On the road…
Shen Qi dragged her heavy feet as she continued to walk aimlessly. She seemed to be in a daze as her eyes looked red. The tears seemed to have condensed in her eyes as not a single drop fell down her face.
The bag in her hands had changed shape from the way she clutched it. It looked shoddier at the moment.
Slam!
A person crashed into her as he rushed out of nowhere. That caused Shen Qi to fall to the ground as her bag broke and scattered its contents all over the floor.
The person who crashed into her stood in his original spot in an embarrassed manner. “I am sorry. Are you alright?”
Shen Qi sat on the floor in a dumbfounded manner as she looked blankly at the scene in front of her.
The person who crashed into her quickly knelt down and helped her pick up her things. Then, he placed it into her hands. “I am sorry for I have some other business to attend to. All your things are here.”
After returning her stuff to her, he quickly got up and ran away.
All the stuff in her hands were the things that he had picked up. Her bag lay in tatters on the floor. It could not hold anything inside anymore.
Shen Qi lowered her head and her eyes to prevent other people from seeing the emotions swirling in her eyes. A moment later, she suddenly laughed in a low voice.
The onlookers avoided her one after another. Nobody dared to approach her.
Something streamed down from her face and fell onto the back of her hands, soaking her sleeves.
She did not know how much time had passed. After she had her fill of crying, she dried the tears on her face. Then, she picked up the ruined bag that was on the floor and placed all her stuff inside one at a time. Following that, she picked up the bag and folded it to prevent the things from dropping out. Then, she got up and walked away as if nothing had ever happened.
Originally, she wanted to return home to take the savings she had worked hard over the past few years to accumulate to the clothes boutique to buy two sets of clothes. Otherwise, she would always be ridiculed by Ye Moxuan. However, she never expected that her savings would be gone. Moreover, she was chased out of her house by her own mother.
That was her… biological mother.
Yet, she actually chased her out of the house.
At the moment, Shen Qi was doubting whether she was indeed her mother’s biological daughter. Since young, she always wondered why her mother loved her sister more than her. She did not know what went wrong. She had worked hard since she was young and obeyed her parents words. In order to show that she was an obedient child, she never refused her parents’ requests.
She had obeyed them when they wanted her to substitute Shen Yue to marry into the Ye Family. However, she did not expect…
In the end, she could not change anything at all.
Shen Qi! You are indeed a joke!
It was late in the night…
Ye Moxuan was sitting alone in front of the window, watching the bright lights outside the window. There was only the sound of his breathing in the silent room. In the past, that dumb woman would have gotten out of the bathroom by now and dawdle about in her bed before she would finally lay down to sleep. However, today…
Ye Moxuan frowned as he looked at the small bed at the corner of the room.
The covers were folded neatly and there wasn’t any sign of her anywhere.
That woman… She did not seem to return after she left the house just after she got home from work.
Ye Moxuan lifted his hand to look at his watch.
It was almost 11 p.m..
Damn it! Did she plan to stay outside and not return for the entire night?
Xiao Su happened to enter the room as he said respectfully to Ye Moxuan, “Young Master Ye, if you do not have any more requests, I will be taking my leave first.”
“Wait a minute.” Ye Moxuan shifted his gaze as he motioned for him to come over.
Xiao Su approached him. “Young Master Ye?”
“Where is that woman?”
Initially, Xiao Su did not know which woman he was referring to. He thought that he was referring to the woman he had a one night stand with as he scratched his head and said, “Young Master Ye, I have already sent more men to the hospital already. Recently, they did not come across any single woman going to the hospital for a check-up. Young Master Ye, if I may be bold enough, could the woman you have slept with be a married woman?”
When he heard this, Ye Moxuan’s anger went up a notch as he clenched his fists silently. “Say that again!”
His rage was over the roof as it nearly exploded out of his body. Xiao Su was so frightened that he quickly took a step back as he stammered, “Y-Young Master Ye, I was merely joking. It’s utter nonsense, right? Haha!”
Ye Moxuan narrowed his eyes as he opened his mouth. There was a dangerous aura around him at the moment. “I am asking about the other woman!”
“Which woman?” Xiao Su scratched his head as he was still confused.
Just as Ye Moxuan was about to explode, Xiao Su finally reacted as he puffed out his chest quickly and said, “You are asking about Assistant Shen?”
Ye Moxuan did not answer.
Xiao Su looked at his surroundings. “Hmm, shouldn’t Assistant Shen be here at the moment? Why don’t I see her today?”
The veins on Ye Moxuan’s forehead were pulsating.
“If you are asking me this question, then who am I supposed to ask?”
Xiao Su was speechless for a moment before he replied. “I understand. I will go and investigate now.”
15 minutes later, Ye Moxuan got tired of waiting. That woman had no intention of coming back, and there was no news from Xiao Su yet.
Just as Ye Moxuan was about to push his wheelchair out, Xiao Su walked in.
“Young Master Ye, I have news of her.”
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At the bar…
Under the neon lights, Shen Qi lay on the bar counter as she continued to drink one glass after another.
“Give me another one!” Shen Qi downed the entire glass as she pushed the empty glass toward the bartender. “I want the strongest booze you got here!”
Her voice was loud and that instantly attracted the cheering of a group of men.
Shen Qi knew how to drink. In the past, it was common for her to accompany her clients out for some drinks until she suffered from bleeding gastric ulcers. However, every time she returned home in a sick state, her husband, Lin Jiang, was already fast asleep. He had never asked her how she was doing ever.
In the beginning, her alcohol tolerance was low, but soon she managed to attain a higher tolerance for it through constant practice.
It had been ages since she experienced the sense of numbness from drinking.
In a dark corner of the bar, Xiao Su pushed Ye Moxuan and stood there. “Young Master Ye, Assistant Shen is right there.”
That woman wasn’t hard to find as Ye Moxuan managed to pinpoint her through the crowd.
She was wearing a simple white T-shirt and a pair of white-washed jeans. Her skinny and petite figure was almost as childish as a high-school student. She was sitting in front of the bar counter, drinking. She had let down her hair that she usually wore up as a ponytail as her long and silky hair cascaded down her shoulders, covering half her face.
Lights of various colors shone on her face through her hair, creating a hazy appearance. It brought out the gentleness of her well-defined features. Her face was flushed. It was obvious that she had had a lot to drink.
“Young Master Ye, Assistant Shen seems to have too much to drink. She looks very sad. Do you want me to go over there and bring her back?”
Ye Moxuan did not say anything. However, the pulsating veins on his forehead had already revealed his feelings at the moment.
At the moment, the man that was staring at Shen Qi for quite some time finally couldn’t help but walk over to strike up a conversation with her. He draped his arm around her shoulder and said, “Hey gorgeous, why are you upset? You have been drinking here for such a long time. Do you want me to accompany you?”
Shen Qi looked at the man who had his arm around her shoulders with a hazy look in her eyes. Then, she laughed coldly and pushed the man’s arm away from her. “Don’t touch me.”
The man was stunned. He did not expect such a cold gaze from such a gentle and petite looking woman. Her gaze was cold, like a silent lake in the Celestial Mountains. Not a ripple was to be seen in her gaze.
“I was just being nice. I saw that you had quite a lot to drink, and I just wanted to accompany you. Don’t reject me so eagerly, alright?”
With that, the man’s hand wandered to her slender waist as he circled it with his arm. Although Shen Qi had had too much to drink and her consciousness was a little bit cloudy, she was still on her guard.
“Let go of me!”
“Get your nasty paws away from her.”
