Trapped in the Same Day for a Thousand Years: Wu Chen! What are you doing? Don't do anything reckless!

Welcome to Trapped in the Same Day for a Thousand Years, exclusively produced by Feilu Novel Network. Written by Sang Ze and narrated by Wang Xiaomo and Lao He.

Su Qingying had come over to act spoiled. Of course she knew Wu Chen had only pretended to lose his temper earlier, but she really was bad at golf. She couldn't tell how much he had meant it when he called her stupid.

What if he really thought that and had simply said what was on his mind?

Smack!

Wu Chen reached back and gave her a swat.

"Are you an idiot?

"Would I really say that about you?"

Wu Chen looked up at her with a smile.

Then he raised a hand and beckoned to her.

Su Qingying turned and sat on his lap, looping her arms around his neck. "Then, honey, all those things you said when you scolded me were fake, right?"

She was just acting spoiled. She wasn't an idiot; of course they had been fake.

Wu Chen said as much, then flicked Su Qingying on the forehead.

Su Qingying smiled and kissed him on the cheek.

"Hey, could you two not do that?"

A weary voice came from the entrance. Li Ruobing had returned after seeing Madam Su off with Su Qingying. Wu Chen alone had stayed on the sofa.

She came back to find Su Qingying on Wu Chen's lap, kissing him. It gave her a headache.

Li Ruobing pressed a hand to her forehead, turned away, then turned back. Her face remained fairly calm, but inwardly she was cursing herself. What was she getting out of this?

Why was she going along with Wu Chen so willingly?

Seeing her reaction, Su Qingying stood up from Wu Chen's lap. "Miss Li, thank you for today. I'm sorry for the trouble my husband and I caused you."

Li Ruobing waved a hand, looking too tired to discuss it any further.

She went inside and sat down in the armchair Su Qingying had occupied earlier.

Madam Su had been gone less than a minute, and Li Ruobing and Su Qingying had already traded places. Su Qingying was beside Wu Chen, while Li Ruobing sat farther away.

"Why don't we go somewhere else?" Su Qingying suggested.

"This place belongs to my family, and the staff all work for the Su Family. Miss Li, it would be better if you took me somewhere else."

Su Qingying wanted to leave because she felt uncomfortable.

Golden Fortune Teahouse belonged to her family. She had come here often and regularly met clients here.

Being here made her feel awkward, as though she were at home. She couldn't even speak freely.

She hardly dared raise her voice for fear someone passing the door would overhear.

"Let's go to my company. We can use my office. I really think we need to have a proper talk," Li Ruobing said, her last words especially earnest.

She glanced at Wu Chen again. Just thinking about having to cover for his dates with Su Qingying gave her a headache and left her feeling stifled.

"Sure. Shall we go, honey?" Su Qingying agreed, turning to Wu Chen.

"Not yet. We can talk afterward. We still have some time today, and Qingying is here, so we might as well do it together."

Su Qingying turned back to him. "Do what?"

Wu Chen had already taken out his phone. He spoke while looking at its screen.

Su Qingying tilted her head to peek. He was looking at the dial pad, as though he wanted to call someone but hadn't decided yet.

"Honey, have you forgotten their number?" she asked.

"No."

Wu Chen answered, then looked up and smiled at her. "I'm deciding whom to call first."

"Whom to call first?"

"How many people are you calling?" Su Qingying frowned slightly. In the armchair, Li Ruobing seemed to realize something. Her expression changed, and she sprang to her feet.

"Wu Chen, what are you doing?

"Don't do anything reckless," Li Ruobing said. Wu Chen had mentioned that there was still time today and Qingying happened to be here, so they could do something together. Now he was about to make calls.

From what Li Ruobing knew of him, she immediately suspected he was planning something big.

Su Qingying was already with him and utterly devoted to him, so she couldn't be his target. But if it concerned her, it had to be the Su Family.

"Did I say I was going to do anything reckless?"

Wu Chen turned to her with a smile. "Can you stop playing games?"

Li Ruobing took a few steps toward him. "It's over now. We've settled everything. There's no need to start another conflict. Things are fine as they are. Madam Su won't come after you anymore, and you can still see Miss Su. What more do you want?"

"I don't want anything more."

Wu Chen kept smiling. "Don't worry. I won't drag you into this."

"That's not the point."

Li Ruobing moved closer. "Wasn't today dangerous enough?

"It took a lot of effort to smooth things over. Everything's fine now. Don't—"

"Was today dangerous?" Wu Chen interrupted, smiling at her.

They stared at each other. For a second, neither spoke.

Su Qingying was bewildered. She had no idea why they had suddenly started arguing. "If she weren't Qingying's mother, I wouldn't have chosen such a gentle way to settle this," Wu Chen said.

He looked down at his phone again. His words came quickly but naturally as he entered the digits one by one.

"Remember what I told you?

"Everyone has secrets they don't want exposed. Everyone. All the more so for a company the size of Jinfu Group. The bigger the company, the bigger its problems. If I'd chosen another approach, Madam Su would have been on her knees before me just now, begging me to spare her daughter and spare her."

As Li Ruobing listened, she didn't dare consider whether Wu Chen was telling the truth or boasting. But Madam Su was Qingying's mother, after all.

Wu Chen finished entering the eleven-digit number but did not call. He turned to Li Ruobing again. "She isn't a bad person. Her love for her family is just a little extreme. She wants her daughter to live according to the plan she laid out because she believes it's best.

"She'd risk her life for her daughter. She'd bow her head to anyone if she thought it would help her daughter, just as she did with you."

"A parent's devotion knows no bounds." Wu Chen smiled ruefully and glanced at Su Qingying.

Then he said to Li Ruobing, "Qingying is my woman now. I won't claim to be a particularly good man, but since she's chosen me, I won't put her in a difficult position when I have a way to avoid it.

"I won't make myself suffer, and I won't make her suffer. There's no need to force her to choose between love and family. Even if she chose me, I wouldn't be happy with that in the long run."

To Li Ruobing's surprise, her first feeling after hearing him was envy. She didn't know why. Wu Chen seemed to dote on Su Qingying so much. He was a formidable, unfathomable man who wouldn't let his woman be hurt or caught in the middle.

Does Wu Chen like especially obedient women?

Is he good to them if they obey him?

Li Ruobing shook her head sharply. For an instant, she was frightened by the thought that had crossed her mind.

"So?" Li Ruobing asked, turning serious. "What are you going to do now?"

"Haven't you guessed?" Wu Chen smiled.

Li Ruobing's eyes widened. Wu Chen really was going to move against the Su Family. It was madness. The Su Family dominated East Sea, and Jinfu Group was one of the country's top three jewelry companies, a leading enterprise in the city. The Li Family did not even own a conventional business of that scale, mainly because such businesses were slow to make money, slow to grow, and too much work for too little return. Jinfu Group was enormous; only a few of the Li Family's private equity funds surpassed it in size.

And Wu Chen intended to move against the Su Family in East Sea?

Even if the Li Family wanted to take on the Su Family, they would never strike at its home base in East Sea. They would attack its interests elsewhere in the country.

"The Su Family is too deeply entrenched in East Sea. You can't do this. If you do—" Li Ruobing hurried toward him as she spoke.

"Since when did you start worrying so much about me?" Wu Chen asked with a smile.

Li Ruobing stopped abruptly. She calmed herself, though she was furious.

"How about this?"

Wu Chen raised his phone. "I haven't made the call yet. Why don't we let Qingying decide?"

He turned to Su Qingying, who had listened to their entire exchange in a daze.

It wasn't that she understood nothing. She had grasped the literal meaning when Wu Chen talked about making someone kneel and not putting her in a difficult position, though she didn't know what had happened.

What baffled her most was why Wu Chen and Li Ruobing were arguing in the first place.

What had they said at the start? Something about Wu Chen causing trouble, and Li Ruobing trying to stop him from acting recklessly.

"Qingying." Wu Chen looked at her.

"Honey, what were you two just... And what was that about my mother? What are you talking about?" Su Qingying asked.

"That isn't important." Wu Chen smiled and gestured across the table. "Qingying, sit over there. I have a choice for you to make."

Su Qingying frowned, puzzled.

She went to the other side of the table and sat facing him. Li Ruobing stood beside the table with her arms crossed, watching silently, her face expressionless.

"First, answer me this," Wu Chen said to Su Qingying. "When you go back tomorrow morning, how do you plan to face your mother's criticism for running away from home without permission?

"She'll still scold you, won't she?"

"I..." Su Qingying faltered. Anxiety and uncertainty showed on her exquisitely beautiful face.

Her reaction was instinctive. Fear of her mother had sunk into her bones. "I'll... I'll stand up to her. I'll reason with her. What she's doing is wrong. I'll go through every mistake she's made over the years, one by one..."

Wu Chen's encouragement had made Su Qingying much bolder than before, but only bold enough to consider standing up to her mother.

An idea alone was useless. She lacked the ability to resist in practice. Once she went home, Madam Su would likely scold her a couple of times and her resolve would crumble.

Su Qingying's biggest problem was her lack of confidence.

Without confidence or conviction, her determination would fade as soon as the moment passed.

If she had enough confidence and could be a little more stubborn—simply refuse to listen, no matter what—

Madam Su might not be able to do much about it. After all, Su Qingying was the Su Family's sole heir.

"Do you think you can reason with your mother at home?" Wu Chen asked.

Su Qingying fell silent.

What room was there for reason?

This problem was hardly unique to the Su Family. Countless families were the same.

There was no reasoning with your parents at home.

"You don't have a way, do you?" Wu Chen asked.

Su Qingying remained silent, her expression falling.

She knew it herself. She wanted to resist and could try, but she feared she would fail in the end.

"I'm giving you two options. Your choice decides whether I make this call."

Wu Chen lifted his phone and showed her the dial pad. The eleven-digit number was entered; all he had to do was call. "The first option:

"I don't make the call. Nothing happens. You go home on time tomorrow and return to your old life. From then on, we can only meet in secret.

"As your father's health worsens, your parents will arrange more blind dates and try to find you a husband willing to marry into the family. You'll refuse, but they'll keep pressuring you. If a suitable man accepts their terms and agrees to marry into the Su Family, I'll make him disappear.

"But you'll always face pressure at home.

"It won't end even after your father dies. He may be in poor health, but your mother is perfectly healthy. She'll still be the empress dowager at home. Even when you turn fifty and are old enough to understand your place in life, you may still live under the shadow of your mother in her seventies."

Su Qingying's face changed as Wu Chen spoke. The future suddenly felt bleak.

Li Ruobing knew he wasn't merely trying to scare Su Qingying. It really could happen.

But that wasn't the point. The point was what Wu Chen would say next.

What exactly was he planning with the second option?

"The second option is that I make this call." Wu Chen paused and looked intently at Su Qingying.

"I'll contact other people too.

"I'll put you in charge of the Su Family ahead of time, as quickly as possible, and make you president of Jinfu Group.

"You won't just have the final say at the company. You'll have it at home too.

"I'll make your mother yield to you. She'll stop controlling you and even grow a little afraid of you.

"She'll understand that she can no longer control the powerful woman you've become. She'll have no choice but to accept it.

"And your father? I think he'll be even happier and prouder of you."

Wu Chen leaned back and raised his phone again. "Choose, Qingying."

Su Qingying sat stunned. So did Li Ruobing. To both of them, the second option sounded like a fairy tale.

"Su Qingying, make your choice. Your fate is in your hands," Wu Chen said with a smile.

Su Qingying still had not quite recovered. Her hand twitched before she raised it and hesitantly held up two fingers.

She meant two. "Th-the second one. Can I choose that?"

Su Qingying had chosen, yet she still asked Wu Chen if it was allowed.

The second option seemed too good to choose, as though picking it were cheating or asking the impossible.

"Of course." Wu Chen smiled, pressed the call button, and put the phone to his ear.

Before Li Ruobing could say anything, Wu Chen had already placed the call.

Her lips parted, but no sound came out. Then she crossed the distance in two steps, sat beside him, and tilted her head to listen in.

He wasn't even eavesdropping. He was listening openly. Wu Chen ignored him. Let him listen; it would be a miracle if he figured anything out.

Perhaps because of Li Ruobing, Su Qingying stood up too. She hurried over and sat in Wu Chen's lap, wrapped her arms around his neck, and tucked herself closer. From the other side, she leaned toward his phone to listen as well.

Honestly, these two women. Should I just put it on speaker? Isn't this tiring for them?

Wu Zhen said something.

Just then, the phone rang twice and connected.

The other party had picked up. Wu Chen didn't have time to turn on the speaker, so he spoke directly.

"Hello? Who is this?"

The man on the other end spoke as soon as he answered.

His voice was deep and resonant.

"Still having nightmares lately?"

"Have you dreamed about Liang Yuan at South River Warehouse?"

Wu Chen's tone was mild.

The other end went silent. Wu Chen couldn't even hear the man breathing. Then came a faint rustling, as though the man holding the phone was walking quickly. Fabric brushed against the phone too. It sounded as if he were hiding it while hurrying away.

After more than ten seconds, everything fell quiet again. It was unnaturally still, without even the faintest background noise. He must have shut himself in an empty room.

"Who are you?"

The man's voice returned, deliberately lowered and tinged with nerves.

"Bai Kaifeng asked me to pass on a message. I hear you've made quite a lot of money over the years, haven't you?"

Wu Chen spoke just as calmly as before.

"Who... who the hell are you?"

The man on the other end grew anxious.

Wu Chen glanced at his watch. It was almost five in the afternoon.

"One hour from now. Qinyuan Teahouse. High Mountain Flowing Water."

Wu Chen hung up. The call was over; between them, they had spoken only six lines.

That concludes this episode. Thank you for listening, and stay tuned!