Outside the window, a cold breeze came through, stirring Shu Ya's hair, her face still had faint traces of tears, but her lips were smiling.
"At last, I've said it."
This was the eternal pain in her heart, a tenderness she had always been unwilling to touch. Yet today, she had spoken about it, making her feel relieved now.
She had suppressed it for too long, and now she realized she had let it go.
Unlike Shu Ya, coming out of the office, Hao Jian felt a heavy weight on his heart.
Because he realized, this was a fragile woman, she was not as strong as he imagined, she too needed someone to protect her.
Hao Jian leaned against the office door, took a deep drag of his cigarette, then exhaled it, and started laughing while looking at the ceiling.
From now on, I will protect you!
Inside and outside the door, two figures, but at this moment a silent bond formed between them.
"What, the president actually didn't fire you?" Tie Shan and the others were shocked.
"What, you guys want me to be fired that badly?" Hao Jian said annoyed.
"Of course not, we're just a bit surprised. Tell us, what exactly did the president say to let you off the hook?"
Tie Shan and the others crowded around Hao Jian, all very curious!
This wasn't right. Given the president's character, Hao Jian should have been shown the door by now.
"Oh, the president said I was a rare talent, the company development can't do without people like me, so he persuaded me kindly to stay."
Nobody believed that, the company development can't do without you as a talent? If the company's survival depends on a driver, then bankruptcy isn't far off.
"Alright, to tell you the truth, actually it's because the president is my fiancée. He wouldn't dare fire me," Hao Jian said cheekily.
"Dream on, unless the president is blind, he wouldn't ever fall for you."
"Exactly. Hao Jian, you might as well stop daydreaming, if you really want a woman, tonight I'll take you to the beauty salon, where I'll introduce you to Little Cui, the top girl there. Though she's not the president, having someone is better than none."
A security guard known as Heigui said, and he is called Heigui because he is very dark.
Hao Jian gave a bitter smile, sometimes people are , they believe the lies as truth, but refuse to believe the truth when it's told.
"If he's not willing to tell, let it be, we won't force him. Since he hasn't been fired, let's go to a restaurant and celebrate tonight!" Tie Shan suggested.
The group of them left and headed directly to the restaurant Tie Shan mentioned.
It was a place called Taste Mansion, a rather innovative name, and its decor was also quite upscale.
"This place isn't too expensive, right?" Old Zhang asked, as he wouldn't be able to afford it if it were too costly.
Before coming here, they had already planned to pool money together for the treat, celebrating that Hao Jian hadn't been fired and also celebrating making a new good friend.
And Hao Jian felt relaxed around these security guards, although they lived at the lower strata of society and it might remain that way for their lifetimes.
But Hao Jian wouldn't look down on them because of this, because it was this simplicity and honesty that shone through.
"No, I've been here with my wife, this place is famously good value for money, there's no mistake," Tie Shan called them to sit.
But before their seats got warm, Hao Jian and his friends heard a couple arguing at the next table.
"What? Song Zhibang, you actually want me to sleep with your boss? I'm your girlfriend!" the woman said agitatedly.
"Hmm?" Hao Jian frowned, this woman's voice, why did it sound so familiar? It was as if he had heard it somewhere before.
Followed by a man's deep voice:
"Keep your voice down, there are so many people here. I didn't have a choice, the company is considering promoting a vice president, but I'm not the only contender. If we don't use some tactics now, the opportunity could slip away. This is all for our future, think about it, if I become the vice president, you could also have a good life afterward."
"What a scumbag." Tie Shan snorted coldly, even allowing his own girlfriend to sleep with another man, this kind of boyfriend is really something else.
Hao Jian laughed, but didn't intend to interfere; although such scumbags were common on TV, he was encountering one in real life for the first time.
"Shameless! Just for a position, you want your girlfriend to sleep with someone else? Are you even a man?"
The woman said emotionally, her voice tinged with crying, clearly hurt by her boyfriend's actions.
"Just for one night, just one night," the man pleaded:
"If you agree, I promise I won't despise you, and the moment I get promoted, I'll marry you right away!"
"Go to hell!" the woman roared.
Then Hao Jian and his friends heard someone standing up, followed by the sound of water being splashed.
"You wretched woman, how dare you splash me?" the man also angrily stood up, grabbed the woman's hand, and roared:
"Don't you forget how much money I've spent on you, all those designer bags and jewelry, didn't I buy them for you? Now you make excuses when asked to do something, you're really ungrateful!"
"I'll pay back every cent!" the woman tried to pull away from him; her dignity wouldn't allow anyone to trample it.
"Sure, bring me one million now," the man scoffed.
"Impossible, how could it be that expensive?"
The woman disbelieved, he had only bought her five or six items in total, though pricey, they surely couldn't cost a million.
"You didn't buy them, how would you know the prices? Either give me the money, or just sleep with him like a good girl," the man said savagely, disregarding the strange looks from the crowd.
And the others just watched, not stepping forward to stop it.
This was perhaps a common vice among Huaxia people, that is, to hide their heads in the sand when it doesn't concern them directly, seeming wise and self-preserving on the surface, but in actuality just selfish and indifferent.
Nothing is colder than the human heart, and that's what this implies.
"Over my dead body!" The woman cried out, how could she possibly sleep with a completely unknown man? Even if it meant death, she couldn't comply!
"No? I think you're courting death!" the man roared, and lifted his hand to slap the woman across the face.
"Ah!" the woman screamed in fear, shut her eyes tight.
But just as the hand was about to hit the woman's face, a thick and strong palm grabbed his hand.