Chapter 854 Give a Slap

Chapter 854 Give a Slap

"Then why did you break up with Qin Mo?" Fang Ci didn't quite understand.

Since they were separated in the past and promised to work hard to be together, they shouldn't be separated again because of worldly concerns.

Perhaps it was the alcohol taking effect.

Or something else.

Lin Tan, slightly drunk, gave her answer, which was her only outlet for venting: "Because not ending it would put him in danger."

She told them everything that had happened that day.

The threat from Huo Si Nian.

Yu Peiyun and Qin Luofeng persuaded him to quit.

After listening, Fang Ci and Xi Mo frowned simultaneously.

“If it were me, I wouldn’t choose to break up,” Fang Ci said. “I would fight him head-on. If he tries to kill the person I care about, I will find a way to kill him too. It’s better to fight to the death.”

“You have a family to support you, but Lin Tan has no one to help her.” Xi Mo saw it clearly.

Fang Ci sighed.

Lin Tan held her wine glass, her eyes somewhat empty and complicated: "Huo Sinian is a man of his word. I can't bear the consequences of going against him head-on."

She has a worthless life.

But she has ideals, ambitions, things she wants to do, and people she cares about.

"Why did he treat you like this?" Fang Ci couldn't understand Huo Sinian's thought process. "Wouldn't it be better if he liked fair competition? If he didn't like it, why did he break you up with Qin Mo?"

"I'm not willing to let myself escape from him." Lin Tan no longer hid anything.

Xi Mo frowned slightly: "What do you mean?"

Fang Ci also frowned.

I don't really understand.

"Do you remember what I told you last Spring Festival?" Lin Tan decided not to hide it anymore.

She no longer wanted to hide anything, whether it was something that could be seen in the light or something that couldn't be seen in the light.

Xi Mo asked, "Is the client the one from Huo Sinian?"

Lin Tan: "Mm."

Lin Tan took a sip of wine: "Actually, I started living with Huo Sinian around that time, as his lover or in some other, more clandestine way."

Fang Ci: "?"

Xi Mo: "?"

They had considered the possibility that the two were having an affair.

But I never imagined it would be this kind of relationship.

After that, Fang Ci and Xi Mo didn't ask any more questions.

This kind of thing is particularly sensitive. They don't know why Lin Tan got involved with Huo Sinian in that way, but they know that unless something special or unexpected happens, Lin Tan wouldn't choose to stay by Huo Sinian's side.

"Let bygones be bygones." Xi Mo raised a glass of wine and clinked it with hers. "Now you're free, so don't think about Huo Sinian or Qin Mo anymore."

“Yes,” Fang Ci chimed in, “You’re just the actress Lin Tan.”

Lin Tan clinked glasses with them: "Yes, just Lin Tan."

The three of them drank one cup after another.

Fang Ci and Xi Mo originally planned to have a good drink with Lin Tan, hoping that she could temporarily forget her troubles through alcohol, but in the end, the two of them passed out while Lin Tan remained relatively sober.

"Lin Tan..." Xi Mo mumbled incoherently as she lay on the table, "Don't blame yourself, you did nothing wrong."

Fang Ci lay on top of her with her eyes closed: "Yes... you are a victim too."

A gentle light flashed in Lin Tan's eyes.

She stood up and came to them: "Can you get up?"

"Yes!" Fang Ci stood up instantly, but collapsed back onto the sofa in less than a second.

Soon after, her even breathing could be heard.

As for Xi Mo, he fell asleep drunk right after saying that sentence.

Lin Tan gave them hangover soup to prevent them from having headaches the next day. After they both drank it, she picked them up and put them on the bed in the bedroom. Only after finishing these things did she tidy up the living room.

It was half an hour later when everything was finished.

Looking at the living room, now clean and tidy again, Lin Tan sat down on the carpet.

Before his mind could even process it, his hand grabbed a bottle of wine and opened it.

As the taste of the alcohol spread in my mouth, the repression and restraint I felt this morning also fully surfaced.

Thinking of the look Qin Mo gave her before he left, she subconsciously took out her phone and opened his contact information, only to find that he still hadn't replied to the messages she had sent him during the day.

She typed a few words in the input field: Did you receive the key?

I moved my thumb to send, was about to press send, and then deleted everything.

He didn't reply, presumably because he didn't want to.

She opened his Moments again, and it was completely blank.

As I went back and forth, my fingertips gradually became numb from the alcohol, and when I tried to tap Qin Mo's profile picture, I accidentally tapped it instead of tapping it.

—I patted Qin Mo on the shoulder.

Her heart suddenly stopped.

At the same time.

On Qin Mo's side.

He invited Xie Yi and Chi Yuan to a private room at a bar. As soon as they sat down, he saw a message on his phone. When he opened it, it was a message from Lin Tan calling him "Tap".

Based on the messages she had sent him, he suddenly tightened his grip on his phone.

Why are you in such a hurry to sever ties with him and get together with Huo Sinian?

"What's going on?" Chi Yuan asked as soon as he sat down, his gaze falling on the gauze on his forehead with a hint of amusement. "You were injured and still asked us to come out for drinks. This is not like your usual self."

Qin Mo: "You can leave if you don't want to drink."

Chi Yuan: "I'm leaving. You can't be an unwanted orphan."

Qin Mo's eyes turned cold: "You have someone who wants you?"

Chi Yuan: "?"

Chi Yuan asked curiously, "Who provoked you? There's such a tense atmosphere."

Xie Yi was also looking at him.

They had rarely seen Qin Mo speak to anyone with a fiery tone since they were young.

Sometimes, even though he speaks sharply, it's always in a calm tone; just now, he was clearly angry.

"Order whatever you want to drink," Qin Mo replied to Lin Tan with a "yes," and then tossed his phone aside.

He threw the phone with a rather exaggerated motion.

The moment the phone landed on the sofa, Chi Yuan and Xie Yi both looked over.

The two exchanged a glance.

It's clear that Qin Mo is genuinely in a bad mood.

Just as I was about to ask for some information, I saw Qin Mo pick up his phone again and unlock it.

"Aren't you going to talk about it?" Chi Yuan asked.

Qin Mo pursed his lips and remained silent.

He opened Lin Tan's business card details and his finger landed on the delete key.

Before clicking, he thought of the past, her kindness and guidance. Even though he knew that everything she had done during this time was an act, and that she only saw him as a tool, he still couldn't help but defend her deep down.

Tell yourself that she might have some kind of hardship.

Or perhaps, like in those melodramatic TV dramas, she has a terminal illness.

right……

Terminal illness.

He immediately pressed the back button and sent a message to Secretary Wen: "Check Lin Tan's recent medical examination and treatment records at the hospital, and send them to me by tomorrow morning at the latest."

Wen Zhi: [Yes, President.]

Qin Mo took a deep breath before turning off his phone and placing it aside.

"What's wrong with him?" Chi Yuan asked Xie Yi, having not received an answer from Qin Mo. "He called us here but didn't say anything, and he even looked like someone owed him billions."

Xie Yi said calmly, "Even if I owed him hundreds of billions, he wouldn't react like this."

Chi Yuan nodded: "That's true, it's too strange."

Xie Yi saw through it at a glance: "There's nothing strange about it."

Chi Yuan: "Do you know why?"

Xie Yi thought of Lin Tan, who had made a good impression on his parents when he visited his home before, and said, "Compare the past years with the present, and you'll understand why he reacted this way."

Chi Yuan paused.

They immediately realized what was happening.

"You mean Lin Tan?" His gossipy nature was burning brightly.

Xie Yi remained silent, tacitly agreeing.