Du Ming had been holding back a lot of anger these past few days. Ever since Li Yanni blocked him, he had been unable to contact her.
When he arrived at the company this morning, he heard that Li Yanni was engaged to a university professor. This made him even angrier.
"What, you've found a new job so quickly?"
During his lunch break, Du Ming walked up to Li Yanni's desk, speaking in a sarcastic tone.
Li Yanni looked up at him and said calmly:
"Du Ming, we've broken up. Please don't bother me anymore."
"Break up?" Du Ming sneered. "You think you can just break up like that? Do you know how much money I've spent on us after being together for so long? All those photos, gifts, and the expenses for our dates—how are you going to pay me back?"
The other colleagues in the office all stopped what they were doing and looked over here.
Li Yanni didn't expect Du Ming to pester her like this in public, and her face turned somewhat ugly.
"Du Ming, what do you mean by this?"
"What do you mean?" Du Ming raised his voice.
"We've been together for six months, and we've spent at least tens of thousands of yuan on this and that."
Now you're just saying you don't want it anymore? Shouldn't we settle this score?
Just then, Li Chenjun walked in from outside. Upon hearing Du Ming's words, his face immediately darkened.
"Du Ming, what are you doing?"
"President Li." Du Ming turned around and saw Li Chenjun. Although his tone was somewhat restrained, it was still firm as he spoke.
"I just want to settle things with Li Yanni. During our relationship..."
"What's wrong with being in a relationship?" Li Chenjun interrupted him coldly.
"You mean you treated her to dinner and a movie, and now you want her to pay you back?"
"This..." Du Ming didn't expect Li Chenjun to be so direct, and was momentarily speechless.
However, Du Ming couldn't possibly stay in that run-down factory any longer, since he and Li Yanni had already broken up.
What could he possibly do in this factory? So he didn't want to give Li Chenjun, the boss, any face.
By this time, a number of people had gathered in the office.
Some people whispered among themselves, "How shameless! Why bring up things that happened while they were dating after they broke up?"
"That's right. I heard that when he was pursuing Li Yanni, most of the time our Manager Li herself was the one treating them."
Hearing the surrounding chatter, Du Ming's face flushed red and then turned pale: "This is between Li Yanni and me, it's none of your business to interfere."
"What did you say?" Li Chenjun's face grew even colder.
"You humiliated my sister in my company, in front of so many people, and you still say it's your private matter?"
"I..." Du Ming said through gritted teeth.
"Then we need to clarify things. Li Yanni, you need to make things clear. When we were together, those things..."
"Enough!" Li Yanni suddenly stood up.
"Du Ming, if you feel I owe you something, then bring me the bill, and I'll pay you back right now."
But you also need to keep track of the accounts: the clothes and watch I bought you, and the stereo I gave you for your birthday.
The gifts I bought when I visited your parents also need to be included.
Du Ming was stunned for a moment, not expecting Li Yanni to say that.
Indeed, Li Yanni has bought him quite a few things in the past six months, and they are all expensive items.
"I'll give all your things back to you!"
"Is that so?" Li Yanni sneered.
"Didn't you say you broke that Casio watch? Didn't you say you were giving the stereo away? Now you want to return it?"
Upon hearing this, the surrounding colleagues began to whisper among themselves again. Someone said, "So he accepted so many things."
"That's right, Li Yanni is so good to him. I heard that sound system alone costs three or four thousand."
Du Ming's face turned bright red; he hadn't expected things to turn out this way.
He originally came to humiliate Li Yanni, but unexpectedly ended up putting himself in a very difficult position.
"Alright," Li Chenjun said.
"Du Ming, if you feel there are any accounts to settle, go to the finance department and pay back what is owed and get back what is due."
However…” he paused, “if you feel uncomfortable staying here, you can resign at any time.”
Du Ming understood the meaning behind Li Chenjun's words, gritted his teeth, and turned to leave.
He knew that this time he had truly shot himself in the foot.
Li Yanni watched Du Ming's disheveled figure leave and breathed a sigh of relief.
She was glad that she saw through this person's true colors in time, and she was also glad that she had such a good brother by her side to protect her.
"Are you alright?" Li Chenjun asked with concern.
Li Yanni shook her head: "It's alright, brother. He got off easy; those things added up to almost ten thousand."
"You," Li Chenjun said with a smile, shaking his head, "you'd better learn your lesson. But meeting Lin Dong now is actually a blessing in disguise."
In the afternoon, Du Ming submitted his resignation.
He was too ashamed to stay there any longer.
Before leaving, he thought of going to the office to get some personal belongings, but found that Li Yanni's seat was empty.
"Where is Li Yanni?" he couldn't help but ask.
"Manager Li isn't working overtime; he's gone out on a date," a colleague replied casually. "I heard he's a really handsome guy."
Hearing this, Du Ming felt even more uncomfortable.
After that, Du Ming searched for a long time and finally found a job in another toy factory.
However, the pay wasn't as good as what I got at the Li family's factory. I only earned three thousand yuan a month.
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2002, my hometown was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and filled with joy.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
