Chapter 75: Take Care of Yourself
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Li Yan looked at the time and said, “Be good and listen to me. I’ll have dinner with you tonight, so you can do whatever you want until then. I might be busy these few days, so take care of yourself.”
“Alright, I look forward to having dinner with you,” Bai Xue said sensibly.
Li Yan nodded.
Bai Xue happily took her backpack and said goodbye.
As she shut the office door behind her, Li Yan looked at it and a bitter feeling arose in his heart. If Jiang Ling’er had continued to let herself be bullied, Li Yan would have never witnessed this side of Bai Xue.
In the past, he thought that Bai Xue was just a weak girl who wasn’t capable of hurting anyone. Therefore, every time Jiang Ling’er accused Bai Xue of bullying, Li Yan would step up to help Bai Xue regain her dignity. He didn’t care even if he offended the Jiang family in the process.
He regarded anyone who bullied Bai Xue as his enemy. Even his own grandfather was no exception. For the pure and kind Bai Xue, he could give up everything. But now, it felt as if he had been ruthlessly slapped in the face.
Suddenly, a few knocks sounded on the office door.
“Come in.” Li Yan snapped back to his senses.
His assistant walked in with a resignation letter.
He placed the resignation letter on Li Yan’s desk and bowed. “Young Master Li, I’ve already handed in my resignation to the Human Resources Department, but they said they’re unable to handle this, so 1 came to you instead.”
Li Yan frowned. Although his assistant was a little stubborn from time to time, he was very capable and loyal. “Why do you want to resign? Is your salary not enough?”
“Young Master Li, it’s not about the salary,” his assistant said hesitantly.
Li Yan asked in confusion, “Since it’s not about the salary, could it be a personal issue?”
His assistant replied guiltily, “Yes… 1 feel that I’m not smart enough. If I had come to you earlier about yesterday’s matter, you could’ve stopped Miss Bai from making such a mistake.”
Li Yan said, “You did nothing wrong. She was planning to harm Jiang Ling’er either way, so even if I stepped in to talk her out of it, she might have pretended to be oblivious.”
His assistant lowered his head. “But… 1 feel very bad seeing you like that.”
Li Yan said with self-mockery, “Alright, stop being sentimental. Keep your resignation letter and head back to work. In the future, if she asks you to do anything again, just tell me first.”
His assistant nodded. “Alright, but can I refuse any of her requests?”
Li Yan was stunned for a moment before nodding.
His assistant heaved a sigh of relief and walked out with the resignation letter.
Li Yan looked at the time and headed off to the meeting room.
At noon, as soon as the school bell rang, Jiang Ling’er and Wen Nuan left the classroom together.
As they reached the ground floor, three male students suddenly stopped them in their tracks.
Jiang Ling’er narrowed her eyes. One of them, Lin Sheng, was mentioned in the original book.The other two were Lin Sheng’s best friends, Wang Shuai and Sun Qiang.
Lin Sheng was a computer genius who majored in computer science. He was also the son of a rich family.
In the book, his father’s company was failing. In the latter parts of the book, the company went bankrupt, and his father was sent to jail. His mother suffered from depression, eventually jumping off a building.
When Lin Sheng was about to drop out of school, he encountered Bai Xue. At that time, Bai Xue asked Li Yan to help Lin Sheng, and she became his benefactor. He often helped her out in her evil schemes using his computer skills.
In this current timeline, Lin Sheng’s family had yet to reach its lowest point. As such, Jiang Ling’er decided that she would prevent him from falling under Bai Xue’s control.
Wen Nuan said softly, “This airhead lost more than two million dollars in the bet between you and Yue Ling.”
Jiang Ling’er was taken aback. Lin Sheng was actually involved in the bet?
She revealed a smile as gentle as a spring breeze. She said, “Oh, if it isn’t Senior Lin. What’s the matter?”
Lin Sheng was stunned. This girl, Jiang Ling’er, had caused him to lose two million dollars. He had brought his best friends to confront her, hoping to make her suffer. However, upon seeing her smile, he suppressed his anger.
Seeing that Lin Sheng wasn’t angry, Jiang Ling’er asked, “Haven’t you three eaten yet? Come, let’s go grab a bite together.”
After all, there was nothing that couldn’t be solved over a nice meal.
Wang Shuai and Sun Qiang looked at each other. Jiang Ling’er didn’t seem as bad as the rumors said.
Jiang Ling’er’s attitude made Lin Sheng forget all of his frustrations and anger. He coughed twice before saying, “I already had instant noodles.”
Jiang Ling’er asked, “Did you eat the one in the plastic packet, or the one in the cup?”