After breakfast, Leon Hua looked at me and said, “Where’s your luggage?”
“What do you mean,” I asked.
“I thought you are going back to Hai City with me. You promised me yesterday that you are going back with me if I can sing a song. How could you eat your words?” Leon brought up that topic again.
“I told you yesterday that I can’t go back with you because I have important thing to do. So stop right now. Are you going by train or by plane? You will be late if you continue this way.”
“How could you break your words? If you are not going, neither am I,” Leon suddenly said.
“What do you mean you are not going?”
“If you don’t go back to Hai City, me neither,” Leon Hua sat down again.
“What are you doing? Showing bad temper? You are the chairman of a listed company, which means mountains of business are leaving for you to deal with. How can you say that you are not going back? What should you do in Yang City?” I was angry too.
“I don’t care. I will feel insecure if you stay in Yang City for too long, so I will be here waiting for you to go back,” Leon said shamelessly.
“So you are showing your temper. Your behaviour does not match your position. Do you even know what you are doing?”
“I don’t care. In a word, if you are not going back to Hai City, neither am I,” Leon rocked back in the chair and closed his eyes, looking shamelessly.
I was really mad. Seriously? It’s surprising that a man should use such childish approach to force me.
“Alright, just stay at here if you are not coming back. I’m leaving.”
Leon got anxious, “Where are you going?” said He.
“I’m going to work. Stay here if you want to. I’m leaving.”
Leon widened his eyes in surprise, saying, “You are leaving me alone?”
“You are not a child anymore. Why should I care about you? Don’t come back to Hai City since you don’t want to. Stay here and I will let someone to send you food.” I picked up my bag, ready to go.
Leon could not keep calm anymore. He said, “Are you really so unwilling to go back, Nala Yao? Are you meeting someone in Yang City? Is that why you resolved to stay here?”
“That’s nonsense. Second brother is in bad condition right now. I’m staying here to help him. I will come back after things are finished here.”
“When will you finish?” Leon asked immediately.
“It’s hard to say. I will try as fast as I can. Stop it, just go.”
Leon stood up reluctantly and said, “Alright, come back to Hai City to join me as soon as possible.”
…
I sent Leon to the airport. When I was rushing back, I got a phone call from Second brother. He asked me to pick him up in his villa and go to the company together.
He has car himself, so I suppose he have something to discuss with me calling me to pick him up.
When I arrived, he was already waiting for me outside. He wore a sports suit rather than business suit. It didn’t look like he was going to work.
Then he told me that he called some friends to play golf, asking me to send him to the court.
“Are you really not preparing to fight back with Xiaodong Su forcing you to leave so anxiously?” I couldn’t resist asking.
“Sister, I’m calling you to talk about this exactly,” He said calmly.
“Go ahead.”
“Although Eldest Brother is setting me up, it’s only because he just sees me as a threat to his position. He’s only insecure, but isn’t trying to kill me. Hence, he is not our real enemy. The really horrible enemy is the one who poisoned me. That is the one with conspiracy.”
I wasn’t convinced. I said, “How do you know Xiaodong Su is not the one who poisoned you?”
He shook his head and said, “It couldn’t be him. He knew about my physical condition. If he wanted to poison me, he could have done it when I was at my weakest. Why would he wait till I was almost recovered? Besides, all he did was trying to get me out of headquarter and give him a chance to show up. Isn’t it?”
“Ok, even so, what conclusion have you got?”
“Someone wants me and Eldest brother jostle against each other, so that he can get profits. As it is, we cannot fight each other to the death. If we do this, we are being tricked.”
I was surprised at that he should thought of those.
“Then who is behind this? I guess you already know.”
He shook his head and said, “It’s hard to say. We can’t guess without proof. However, little sister, things of the Su family are more complex than you ever thought. If Eldest Brother wants to create trouble, then let him. I won’t turn against him head-on.”
“Now Aunt Jiang is preparing to help you taking back power and restore your place in the group, what would you do with it? Still giving way to him?”
“I am amazed at Aunt Jiang’s action. I figure that there’s your contribution in this or she will never help me.”
“I didn’t do anything,” I said guiltily.
He smiled and said, “Little sister, you are clever, but I’m not stupid. Besides, I know better about the Su family. The reason why Aunt Jiang helps me all of a sudden must be that Eldest Brother has done something which made her angry. And all of this must be started by you. Am I right?”
“Ok, let’s not talk about this. Just tell me what I should do next.”
“Don’t go against Eldest brother, because it will deepen our conflict. Wait and see what happens. Don’t go to company these days. If he asks you to do things, tell him that you are sick and are relaxing at home. Of course, do not be with me, or he would resume that we are planning to turn against him.”
“Why hadn’t you said that earlier? If you had said that, I would…”
I wanted to say that if you had said that earlier, I would have gone back with Leon. However, out of shyness, I didn’t speak that out.
“Had I said that earlier, you would have gone back with him? No, you cannot go back to Hai City, or Eldest Brother would know that you are not ill.” He looked through me at once. I blushed, feeling a bit embarrassed.
“I don’t mean that. I mean, if you had said that earlier, I wouldn’t have to go up so early. I could have slept late. By the way, I heard that there’s a retirement system for servants in the Su family that after servants worked at Su’s for a period of time, they will retire, and be arranged to now position. Is that true?”
He nodded his head and said, “Yes, it is actually an excuse. If they work here too long, they will slack at their work. That’s why we give new jobs to them. They would consume themselves as masters staying here too long, and refuse to do lots of things thinking that they are acquaintance here. I think you would understand.”
I nodded, showing that I understand and said, “I heard those servants work at a shoe factory after they retire. What shoe factory dose it like? I want to see.”