Qin Chu returned to his office. His mind was in a mess for a long time. His heart ached. He felt bitter inwardly and was in denial for a long time.
Instead of letting his imagination run wild, why don’t I call Mo Mo over and clarify with her? Yes, let’s instruct Mo Mo to come up here.
He took a deep breath and informed Xiang Yi Mo to come to his office.
After parting with Ji Heng Yu, she sat down in her seat to finish the last bit of work at hand. When she received the instruction, Xiang Yi Mo paused for a moment before replying in a clear and beautiful voice, “All right, I’ll head up now.”
Not long after, Xiang Yi Mo arrived at the President’s office.
Qin Chu watched as the beautiful little girl pushed the door open. She walked from the shadows to the light under his table.
The golden light poured through the window, shining upon the young girl’s face, making her already glowing and pure white skin even whiter. It was as if a holy glow surrounded her, only increasing her mysterious sense of beauty.
His heart skipped a beat for no apparent reason, and even his breathing suddenly slowed down.
Of course, he knew exactly how beautiful the young girl was. It was just that he had seen too many beautiful things in his position, and the little girl’s day-to-day company had made him even more accustomed to this beauty.
And then, so what if she is beautiful? All he saw was that she had a gilded exterior but was shabby and ruined on the inside, <sup>[1]</sup> which was only irritating to him.
Habit and disgust covered his eyes, and even more so, they hid the deepest part of his heart, which he wasn’t aware of.
It was not until that moment just now that it was unknown if it was because he had been stimulated a few times before that he really felt her breathtaking beauty as if he had removed a block in all his veins.
Qin Chu held his breath and stared with his brows slightly furrowed. One hand quietly covered his heart, trying to ease that strange feeling.
Ever since he had seen what happened between Lu Wang Chen and Mo Mo, it was as if his heart was broken. He couldn’t help but ache at the thought of that day. And after spying on Ji Heng Yu and Mo Mo’s intimacy just now, it seemed to worsen even more.
Even now, it’s beating inexplicably fast, and it feels like the sound of my own heartbeat is in my ears. Badum, Badum, Badum, Badum…
It is also as if it is anticipating something intensely.
However, in the next second, the cold, emotionless voice made his heart, which was almost in the sky, drop to the ground with a heavy thud.
“President Qin, is there something you want to discuss with me?” Xiang Yi Mo opened her mouth to ask.
A pair of soulful and indifferent peach blossom eyes lifted slightly, looked over indifferently at him, and met his gaze.
In the past, when Xiang Yi Mo’s eyes looked at him, he always felt that her affection constantly enveloped him.
But now that she was looking at him again, her eyes were as calm as a pool of stagnant water, giving the illusion that she could no longer stir up any ripples and as if she was frozen in unmeltable ice.
Qin Chu couldn’t restrain himself. His mind recalled the words that the little girl’s sweet and soft voice had said to Ji Heng Yu. His eyes fell on the red lips that had been kissed, stinging his eyes.
His thin lips opened slightly. So many words he wanted to ask were stuck in his throat. Finally, he squeezed out the word “you” with much difficulty.
It was like a lump in his throat, so uncomfortable that it was killing him, but he still wasn’t sure why it was so painful and why he felt discomfort.
For a long time, the man breathed out after asking dryly, “You’re quitting?”
Xiang Yi Mo batted her eyelashes and sneered, “I thought President Qin wanted to ask about something? Yes, I’ll leave quickly after today and never get in your way again.”
Qin Chu furrowed his brows and hastily said, “Mo Mo, I don’t think you’re in the way. You… don’t have to resign.”
Xiang Yi Mo seemed to have heard something funny.
“Oh? President Qin has taken the wrong medicine this time? You don’t mind that I don’t do anything in the company? That I am capricious and presumptuous? That I have a princess temper and that I am bossing others around?”
“I have never said that.” Qin Chu knitted his brows even tighter.
“Is that so? It seems that President Qin always turns his head and forgets what he has said. In the past, yes. Now… as well.”
Her ethereal voice sounded like it came from a faraway place. It was surreal and faintly discernible as if it would disappear with nowhere to be found.
[1] 金玉其外，败絮其中(jīnyùqíwài, bàixùqízhōng)- Gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside/fly in the ointment/a sugar coated bitter pill. It is used to describe someone who has a beautiful exterior but is terrible inside.
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