself, after all, no matter how lacking my taste, I wouldn’t fall for you!"

Another sting in Qin Yan’s heart.

Bo Yunshen spoke as if she was some sort of lethal virus.

He saved her, probably because he feared being held responsible in front of Mr. Bo.

Yes.

That must be it.

Qin Yan sneered and didn’t respond.

At the moment, she only wanted to find Yinyin quickly.

Qin Yan staggered up from the ground; jumping into the water had somewhat restored her rationality, and her thoughts also cleared up!

She picked up Qin Yinyin’s shoe again.

She had been too emotional earlier. Upon calming down, she suddenly noticed some clues.

First off, Yinyin was a sensible child and wouldn’t go to the reservoir alone to play.

Secondly, even if Yinyin really was playful and left the shrine alone, she was too young to have ventured this far by herself!

Qin Yan licked her lips. Most importantly, it was this very shoe.

From the shrine to the reservoir, the road was mossy and muddy, yet Yinyin’s shoe sole didn’t have a speck of mud.

This was unreasonable. It was as if someone had deliberately placed Yinyin’s shoe here.

Holding Yinyin’s shoe in one hand, she turned to face Bo Yunshen:

"Yunshen, I’ve jumped into the reservoir too. You’ve seen my disgrace. I know you hid Yinyin, stop playing and give her back to me, okay?"

Bo Yunshen: "... Is Director Qin’s brain just for decoration?"

He truly didn’t understand how Qin Yan ever became the director of Bo Group’s marketing department.

With such a severe injury on his back, if he really had hidden Qin Yinyin, he would have called her out already! Why would he accompany Qin Yan in the rain here?!

Qin Yan and that little rotten child, do they deserve him staying in the mountains to torment himself?

Rather it’s Qin Yan, who has this suspicion!

If the old man doesn’t discipline her, she just finds ways to make trouble with him by herself!