Chapter 114: His Tie
Chapter 114: His Tie
"Three-legged toads are hard to find, but two-legged men are everywhere. Men are ubiquitous."
“It’s not like Fu Yanjing is the only man in the world with a legitimate relationship.”
The words may be rough, but the principle is sound.
But that's too crude a way of putting it.
Seeing that the topic was getting further and further off track, Wen Jin quickly brought out the books that An Yu had been longing for.
"Forget about men, take your baby home first."
An Yu's attention was instantly drawn, and she rushed over, exclaiming, "Wow, the taste of youth!"
An Yu picked up the top book and flipped through it with great interest. A tattered strip of paper, crumpled yet stretched out, came into view.
An Yu strained to make out the details, and as she slowly saw them clearly, goosebumps rose on her skin.
"My dark history! Ahhhhhh!"
"I can't believe I wrote such cheesy, lovey-dovey lines! Help! I want to travel back in time and slap myself a few times."
Her screams and contortions stopped for a moment. "Seriously, why is this piece of paper so tattered? Baby, did you try to cover up my body?"
...It was Fu Yanjing.
But explaining it from the beginning would take forever, so Wen Jin got lazy and said, "The note accidentally fell out. It was Qiuqiu's naughty doing that. I fixed it for you."
The puppy tilted its head in the distance when it heard its name called.
An Yu never expected that her child, with such a small nose, would be burdened with such a huge accusation, but she didn't think much of it.
Numbly, he tore the paper strips into shreds.
"Next time, just erase this kind of embarrassing history directly. You know, I'm about to become famous."
Wen Jin also said, "Then, since I witnessed the birth of all your dark history, will I be the first one to be silenced?"
An Yu suddenly realized, "That's right!"
After saying that, she pretended to be fierce and said, "Little Wen Jin, prepare to die."
Just as he was about to start a fight with Wen Jinye by grabbing a cushion from the sofa, a black tie peeked out from behind the cushion and into the gap in the sofa.
An Yu was stunned for a moment, then grabbed it.
Wen Jin was also stunned.
Like a detective, An Yu picked up the expensive leader's shirt and examined it from left to right. Then, with an unusually serious expression, she leaned close to Wen Jinye, as if she could read her micro-expressions.
After much fanfare, they finally concluded, "This is—a man's tie."
Wen Jinye: "This is obvious."
"Confess and you'll be treated leniently; resist and you'll be punished severely." An Yu crossed her arms. "What I mean is, how come there's a man's tie in your house! Tell me! Who did it?!"
Wen Jin is also organizing her thoughts.
"Alright, when did that bastard Fu Yanjing show up at our door?" An Yu asked in a more direct way.
Wen Jin could only recount the events of that night to An Yu in detail.
"So, he mistakenly thought that the person you liked in high school was Zhou Jichen?" An Yu laughed in exasperation. "He really had the opportunity right in front of him but couldn't use it. Isn't he supposed to be pretty smart? He can make stupid mistakes too."
However, An Yu was still furious when she heard Fu Yanjing mock Wen Jinye's unrequited love as not precious.
An Yu, unusually indignant, said, "Don't let that bastard know you like him. Don't let him have his fun, and don't give him another chance to bully you."
"Pah! What is that?"
After hearing Wen Jin's explanation, An Yu found the tie even more objectionable. "He wouldn't have deliberately left things here with you so he could use that as an excuse to come over again, would he?"
"No way! We absolutely won't give him this chance."
An Yu picked up Wen Jinye's phone from the table, readily entered the password, and opened the WeChat chat window with Fu Yanjing.
Before Wen Jin could stop her, her blood rushed to her head, and she heard An Yu type a series of words into the voice chat box:
"Fu Yanjing, don't try any low-class tricks. Let me tell you, such low-level tactics are completely beneath you. Go find that tie in the trash can downstairs!"
After saying that, he released the device and sent it.
The moment she sent it, An Yu actually regretted it a little.
Objectively speaking, Fu Yanjing's status is indeed not something that ordinary people like them can afford to offend.
But when that protective instinct of a mother hen kicks in, I get impulsive.
An Yu was just about to withdraw when she realized that discretion was the better part of valor.
But what she didn't expect was a bright red exclamation mark next to the chat box.
An Yu exclaimed in surprise, "Fu Yanjing blocked you?"
If we go back in time, she didn't even know when Fu Yanjing added Wen Jinye on WeChat.
Wen Jin also pulled her phone back, thankfully.
"Aren't you afraid of getting implicated if you post this? You'd risk my career for my sake?"
Having failed in her attempt to cause trouble, An Yu became well-behaved, saying, "He shouldn't be that petty, right?"
However, even An Yu herself didn't believe what she said.
If it weren't for being petty, what would this exclamation mark mean?
She furtively observed Wen Jinye's expression, only to find that Wen Jinye remained completely calm and composed as she clicked "delete friend."
Her expression was completely flawless, and even An Yu couldn't discern anything amiss.
The fleeting moment of relief in Wen Jinye's eyes quickly vanished into the shadows beneath her drooping eyelids.
Perhaps his initial impulse subsided.
So she was given back the peace of life.
"And this tie..." An Yu asked.
"Should we throw it away?" Wen Jin wasn't quite sure either, and looked to An Yu for her opinion.
She calmly explained, "After all, he has countless ties to choose from. This one might just be one he picked up randomly from his wardrobe, insignificant. Fu Yanjing won't care about its loss, and might not even remember it."
It seems to be about ties.
It seems like—
He was talking about himself.
But An Yu didn't want any future trouble. "Don't throw it away. I was just saying that in anger. This thing is so expensive. What if that bastard makes a fuss and we can't afford to pay for it?"
They were also afraid that Fu Yanjing might act up again and take this opportunity to bother Wen Jin.
An Yu put the tie into her bag. "I might as well have my idiot boss give it to him. That'll settle things evenly!"
"That's fine too."
*
An Yu promptly arranged for Xu Xiangbai to return the tie the very next day.
In the CEO's office, Xu Xiangbai, hands in his suit trouser pockets, acted all high and mighty, saying, "You have to pay a price to get my help, right? I'm very expensive."
“What a coincidence, I have a priceless treasure.” An Yu took out her own photo from her bag and casually picked up Xu Xiangbai’s expensive fountain pen from his desk.
With a few quick strokes, a special signature is freshly produced.
She slapped the photo and tie together on Xu Xiangbai's desk, saying, "Here you go."
Ever since Xu Xiangbai was watching An Yu's interview clip and An Yu happened to see it, she became convinced that Xu Xiangbai was her fan.
Back then, I was extremely guarded, clasping my hands together in front of my chest, saying, "I'm warning you, you'd better keep your personal and professional life separate, or you'll become my sasaeng fan."
Now they're quite open about it, saying things like, "Just don't sneak kisses in the middle of the night."
Xu Xiangbai picked up the photo, looked at the scribbles in the corner, and his lips twitched uncontrollably:
"An Yu, could your handwriting get any uglier?"
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A note from the author:
See you tomorrow, my wives!
I'll definitely update more chapters once I'm done with this busy period!
Lately, I haven't been getting off work until after 9 PM. My life is tough.
I felt so embarrassed reading everyone's comments on each chapter on my way home from get off work!
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