Saving the overbearing CEO

Chapter 54: First World: A Pawn In Zhao Huan's Game

After a while, Wen Qinxi seemed to have calmed down and finally uttered something more sensible than before. "He must be so traumatized right now. He just fuckin killed a bunch of people how can he not be traumatized? How do l help him with the PTSD?" asked Wen Qinxi his eyes full of concern. In his mind, Qie Ranzhe was a helpless immature teenager how could he possibly handle such a burden?

Jolie wanted to correct him and say that Qie Ranzhe indirectly caused the original Lin Jingxie's death but carried on with no ounce of remorse as though what happened at that waterfall had nothing to do with him but it saw an opening it could exploit and quickly win the bet. "Care for him and help him recover as a form of therapy," said the system hoping to manipulate the dense boss.

Wen Qinxi seemed to thinking it over with a stern look before finally opening his mouth. "You mean shower him with love but wouldn't it better if we get Zhao Huangzhi to do that not me?" he said with a perplexed expression while scratching his head.

Jolie panicked for a split second before saying, "Yes her as well but mostly you," while contemplating on whether to divulge some juicy information it had been holding on to for a while now. "Screw it let me tell you. Qie Ranzhe's blackening, Zhao Huangzhi played a hand in it," said the system unable to hold back anymore.

Wen Qinxi scowled in disbelief impatiently waiting for the system to carry on. "She wanted Qie Ranzhe's attention and so arranged for those bandits to fake kidnap her and Lee Jienjie hoping her knight in shining armour would deepen his affection towards her ultimately taking their relationship a step further,"

"Fuck!" swore a horrified Wen Qinxi. He had never anticipated Zhao Huangzhi to use such an underhanded method to gain Qie Ranzhe's affection. But what perplexed him the most was why Lee Jienjie was also with her and why the bandits knocked-out the mastermind? "Why was Lee Jienjie there as well? l didn't know they knew each other," he asked sobered up by the system's revelation. It was like a bucket of icy cold water had been poured all over his body clearing the fog lingering in his brain.

"She willingly participated because Zhao Huangzhi convinced her that it was mutually beneficial. She gets Qie Ranzhe and in turn Lee Jienjie wins your heart," said the system eagerly retelling the events in detailed.

Wen Qinxi was dumbstruck to the point of trembling as he recalled what Lee Jienjie had said to him that day. She had said those two deserve each other and they would be doing the world a favor if they end up together. That time he had brushed it off as her dealing with trauma and didn't know this was all Zhao Huangzhi's plan. "Seriously? People fuckin died," he said with his face ashen in terror.

"That bitch drank something to knock herself out so she could look even more pitiful that is after she instructed the bandits to rape Lee Jienjie to make the situation look more authentic. Didn't you notice she had fewer bruises than Lee Jienjie? She obviously didn't expect Qie Ranzhe to be this vicious but believe me she's not sad about it either. Hearing that Qie Ranzhe slaughtered people for her made her so happy that she almost tore off her sorrowful mask in front of everyone. She pretended to be ill to get people out of her room but grinned as soon as they were gone," said the system explaining in full detail.

Wen Qinxi didn't say anything for a long time digesting this piece of information. He just couldn't relate this information with Zhao Huangzhi's kind humble nature or maybe he was just too naive? "She's extremely ruthless. I truly hope the real Zhao Huangzhi isn't like this otherwise I pity Qie Ranzhe for falling in love with a pure green tea bitch. Anyway, what can l do when the heart wants what it wants," he said feeling a slight headache creeping up on him. Without saying a word, he crawled into bed shuffling under the quilt before tightly wrapping himself like a little dumpling.

Jolie, "....." thinking is this him going to sleep just like that?

The system was about to leave when it was startled by Wen Qinxi cursing while abruptly sitting up sending the quilt flying. "Holy crap that bitch set me up!" he swore while having a moment of epiphany. He suddenly recalled that hand holding incident in the kitchen were he was caught by Qie Ranzhe. A few minutes ago he would never have believed it to be Zhao Huangzhi's treacherous plot but after hearing the bandit ploy he couldn't put it past her. She must have heard Qie Ranzhe talking to Lin Mingxu outside and created a chain of events that led to this. At the time, he had been too focused on cooking that he didn't pay attention. She used the oldest trick in the book which is using jealousy to get Qie Ranzhe's attention with Wen Qinxi as a disposable pawn in Zhao Huangzhi's game.

"She used me and ! fuckin fell for that innocent look like an idiot. I better help them get together soon otherwise she will keep screwing me over," he said hugging his pillow like a child who had just had a nightmare.

The system was left speechless thinking, 'So fuckin dense,' before disappearing into the night leaving behind a thunderstruck Wen Qinxi swaddling himself while hugging his pillow even tighter.