Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Mo Jingshen walked right past her, and she stood stiffly in front of the door, afraid that she might spill the drink she was holding over Boss Mo.
She thought Boss Mo would just ignore her and walk away, but the tall, handsome suddenly stopped in front of her.
Xiao Ba felt her heart missed a beat. Then she remembered what had just happened in Ji Nuan’s room and chuckled awkwardly. “CEO Mo…”
Mo Jingshen took a look at her. “Autumn has come in advance to Beijing. It’s cold at night now. Don’t let her exposed to cold wind. Take her temperature at night in case the fever comes back”
“Yes, OK, I see!” To ease the embarrassment, Xiao Ba nodded hard. “You can rest assured, CEO Mo! I’ll take very good care of our Boss!”
She had thought that Mo Jingshen would just go after saying this, but the man put his hand into his trouser pocket and asked her after a short silence, “How did she get through the most difficult time the last three years she was in London? No one helped her?”
Mo Jingshen hadn’t investigated about Ji Nuan’s life in the last three years.
He just arranged a man he could trust to take her away and give her enough space to grow up. Although he knew she was bound to go through many hardships as she grew up and wouldn’t succeed easily, he didn’t investigate her.
In fact, it was as easy as a pie to him.
But he was afraid that he couldn’t have the heart to see her go through hard times, so he chose to ignore her.
He knew her life was not what it seemed. She must have endured a lot of hardship.
In his opinion, however, it was a necessary process that made her stronger. It was the only way.
Xiao Ba paused and was not sure whether she should tell her all she knew. She thought about it and said, “It’s nothing, you know, the period before Boss went to England was the hardest. She’s been through the hardest time. What else could make her suffer?”
Mo Jingshen took a look at Xiao Ba.
Xiao Ba looked away in fear, dare not look straight at him.
After all, she sounded as if complaining about him.
But she was an outsider anyway and was not in a position to judge him. In fact, she regretted she said too much just now.
After quite a while, she said in a small voice, “Her first year in Britain was fine with Mr. Zand’s help. But the following year, after Mr. Zand walked away, she faced some companies’ malicious exclusion. For more than half a year, Boss had not even fifty pounds in her hands, and all the working capital in the company was frozen, and could not be taken out, nor used. That was a really difficult time for her.”
With that, Xiao Ba smiled. “But Boss was really tough and never gave up. At that time, Mr. Vinse flew to London and tried to help her, but she refused. All the time, what Mr. Vinse has done is to introduce her to some foreign businesses, help her promote some interpersonal relationship, and serve a bridge in the middle. She got through all hardship with her own efforts. She worked day and night, even sold the house she had bought when she had just gone to London, and lived in a tiny flat not much better than a basement, eating instant noodles or cheap toast every day.”
“But c’est la vie. It takes a few blows for you to see what to do next. In fact, the most difficult time didn’t last long. Boss had friends and a lot of connections in London. Even if she didn’t accept any pecuniary aid, there were still some people who appreciated and helped her in the dark. Then our company suddenly signed a project and got new financing by tens of millions of yuan, and the company gradually got on the right track and scaled up. Boss’s life became better too. It was true that there were times of hardship, but, as Boss said, those hardships were nothing compared to what we got later and there was no need to talk about it all the time. So if no one hadn’t mentioned, I would have forgotten those things. I just remember that Boss is very strong. Seriously, if she is not a special woman, at least she is a woman who I admire.”
“If you’re asking the most difficult time for Boss, I think, it’s not the period when she lacked money but when she had just gone to Britain when Boss seemed to be very puzzled. Every day when she woke up, she would look out the window from time to time, or run to open the door whenever she heard any sound outside the door. I know that since she had signed the divorce agreement and gone abroad, she must have let go of the past and would not wait for anyone. Perhaps even she herself didn’t know what she was doing. She would often stare at the empty doorway and fall into a daze… she was like that for about over three months and didn’t change until the company got her too busy…”
“So, now, no matter what choice Boss makes, I think I will understand her and even respect her because she had tried to fight for and defend her marriage and never denied or ignored her love for you, but… Now it has been three years. I’m used to the current her. Even though she seems to be harsh sometimes, I still think she is right. I support her blindly and unconditionally. CEO Mo, you know what I mean, right…”
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It was not until Mo Jingshen’s figure had disappeared that Xiao Ba came out of her impassioned speech, and she stood staring at the door for a long time before she remembered how much she had just said.
Boss hated it when she told people about her past…
Drawing a long face, Xiao Ba went to the door of Ji Nuan’s room and knocked.
…
It was really cold in Beijing now. After all, it was the end of September.
Ji Nuan got up at seven o ‘clock and took a shower. It was already past eight when she left the room.
When she went out, she wore a long, dark gray windbreaker that was not particularly thick and just right for this early autumn weather. The hickey on her neck didn’t go away so quickly, and there were visible marks on her neck, with a glance people would know what had happened, so she had to wrap a scarf around her neck. She closed the door with a suitcase in one hand and sunglasses in the other, all dressed for the airport.
She also woke up early. After receiving a call from the hotel reception, she went downstairs to get two breakfasts up.
Seeing Ji Nuan out, Xiao Ba quickly handed her the breakfast. “Boss, are we going to the airport so early? We can set off in half an hour. Here’s the breakfast CEO Mo sent here, red bean coix seed porridge, small wontons, and some toast and milk, which are your favorite food.”