Chapter 358 - There Is Only One Secret
Chapter 358: Chapter 359 There Is Only One Secret
“If I’m the Third Lady, do I still need to come to Fengchang to work as an assistant?”
“Oh? That’s great.” I didn’t say why it was great. It surprised the three women that I would trust her so quickly.
Mo Fei said in disbelief, “Chu Nan, you… Are you joking? If she is not the Third Lady, why would my uncle be so polite to her? How many people in Bei Tian City would make him do that? ”
“Do I look like I am joking?” I touched my serious and stiff face, and said solemnly, “Is my expression not serious enough?”
“But Nan Nan, yesterday you said…”
“I never said that I was sure that Xiao Zi is the Third Lady, did I?” I interrupted Liusu, smiled, and then said to Mo Fei, “Fei Fei, I want to see the chairman.”
Mo Fei was stunned, and the corner of my eye noticed that Ziyuan’s shoulders trembled fiercely. She realized that although I believed that she was not the Third Lady, it did not mean that I believed her…
“Uncle didn’t come to the company today…”
“Can you take me to his house?”
“To his house?” Probably my abrupt request startled Mo Fei, she was a little panicked. Her cold pretty face blushed inexplicably, and she said nervously, “O…Okay, but, Auntie is also at home… It’s, it’s the first time for me to take a man to see…”
Er… No wonder she blushed. What was she thinking… What if it caused Liusu to misunderstand…
Sure enough, as soon as I thought about this. Liusu stared at me unhappily and said, “I’ll go too!”
Mo Fei’s face instantly became cold. She frowned and said, “My auntie likes quiet. She doesn’t like too many visitors.”
“It is just one more visitor. How big of a difference does it make?” Liusu stared at Mo Fei, “At worst, I will not talk.”
Mo Fei said coldly, “My auntie can get anxious easily. You are such a big person. She will feel anxious when she just sees you.”
Liusu had two sore spots, one was her small chest, and the other was her tall height. Mo Fei obviously touched her sore spot. It made her so angry that she retorted even without thinking about it properly, “Then wouldn’t she be more anxious when she saw you? The two piles of meat on your chest are much bigger than mine, right?”
Mo Fei was so embarrassed that she increased her voice “Cheng Liusu! You…”
“What about me! ”
How would Mo Fei let Liusu lead the direction of the conversation? Her tone changed, and she said proudly and provocatively, “You envy me, don’t you?”
With this question, Mo Fei touched another sore spot of Liusu, “I envy you? I’m much slender than you, why would I envy you for having two lumps of fat?” When she said the word ‘slender’, she clearly showed a sense of inferiority…
Mo Fei threw out her chest and sneered proudly, “We are about the same waistline, right? So this is the gap between you and me!” I knew Mo Fei was a competitive person, but I didn’t expect her to be so competitive in this respect.
Although she felt embarrassed, she still refused to be defeated by Liusu. However, she was not as confident as she showed. I noticed that she, who was wearing high heels, stood on tiptoe slightly so that her eyes and Liusu’s eyes could be on a parallel line…
The two of them had completely forgotten about the existence of Ziyuan and me. The focus of the argument had actually shifted from going to Mo Yizhi’s house to their figures. Seeing the two women glaring at each other, and there seemed to be blue electric arcs where their gazes met, I could only smile bitterly. Their alliance was too fragile…
“Since Mrs. Chairman doesn’t like having too many visitors, then, Liusu, you don’t need to go. Today is the first-day that Ziyuan starts to work in Fengchang formally, there are many places that she doesn’t understand. You can teach her.” I didn’t want Liusu to go with me. I didn’t even want Mo Fei to go with me.
“Why?” Liusu’s aggrieved expression made my heart ache.
I couldn’t help holding her in my arms, calming her emotions, “Be a good girl, okay?”
“You… You are so annoying! I’m not a kid, what are you doing?” Liusu pushed me away in a panic, her face blushing like a ripe apple. She pouted her mouth and grumbled, “Fine, I don’t want to go there anyway. I just don’t like a stingy certain someone.”
Although she showed an embarrassed and annoyed expression, anyone could tell that she was trying to provoke Mo Fei. Sure enough, Mo Fei became so jealous that her face darkened. She was truly the ice beauty of Fengchang, I could even feel the gust of cold wind from her eyes.
But what I cared more about was Ziyuan’s reaction. Although her mouth twitched, her eyes showed a complicated expression that I could not understand…
I told Liusu and Mo Fei that I needed to talk to Ziyuan alone for a few minutes, so they left the office for us. As soon as I closed the office door, she took the initiative to speak first, “Do you want to ask me why I did what I did last night, or do you want to slap me first? You can do it, I’m ready.”
Seeing that Ziyuan closed her eyes and raised her expressionless pretty face slightly, I was a little dazed. I shook my head and smiled bitterly. What was she thinking? I was very angry, but I never thought about hitting her and scolding her.
“I am a man and you are a woman. You have lost more than me. Why would I hit you? It should be the other way around.”
Ziyuan opened her eyes. It was no longer that cold, and there was a trace of surprise, some timidity, and some guilt. “But last night, it was me… You should have guessed it? In that wine, I added something…”
Sure enough…
“No matter what, it was me who couldn’t resist the temptation. That’s a fact. As a man, I have an inescapable responsibility…” Thinking of my rough actions last night, and her painful moans, I felt both embarrassed and guilty.
“Xiao Nan, you have been this kind of male chauvinism since childhood. Why do you always apologize to us every time I and Yuan Yuan bullied you? This will only make me more guilty…” Ziyuan looked at me blankly for a while, then sighed faintly, her eyes gradually became red, “Do you really not hate me?”
“I do,” I confessed, “To be honest, I’m still trying to suppress my anger. Apologizing to you doesn’t mean that I’m not angry. Xiao Zi, why are you doing this to me and to yourself?”
“I have my reasons.” Ziyuan’s answer was also very simple.
“Can’t you tell me?”
“No.”
Even though I had guessed that she would answer that way, I couldn’t help but frown.
“Xiao Nan, I know that you already have some guesses, but I can tell you for sure that all your guesses are wrong. But you don’t need to dig out the truth,” Ziyuan’s smile was somewhat reluctant.
I could clearly tell that she was lying. “It was my own choice. You don’t need to carry any psychological burden because of me. Such things are very common in the West. Don’t worry, I will not destroy the relationship between you and Miss Cheng.”
Common? If it was common, then why did she bleed? Was it also common for women to bleed during sex? When lying, she would stare at the other person’s eyes calmly, but her toes would curl inward unconsciously. Ziyuan’s habits still had not changed at all…
“You won’t destroy our relationship…” I smiled bitterly, “Then why did you deliberately say that to Yuan Yuan? And the smell of perfume on my clothes. You also left it on purpose, right?” I knew that what I said was a bit too direct, and it could even be said that I had no regard for her feelings.
I knew that Ziyuan would keep her words, and she had her reasons, but thinking that she actually used Chu Yuan, I just couldn’t bring myself to forgive her. I really wanted her to tell me why she wanted to do this to me.
“Yes…” Ziyuan lowered her head, but quickly raised her head again, and said firmly, “I won’t explain to you, but I can assure you that I won’t do it again.”
Her assurance was not very convincing, but I still chose to believe her, “Are you trying to protect the person behind you?”
Ziyuan trembled all over, and there was a clear panic in her eyes, “No…”
Seeing my doubtful eyes, Ziyuan immediately realized that she had just revealed her secrets. She bit her lower lip very hard, but eventually, she confessed, “Yes, someone instructed me to do this, but I have done everything they’ve asked me to do, so don’t ask me any more questions. I won’t say anything. I can only tell you that I didn’t protect them because they don’t need my protection. Do you know what I mean?”
“You want to tell me that I can’t afford to offend them?” I smiled, but I didn’t find it funny at all, “So are you trying to protect me?”
“I…”
Under my aggressive gaze, Ziyuan’s panic finally couldn’t be concealed. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something. But for a long time, she couldn’t say a single word.
Eventually, she lowered her head and said, “I’ve said it yesterday, I’ve betrayed myself and you, so I’m in no position to protect you. From now on, everything I do is just to pay for the mistakes I made…”