Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Three: Regarding Those Ears (2/2)
He must be thinking too much.
Xiao Yu ignored Yan Jin’s slightly dangerous gaze and believed in his own lies as he took out his mobile and checked the new designer account that he had created lately.
“Speaking of which,” Xiao Yu asked as he happily found out that his account had been verified. He used his kneecap to kick Yan Jin who was just beside him, “Do I still owe you thirty million?”
“No such thing.” Yan Jin was not fazed at all as he answered smoothly. “That car was an imitation. It was not even worth thirty million.”
Xiao Yu lifted his head up to look at Yan Jin. His gaze was filled with mixed feelings.
“It’s true. It’s only worth three hundred thousand in the market,”
Yan Jin said confidently. The car had been scrapped anyway. Even if Xiao Yu wanted to investigate further, he would not find anything.
“Even if it’s worth three hundred thousand, I can’t even afford to repay that. I’m a jobless person right now.” Seeing how Yan Jin insisted on acting, Xiao Yu played along as he continued to talk nonsense. “I can’t even afford to pay my apartment rent now.”
“You can move in with me.” Yan Jin disguised his excitement as he replied calmly, “You can pay your debt with your body.”
Xiao Yu could not hold back anymore as he let out a stifled laugh.
“Seriously, do you have to act like this?”
“Like what?” Yan Jin acted innocent.
“It’s not like I’m one of those egotistic people who would rather die with honor than to live with disgrace. One of the reasons why I wanted to meet you again was to get rid of that thirty million debt,” Xiao Yu answered honestly.
Yan Jin nodded his head. “You met your target now. And you can even satisfy my little wish too.”
“What’s your wish?”
“To live together with marriage as a prerequisite?”
“… Enough of your nonsense.”
Yan Jin sighed helplessly as he used his mobile to send Xiao Yu a digital credit card.
“What’s this?”
“Another wish I have had since I was young.”
Xiao Yu looked at Yan Jin with interest.
Yan Jin took a deep breath as he said an embarrassing line that he had seen in that chairman novel he had read two days ago:
“Max them out.”
“Hahahahahaha – “
Xiao Yu showed his respect by bursting out laughing.
Yan Jin looked as if he had been wronged, but in fact he let out a sigh of relief in his heart.
No matter what, it seemed like the thirty million issue was over now. Xiao Yu would never know what he planned to make him do to repay that debt.
After a hearty laugh, Xiao Yu waved his mobile proudly at Yan Jin. “I found a studio that’s willing to take me in. I can make a comeback in the future.”
Yan Jin who almost forgot about that started coughing.
“*Sigh* Ever since I got dismissed by SI, for some reason there’s no company that has been willing to take me in.” Xiao Yu sighed. “I even thought it was because of my lack of an academic profile that made it hard to find a job. I also thought it might be because of the impression of that car accident, so I sent my resume to cities further away, but it still didn’t work.”
Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment before he said quietly. “I think SI may be behind it.”
Yan Jin diverted his gaze as he asked curiously, “Why makes you think of that?”
“I don’t have any evidence actually, but I found out not too long ago that SI is filled with scheming people everywhere. Anything is possible with them.”
Ever since he had been kicked out from his company, Xiao Yu’s impression of SI had plummeted to negative. However, he was not a person who talked behind other peoples’ backs, so he did not want to elaborate much in front of Yan Jin.
However, in order to cover up his own actions to halt Xiao Yu’s career, Yan Jin was left with no other choice but to shift all the blame to SI. “I’ve always felt that SI’s Chairman Zhou was problematic. I’ve done a few collaborations with SI before, so I have a lot of opinions about Chairman Zhou’s character.”
Xiao Yu’s interest was captured just like he expected. “I know. That carpet from the cathedral era, you commissioned SI to do it right?”
“Yup. It’s your work isn’t it?” Yan Jin laughed. “When Lin Zhou gave them to me, I knew for sure that it was designed by you. But no matter how much I investigated, I could not trace it back to you at all.”
“Didn’t you see me during those collaboration meetings?”
“…… Not at all.” Yan Jin immediately felt that something was amiss once Xiao Yu mentioned it.
“What a pity. Otherwise you would have recognized me long ago.”
Xiao Yu did not think deeper so Yan Jin kept his silence, adding this point to the list of things he would need to investigate.
“So, what’s wrong with Chairman Zhou?”
“Too obsessed with profits. Compared to long term benefits, he is more interested about the instant benefits that he could gain. This sort of person usually won’t last too long in the industry…” Yan Jin critiqued Zhou Jinrong’s shortcomings like an industry bigshot even though he was actually a few years younger than the other chairman.
“That makes sense. If he had cared about long term benefits, he wouldn’t have dismissed an employee like me,”
Xiao Yu answered angrily.
But within his mockery he was upset and filled with dissatisfaction. After all that had happened, his feelings towards SI were deeper than he thought.
It was a place for which he had worked for so long. It was the place that his teacher had been longing for. It was the place where his design career had reached its peak, but none of those belonged to him anymore.
Only he knew how reluctant he was to part with that place.
“Although my starting point is very low now, I should be able to rise up again in no time. I’ll just take it back from the beginning as if I’m starting my career again with the younger people.” Xiao Yu was filled with confidence for the future as he looked at Yan Jin with spirit filled eyes.“Once my status can match up to yours, then we can announce our relationship. Before that happens, you will have to bear with me.”
“But…” Yan Jin was slightly hesitant if he should spill or not.
“What?”
“Why haven’t you considered YL?”