The Cunning CEO's Contract Wife

Chapter 103 Well done

Lin Ran bit her lip, lowering her eyes to hide the emotions in them.

The man was stunned for a moment, but a few seconds later, he held the photo high in his hand and spun it around so that everyone around him could see it.

"Don't accuse me of slandering others. Look at this photo, isn't that Lin Ran!"

After a pause, he took out his phone and started playing a series of voice messages.

The woman's voice was charming and coquettish, and although it didn't match Lin Ran's personality, there was no doubt that it was her voice.

Lin Ran's face turned pale as she looked around uneasily. The gazes around her were filled with mockery and surprise, but they all expressed the same sentiment.

They believed it.

"Well, Mr. Xiao, now you should believe me, right?"

"I'm not saying this to be mean, but with a woman like that, who knows if she's even capable of..."

"what--"

Before the man could finish speaking, he flew out like a shooting star and crashed heavily to the ground.

His black suit was covered in mud, and his phone, which was playing a voice message, fell to the ground, abruptly stopping the recording.

"What...what are you going to do?"

The man, no longer arrogant, looked up in terror at the composed Xiao Jingchen.

"What am I going to do? Of course, I'm going to express my dissatisfaction."

Xiao Jingchen gave a cold, curt smile, glanced around, and spoke in a hard, cold voice.

"My Xiao family will send you a lawyer's letter. Please bring your so-called evidence to the court hearing."

As soon as Xiao Jingchen finished speaking, the man's face turned pale, and his eyes looked around frantically as if searching for something.

"Sir, if you don't have anything else to do, please stay away from our company's main gate."

"otherwise……"

At Xiao Jingchen's prompting glance, Zhou Qing took a few steps forward, adjusted his black-rimmed glasses, and adopted a businesslike demeanor.

"After all, our Xiao family is not a large retail store, so I hope you can understand."

Lin Ran clenched her fists silently upon hearing these words.

This man clearly came prepared. He dared to slap Xiao Jingchen in the face in front of so many people. I wonder who's backing him up.

Has she... gotten into trouble again?

Noticing Lin Ran's sudden drop in mood, Xiao Jingchen frowned imperceptibly, his eyes narrowing as he looked at the man who had just stood up, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

"Let's go back to the company first. You don't need to worry about this."

Xiao Jingchen bent down and led Lin Ran back to his office.

“I don’t know him, and I’ve never seen those photos or audio recordings.”

After hesitating for a while, Lin Ran cautiously opened her mouth, glancing up tentatively as she spoke.

"Yes, I know, I'll handle it."

The deep, magnetic voice gradually soothed Lin Ran's unease. She secretly glanced up and saw Xiao Jingchen's serious profile, which immediately touched her heart.

It felt like fireworks were exploding in Lin Ran's ears, and her heart was pounding wildly.

The Xiao family's legal team was the best in the city, and the "evidence" the man had prepared was quickly proven to be false.

This matter came quickly and ended quickly, ultimately concluding with the man going to jail.

Lin Ran was also present when the court session began. As she watched her innocence being cleared little by little, she couldn't help but become excited. Her dark eyes seemed to sparkle like stars, bright and dazzling.

Xiao Jingchen couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips into a smile, but he suppressed it when Lin Ran looked over.

"Thank you, Xiao Jingchen."

Lin Ran tilted her head back and spoke sincerely. Xiao Jingchen's eyes flashed, and he turned his head away.

"what I should do."

The two left side by side. Outside the door, Butler Xiao pushed the old man to stand by the car, and looked at Xiao Jingchen with a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.

"That's right, that's how we should treat anyone who dares to bully Ranran from now on."

"No, you're a bit too slow. Be faster next time."

Xiao Jingchen, unusually, did not refute, his silence seeming as if he had tacitly agreed to the matter.

Lin Ran stared blankly at the two of them, her heart growing colder and colder.

Yes, Xiao Jingchen did this simply to put his grandfather's mind at ease, and for the sake of the Xiao family's shares.

A profound sorrow enveloped Lin Ran, and the blush and excitement she had just felt vanished.

"what happened to you?"

Seemingly noticing Lin Ran's odd behavior, Xiao Jingchen turned his head slightly and asked softly. Little did he know that his gentle voice was now more like fueling a fire.

Lin Ran suppressed the heavy feeling in her heart and forced herself to raise her head and smile.

"It's nothing, I'm just too touched."

Xiao Jingchen frowned, wanting to say something more, but Lin Ran didn't give him the chance. She went directly to the old man's side and took over the work of Xiao the housekeeper.

"Grandpa, let's go home."

Lin Ran said in a half-coquettish tone, and Grandpa Xiao was naturally happy and quickly agreed. His doting and gentle manner was something no one else had ever seen before.

Even after dinner, Xiao Jingchen still felt something was off, even though Lin Ran was smiling and had prepared a table full of delicious food in a very good mood.

Because of this, Lin Ran couldn't work properly for several days. She had accumulated a lot of documents that needed to be processed, so she went back to her bedroom after dinner to start working on them.

Xiao Jingchen appeared behind her without her noticing. Seeing her frowning, he pointed to a certain spot.

"The data here is not accurate enough, so the entire document is no longer of any reference value."

Seeing the long, slender, and fair fingers in front of her, Lin Ran's heart skipped a beat, and she barely managed to look away.

Just as Xiao Jingchen said, the file problem was instantly solved after that part was changed.

"Thank you."

Lin Ran smiled coldly and distantly, nodding to thank Xiao Jingchen.

"We don't need to be so polite between us."

Catching a glimpse of her smile, Xiao Jingchen felt inexplicably irritated, but couldn't quite put his finger on the reason for it.

"Don't worry, I won't cause any more trouble in the future."

Lin Ran spoke in a clear and bright voice, each word spoken with utmost seriousness.

"I have always remembered our agreement, and I will do my best to follow its terms in the future, so don't worry."

Xiao Jingchen opened his mouth, subconsciously wanting to refute, but when he met Lin Ran's dark eyes, all his words seemed to be blocked, and he could no longer utter a single word.

The room fell silent. Lin Ran pursed her lips, turned, and left.

The two were lying on the same bed, so close together, yet their hearts felt hundreds of kilometers apart.

Work, home, a monotonous routine.

Ye Chuchu, who had been watching the two of them, noticed something was wrong almost instantly.

"Hmph, Brother Xiao still cares about that matter after all. He's only helping Lin Ran because of that old man, isn't he?"

Ye Chuchu made a decisive conclusion. Her calculating eyes darted around, and then, as if remembering something, she chuckled.