The Bodyguard King’s CEO Wife

Life, if only like the first encounter.

Using this line of poetry to describe the current state between the two could not be more appropriate. Eight years have passed, turning the once side-by-side pair into strangers. No one could have anticipated the outcome, and how wonderful it would be to retain the feelings of their initial encounter—free from entanglements, carefree. Yet, life is often fraught with such regrets and twists.

When Chen Yuxin heard this response, her already crumbling demeanor finally began to show signs of improvement. Her frown slowly relaxed, and with a bitter laugh, she let go of Ye Shikai's shoulders.

"Xin, I still have matters to deal with, you... take good care of yourself." Ye Shikai said softly, glancing up at Chen Yuxin's expression. Seeing she wasn't going to explode, he carefully left the conference room.

After a long time.

"Why, why has it turned out this way?" Chen Yuxin showed a shocked look on her face, appearing somewhat sickly. She slowly picked up a wine glass from the table and smashed it forcefully on the ground.

"Bang."

"Family Head, are you… alright?" Upon hearing the noise, Chen Ruoya quickly stepped in and saw Chen Yuxin's fierce expression as she frantically smashed things in front of her.

"Whew." Suddenly, Chen Yuxin disappeared from her sight. Chen Ruoya turned around abruptly to find a pale, jade-like hand tightly clutching her throat. Chen Yuxin's pupils were red, looking as if she were about to kill.

"Family Head, I... cough, cough..." Chen Ruoya moaned in pain, her face turning from pale to purple, nearly suffocating. Then, suddenly, Chen Yuxin released her grip, and Chen Ruoya fell to the ground, gasping for air.

"Get out!" Chen Yuxin yelled loudly.

"Yes, Family Head."

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Ye Shikai hadn't left the Chen Group but was sitting alone in his car. Everything happened so abruptly that Ye Shikai felt as though he was in a dream. He touched his face to confirm it was reality. The sudden appearance of Chen Yuxin stressed the normally composed man. Her words pierced his heart like a chisel.

Indeed, Chen Yuxin did owe Ye Shikai. Those eight years were torture for both, and surely it wasn't intentional. If Ye Shikai had been in her place, he probably couldn't have said goodbye either.

Leaving without a word is short-term pain. A farewell is long-term anguish.

Ye Shikai thought of the fortune-teller he met outside the airport, who was like a prophet, with events unfolding just as he foretold.

"Damn, I have no idea where that guy's gone now." Ye Shikai smiled wryly. He really wanted to bring that person over and ask what he should do. For the first time, Ye Shikai longed for someone else to make decisions for him—the situation had him on the verge of collapse.

"Knock, knock, knock." At that moment, Ye Shikai heard someone knocking on his car window. Curious, he rolled the window down.

"Officer Zhang, why is it you?" Ye Shikai said with a wry smile.

"Hey, what's with that attitude? You seem like you really despise me." To Ye Shikai's surprise, Zhang Ting opened the other car door, sat in the passenger seat, then took off her high heels and comfortably leaned back in the seat.

"Ah, this feels so good, standing for so long is exhausting." Zhang Ting closed her eyes in enjoyment.

"Hey, hey, hey, why are you so casual? This seems to be my car." Ye Shikai said helplessly, but he still turned on the air conditioning, and the cool air blew out, calming Ye Shikai down.

"Can't I sit? You've been sitting in the car for over twenty minutes, and it doesn't look like you're planning to leave." Zhang Ting stretched her legs and playfully kicked Ye Shikai, then continued to lie there.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, have you been off having fun somewhere?" Zhang Ting teased.

"There were some matters out of town, had to deal with them." Ye Shikai gave Zhang Ting a glance, and the corner of his mouth suddenly lifted slightly, "You must have something you need, coming to me for help, right?"

"No way." A flicker passed through Zhang Ting's eyes, and her body involuntarily turned its back to Ye Shikai.

"To think you're a police officer, yet you're so fidgety, I wouldn't have guessed something is up." Ye Shikai's face was full of disbelief, and he took out two chilled cans of Coca-Cola from the back of the car, passing one to Zhang Ting.

"So what if there is, you won't help me anyway." Zhang Ting huffed coldly.

"Glug glug." Ye Shikai chugged the Coke, burping comfortably, and ignoring Zhang Ting, he took out a tablet from the side and started playing games on his own.

"Hey, are we friends or not?" Seeing this, Zhang Ting threw the unopened Coke back.

"Are we? The first time we met, you 'friend' sent me and my wife to the police station." Ye Shikai looked at Zhang Ting with disdain.

"That... that was all a misunderstanding, why dredge up such trivial old matters, are you even a man." Zhang Ting explained repeatedly, her cheeks red with embarrassment – at that time she was indeed overzealous.

"Officer Zhang, provocation won't work on me, if you have nothing else, I'm leaving now." Ye Shikai revealed a smug smile.

"Alright, alright, I'll tell you the situation." Zhang Ting deflated like a burst ball, and recounted the morning's case to Ye Shikai.

"Why are you telling me this?" After Ye Shikai listened, his expression became more serious. The thugs were killed by Wang Kai, Ye Shikai was very worried about him, but now the thing he worried about had happened, the National Security Bureau got involved, that bastard Tianjing, what is he thinking, getting involved in this case.

"It was for you to help, of course." Zhang Ting immediately said, "I don't know what's going on, the National Security Bureau got involved."

"You should stay out of this." Ye Shikai said coldly.

"Eh, you feel so strange today, why are you acting out of character." Zhang Ting sensed the change, her eyebrows twitched, feeling that Ye Shikai seemed different.

"Not at all, just a bit preoccupied." Ye Shikai said lightly, quickly changing the subject, "The murder case, didn't we solve one like it before."

"Yeah, but we can't investigate this time, ugh, it's so frustrating." Zhang Ting clenched her small fist, her face full of displeasure, "The chief even gave me a leave of absence, I don't know what it means."

"They probably think you work too hard usually, just relax a bit." Ye Shikai said with a faint smile, "Our beloved Officer Zhang, you've worked hard, haha."

"That's why I'm hoping you'll help me with this." Zhang Ting took a sip of Coke, suddenly revealing a sly smile on her face.