Shadowed Echoes: The Hunt for the Enchanted Key

Chapter 9: Have a Drink with My Client

Bo Ye's heart clenched violently at these words, and he blurted out in a shocked voice, "Do you have the guts to say that again?"

Tang Shi didn't say anything. She just looked at him with those eyes. The more she had loved him in the past, the more she hated him now.

She said, "Bo Ye, you sent me to prison for five years. It's been five years. I've come to realize that it doesn't really matter whether I was innocent or not. What matters is that you have never given me even a shred of trust."

When she spoke, her tone was rapid and cold, as if Bo Ye were an insignificant stranger. And in a deeper sense, she was desperately trying to hurt him.

There was a mocking smile on Tang Shi's lips. "Don't tell me you've just realized that our old feelings haven't faded away?"

A hint of c***k appeared in Bo Ye's angry eyes. He stood up and suddenly grabbed Tang Shi's neck.

Under his cold gaze, his delicate face was covered with a layer of frost. He smiled cruelly at Tang Shi and said, "Who taught you to talk like this, huh?"

"After getting out of prison, do you think you've become tough enough?"

The air around Tang Shi was icy cold. Being choked by him, as the air was cut off, her breathing became rapid. She said, "Bo Ye, you're the one who taught me this!"

Bo Ye's body trembled, and his blood seemed to rush backward.

Tang Shi let out a weak laugh under his grip. "You can rest assured. As long as you return my son to me, I, Tang Shi, will never appear in front of you for the rest of my life! Even if I die, not a single word of my death will reach your ears!"

Bo Ye looked at her in disbelief and said in a pained voice, "What did you say?"

Suddenly, Tang Shi struggled violently and threw off Bo Ye's hand that was gripping her. She lost her balance and fell to the ground. Her knee hit the solid wood floor with a dull thud, but she didn't make a sound. Then she stood up shakily in front of Bo Ye.

She said, "Bo Ye, you've killed all my love for you. What else do you want from me? The Tang family has already been completely swallowed up by you. Bo Ye, I'm begging you. Can you have some mercy on me?"

Can you have some mercy on me?

These few simple words were like a sharp blade piercing through his heart. The stabbing pain that he had felt when he witnessed her being taken away in a police car five years ago spread through his heart again. Bo Ye's pupils suddenly shrank, and his voice turned hoarse. "What on earth do you want?"

"I should be the one asking you that question."

When Tang Shi raised her head, the emotions in her eyes were in pieces. She had never imagined that after running away for five years, she still couldn't escape Bo Ye's shadow. I loved you, and I paid the price of five years in prison for it. Bo Ye, please let me go, okay?

Bo Ye's throat felt sour. When he saw the expression on Tang Shi's face, his heart was filled with restlessness. He tugged at his collar forcefully, trying to ignore her face, and said in a low voice, "If you want your son back, you can have him. Go to Mago tonight and have a drink with one of my clients."

Tang Shi looked up at him in disbelief, her eyes widening. She stared at him fiercely. "Bo Ye, you want me to be a hostess and drink with your client?"

Bo Ye sneered at her. "What? You want your child back, don't you? Can't you even do such a simple thing?"

Tang Shi took a few steps backward, shaking her head and muttering, "I'm really not as ruthless as you..."

After saying that, she suddenly laughed again. Although tears were still hanging from the corners of her eyes, Tang Shi smiled at Bo Ye and said, "Sure, since Young Master Bo has said so, how can I refuse? It's just a matter of having a drink. If I can get my son back, I'll do it even if it means risking my life!"

"However..." Tang Shi leaned close to Bo Ye and laughed in a shrill voice next to his ear, "You'd better not regret it!"

Bo Ye felt as if some kind of emotion flashed through his heart, but he couldn't grasp it, and it vanished just like that. Looking at Tang Shi in front of him, he felt a bit dazed.

Why... When they met again, it had to be such a confrontational scene?

It had been five years... All the love had been erased, leaving only the desperate hatred. If it were to ignite, how shocking would it be?

He should hate her. She had killed An Mi and An Mi's child. But why was she looking at him with the same kind of eyes? Tang Shi, you murderer, how dare you!

Bo Ye felt a dull pain in his heart. He stepped forward and roughly grabbed Tang Shi's collar. "For a woman like you, I wouldn't even bat an eyelid if I sent you to someone else's bed with my own hands."

"Isn't that right?" Tang Shi giggled. "I experienced your ruthlessness five years ago. All this doesn't matter to me anymore."

After saying that, she opened her eyes and looked at Bo Ye with a tired and numb gaze.

How much love, hate, and grievances could this broken body still endure? Bo Ye, my life is already incomplete. I don't mind breaking the pot even more thoroughly.

There were many emotions hidden in Bo Ye's deep eyes that she couldn't understand, and she didn't want to understand them either. Those eyes were like the eyes of the leader of a wolf pack, locking onto her. Tang Shi felt as if she had died countless times in his eyes.

She straightened her back. Although her shoulders were still trembling, she slammed the door and walked out.

The people outside all looked up. They saw a beautiful woman with disheveled clothes and red eyes walking out of the president's office. She walked very quickly. As she passed by them, a faint fragrance lingered in the air. Then her slender figure walked away, and everyone began to wonder who she was. "That back looks so familiar..."

"Yeah, I always feel like I've seen her somewhere before."

"By the way, seeing her come out like this... Could she be the president's new lover?"

"Tsk tsk, but judging by her expression, it seems like she just had an argument with the president?"

"Then she's probably one of those persistent little internet celebrities with no fame. She probably thought she could become a phoenix by climbing up the social ladder."

"Never mind, never mind. Young Master Bo still loves Miss An the most."

Tang Shi quickly walked into the elevator, and then the various gossipy voices behind her were cut off. When the elevator reached the first floor and the door opened, she saw Jiang Xie raising his eyebrows and putting his arm around Bo Ye's secretary as they walked in.

"..." Out of politeness, Tang Shi still greeted him, "Hello, Young Master Jiang."

"You're leaving so soon?"

Jiang Xie let go of the secretary and smiled at Tang Shi. "How did the conversation go?"

"Do you think I went there to tell Bo Ye a story, Young Master Jiang?"

Tang Shi's voice was faint, as if it would disperse with a gentle breeze. When she walked out, Jiang Xie grabbed her wrist from behind.

"What are you doing?"

Tang Shi turned around and saw that Jiang Xie also jumped out of the elevator under the astonished gaze of the secretary, leaving her alone in the elevator. As the door closed, Jiang Xie squinted his eyes at her and smiled brightly. "Pretty girl, I'll come find you next time. Bye-bye~"

As soon as he finished saying goodbye, Jiang Xie turned to Tang Shi and said, "I've changed my mind. I was supposed to talk to Bo Ye, but now I might as well talk to you directly."