Xiao Su’s eyes widened. “Go back? Second Young Lady, are we not going in?”
“No.”
Shen Qi lowered her eyes and stared at the tip of her toes as she spaced out. “There is no need for that.”
“Second Young Lady—”
Before Xiao Su could speak again to persuade her, Shen Qi got up and walked in the opposite direction. Xiao Su stood still in the same place for several seconds before he snapped back to reality and caught up with her.
“What’s the matter, Second Young Lady? Didn’t we just say we were going in together?”
No matter how Xiao Su talked to her, Shen Qi ignored him and walked without thinking. Xiao Su followed her for a long time and finally couldn’t hold it back anymore, so he blocked her from the front. “Second Young Lady, we are already here anyways. If we just leave without going in, isn’t it a little—”
“Didn’t you see?” Shen Qi raised her head, and her indifferent eyes fell on Xiao Su’s face.
Her gaze made Xiao Su startled before he asked dumbfoundedly, “See what?”
Shen Qi’s eyes were filled with bitterness. She lowered her eyes and said, “He is having a good time in there. So what’s the point of us going in? We will be disturbing them. I don’t think… it is a good idea.”
Xiao Su held his tongue; he thought she was going to say something else. When he heard what she said, his expression changed. “That’s not true. How is he having a good time? Second Young Lady, you saw it with your own eyes. Han Xueyou has her mind set on him. How are you—”
“I know my best friend, but what about Ye Moxuan? You kept saying what Han Xueyou is doing, but what about him? Even if what you said is true, and Han Xueyou really has feelings for him, then what about him? Wouldn’t he reject her? Do I need to reject her for him?”
“Uhh—”
“He’s a grown man with his own thoughts, and I can’t stop him from doing what he wants to do. If he really loves Han Xueyou and wants to be together with her, would you want me to put a knife on his throat and forbid him from loving her? Xiao Su, you’ve never loved someone, so you won’t understand. If that really is what he wants, I wouldn’t be able to stop him. So if I go in…” Shen Qi looked down and mocked herself. “I would just be embarrassing myself.”
Shen Qi couldn’t abandon her pride. Her pride was the most important thing for her.
Xiao Su didn’t know how to refute for a moment. He felt that Shen Qi’s words seemed to be reasonable.
It was true that Han Xueyou was seducing Young Master Ye, but if he didn’t react to it, she wouldn’t have been able to do so. Also, he was the one who agreed to eat with her; no one forced him to.
“It takes two to tango. I’ll get back to work now. If you have something to do, you can go.” Shen Qi then looked down and left without letting anyone see the tears hanging in the corner of her eyes.
She finally looked up again after she walked quite far away and was sure that Xiao Su wasn’t following her. She walked forward with her back straight and quickly wiped her tears off.
This is nothing. If this is his choice, I can’t do anything.
Shen Qi bumped into Yan, who was leaving the company, when she got back. Yan saw her reddened eyes and was about to say something, but she suddenly thought of something after taking a few steps forward and left angrily with her lips pouted.
“Yan—” Shen Qi swallowed the name that was already at the tip of her tongue.
She just watched Yan’s back and felt depressed.
After standing for a while, Shen Qi took the elevator and went back to the office.
What she didn’t know was that the people downstairs were talking about her.
“Did you see that? The daughter of the Han Group, Han Xueyou, was here. At first, I thought she was here for Shen Qi, yet I saw her going out with Young Master Ye! They were even laughing.”
“What? Isn’t Han Xueyou best friends with Shen Qi?”
“Best friends? There is no such thing before a man. Have you not seen stories where women snatched their best friend’s boyfriend?”
“True. Best friends are nothing before a man. Is Han Xueyou snatching her man? Damn, with her status, Shen Qi would definitely lose!”
“Certainly. She’s got nothing and is not good looking. How can she compare with the noble daughter of the Han family?”
“Look at her; it’s obvious that she failed. Just wait for it. Wasn’t she just promoted recently? She’ll probably be fired from Ye Group soon.”
“What are you talking about?” Yan suddenly interjected and stared at them mercilessly. “Is Young Master Ye’s private life something you should be discussing?”
Those female employees saw that it was Yan, from the finance department, and although they didn’t look friendly, they weren’t rude to her. “Yan, aren’t you close with that woman? Why didn’t you join her at the cafeteria recently? Is it because she was promoted, so she thought so highly of herself and ignored you? You are just too innocent. She was just using you, and she kicked you to a side after she was done with you.”
Yan didn’t say a word.
“Yan, I think you should really just ignore this woman in future. She will be doomed soon.”
Yan frowned. “Who told you she ignored me? I was just unwell and haven’t been to the cafeteria for the past few days; what’s that got to do with you? Besides, who told you she will be doomed? Do you know who she is? You don’t even know, yet you are babbling nonsense. Ignorant!”
“You!”
“What? If you don’t like it, do you want to fight me? See who wins?”
One of them hesitated before she spoke. “Barbarian. Let’s not talk to her. Let’s go!”
The few female staff left together while Yan stood there angrily with her fists clenched.
Shen Qi… that dummie.
I told her that Han Xueyou was seducing Ye Moxuan, and yet she didn’t believe me. Great, now her own man is snatched. That Han Xueyou really is a bitch. She actually came to the company and brought Ye Moxuan out. That’s truly disgusting.
…
Han Xueyou pushed Ye Moxuan back after lunch and went to the parking lot after saying goodbye to him. Just as she was about to open the car door, a hand slapped on her door, so Han Xueyou looked up.
“You cheeky slut!” It wasn’t anyone else but Yan, from the finance department.
She was glaring at her angrily.
Han Xueyou only pretended to be nice before Shen Qi and was always arrogant before everyone else. Hearing that Yan called her a ‘cheeky slut’, she looked up and gave her a tight slap.
Yan did not expect her to actually hit her, so she stumbled a few steps back from her slap. She then looked at Han Xueyou in shock with her face covered.
Han Xueyou took her fair arms back and was smiling maliciously.
“Who are you calling a cheeky slut?”
