President, please comfort me.

Ye Lin was indeed furious with Chen Nuo this time, but he couldn't bear to lash out at her. Helpless, he chose to run away. Originally, he was supposed to leave on Monday even if he was going on a business trip, but he flew to Beicheng on Sunday night.

Ye Lin lay in the hotel's luxurious presidential suite, looking at the missed call from Chen Nuo on his phone screen. His feelings were extremely complicated, both excited and uneasy, because he was unsure of the purpose of the call.

Should I tell him she's found a boyfriend and to stop bothering her, or explain that tonight was just a misunderstanding and that she wasn't actually on a blind date?

Various thoughts flashed through Ye Lin's mind, and he tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. Just recalling the scene he had witnessed at the lovers' restaurant made his heart race uncontrollably, as if countless ants were crawling all over it.

On Monday morning, the relevant staff arrived in Beicheng. Beicheng has a frigid climate and is covered in snow for most of the year. The main purpose of this business trip was to discuss cooperation matters with Beirong Group regarding a snow-covered hot spring project.

Speaking of Beirong Group, it actually has some connection with Ye Lin, because the group's heiress, Rong Yun'er, had pursued him passionately for a period of time two years ago. This was one of the reasons why Ye Lin refused when Xiao He suggested that he come on a business trip.

Rong Yun'er is cheerful, optimistic, and eloquent—a social butterfly. When she came to the capital with her brother on a business trip, she immediately fell for Ye Lin's looks and launched a fierce romantic pursuit.

However, no matter how hard she tried to please Ye Lin, Ye Lin never even glanced at her, acting as if he were impervious to everything and completely ignored her, which infuriated Rong Yun'er.

Fortunately, as time went on, Rong Yun'er learned that Ye Lin had a bad reputation, one could even say he was infamous, and her burning passion gradually cooled down.

Ye Lin was already in a bad mood on this business trip, but he never expected that the person he was going to discuss cooperation with would be Rong Yun'er.

Although Rong Yun'er no longer likes him at all, and even occasionally makes fun of his past pursuit of him, Ye Lin still feels a bit uncomfortable when he sees her face.

For several days in a row, Rong Yun'er used the pretext of discussing cooperation to follow Ye Lin around and "taunt" and "mocker" him as much as possible—Oh, why are you still single? Did you play around with too many women in the past? Now that you want to find a serious girlfriend, you're being rejected by other girls?

Haha, the way she looks really gives off that "a gentleman takes revenge even after ten years" vibe!

For the sake of cooperation, Ye Lin couldn't afford to completely sever ties, mainly because he wasn't in the mood. He had finally put up with Rong Yun'er's constant nagging for a week, and the cooperation was basically finalized; all that was left was some finishing touches that he could leave to his assistant.

Just when we were about to head back to the hotel to pack our bags and head to the airport, a sudden storm swept in, as if it were about to engulf the entire northern city.

In the blink of an eye, the sky turned completely dark, the sunlight was blocked by dark clouds, and large raindrops pounded on the ground, splashing up strings of water droplets. The air was filled with moisture and coolness.

As if things weren't bad enough, Ye Lin's car inexplicably broke down in the torrential rain, just two intersections away from the hotel.

Ye Lin had been enduring this for a full week! If it weren't for Xiao He's firm insistence on him staying here, and the fact that this guy actually "kindly" came to tell him the day after he flew here that Chen Nuo's "blind date failed," and then kept using Chen Nuo's situation to "comfort" him, he probably would have rushed back to the capital to find Chen Nuo long ago. How could he have stayed in this godforsaken place for so long?

Looking at the time, it's exactly 1 PM. The hotel is an hour from the airport, and the flight is at 2:30 PM. If all goes well, I should arrive in Beijing by 4:30 PM, and maybe I can even have dinner with Chen Nuo.

Thinking of this, Ye Lin could no longer suppress his anxiety. He pushed open the car door and, without thinking, plunged into the torrential rain, running wildly towards the hotel.

At that moment, he had only one thought in his mind: he had to catch this plane no matter what! As for the terrible weather conditions, he had long forgotten about them.

However, reality is always cruel and unforgiving; the flight was forced to be canceled.

Damn it, when Ye Lin reached the hotel entrance, he slipped and fell hard, his phone falling into the sewer.

He was soaked to the bone, his clothes clinging to his body, and he reeked of decay. He swore he had never been so disheveled.

On the other side, Chen Nuo had been having a lot of thoughts running through his mind because he hadn't received a call from Ye Lin. He was afraid that if he rushed over to see him, he would upset Ye Lin and escalate the conflict. He was also afraid that it would affect Ye Lin's work, since Lan Ling had said that there was a lot of business to attend to on this trip. So he had been staying in the capital and had barely managed to attend classes for a week like a zombie.

Having finally endured the "full week" Lanling had mentioned, Chen Nuo was already impatient. Since she didn't know the exact time of Ye Lin's flight, but vaguely heard that it was this afternoon, she had no choice but to call Wen Qi to confirm.

"Xiaoqi, is Ye Lin coming back today? Please ask Xiao He what time his flight is." Chen Nuo's voice was filled with anticipation and anxiety.

Wen Qi asked unnecessarily, "Are you going to pick someone up from the airport?"

"Yes, I want to go pick him up." After realizing her own feelings, Chen Nuo stopped being hesitant.

"Okay, I'll make a call and ask. Keep an eye on the message; I'll send it to you later."

After hanging up, Wen Qi immediately called Xiao He. Sure enough, they were in cahoots. Xiao He said directly, "The original plan was to arrive in the capital at 4:30 this afternoon, but..."

"But what?" Wen Qi frowned. What was this man doing? Couldn't he just say it all in one sentence? Why was he keeping her in suspense at such a crucial moment?

"There's a huge downpour in Beicheng right now, the flights should be canceled. Don't worry, I'll call him and ask," Xiao He reassured him.

"Then hurry up and ask, but don't let anything slip," Wen Qi hurriedly instructed. She didn't want Xiao He to ruin Chen Nuo's plans due to a momentary lapse in attention, after all, this was a rare surprise.

"Okay, honey, don't worry about me handling things," Xiao He replied readily.

"Sorry, the number you dialed is temporarily unavailable..." The mechanical prompt kept repeating in the receiver.

At first, Xiao He didn't take it seriously, thinking it might be a bad signal. But after dialing three times in a row and getting the same result, he started to worry, since the weather in Beicheng was indeed not optimistic.

He then called Ye Lin's assistant. On the other end of the line, the assistant was still waiting in the rain for the car to be repaired. His trembling voice came through the receiver: "The car broke down halfway. President Ye is in a hurry to get back to the capital and has gone to catch a flight by himself."