Passionate Devotion

Chapter 26

Who Has the Audacity to Hurt Her?

Secretary Yu opened the door and got out of the car. A shrill scream suddenly rang out. Tong Lu wanted to turn to look out the window, but Leng Yejin was clutching her chin tightly. There was no way for her to move.

“What… What are you trying to do? Ah!”

Tong Juan caressed her cheek and stared furiously at Secretary Yu. “My father is the deputy director of the city’s Food Bureau, and my boyfriend’s father is the director of the city’s Finance Bureau. How dare you hurt me!”

“Wow, such high positions. Then, please make sure to remember what I look like so that it’s easier for you to seek revenge.”

Secretary Yu sneered. He looked at Tong Juan’s face and wondered if he had managed to inflict a scratch mark that was twice as long as the one on Miss Tong’s face.

If it were not for the fact that the woman before him was Miss Tong’s younger sister, he would have destroyed her face.

By the time Shi Yang arrived with his Mercedes-Benz, the fleet of Rolls-Royce Phantoms had already driven off in style, leaving Tong Juan who was weeping in pain behind.

In one of the Rolls-royce Phantoms, Tong Lu leaned her head against the car window. She was feeling tremendously upset.

Leng Yejin suddenly grabbed her arm and wrapped her petite body in his embrace. She was shocked, and she subconsciously tried to pull away, but the man tightened his grip on her face. He furrowed his eyebrows as he looked at her and warned. “You’re not allowed to move!”

“What… What are you trying to do?” She did not want him to see how flustered she was.

Leng Yejin ignored her. He caressed the scratch mark on her cheek with his fingertips. His fingertips were slightly icy, and she sucked in a sharp breath. Tong Lu turned her head in the other direction in embarrassment. “It’s fine. The wound will heal in a few days.”

Leng Yejin’s face was expressionless, and he said nothing. However, his gaze was tremendously horrifying. It was dark and profound, and Tong Lu felt a chill run down her spine.

Tong Lu could not help but stop speaking.

At some point of time, Leng Yejin’s gaze became a little more passionate. She raised her head and met eyes with him. This made her heart skip a beat. She immediately looked away.

“Do I look really ugly right now? Is the wound hideous?”

“No.” He shook his head. He pretended not to care about her and asked nonchalantly, “You got married to my older brother so that you could get money for your grandmother’s treatment?”

“Eh? Oh… yeah.”

Leng Yejin’s gaze was complicated. “And you were willing to give up on your future just like that?”

Tong Lu pursed her lips. “It’s not like my future was totally gone. Some good things did come out of it. Shuo gave me money, and he also arranged for me to study in a university. Moreover, my grandmother is still very healthy right now because she could afford treatment at that time. Without the betrothal gift, not only would I have lost a family member, but I might also be working as a service crew member in some random restaurant or some laborer in a factory right now. It’s not easy for a high school graduate to get a good job.”

Leng Yejin furrowed his eyebrows and scolded her. “What a silly woman.”

“How am I silly?” Tong Lu was upset. “Since you’ve never experienced the feeling of wanting to save a family member’s life but being unable to do it, you’ll never understand. When humans are desperate, they’re willing to sacrifice anything.”

Leng Yejin’s expression darkened. Of course he understood.

He was in such a predicament that he had to sacrifice everything. He was defeated, and he could do nothing but watch as the people in his life left one after the other. He had to… Suddenly, Leng Yejin was unable to stop the emotional turmoil in his chest. But in the very next moment, he forcefully suppressed his emotions, and he became calm again. He said nothing, and he looked like he did not want to be disturbed.

Tong Lu held her breath. Why did she have the feeling that he was extremely emotional just now, like a volcano that was about to explode? But in the very next moment, he became so calm and focused that she could not detect a single hint of emotion in him. Was she seeing things?

Had a powerful man like him gone through desperate times too?

Leng Yejin was an illegitimate child, and he had probably weathered plenty of hardships to become such a force to be reckoned with in the Leng family. Tong Lu might be thinking too much, but she felt like she could relate to him.