Chapter 140
The Mother of Success!
Li Yundong started to panic the mont Su Chan’s sobs turned into full-blown wails . He looked towards Zhou Qin and the others for help . Alas, the others, even though they were all won, looked about as shocked and clueless as he was .
Li Yundong shook himself out of his daze and cleared his throat . "Um . . . Do you guys mind giving us a mont?"
The won glanced at each other .
A mont later, Zhou Qin smiled . "Sure . Take your ti . "
Li Yundong gave her a grateful nod, then carried Su Chan off the bed towards the bathroom .
He ca to a halt just outside the bathroom door . He turned around . "Please . Sit anywhere you like," he said to the won . "Oh, and um... there are so drinks in the fridge . So you can help yourself to them if you want . "
"O- Okay . . . " Feng Na answered .
An awkward silence ensued . Li Yundong cleared his throat again . "Well . Make yourself at ho . I won’t be long . " He carried Su Chan in the bathroom, then used his foot to close the lid of the toilet .
After that, he placed Su Chan on top of the lid and started drying her tears with his palms .
"Hey . . . It’s okay now," Li Yundong said with a low tone .
Much to Li Yundong’s horror, Su Chan wrapped her arms around Li Yundong and started bawling loudly instead of calming down .
Li Yundong felt as though soone had stabbed a dagger through his heart . His hand rose instinctively and stroked along Su Chan’s spine .
"Shen Hui! Where are you going?!" President Yin’s muffled voice startled Li Yundong . Seconds later, he heard the sound of the front door being opened, followed closely by a loud slam . Li Yundong turned away from the bathroom door and went back to comforting Su Chan, whose sobs had turned into gentle snivels .
Soone opened the front door again . A mont later, the door closed, but at least it was closed gently this ti .
Li Yundong lowered his gaze and hooked a strand of Su Chan’s hair behind her ear .
"Hey . . . " he said gently .
Su Chan looked up at him with teary eyes .
"Ready to talk now?"
Su Chan sniffed twice, then nodded .
"Why did you say I failed the Zhuji phase? But I clearly rember you telling that I passed . . . "
"T- That was just an illusion, Yundong . . . " Su Chan suddenly looked away and released a choked sob .
Disappointnt coursed through Li Yundong . He lowered his gaze and stared at the bathroom’s ceramic tiles for a mont . Suddenly, he lifted his gaze again .
"Wait . . . How co I’m still . . . " Li Yundong raised his hands and studied them . "How co I didn’t lose my soul?"
"You almost did . . . " Su Chan said . "I kept trying to bring you out of your Spirit Space . " She sniffed . "I actually passed out a few tis . "
Li Yundong’s eyes nearly bugged out . "What? You passed out?"
Su Chan nodded . "Your Qi is too powerful . . . " Su Chan glanced towards the bathroom door . "Thank God Zhou Qin arrived . . . "
Li Yundong frowned and followed Su Chan’s gaze . Zhou Qin? Did she do sothing?
"Aren’t you devastated at all, Yundong?" Su Chan’s voice brought him out of his thoughts .
Li Yundong looked towards Su Chan and smiled . "It’s okay, princess . I have another chance, right?" Li Yundong clapped his hands together . "What is it that the great ancient scholars said? Ah! Failure is the mother of success!" Li Yundong wagged his brows . "Although I sotis wonder which guy did Failure go to bed with... Must be one hell of a night if it led to the birth of success . "
Su Chan burst into giggles and slapped Li Yundong’s arm . "Shut up! I- It’s not funny . . . !"
"Then why are you laughing?" Li Yundong tickled Su Chan’s neck .
"Kyaaa! Stop!" Su Chan tried to run, but then Li Yundong held her tighter . "Kyaa! Stop—"
Li Yundong kissed her . Su Chan stopped struggling and kissed him back . A minute later, they parted for air, their foreheads touching each other . "Yundong . . . " Su Chan’s breath tickled his lips . "I’m sorry . . . "
Li Yundong trailed a finger down her cheek . "Whatever for?"
"For causing you to fail . . . " Su Chan lowered her gaze .
Li Yundong was having none of that . He hooked a finger under her chin and lifted her head . "Don’t say that . . . I failed because of my own shortcomings . It wasn’t your fault . "
Su Chan shook her head . "B- But you were having sexual thoughts because of . . . That’s the illusion that nearly made you lose your soul . "
Li Yundong thought back to that mont when Su Chan "told" him that he had passed the Zhuji phase . And then after that, he had unleashed all his carnal desires onto Su Chan .
None of that had been real . Every single one of those monts was an illusion . A lapse . A mont of weakness . At the end of the day, that was really what it all boiled down to, wasn’t it? His weakness . His mind was too weak . He had to get stronger . For his own sake . For Su Chan’s sake .
Li Yundong cupped Su Chan’s cheeks with both hands and kissed her on the lips . When he pulled back, he stared deep into Su Chan’s eyes, conveying every ounce of the resolve he felt through his eyes .
"I’ll work harder," Li Yundong said firmly . "I’ll make it the next ti . "
Su Chan nodded . "Mmm!"
Li Yundong smiled, then turned towards the door . "Now we’ve got so explaining to do . "
***
Four heads turned the mont Li Yundong stepped out of the bathroom . Feng Na, Cheng Cheng, and Zhou Qin had all taken seats on the bed . President Cao stood beside the bed with her butt resting against the nightstand . Neither President Yin nor Shen Hui was in the room .
Li Yundong led Su Chan out the bathroom . However, Su Chan insisted on hiding behind his back once they were out .
"So!" Li Yundong cleared his throat, then put on a charming smile . "To what do I owe the pleasure guys?"
President Cao snorted loudly . "Are you kidding right now?"
Li Yundong looked towards the others . Zhou Qin’s expression held its usual aloofness, whereas Feng Na and Cheng Cheng were looking at him like he was nuts .
Li Yundong’s gaze travelled from won to won . "What?"
"You were missing for two days," Feng Na said .
Li Yundong’s eyes bugged out . "Two da—" He swiveled around to look at Su Chan for confirmation .
Su Chan nodded ekly at him .
Well . Shit .
Two days . . . He was in a ditative state for two days .
"Err..." Li Yundong released an awkward chuckle . "Oops?" He winced at his own la response .
Beside Feng Na, Cheng Cheng shook her head and did a facepalm .
Feng Na sighed . "Let explain everything since you clearly have no clue what’s been going on around here . "
"Yeah? You can say that again," Li Yundong muttered, then gestured for Feng Na to go ahead .
"President Yin has been looking for you for the past two days . She hasn’t been able to reach your phone, so she called Zhou Qin to ask for your address . " Feng Na paused for a mont to look at Zhou Qin . "Well, Zhou Qin dropped by your apartnt this morning, but you guys weren’t there . After that, Zhou Qin ran into on campus, so I told her about your whereabouts . So here we are . "
"I see . . . But . . . " Li Yundong turned towards President Cao . "What brings you here, President Cao . "
"What brings here?" President Cao closed her mouth and glared at him . "You have the nerve to ask that, Li Yundong? Seriously? After the ss you left behind during your assignnt, which you didn’t even complete! You bailed on ! And guess who had to deal with the ss you left behind? !" President Cao started ticking off a list of his sses on her fingers . "Two broken bathrooms . Two traumatized movie stars! And so maniac on steroids wreaking havoc in one of the most prestigious hotels in the city!"
"But that maniac attacked ! It wasn’t who started—"
"Oh . Please . That maniac clearly has so kind of sick vendetta against you . I looked him up . You fought him in front of campus so ti ago, didn’t you?"
Li Yundong rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly . F*cking Lin Youfa . He would’ve gotten paid by now if that idiot hadn’t ambushed him at Shengyuan Hotel . Li Yundong stole a glance at President Cao, who was still glaring daggers at him . And now he was probably gonna be fired . F*cking hell . . .
Suck it up, Li Yundong, he thought . Obviously, he had to co up with a viable excuse to justify his abrupt departure from Shengyuan Hotel that day . Li Yundong squared his shoulders and t President Cao’s gaze steadily . "I did what I judged to be right, President Cao . . . "
President Cao’s brows rose to her hairline .
Li Yundong raised a hand . "Wait . Please just hear out . . . "
President Cao sighed . "Fine . Explain yourself . "
"The guy ambushed in the bathroom," Li Yundong said . "He’s a dangerous man . I figured he might endanger you and your two clients if I stayed . So I lured him out of the hotel . "
President Cao seed to be pondering over his words . "And what happened after you left the hotel? And why didn’t you pick up my calls?"
Li Yundong rubbed his neck . "Well . . . After I left the hotel . . . I ran around the city for a bit . " He looked towards President Cao . "Got the guy to chase around . . . "
"Is he still out there?" President Cao asked .
Li Yundong shrugged . "I dealt with him . "
A look of alarm ford on President Cao’s face . "Wait... You an y- you . . . You killed him?"
"Of course not!" Li Yundong protested . I just tossed him off the 20th floor . . . Okay . Shit . Was Lin Youfa dead?
Nah . He was probably fine . The guy had Zhu Bajie’s powers, for God’s sake .
"Okay... So if you didn’t kill him, then what happened to him?"
Hell if he knew .
"He . . . He ran away," Li Yundong said .
"And will he be a threat in the future?" President Cao asked .
"No . I don’t think so . "
"Good . " President Cao nodded, then rolled her eyes . "A bodyguard is supposed to keep and my clients safe, not bring more danger to us, for God’s sake . "
"Got it, President Cao . I’ll be more careful from now on . But, um . . . " Li Yundong grimaced . "You ntioned that you’ve dealt with those sses I left behind?"
President Cao snorted, then glared at Li Yundong . "Oh yeah I did . Cost quite a lot, mind you . " She jabbed a finger at Li Yundong . "You owe , young man . "
Li Yundong thought back to that brawl with Lin Youfa . God, the damage they did to the bathroom . . . Wait, two bathrooms .
Li Yundong sighed . "Shit . . . "
All of a sudden, President Cao laughed . "Relax . I’m not asking you to pay back . "
Wait, what? Li Yundong looked up in surprise . "You’re not?"
She smirked . "Nope . "
Suspicion crept into Li Yundong . His eyes narrowed . "What’s the catch? Why are you here?"
President Cao’s smirk widened . "I have a new assignnt for you . " She gave Li Yundong a pointed look . "I have a dinner party to attend . And you’re gonna be my bodyguard . "
Li Yundong stood up straighter . "An assignnt..."
This was good news, especially during tis like this when money was tight . "But . . . " Li Yundong turned around and was surprised to find that Su Chan was no longer standing behind him . Instead, Su Chan was standing beside the bathroom door, having a whispered conversation with Zhou Qin .
Li Yundong watched as Su Chan grabbed both of Zhou Qin’s hands and then bowed slightly to Zhou Qin .
Zhou Qin, on the other hand, looked utterly baffled .
Well . . . Guess I’ll tell Su Chan about the job later .
Li Yundong turned around to face President Cao again . "I’ll do it . "
President Cao nodded . "Good . I expect you to keep safe before, during, and after the party . Understood?"
"Of course," Li Yundong said, then paused for a mont . "But just to give a heads-up... What sort of threat should I be expecting?"
"Random knife attacks . Acid splashes . And . . . Sexual assaults?"
Acid splash—
Li Yundong’s eyebrows rose just a tad . "Who exactly did you piss off, President Cao?"
President Cao waved off his question . "It doesn’t matter . Just make sure I’m in and out from the party in one piece, then you’ll receive your paynt in your bank account . "
Well, what do you know? He still had a job .
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