C18 He Suddenly Felt That She Looked Very Pleasing to the Eye

Soong Yiren turned her head and was met with the striking features of Gong Lingye. Bathed in sunlight, his wheat-colored skin took on a metallic sheen, making him as handsome as the Sun God from Greek legend.

Her heart fluttered with surprise. Despite his suspicions, he had come to her rescue in a critical moment. She expressed her gratitude earnestly, "Thank you, Mr. Gong, for saving my life!"

Seated behind her, he wrapped one arm around her slender waist, his chin nearly resting atop her head due to their proximity. In a voice both deep and magnetic, he said, "Miss Yu, I assumed you'd want me to check on that woman's well-being first."

"Had you not saved me, I would have been trampled by that horse," Soong Yiren replied with a shrug, her expression innocent. "Why should I be concerned about her?"

Besides, she secretly longed for Su Yunfei's demise. Watching Su Yunfei now, half-dead from being stepped on, Soong Yiren couldn't help but feel a sense of relief.

Her appreciation for Gong Lingye grew stronger.

Gong Lingye was taken aback by her candor. She didn't play the part of the fragile, kind-hearted woman, as others might to curry favor with a man.

He quirked an eyebrow. "Are you reveling in her misfortune?"

Soong Yiren's lips curved into a smile. "Exactly! And I get the impression you're not exactly the type to pity and spare the ladies, are you?"

His laughter, a hearty "Haha!" shook his chest.

Their closeness allowed Soong Yiren to feel the firmness of his chest and abs, and the subtle but potent scent of his masculinity made her uneasy. She straightened up slightly, trying to regain her composure.

"Why are you here?" he inquired.

"I was sent by the SRA to retrieve some documents from an expert," Soong Yiren explained. "He's here today, so they asked me to come."

"What's his name?" Gong Lingye asked, nodding.

"Luis," she answered.

"I know him," Gong Lingye nodded again. "I'll take you to him."

As he spoke, he suddenly picked up the pace. In a flash, the horse surged forward, its gallop so swift it seemed to take flight.

The green grass before Soong Yiren receded rapidly, the blades shimmering with the dance of golden sunlight.

Soong Yiren felt a sense of expansiveness she hadn't experienced in three years; her entire being seemed to lighten.

Even if she couldn't defeat Chu Mingyao now, she harbored no fear. As long as she lived and breathed, a day would come when she'd make that monster pay in blood for his deeds.

After leaving Soong Yiren at the club, Gong Lingye rode off.

By the time Soong Yiren retrieved her documents, the man's tall and elegant silhouette had vanished from her view.

Recently, Soong Yiren had been immersed in work at MSRA.

Today's workload was particularly heavy, and the experiment ran late. Coupled with a restless night's sleep and Yu Ruonuan's frail constitution, Soong Yiren felt dizzy as she exited the building.

That's why she failed to notice the group of men who began to trail her as she passed through the alley...

Inside a black sedan.

"President, your medical report," Gong Lingye's assistant, Pei Jun, said as he handed the report to Gong Lingye, who had just settled into the car.

Gong Lingye took it and switched on the light to examine the medical report.

In Gong Lingye's generation, there were initially six siblings: four brothers and two sisters. The sisters were alive and well, residing in the ancestral home.

Yet, of the four brothers, only Gong Lingye remained.

Oddly, all three of Gong Lingye's brothers had died at the age of 32, giving rise to a legend that the Gong Family men were cursed, doomed never to see their 33rd year.

Because the Gong men died young—with Gong Mochen's father being the only one who married early and had a son, the second brother having a daughter, and the third brother dying suddenly, unmarried—the Gong Family legacy now rested solely on Gong Lingye and his nephew, Gong Mochen.

Gong Lingye never put stock in curses; he believed there was a human cause behind it all, a mystery he had yet to unravel.

Given that it was a man-made situation, he made sure to undergo a comprehensive physical examination every six months and also had routine blood tests monthly.