A Pursuit of Beloved Wife

Proofread by Yu Bing

The moment they vanish from sight, Chen Ying collapses on the bench and murmurs, as if losing grip from fatigue, “After all these years, he is going to get married!” Yuexi can do nothing but stand by, comforting her, ” It’s been five years. A lot of water under the bridge. You see, I myself am twice married, so it’s no surprise for Gong Benli to get engaged. ”

“But it never occurred to me that I could see him again in my life. If I had known I could meet him again, I would have definitely not … If only! Then things would never be like this. I would have kept my virginity and would have been waiting for him to come back. But it’s too late no matter what… ” Seeing Chen Ying in low spirits, Yuexi gently puts her hand into hers. ” You can’t think this way. Even if you had made it to the appointment at that time, you wouldn’t … you wouldn’t be necessarily living a happy life now as you had imagined. As you can see in me, how I had always wanted to marry Lingyun then and how’s that turn out to be now? ”

Chen Ying knows that Lingyun is the last person in the world that Yuexi wants to mention. Realizing this, Chen Ying raises the corners of her mouth to squeeze a smile and hugs Yuexi around the neck, “Yeah, we can rely on no man. If I did keep my virginity but gained nothing in return, wouldn’t it be a huge loss for me?” Ironically and unexplainably after seeing Gong Benli in person, Chen Ying finally lets go of the grudge that has been held in her heart for all those years. Now she does not regret for not being able to show up for the date nor for not being the woman standing beside him.

Even if she had managed to show up at that time, things would be no different. Who knows what will happen after all those years? She may have been deserted long ago and still not be the person standing by his side now. This might be the best scenario for both of them. As if struck by a lightening, suddenly she feels relieved. Then she finds herself opening her chatterbox and they chat on for a long while in the café and reluctant to leave, then they decide to go to KTV to have fun. After having had a lot of drinks, they get very drunk and finally fall asleep in the KTV room.

Early the next morning, Yuexi is wakened by a scream. She rubs her eyes and looks at Chen Ying drunkenly. Chen Ying holds her mobile phone with an incredulous look on her face, her hair clumsily tangled together. “What’s up? Seen a ghost?” Chen Ying turns back excitedly, reaching for her shoulders and shaking her. “Oh my God, I did see a ghost. It freaked me out. Xu’s stocks plunged, hitting a limit down, overnight!”

Yuexi can’t think straight. She quickly grabs her cell phone and glances at it, “No way! Even if Xu Tianyun had a scandal last time, only part of the cooperation got suspended. How could the stocks all hit limit down overnight? This time they will lose at least 500 million yuan.” Chen Ying couldn’t help but frown. “Though I’m thrilled at this news, I have to say this is actually really strange. Last time, it took me a quite few days to find the manpower and resources to make their stocks plunge. Come to think of it, things are going well these days at the Xu’s Consortium. Is that possible that he is really being framed? ”Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

Yuexi’s heart does a flip-flop. She suddenly remembers what Li Fengjue said to her before. He said he would take revenge for her. Within a few days, the stocks of the Xu’s Consortium all hit limit down, a minimum of 500 million yuan getting lost in the blink of an eye. It is out of the question for an ordinary person. She quickly asks, “Was Xu’s Consortium in similar trouble before?”

Chen Ying shakes her head, “You also know the cheek-by-jowl relationship between Xu’s and Li’s consortium. They are in the same boat. As long as Xu’s family is stuck in trouble, Li Fengjue will not sit idly by. These two family firms almost maintain monopoly power in the leading business. Unless he gets emboldened, I think that no one dares to mess around with the Xu family.” Yuexi is a little bit worried. The Li’s Consortium in Feng City that Li Fengjue now is in charge of is just a subsidiary company of the Li family. Compared with the Xu’s Consortium it is just like a dwarf in front of a giant.

Seeing her worried expression, Chen Ying says in surprise, “Do you think Li Fengjue is behind all of it?” She shakes her head quickly and refuses to admit, “I wouldn’t flatter myself. It is true that he once said he would help me, but he would never do something that he was not sure about. In addition, the Li family and Xu family are friends for ages. How could he possibly mess around with the Xu family for an outsider… ”

“I’m afraid you’re stuck in too deep. Don’t get sucked in.” Chen Ying stretches her body, crawls up from the bed, and says, “If it is not Li Fengjue, could it be internal conflict of the Xu family?” A flash of light flashes in Yuexi’s mind and she makes up her mind. Since it concerns about the Xu family, maybe she can extract the truth from a Xu family member.

On the way to her company, she deliberately sends a WeChat message to Xu Linchen and then instantly retreats it, pretending she makes a mistake. He writes back in a second and asks her what the message is all about. Yuexi curls up the corner of her lips. It seems that he is hooked. The two chat casually. Then Xu Linchen asks her to have a dinner date. She intentionally waits ten minutes before she says yes.

Xu Linchen is impulsive by nature but means no harm to her. Although he confined her for his sister’s sake at first, later he compensated her by going to extreme lengths to the back of the hill to rescue her. She knows it is true when he says that he likes her. And he really treats her well. At least, he has a better character than Xu Tianyun.

When she goes back to the company again, she finds her colleagues treat her differently this time compared with how they did yesterday. They no longer gossip behind her back but all greet her with a smile. Everyone wears a “After hearing so many things about you, I’m delighted to make your acquaintance” expression on their face. Her boss invites Yuexi to his office and says with a broad smile, “Your work ability is outstanding, which is several times better than that of Liu Chen. He not only abuses his power but also cheats on his wife. How about you take his position and become the new department manager!”

Yuexi feels flattered. She looks at him and quickly waves her hand, “This is not a good idea. I have only been working here for merely half a year and don’t have much experience. If I were directly promoted to department manager, other colleagues would feel unfair.” “What matters more in our company is the working ability, not the experience. This is settled. End of discussion. I will assign Liu Chen to a less demanding post in your department warehouse and it is not a bad treatment for him. ”

Since the boss has said so, Yuexi could do nothing but accept the arrangement. However, she is very uncomfortable. After all, she gets this so-called promotion only because of Li Fengjue, It has nothing to do with her working ability.

Sleepwalking through the whole morning, Yuexi receives one message sent by Xu Linchen, indicating the location of the restaurant. When she rushes to the restaurant, she sees Xu Linchen stand up smiling. But his face is a little dull and his eyes red, as if without sleep for days and nights.

Yuexi sits down and asks deliberately, “You are not looking too well. Is there anything wrong?” “Something happened to the company, so I failed to spare time to see you. But the moment things are settled, I immediately rush here from Fengdu.” Yuexi looks at him in surprise. She didn’t expect Xu Linchen to actually come all the way from Fangdu to meet her.

Looking at his exhausted face, she suddenly feels guilty. What she is about to say is all stuck in her throat and she can’t utter a single word. Xu Linchen frowns worriedly, “What’s the matter?” Shaking her head, Yuexi curls up the corner of her lips, “If I had known you are this busy, I wouldn’t have agreed to dine with you.”