CHAPTER 51 – What Is Your Name

Hearing those words were like a go ahead to do anything or say anything she wanted to say, but even at that, the quiet Li Jing became more quieter.

It was as though she had lost her voice and the ability to speak. So many questions flooded her mind that she did not know where to start from, but after what seemed to be like forever, she spoke.

"What is your name?"

Ye Cheng's eyes widened a fraction at her question. Even though he told her to ask him any question, he had to admit, he least expected her to ask him that.

He quickly changed his expression to one of Indifference and pondered.

'Doesn't she already know my name? Well I guess I owe it to her to at least introduce myself properly.'

Even though she could very well guess it, she still wanted to be sure and not be taken by surprise again. She was going to ask all the questions needed to be asked and satisfy her curiosity.

"My name is Ye Cheng," he answered her truthfully, his eyes never leaving her face as he watched her carefully, taking in all of her reactions.

"Ye Cheng." Li Jing recited as though she was trying to memorize it. "You mean Ye Cheng, CEO of Dream Star Corporations?"

"Yes."

"Okay."

After that she did not say anything else, causing Ye Cheng to arch his brow at her. He was expecting her to bombard him with loads of questions but she just asked him his name and that was it.

"Anything else you want to know?" Ye Cheng asked, deciding to throw the floor open for questions and possibly help her.

"Who are those guys and why are they after you? What did you do to them? Where they the ones who took her away from you? Why are we not reporting the issues to the police? You are not a bad guy, are you? Am I in trouble for helping you? Scratch that, I already know I am a goner."

She rained torrent of questions on Ye Cheng leaving the young man stunned and at a loss of words to even reply her.

When he told her to ask, he had never expected this to be the outcome. She just poured her questions and started answering some herself without giving him room to answer any of them.

After a while of the talking none stop, she finally quieted down when she was out of breath.

Ye Cheng shot her a questioning look as if silently asking her if she was done.

She took in a deep breath and exhaled slowly, trying her possible best to calm down. Her heart was already racing fast and thudding in her chest as she recalled the event of the day.

Never in her life would she have thought there would come a day when she had to run for her life and be shot at.

All these experiences, though new and dangerous, Li Jing found her heart thudding from excitement and fear.

"I am sorry it got to this. I never wanted to drag you into my mess," Ye Cheng finally spoke after she calmed down.

"I do not know who those guys were that raided your house but as the CEO of my company, I can guess that they were sent by a rival company."

"Ohh… So you are not the bad guy?"

"I thought we were pass that already?"

"You never answered me then."

"You never asked. You did not care to know, Li Jing."

"I wanted you to tell me when you felt like it."

"And if I didn't?" He pulled closer in his seat and leaned forward, waiting for her answer.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense from the intense stare he was giving her and Li Jing felt her breathing hitched.

If she had an Adams apple, Ye Cheng would have seen it bulb up and down from the huge gulp she took.

"I–I… um, I would have let it be."

"Is that so?" He leaned back suddenly, freeing her from his intense stare and relaxed the look in his eyes, but his eyes weren't free from their cold nature, it softened a bit.

"Your girlfriend…"

"She was kidnapped because of me and when I went to the scheduled place, she died because of my incompetence." His face fell at the mention of his girlfriend and his eyes dropped, but as soon as it came, he masked it away.

If Li Jing hadn't seen it, she would have thought she was hallucinating or something.

Honestly, even though he tried his best not to show it, he was in so much pain at losing Bai Qing Mei. Rather than let his sorrow kill him, he decided to plunge it all and find out who was behind it and make them all pay.

"And now they are after you," Li Jing said, trying her best to change the topic from his late girlfriend.

"Technically, us." He looked back up at her, so that their eyes met. His cold expression back on as though nothing in this world affected him.

"Us?"

"Yes, you and I."

"What! What do I have to do with this?"

He shot her a disbelieving look. How could she ask that when she clearly stated it herself? Sometimes he had to wonder if he was still the same lady that covered their tracks or it was someone else?

"You helped me," he stated as a matter of fact.

"But they didn't see my face."

"They raided your house. Surely there are clues about you everywhere."

"You have a point. Don't you have a clue whatsoever as to who might be plotting against you? Any enemies, people you have wronged?"

"None that I know of. Then again, I have so many enemies in the business world that I am unaware of, but I am working on it."

"Okay." None of them spoke for a minute and her eyes drifted away as she gazed at nothing. Seconds later, she returned her gaze back to him. "How did you know of the escape route?"

"Oh, that. I did a check of the house when you were gone and I found it. Although I did not know where it lead, it was obvious a good hiding spot before your phone rang."

Li Jing could not believe it. He was only in the house for a few days and could detect a hidden passage that she never did.

He was also glad that he decided to check her house for things she may need, that was when he saw a protrusion under the rug and he checked it.

First of all, he was wondering why there would be a rug in the passageway leading to the store room and stuff, but when he pulled it back, he got his answer.

"That should be all." Ye Cheng's voice broke Li Jing out of her train of thoughts as he made to get up.

"But I have some more questions and you promised to answer all," Li Jing protested.

"I promised to answer your questions. I never said all and I never said I would answer it all in one go. You should listen carefully when people make promises."

Not getting her request, she puffed her cheeks at him as her eyes narrowed. 'Cheater.'

"For now, you are safe here. This is my safe house that only I know of and now, you. No one would harm you here. Tomorrow, I would have a new phone sent to you and…"

He suddenly stopped talking as his eyes dropped closed. He shook his head right after before opening his eyes to look at her.

"Hey, what is it?" She noticed the look in his face change and knew something was wrong. "Ye Cheng," she probed further but he gave her no reply. "Answer me, are you alright?"

"That would be all for now. You should get some sleep."

Not waiting for her answer, he got up from his seat and turned around. Li Jing watched as he pretended that nothing was wrong, but she noticed his movements seemed to be sluggish and knew things were bad.

Just as he turned, she caught sight of a red patch on his back and her eyes flew open.

"Blood!"

As soon as the words left her mouth, his feet gave way and he fell down on the floor.

"Ye Cheng!"

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