After Ouyang Qi entered the villa, Ning Ran didn’t follow him immediately.
However, he stayed inside for a long time without any signs of coming out.
After some time, Ning Ran began to worry because the villa belonged to Nan Chen. He spent a lot of time in the study, which doubled up as his office. Hence, there would be a lot of sensitive commercial documents inside, and strangers shouldn’t be allowed near them.
With that in mind, Ning Ran rushed back into the house anxiously and shouted, “Ouyang Qi, what are you doing?”
“I’m in the toilet. What else could I be doing?” Ouyang Qi retorted.
“Why are you taking so long?”
“My stomach hurts, so don’t rush me.”
Once she was sure the voice came from the toilet, and Ouyang Qi wasn’t snooping around in the study, Ning Ran heaved a sigh of relief and sat on the sofa to wait.
After a while, Ouyang Qi came out.
His normally pale face was even lacking color now, while his forehead was sweating profusely. The pain seemed to be written all over his face.
“It looks serious. Do you want to go to the hospital?”
“There’s no need for that. Perhaps I had too much to drink last night, and it may have upset my stomach. Do you have any medication?” Ouyang Qi asked.
“Yes. However, they’re just ordinary painkillers. Do you still want them?”
“Fine. They will do for the moment. Please give me a tab. Can I sit and rest for a while?” Ouyang Qi asked.
“Alright, have a seat while I get you the pills.”
In a short period of time, Ning Ran found the medication and handed them to Ouyang Qi.
After that, she poured him a glass of water.
After taking the painkillers, Ouyang Qi thanked her and lay down on the sofa to rest.
As he did look like he wasn’t feeling well, Ning Ran didn’t chase him out. Instead, she left the door open and waited by the side.
After twenty minutes, Ouyang Qi no longer felt any pain and got up. “I’ll be leaving now. Thanks for everything.”
“Weren’t you supposed to give me my script? Where is it?” Ning Ran asked.
“That’s right, I almost forgot about it. This is the USB drive, and it is password protected. The password is six consecutive fives, got it?”
“Okay, I got it. Thanks.”
“Do you want me to go through the script with you?”
“Nah, thanks for sending it here.” Ning Ran insisted on him leaving.
“Haha, I was just kidding. I knew you wouldn’t agree to let me stay behind. In that case, off I go.”
“Alright. Thanks and bye.”
Standing at the balcony, she watched as Ouyang Qi left.
Then, she went back to the study and plugged the USB drive into the computer.
It asked for a password as expected, and she entered six consecutive fives to open the document.
However, it was a blank drive with nothing inside.
Feeling that everything was suspicious, Ning Ran then called Ouyang Qi and asked him about it.
However, Ouyang Qi told her that he didn’t know anything. All he knew was that Ouyang Qing’s assistant had passed him the USB drive. As to why it was empty, he had no idea.
After that, Ning Ran gave Ouyang Qing a call, but she didn’t pick up.
Feeling that something was amiss, Ning Ran began to worry.
She did a quick search online and read that the document may be hidden due to its secrecy.
Hence, she followed the on-screen instructions to retrieve it but to no avail.
After struggling for a while, Ning Ran decided to give up. She kept the USB drive and recollected what had just happened.
At that moment, Ning Ran heard the door open. When she came out to look, she saw Nan Chen entering.
After last night’s embarrassing incident, Ning Ran was still feeling guilty about it. Hence, when she saw Nan Chen, her expression became awkward. “Why are you home?”
“Why can’t I be home?” Nan Chen threw the question back at her.
You actually wanted to puke the moment I touched you.
And the next day, you let another man into my house. This is extremely humiliating!
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