As expected, as soon as I said something, Leon got angry.
Once he said, two of Xuanlong Jiang’ s guys pushed him to the edge of the river bank, the river was so deep that as soon as he loosened his hand, the tied-up Wei Wang was sure to sink like a stone, to the bottom of the river.
“Leon, will you please stop?” I was begging him, desperately.
“I have told you to shut up. Okay, throw him down first.” The more I spoke, the angrier he became.
I had been reminding myself to keep silence, but I didn’t make it. Well, now, I pissed him off.
“I won’t speak now. Ask him. Let him tell you. I won’t say anything, please.” My tears flew out, for I was too aggrieved.
At this time, Wei, who was arrogant yesterday, could no longer hold this. As the saying goes, a man with a pen cannot reason with a man with a gun. Wei had no choice but to be well-behaved.
Leon looked at me and asked him once again, “Why were you guys drinking?”
“Because… because… you pull me back first and I’ll tell you all.” One foot hanging in the air, Wei was nervous.
“Say, why did you drink?” But Leon didn’t mean to pull him back.
“I’m the one who suggested the drink. Because I promised Miss Yao to work in her company and I wanted to have a drink to celebrate, but I didn’t have any other intention. I drank more than she and we left then. There’s nothing between us at all.” Wei quickly explained.
“Those photos, did you arrange someone to take them and post them online?” Leon asked.
“Of course not, Miss Yao is always someone I admire very much. How could I possibly set her up? It’s not me who did this.” Wei said.
“Then who is it?” Leon asked in a cold voice.
“I don’t know. The photos were taken so professionally and I’m afraid only a professional paparazzo could do it. It should be someone who followed Miss Yao to the bar.”
I agreed with his analysis. The person who took the photo definitely didn’t meet me by chance, but followed me all the way there.
This time I also learned my lesson and didn’t dare to speak. I was afraid that Leon would say that I had colluded with Wei to give the same statement.
“Then how are you going to remedy this now?” Leon asked.
“I told my brothers to hack into those websites and media outlets that were reporting very harshly and delete all those photos. I’m an expert, so these things are trivial. Please don’t you push me into the river.” Wei shouted.
Only then did Leon signaled to pull him back. “Release him.”
Wei was delighted and let out a sigh of relief.
The rope was untied and Leon signaled for him to go over. Wei didn’t dare to disobey and walked to Leon with a fearful face.
Leon pointed at the river, “There is a saying that when you gaze into the abyss, the abyss is also gazing at you. So, at any time, don’t have any tricks, understand?”
“Yes.” Wei replied.
“You can swim?” Leon asked again.
“Yes, when I was in high school…”
Before Wei could finish his words, Leon suddenly pushed and Wei was fallen into the river without any notice. “Since you come here, then swim for a while.”
Wei was wearing a sweatshirt, so once he got into the water, he should be heavy. He spent a lot of time to climb up to the shore.
But Leon instructed him to swim to the opposite shore, “Swim over and then swim back, then I’ll forgive you, or I’ll tie your feet up to let you swim.”
Wei looked at Leon grudgingly, but he didn’t dare to contradict him, so he had to swim as he said.
Leon came up to me and gently wiped the tears from my cheeks, gently. But his eyes were still cold when I looked at him, and he asked me, “Are you satisfied with my handling of this matter?”
Things to such an extent, I’ve finally seen Leon’s cold-bloodedness, and I wouldn’t dare to resist him for fear that if he’s unhappy, Wei would suffer again. I nodded repeatedly, “Sure, sure.”
“Did he deserve it?” Leon asked again.
“Yes, he deserved it.” I answered honestly.
A wise gill knew when to retreat, and even if he were to point to a piece of coal right now and said it’s white, I would admit it.
“Why did he deserve it? What mistake did he make?” Leon asked me again.
I couldn’t answer this question at once, however, because I didn’t know what kind of answer he wanted, by asking this. I was afraid that if I got the answer wrong, I would be punished by him.
Leon signaled Xuanlong to take his men to the car and wait, then continued to ask me, “Why did he deserve it?”
I considered and sheepishly said, “He shouldn’t disrespect you.”
“Wrong, he shouldn’t be drinking alone with you. Remember, in the future, for whatever reason, if I find you drinking alone with any man, I’ll tie his hands and feet and throw him into the river. Let him drink as much as he wants.” Leon said coldly.
I didn’t dare to answer, though I didn’t approve of what he was doing.
“You don’t approve?” Leon’s squinted.
I didn’t dare to say that I agree, nor did I dare to say that I disagree. If I said I agreed, then in case I wanted to have a drink alone with a friend, wouldn’t that be getting him in trouble? But if I said no, I was afraid of being thrown into the river.
“Moyun Feng and others will definitely take the opportunity to take advantage of this matter. I’m sorry for bringing trouble for you this time. I will definitely give more consideration to what I do in the future, so I won’t get you into trouble.” I whispered.
“The news that I, Leon, have been cuckolded is now all over the Hai City. How can you let me meet people? Now people won’t listen to the explanation, so what do you think I should do?” Leon stared at me.
I looked at him pitifully, “I’m sorry, I didn’t expect this. But I really didn’t mean it. The of the technical department approached me and said that if I recruited this guy to the company, the team would be strengthened, so I agreed to persuade him, but I didn’t expect to be photographed.”
“There’s no use saying sorry now. What you should do now is to settle this crisis down.”
I thought to myself, “I’d better be the one to explain to the press and tell them that he is my subordinate.”
“Pretty female boss and a young subordinate at a night out at a bar. Do you think that explanation will help? Do you think it won’t get worse?”
I looked at Leon’s iceberg face and his stern eyes, not daring to speak.
I really couldn’t find a better way to defuse this crisis.
By this time, Wei had swum back, grabbing onto a small tree by the shore, not daring to come ashore. He must worry that Leon would kick him back into the river.
Leon motioned him to come up. Only then did he carefully climb up.
He was drenched. The river was cold and he was freezing, with his face turning purple and shaking constantly.
“Are you still going to drink with my wife from now on?” Leon asked him.
“No more drinking.” Wei shivered and answered honestly.
“Do you have a girlfriend?” Leon asked.
Wei was stunned, and so was I. Is Leon going to introduce a girlfriend to him?
“No.” Wei took off his jacket to strangle the water out of his clothes.
“I’ll arrange one for you, and tomorrow you’ll face the press together, having her tell the press that she was there last night, and that you were with your girlfriend going together. It’s just that those reporters didn’t photograph her,” Leon said.
“What?” Wei looked at Leon.
“Shut up, follow my words. I’ll find the person who took the photos and make him admit the people at the bar at night were you, your girlfriend and my wife. Also a few other customers at the bar will confirm that it wasn’t the two of you who were drinking that night. I’ll arrange for these people and you just need to follow my script. If you mess up, I’ll break your legs!”
Wei looked at me and I told him to quickly agree.
“Then can the girlfriend you choose be prettier…”
Wei hadn’t finished his words when Leon yelled at him to shut up, so he had to shut up and didn’t dare to continue.