Chapter 125 Heartache

"Lunch break is only an hour and a half away. I'll take you out for dinner then. After we come back, you can experience the grand occasion you mentioned. How about it?" the man tempted.

"Forget it. This kind of deliberate thing lacks the sense of surprise. Let's just go do what we need to do. Why bother running all the way out to eat?" Yan Nuo resisted the temptation, took the man's arm and said, "Come on up, I want to sit down. My legs are tired."

"Oh, I was wondering why someone was late again today. Turns out he had a date with a beautiful woman."

Shen Shian, who walked out of the elevator, was caught off guard by the young couple and a nice smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Brother Shi'an, good morning. He is not the one who has an appointment with a beautiful woman. It's so early in the morning. We have been through too much." Yan Nuo stood gracefully beside Fu Shangbei. The beauty of the two of them perfectly interpreted the term "golden boy and jade girl".

"Can you tell me what you have been through?" Shen Shian was very curious.

"Go ahead and do your work. I'll tell you when I have time." This is Fu Shangbei's personality. He will not delay his work no matter what he does, no matter if it delays himself or others.

"I'm not busy now." Shen Shi'an put the brown briefcase in his hand on the desk at the front desk, and then stuck to them with empty hands, saying that he wanted to hear what they had experienced early in the morning.

Fu Shangbei raised his eyebrows slightly: "What document did you put down?"

"Here is the office stationery purchase list for next quarter and the purchase contract I have already signed. Would you like to sit here and take a closer look at the contract? I won't read it again anyway." It's a small contract that only needs to be read once. People who are selling stationery are not going to cheat on it with a big company like you.

Is Fu Shangbei worried that the contract will be tampered with?

Obviously not.

He stared at Shen Shian, the deep meaning in his dark eyes was self-evident.

Shen Shian pretended not to understand the meaning of his order to leave, and spoke to Yan Nuo gently, "Sister-in-law, where have you been? Could it be that Nian Yuxue is causing trouble again?"

"Not really. We went to the hospital this morning, and then we got a call from Fu Shangbei's grandfather, so we went back to the old house."

"Are you guys going back to the old house?" Shen Shi'an frowned and pointed at the elevator: "Go up first."

The three of them walked into the elevator together, arrived at the president's office, and closed the door before continuing.

Yan Nuo and Fu Shangbei sat together, each describing briefly what had happened in the old house. Finally, Fu Shangbei made the final decision: "Fu Shangjie should be back. Shi'an, send someone to check his whereabouts."

Shen Shian nodded and looked at Fu Shangbei: "Their family is like the psoriasis on your body, no matter how hard you try, it can never be cleaned up."

"Why does your grandfather protect Fu Shangjie so much? Aren't you his grandson?" Yan Nuo asked puzzledly.

"Because my grandfather and my great uncle had a very good relationship when they were alive, and my grandfather always felt that it was because he did not take good care of my great uncle that my uncle died young. He always put this guilt on Fu Shangjie's father, so naturally he loved Fu Shangjie as well." Fu Shangbei said.

"If that's the case, then you're in trouble. Grandpa will definitely continue to favor them." Yan Nuo's eyes were filled with sympathy.

Shen Shian shook his head and said, "This kind of favoritism will only make that family more unscrupulous. It's a pity that Grandpa Fu did it even though he knew it was wrong."

"I guess he thinks they can change." Yan Nuo murmured, looking quietly at Fu Shangbei beside him. He saw that the man had a calm and deep expression, as if he was already... numb to this kind of thing.

"Okay, I won't bother you anymore. I'm going to find Fu Shangjie to prevent them from destroying your happy life." Shen Shi'an rubbed his hands together, like a guardian of happiness who had no choice but to fight.

"Thank you for your hard work, An Ge." Yan Nuo walked him to the office door and watched him leave before returning to the sofa. He gently poked the man's muscular arm with his fingertips and said, "Mr. Fu, it's time for you to get to work."

"It's time to get back to work, but I still want to ask Mrs. Fu what she wants to do next. Will it be boring sitting here alone?"

"Of course I'm not bored, I'm playing with my phone!" Yan Nuo held up his phone in a golden case.

"Then you can play, we can eat later." After kissing Yan Nuo on the forehead, Fu Shangbei stood up and walked to the desk, pulled out a chair and sat down, did something with his mobile phone, and then turned on the computer to start working.

Yan Nuo was not sitting on the sofa doing nothing. She quickly opened the email on her mobile phone to check the quarterly financial report sent by Secretary Jing.

A few minutes later, Lin Yuan walked in through the door, carrying a large bag of food. He came to Yan Nuo and whispered,

"Madam, this is a snack prepared by the president for you."

Yan Nuo was pleasantly surprised to see a bag as big as hers in her arms. She smiled and said, "Thank you. Give it to me."

Lin Yuan handed the snacks to Yan Nuo and turned to leave.

Yan Nuo opened the bag and placed the snacks in the bag on the coffee table as if they were treasures. When he got to the end, he found two boxes of freshly washed strawberries at the bottom. Yan Nuo's eyes suddenly lit up.

She looked at the big strawberries and felt that they were very similar to the ones at home. She opened one and ate it. Sure enough, the taste was the same.

At this time, outside the office.

When Lin Yuan brought out the snacks, he was stopped by other colleagues.

"Secretary Lin, when did the president start liking snacks?"

Lin Yuan looked at the two female secretaries who loved to gossip about the CEO all day long and raised his eyebrows and said, "The CEO doesn't like to eat, but his wife does."

"Mrs. President? The President is married? Isn't he single?"

"The president is already married. You guys, work hard, otherwise, if a secretary suddenly comes one day to overhaul the company, I won't be able to save you."

The two female secretaries trembled and hurried to work.

In the evening, Shen Shian returned to the office dejected and said with guilt, "Fu Shangjie didn't even dare to return to the Fu family's old house. He went into hiding. I don't know where he went. No major hotels have his registration information."

"He must have hidden in a friend's house." Yan Nuo guessed.

"Tomorrow I'll investigate all his cronies one by one." Shen Shi'an gritted his teeth. Noticing Yan Nuo's surprised look, he immediately smiled gently and explained, "This is my strategy, sister-in-law. When you see the true face of Fu Shangjie's family, you will understand why I am pursuing them relentlessly. If I show them mercy, they will never learn to restrain themselves. In this case, I can only treat them as rats crossing the street and beat them every time I see them. If they don't give Shang Bei a way out, they can't expect to live well either."

"I understand." Yan Nuo understood, but he said, "Will this really work? Even if he is kicked out of the country this time, there will be a next time, and a next time. Even if all the formal channels for returning to the country are controlled, he can still sneak back in."

Shen Shian nodded in agreement and said helplessly, "There's nothing we can do. They have Grandpa Fu protecting them. As long as Grandpa Fu is around, they have protection. But if I drive them away, Grandpa Fu can't say anything."

"So this is a long-lasting game of cat and mouse." Yan Nuo's heart ached uncontrollably.

"Shi'an, you can go home now." Fu Shangbei turned off his computer and walked over with his long legs. Noticing Yan Nuo's slightly gloomy expression, he raised his hand and hugged her in his arms, his eyes stern: "What did you say? You even made my wife unhappy."

"It's unfair. I just said something bad about Fu Shangjie."

Yan Nuo nodded repeatedly: "How could Brother Shi An make me unhappy? He always gives in to me."

"Then you frown." Fu Shangbei's hand touched his beloved wife's eyebrows.

"Well, I'm going to get off work first, please do as you please!" Shen Shian refused to eat dog food and ran away very fast.

The office fell silent. Fu Shangbei hugged Yan Nuo and said in a low and gentle voice, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just feel sorry for you." Yan Nuo raised her eyes and met the man's gaze, the pain in her eyes was bright and dazzling.

Fu Shangbei's heart seemed to be gently wrapped by a layer of warmth, and he smiled and said, "Silly boy, why should I feel bad?"

"Yes, I feel bad for you because you've done so well and so well, yet you still can't get Grandpa's blatant favoritism. I feel bad for you because you're the one who's been hurt, yet you still have to continue to be hurt."

No one had ever said such words to him before, and Fu Shangbei was stunned for a moment.

Soon, he came out of this fragile thought, wiped the tears from the corners of Yan Nuo's eyes with his fingertips, and said very steadily and securely: "I am a man, none of this matters."

"Why is it not important? Your heart is made of flesh too. It will hurt, feel cold, and feel sad."

Fu Shangbei curled his lips and said, "I'm not sad now. But if I see you cry, I will blame myself."

"..." Yan Nuo widened his eyes and tried hard to hold back the tears in his eyes.