Lingering On and On

Chapter 3: Assault？

At exactly nine o'clock in the morning, a silver Mercedes-Benz slowly drove into the Felice Eurasian Bank Building. Long Chase in the driver's seat had an extremely handsome face that looked even more charming with its softened lines. It was easy to tell that he was in a great mood today!

The three-day deadline had arrived. Thinking that Carmen would show up in front of him wearing the wedding ring that symbolized eternal love at noon, Long Chase's sexy thin lips couldn't help but curl up again.

"Beep—beep—"

Suddenly, the sound of a text message on his cell phone pulled Long Chase out of his wonderful fantasy.

He stretched out his long arm, picked up the cell phone from the front of the car, and when he saw the name displayed on the screen, his smile grew wider. He couldn't wait to open it, but when he saw the content of the text message clearly, his smile froze instantly.

"Chase, there will be a heavy snowstorm in the US in two days, which might cause some flights to be canceled. The director is worried about the schedule going wrong, so we're leaving on a temporary basis today. I'm sorry that I don't have time to say goodbye to you in person. I'll call you when I arrive at the hotel over there—Love you forever, Wen!"

Was it really that she didn't have time to say goodbye in person? Or was she deliberately trying to avoid him and act first and report later? Long Chase's face darkened. Without a moment's delay, he dialed Cheng Jiawen's number, and the response on the other end made him feel like smashing his cell phone: "Hello, I'm not available to take your call right now. Please leave your name, and I'll get back to you later!"

After hanging up the phone, Long Chase quickly dialed another number.

"Hello, Mr. Long!" A respectful voice from his special assistant, Gao Zhijie, came from the other end of the phone immediately.

"Check for me when the earliest flight to Los Angeles is today!" Long Chase ordered in a deep voice.

"Uh, okay!"

The phone wasn't hung up. There was silence for about half a minute on the other end, and then Gao Zhijie's voice came again, "Mr. Long, the earliest flight to Los Angeles, USA today is at 10:15 am, and the second one is at noon."

10:15 am. Carmen should be on this flight! He could speed over right away, and when the time came, by showing his identity as the chairman of the Felice Eurasian Bank to the flight crew, he might be able to see her and stop Carmen in time.

Without wasting a second, Long Chase turned the car around and drove out of the building's parking lot again.

Unfortunately, fate seemed to be against him at this time. Less than five minutes after the car left the building, it suddenly stalled and wouldn't start no matter how hard he tried.

His handsome face grew even darker. He picked up his cell phone again, only to find that it was out of battery!

With a low curse, he quickly opened the car door and ran to the side of the road to hail a taxi.

He was so impatient that he didn't notice someone approaching until an evil cry rang out, "Assault! Assault!"

Feeling his left hand being firmly grabbed, Long Chase turned around. When he saw where his hand was touching, a look of disgust flashed in his black eyes, and he subconsciously tried to pull his hand back.

However, a seemingly delicate hand was surprisingly strong and held his hand tightly, not allowing him to pull it back.

His anger reached its peak. Long Chase stared at the woman in front of him who was wearing a vulgar red dress and had straw-like yellow hair with extreme contempt. After a few seconds, he suddenly realized what was going on and roared, "Tell me, how much do you want?"

The woman didn't expect the other party to be so straightforward and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Long Chase put his right hand into his suit pocket, took out his wallet, took out several hundred-dollar bills from it, and threw them at the woman harshly, "Let go!"

Seeing the bright red banknotes, the woman was overjoyed and quickly let go of Long Chase's hand and went to grab the money instead.

Contempt and disgust rose in Long Chase's eyes again. He was about to turn around to hail a taxi again when, unexpectedly, his arm was pulled again, this time it was his right arm!

"Do you think you're so great just because you have money? Do you think you can cover up your crime with money? What you've done not only insults women but also deserves to go to hell!" Tong Yuling grabbed Long Chase's hand, her almond-shaped eyes widened, and she was full of anger.

Today, she had originally come to the Felice Eurasian Bank to plead with Long Chase. She didn't expect to encounter such a scene. In broad daylight, this hateful man not only committed an assault but also planned to use money to cover up his crime. Looking at how he was good-looking and dressed in designer clothes, it was really unfair!

Looking at another woman who had popped up out of nowhere, Long Chase narrowed his eyes and took out several more hundred-dollar bills from his wallet and threw them at Tong Yuling with disgust.

This made Tong Yuling even angrier. She pulled his hand hard and shouted, "Come with me to the police station, you scumbag, a disgrace to society. You've insulted women like this, and I'll make you lose your reputation!"

"Hey, miss, what's wrong with you? Let him go!" Suddenly, the woman in the red dress and with yellow hair stopped Tong Yuling.

Tong Yuling was startled for a moment, and then she reproached, "He assaulted you. You should sue him. How can you let him go just because of a few hundred yuan? If you let him go now, you're giving him the chance to harm other innocent women."

"Miss, just leave. This has nothing to do with you!" The woman with yellow hair frowned.

"Let go!" Long Chase spoke again, his voice cold enough to freeze the surrounding air. Damn it! If it weren't for the rule he had set for himself since childhood not to hit women, he really wanted to punch her.

Tong Yuling ignored him and continued to hold his hand tightly. She gave the woman with yellow hair a helpless glance and quickly looked around. Coincidentally, she saw two patrol policemen and immediately shouted loudly, "Assault! Police officers, come here quickly. There's someone committing an assault here!"

"s**t!" Long Chase cursed softly again.

Seeing that the police were about to arrive, the woman with yellow hair's face changed drastically. She turned around and started to run, but unfortunately, she was caught on the spot by the fast-moving policemen before she had gone far.

"Police officers, why are you arresting her? The person who committed the assault is here!" Tong Yuling pointed at Long Chase while complaining to the approaching policemen.

"Miss, you've misunderstood. This is a fraud group. They specifically use women to falsely accuse male pedestrians of assault and then take the opportunity to ask for compensation." After the policeman explained, he turned his gaze to Long Chase, "Sir, thanks to your help, our police have finally been able to solve this case after tracking it for so long. By the way, could you please leave your contact address? Our police may ask you to testify in court in the future."

Not wanting to be delayed any longer, Long Chase took out a card without hesitation and handed it to him, then stopped a passing empty taxi and drove away quickly.

"Damn b***h, who asked you to meddle in other people's business!" The woman with yellow hair, who was being held by the police, took all her anger out on Tong Yuling. She stared at Tong Yuling with such fierce eyes that it seemed like she could kill.

"Miss, don't you usually watch the police news? Please pay more attention to social news next time to avoid wronging good people and letting the real criminals go!" One of the policemen took the opportunity to lecture Tong Yuling. Worried that the female criminal's accomplices might come, he didn't stay any longer and immediately took the female criminal to the police station.

Tong Yuling was stunned, her eyes widening in disbelief. She... She was usually busy working to make money and didn't have any free time to watch the police news. Once, a colleague of hers had been so traumatized by being assaulted that she even had a mental breakdown for a while. So, when she saw that man "assaulting" the woman's chest just now, she couldn't control her anger and rushed over to accuse the man. She didn't expect... that it was all a misunderstanding!

Pouting, Tong Yuling watched the policemen and the female criminal slowly walking away, then stared blankly in the direction where Long Chase had disappeared. Then she turned around and walked towards the Felice Eurasian Bank Building in front of her with a gloomy face.