At this point, Yan felt a bit touched. It turns out that Han Qing really went to look for Lin Xuzheng.
“I was quite shocked to know that you would think of that. Is it because you don’t have much self confidence? You are usually such a strong little lady, but why are you unreasonable when it comes to facing your emotions?”
Yan felt a little awkward. “I’m sorry. At that time… my heart was in a mess. Everything happened so fast that I just couldn’t digest it, so…”
Lin Xucheng tapped the table gently with his fingertips. “And the reason you’re so angry is because you think that Han Qing did all this just to make up to you, right? You even feel that it’s some kind of charity.”
Listening to him, she raised her head to meet his eyes, surprised that he was able to capture her thoughts accurately. He knows everything. “Mr. Lin, you…”
“You’re curious on how I know you so well, right? It’s because my wife was once the same as you. For a long period of time, I never truly understood how her mind worked, so I had angered her a lot. Sometimes I even felt that she was being unreasonable, but in the end, I realized my mistakes. However, my wife also came clean with me afterward because she didn’t know about my true intentions beforehand, so she thought everything I did for her was charity and she even saw it as an insult. You thought the same way about Han Qing, am I right?”
Yan remained silent. She understood the meaning that his words carried as her heart thumped. How is this possible? According to his words, it’s clear that… But, how can Han Qing and I be the same as him and his wife? They have such an affectionate relationship together, so we can’t be compared to them at all. Maybe Lin Xuzheng misunderstood something. Thinking about it, she composed herself and smiled at him. “Mr. Lin, is this why you came over to see me today? Thank you for your words. I understand.”
Then, Lin Xuzheng carefully looked into Yan’s eyes. Even though she said that she understood, there wasn’t any sign of enlightenment in her eyes. If she really understood what he tried to convey, she wouldn’t have acted in this way. He quickly identified the problem. If it weren’t for his experience, it would have been hard for him to notice it.
As the idea came to his mind, Lin Xuzheng’s tapping of the table fell into a rhythm as he thought to himself, After this, Han Qing will owe me two favors, right? What should I ask for then? “Did you know what he was doing when I called him yesterday?”
Yan furrowed her dashing brows as she couldn’t quite understand what he meant. Lin Xuzheng then quirked up the corners of his lips slightly. “I heard from his secretary that he was discussing a business worth billions.”
The moment he finished his words, her hands shook and uncertainty floated in her eyes as she looked at him. Her lips trembled while she glanced at the man in front of her due to uncertainty. “Mr. Lin, what do you mean by those words?”
“There isn’t any other meaning. I’m just asking to see if you’d still be angry after knowing that he gave up a business worth billions for you.”
She remained silent as her face turned pale.
Lin Xuzheng smiled. “Don’t be nervous. You don’t need to pay for his loss. I think he did it voluntarily.” She still couldn’t utter a word. “That’s all I have to say. If it weren’t for the sake of my good friend and me happening to know you, I really wouldn’t have come here today.” With that, he left the place and left her to sit in the private room alone.
For a moment, it seemed as though time had stopped. There was no other sound, save for her own heartbeat. She heard her heart thumping against her body in a fierce manner, as if it tried to burst out of its cage. Why… Since he doesn’t like me, why did he give up a business worth billions for me? Is it because… I was in the police station? Or is it because he was afraid of feeling guilty if something happened to me? Yan was already unsure and she was only more confused now.
What is Han Qing actually thinking? They say that a woman’s heart is the hardest to decipher, but why do I feel that his heart is more complicated than a woman’s? In the end, she felt like her mind was on the verge of exploding. Therefore, she stopped thinking about it and pondered on something else instead.
No matter what Han Qing thought, the reason she became angry was because she still liked him. Hence, she thought of his actions as charity, which agitated her so much. Thinking about it now, he came to the police station with good intentions to see me, but instead, I snapped at him and even threw away his paper. Takeouts! Why don’t I send him some ramen as compensation? He said those words himself and he even paid for my medical fee, so it should be alright for me to send him a few days’ worth of takeouts. Then again, if what Lin Xuzheng said earlier was true, I won’t be able to repay him even if I deliver a lifetime of takeouts to him. I’m getting a headache. Yan held her head and grunted.
…
The next day, Yan went out with some ramen. Luo Huimei was unable to find out from Yan what the latter wanted to do, so the former brushed it off and let her go.
When Yan arrived at the ground floor of the Han Group building, she sighed as she paid the parking fee. This must be the most expensive delivery I have ever done. Just the parking fee alone costs me about 50 to 60. However, as she thought about the amount of money that Han Qing lost, she felt that this small payment was really not worth mentioning.
She had known Han Qing for a long time—she hugged him, kissed him, went to his house, and even slept on his bed, but she never dropped by his company before. Therefore, she went to the receptionist because she couldn’t find her way. She was smart not to directly mention that she was looking for President Han. She only said that she was looking for his secretary, Su Jiu.
After hearing that she was looking for a woman, the receptionist wasn’t alarmed by her presence at all, but the former still squinted her eyes at her. “So, you are looking for our president’s secretary, Su Jiu. Have you made an appointment?”
Yan shook the bag in her hand and smiled. “Does ordering ramen from our shop count as making an appointment?”
“It’s a takeout?” The receptionist was startled for a moment. To be honest, despite having a quality cafeteria in the company, it was difficult for the employees not to get fed up with the food. Therefore, the employees sometimes chose not to eat at the restaurant. They sometimes ordered takeouts themselves. With that, it became normal for riders to deliver takeout meals to the company, so the receptionist never doubted Yan when the former called Su Jiu directly.
When Su Jiu received the call, she was shocked. “Takeout? When have I ordered a takeout?”
Yan never expected the receptionist to call Su Jiu right away, so when they talked on the phone, the former spoke in a loud volume, “Secretary Su, I’m Zhou Xiaoyan. You’ve ordered some ramen from our shop. Do you need me to bring it up to you? If it’s inconvenient for you, you can also come down to take it.”
Su Jiu remained silent at first. After hearing her name, she immediately changed her tone. “It looks like she came with my ramen. Let her take the elevator up.”
As soon as the call ended, the receptionist gave Yan a weird look. “You can take the elevator over there. Secretary Su is waiting for you upstairs.”
“Thank you.”
