Chapter 4 Part2 (1/2)
Like every other day, she had left for home alone. Once she reached home, she met the landlord downstairs, who told her that someone was waiting for her.
” Someone is waiting for me?”, she asked in confusion.
There were two tall men, a woman dressed very smartly, and a second, shrewd looking woman who seemed to be an a.s.sistant to the first one.
All of them were strangers to her. Li Yongxuan was quite sure she had never seen them before.
” Are you Miss Li ?” The secretary looked her up and down, then said briefly, ” your tenancy has expired. You have one hour to go upstairs and sort your things and leave.”
Li Yongxuan was even more confused. She looked at the building manager, then at the strangers.
” But this house is rented by my company. There is a long lease. How would it suddenly expire and how can you ask me to move ?”
The woman leaned over , ”We can, because the company can fire you at any time. Miss li, here is the fax from the board. Have a look.”
She took the fax letter. The writing was blurred, but it was clear that Li Yongxuan's employment had been terminated. She had one hour to move out of her residence.
At this point, she was totally at a loss.
After graduating, her life had been focussed on work alone. All her thoughts centred around the Yang group, even the object of her crush was the Director of the Yang group. Within two to three days, she had been mercilessly uprooted, and her life had been cast adrift.
” These men will accompany you upstairs. They will help you pack and move your things.” The woman waved her hand towards the men. This meant that they would be keeping an eye on Li Yongxuan. There was no room for consultation.
” May I ask.. who sent the fax?” Li Yongxuan could not help but ask. ” Is my boss aware of this thing ? He is the director..”
Was it, that within a day, the ' consequences' the director had warned her about had finally hit her?
”A dismissal is a dismissal. Don’t ask so many questions”, the woman in the corner laughed with contempt at her.
” My employer cannot fire me without a warning…”
” That is right”, the woman spoke. ”You took the initiative” , a cold woman’s voice added.
Her high heels made a crisp sound on the marble floor as she walked closer.
In front of them was a graceful lady. She was about forty, tall and rich looking, wearing a white Chanel suit and a set of pearl and diamond earrings. Her whole body gave off a cold aura.
She stood in front of Li Yongxuan and handed her a white envelope,
Inside was a resignation letter.
” Please sign here”, the lady said.
” I don’t want to resign…”
The lady raised her eyes, and looked into Li Yongxuan's confused eyes. Her gaze was sharp and piercing.
” When you went into my husband's room in the middle of the night, you should have thought of the consequences,” the lady said, ” I am allowing you to resign.Letting you leave voluntarily.”
” I…”
” I am the wife of Liang Wen He. I was just curious..what kind of woman would be daydreaming like this, and what would she look like.”
Li Yongxuan was silent.
” I really would not have cared if you hadn’t spent the night with him. But throwing yourself at a married man, you must be really shameless!”
She could not speak. She hadn’t really spent the night with him.. that night..
But she doubted Mrs Liang would really believe her. She had seen them have dinner by the candlelight, then seen her return to the hotel room again in the middle of the night and go directly to his room.
Moreover, in the past few years, she had a huge crush on Mr Liang, trying to gain his attention, actively seeking work with him..
It was all so ridiculous and shameful…
” I…I am not..” she took a deep breath and then continued, ” I thought you were divorced.”
Mr Liang always maintained the persona of a single man, he never mentioned his wife,
” Is it ?” Mrs Liang smiled, but appeared unbelieving.” You say that so easily. If you love him so much, shouldn’t you have investigated properly?”
There were so many rumours about the marital status of Mr Liang that she had never asked. It was difficult to imagine that someone like her, so skilled in a.n.a.lysis , had been blindsided so easily.
If she said this, no one would believe her, so it was better to remain silent.
” Mrs Liang is one of the directors, Mr Liang is the chairman of the board. How could they have divorced ? Do you really not know? Or are you pretending to be innocent ?”
(Miumiu : ok I don’t get that, what has being a director and chairman got to do with their marital status ? )
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” Ok. Let’s not talk anymore.Please sign this quickly, move it !” Mrs Liang handed the letter towards her and gave her a pen.
Li Yongxuan took the letter. Under several pairs of eyes looking at her, she signed the Li word. Her hands were shaking so badly she almost couldn’t write. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.