Side Story
Cheng Yi warned Zheng Jia Ju’s ex to stay away from Zheng Jia Ju.
Cheng Yi begged Zheng Jia Ju to forgive him.
Zheng Jia Ju rejected Cheng Yi, and she asked him for a divorce.
Cheng Yi refused to divorce Zheng Jia Ju. He said he loved her, and she still loved him. They slept together for the first time since Fei Yan Niao shot Cheng Yi in TRB I.
End of Chapter 156
Qiao Tan Yuan investigated the employees who stole money from Gu Jiao Wu’s company. They dipped into many investments, and it would be hard to deal with them individually. They made her angry, and she wanted to throw all of them in prison.
Gu Jiao Wu walked to Qiao Tan Yuan’s desk that he added to his office, and he ma.s.saged her tensed shoulders.
‘What’s wrong?’ Gu Jiao Wu asked. ‘Are you tired?’
‘No,’ Qiao Tan Yuan said. ‘If we get rid of all the worms involved, it would affect your company substantially.’
‘Are you scared?’ Gu Jiao Wu asked.
‘No,’ Qiao Tan Yuan said. ‘I believe there’s a discreet way to deal with the worms, and keep your company intact. I’m not scared of them unlike the period I used to be scared of you.’
‘Am I scary?’ Gu Jiao Wu asked.
Gu Jiao Wu sat on the chair, and Qiao Tan Yuan sat on his lap.
‘It’s not news to you,’ Qiao Tan Yuan said. ‘Back then when you did come home, you looked at me like I owed you money. When I called you to eat a meal with me, you said you were busy and switched off your phone. Over time, I was scared to look at you.’
Gu Jiao Wu squeezed Qiao Tan Yuan’s cheeks.
‘I’m that scary yet you loved me to death,’ Gu Jiao Wu said.
‘Go to h.e.l.l,’ Qiao Tan Yuan said. ‘Who loved you to death? I was young and inexperienced back then. When I grew up it was too late, I couldn’t get rid of my bad habit of loving you.’
‘Young and inexperienced?’ Gu Jiao Wu asked. ‘Who was it that followed me everywhere, and admired me since she was a little girl?’
‘Who would admire someone heartless who used a slingshot to steal someone else’s heart?’ Qiao Tan Yuan asked.
‘Slingshot?’ Gu Jiao Wu asked.
‘Don’t you remember?’ Qiao Tan Yuan asked. ‘When I was a little girl I fell in the garden and I cried. You helped me to stand up, and you told me girls who cried weren’t beautiful. Then you gave me a slingshot, and you told me if I flick it at my face when I want to cry, it would stop me from crying.’
Qiao Tan Yuan hit Gu Jiao Wu’s chest.
‘You lied,’ Qiao Tan Yuan said. ‘You said you hated girls who cried. So I always smiled in front of you, but you didn’t even look my way once.’
Gu Jiao Wu finally knew why Qiao Tan Yuan didn’t cry in front of him no matter how much he hurt her.
‘Why didn’t you tell me about this years ago?’ Gu Jiao Wu asked.
Gu Jiao Wu didn’t remember that day in the garden. He didn’t know Qiao Tan Yuan would take to heart something he said in pa.s.sing.
‘Why would I tell you years ago?’ Qiao Tan Yuan asked. ‘If I told you years ago, you would have used it as a chance to laugh at me.’
Gu Jiao Wu stroked Qiao Tan Yuan’s hair.
‘Dummy,’ Gu Jiao Wu said. ‘If you told me years ago, I would have told you it’s not good to bottle up your feelings. If you want to cry then cry, and if you want to laugh then laugh.’
‘What about you?’ Qiao Tan Yuan said. ‘You only wore one cold face.’
‘Bottling up feelings and looking indifferent are two different things,’ Gu Jiao Wu said. ‘Back then I was starting to build my career. I didn’t let work pressures affect me, but I didn’t deny my feelings.’
‘Do you regret managing your mum’s company?’ Qiao Tan Yuan asked.
‘No,’ Gu Jiao Wu said. ‘Tan Yuan, if you want, I can hand over my mum’s company to you and I can go back to my old position.’
End of Chapter 157