237 Hong Men Banquet 2 in 1 (1/2)

After dinner, Ye Shuang went to the balcony to get some fresh air. She happened to see Qiu Yu leave their neighborhood, and the boy whom had managed to get into the famed university from Block 2D was walking beside her. From the looks of it, he was accompanying Qiu Yu back to her hotel to protect her safety.

The child sure moves fast. He's already made his move after finding out about the break up…

Ye Shuang had just seen the two shadows walk away from the residential area when she received a call from Xu Jian.

”I do not agree to the break up!” It was Wang Xueyu's angered and urgent voice coming from Xu Jian's phone. The voice was so loud that it felt like Ye Shuang had put the call on speaker phone. Mother and Father Ye, who were in the room, turned over to look with shocked expression on their faces. They were filled with disbelief. Who was breaking up? When did that happen? How come they did not hear anything about a relationship?

”…” Ye Shuang took a deep breath and gritted her teeth. ”Mr. Wang, I understand how you feel, but it's pointless for you to tell me this. It's Miss Qiu who wants to break up with you, not me. Also, you can use your own phone to call me—there's no reason to grab Xu Jian's phone to contact me.”

”You've already blacklisted my phone number!” Wang Xueyu roared angrily.

Huh? Is that so? This… well, that does sound likely. Ye Shuang laughed drily. ”That's just a misunderstanding. I just have this habit of not answering unknown number… Cough! Let's get back to the topic. Our responsibility for the case was to help you fool your mother, not to be concerned about the status of your relationship. Miss Qiu Yu wanting to break up with you is your relationship's problem, and honestly, it has nothing to do with us.”

As she spoke, Ye Shuang moved away from the balcony and moved back to her room while avoiding the suspicious and inquisitive gazes from her parents. She closed the door and continued. ”Mr. Wang, you have to be reasonable. Our responsibility doesn't include preventing your break up, right? If you get married in the future, will the officers at the national registry department be responsible if you have a divorce? That doesn't make sense, right? Things don't work that way.”

After Ye Shuang gave her explanation, she heard several grunts of rough breathing coming from the other side. After a long time, Wang Xueyu's suppressed voice began again. ”I'm not calling to talk to you. Where is the Ye Shuang that came with me last time? Get him on the phone.”

Even though it was indeed Sister Shuang who had signed the contract with Wang Xueyu, it was Brother Shuang who had interacted with the man in person. Therefore, Wang Xueyu requested to find the person responsible to deal with this. At least it would have been easier for him to interrogate someone from the same sex.

”My partner is currently away. You can talk to me if you have any problems even though I think this technically doesn't count as our problem.” Ye Shuang sighed. ”Just be direct, what is the reason you're calling us? We cannot possibly help you win your girlfriend back.”

Wang Xueyu was speechless. What was his reason for making this call? In reality, he really did not know why. Honestly, the reason he made that call was purely to vent—it was not for anything else.

”In… in any case! You have to answer to me somehow, right? Why would Xiao Yu suddenly propose a break up? It has to be because your people have failed at your job!” Wang Xueyu commented angrily.

”Mr. Wang…” Ye Shuang told herself to be patient and explained softly, ”The content of our case is to work together with your request to come up with a believable socialite identity for Miss Qiu, right? I want to ask, has that identity been exposed?”

Well, it has not been exposed.

”Other than that, everything else is beyond our job scope. Be it your relationship problem or the problems that arose from your own family… Honestly, Mr. Wang, why do you think Miss Qiu wants to break up with you? Is it due to the fact that Mrs. Wang doesn't like Miss Qiu?'

Wang Xueyu coughed. ”For now, my mother doesn't have any issue with Xiao Yu, but Xiao Yu has some issues with my mother…”

”Then, that should be easy.” Ye Shuang's patience was wearing thin. ”Mr. Wang, if you can convince Mrs. Wang to follow our instructions, we can help train her to become the quintessential good mother-in-law, one that will give Miss Qiu Yu nothing to complain about.”

That did return some rationality to Wang Xueyu. After he cursed in his heart, he tried to ask patiently, ”Never mind those problem for now. I only have one question to ask. After Xiao Yu left your place, where has she been?”

University? That was possible, but the possibility of that was low. It was now internship season, and if Qiu Yu had found a spot for an internship in Shanghai, she would not have followed Wang Xueyu home. Internships were no different from officially starting work. Qiu Yu's major was in translations. With her experience and familiarity with four foreign languages, the chance of her getting into an export-based company was quite high, but she was not familiar with that type of working tempo, so when she was sending out her resume, she had been targeting government departments.

Government departments had a more relaxed working environment, and the entry requirement was not as high as private companies. Qiu Yu did not have an impressive background and was not a local in Shanghai. Wang Xueyu's family was not powerful enough to influence the people in Shanghai, so after some discussion, they had decided to compromise and try out their luck in other cities.

Qiu Yu's family did not have any background, so they could be ignored. Wang Xueyu's family was close to San Lin City, so the original plan was to send Qiu Yu to the government department in San Lin City.

Other people might had called this going the backend route, or overly reliant on background or connections. Then again, everyone in this world would bend their back for food, those who had power only needed to not bend that much.

Without food, without work, what was the use of keeping one's principles? For example, those people from history that had their names recorded for progeny, if their families did not have the power to ensure that their names were recorded, they similarly would have been forgotten by time.

Therefore, after Qiu Yu left Wang Xueyu, Wang Xueyu had no way to confirm what her next move would be.

Ye Shuang hesitated. ”Originally, Miss Qiu planned to return to school. After all, she has a dormitory back there to stay in…”

”Originally?” Wang Xueyu focused on the key word.

”Yes, but Miss Qiu ran into another classmate at San Lin City. The person is willing to use his connections to help her, so temporarily, Miss Qiu is staying in San Lin City…” Ye Shuang sighed as she revealed the truth. She saw no point in hiding this fact. Currently, Qiu Yu might be avoiding Wang Xueyu's phone calls, but that did not mean that the two would not see each other in the future anymore. At most, in a few days, when school officially started, Wang Xueyu could just ask around and find out where Qiu Yu was staying. What was the point of dragging things out for a few days? In that case, she might as well end this tragedy as soon as possible.

”Another classmate… the f*ck, it's that dude again!” Wang Xueyu exploded after a three-second silence. He seemed to have found his target. ”Okay! I know what happened now. I'll talk to you later.”

Wait, there's no need for us to talk later… Ye Shuang wanted to say. Their working relationship was already over, so what did the personal relationship of the client have to do with her?

Way back when Zuo Yuanhang's wife had been found to be cheating on him, the man did not drag them into the mess, but this was just a case of losing a girlfriend, so what was so important about that‽

After she hung up, Xu Jian's call came not long after. This time, he did not have much to say. First, he reported that he had already gotten the signature on the letter. Second, he would need to take a train the next day to return to the city. Finally… before the holiday ended and he was required to report to work, Xu Jian wanted to make use of this time to have dinner with Ye Shuang.

Actually, Xu Jian only had half a month to come back for a holiday break. He only wanted to make use of this time to get together with Ye Shuang, but who would have thought that he would be dragged into such a complicated issue‽ His supposedly leisurely holiday was thus expended. If he did not even get the chance to have dinner with Ye Shuang before he left, it would have been totally pointless for him to return to San Lin City.

Ye Shuang nodded to what he had to say and then added, ”Then, we shall meet up tomorrow afternoon. I do have something that I need to tell you.”

Something to tell me? What thing? Please, can you not tell me‽ Xu Jian was already not in a good mood, but once he heard that, his heart cracked. With a bad omen, he hesitated before opening his mouth to ask, ”…Xiao Shuang, we do have a shared past together. Don't you think it's better if we part on the good terms and leave each other with a good memory?”

Could you not be so harsh, love‽ After the break up, they had not seen each other, and the reunion after such a long time led to him being cheated. He had sacrificed his car, apartment, and everything else… Fine, at the time, he was the one who had been cheating and swindling others, so this was karma, and he had nothing to say about it.

Then, during their second meeting, he had been dragged into some weird cases. His holiday was thus wasted on other people's problems. Even though the salary was not bad… Fine, this could be counted at compensation, be it for the initial break up or the bad deed that he had done later. It could be counted as what he owed Ye Shuang, but he should have cleared that debt already.

And now you're coming with yet another shot‽

Can you not do it again and again‽

Ye Shuang was also cornered. She sighed and said seriously, ”That is not really my intention. I personally do not want to drag you into this problem, but your uncle… Anyway, you'll find out about it at lunch tomorrow. It is just a small favor; I promise you'll not be dragged too deep into it.”

Xu Jian felt like crying. Nowadays, he really had a hard time believing Ye Shuang's promise. Times had changed, and people had changed along with it. His once first love had also been a girl of innocence and naivete. Back then, she had been embarrassed to get him to go out to dinner with her when he was playing with his dormitory mates, but now, grabbing other people and coming up with plots was something casual for her.

…

Ye Shuang returned to her apartment the next day. Since Xu Jian would arrive in San Lin City only around afternoon due to the train, Ye Shuang made use of the free morning to visit the prince with the broken arm. Mother Yao and Father Yao were not home. One was away at work while the other went off to find her friends to play mahjong. When Ye Shuang arrived, only the Yao siblings were home.

One was pulling backward… ”No way, your arm is not recovered yet! It's been less than two weeks; you cannot go out yet!”

One was pulling forward… ”Sis, the thing that I broke is my arm, not my leg. Even death row inmates have the chance to roam the prison compound. You cannot lock me up at home forever!”