Teach her a lesson

  She had been crying for nearly half an hour.

  She sniffled, cleared her throat, responded with a loud voice outside, wiped away her tears and stepped out of the room. She first went to the bathroom to wash off the tear stains on her face, but unlike last time, she didn't reapply makeup. Instead, she directly picked up the documents and headed to Hua's office.

  He Yue has returned and is now busily engaged in his work at his desk.

  Ling Yuqian quietly adjusted her mood, trying not to let her emotions fluctuate again. Her slender and weak body stood silently in front of his office desk.

  He Wei's gaze had already fallen on her, but he didn't immediately look up. It wasn't until about two minutes later that he put down the pen in his hand. However, when their eyes met, a hint of astonishment flashed across his dark pupils at her unadorned face.

  According to the hotel's rules, all PR department staff members must wear light makeup during working hours. She seems to have followed this rule all along, but today she looks pale and haggard, with a very white complexion... what's wrong with her? Is she uncomfortable?

  He Xuan was unaware that his normally cold and indifferent eyes had involuntarily welled up with concern.

  Ling Yuqian still held a grudge against him and didn't look at him straight in the eye, so she naturally didn't notice his unusual change.

  This also happened to infuriate He Yun, in the past, she always looked at him with infatuated eyes, but today, her reaction was as if he didn't exist. It had only been a short week, and she had changed! Was it because of Zhen Feng? Thinking of this, he felt inexplicably angry, his handsome face suddenly fell, and he coldly asked, "Where is the proposal?"

  Ling Yuqian remained silent as usual, and with a gentle hand, she directly handed him the document.

  He Wei furrowed his brow again, but also accepted it and quietly flipped through it. His tense face gradually softened, and the annoyance in his eyes was replaced by approval. However, when he looked away from the document and raised his eyes to look at her again, he recovered his cold and serious demeanor, asking slowly and deliberately, "How much of this is Qi Tezhu's credit?"

  Ling Yuqian was taken aback for a moment, and then replied hesitantly, "Very... many."

  In fact, the overall idea was thought out by her efforts, and Chi Zhenfeng only helped to modify two places, but in order to show humility, she decided to respond this way.

  "So you're saying that these days you've been together with him often?"

  "It's almost there." Ling Yu Xuan's tone turned light and casual.

  He Yu's sword-like eyebrows furrowed again, and his cold face became even more solemn. A mysterious warning slipped out of his mouth, "He is not a man you should provoke."

  Ling Yuqian was stunned again, but she didn't continue the conversation.

  "Aren't you already in a relationship? If so, then you should focus on that and stop flirting around. Besides, Zhen Feng is a playboy and won't commit to any woman, including you. You don't want to get hurt, it's best to give up those unnecessary thoughts." He Yu's tone became even colder, his face increasingly unpleasant.

  Ling Yuqian was slowly becoming bewildered, boyfriend? Infatuated? Attracting bees and butterflies? Daydreaming? What is he talking about? Chi Zhenfeng had mentioned that he never interfered with employees' emotional lives, so why is he saying these things now? Moreover, his tone seemed not quite right, and his face was also very displeased.

  It turns out, boyfriend... does he know he has a boyfriend? Could it be that he actually remembers himself? Thinking of this, Ling Yu Xuan couldn't help but feel excited and thrilled, the resentment from before instantly disappearing.

  Unfortunately, his next words extinguished the hope she had just ignited.

  "Your boyfriend shouldn't be with you, should he? Where did he go? Or is he dead?"

  Ling Yuqian's eyes widened in shock, her clear pupils filled with a dazed and lost expression, as a strong sense of disappointment and pain surged up.

  And he, with a gloomy face as usual, continued to lecture in a didactic tone, "No matter what, since you loved your ex-boyfriend, you shouldn't have feelings for another man, let alone do anything improper with them."

  "General Manager, why are you asking this, why are you saying these things, how do you know I have a boyfriend?" Ling Yu couldn't help but ask back hastily, she was clear that if she didn't ask now, it would be hard to find another opportunity.

  He Wei was taken aback, looking at her with eyes full of expectation and anxiety. His sharp voice softened a lot as he began to cut into the doubts in his heart, pretending to be nonchalant and asking, "Am I very similar to the man you deeply loved before? Is it my appearance or my temperament?"

  “……”

  "I can see that you often stare at me, gazing at me, and through me, reminiscing about and missing another person." He Yù continued to speak, his profound and mysterious eagle eyes shooting straight into her clean and pure black pupils, attempting to gaze into the depths of her soul.

  Ling Yuqian was thoroughly disheartened and deeply disappointed and sorrowful, with resentment reappearing in her eyes.

  He Wei stared at her unblinkingly, catching the sorrow and pain in those empty big eyes. What's wrong, was she resenting him? Because of the lesson just now? But who told her to provoke Zhen Feng!

  But anyway, what's wrong with me? Why should I care? What I should be clear about is why she was staring at me like that before, not who she's flirting with! He Xian thought to himself, a thread of annoyance creeping onto his forehead, and he couldn't help but think of ways to shake off this unnecessary concern and anger. Just then, someone came in - it was Li Xiaoyun, just like last time, barging in uninvited.

  When she saw Ling Yuqian, Li Xiaojun didn't show any abnormality, as if she had already known that Ling Yuqian was here. She quickly rolled her eyes and scanned the room, exploring and speculating about the slightly strange atmosphere in the house.

  "What's going on?" He Yue asked Li Xiaoqun in a cold tone, clearly displeased with her sudden appearance.

  Li Xiaoyun smiled and replied, "I was just talking to my sister about your Qixi trip. I wanted to book a hotel for Brother Yu and my sister, so I came over to ask you, Brother Yu, if the Island Hotel is okay? My friend has stayed there before, and the hotel is built right on the beach. The standard double bed is approximately...about 2x2.5 meters. Do you think it's suitable, Brother Yu? Or do you think it's too small?"

  He Yu's eyebrows furrowed as soon as he heard this.

  Li Xiaoyun secretly harbored a ghost in her belly, and directly went on and on without stopping, "Yu Gege, actually 2x2.5 meters should be enough for you and your sister to sleep together, right? That hotel is really great, many couples and newlyweds go to Bali and stay there, my classmate and her boyfriend are also staying there, why don't we just book that one? The Double Seventh Festival is less than half a month away, we must book in advance, or else I'm afraid it'll be fully booked..."

  "Alright, I'll consider it. I'm busy right now, you go out first." He Wei interrupted her, his low voice laced with a hint of impatience.

  Li Xiaoyun pouted and let out a soft "oh" sound, then turned around and shot a cold smile at Ling Yuxuan before walking away.

  Digression

  Is this naked jealousy and sour grapes or what?! o(n_n)o~