Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 687: [Yan Jian Extra] 8. One Move of the Heart Becomes a Mistake (2nd Update)

Chapter 687: [Yan Jian Extra] 8. One Move of the Heart Becomes a Mistake (2nd Update)

Take for example the ringtone that goes off after eight hours. He knows it’s the alarm she set, indicating she doesn’t want to spend an extra minute with him.

For example... every time she comes to meet him, she has some small scheme planned. Last time it was her second sister, this time it’s a conversation with Adam.

He is trying hard to create opportunities to be with her, while she is doing everything she can to destroy it all.

He knows his heart has gone cold, hanging in this mid-air solitude.

"Tell me, what exactly do you want?! I no longer have the patience to keep playing games with you."

Yan Jian takes a deep breath, "Since there’s a breach of contract, you need to bear the corresponding responsibility. But rest assured, I won’t demand to void the contract; I’ll only require you to make a concession on the originally agreed number—reduce 5 out of the 30 nights."

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He grips the soft ladder tightly.

Sure enough, she’s using a nibble strategy.

Just like a lawyer in court, bit by bit eroding the opponent’s resources.

He snorts coldly, "What if I don’t agree?" 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Yan Jian tilts her head, "If you don’t agree, it means this contract is no longer based on mutual sincerity. Then, pray tell, why should I continue to fulfill it?"

He wants to strangle her, truly.

She deliberately mentioned it after the fact, rather than right after getting into the treehouse. She’s just waiting for his answer, for him to tell her Jieyou’s whereabouts.

She came for her brother, for her family; never, for him.

He looks up at the sky; it’s pitch black. Perhaps there are stars, but unfortunately, they are all shielded by the lush foliage, not casting a single bit of light onto his view.

nights, versus 25, what’s the difference really?

It’s just a brief journey, destined to end sooner or later.

He sneers, "Fine, I agree with you."

She came with a trick up her sleeve, and if he didn’t agree, it would only expose his fear.

He won’t let her know, that everything just began, and he’s already afraid of separation.

He will never let her know.

Never.

He only wants her to see that he doesn’t care, not a bit.

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Outside the prison, Ben Shaming sits in the car, watching Luo Xiansheng walk out of the gate from afar.

His face is heavy, yet he still turns back to stand at the doorway, gazing inside for a long time.

Ben Shaming has a stack of thick folders on his lap, all containing information on Luo Xiansheng.

If it was just following James’ orders, merely to take Luo Xiansheng’s life, he could do it now.

All he needed was to get out of the car, posing as a passerby approaching Luo Xiansheng, in his dazed state, it would be effortlessly easy to strike.

It’s just... somehow, he starts to ponder over James’ motive for wanting this Chinese man dead.

From all the compiled data, he can’t seem to find anything about this Chinese man that would hinder James.

If it’s business, Luo Xiansheng is just involved in the entertainment industry, which has nothing to do with the Fude Group; if it’s personal matters, James and Luo Xiansheng are poles apart in personality, they don’t even have the chance to be in the same setting...

That leaves emotional issues as the only answer.

Could James see Luo Xiansheng as a romantic rival?

Ben Shaming can’t help but smirk at himself in the rear-view mirror thinking this.

How could it be? How could James have a romantic rival?

On the other hand, how could James really fall in love with anyone?

Especially, a woman?

Rather than figuring out how to kill this Chinese man, he’s more intrigued by what goes on in James’ mind.

After knowing each other for fifteen years, and despite the constant stream of women around James, none had ever captured his true affection.

So, where did it go wrong this time?

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The incident couldn’t be traced from James’ angle, so Ben Shaming turned his inquiry towards Luo Xiansheng’s side. Thus, the information piled up.

The media still haven’t let go of the love triangle between Luo Xiansheng and the Tang sisters.

Ben Shaming weighed Tang Yansheng and Tang Yanjian, finally circling Tang Yanjian in red pen.

With James’ character, it’s impossible for him to fall for someone like Tang Yansheng, the elder sister.

But... does he have a reason to like a little girl like Tang Yanjian?

According to the media, besides being the little granddaughter of the Tang Family, this little girl has no merits. Moreover, she has a stubborn temper, capable of openly stealing a boyfriend at a Tang Family party...

What about her attracts James?

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Ben Shaming finished investigating Luo Xiansheng and began to focus his attention on Tang Yanjian.

He knew she attended Westside Fashion Design College, so during the day, he started appearing around the school.

A slender man with black hair, wearing a large silhouette black trench coat, mixed with a silver-gray hoodie underneath, exuding a free-spirited yet cold and mysterious vibe.

Students studying fashion design have a natural acute sensitivity to beauty, so he was often stopped outside the school by students, either wanting to take a street shot, invite him to model, or just to have a chat.

But he deliberately appeared in front of that Tang Yanjian several times, yet the little girl seemed absent-minded, oblivious to him, narrowly missing colliding with lamp posts several times but never bumping into him.

A strange annoyance grows in his heart, unclear and unspeakable.

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Until his whereabouts were noticed by Catherine.

That day, he stood by the roadside again, casually glancing towards the school gate. It was dismissal time, quietly searching for Yanjian among the students. A burgundy DS drove by, suddenly stopped, then reversed back, lowering the car window.

Catherine leaned over in surprise, "Little Ben? How come it’s you?"

Ben Shaming is also a bit surprised, but just frowns, "Don’t call me that. I don’t remember giving you permission to use that nickname."

Catherine, having stayed by James the longest, was also aware during those years in France that he was one of James’ people. But James never allowed the women around him to know too much, so Catherine could only vaguely sense Ben Shaming’s identity but never got a chance to confirm he was James’ hitman.

Luckily, she at least understood that Ben Shaming wasn’t simply an ordinary secretary.

So she had to concede, "Alright, my mistake. It’s just that James always calls you that, I thought you’d like others calling you that too."

Ben Shaming’s eyes are cold, "Only him."

Catherine feels a bit uncomfortable inside, but she suppresses it.

More than her internal discomfort, what piques her curiosity is why Ben Shaming is showing up at the Westside Fashion Design College gate.

She knows it’s not a coincidence.

"What are you doing here? Need a ride?" she asks gently.

Ben Shaming remains expressionless, "I’m not here for you. Go do your own thing."

He’s never needed to be polite to Catherine, just as James never showed too much intimacy. No woman had the chance to regard herself as the ’future lady of the house,’ so to all of James’ subordinates, towards any woman, no extra courtesy was necessary.

Catherine feels a deep chill, forcing a smile, "Why so cold? I’m not mean-spirited."

Having fought her way in the fashion circle for years and being the longest-standing woman by James’ side proves her patience and intelligence. She ponders briefly and smiles, "If you’re not here for me, could you be here for Tang Yanjian?"

Ben Shaming squints his eyes, "Do you know her?"

Catherine laughs, pointing to her forehead, "Women’s intuition recognizes her."