Could you please stop being so childish?
"Oh, okay." Tao Xingye turned around and agreed as if nothing had happened, but he quickened his pace in clearing the cakes. Entering the house, Lin Yu was completely buried in the quilt, hugging it like a big bear.
"You won't leave any for me?" Tao Xingye squeezed in through a gap beside Lin Yu's legs. The air conditioner in his room was always turned on low. The quilt was chilly and felt as cool as water when it touched his skin.
Hesitantly, he slowly moved his hand over Lin Yu, pulling her close to him through the blanket. Both Lin Yu and he slept in a fairly straight position, with her lying flat on her back while he, on his side, rested on her shoulder. If he weren't so much taller than her, he would have been eager to crawl into her arms and have her hold him while he slept. Even at this point, Tao Xingye was content, a smile spreading across his face.
"Tsk." Lin Yu was a little displeased.
Tao Xingye quickly moved his head away, his hands... holding her for now. It should be okay, after all, they were covered. He tried to be less forceful, minimizing his presence. After all, he was Tao Xingye! When had he ever looked at someone like that? Once Lin Yu fell asleep, he would definitely rest his head on her shoulder again.
"Tao Xingye, have you forgotten something?" Lin Yu's tone was clearly questioning. Tao Xingye was startled and his heart was lifted. Lin Yu turned sideways to face him, their knees touching. Lin Yu said in an accusing tone, "We forgot to pick up Tao Damai!"
"Ah? This." Tao Xingye straightened Lin Yu's body and let her lie flat again, and leaned his head on Lin Yu again, "Tomorrow, but you have to go to pick her up alone then. I'm not free." His tone became a little lonely at the end, but Lin Yu didn't notice.
Lin Yu was enveloped by a deep sleepiness, and soon she fell into a deep sleep. Before she fell asleep, she was still thinking about Tao Damai. Listening to her mumbling, Tao Xingye hesitated whether to tell Lin Yu the truth about her loss of her job.
If I tell her, what will she think? Forget it, it’s better not to tell her. It’s too embarrassing that even Xu Meihan can plot against him.
At four o'clock, Tao Xingye quietly let go of Lin Yu. The date for the marriage certificate on Jinming Temple had arrived. He had to quickly deliver the marriage certificate to the clan leader, otherwise the company would be completely busy in the next few days and it would be delayed for several more days.
When he left, the driver was waiting at the door. Tao Xingye got in and took the documents his assistant handed him. They were all financial analysis. He had originally planned to invest the profits from the bone implant project into other microrobot research in the same field after it was completed.
However, under the current circumstances, the several projects he had envisioned could only secure funding for one year at most, which was far too short for their nascent field of research. If there were no results, they would have to rely solely on their legacy of bone implant microrobots.
He had been accustomed to the principle of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure since childhood. While this situation might not seem like a crisis to outsiders, he understood that if anything went wrong with the bone implant project, their entire cash flow would be affected. The fate of WuXi Jiansheng would be self-evident.
"How's the planning for the agency going? Show me your latest plan." Tao Xingye put the documents aside and took the computer handed to him by his assistant.
WuXi Jiansheng, the only research-based medical device company in Jincheng, is involved, but there are many other medical device companies operating as distributors. Almost every popular medical device on the market already has an exclusive distributor, so it's probably too late for him to enter the market now.
Tao Xingye took a quick look at the several types of equipment they presented. They had an agency in Jincheng that they had been cooperating with for many years. He glanced at Zhao Jian, who lowered his head uncomfortably.
Tao Xingye understood, closed his computer and leaned back in his chair with a chill in his heart. "When did he call you?"
Zhao Jian is a student sponsored by the Tao family. Tao Xingye likes his down-to-earth and meticulous style of doing things. Therefore, even though Zhao Jian is not qualified enough, he still wants to promote Zhao Jian to be his assistant.
Now, he had just had a conflict with the Tao family, and the first thing he handed over to Zhao Jian was a plan that couldn't be worse.
He didn't see any thought in the whole article, it was just a list of information that could be known without even looking it up.
"It's a foregone conclusion that they'll be the agents for the types of devices you mentioned. What I want to know is those less popular medical devices in Jincheng that don't have exclusive agents. Is that difficult to investigate? Or are you deliberately not investigating and giving me this proposal so I won't give up?"
"Boss Tao, I didn't." Zhao Jian lowered his head. His little trick had been exposed, and he couldn't face Tao Xingye anymore. Tao Xingye was even more formidable than he had imagined. Even though the true purpose of his plan was so deeply hidden, he still saw through it at a glance.
Tao Xingye even guessed that it was Tao Xingguo's instruction. This kind of keenness is really not something that ordinary people can possess.
"You already have it." Tao Xingye didn't want to use the kindness he had shown to Zhao Jian to kidnap him. The fact that Zhao Jian followed Tao Xingguo's instructions to make things difficult for him was enough to show that he was a person who knew how to repay kindness.
Unfortunately, Zhao Jian was grateful for Tao Xingguo's kindness, not his own.
"You know what to do. Before you leave, find your successor." The vehicle stopped by the roadside and Zhao Jian got out with his briefcase.
Tao Xingye's face remained frozen as they hurried to Liuxiu Town. He handed the marriage certificate to the clan leader and watched him slowly write Lin Yu's name with a brush.
A message popped up, shattering the silence. Pulling out her phone, it was from Lin Yu. It was a video of her bathing a kitten. The kitten lay in the tub, rubbing Lin Yu's calf with its paws. The girl's clear, graceful voice echoed as the camera panned, "Your cat scratched my calf. You have to pay for my medical expenses."
It’s also your cat, Tao Xingye thought as he typed these words and sent them to Lin Yu, and transferred another ten thousand to her.
"Xiaoxing seems to be in a good mood. Is he chatting with his lover?" The clan leader remembered that the last time he saw Tao Xingye, this young man still had a cold and gloomy look in his bones. However, after a few months, when he saw him again today, he became exceptionally gentle.
Tao Xingye raised his voice, "Chief, I'll be leaving first."
Zhao Jian moved quickly, and the next day Tao Xingye met the new assistant. He looked familiar, but Tao Xingye couldn't place where he had seen him before. Instead, the look he gave him seemed wary and disdainful.
Chen Zhuo gritted his teeth and put the introduction he had prepared in front of Tao Xingye. Thinking of the embarrassing encounter with him before, Chen Zhuo regretted coming to WuXi Jiansheng.
"Sit down first." Seeing that the person was a little nervous, Tao Xingye put down the work at hand, poured a glass of water for Chen Zhuo personally, and then began to look at Chen Zhuo's resume.
Tao Xingye still had great confidence in Zhao Jian's ability to select people. He casually flipped through a few pages without much interest, but his eyes stopped on the last page and the last paragraph of small words.
At the Institute of Optics and Electronics, Tao Xingye's fingertips moved back and forth, and all his memories were connected together. He raised his eyes and looked at Chen Zhuo, and just one look scared Chen Zhuo so much that he stood up.
This trembling look is exactly the same as that day in the cafe. The more I look at him, the less worthy he is of Lin Yu. How can such a person be Lin Yu's blind date?
Tao Xingye suppressed the hostility in his heart. He didn't want to bring personal matters into work, but everything related to Lin Yu could involve all his emotions. Facing Chen Zhuo, he really couldn't remain calm, even though this person was just a blind date and immediate superior of Lin Yu.
"I'm sorry, I can't hire you." Tao Xingye stood up and handed the resume back to Chen Zhuo. Chen Zhuo's anxiety was instantly ignited, "Why? You have to give me a reason, right?"
Reason? They both knew it. Tao Xingye found it funny. Chen Zhuo had been on guard since he entered the room, and now he wanted him to give a reason.
Tao Xingye ignored him and turned around to press the intercom, asking someone to ask Chen Zhuo to leave. Soon, several security guards came in. Chen Zhuo felt humiliated and threw his resume, which he had prepared overnight, to the ground. "If you don't need me, then don't need me. I don't believe we won't meet again in the future. When that time comes, you'd better still be with me..." Before he could finish, several security guards dragged Chen Zhuo out of the office.
Without an assistant, Tao Xingye's workload increased suddenly. He roughly sorted out the medical device agents that might be attacked. When he looked up, it was already past eleven o'clock.
Thinking of his family and cat, he turned off the computer and drove home.
As soon as Tao Xingye closed the door, he saw Lin Yu sitting in the living room. He couldn't help but feel a little warm in his heart, "Don't do this again..."
"Why did you fire Chen Zhuo?" Lin Yu's tone was cold, and Tao Xingye's hand froze as he was taking off his coat.
Lin Yu's mind flashed back to the ironic conversation she had had that day. She had assured Chen Zhuo that Tao Xingye wasn't someone who acted on impulse, that he was serious about his work and wouldn't fire someone who was talented. What was the result?
"He is not suitable for this position, not to mention," Tao Xingye looked at Lin Yu, his meaning was self-evident.
"What's more, he was my previous blind date?" Lin Yu stood up, eyes full of anger. "Can you please stop being so naive? Xinghai has already told me about your company's current situation. In a few days, not only Chen Zhuo, but anyone with a bit of technology in the industry won't choose your company."
"That's none of your business!" Tao Xingye felt embarrassed. Lin Yu's words seemed to be saying how incompetent he was. Could it be that in Lin Yu's mind he was such a fool that he couldn't even handle these things?
"He's just a small employee!" Tao Xingye's tone was firm and full of disdain. He deliberately used this contemptuous attitude to show his confidence.
Lin Yu was overwhelmed and disappointed after hearing this. "He's just a small employee. Are all the people besides you dispensable in your eyes? Are they not as capable or smart as you, Mr. Tao? If you have the ability, go and start the company by yourself, don't rely on those employees."
"How am I incompetent? Lin Yu, I don't care what others think of you, but you better take back what you said just now." Tao Xingye was furious. He grabbed Lin Yu's wrist and forced her to stand up. Lin Yu was pinched so hard that it hurt. This kind of suppression that took advantage of the power difference between men and women made Lin Yu even angrier.
"You think you're so powerful, don't you? You use your status to suppress your employees; you use your status as a prince of a wealthy family to suppress other children from poor families; and you use your strength and male size to suppress women, don't you? How powerful are you? Let go!"
"I won't let go!"
"I'll say this one last time, let go." Lin Yu's tone grew increasingly cold, and the atmosphere between them became tense. After a long moment, Tao Xingye loosened his fingers. Without saying a word, he turned and left the apartment.
The door slammed shut, and Lin Yu slid onto the carpet. Tao Damai ran out from behind the sofa and slid into her arms. The room was so cold that only a little warmth remained in her hands.
Lin Yu looked at the closed door. She looked around the room and had never felt so cold before. She didn't know why she and Tao Xingye were arguing like this again. She had obviously wanted to persuade Tao Xingye to keep Chen Zhuo for the sake of the company.
Could it be that she and Tao Xingye really can't be husband and wife? Are they really not suitable to be together?
Lin Yu felt a sharp pain in her heart. She hugged her head and tried hard to get rid of the thought.
After drinking glass after glass of wine, Lin Yu didn't feel any better, but rather a bit uncomfortable. She felt that she was not numb enough, so she poured more into the glass and drank it all in one gulp.
Her lower abdomen grew heavier and heavier, until she was covered in cold sweat. Lin Yu didn't know what was happening to her. The pain was so severe that she couldn't even sit still. She fell to the ground, her senses blurred and she couldn't distinguish anything.
She struggled to reach her phone and call the hospital. The pain grew more pronounced, cutting through the alcohol-induced blur and occupying her mind with clarity. She felt pain everywhere, and she felt like she was dying.
Lin Yu wished she could faint right now, but the pain kept her awake. Finally, she realized something and reached for her legs. In the moonlight outside the window, she could clearly see the blood on her fingertips.
She trembled all over. There had never been a more desperate moment than at that moment - she knew her unborn child with her own hands.
Lin Yu struggled to get up. She had to get the medicine box, she had to hold the child. But no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn't muster any strength. Blood from beneath her body left a horrifying streak on the floor. The cat gnawed at the hem of her skirt. All Lin Yu could see was her outstretched arm...
Several nurses broke in and she was picked up. The ceiling in front of her eyes turned into the sky. She remembered the night when she slept on the roof with Tao Xingye when she was a child. There were also so many stars in the sky.
She was not sleeping soundly. She heard Tao Xingye's complaints. He said that she didn't even tell him the truth.
But Xingye, how should she tell the truth? She was clearly telling the truth. Lin Yu was in so much pain that she couldn't make any sound, but tears kept flowing out. She was as calm as a model controlled by a mechanism.
Her eyes were filled with despair yet extraordinary calmness. In her heart, she silently felt the disappearance of her child.
When she woke up again, Lin Yu sat up reflexively almost instantly. Her wide eyes made the nurse immediately understand what she wanted to ask. The nurse just shook her head and handed the treatment form to Lin Yu.
There was no ultrasound report, only a uterine curettage order. The child's death preceded his existence. What price should be paid to compensate for this disordered order?
Lin Yu held the list tightly in her hand and tried to speak but no sound came out. The nurse gave her a sip of water and helped her lie down again.
Lin Yu looked at the nurse and grabbed the edge of the girl's clothes, "...Don't tell him..."
"Tell who?" The nurse's reply made Lin Yu suddenly realize that Tao Xingye didn't know yet.
Should she tell him? She wanted to tell him so badly, but she couldn't. She was willing to endure this pain alone. At least, it was better than Tao Xingye knowing that she had killed their child with her own hands.
Let's just deal with this matter quietly, Lin Yu thought. As long as she didn't tell anyone, no one would know about it, and Tao Xingye would never know about it.
She pulled out her phone and called a housekeeper. She remembered there was blood on the floor at home and she had to clean it up. She couldn't let Tao Xingye see it. She couldn't appear in front of Tao Xingye in such a weak state. She pulled out her phone and booked a ticket to Rongcheng...
Tao Xingye received the news that Lin Yu was going out of town in the afternoon. He stared at the message for a long time. Since Lin Yu wanted to separate from him for some time, he respected it.
He thought about the conversation that day over and over again. Although he later realized that Lin Yu was worried about him, he was still unwilling to expose the fragility of his abilities to Lin Yu.
He had always prided himself on his intelligence, especially in front of his wife. If he let his wife worry about his affairs, what kind of person was he? He was determined to win this battle for agency rights, no matter the cost.
If he couldn't completely reverse the company's crisis, he would rather not appear in front of Lin Yu.
"Xingzi, you're still busy." Zhou Xing pushed the door open and walked in. He was wearing a silver-gray suit, and he was suave and charming in nature. He always spoke with a faint smile. "I've contacted the Liu family for you. Are you really not going to call Wei Zhe?"
"Wei Zhe's mother has been married to the Wei family for so many years, and her parents' side has no say in it. Why bother to call him? We'll just owe them a favor for nothing." Tao Xingye stood up, "This outfit is acceptable, right?" He was too lazy to go home and change into another one.
"No, you should dress smarter and go back to change into something new." Zhou Xing was very picky about his clothes. He always paid attention to his own appearance, and this viciousness also extended to the people around him. He really didn't like Tao Xingye's clothes. They were too dull.
"Wei Zhe's cousin isn't much older than us," Zhou Xing said with disdain, "He has a girlfriend who's a celebrity."
Tao Xingye had no choice but to follow Wei Zhe's advice and go home to change clothes. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a housekeeper packing up things. He became alert instantly, and only felt relieved when he heard that it was Lin Yu who hired her.
The room was immaculately clean. Tao Xingye was in a hurry to get to the dinner party. Tao Damai tugged at the hem of his suit pants, the blood stains on his claws completely lost in the black. He noticed Tao Damai's claws were black, but without much time to examine them, he gave the housekeeper some extra money and asked her to take Tao Damai to take a bath.
He didn't know that he almost touched the edge of the truth.
When he rushed to Yunjin's house, Zhou Xing and two girls just got out of the car behind him. Tao Xingye was very familiar with one of them, but had no impression of the other one.
Zhou Xing put his arm around Shuang Axi's waist and pushed the other girl to Tao Xingye, "That guy Liu Quan brought his little star here too."
Liu Quan was a guest, and when guests brought female companions, they had to accompany them.
Tao Xingye didn't hug the girl, but just stretched out his arm for the girl to hold.
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