After listening to it once, He Wei pressed the rewind button with trembling hands and turned on the play button again.

The voice, the tone, and the face he showed were different. It was undoubtedly the Qi Kai he admired...

He Wei scratched his hair in despair. His first reaction was that he didn't want to believe it, but his reason told him that this was the truth.

If Qi Kai was the one who lied from the beginning...

So what on earth did he do to Mao Huimei in the past six months?!

Once the tinted glasses were broken, every moment with Mao Huimei resurfaced in my mind and immediately took on a different meaning:

She once cherished every bouquet of flowers he gave her.

She always gave him gifts of equal value in return. He thought she was playing the long game, but it was just a girl's self-respect.

What he thought was her caution and flattery was actually her consideration and respect for him.

Like all girls who have a lover, she takes their relationship seriously.

Climbing up the social ladder? He tried hard to recall, and suddenly realized that in the past six months, she had not made any requests to him...

"He Wei!" He Min came over and was shocked when she saw his appearance. "What's wrong with you?"

"Wasn't that wild girl Mao Huimei scolding you again?"

"Don't be angry, just pity her," He Min said gloatingly. "She hasn't been here for the past two days, and I thought she was deliberately avoiding us. I didn't expect her to come here today with her lawyer to sign the contract."

"Even the machine side has sent people to negotiate."

"She's so naive. A girl, not even graduating from college, and already thinking about opening a factory. That's quite a bold idea."

He Wei's face changed when he heard this, and he immediately ran towards the office.

While waiting for Director Zhang to arrive, Mao Huimei confirmed the details of the contract with her lawyer.

The office door suddenly opened, and He Wei ran in breathlessly. He grabbed the contract on her desk and said, "Huimei, don't sign it!"

Mao Huimei reached out and opened his hand, impatiently saying, "What are you doing? This involves our business secrets, please leave."

He Wei said anxiously, "This factory can't get a loan, and it's in arrears with many employees' wages. Add to that the historical problems, and it won't work without several million."

Seeing that Mao Huimei completely ignored him, He Wei grabbed her wrist and said, "I misunderstood you before. This factory just wanted to teach you a lesson and embarrass you, but it didn't really want to trick you... I was waiting for you to talk about this today."

"If you feel embarrassed about Director Zhang, I can speak to him on your behalf..."

"He Wei!" Mao Huimei angrily broke free from his hand. "Who do you think you are? Why do you mind my business?"

She was already in a rage, and this only intensified her anger. She simply stood up and confronted He Wei, "What do you think of me? A poor, country girl, a gold digger, and a fool?"

He Wei froze, "I... didn't."

"That's what you think!" Mao Huimei sneered, "But don't be so self-righteous."

"I never act rashly out of anger, especially when the person I'm angry with is someone like you..." Mao Huimei gave him a disdainful look, "You don't hold that much weight in my eyes."

"Director Zhang has already told me about the problems you mentioned, and we have solutions for them, so you don't need to worry about them. Please leave."

He Wei didn't believe it. "How could you open the business without a loan? Did Zhang Defa cheat you?"

"He Wei!" Mao Huimei cried angrily, "Please don't always use your ridiculous subjective assumptions to maliciously speculate about others, okay? Not everyone in this world is as despicable as you!"

"If Director Zhang was really as selfish as you think, he would have sold the factory long ago. How could he wait for you to use it to cheat me?"

He Wei was speechless.

Mao Huimei said, "My affairs have nothing to do with you, please leave immediately!"

Seeing that he still didn't move, Mao Huimei said, "If you have time to take care of me here, why not go and take care of your sister."

"You heard it too. Qi Kai is just like you. He has no moral integrity. He would do anything to marry into the Lu family."

At this point, she couldn't help but say sarcastically, "Looking at it this way, you have reason to admire him."

He Wei clenched his fists tightly and said through gritted teeth, "I was deceived by him!"

Mao Huimei said indifferently, "What does it have to do with me?"

Director Zhang and the relevant factory personnel pushed the door open and saw He Wei was there. He asked in confusion, "What's going on?"

Mao Huimei smiled and said, "Nothing, Director Zhang, let's sign the contract." She glanced at He Wei, finally saving face for both parties, "Otherwise, I'm afraid Young Master He will snatch it from me."

Director Zhang chuckled and said, "Then we'll sell it to Miss Mao first."

He Wei was kicked out of the office, took a deep breath, took out his cell phone and called Lu Nana, "Where are you?"

“…”

"Is Qi Kai with you?"

“…”

"Okay, wait there!"

He Wei drove all the way to the house that Lu Nana bought herself at lightning speed. When he saw Qi Kai, he beat him up without saying a word.

Lu Nana screamed to stop him, "Brother, brother, what are you doing?"

He Wei punched him in the face again before he looked up breathlessly and said, "He lied to us!? Did you know? He has been lying to you all along!"

"I know, he's already confessed to me." Lu Nana pleaded with He Wei, "Brother, he's already regretted it. Can you forgive him? He will love me well in the future!"

He Wei looked at her in disbelief, then reacted and coldly looked at the silent Qi Kai and said sarcastically, "You're so quick. What on earth did you say to my sister?"

Qi Kai was silent, so Lu Nana spoke for him, "It's true that the person he loved before was Mao Huimei, and he got together with me because he was angry with Mao Huimei."

"I'm just angry about all those bad things Mao Huimei said."

Lu Nana said shyly, "But he has begun to fall in love with me and will stay with me well in the future."

He Wei sneered, "Qi Kai, do you think my sister is easy to fool?"

"You think there's no evidence to support what you said, so you're just letting yourself quibble?" He Wei pulled Lu Nana and said, "Come on, follow me downstairs. I'll let you hear for yourself what he said to Mao Huimei that night!"

Because he was angry, he didn't bring his Walkman with him.

"He was dumped by Mao Huimei because he coveted the Mao family's wealth. Is he with you just for money?!"

"Once I find someone better, I'll dump you!"

Qi Kai's expression changed, and he quickly said in disappointment, "I don't know what you heard that made you miss me so much. In that case..." He glanced at Lu Nana reluctantly, gritted his teeth and said, "Nana, let's break up for now. After I make a name for myself..."

Lu Nana exclaimed in shock, "No, I don't want to break up, I believe you!"

She turned around and stood in front of Qi Kai to confront He Wei. "Brother, he did something wrong before because he wanted to achieve something. He worked hard because he wanted to be worthy of me. He knows he was wrong now! Why are you still insisting on it?"

"Don't you admire his abilities too? You're the one who said, 'Don't look down on the young and poor!'"

He Wei looked at Lu Nana and said angrily, "So, you would rather believe him than me?"

"Brother..." Lu Nana pulled his hand and said coquettishly, "You are all important to me, what do you want me to do..."

He Wei said, "Just follow me down and hear what he said with your own ears."

Lu Nana looked back at Qi Kai and quickly shook her head, saying, "The past is no longer important. Qi Kai and I have already agreed to look forward together."

"Brother, we will definitely live a good life. Time will prove everything..."

Those words and that look...

He Wei's face changed slightly. He looked at Lu Nana carefully, his eyes suddenly fixed on her collar. He said in a trembling voice, hoping for luck, "Lu Nana, don't tell me, you..."

When Lu Nana saw that he had discovered her, she covered her collar with her hands and blushed, "Brother~"

"Qi Kai, you beast!" He Wei was about to rush over again, but was stopped by Lu Nana. "Brother! Brother, don't hit him. It was me. I seduced him."

Qi Kai scrambled to his feet, still maintaining his composure. "Don't blame Nana. I just couldn't help myself. You can hit me all you want. I won't fight back, and I will be responsible for Nana!"

"You're responsible!" He Wei was a man after all. He quickly broke away from Lu Nana and threw himself on Qi Kai. "Little man, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. Qi Kai, I'm telling you, you can't succeed!"

Qi Kai didn't fight back. Seeing this, Lu Nana was heartbroken. She pulled He Wei's arm hard and said angrily, "Why did you hit him? How many good girls have you slept with?! Aren't you the one who deserves to be beaten the most?"

He Wei looked at her in disbelief, "What did you say?"

Lu Nana frantically used a handkerchief to stop Qi Kai's nosebleed and blurted out, "Am I wrong? Didn't you also sleep with Mao Huimei?"

"At least he's serious about getting married after we graduate."

"And you tricked Mao Huimei and dumped her, isn't that even worse?"

"Bullshit!" He Wei was furious. "Mao Huimei is much more decent than you! She's nowhere near as shameless as you!"

Lu Nana was also afraid of losing her virginity. When she heard He Wei scolding her like that, she burst into tears. "Yes, I'm shameless. I just like him and I want to marry him!"

He Wei was so angry that he was shaking all over. "Well done, well done!"

"This is retribution for harming Mao Huimei!" He Wei fiercely kicked the cup at his feet and pointed at Lu Nana, "Do whatever you want from now on. I don't care! Just don't come back to me and regret it later!"

After leaving the Lu family, He Wei felt that he was a ridiculous joke.

He clenched his fists and planned to go back to Mao Huimei. He would accept any beating or punishment as long as he was given a chance to make amends.