The distance between the two of them shortened in that moment. Yan looked at Siu Jiu with hesitation while the latter smiled like an understanding older sister. “If you have any other questions, just ask.”
“Miss… Su Jiu.”
Yan added a ‘miss’ in front to show her politeness. Su Jiu furrowed her eyebrows in joyfulness. “Yes?”
“You have been with Han Qing for so many years as his secretary. Do you know why… Han Qing is always single?” After that, Yan lowered her head out of embarrassment while poking her fingers together.
Su Jiu only knew that Yan was confused about something, but she did not expect her to ask such a question. After she was stunned for a while, she noticed that the little girl blushed and it was obvious from Yan’s look that she longed for love. “You… like President Han?”
Yan did not expect her to be so direct. She instantly lifted her head and looked at Su Jiu with her blushed face. “Miss Su, I…”
“Alright.” Su Jiu took the initiative to cut her off and spoke faintly, “You don’t need to say it. I understand. Actually, for so many years, President Han had a lot of admirers himself, but in his youth, he devoted everything to his little sister. Maybe it was because he lost his parents at a young age, so he has always been a loner. Even after he found Muzi, his desire for family affection is still greater than anything else.”
Yan remained speechless before replying to her, “Is that so?”
“Yes.” Su Jiu nodded with a smile. “This is how people are. As soon as something becomes a habit, it’ll be hard to change it, never mind Han Qing who has no desire for relationships at all. Therefore, he doesn’t even need to change his habit or his current situation. You like him? Then, you’re running into fire. As a person who has been through this before, I must advise you to forget about it.”
“Forget about it?” Yan was caught by surprise. She did not expect Su Jiu to be straightforward. Is she actually telling me to forget about it? Does she mean I should stop liking Han Qing?
“Yes. People like him… are not interested in relationships. If you like him, you’re just hurting yourself.”
Yan remained silent. It does seem so. Plus, he has already made it clear to me not to like him. However, Yan still would not throw in the towel. She believed that there was still hope if she fought hard enough.
“Seeing your expression, I take that you’ve been rejected by him?”
“Miss Su, h-how did you know?”
“He did the same thing to me before when he rejected me.”
Yan was left speechless.
“Back then, I didn’t dare to express myself to him, so I could only secretly like him. I know it’s hard to change his habits and I followed him everywhere quietly to deal with his matters. I wanted him to get used to me being around, so that one day… when I’m not there beside him, he will feel that something is missing. By that time, I would succeed.”
Yan could not help but widen her eyes before giving her a thumbs up. “Miss Su, you really are clever. Why didn’t I think of this before?”
Su Jiu gave a wry laugh, seeing the little girl looking at her with admiration. Is there something wrong with this girl?
“However, what’s the use of being clever? He didn’t want it and he wouldn’t change his habits. Look at me now. I’m married and I even have a child, yet he is still single while I’m still by his side as his secretary. Now, do you see it?”
“Then Miss Su, why did you stay by his side to be his secretary?”
“Speaking of this, it really is cruel. At first, after he explicitly told me not to have that kind of intention, he even asked me if I would hate him for this and whether I’d be able to continue my work.” At this point, Su Jiu straightened her face. “I never expected him to ask me a question like that, so what else could I do? If I quit the job, wouldn’t that mean I really hated him for rejecting me? So… I could only keep on working.”
“Oh my God. Han Qing really is two-faced. I only thought that… he is a cold person. I never knew…”
Su Jiu stood up before patting her shoulder. “Overall, you need to carefully consider it yourself. I have something else to deal with, so I can’t chat with you anymore.” After Su Jiu left, Yan was left alone on the chair. She rubbed her chin and thought for a long while.
…
As the days passed, Han Muzi remained alone in the ward throughout the days to recover. She was fine with eating and drinking anything, but she was unwilling to see anyone. Little Bean cried to see his mommy a few times but to no avail. Not only that, when Han Qing came to persuade Han Muzi a few times, she would pull a long face and ask him to leave the ward. And just like that, President Han of the Han Group left the ward with his tail in between his legs and shaking his head helplessly.
Suddenly, his phone rang. He had a glance at the incoming call before answering the phone.
“What is it?” His tone was faint while he rubbed his temple, which caused him pain. Lately, he was in a sorry plight since he had to deal with a lot of things. This was the first time in his life that he had experienced this kind of feeling.
“President Han, we have news about the task that you ordered us to do!”
Han Qing was left confused for a second. The task I ordered them to do? Soon after, he frowned. “What are you saying?”
“We found it!”
Han Qing’s breath almost stopped as he checked the caller ID, worried that he received the wrong call all because they had found the person of interest so soon. After confirming that the call was not a mistake, Han Qing softly coughed and asked, “What did you find?”
“Eh.” The other person was sluggish after being asked like that. “President Han, didn’t you order us to find someone? Did we… make a mistake?”
“No.” Han Qing closed his eyes and used the chance to take a few breaths to calm himself down. After a while, his emotions finally calmed down and everything was clear and peaceful when he opened his eyes. Then, he pressed his lips and spoke in a cold voice, “You found… him?”
“Yes, President Han.”
“Give me the address. I’ll go over now.” As he talked to him, Han Qing’s hands instinctively went into his pocket for his car keys. However, he only came to visit Han Muzi, so a driver had brought him here once his plane landed. He did not even have a car to drive. This startled him for a moment. “Forget it. Just send the location to my phone. I’ll follow the address on the map.”
“Alright, President Han. I’ll send the location to you right away.”
“Okay.” After he ended the call, Han Qing kept his phone away and his slim legs started to walk out of the hospital.
He did not notice that his steps were in a haste. If those people actually found Ye Moxuan, then… my little sister, Muzi, does not need to suffer anymore.
“Han Qing!” He stopped in his tracks and looked back to see Yan running toward him. Then, she stopped right in front of him. “I’ve just heard you say that they found someone, right? Is it… Ye Moxuan? C-Can I follow you?”
