Chapter 330 - Be Careful, For the Child (1/2)

Chu Lui's hand was placed on his forehead while he massaged gently and constantly. His subordinates were going through the information. He wondered how many hours had passed. His head had seemed to hurt with the growing noise in the room.

”Alright.” He raised his hand. ”All of you, go back and prepare these into proper data. I will look through them myself. That's all for today. This meeting is over.” He stood up and walked towards his office. Instead of hearing it this way, it was faster to go through them himself.

It had been six months since he returned from abroad. Everything at the company had was on the right track. However, he realized that recently his mind and heart had not been coping in the way he had wanted.

Was it because he was getting old now that he was becoming a father? How could he not feel old?

He entered his office and tossed the folders aside before sitting in his leather chair and taking a rest. Recently, he had been exhausted. He was only gone for a short time, but it became busier when he returned.

So busy that he didn't want to think of anything at all.

He closed his eyes and could vaguely see a woman's face in his daze. First, it was Xia Yixuan. Then, it became more and more blurred until he could no longer recall how Yixuan had looked like. Li Manni's face came next. Finally, it changed completely into another woman—one he was unwilling to think of.

She was laughing, crying, sad, and in despair. Suddenly, he went into shock, and his body started to go into an involuntary spasm. That cleared his head, and he became wide awake as he used every ounce of his mental power to think of a way to breathe. As he was trying to stabilize his breathing, his mind and soul went into a state of panic; and he encountered a terror he could never understand in his current condition. He seemed to have lost everything.

The door opened after a loud bang. The only person who could treat the door to the CEO's office like this would be Du Jingtang. No one else in this world would dare to do this.

”Cousin, the contract.” He strode into the office and placed the contract on Chu Lui's table.

”Cousin, we've had many big contracts lately. You are truly a gifted businessman.” Du Jingtang gave him a thumbs-up. This year, their performance would improve yet again. Six months later, they would know the extent of their improvements. Anyhow, the company was making a profit. No, it should be the Chu family who was making a profit.

”Mmm, I know. You can leave now.” Chu Lui put his hand on the contract. His eyebrows were knitted closely together there was not a hint of happiness on his face. It was as though he had made a loss, not a profit.

”Still the same old you with no sense of humor.” Du Jingtang puckered his lips. ”Working with this kind of people is the toughest. They put on a face as though their facial expressions had collapsed. What good can they get out of it?”

He really wondered what it was that so many women saw in him. They liked him so much that might as well have liked a piece of rock instead.

The office door closed once again, and the silence resumed. It was so quiet that it was suffocating. Chu Lui did not move as he allowed himself to wallow deeper and deeper into an agony.