CHAPTER 211: CHAPTER 211: THE CAUSE OF THE CONFLICT

She immediately threw those items downstairs.

Su Ming and Lin Yanan were instantly attracted by the sudden noise.

They looked upward and found Li Yueming speaking harshly at that moment:

"This villa is mine from now on. You better pack up and move out!"

Upon seeing this, the anger that had just subsided within Su Ming flared up suddenly.

He rushed directly to the balcony of the third-floor bedroom and grabbed Li Yueming by the collar.

Then, just like before on the cliff at the top of Celestial Peril Mountain, he dangled her entire body outside.

"Li Yueming! Do you believe I could throw you down from here right now!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yueming’s pretty face turned pale immediately.

However, she did not compromise with Su Ming like before but instead shouted hysterically with a sobbing tone:

"If you have the guts, throw me! Anyway, you only know how to scare me and bully me!"

As she spoke, the tears in the corners of her eyes could no longer be restrained and slid down her cheeks.

She sniffed and then cried and shouted:

"Do you know, it’s because of this woman that my parents got divorced. I was so young and went to a foreign country with my mom. In that unfamiliar environment, I couldn’t speak the language and knew no one, and my life suddenly plunged into loneliness and confusion. So all of this was caused by this woman; it’s because of her that I had to endure such a difficult and helpless period."

Su Ming looked at Li Yueming’s reddened eyes and her tear-stained, pretty face.

Hesitation immediately appeared in his eyes, and he stood there frozen and unmoving.

"Su Ming, let her down now."

Just then, Lin Yanan appeared behind Su Ming at some unknown time, and spoke softly, with a hint of fatigue in her voice.

After hearing this, Su Ming immediately let Li Yueming down.

"Momo, I know you still resent me, but this villa is yours now, so live well here."

After saying this, Lin Yanan immediately addressed Su Ming: "Su Ming, take me away from here."

Upon hearing this, Li Yueming suddenly felt choked.

She looked at the sorrow on Lin Yanan’s face, and all the words she was about to say stuck in her throat and she couldn’t utter them.

After hearing this, Su Ming said nothing and immediately put his arm around Lin Yanan’s slender waist, heading downstairs.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to say anything, but there was no need to. After all, he hadn’t personally experienced the past between Lin Yanan and Li Yueming.

Standing in anyone’s shoes, he could not provide a satisfactory answer to the complicated grudges involved.

Su Ming then drove the car, with Lin Yanan sitting in the passenger seat, and drove out of the neighborhood.

On Lin Yanan’s cold and beautiful face, there was still a faint trace of sadness, making her even more heartbreakingly beautiful.

"Where are we going?" Su Ming asked suddenly as the atmosphere in the car grew heavier.

"I feel like... suddenly I have nowhere to go." Lin Yanan’s cool voice revealed helplessness and weariness.

"When Momo was very young, she often followed me around calling me sister, no matter where I went, she would always shadow me."

Lin Yanan gazed at the scenery outside the window, recounting past events.

"Until one day, Dad suddenly divorced Aunt Zhou, and Aunt Zhou was planning to take Momo abroad. I had something come up at the last minute, so I didn’t make it to the airport before their flight took off."

Lin Yanan’s voice suddenly began to tremble. This Ice Queen of the past, no matter what she faced, always bore a cool and aloof expression.

Yet at this moment, her voice was laced with tears, making it incredibly unbelievable and heartbreaking to hear.

"Ever since then, Momo cut off all contact with me. She blamed me for Dad and Aunt Zhou’s divorce and bore a grudge against me ever since."

After Lin Yanan said this, two lines of tears slipped down her exquisitely beautiful cheeks like stars filled with tears.

Upon seeing this, Su Ming suddenly stopped the car by the roadside, then embraced Lin Yanan’s soft and tender body in his arms.

He gently stroked Lin Yanan’s shiny black hair and spoke softly:

"But none of this is your fault, right? Maybe Aunt Zhou and Mr. Li simply didn’t want to force themselves to live together anymore. I can’t believe they divorced because of your presence; that doesn’t make any sense, does it?"

Lin Yanan nestled her head tightly against Su Ming’s broad and solid chest, immediately feeling inexplicably secure and steady.

After hearing his words, she looked up, gazed at Su Ming with her clear and bright eyes, and gently spoke:

"Even so, the fact remains that Aunt Zhou and Dad divorced not long after I arrived. It’s reasonable for Momo to think that way."

After hearing this, Su Ming felt speechless, thinking about how this usually decisive and efficient Ice Queen’s mind became so tangled when it came to her own family matters.

So he resorted to a roundabout tactic and said with a faint smile:

"But now, no amount of self-recrimination will help. Excessive sadness will only harm your health, which would make me feel heartbroken. Even if you don’t care for yourself, you should consider me, right?"

Hearing this, Lin Yanan thought Su Ming’s words were unreasonable and even oddly amusing.

But at this moment, she realized that the sadness in her heart had gradually dissipated.

She looked dazedly at Su Ming’s handsome face, her gaze gradually turning misty, and suddenly her pretty face turned burning hot.

Although she was known as the Ice Queen and a business world female CEO, at the end of the day, she was still a woman!

What woman doesn’t wish to be comforted and cared for by the man she loves when she’s feeling sad and helpless?

At this moment, she felt her heart, cold as ice, seemingly beginning to melt slowly.

Then, from her rosy lips came a whisper as soft as a mosquito:

"Su Ming, I want you to kiss me."

Upon hearing this, Su Ming was dumbfounded.

He never expected this Ice Queen, who previously held great disdain for men,

would now utter such proactive and candid words.

Lin Yanan opened her eyes and found Su Ming staring blankly at her.

Immediately, a hint of bashful annoyance appeared on her exquisite and beautiful face.