There were conference rooms in Tongyu technology, but not spacious enough, so I only invited these accredited reporters in, and ignored the others.
In the end, only a dozen reporters were invited in, which made me feel much relaxed.
I motioned my assistant to give them a cup of tea and asked them to calm down.
“I appreciate your hard work and I know you are here because of Leon’s resignation. Since the time is limited, each of you will ask one question, and then I need to go back to my work. Is that alright?”
They nodded, and said they were okay with my arrangement. Actually their opinion is of no value, because if they disagree, I will just drive them out.
I picked a reporter who looked more professional to me than the others, and invited him to ask the first question. Because professional reporters will not throw an awkward question to you and they will not be abrupt.
“Ms Yao, Mr Hua announced his resignation today and now there is a rumor that Mr Hua was defeated in a power struggle and he was forced to resign, even though every thing seems peaceful on the surface. Is that true? And consequentially, Huas Group’s stock price is dropping to the lowest point, and how is Hua’s group gonna cope with that?”
This is indeed a professional reporter, as I can tell from his questions, but he asked two questions, not one.
I said, “I need to remind you that each reporter can only ask one question. Mr hua has made himself clear in his announcement. He is going to study abroad, to make him more capable, which is very common among senior directors in companies, and why is there a conspiracy when Leon does so? You don’t need to take the rumors seriously. And I am not going to answer your second question because I am not employed in Hua’s group and I have no right to give comments on their affairs. I need to remind the rest of you that only questions about Leon himself will be answered.”
The crowd was silent and I pointed to a second reporter.
“Ms Yao, are you going to America with Mr Hua this time? If so, will you also resign? I have heard all sorts of rumors about you and Mr Hua, and I wonder are you still married to him? If so, why aren’t working for Hua’s group?”
A reporter beside said, “That’s three questions. The last one only asked two, and you asked three!!”
“Yeah, there were three questions, and I can only answer one. Which one do you want to be answered?”
The rules should come into force or no one knows when will this end.
“The first one. Are you going to America with him?”
I nodded, “Yes I will, which also answers the second question about our relationship.”
They laughed kindly.
The third reporter was an attractive young woman and her question was very simple. She asked, “You are so beautiful and how do you keep your beauty? Is it because of love?”
I said, “Thank you so much. You are very sweet. And I didn’t do anything in particular to maintain my beauty. I just have meals on time, avoid staying up late at night, and use some skin lotion.”
About half an hour later, all questions were asked and I refused to answer questions that were sharp and questions related to Huas Group.
Then I sent these reporters out and went back to work.
Leon had already resigned, but I still didn’t know how to tell Second Brother about it. Second Brother had always cared for me and my sudden departure may disappoint him.
When I was about to get off work, Leon told me a goodbye party was held for him and he wanted me to get changed and go with him.
I refused as I was too tired.
He said I must be there as his resignation saddened the whole company and everyone was feeling down. Besides, rumors about him are flying around. Me and him attending the party together would make everyone feel assured.
What else could I say?
When I got changed, Xuanlong Jiang came to pick me up. He was dressed in a suite and he looked amazing, although he was still expressionless like always.
I got curious all of a sudden. Is Xuanlong coming to America with us? After all, he had been working with Leon all these years.
“Xuanlong.” I said.
Xuanlong hummed, without even looking at me.
“Are you coming to America with us?”
“Do you want me to go or not?” He asked.
Interesting. He never talked this much asked sharp questions like this.
“No, I don’t” I said.
He asked why without showing a sign of displeasure.
“You are not young anymore and you should have a family of your own. And I don’t want you to remain single just to protect us. That’s not fair.”
“You think I’m a third wheel.” He is quite frank.
“That’s not true. You are my family and I don’t think about it in that way. I want you to be happy and I want you to stay here and get married.”
“I’m not sure, and I’m not read to get married. Women are dangerous and I will leave them alone.”
I couldn’t help but laughing, “You are Xuanlong! The invincible one! Why are you so afraid of women? Were you hurt in a relationship?”
Xuanlong said, “It’s not like that. I’m not afraid of love, but love is too rare to be found.”
This silent man was quite pessimistic about love. What did he go through, no one knew.
“Xuanlong, I know some beautiful girls from work. I can introduce her to you.”
“No.” He said.
“Why? They are all very attractive.”
“Their beauty does not concern me. My no is final” He said.
“Why? Are you in love?” I got even more curious.
“It’s not like that. Let’s drop it.’
He was avoiding my question. My sixth sense told me he was indeed in love. But he was so quite all the time. Who she could be?