“Thanks for tonight, I’m off.” I said,
I reached for the taxi door, but Leon slammed it again. “Take my car.”
Then Wei Wang came over, “Miss Yao doesn’t want to ride in your car.” Then he turned to me and said, “Nala, let’s go.”
Leon looked at Wei Wang and said angrily, “Shut up or I’ll have that police car drive you to the station.”
Wei was about to argue with him but I quickly stopped him, “Please stay out of my business. You should go home. Don’t forget you have to work tomorrow.”
Wei looked at me, then at Leon, and also at Xuanlong Jiang, and he still wanted to say something, but I motioned for him to leave.
Presumably, Wei was also worried that Leon might actually let the police come and took him to the police station, so he did leave.
The taxi driver there was impatient, “Do you want a ride or not, what’s wrong with you?”
“Just drive away, she’s not taking your car.” Leon said to the taxi driver in a cold voice.
“Since you don’t take my car, why do you stop my car? What’s wrong with your mind?” The taxi driver was a bit angry.
Leon’s face changed and then looked back at Xuanlong.
Xuanlong walked over and knocked on the window glass of the taxi. Then the taxi driver rolled down his window, and after Xuanlong said something to him, he shut his mouth and then quickly drove away.
I was going to stop another cab. Leon got even angrier, “If you want to take a cab, you can take my car as a cab. And then you pay my fare, okay?”
I didn’t want to argue with him, but I didn’t want to ride in his car either. Ever since I found out he was engaged to one of Xiang Feng’s nieces, I had been disappointed in him. I couldn’t have much contact with him because I didn’t want to expect anything more from him.
“Nala, where are you going? Just let him give you a lift. It’s not safe for you to be alone in a taxi at night.” Ying Hua also persuaded me.
As soon as Ying said that, I realized I had nowhere to go. Although I had an old house in Hai City, I hadn’t been there over a year and it definitely needed to be cleaned before I moved in, so I had to stay in a hotel.
.
If I stayed in a hotel, I couldn’t get Leon to drop me off. I couldn’t let him know I was homeless. I didn’t want his sympathy, so I insisted on not taking his car. He wouldn’t let me stop for a taxi, so I was going to take the subway at the front station.
“Ying, you go back first. We’ll meet another time.” I said to Ying.
Then I turned to leave but Leon stopped me, “What the hell do you want? Do you hate me that much?”
“Mr. Hua, I should be the one to ask what you really want.” I said helplessly.
“Where are you going now?” He frowned with a cold face, as if he tried to suppress his anger.
“I don’t need to report to you on that. We have nothing to do with each other now.” I said and tried to get around him, but he held me back.
“Come home with me.” He stared at me and said.
I laughed bitterly, “It’s your home, not mine. Just leave me alone. You can drive Ying back.”
“Do you have to do this to me? Didn’t we have a good time in Ning City? Why have you changed now?” Leon still wouldn’t let me go.
“People change all the time, isn’t that normal?” I looked up at Leon and said flatly to him.
Naturally, he could hear the meaning what I was saying, “If you want to say something, you might as well say it.”
“No, I have nothing to say.” I shook my head, “Don’t stop me, goodbye.”
“Goodbye?” Leon’s eyebrows knitted tighter.
“Bye.” I said bluntly.
“What does it mean?” Leon asked.
“It just means goodbye, nothing more.” I said bluntly.
He didn’t stop me this time, and I pasted him without saying a word and walked on without looking back. But I felt my heart ached.
He really didn’t come after me again. I was relieved and slowly made my way forward, I didn’t know where I was going anyway, so I didn’t care where I went.
But then Leon’s car followed and pulled up next to me. I ignored him and kept walking, only picking up my pace.
“Nala, get in the car. I’ll take you home.” The person who called me was Ying.
I turned my head to look over and it wasn’t Leon or Xuanlong who was driving, it was Ying.
“Leon said that since you hated seeing him so much, they’d take a taxi and let me give you a ride.” Ying said.
Then I pulled the door open and got in the car. And I really didn’t find Leon and Xuanlong in the car.
Ying asked me where I was going, so I just gave the address of my old house. I couldn’t tell Ying that I planned to stay in hotel. I was worried that she would tell it to Leon.
We ended up at the apartment where I used to live. As I watched Ying drive away, I wondered if I should find a hotel nearby.
But I gave up on the idea of staying in a hotel. I was going to stay the apartment for the night first. It was a little late and it was really not a good time to be strolling the streets alone.
When I went upstairs and opened the door, there wasn’t moldy smell as I thought there would be. I turned on the lights and found that the house was not dirty, but very clean. My fingers touched the coffee table, and then I put my hand closer to the lamp and saw that my fingers had no dust. Obviously, the house had been cleaned by someone in the last two days.
I went to the kitchen and it was cleaned neatly. When I opened the fridge, I found that there were eggs and milk there and some frozen dumplings.
The brand of milk was the same brand Leon always drank, which made me suspect that Leon had asked someone to clean the house. I just didn’t understand why he put some food here. Did he guess I’d come back soon? So he brought me some food?
I found myself overthinking again and I quickly reminded myself that I was just being unrequited and not expecting him to love me.
When I went to the bathroom, I found a new set of toiletries. The toothpaste was the same brand I and Leon usually used.
I washed up and went to bed as well, and found the blankets clean and tidy. There was none of the moldy smell I was worried about.
I didn’t even lose any sleep that night and got a good sleep all night.
The next day at work, I found a large bouquet of flowers on my desk and then I asked my assistant. She said that Director Wang had asked her to put it on my desk. Then I know that the man was Wei Wang.
I took the flowers to Wei Wang’s office where he was staring at something on his computer. He didn’t even look up when I came in, and it seemed that he was really obsessed with studying the technology.
I put the flowers on his desk and he was still staring at the computer without looking away. I called to him, and he turned to look at me. As soon as he saw me, he immediately stood up. “You’re here? Please sit down.”
I pointed to the flowers on the table and asked him. “What does this mean?”
Wei looked at me innocently. “I just want to send you flowers in order to welcome you back.” said he.
“Please don’t send me flowers again. I don’t like them.” I said calmly.
“Are you worried about gossip? Just a bunch of flowers. I’ll buy it for you every day as long as you like. Mr. Yao, would you mind going out first? I want to study the product.” Wei said.
“Ok, I can go. But remember don’t send me flowers. It’s a waste of money and I don’t like them. We have a working relationship. It doesn’t require flowers to sustain our relationship. I’ll be satisfied if you do your job well.” I said,
Wei smiled and didn’t answer me directly. But he didn’t agree with me either.
“Why are you laughing? I told you not to send me flowers, did you hear me?” I said,
“Yes, I heard you. But I really like you. You’re pretty and capable. There are so few girls like you now.”
I was embarrassed when this guy said something like “I like you” to my face. He was my subordinate now, and if he did that to me, people in the company would say I used my position to flirt with company’s staff.