After hanging up the phone, the smile on George’s face disappeared. Now, he looked extremely depressed. Standing in front of the French windows, George let out a sarcastic laugh all of a sudden. He felt that he would never forget that scene.
The Yuchi family, his family, and the Duanmu family had good relationships with each other. The younger generation of the Yuchi family and Duanmu family had once attempted to be connected through marriage but the failure of that caused their relationships to become sour. As a result, Grandfather Yuchi became the only person left in the Yuchi family, and that was an incident that Grandfather Yuchi would never bring up. As long as the good relationships between the three families were maintained, there would naturally be a lot of traffic among them.
George was the only son. There were Duanmu Xue and Duanmu Zhe in the Duanmu family. Since George and Duanmu Xue were similar in age, they used to spend a lot of time together when they were little. Like other people, George used to like the smart, pretty, and capable Duanmu Xue. He had dreamed a lot about the outstanding Duanmu Xue. He had also secretly wished that one day their two families could be connected through marriage.
He remembered the time when he was getting ready to tell his grandfather that he was planning on proposing to Duanmu Xue when he became an adult. If she was willing, he could take care of her for the rest of her life. However, it was at this point that he accidentally saw something that broke his heart.
That day, he headed over to the Duanmu residence to ask Duanmu Xue out. After waiting outside for a while, he got impatient and went straight into their house. That was when he heard a conversation.
“Miss Xue, George always drops by to look for you. Do you think he likes you?” the servant asked Duanmu Xue.
George froze. He was extremely nervous when he heard that, so he leaned against a wall and kept quiet. He did like Duanmu Xue, but he did not know how she felt about him. He only knew that she was always willing to accept his gifts and spend time with him. That would mean even if she did not like him, her impression of him was still good.
“George?” Duanmu Xue flatly laughed. “He likes me? How’s that possible?”
The maid replied, “I can feel it from the way he looks at you and treats you. Miss Xue, you’re so pretty. I’m sure he likes you.”
“Come on. Forget it. I can’t afford that; I’ve never noticed anything strange between us. Furthermore, he’s uneducated and uncultured; he doesn’t deserve me. He’ll have to look himself in the mirror before deciding to court me.”
George’s face changed as he heard those words. He would never have thought that Duanmu Xue, who was always beautiful and proper, would ever say things like these. Besides… these words were said against him.
He instantly felt that his heart had shattered into pieces, and his thoughts and fantasies about her had all been destroyed.
“Miss Xue, does that mean you are too good for George and he doesn’t deserve you? He’s coming over today. Are you going to ask him to leave?”
Duanmu Xue casually waved her hand. “Forget it. Let’s just keep him waiting if he likes to wait. It feels pretty good being surrounded by a man.”
George was rendered speechless. She chose not to reject him even though she did not like him.
George quietly left the house and never returned to find Duanmu Xue thereafter. That year… Before he could become an adult, he had already started acting out; he would date whoever expressed interest in him. It would be fun as long as both parties were willing.
He knew that, in this world, it was difficult to have reciprocated love between two persons who genuinely cared for each other. His feelings for her were completely trampled over by her with no remorse.
After George had turned into a bad seed, Duanmu Xue loathed him even more. She would always look at him with disgust in her eyes, although she would pretend to look refined and smile at him, pretending that they were still close.
He had seen her true colors. The more she put on a mask, the more disgusted he became with her. And now, she wanted to get engaged to Yuchi Shen? Fortunately, Yuchi Shen did not fall for her. What went around did indeed come around—the day had finally come when the superior Young Lady Duanmu Xue was rejected. So… how does it feel to be rejected?
…
After Han Muzi arrived at the office, she immediately went to clean Ye Moxuan’s office.
The rest of the employees had gradually shown up at the office. At the same time, Han Muzi received a call saying that Miss Lin would not be at work this morning, so she would have to pay more attention to the calls received in the secretary’s office. In cases where there were important and urgent matters, she would have to notify the President.
Han Muzi then carried on with her day for a while until Ye Moxuan showed up at the office. When he was passing the secretary’s office, he remarked, “Please bring coffee to my room.” Then, he vanished.
His cold look surprised Han Muzi. Alright… Did he forget about what happened last night? Otherwise, why would he be so cold toward me? Or was everything that happened last night merely a figment of my imagination?
Han Muzi took this thought with her to the pantry to make some coffee and bring it into the office.
“Coffee’s here.” She gently nudged and proceeded to place the coffee on the desk. Then, she stood next to it and stared at Ye Moxuan.
Last night… was not my imagination, was it? Han Muzi thought about it as she was staring at him.
Perhaps she was trying too hard to stare at him and that alerted Ye Moxuan, who then looked up at her. “Anything else?”
“Huh? No… Nothing else.” Han Muzi shook her head and turned around. She was biting her lower lip as she headed out. Was last night a dream? Did Ye Moxuan not come to look for me? But, why did it feel so real?
What she did not know was that Ye Moxuan was staring at her back for a moment before he got back to his work.
Due to the absence of Miss Lin, all the work fell on Han Muzi’s shoulders. She made a couple of trips in the morning and undertook several reporting tasks, but Ye Moxuan’s face was still cold and unemotional.
When it was time to get off work, Han Muzi felt like her legs were almost busted. She lay on the couch, unwilling to move.
At this moment, the phone in her office rang. Han Muzi looked at the clock; it was already after office hours. Though annoyed, she eventually dragged herself to answer the phone. “Hello.”
“Come to my office.”
Beep.
Nothing strange crossed Han Muzi’s mind so she decided to walk toward Ye Moxuan’s office after hanging up the phone.
“President?”
Ye Moxuan lifted his head and his deep gaze landed on her face. “Come.”
Han Muzi was not suspicious as she thought he had some instructions for her, even though it was after office hours. This might be her life now as an assistant.
She proceeded to walk toward him, but before she could open her mouth and ask him if he needed any help, Ye Moxuan suddenly grabbed her by her fair wrist and pulled her into his arms. “Mmph!”
