Chapter 4: Getting in the way
Chen Congyu took a deep breath. Although she had no feelings for Qi Ming, it did not mean that she would allow Jiang Xilin to do this for her.
So she got angry and glared at Jiang Xilin, "Boss Jiang, you are too nosy."
"Did I ask you to talk about personal matters during work hours?"
Jiang Xilin is so bad that he uses his status to bully others and doesn't restrain himself at all.
He asked again in a sinister tone, "Or did I disturb your good thing?"
Shen Congyu smirked, “Of course not.”
Looking down, her fingers gripping the phone tensed, revealing her true thoughts.
Jiang Xilin stared: "Where is your ring?"
The ring that was so plain that he would just kick it away as if it were trash.
Chen Congyu became alert and didn't look at him, "If it's in the way, just pick it off."
"I thought if you didn't wear a ring, people would think you were single and you could find another sucker here."
Jiang Xilin had never spoken to Shen Congyu in such a harsh attitude before, so she sounded very harsh for a moment.
But think about it, what if you don’t want to listen?
And in order to get him to agree to a divorce, she had said countless times more unpleasant things than this.
"I didn't want to find one." Chen Congyu shut up. She couldn't explain too much to him and changed the subject. "But Mr. Jiang, you have a girlfriend now. Let's keep our distance so as not to affect the relationship between you."
Jiang Xilin said coldly: "You think too much."
It seemed as if he was mocking her for overestimating her own abilities and thinking that she could influence their relationship.
Chen Congyu stopped talking. She wanted to go back and eat quickly. She hadn't eaten a single bite of the dishes on the table.
Jiang Xilin saw that she still had her brows lowered, looking very easy to talk to and very submissive, as if the glare she had just given him was just because he deleted Qi Ming.
He started walking and called out to her, "Follow me."
Finally, they went up to the restaurant on the top floor. It was Chen Congyu's first time here. There was only one table occupied, and the decoration was very exquisite. It seemed that they had reserved the whole place.
There were both men and women at the table, and the prettiest of them all immediately stood up and came over when she saw Jiang Xilin appear.
"Brother Jiang." Her voice was sweet and her eyes were glued to Jiang Xilin.
Jiang Xilin said "hmm".
"Why are you here so late?" She looked at Chen Congyu, narrowed her eyes, and asked warily without disguising, "Who is this?"
"The piano player," Jiang Xilin glanced over, "Are you not going yet?"
Chen Congyu lowered her eyes and walked away.
Judging from the situation, this woman should be Jiang Xilin's girlfriend? I didn't expect her to be this type.
But when a man has money, he can find anything he wants. Maybe the more he acts like a bitch, the more he likes this kind of feminine type.
Shen Congyu touched the piano keys, feeling somewhat uncomfortable. After all, knowing that Jiang Xilin had a girlfriend was different from seeing it with her own eyes, especially since she was in a very low position now.
It was a complete defeat.
She had no interest in their side, and didn't know someone had discussed her a little:
"Brother Jiang, when did you recruit this employee? He has a great temperament, I haven't seen him before."
The woman sitting next to Jiang Xilin rolled her eyes and said, "What are you asking about? You're interested in a part-time worker."
"Just ask what's wrong. It's human nature to like good-looking people. Take you for example, what are you trying to achieve by clinging to your brother-in-law every day?"
Duan Zhen quickly glanced at Jiang Xilin, pretending to hit the man who had just spoken, "My sister is my sister, and Brother Jiang is Brother Jiang. I must take advantage of my sister. Can't I just be friends with Brother Jiang?"
"that's all?"
"certainly!"
"Alright," Jiang Xilin put down the teacup, savoring the faint bitterness of the tea on his tongue, and frowned as if because of this. "Such a noise."
Duan Zhen stuck out her tongue and ended the topic.
Glancing towards the piano.
The woman's intuition told her that something was wrong.
When they finished and left, Chen Congyu, like the other waiters, lowered his head slightly, stood by the door, and saw them out.
When Duan Zhen and Jiang Xilin walked up to her, Duan Zhen stared at Chen Congyu and deliberately said, "Brother Jiang, this newcomer is really beautiful."
Chen Congyu frowned, and then heard Jiang Xilin snort coldly, which showed that he did not agree with what Duan Zhen said.
And said, "There are a lot of them outside."
Duan Zhen smiled and sounded very happy and satisfied with the answer.
Chen Congyu lowered her head even lower. She could no longer see Jiang Xilin's face, only his neat and serious trousers and shiny leather shoes. He walked past her, and the sleeve of his arm brushed her forehead.
A light masculine scent, cool and fleeting.
Jiang Xilin ignored Shen Congyu. After they left, Shen Congyu took another elevator down.
The wall of the sedan chair was bright, and Shen Congyu could clearly see her listless face.
She needed to put on makeup for work, so she did, but the makeup didn't stick well. She borrowed some of her colleagues' cosmetics temporarily, and some of them didn't suit her, so she had no choice. The ones she bought hadn't arrived yet.
When was the last time she wore makeup? She couldn't quite remember.
When she was with Chen Yao, he didn't let her clean up and threw away all her cosmetics. She had put on makeup secretly and he had caught her.
He told her in front of others that she was naturally beautiful and looked good even without makeup. But when he got home, he violently dragged her to the bathroom, ran the water, and pressed her head into the sink. After more than ten seconds, he pulled her up and asked her if she listened to him.
If she didn't give him a satisfactory answer, he would continue to push her into the water, over and over again, until she admitted her mistake and promised not to do it again.
Perhaps in the past few years, not only did she look pale, but her spirit and energy were also worn away by Chen Yao.
No wonder Jiang Xilin said that there are a lot of people like her.
Chen Congyu returned to the staff lounge, put the long-cold staff meal into the microwave to heat it up, and after a simple meal, he left work.
The house she rented was quite far from here, but fortunately it was accessible by subway. After she found a seat and sat down, she had time to look at her phone.
Qi Ming sent a verification message again, and Shen Congyu added him back and apologized casually.
Qi Ming sent a screenshot, which was the message Jiang Xilin had sent him before deleting it. It only had one word: Get lost.
[Did Jiang Xilin send this message from your phone? Isn't he going too far? Are you okay? If you have any problems, you can tell me. I won't bully you like he did.]
Chen Congyu ignored him.
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