Mo Yizhi was a little tired. He leaned on the back of the sofa and faintly said, “From the standpoint of a businessman, I quite like you, because you have a lot of potentials; from the standpoint of a man, I admire you, because you have the courage to take the responsibility as a man. Although you are fickle in love, you can still stick to your own position. You are better than me… But from the standpoint of a father, I don’t like you, and I even hate you because you made Fei’er fall in love with you… The reason why I don’t like you is the same as the reason I admire you… Okay, I think that’s enough talk today, you can leave now. The situation in the company will be messy in the next few days, and you haven’t fully recovered from your injury, so you need to stay at home and recuperate.”
After Mo Yizhi told me what he was thinking in his mind, he felt relieved. In fact, not just him, but I also felt very relieved. When I heard what he said, I didn’t feel any discomfort. He had reasons to dislike me or hate me, so I chuckled as if he was not talking about me.
“Wait,” Mo Yizhi suddenly stopped me when I was about to walk out the door, a flash of complicated expression appeared on his face. He seemed to be hesitant, but in the end, he still said, “not as the chairman of this company, but as an elder, I think there is another thing that I should tell you. The third lady is interested in you, but you shouldn’t worry that much. She doesn’t have any malicious intentions toward you. I have had several contacts with her. In essence, she is not a bad person.”
I was dazed…
If it was not in essence, then she was a bad person?
I found that I was such a coward. My legs were actually trembling when I heard this. “God damn it, did I just make a terrible decision?’
…
“You don’t want to resign anymore? !” Liusu suddenly stood up from the sofa and looked at me in disbelief, “Why? Isn’t that the reason why you insisted on coming back to the company today? !”
Not only Liusu, but Mo Fei was equally surprised, “Chu Nan, is it because of my uncle… What did he say to you?”
“He didn’t say anything… It’s just that after what happened in the company this morning, if I left immediately, it would only make me look even more guilty; others would definitely think that it was me who did it…” Liusu’s reaction was as expected. What I didn’t expect was the fear brought by her anger. It seemed that to her, it wasn’t the only reason why I chose to stay in the company…
I glanced at Mo Fei subconsciously. It was all Mo Yizhi’s fault. He used my guilt towards Mo Fei to put me in a difficult position. I couldn’t just leave the company, however, staying in the company would only make me feel very guilty toward Liusu.
Liusu was very sensitive. She noticed my gaze and turned to look at Mo Fei. Then she looked at me coldly and said with an indifferent smile, “Really? Nan Nan, since when did you start to care so much about what others think of you?”
My heart was shaken. Liusu’s words and her gaze pierced my heart like a dagger. Yes, it was me who said that I had done nothing wrong, and there was nothing I should be afraid of. So why was I scared of other people’s opinions now?
“Forget it,” Liusu smiled. Her smile seemed to be very happy and cheerful, but it terrified me, “I know, in your eyes, I can only be a buddy…”
She turned around and wanted to leave. Her words were like a knife, slashing hard on my heart. I suddenly got up and grabbed her wrist, “Liusu, listen to me…”
“What else is there to say?” Liusu shook off my hand fiercely, tears had already filled her eyes, “how many secrets do you still want to hide from me? What am I to you exactly? ! Are you staying for yourself or for her? No matter who it is for, it is not for me, right? You don’t want to tell me anything, so what else can you tell me? It’s nothing more than a bunch of lies!”
I knew who Liusu was referring to, so did Dong Xiaoye and Mo Fei. Mo Fei originally tried to persuade Liusu, but after hearing this, she could only lower her head while her face flushed with embarrassment.
I didn’t know why Liusu said that I would lie to her, but I indeed tried to hide something from her. Seeing a trace of guilt flashing across my face, Liusu seemed to confirm what she thought. Feeling sad and extremely angry, she raised her hand and slapped me heavily on my face.
Her movement wasn’t quick, and after she waved her hand she obviously hesitated. However, it was too late even if she wanted to take her hand back. I could easily dodge this slap, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I wanted her to slap me because I felt that she needed to vent her anger, so I simply stood still to take the slap.
In the end, her slap didn’t land on my face. However, because she failed to pull back her hand in time, her fingers hit my nose. Immediately, I felt the warm liquid appearing in my nose. It slowly flowed outwards and dropped on my lips.
Liusu was shocked. She didn’t expect that I would not dodge her slap. She instantly wanted to wipe the blood for me, but her hands suddenly stopped in mid-air.
“Liusu, what are you doing?” Dong Xiaoye hurriedly came over to calm Liusu down, “if there is a problem, give him a chance to explain…”
“What else is there to explain?” Liusu couldn’t hold back her tears anymore. She glared at me and cried, “why didn’t you dodge it? Are you feeling guilty? You think you owe me? So you want me to hit you? Do you want to make me feel guilty as well?”
“I…”
“I don’t want to hear any excuses!” Liusu seemed to be afraid of me talking. She interrupted me agitatedly, “I don’t want to hear you lying to me again, and I don’t want to see you again!”
She pushed me back, turned around, and ran away. My leg injury hadn’t been fully recovered yet, and she also pushed me all of sudden, so I staggered backward and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Dong Xiaoye caught me in time and stopped me from falling. However, Liusu had already run to the door at this time.
“I really don’t know what you are thinking. Chu Nan, this is your fault,” Dong Xiaoye didn’t care about Mo Fei’s feelings, she clearly supported Liusu. She sighed in disappointment and then said to Mo Fei, “help him to clean his nosebleed, I will get Liusu back.”
Even Sister Tiger also thought that I stayed because of Mo Fei?
“Oh….” Mo Fei seemed to have just recovered from the shock. She fluttered a little and opened the desk drawer. After taking out a few tissues, she ran toward me.
“Chu Nan, are you-”
I took the tissue from Mo Fei’s hand, covered my nose, and smiled bitterly, “I’m fine. It’s just a bit of nosebleed…”
“I’m not asking about your nose,” Mo Fei frowned and looked at me, feeling very worried, “I mean are you sure that you don’t want to chase after Liusu?”
I chuckled even more bitterly, “it’s okay. if I chase after her now, she will only run faster. Just leave it to Sister Xiaoye… She is an impulsive person. When her anger subsides, and after she calms down, she will come to me again and ask me to explain to her even if I don’t go to her.” I said so, but I didn’t have any confidence in my heart. In fact, I also felt very anxious, fearing that Dong Xiaoye would not be able to get her back. After all, that bratty girl could run very fast…
“Oh…” Mo Fei replied softly. Her face quickly flushed, and she asked softly, “you… why didn’t you resign? Is it really… because of me?”
“No,” Liusu had already misunderstood it, so I didn’t want Mo Fei to misunderstand it as well. I pretended to say calmly, “didn’t I say it already? It is to prove that what happened in the company this morning has nothing to do with me…”
Mo Fei stared into my eyes and sighed faintly after a while of silence, “you not only lie to Liusu, but also want to lie to me… Chu Nan, you are willing to stay because of the company’s cooperation with the Third Lady, right?”
I was surprised, “you… know about it already?”
“How could I not know something related to the future development of the company?” Mo Fei pouted like a disappointed little girl. “I could tell what my uncle’s intention was when he asked me to be in charge of the project. But I didn’t support him, and I didn’t think he would be able to keep you in the company using this kind of method…”
“Really…” Hearing what Mo Fei said, I began to review my decision. Was it really true that it was not my character to make the decision to stay in Fengchang to prove my innocence? Why did both Liusu and Mo Fei think so… I wondered if I really knew what kind of person I was.
“Liusu is so angry probably because of this…”
Mo Fei’s words shocked me, my body trembled all over, “what do you mean by this?”
Mo Fei frowned and looked at me. She shook her head and said, “Liusu knows about the Third Lady and my situation. Chu Nan, I know you don’t want her to worry too much, and you don’t want her to think too much about the relationship between us, but… you shouldn’t lie to her. She never asked you because she hoped that you would take the initiative to tell her. She wants to worry about you, she wants to help you and share your worries, but you… Not all women like to be protected. Sometimes, they also have people who they want to protect, do you understand?”
I didn’t know if Mo Fei was talking about Liusu or herself, but I knew that my back was oozing cold sweat, and my panicked voice was trembling, “Liusu.. How did she know?”
“My uncle told her,” Mo Fei couldn’t bear to look at my complicated expression. She lowered her head and said, “Last Friday afternoon, after the board approved his proposal of letting me be in charge of the cooperation project, my uncle called us to his office and told us about you and the third lady. He said that because it has put you in a situation where you have no other choice but to stay, so… you will definitely stay. He hoped that Liusu would not think too much. My uncle said that he was only doing it for the company…. but Liusu knew that what he did wasn’t just for the company, but also for me as well…”
