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Ye Wenyu's heart skipped a beat. She couldn't help but wonder, what did Jiang Zhiming want with her? She'd heard long ago that he and Lin Tingyue had broken up. Was he here to seek her sympathy? Lin Tingyue had once been his girlfriend, and Cai Wenchuan her boyfriend. Now, they were married, and they lived separate lives. Were they both just fellow sufferers?
The corridor was quiet, bathed in bright sunlight, and the forsythia nearby was lush and verdant.
While Ye Wenyu was lost in thought, Jiang Zhiming had already walked up to her and stood beside her. He said gently to her, "Xiaoyu, it's been a long time." Seeing her, his heart was filled with tenderness.
Ye Wenyu nodded, her large, curious eyes looking at Jiang Zhiming. What did he mean by suddenly coming to see her?
Jiang Zhiming's face was slightly red, and his heart was pounding wildly, as if a nest of rabbits lived in his chest. The sunlight shone brightly, shining through the leaves like diamonds and crystals. His handsome face was slightly red, as if he were drunk. He said to her, "I left the Lin Group and found a job in a foreign company with my own abilities. I've been working there for three months now, and it's going well so far."
So that's how it is. Ye Wenyu looked up and saw Jiang Zhiming looking confident and spirited. She couldn't help but feel happy for him. She thought to herself that she should learn from him and leave the Lin family. She could live a very good life on her own.
That's what makes a valuable and meaningful life!
But could this be his purpose in coming to see her? To tell her about his recent situation after leaving the Lin family? That doesn't seem quite right, after all, they weren't very close friends.
Jiang Zhiming asked Ye Wenyu hesitantly, "It's been so long since I've seen you. How have you been?"
Ye Wenyu nodded and replied, "I'm fine, thank you for your concern." The fog in her heart grew thicker.
Jiang Zhiming walked shoulder to shoulder with her out of the teaching building. The sunlight, like diamonds, sprinkled all over the ground, and there was a fragrance of some kind of flower in the air. The long-lost campus life was simply intoxicating.
He was silent for a moment, then said to her, "I heard that Cai Wenchuan is getting married to Lin Tingyue, and they have obtained their marriage certificate."
Ye Wenyu was stunned. Just as she thought! After a moment, she slowly said, "I know, I've heard it from others." Her heart sank rapidly as if a stone were sinking, but she still pretended to be nonchalant.
Jiang Zhiming thought for a while and said to her, "Teacher Cai has always liked Xiaoyue, so now he has fulfilled his wish."
As he said this, he gazed at Ye Wenyu, thinking to himself, "Girl, don't be silly! Teacher Cai has never liked you! You should be like me, see things clearly quickly, move on as soon as possible, and don't be sad. Life is short, why waste time and energy on someone who isn't worth it?"
Ye Wenyu nodded and said to Jiang Zhiming, "Yes, I wish them well."
Jiang Zhiming abruptly changed the subject, lowering his voice to ask her, "Do you know what happened to the Lin family?"
"What?!" Ye Wenyu looked up in shock, as if struck by lightning. She had a vague feeling that something terrible had happened to the Lin family, but she didn't know who to get the details from. So, she asked Jiang Zhiming curiously, "What happened?"
Her past life and present life overlapped, and past events flashed through her mind like mirror images.
Jiang Zhiming said softly to her, "Teacher Cai and Lin Tingyue got married. Before he died, Old Master Lin divided the shares into three parts: one for Teacher Cai, one for Lin Tingyue's mother, and one for Lin Tingfeng. Now that Teacher Cai and Xiaoyue are married, they hold more shares in the Lin Group than Lin Tingfeng. Therefore, President Lin has been removed from his position as general manager and his whereabouts are currently unknown."
What? Their whereabouts are unknown. Like a rumbling thunderclap, Ye Wenyu stopped in her tracks, her big eyes wide open like teacups.
Lin Tingfeng's fate was reported as unknown?
Seeing Ye Wenyu's shocked expression, Jiang Zhiming was somewhat puzzled. He asked her, "You really didn't know anything at all?"
Ye Wenyu stood there like a wooden statue, her ears ringing with Jiang Zhiming's words: "Lin Tingfeng's whereabouts are unknown."
She thought back to her previous life, when Lin Tingfeng wasn't defeated so quickly. He later fought back like a wounded beast, but in this life, she never expected him to fall so soon. Like lightning striking a tree, everything happened without warning.
Jiang Zhiming said to her, "I heard that a shareholders' meeting was held, and Lin Tingyue's mother used a scheme to get rid of him. At the shareholders' meeting, Lin Tingyue's mother used her shares to remove Lin Tingfeng from his position. Now, Lin Tingyue's mother is also the chairman of the Lin Group, and the position of general manager is still vacant. In short, Lin Tingfeng has nothing to do with the Lin Group now."
Ye Wenyu listened in silence, her heart churning with turmoil.
Jiang Zhiming observed Ye Wenyu's expression and slowly said, "I heard that his secretaries all saw him pack up his office supplies and then leave the office alone. He hasn't come to work since, and we haven't seen him for many days."
Haven't seen him for many days? How could a living person just vanish like thin air? Lin Tingfeng is tall and strong, like a beast; he's not an ant.
Ye Wenyu's face turned as pale as paper. She thought to herself, this must be what Jiang Zhiming meant by "missing".
Such a blow was devastating for Lin Tingfeng, a veritable catastrophe. The Lin Group was the culmination of Lin Tingfeng's life's work, and in the blink of an eye, his life's work was forcibly handed over to someone else. He, as the general manager, was ousted by a woman at the shareholders' meeting—it sounded like a lie, and no one would believe it.
"Xiaoyu, are you listening? Are you still listening?" Jiang Zhiming saw Ye Wenyu looking dazed and had no choice but to raise his voice and ask her repeatedly. He was puzzled by Ye Wenyu's abnormal expression. He had always thought that Ye Wenyu was sad for Cai Wenchuan, but now it seemed that was not the case.
Ye Wenyu finally snapped out of her daze, pulled her thoughts back from their kite-like flight, looked up at Jiang Zhiming, and asked him in a trembling voice, "Is everything you said true?"
Jiang Zhiming said to her, "Of course, it's all true! I thought you already knew, but I didn't expect you to know nothing. However, you have nothing to do with the Lin family anymore, so we're just chatting about their family matters. Alas, fortunes change, and no family stays poor or rich forever. Now it seems that my decision to leave the Lin Group was wise!"
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