Mr. Gu's wife is a little naughty

Lin Tao and Lin Xueer walked out of the door of Dongli Club side by side almost at the same moment. Their figures quietly intertwined in the sunset and then extended separately.

Lin Xue'er didn't seem to notice Lin Tao walking out behind her. Her face was lightly obscured by a pair of large sunglasses, her emotions hidden beneath the lenses, only her innate cool temperament was visible, like a mountaintop covered in the first snow of winter, unattainable yet alluring.

Although she still looks like an iceberg, the cool temperament she exudes is definitely attractive to ordinary people.

"Waiting for the bus?"

Lin Xue'er gently twirled her neck, her eyes glancing indifferently at Lin Tao behind her before returning to the front as if nothing had happened. Her aloofness was like the gentle brush of willow catkins on a spring day, leaving no trace. Lin Tao felt a little uneasy in the delicate atmosphere, unconsciously touching his nose with his fingertips to ease the sudden awkwardness. Then, mustering courage, he spoke again, a subtle hint of tenderness in his voice.

"Is Miss Lin always so cold to others?"

Lin Xueer did not respond immediately, but her body made subtle adjustments inadvertently, moving slightly to one side, as if even the air became subtle and distant with her movement.

Seeing that Lin Xue'er still had no intention of talking, Lin Tao did not retreat. Instead, he wanted to talk to her even more persistently, "We met before, at the Tian family's banquet."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xueer turned around and glanced at him again, then said "oh" indifferently and ignored him.

"Why, Miss Lin didn't drive today?" Lin Tao looked around to confirm that there were no other cars nearby. He involuntarily moved a little closer to her, with a hint of subtle concern in his tone, "There are usually no taxis to this place. How about I give you a ride?"

Faced with Lin Tao's repeated inquiries, Lin Xueer finally sighed softly, took out her mobile phone from her exquisite bag with a little impatience, tapped the screen lightly with her fingertips a few times, and dialed a number.

Soon a girl's voice came from the other end of the phone. Lin Xueer was on speakerphone, as if she was speaking on purpose for Lin Tao to hear.

"Hey~Xiaoxue, why did you suddenly think of me?" The voice was filled with surprise and intimacy, just right to break the tranquility around.

The voice coming from the other end of the phone was very familiar. Lin Tao smiled slightly. It was Tian Tian's voice.

"Come pick me up at the Dongli Club. There's a psychopath here that's bothering me."

After Lin Xueer finished speaking, she looked at Lin Tao provocatively. Seeing this, Lin Tao just shook his head slightly, his eyes full of pampering and helplessness, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became even more intense.

"Hey, you're really brave to touch my people! Just stay here and don't let that blind guy get away. I'm going to teach him a lesson."

Before Lin Xueer could continue speaking, Tian Tian on the other end of the phone hung up awkwardly. The next words Lin Xueer wanted to say were choked back on her lips.

"Well, well, actually, I'm her boss."

Lin Tao pondered for a moment, and with a tone of sincerity and relief, he tried to explain this sudden identity.

Hearing this, Lin Xue'er's eyes once again scanned Lin Tao's body, from top to bottom, not missing a single detail. Her eyes contained both scrutiny and confusion, which eventually turned into a faint sneer at the corner of her mouth, "I don't know."

After saying that, she left Lin Tao and walked down the stairs alone, heading towards the intersection outside the club. However, her steps seemed a little flustered at this moment, which made Lin Tao secretly want to laugh. It seemed that the icy beauty also seemed to realize that she had invisibly caused trouble for Tian Tian.

At this moment, a black business car quietly slid into view. The lines of the car body were smooth, steady and noble, and the driver was waiting respectfully on the side.

Lin Tao looked at Lin Xueer's departing back, a complex emotion flashed in his eyes, and then he walked towards the car, got in, closed the door, and left.

At the intersection, Lin Tao glanced through the car window at Lin Xue'er, who was standing there, looking down at her phone. She stood quietly at the intersection, her head lowered. The dim light from her phone screen shone on her pale face, outlining an indescribable loneliness. This scene, like a fallen leaf in autumn, gently touched the softest part of Lin Tao's heart, and he couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.

Lin Xueer's indifference beyond her age is definitely not her nature. Lin Tao doesn't know what Lin Xueer has experienced to make her become what she is now.

Looking back, Lin Tao's eyes were filled with a hint of determination and resolve. He knew that every second of waiting would be another torment for Lin Xue'er, who was already bearing the invisible pressure. So he had to speed up his pace; he couldn't let this wait even a second longer.

"Yiyi, brother will finish all this soon."

Lin Tao pondered for a moment before finally making up his mind and accepting Ibrahim's suggestion, which was full of unknown challenges. Regardless of the outcome, he had to give it a try.

He gently took off his sunglasses, his gaze piercing the slits in the car window, following the fleeting scenery outside, as if he were also searching for some uncertain answer. "Any news from Lingzi?"

The driver's eyes quickly switched between the rearview mirror and the road ahead. He finally replied in a cautious and respectful tone, "Not yet. The last time I contacted her, she seemed to have left Siam."

Lin Tao nodded secretly.

"And Miss Xiao Ran took Her Royal Highness the Princess back to Siam this afternoon. Before leaving, she asked us to keep a close eye on Nanshan's movements." The driver added at the right moment.

Lin Tao's brows knitted unconsciously when he heard this. His gaze passed through the dimness of the car and fell on the back of the driver who was concentrating on driving in front of him. "Nanshan? What's going on with Nanshan?"

The driver shook his head slightly, a look of speculation on his face. "Miss Xiao didn't say anything specific. She just said that she arranged for some people to go to Nanshan, and it seems they discovered something there."

"Has Nanshan been in the hands of Beiming Group all these years?" Lin Tao asked after thinking for a moment.

"No," the driver replied. "It's said that Nanshan is where the Beichen family's ancestral tomb is located. Over the years, they have built a large ancestral hall there under the pretext of caring for the tomb. Miss Xiao seems to have discovered something there, so she hasn't come to see you yet."

"Nanshan, Beichen, ancestral hall..." Lin Tao murmured softly, these words interweaving into a series of blurred images in his mind, but it was difficult to piece together a complete picture. He pondered for a long time, confusion locked between his brows. "It seems I need to find time to talk to Xiao Ran and the others."

About half an hour later, Tian Tian arrived at the intersection of the Dongli Club in her red sports car. Before the car came to a complete stop, Tian Tian, ​​already overcome with anxiety, quietly rolled down the window, and leaned out, her gaze fixed on Lin Xue'er, who was not far away, her tone tinged with urgency.

"What about people?"

Lin Xueer smiled at her, opened the car door and got in.

"Where is that psychopath?" Tian Tian's expression suddenly became tense, and there was a hint of anxiety and uneasiness in her questioning.

Lin Xue'er stared at Tian Tian, ​​her eyes intertwined with apology and deep thought. After a moment's silence, she gently opened her red lips, her voice trembling with a barely perceptible tremor, "Well, I might have gotten you into trouble."

"Ah?" Tian Tian frowned when she heard that, her confusion evident in her eyes, her gaze fixed on Lin Xueer's face.

"The man I mentioned before is your boss. I, I forgot about it." Lin Xueer carefully checked Tian Tian's expression and felt a little scared.

"My boss?" Tian Tian's face was filled with astonishment and confusion when she heard this, as if she had heard a completely unrelated name suddenly connected to her own. Her thoughts became extremely confused at this moment.

"I, we have met before, but I forgot for a moment." Lin Xueer's words were full of self-blame and regret, and she looked at Tian Tian with some guilt.

Tian Tian had a calm expression on her face, and she comforted Lin Xueer in a gentle tone, "It's okay, it's no big deal."

After she finished speaking, she stepped on the accelerator lightly, and the car rushed out like an arrow, leaving behind the sound of the wind.

Lin Xueer looked at Tian Tian and thought seriously again, "Just now, when I called you, I was on speakerphone~"

At the end, Lin Xueer's voice unconsciously became as thin as a mosquito, and there was a subtle embarrassment in the air.

Hearing this, Tian Tian slammed on the brakes with a deft movement. The wheels made a sharp grinding sound against the ground—a "sizzle" that seemed particularly abrupt on the empty road. The car came to an abrupt stop, and inertia caused both of them to involuntarily lurch forward. Fortunately, there were few cars on the road at that moment, so they avoided an accident.

"What?! You actually turned on the hands-free mode?" A trace of surprise and helplessness flashed in Tian Tian's eyes. She slowly turned to Lin Xueer who was standing beside her with a sad expression that seemed to want to cry but had no tears.