C41 (1/2)
The Aunt Lan sat behind her wide office desk very formally.
Just as I sat down opposite of her, I couldn't help but ask, ”What happened to Qi Zuo?”
In just a few short days, she once again reverted back to that Aunt Lan who had been calm and distant with me, and still carried her signature harshness.
”Do you feel that with the President Qi as a shield, you can do anything in the dark of the night?”
”What?”
She threw the photo in front of me.
There were some blurry pictures of me pushing aside the man who tried to take Chai Nuannuan away from the underground parking lot yesterday. The few people at the back were all the same, they were all footage from the surveillance cameras in the parking lot.
”How come I don't know when we can beat up our guests at night?”
”I didn't beat him, I just gave him a nudge.” I felt guilty for seeing the evidence, but I still wanted to finish what I had to say.
”I just wanted to stop him from taking the warmth away.”
”Chai Nuannuan came to me and said that she wanted to do this business. No one forced her.”
”I know, but she already regretted it. She just …”
”Bai Mo,” she interrupted me with a raise of her hand, ”have you thought that if this matter were to spread out, it would affect Night's reputation? It definitely won't be resolved with a single 'regret'.”
I stared at the photo, which was too blurry to make out the expression on my face, and apologized.
”I am sorry, Aunt Lan. Did he ask you for anything? I'll try to get it back. ”
”Didn't you find Xu Che and go over there? With Xu Che having chatted with him for so long, I think that he will no longer look for trouble with anyone. ”
She gave me a mocking smile. ”But if he doesn't come after us, what can you do?”
Aunt Lan's tone was cold, but I could feel her suppressed anger.
I could understand how, as a night manager, she was naturally annoyed with me for what I had done last night.
There was nothing else he could do, so he could only silently listen to what she had to say.
”The night is not for you two. You, I can't make the decision, but Chai Nuannuan, you can inform her that she doesn't need to come anymore. ”
”Aunt Lan!”
If you don't want to accept it, then go ask the President Qi, he is the boss here.
She stared at my face and said word by word, ”But expelling her is the decision I have to make right now!”
”…”
I never thought that last night's actions would cause Chai Nuannuan to lose her job.
But Aunt Lan is obviously angry now, it's useless for me to say anything more, it might make her feel even more disgusted.
”And you.” She changed the subject. ”You didn't take in a word I said last time.”
”The work at night is indeed not dignified for a young miss like you, but no matter what, President Qi has paid your debt and has never extorted a single bit from you. As long as you have a sliver of gratitude towards him, you should stop tangling with people from the past and let him receive this humiliation for nothing.”
”He has no way to give you any status, but you should have known from the beginning that this was inevitable …”
”Aunt Lan!”
The more I heard, the more I felt something was wrong. Why did it sound like I was the one who had cheated?
”Qi Zuo and I...” The moment the words left his mouth, he suddenly came to his senses.
Aunt Lan sat opposite to me and raised her eyes to wait for me to continue explaining.
”Me and him …” Everything... Everything is fine. ”
Her piercing gaze seemed to pierce my face, and she continued after a long pause.
”Then break it off cleanly with Xu Che.”
I dragged the matter until the second day before I returned the ID I got from Xu Che.
She still didn't know how to explain her expulsion.
What she didn't expect was that she accepted it pretty quickly. She was stunned for a second, then nodded and began to clear up the scattered documents on the table.
”Warm, you... Don't you blame me? ”
”Blame you for what?”