But she had to face reality; Li Yang was already gone.
She returned to the sofa feeling down, glanced at her phone, there were a pile of worrisome issues at the company.
She actually doesn’t know how to manage the company; it’s just that she’s the chairwoman, holding the power to directly veto a bunch of garbage decisions.
She felt like a complete loser, losing everything.
Just for oversleeping.
What’s the point of sleeping? There’s plenty of time to sleep when you’re dead. Why must you fall asleep at this time?
She really felt disappointed in herself!
She didn’t know how long had passed; outside gradually darkened.
Bai Qing felt hungry, but had no desire to eat anything.
Just then, the sound of a key turning in the lock came by.
She froze completely, then saw Li Yang coming in carrying bags of stuff.
Seeing she was awake, he asked, "Hungry? How about we go out for a meal?"
Bai Qing got excited, jumped directly to Li Yang’s side, hugged him, and said while crying, "Honey, you didn’t leave, I thought I lost you..."
Li Yang, dragging Bai Qing who clung to him like a koala, placed the bags on the table, and said, "I just went back to school to put something away, then went to the supermarket to buy you some toiletries and snacks for the road when you head home tomorrow. I thought you’d wake up a bit later."
He had told Yang Shanshan when he left.
Freed his hands up, wiped Bai Qing’s tears.
"Let’s go, let’s eat first. Can’t expect me to carry you out the door like this, right?"
"Just carry me."
"Don’t you feel embarrassed?"
"But I don’t want to eat, after the meal, doesn’t it mean you’ll leave? If I don’t eat, doesn’t it mean you’ll stay?"
These two things have no causal relationship at all, yet at this moment, it seemed to Bai Qing as a lifeline, desperately clinging them together.
Li Yang said, "I’m not leaving, even after the meal. I’ll stay here with you tonight, deal?"
In an instant, Bai Qing lit up, let go of Li Yang, took his hand, and said, "Hubby is so sweet to me, sob sob sob..."
"Go wash your face now, then let’s eat... Not calling Yang Shanshan, that guy didn’t even tell you I went shopping, making you worry."
"Don’t be mad, hubby. Shanshan is just too tired, after all, it’s me who dragged her into this mess."
"Oh, then for your sake, I won’t hold it against her."
"Okay, okay."
Soon, Bai Qing freshened up a bit, and went with Li Yang to eat a meal near the community.
Bai Qing was truly hungry, so she ate quite a lot.
After dinner, the two of them took a walk nearby.
In late October, nights in Capital City are cool, Bai Qing really didn’t want to release her grip even for a step.
After a bit of chatting, Bai Qing said, "Darling, I’m planning to sell my shares in Green Water Group and then move to Capital City to stay with you while you study, okay? When you graduate, then we’ll get married..."
"Those shareholders would love for you to sell a bit; if you reduce by two or three points, then the stakes you hold won’t necessarily be worth much. And by then you’ll completely lose control over Green Water Group, all decisions primarily theirs."
Bai Qing hesitated for a moment: "Two or three points are fine, one or two hundred million should be enough for living."
"They’ll certainly use all sorts of means, like firing disabled people from Green Water Group."
This time, Bai Qing didn’t hesitate, "That has nothing to do with me; I just want to live with hubby, I don’t want to manage other things, nor do I have the ability to."
"Why don’t you want to hold on suddenly?"
"Because... the consequences of losing hubby would be too terrifying."
"Are you sure?"
"I..."
Bai Qing didn’t say it out loud, but wrapped around Li Yang’s body, whispered in his ear: "Hubby, how about I give myself to you tonight?"