58 THE DEVIL WOULD TAKE A CRASH COURSE ON HOW TO BE EVIL FROM ME (1/2)
\”Why did you want to see me?\” Shen Rui asked after taking an order for a cake at the cafe.
\”This is about Hua Zhendan.\” Qiu Dawei said.
\”What about him?\”
\”I wanted to wish him a happy new year, so I called him several times over the last couple of days. He didn't pick up.\”
\”Okay?\” Shen Rui tilted her head at the waiter who placed her cake in front of her.
\”I got worried and went over to his place to check up on him.\”
Shen Rui took a bite out of her cake. She moaned satisfactorily. Then asked, \”And?\”
\”He was a complete mess.\”
Shen Rui took another bite out of her cake.
\”He was depressed and didn't seem to have been eating. His eyes were swollen like he had been crying and his room smelled like a cigarette factory.\”
\”I've asked him many times to stop smoking.\” Shen Rui said and wiped the corner of her mouth.
\”I don't know about you and your puppet, but I can't stand to see Hua Zhendan in that condition.\”
\”And my puppet would be?\”
\”Xuan Tianyi.\”
Shen Rui nodded. \”What do you want me to do?\”
\”I want you to stop this. Because you can. Whatever it is you're playing at with Xuan Tianyi, you can stop it so they can fix their relationship.\”
\”What do you mean whatever I'm playing at? I'm giving a kid who happens to be related to me an opportunity at a better life. What's wrong with that?\”
\”You tell me. Only you can turn a completely good deed into something evil.\”
\”Excuse you? Who do you think you're talking to?\” Shen Rui flared.
\”Look, ma'am. I'm sorry, okay? But please, whatever your plan is, just please stop it so these two can fix their relationship. If you really want to help Xuan Tianyi, then, please just leave him alone.\”
\”I'm done with this conversation. Never call me again unless it has something to do with your project.\” Shen Rui started to stand up.
\”No ma'am, you're not done until I say you are.\” Qiu Dawei said forcefully.
\”Excuse you?\” Shen Rui said, surprised at Qiu Dawei's rudeness.
\”If you don't stop your plan to drive a wedge between Hua Zhendan and his lover, then I'm going to make you pay for it.\”
Amused, Shen Rui laughed and sat down. \”You'll do what?\”
\”You're not the only person in this world who's manipulative. I know Hua Zhendan like the back of my palm and if I want to, I can easily manipulate him. If you upset me, ma'am, I can make you lose the affection of your son.\”
Entertained, Shen Rui returned to her chocolate cake. \”I'll like to see you do that. And just so you know, Xuan Tianyi is already halfway across the world by now. He won't step his feet into this Country for the next four years. And where he's going, he's going to be so busy that in the next couple of months, he won't even remember who Hua Zhendan is.\”
\”So, you finally admit you had a plan?\”
\”Of course, I had a plan. You knew it, Hua Zhendan knew it. Only Xuan Tianyi is stupid enough to not realize he's not good enough for my son and will never be, and I'll never let them be together.\”
\”You're really evil.\”
Shen Rui smiled. \”When it comes to my son, I'm not just evil, the devil would come to me to take a crash course on how to be evil. And Hua Zhendan may cry all he wants right now, but in the future, he'll realize that everything I've ever done is in his best interest.\”
Qiu Dawei shook his head. \”Shen Rui. I know what you did to me and Hua Zhendan when we were dating.\”
\”I'm sorry, what did I do?\”
\”You took your time to study my personality. You knew I'd never accept money to break up with him, but you also knew I'd feel so insulted, I'll break up with Hua Zhendan. So you offered me money anyway.\”
Shen Rui smiled and took another bite out of her cake.
\”You weren't worried he'd find out the truth because you know I'm so selfless, I'll put fixing you and Hua Zhendan's relationship over fixing me and Hua Zhendan's relationship. I know at the end of the day, you had nothing to do with our eventual fallout, but you had destroyed us up to the point that we'd never be able to put our relationship back on track.\”