《Love's Vicissitudes: A Pursuit of Beloved Wife》C50. Have Too Much Money
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‘Is this Li Fengjue's room?’
Seeing Yuexi in panic, Nanny Zhang asked worriedly, "Young mistress, are you okay?"
Yuexi rubbed her temples and sighed, "I'm fine. It's just a headache."
"Master said that you had too much alcohol yesterday. So it's normal to have a hangover today. We've prepared some light meals and some porridge for you."
Yuexi nodded, "Okay, I'll go down and eat in a while."
Dragging her heavy body by herself, Yuexi got out of the bed and went to the bathroom. The moment she saw her reflection in the mirror, Yuexi was startled.
Her face was pale, and her messy hair resembled a bird's nest. She looked haggard as if she hadn't slept for a few days. Her makeup, which she forgot to clean before going to bed last night, became messier and looked horrible like a ghost.
She patted her face and swore in her heart that she would never go to the bar again!
After freshening and changing into some clean clothes, Yuexi went downstairs.
While descending the stairs, she halted in the middle when she saw Xu Ziqi instead of Nanny Zhang.
Yuexi couldn't help but frown. Why was she here? They hadn’t seen each other for a long time. The last time they had met each other was in Fengdu when she was first questioned by the parents of both Li's and Xu's families and then was taken back to the back hill. And during the whole process of that, Xu Ziqi just sat there and watched indifferently.
When Xu Ziqi saw Yuexi, she said sweetly with a smile on her face, "Yuexi, you finally woke up."
Slowly coming down the stairs, Yuexi looked at her and asked, "Why are you here?"
Xu Ziqi replied innocently, "Grandpa asked me to come and let me live here."
Yuexi asked, looking at her, suspiciously, "Live here?"
Xu Ziqi nodded with her eyes full of happiness, "Yes, Brother Jue also agreed."
The moment Yuexi heard that even Fengjue agreed, her heart missed a beat, and she felt bitterness swelling in her heart.
It turned out that everything was just her wishful thinking. That Li Fengjue wishing to live with her was just an excuse to avoid Xu Ziqi. And that also explained why she was the first person he wanted to see when he came back last night. She actually foolishly believed that Li Fengjue had changed and wanted to live with her. But it turned out that he did all that for Li Ya. She curled up the corners of her lips, bitterly.
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"Oh, it's fine." After squeezing out those few words, Yuexi turned around and went upstairs. She went to her room, picked her bag, and was about to head outside. Just then, Nanny Zhang came and anxiously asked, "Young mistress, the meal is ready. Do you want to have it now?"
Yuexi replied with a faint smile on her face, "No, I have something else to do."
Xu Ziqi stood aside and dared not look into Yuexi's eyes, like a child who had made a mistake. She bit her lower lip and pulled Yuexi's hand in grievance while asking her, "Did I say something wrong and make you unhappy?"
Yuexi shook her head. She looked at her innocent eyes and sighed as she said, "It's none of your business, whether I am here or not. Also, we are not that familiar with each other."
She then withdrew her hand and left the villa without looking back. While she was walking out, Yuexi regretted till her intestines turned green. She had thought that Li Fengjue and herself were both helpless people who could comfort each other. But she was mistaken, deeply deluded.
How could she forget that Li Fengjue was a rich man? He can have any kind of woman at the snap of his fingers. All his sweet words were for another woman, not for her. She was nothing but a mere tool.
Now that she had realized, she no longer wanted to have any involvement with Li Fengjue. She just wanted to do her job well while simultaneously take this as an opportunity to find out the cause of her father's death and then seek revenge on the Xu family.
It was only two days later, Li Fengjue came here to look for her. He desperately rang the doorbell, but he was met with silence. Inside, Yuexi hid in the corner of the room, with her arms around her legs, pretending not to hear it at all. After a while, the insistent ringing of the doorbell stopped, but her phone beeped. She checked her phone to see Li Fengjue's incoming text message. She pursued her lips and opened the message after some hesitation. 'Don't fool around with that kind of woman again from now on!'
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That kind of woman? Yuexi couldn't help but sneer. Chen Ying was her best friend and would never harm her. For so many years, except for Ling Yun, she believed her the most. Why did this man have to control her life! She just shrugged that message off and didn't bother to reply to that jerk.
In the next few days, Yuexi devoted herself to her work and handed the cooperation with Li's Consortium to others. Now, she only concentrated on sales work.
After more than half a month of hard work, Hongsheng Group's sales performance broke the previous record. Though the boss was in the United States, he didn't forget to treat the employees. He graciously let them throw a celebration party. Nevertheless, Yuexi didn't want to attend the party.
In the mall, she encountered Xu Linchen.
He was standing at a distance from her, smiling evilly with his foxy eyes. He had robust facial features, but without the sense of coldness. He would totally look gorgeous if he were to put on women's clothing. He came over with his long slim legs, gazed up and down at Yuexi, and said compassionately, "I haven't seen you for only half a month. Why have you lost so much weight and become this skinny?"
Yuexi coldly replied, "I'm nobody. Of course, I need to work hard; otherwise, I can't make a living for myself."
He suddenly grabbed Yuexi's hand and said seriously, "Then let me take care of you. I have nothing else but money."
She withdrew her hand and snapped, "There is no need."
When she was done with her words, she turned around to leave. "Give me ten sets of cosmetics, the kind that you sell." Yuexi stood still and looked at him suspiciously. "Why do you want cosmetics? And that too ten sets?!"
They were the new products of Li's Consortium. A set of cosmetics cost about 8,000 yuan, and he actually wanted ten sets?
Was her imagination limited by poverty?
Xu Linchen raised his eyebrows, curled up the corners of his lips, and said, "I have a sister and a mother, and of course there are some ... unimportant people. I can buy these for them." He said as he took out a black card from his wallet before handing it over to Yuexi.
Looking at him in disbelief, she took the card and quickly ran to the sales desk. Her colleagues were all too shocked to close their mouths when they saw such a huge order. After putting ten sets of cosmetics in Xu Linchen's car, they left while gossiping in hushed tones.
Yuexi returned his card while diligently replied, "If you find the product quite nice, remember to give it a favorable comment."
Xu Linchen stared straight into her eyes and didn't leave immediately.
After a long while, he said solemnly, "I see that you have lost a lot of weight, and I really care for you. Take the card. The password has just been sent to your phone."
When she heard his words, she raged, "Do you think I am a beggar? It's not your concern whether I starve to death or not. I don't need your charity!".
Xu Linchen frowned and pursed his lips, "It's just a generous offer. Sorry I failed you before. But now I just want to make up for it." Looking at Yuexi's calm face, he added, "I would like to invite you to dinner today. Just at a hotel not far from here."
"No, I won't go." Yuexi refused decisively.
"Don't you want to know who kidnapped you on that day?"
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