The door of the tea room was pushed open with great force, hitting the door frame and bouncing back for a distance. Xia Xi held the door and looked inside. Fortunately, Xu Guanshan did not leave.
Xu Guanshan was about to bring a steaming cup of tea to his lips when he heard a loud bang. He didn't startle, taking a sip calmly and looking toward the door. An assistant stood beside him, holding a box of fresh tea, filling a paper bag. The chairman had casually mentioned that the tea he had tasted today was good, so he had asked the waiter to bring a fresh box back to brew for the chairman.
The assistant was slightly surprised to see Xia Xi coming back, then he looked at the chairman with a look of sudden enlightenment, and understood why the chairman did not rush to leave. He obviously had other things to deal with in the afternoon, but he was here leisurely drinking tea.
The chairman should have expected Xia Xi to figure it out soon. After all, he had praised Xia Xi for being smart, not a fool with no brains but only love. The chairman rarely praised people.
"Miss Xia." The assistant greeted her and prepared to leave.
Xu Guanshan raised his hand, indicating that he didn't need to leave, and the assistant stayed in the room.
Xia Xi came back running, her breathing rapid and unsteady for a long time. She walked into the tea room, and unlike the trepidation she had when she first entered, she was now in a resolute state of mind, ready to face death.
She closed the door behind her and walked towards the desk. With each step, she told herself that once she took this step, there was no turning back. Should she turn around and leave now?
But when she thought about how her sister carefully concealed the fact that she was in the hospital on the phone, she had no way to turn back.
"Chairman." Xia Xi was filled with sorrow and pain, her throat choked, but she still spoke the words clearly, leaving no room for regret. "I promise you, I will leave him."
The moment she said these eight words, tears welled up in her eyes and the corners of her eyes that had been wiped clean began to well up again.
She had never realized before that she was so fragile and so fond of crying. She couldn't control herself and her eyes became like malfunctioning faucets.
Xu Guanshan still had that condescending look on his face, his expression unwavering as he asked her calmly, "Have you made up your mind?"
Xia Xi turned her head to the side, swiftly wiping away the tears that threatened to stream down her cheeks. She didn't want to show this side of her in front of Xu Guanshan, as if she was trying to gain sympathy. In reality, he wouldn't have any sympathy for her, and her tears would only serve to humiliate herself. She didn't want that.
When she faced Xu Guanshan, her face had regained its clarity and clarity, and she said solemnly, "I've made up my mind." She looked into his eyes, which were full of confidence, and spoke calmly, "Thank you for your help. I will remember your kindness."
Xu Guanshan didn't respond to her words. Whether she was sincerely grateful or just being sarcastic, he wouldn't care. He had achieved his goal, and that was enough.
Xu Guanshan put down his teacup and handed over the envelope he had prepared long ago, as if he had already calculated that she would agree to his arrangement.
Xia Xi bent her back slightly and took it with both hands. The envelope was not thick, and she opened it in front of him.
There were three things in it: a check, enough to help her solve her current problems and get out of trouble; a letter of recommendation from a prestigious foreign university, which would easily get her into given her grades; and a piece of paper...
Xia Xi unfolded it and saw the contents clearly. Her pupils trembled slightly, her fingertips trembled, and the piece of paper she was holding shook.
She looked at the dignified middle-aged man with disbelief in her eyes. Her voice trembled when she spoke. She knew how to read, but she wanted to ask him, "What is this?"
Xu Guanshan remained unmoved and didn't mind telling her in person: "This is the script I arranged for you. You just need to act according to it and let Xu Yanfeng see it. Then the deal between you and me will be completed."
He knew his son too well and knew how to make him unable to turn back.
If he simply let Xia Xi fade out of Xu Yanfeng's sight, he would not let go of this relationship so easily. He had never experienced failure and would only try every possible way to win her back, which would make things even more complicated. This was not the result Xu Guanshan wanted to see.
Xia Xi was stunned, crumpling the corner of the paper. She was almost out of breath and couldn't speak. "Do you really... have to... use this method?"
Letting Xu Yanfeng witness her being intimate with someone else... How could she be so cruel! How could Chairman Xu be so cruel to his own son?!
Xia Xi was very resistant and assured him firmly: "I can never see him again!"
Xu Guanshan didn't look at her expression. He lowered his eyes slightly and poured out the tea at the bottom of the cup: "Little girl, money is not that easy to make."
Xia Xi's mind buzzed. She was actually convinced by his few words and agreed with what he said. Yes, he gave her such a large sum of money and even sent her abroad for further studies. It wasn't something she could just walk away with. There had to be a price to pay.
She can pay the price, any price is affordable, but why should she hurt Xu Yanfeng?
He is so nice.
How could she hurt him?
At that time, Xia Xi didn't know that the script arranged by Chairman Xu for her was the shadow of Xu Yanfeng's childhood. He hated betrayal and deception the most. When he agreed to be with her, his only requirement was, can you be loyal to me forever?
You don't have to like him that much, but you have to be loyal to him.
Unfortunately, Xia Xi knew nothing.
*
When Xu Yanfeng called, Xia Xi had just emerged from the teahouse. The sunlight was blinding, and she squinted, her eye sockets aching. She raised her hand to her forehead, only then realizing she was still holding the envelope. The thin envelope felt so heavy in her hand that she could barely hold it.
Xia Xi answered the phone, and Xu Yanfeng rarely revealed a tone of complaint to her: "You said you would call me later, it's been so long, did you forget?"
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