Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 714: [Yan Jian Extra] 17. The Fourth Meeting

Faced with Yan Yu’s obvious provocation, if it were James’s usual temperament, he would certainly not tolerate it.

But at this moment, he couldn’t afford to pay attention to Yan Yu in front of him.

His heart thundered violently: Because of Ben Shaming!

He hadn’t expected that Ben Shaming had already gone to Yan Jian’s side...

The fact that Catherine deliberately sought cooperation with Yan Jian, he knew, and he didn’t mind too much. Such matters stem from a woman’s pettiness, and he was confident that he could control Catherine firmly, ensuring she wouldn’t have the chance to play any tricks with Yan Jian.

Besides, he harbored a little bit of pettiness himself... he hoped Yan Jian would be jealous.

But he would never have thought that Little Ben had also ended up at Yan Jian’s side.

And Little Ben, to some extent, was not a person he could completely control.

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became; he stood up and stared coldly at Yan Yu: "No matter what, I must thank you for bringing me this news today. Whatever you wanted to say, I believe you’ve said it all, so please leave first. This is my office, and I have other things to attend to."

Yan Yu carefully observed the expression on James’s face.

"Mr. Fude, I must warn you, no matter what you want to do, or have already done, if any harm comes to my younger sister because of it, every member of the Tang Family will not let you off!"

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James narrowed his eyes, watching Yan Yu’s back disappear through the office door, and promptly pulled out his phone to dial Ben Shaming’s number.

Without preamble, he asked, "Little Ben, where are you?"

Ben Shaming was taken aback by the question, glanced up at Yan Jian who was bent over drawing, and hurriedly stepped outside to answer, "Uh, I’m outside."

James took a deep breath: "Outside? Where?"

Indeed, Little Ben in this matter was no longer the Little Ben he once knew. The Little Ben of the past would have given him the exact location, and wouldn’t have used such a vague term like "outside" to fool him.

Since Little Ben answered in this way, it was already indirectly proving that Little Ben was deliberately concealing from him.

After more than fifteen years of relying on each other, is there anything between them that needs such deliberate concealment and avoidance?

He lowered his voice: "No matter where you are, come back, now!"

Ben Shaming clutched the phone, unable to help but frown.

Cold wind swirling with dead leaves brushed past him, scraping by his cheeks. Like thin blades of danger, almost fatal.

The killer’s instinct told him that James wouldn’t have gotten angry with him for no reason like this. Although it wasn’t an explosive anger, this suppressed fury alarmed him even more.

He thought, perhaps his actions had finally been exposed and known to James.

He narrowed his eyes, glanced back into the window.

Upstairs was Catherine, downstairs was Tang Yanjian.

If someone had betrayed his secret to James, slandering him, it couldn’t escape those two foolish women.

His gaze lingered briefly on Yan Jian, then swiftly returned to Catherine upstairs.

He was convinced that Tang Yanjian wouldn’t uncover his identity this quickly; the likelihood was greater with Catherine.

His secret battle with Catherine was longer compared to Tang Yanjian. From France, it started five years ago.

He put the phone back in his pocket, his dark gaze like two long serpents silently piercing through the glass, rising to the second floor, and darting towards Catherine in the office!

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Ben Shaming returned to the Fude Group.

There was some lingering concern in his heart.

Ultimately worried... James might one day part ways with him because of a woman.

He carefully knocked on the door, holding his breath as he walked into James’s office.

Within the barren mountains and lean waters, James sat quietly with his pair of deep blue eyes.

His heart inexplicably tightened in pain, quickly stepping forward: "You’re looking for me?"

At this moment, he suddenly felt that all his previous worries were not important; at this moment, he even hoped James would shout at him.

Shout it out, and James’s heart might feel better; he wouldn’t seem so lonely amidst this barren landscape, right?

Only he knew the pain truly hidden in James’s heart.

James came into this world, not as a product of blessing and anticipation, but merely a scheme — by then, Yifan had long been separated from Annie for many years, only lacking a divorce certificate. Yifan’s marriage with Annie was a family alliance, devoid of love, and such conflicts became irreparable when Yifan met Huangfu Xi’an.

Annie, reluctant to divorce, even proposed an almost stringent condition: she asked her husband to stay calm, suggesting he might detach from temporary infatuation, hence she required her husband to ’cool off’ the divorce for five years. If, after five years, her husband still couldn’t let go of Huangfu Xi’an, then she would willingly step aside.