163: Chapter 163 Lin Yi's Deception

After the doctor's examination, Shen Yaqi was found to be fine.

She was just a bit shaken.

After hooking her up to a saline drip, it was just a matter of waiting for her to wake up naturally.

Lin Yi arranged for someone to take Liang Yuexin back first.

At the same time, he had Vice General Manager Wei Zhiru book a presidential suite for Liang Yuexin as well.

His newly acquired maid had suffered quite a bit yesterday.

It was time to let her get some good rest.

Lin Yi was a man of his word.

Having said that he wouldn't mistreat Liang Yuexin as long as she was obedient, he naturally wouldn't.

Then, Lin Yi had his subordinates go buy a new mobile phone for both himself and Liang Yuexin.

After falling into the river last night, both of their phones had gotten waterlogged and were unusable.

After arranging these matters, Lin Yi waited silently by Shen Yaqi's side for her to wake up.

He didn't know when exactly Shen Yaqi had passed out.

He didn't know if she had seen him take action.

If Shen Yaqi had seen that moment when he struck, Lin Yi would have to find a way to ensure she wouldn't talk about it.

...

Two hours later, his subordinates delivered the new phones to Lin Yi.

As soon as Lin Yi logged into WeChat, he found a ton of unread messages.

There were messages from Su Ming, as well as Jiang Xiaowan and Xu Dongqing.

"Lin Yi, where did you go?"

"Why aren't you in your room?"

"Did you have to go out for something urgent?"

"We just went to Zuimeng Group to look for you and saw the staff all in a panic."

"When we asked them, they wouldn't say anything."

"Lin Yi, nothing happened to you, right!"

"Reply quickly, Lin Yi! Are you trying to scare me to death?"

"Lin Yi, I beg you, don't let anything happen! You must be okay!"

"If something happened to you... what would I do..."

Lin Yi quickly called Su Ming to let her know he was safe.

He told her about Liang Yuexin getting lost in the primeval forest last night.

However, Lin Yi didn't mention a word about the kidnappers.

He only said that he and Liang Yuexin had gotten lost in the forest last night and were only found by rescuers this morning.

Su Ming originally wanted to come find Lin Yi right now to see how he was and if he was injured.

But Lin Yi calmed her down.

Lin Yi told Su Ming to wait for him obediently at the hotel.

After hanging up, Lin Yi sat back down by Shen Yaqi's hospital bed.

Another half hour passed, and Shen Yaqi's fingers twitched, then she slowly opened her eyes.

"Am I... dead?"

"So this is what it's like after death..."

Then, Shen Yaqi saw Lin Yi beside her.

"Sigh, looks like we're both dead..."

"It's all my fault... I dragged you into this..."

With that, Shen Yaqi pouted and started to cry.

"Wuu wuu wuu... why am I dead..."

"I'm still so young..."

"If Dad knew I was dead, he would be so sad..."

Seeing this, Lin Yi irritably stepped forward and tapped her on the head.

Shen Yaqi immediately covered her head, her face covered in tears.

"What are you doing! That hurts!"

Lin Yi leaned over and chuckled softly.

"Hurts?"

"It's supposed to hurt."

"Dead people can't feel pain."

Shen Yaqi finally realized.

"Oh, that's right!"

"Then that means I'm not dead!"

"Hahahaha, great! I'm actually not dead!"

Shen Yaqi broke into a smile through her tears.

"But... how did we survive?"

"What about those kidnappers?"

"And what about my bodyguards and assistant who were bribed by the kidnappers?"

Lin Yi stared closely into Shen Yaqi's eyes.

Her eyes revealed a sense of pure, innocent stupidity.

It looked like Shen Yaqi had passed out from fear before the kidnappers even fired their guns.

So she had no idea what had just happened.

Lin Yi rolled his eyes and casually made up an excuse.

"Those people? They already ran away."

Hearing this explanation, Shen Yaqi's eyes widened.

"Ran away?"

"How is that possible!"

"Where did they run to?"

"Weren't they here to kidnap me?"

Lin Yi continued to spout nonsense.

"I appealed to their sense of reason and emotion, telling them that kidnapping is wrong."

"Then they realized their mistake, were overcome with shame, and ran away."

"As for where they ran to... I have no idea."

Lin Yi said it as if it were a serious matter.

Without changing his expression or missing a beat.

Shen Yaqi leaned closer to Lin Yi, looking innocent.

"Holy crap, you aren't lying to me, are you!"

"Really?"

Lin Yi nodded.

"Of course it's true!"

"Otherwise, how do you explain how we survived?"

"There were so many of them, and they had weapons in their hands; I couldn't have fought them."

Hearing Lin Yi's words, Shen Yaqi frowned and thought for a moment.

It seemed to make sense.

Given the situation at the time, there was absolutely no way she and Lin Yi could have survived.

Indeed, this was the only explanation.

Other than that, Shen Yaqi couldn't think of any reason how they could have survived.

"Alright, regardless, I can be considered to have saved your life."

"Let's get to know each other, my name is Lin Yi."

Lin Yi politely extended a hand toward Shen Yaqi.

Shen Yaqi gently shook Lin Yi's hand.

"Hello, my name is Shen Yaqi."

Shen Yaqi: Favorability + 10 points.

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Current Favorability: 40 points.

Her previous favorability toward Lin Yi was negative because she suspected he was the one trying to kidnap her.

Now that the misunderstanding was cleared up, and Lin Yi had saved her with his silver tongue, Shen Yaqi's opinion of Lin Yi had completely changed.

"Um... Lin Yi."

"I remember before I passed out, you told me that if I really felt guilty, I should treat you to a meal."

"I wonder when you'll be free?"

Lin Yi laughed.

"That was just a joke at the time."

"Just to help you relax a bit."

"But... if you really want to treat me, I wouldn't refuse."

Shen Yaqi smiled, her eyes curving into crescents.

"You saved me, and a meal isn't even enough to express my gratitude."

"As you likely know, I am the Vice President of the Xinghui Pharmaceuticals Group in Magic City."

"If you ever come to Magic City to visit, you must let me know."

"I must fulfill my duty as a host."

Seeing Shen Yaqi was so sincere, Lin Yi didn't hide it from her anymore.

"Alright, it's a deal."

"But for the next few days, let me fulfill my duty as a host first."

"I am the boss of Zuimeng Group."

"I'll cover all your expenses on the island for these few days."

After all, Shen Yaqi had encountered danger on Lin Yi's territory; if one were to really nitpick, Zuimeng Group did have some shortcomings.

It was reasonable for Lin Yi to offer to cover all her expenses on the island to show Zuimeng Group's apology.

Shen Yaqi was quite surprised.

She didn't expect that the young man in front of her would be the Chairman of Zuimeng Group.

"President Lin, you are truly young and promising!"

"How about this, what day are you leaving the island?"

"It wouldn't be sincere enough to treat you to a meal on your own turf."

"I'll treat you to a big meal in Magic City!"