CHAPTER 117: CHAPTER 117: UNNOTICED MISUNDERSTANDINGS

Wu rushed in to report: "Young Madam, it’s not good. Young Master Lin has been locked up by the eldest master."

"What’s going on?" Ningwan was shocked and quickly asked.

He shook his head: "I don’t know, Young Master Lin was brought back by the bodyguards and locked directly in the storage room. Young Master Lin is crying and screaming, his mouth is even gagged."

Ningwan felt terrible for him.

Zhan Hanjue has gone crazy?

Lin Yue is just a child, yet he treats him like this.

"I’ll go take a look."

Ningwan quickly went over with He, and sure enough, Lin Yue was locked in the storage room.

The door of the storage room made a "bang bang bang" sound, along with sobbing from inside, his mouth still gagged.

"Hurry up and open the door," Ningwan angrily ordered the bodyguards at the door.

But the bodyguards remained expressionless, not listening to her at all.

Ningwan was furious, almost wanting to drug each of them.

But then Wu came over and said to Ningwan: "Madam, you’d better go see the boss. If the boss orders the release, we’ll let him go immediately."

Ningwan bit her lip.

She had many things she needed Wu to help with, and Wu had always been a decent person. She could rescue Lin Yue, but it would certainly make Wu uncomfortable.

So she had to follow Wu’s suggestion first. Go find Zhan Hanjue and ask him to order the release.

Zhan Hanjue was in the study.

The mouse wasn’t found, so the study was naturally being used as usual.

Ningwan didn’t even knock on the door and suddenly pushed it open, storming in to question: "Zhan Hanjue, are you crazy? Why did you lock up Lin Yue?"

Zhan Hanjue lifted his eyes to look at her.

His gaze was deep and cold.

Ningwan was startled by his look and suddenly calmed down.

Zhan Hanjue isn’t someone who locks people up for no reason, could it be that Lin Yue did something terribly wrong?

Could it be that he got into trouble talking about love with a little girl, and the parents came to confront?

"Zhan Hanjue, I don’t know what happened to Lin Yue. Tell me, if it’s truly his fault, I’ll definitely teach him a lesson," Ningwan lost the anger she had just now.

"He went to see Li Qingqing today and warned her to leave me," Zhan Hanjue said coldly.

Ningwan: "..."

She thought of fighting, thought of puppy love, but never imagined this.

Suddenly, she remembered Lin Yue angrily coming to her to defend her.

This silly child actually went to find Li Qingqing.

"Did he hit Li Qingqing?" Ningwan asked.

"No."

"Then why did you lock him up?" Ningwan breathed a sigh of relief.

"He asked reporters to corner me to demand a divorce from you," Zhan Hanjue added.

Ningwan: "..."

"He’s just a kid trying to stand up for me. I’ll talk to him, you can release him first."

"Are the things he said also what you intended?" Zhan Hanjue asked.

Ningwan denied: "Of course not, I didn’t even know he came to you. But he’s impulsive as a youth, don’t take him seriously. I’ll talk to him and have him apologize to you, alright?"

"I don’t need his apology, but I think, there’s no need for him to stay in the Zhan Family," Zhan Hanjue said.

Ningwan thought, is he planning to kick Lin Yue out?

It’s no big deal, after all, Lin Yue is now the heir to the Lin Group, the Young Master of the Lin Family.

Even if he can’t stay in the Zhan Family, he still has a place to live, no worry for food or clothes.

"Alright, then let him leave, move to live outside," Ningwan agreed.

Zhan Hanjue said coldly: "What I mean is, I decided to send him abroad, and he won’t be back for a short time."

Ningwan: "..."

"Zhan Hanjue, that’s too much. He’s wrong to some extent, and it’s reasonable to kick him out of the Zhan Family. But why send him abroad? You know he grew up in an orphanage, can’t even speak Chinese fluently, sending him abroad, where he knows nothing, how lonely would a child be away from home? Just for confronting Li Qingqing, should it make you so angry, is Li Qingqing truly that important to you?" Ningwan asked angrily.

Zhan Hanjue seeing her anger, became even more annoyed inside.

In her eyes, is Lin Yue more important than him?

She would care about Lin Yue’s feelings, worry about his situation.

But never thought about how he might feel.

Indifference, lack of concern, nonchalance, she didn’t even get jealous when he went to Li Qingqing.

How much dislike it takes to be so dismissive.

Lin Yue said, anyway, she didn’t like him much.

Haha, even a child could see it, yet he pretended not to understand.

"Don’t send him abroad, let him leave the Zhan Family, and never let him see you again, alright?" Ningwan finished her outburst and realized this matter shouldn’t be dealt with through a fight, it should be discussed.

So she softened her tone and spoke to him kindly.

But Zhan Hanjue coldly said: "You’re willing to lower your stance for him, it seems he really is important to you."

"Of course he’s important," Ningwan said, "I promised Ke Yingying to take good care of him, I can’t break my word."

"Is it really just because of the promise to Ke Yingying?" Zhan Hanjue retorted.

"What else could it be?" Ningwan replied.

Zhan Hanjue said nothing, his face dark as he stared at her.

Ningwan felt baffled under his gaze, so she softened her voice to plead: "Calm down, at most, let him apologize to Li Qingqing?"

"Do you really think I’m doing this for Li Qingqing?" Zhan Hanjue asked.

Ningwan pouted: "Otherwise why would you be so angry?"

"If it were about Li Qingqing, wouldn’t you be angry and jealous?" Zhan Hanjue finally asked.

Ningwan froze for a moment.

Would she be angry and jealous?

She would be angry, but jealous....

"I’m not that petty, you’ve known her for over ten years, it can’t be expected to break off all contact just because of me."

Ningwan very generously answered.

Answering this way, surely he wouldn’t be angry, right!

After all, what man doesn’t like his wife being generous?

"Get out."

Zhan Hanjue, with dark eyes, coldly commanded.

Did she answer incorrectly?

"What about Lin Yue? Release him first."

"Wu, let him go," Zhan Hanjue said coldly.

Wu responded from outside the door.

Knowing he finally agreed to release him, Ningwan finally breathed a sigh of relief and immediately went with Wu to release him.

The storage room door opened, Lin Yue’s hands were bound behind his back, a tape plastered over his mouth.

He must have been frightened to tears, his eyes were red.

As soon as he saw Ningwan, his eyes immediately overflowed with crystalline tears, looking as pitiful as possible.

Ningwan felt heartbroken just looking at him.

She immediately asked Wu to untie him.

Wu didn’t hesitate, quickly untied Lin Yue’s ropes and removed the tape from his mouth.

Lin Yue pursed his lips, then threw himself at Ningwan, tightly hugging her.

Ningwan patted his back lovingly: "Alright, alright, don’t cry, everything’s fine now. You’re a big boy, what’s there to cry about?"

Lin Yue, though still young, was a fifteen-year-old boy, and even taller than Ningwan, hugging her this way indeed felt awkward.

Perhaps realizing this awkwardness himself, Lin Yue blushed and let go of Ningwan.