Chapter 97: Falling Out of Favor On The Wayl
Translator: 549690339
The fierce summer heat, the sun seemed intent upon evaporating every bit of moisture from the earth.
Su Hongxing got off the subway and hurried to the company building as quickly as she could. Due to her plus size and the sweltering heat, she was sweating profusely.
As she walked, she noticed some people pointing and whispering. She didn’t know if it was because she was dripping sweat or because they had something to criticize about her outfit.
Recently, because she and Ye Qilan had been together often, each time she stepped into the office, she would draw unusual glances from everyone.
The first reason was that people were jealous of her, the second was because they felt that she wasn’t up to Ye Qilan’s standard.
However, today, the looks she received were different. Apart from jealousy and disdain, there also seemed to be a hint of sympathy and pity?
Su Hongxing shook off her thoughts, wiped the sweat from her face and hurried to Ye Qilan’s office.
Recently, she had picked up the habit of entering without knocking, a bad habit that would be hard to break.
When she pushed open the office door, she saw a young girl beaming brilliantly at Ye Qilan, her gaze froze on the way.
She glanced at Ye Qilan and found him enthralled by the girl’s smile. The usually sharp-witted man hadn’t even noticed her presence in the office.
The way Ye Qilan looked at the girl was incredibly tender. It was a tenderness she was familiar with. It was the same particular look of intense focus and gentleness Ye Qilan would have when looking at her a few days ago.
“Big bro, who is she?” Cao Shiyu was the first to notice the chubby woman standing at the door, looking curiously at Su Hongxing.
Cao Shiyu’s facial features were precisely and delicately structured. Her eyes were large and when she smiled, she looked pure and radiant. The way she looked now, with pure curiosity, made Su Hongxing think that she was a very adorable girl, not to mention in the eyes of Ye Qilan?
Ye Qilan’s gaze reluctantly left Cao Shiyu’s face long enough to give a quick glance at the doorway. Upon seeing Su Hongxing, he waved. “Hongxing, come here!”
Su Hongxing did as she was told. Ye Qilan then asked her. “Take a look at Shiyu, doesn’t her smile remind you of yours?”
Su Hongxing turned and observed Cao Shiyu more closely before nodding and replying, “A little, I suppose.”
“Not just a little, very much so.” Ye Qilan’s gaze was again fixed on Cao Shiyu’s smiling face.
He was like someone who had just got a new toy and couldn’t let go of it.
Cao Shiyu’s smile was becoming a little forced from maintaining it for so long. Beichuan had advised her that she should smile more when facing Ye Qilan.
His reputation had precede him; a notorious womanizer who alternates between girlfriends with alarming frequency. Before, she used to find such reputation quite off-putting. However, upon meeting the real Ye Qilan, she found herself wildly mistaken.
For a man as impressive as Ye Qilan, he had every right to be a playboy. From the moment she first laid eyes on him, her heart was captured instantly.
She was the heiress of the Cao family and was renowned for her beauty, which meant she was never short of suitors. Yet, she thought of these men as overly common and none were able to match her lofty standards.
However, upon meeting Ye Qilan, she felt as if this was a match made in heaven.
Of course, Su Hongxing also noticed that Cao Shiyu’s gaze at Ye Qilan was filled with affection and that Ye Qilan was also very interested in Cao Shiyu. Were these two hitting it off?
Suddenly, she understood why she had been on the receiving end of pitying and sympathetic looks from people just now. It turned out that everyone had noticed Ye Qilan’s newfound interest in Cao Shiyu. And she, the would-be “old lover,” was on the verge of falling out of Ye Qilan’s favor.