Seeing how much Fu Heng cared about Jiang Xinyue, Madam Fu's face grew even darker, and her tone became sharper: "Aheng, have you been bewitched by her? The future of our Fu family's business depends on you. If you stay with her, how many people will point fingers at you!"
Zhou Qi, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but say, "Cousin, you need to think this through. Don't ruin your future for a woman."
She thought that Fu Heng was in love and had a girlfriend, which was why he was hiding it from them.
It turns out that this woman is Jiang Xinyue, the one they mentioned last time. She has been married and has children. How could she be worthy of her cousin?
Fu Heng listened to his mother and cousin's words and felt a surge of anger. His eyes reddened, and he retorted loudly, "In your eyes, is there nothing else important besides family reputation and so-called future prospects? I love Xin Yue, and it has nothing to do with her past. She is kind and independent, and those are the things I care about!"
Upon hearing Fu Heng's words, Madam Fu trembled with rage. Pointing at Jiang Xinyue, she raised her voice eight octaves: "Kind and independent? She's been married and has a child. With that kind of background, it's a joke for her to enter our Fu family! Heng, if you insist on being with her, how will the Fu family maintain its standing in the business world in the future!"
Zhou Qi chimed in, "Cousin, Auntie is right. Look at all those well-matched young ladies around you, they're all better than her!"
Jiang Xinyue stood aside, listening to these harsh words, feeling a pang of bitterness in her heart, yet feeling powerless to refute them.
She lowered her head, tears welling up in her eyes, but stubbornly refused to let them fall.
"Mom, did you force me to do this?" Fu Heng seemed to have thought of something and grabbed Jiang Xinyue's hand. "Did my parents say something to you? Xinyue, please don't take it to heart. That wasn't my intention."
Jiang Xinyue glanced at Fu Heng. "Mr. Fu, it has nothing to do with them. I left on my own."
Then, she withdrew her hand, took a deep breath, and couldn't help but say what she had been holding back for a long time.
“Auntie, I know you have a prejudice against me. I went through a failed marriage, which was not what I wanted. As a woman, you can't be prejudiced against her just because she was married and has children. I entered Shengshi Group through my own efforts and won the company's projects. You can't look at people with prejudice. That's what I wanted to say. If you don't like what I said, just pretend I didn't say it.”
After saying that, Jiang Xinyue bowed to them and turned to leave.
Her remarks just now instantly made Madam Fu and Zhou Qi feel ashamed.
Indeed, as women themselves, they shouldn't be prejudiced against her.
But she had inadvertently provoked her precious son, and Madam Fu was immediately furious. Her tone became harsher, and she didn't consider Madam Fu's self-esteem.
"Mom, look what you've done!" Fu Heng's face immediately turned ugly. He grabbed his suit jacket and hurriedly chased after her.
"Xinyue, don't go, wait for me."
"Son, come back here!" Seeing Fu Heng chase after her, Madam Fu's face turned red with anger.
Seeing this, Zhou Qi couldn't help but advise, "Auntie, why don't you just forget about it?"
"What's there to calculate? Did I say something wrong?" Madam Fu didn't think she had done anything wrong. Everything she did was for her son and the entire Fu family.
"I think this girl is quite nice, and what she said just now wasn't wrong. Perhaps we did go a bit too far just now."
"Really?" Madam Fu felt inexplicably guilty.
Fu Heng rushed out of the villa and immediately spotted Jiang Xinyue's slender figure looming at the street corner. He was frantic with worry, quickening his pace and calling out repeatedly, "Xinyue, Xinyue, stop!"
Jiang Xinyue paused when she heard Fu Heng calling from behind, but when she thought of the embarrassing scene just now, she bit her lip and quickened her pace to leave.
Seeing this, Fu Heng ran after her, grabbed Jiang Xinyue's arm, and said breathlessly, "Xinyue, don't do this, don't go, let me explain."
“President Fu, there’s nothing to explain. Between us, we’re just ordinary superiors and subordinates.” Jiang Xinyue took a deep breath, looked at Fu Heng in front of her, and reminded him word by word.
"I know you've never accepted my feelings for you, rejecting me time and time again. You even... threatened to leave the company and leave me. I can forgive and forget all of that. But, please, can you stop ignoring me?"
He was truly afraid of losing her, afraid that he would never see her again.
This time, he finally seized the opportunity to rekindle their relationship, so how could he possibly let go?
Fu Heng's eyes reddened, his hands trembled slightly, and he gripped Jiang Xinyue's arm tightly, as if it were his last lifeline.
"Besides, we've been through so much together. Don't you think those times and those memories mean anything to you?"
Jiang Xinyue turned her head away, not daring to look Fu Heng in the eye. Tears blurred her vision again, and her voice trembled slightly: "Fu Heng, don't be like this. I've said it before, I can't give you what you want. Our relationship can be friends, or boss and employee, but it can't be lovers."
"Why? You clearly don't love Bo Jingcheng anymore, and I can clearly feel that you're slowly accepting me, so why do you still choose to leave?"
Fu Heng looked anxious, his eyes filled with hurt.
"Some things are destined. I'm leaving now. Your cold isn't better yet, so don't stay out in the cold wind. Go back inside!"
After saying that, Jiang Xinyue took a deep breath, hailed a taxi, and left.
Watching the taxi speed away, Fu Heng stood frozen in place, oblivious to the howling wind, his mind filled with Jiang Xinyue's resolute departure. After a long while, he finally turned around, dejected, and dragged his heavy steps back to the villa.
As soon as he entered the house, Madam Fu and Zhou Qi immediately came to greet him. Seeing her son's distraught appearance, Madam Fu felt a pang of heartache, and her tone softened involuntarily: "Aheng, why are you doing this? That Jiang Xinyue is really not suitable for you."
Fu Heng raised his head, his eyes filled with exhaustion and anger: "Mom, you don't understand her at all. You only care about worldly opinions and the family's reputation. In your eyes, my happiness is not important at all."
Madam Fu was speechless for a moment, choked by her son's words. Zhou Qi quickly smoothed things over, "Cousin, don't say that. Your aunt is only doing this for your own good."
Fu Heng didn't want to hear their explanations anymore, so he went straight back to his room and slammed the door shut.
He lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, his mind filled with every moment he had spent with Jiang Xinyue. From her stubbornness when they first met to their tacit understanding when they worked together, every scene was crystal clear.
Jiang Xinyue returned to her apartment, only to find Bo Jingcheng standing at the door.
What are you doing here?
Bo Jingcheng grabbed her shoulder, a hint of anger in his eyes. "Jiang Xinyue, I waited for you all night. Where were you last night?"
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