"There’s no need to apologize, going back together is a good thing. With me here, you don’t have to be afraid." Jin Chenye lifted his hand, just about to place it on Ye Mingmei’s little head, when Ye Mingmei was suddenly pulled away by Yu Xiuzhun.

"Yu Xiuzhun!"

"Shut up! This is a matter between men, women shouldn’t speak." Yu Xiuzhun pulled Ye Mingmei to his side, pressing her onto a chair, his hands clenched into fists, cracking ominously.

Ye Mingmei’s nerves tightened, seeing Jin Chenye’s face also darken, fearing that the two would start fighting right there at the airport.

"Dear esteemed passengers, it’s time to board. Please proceed through this gate. Our plane is about to take off. After boarding, please remember to turn off your mobile phones..."

The flight attendant appeared just in time to guide boarding, breaking the tense atmosphere in the air.

"Alright, we’ll board right away."

Ye Mingmei, as if relieved of a heavy burden, swiftly stood up from the chair, took out her boarding pass from her bag, and pulled Yu Xiuzhun along as they walked inside.

While walking, she kept turning back to remind Jin Chenye, "Senior, hurry up and board too, otherwise, it won’t be good if you’re late."

Before Ye Mingmei could finish her sentence, she clearly noticed Yu Xiuzhun’s expression darken.

His gaze fell on her hand holding his, then he unintentionally raised an eyebrow, provocatively looking at Jin Chenye who walked behind them.

No matter what, Ye Mingmei had ultimately chosen him; after all, she was holding his hand.

Thinking this, Yu Xiuzhun’s lips curled into a wicked smile, allowing Ye Mingmei to pull him along as they boarded the plane.

On the plane, Ye Mingmei looked at the seat numbers separated by several rows and finally let out a long sigh of relief.

Thank goodness they weren’t seated together; otherwise, watching them glare at each other all the way back to America, Ye Mingmei was beginning to worry whether she’d crumble under the pressure and die on the spot.

"How could it be such a coincidence that senior took the same flight?" Ye Mingmei anxiously picked at her nails.

Jin Chenye hadn’t said anything, but she could still see the disappointment in his eyes.

It was the disappointment of being furious at his failure to live up to expectations.

Her cowardice had still let him down.

"Coincidence?" Yu Xiuzhun laughed coldly as he heard her words, "Are you stupid? Believing his nonsense. I used your ID to book the ticket, and all he had to do was call the airline to check your flight details. This so-called coincidence wasn’t hard to orchestrate at all."

Only Ye Mingmei would believe they could have such a perfectly timed "coincidental" encounter.

Yu Xiuzhun’s eyes glinted, recalling another matter.

"When you sneaked off to Paris, did anyone know?"

"I came here for work, not to run away..." Ye Mingmei glanced at him, lowering her gaze to stare at her palm.

With Yu Xiuzhun’s strong vengeful nature, if she admitted she once tried to escape from him, she knew she’d never hear the end of it.

Ye Mingmei could only grit her teeth and staunchly deny it.

"..."

Yu Xiuzhun gave her a glance but didn’t expose her lie.

His wicked eyes flashed as he spoke on his own.

"When I was tracking you down, I discovered something interesting." Yu Xiuzhun left a tantalizing pause, fully piquing Ye Mingmei’s curiosity, then he finally continued in a leisurely tone.

"The Ye Group’s commercial negotiations were supposed to happen in a month, but the night before you left the U.S., Qin Youxuan suddenly had them moved up. Even Jin Chenye’s plane ticket was booked at her direction, and he was ordered to rush to Paris. How coincidental that you all ended up on the same flight."