Ou Mucen’s brows furrowed as he glanced at the elevator and, noting that the indicator light was still on the first floor, decided to enter and directly pressed the button to go up to the 11th floor.
A minute later, 11th floor—
"Did you see An’s assistant?"
"No, didn’t she go out?"
"Which direction did she go?"
"It seems..." The cleaner, who was tidying up the conference room, looked outside then decisively pointed towards the direction of the staircase.
That girl must be there, right? When she went up earlier, it seemed like she saw her sitting there. She called out a few times, but she didn’t even respond to her.
Ou Mucen saw this and so he walked over to that direction, and there, in the stairwell, he saw the woman sitting on the steps, leaning against the railing.
She was very thin; from his angle looking down, he seriously wondered if his entire hand could encircle her.
Her hair was messy, a result of the intense conflict in the conference room just before. She wore a black fitted blazer with a pure white shirt underneath. From his angle, looking down at her now, her head was drooped low against the railing, the white shirt’s back collar revealing her slender neck, which appeared like a tree branch battered by a storm. Looking at her, one could feel her sorrow.
So, what was she doing? Sitting here alone, wallowing in sadness?
Why would she be sad? She had just avenged a great wrong today; why would she be sad? Was it a case of extreme joy bringing on sorrow?
He walked down step by step, and upon reaching her, didn’t call out to her, but simply stood next to her, looking towards the bustling city not far away, "What’s the matter? Are you feeling guilty?"
Ye Ning, who was leaning there trying to calm her emotions, suddenly heard this and was taken aback, quickly turning to the side, "Why did you come?"
Ou Mucen gave her a cold glance, "I came to see if you’ve been bitten by a mad dog again? After all, there aren’t many people as stupid as you in this world."
Sitting there, she looked up at him for a while, and then suddenly, looking at his handsome face bathed in bright light, she asked, "Ou Mucen, why did you come today? Did you come to help me?"
"No!" He threw out these two words without hesitation.
Ye Ning felt her heart drop into a ditch, "Then why did you come?"
"What do you think I came for? The company is about to go under, am I supposed to watch my money go down the drain?" After speaking, the man didn’t even look at her, simply turning and walking away.
Ye Ning was choked with frustration!
His reason was so righteous... she couldn’t counter it at all.
Yes, the company was going under, and him being another shareholder, wasn’t it normal for him to come over? It was billions on the line, after all.
But why did he use the word "under"? It sounded so odd...
Ye Ning got up from the ground and hurried after his retreating figure, "Did you know about this before you came?"
"You didn’t know and you still came? Weren’t you afraid that I was really the chief culprit, and then I’d drag you down with me?"
With that said, all was silent in front, and as Ye Ning was following with her head down, she suddenly realized it was quiet and looked up...
"Ah! Jerk, couldn’t you have said something before stopping?" Ye Ning clutched her nose, which was hit so hard she was nearly in tears, stompimg her foot in anger.