Chapter 17 Men Understand Men Best

The next sentence he said was a very quiet mumbling to himself, not to me, but I think he did it on purpose for me to hear it.

My eyes darkened, "Assistant Wang."

"Yes, ma'am."

Assistant Wang took a step forward and responded respectfully, but the contemptuous look in his eyes made me very unhappy.

"From now on, you are fired. I will ask the HR department to give you N plus one compensation. Now go back and pack your things!"

I should be thankful that although I love brains and dropped out of my favorite studies, my brain is not completely broken. After pouring out all my investments in Shen Yanci, I did not foolishly take nothing. Instead, when the company went public, I took shares second only to Shen Yanci's.

As the second largest shareholder of the company, I still have the authority to fire someone.

In my diary, this special assistant Wang humiliated me many times. One third of my mental pain came from him. An employee who doesn't know how to respect the boss and humiliates the PUA boss, should not be fired and kept for the New Year?

Assistant Wang's eyes widened in shock and he shouted in disbelief, "Fire me?"

"Well, you're fired."

"Madam, did you drown yesterday? Are you out of your mind?" Who is he? He is Mr. Shen's most trusted assistant!

She actually said she wanted to fire him! What was she thinking?

I ignored him and called Shen Yanci directly, "Fire you, Special Assistant Wang, immediately, or I will sell all my shares to your rival."

"What are you doing?"

Shen Yanci might be worried about the situation of his true love, and his tone was very impatient.

"He was disrespectful to me. I don't want to see him again. Please take a look at the audio message I sent and reply to me within three minutes." After saying that, I hung up the phone.

Shen Yanci rubbed his brows with a headache. He felt that Qiao Yi was becoming more and more troublesome, to the point where he could hardly understand it.

However, he still watched the audio I sent him.

From the moment Assistant Wang showed up, I turned on the recording mode on my phone. His disrespectful attitude and words toward me were all vividly presented in the video, including the words he whispered but deliberately let me hear.

Shen Yanci's eyes darkened instantly.

He may not care about me that much, but he just said that at my grandmother's birthday party, and now his personal assistant said the same thing to slap him in the face, so of course he is very angry.

After I gave Assistant Wang a lecture over the phone, he called me again.

Without waiting for him to say anything, I said directly, "Fire him without negotiation."

Shen Yanci was silent for a while and then said, "Okay."

Then he saw Assistant Wang's cell phone ringing. Maybe Shen Yanci said on the phone that he wanted to fire him, and his face suddenly turned pale.

After hanging up the phone, he looked at me, no longer as arrogant as before.

"Madam, I was wrong before. I apologize to you. Please don't let Mr. Shen fire me, okay?"

"I have elderly parents and young children to support. My whole family depends on my salary. If I get fired, my whole family will not be able to survive!"

I looked at him coldly, "What does it have to do with me?"

When he was humiliating me in such a condescending manner, did he ever think that he had a family to support?

Besides, he has been with Shen Yanci for so many years and has accumulated enough wealth, so how could he not be able to survive?

"Ma'am, I really know I was wrong..."

Without waiting for him to finish, I turned and left. If we could just say “I was wrong” and let everything go, then what are the police for in this world?

…

Last night, Gu Yaozhi did not leave after sending me to the hospital. He waited until I had completed all the tests and the results came out before he left.

While waiting for the test results, I couldn't help but ask him about our teacher's recent situation. When I dropped out of school to pursue business and gave up on continuing my graduate studies, the disappointed look in my teacher's eyes made me afraid to contact him for all these years.

I only dare to send some blessing text messages during festivals.

The teacher was really kind to me and took great care of me. He was the second best person to me in the world, besides my grandmother. Due to his status as a professor, he was not supposed to supervise graduate students, but for me, he made an exception and started to do so.

But after I was admitted to his graduate program, I gave up my postgraduate studies because Shen Yanci was too busy in the start-up phase and couldn't take care of himself. He often suffered from stomachaches, and I wanted to take care of him personally.

These days I slowly recalled some things. I remember that my teacher advised me earnestly at that time.

He said that he is a man and understands men best. If a man really loves you, he will not let you sacrifice your studies to help him. If he lets you sacrifice, it means he does not love you enough.

Giving away everything for someone who doesn't love you enough will only leave you with scars.

In the end it's nothing.

I forgot how I responded to the teacher at that time. I also couldn't remember anything about my strong love for Shen Yanci. I think this might be a form of self-protection because I was hurt so badly.

Only by forgetting my love for him can I go on living.

Facts have proved that the teacher was right. He had already seen my result. That’s why when I insisted on dropping out of school for Shen Yan, he was so disappointed and said he never wanted to see me again.

For all these years, I didn’t dare to contact my teacher because of what he said.

But I missed him so much and wanted to know how he was doing, so I couldn't help but ask Gu Yaozhi.

He said the teacher was sick and had been in the hospital for more than a week.

This made me want to secretly see the teacher even though I knew he didn't want to see me anymore.

I made an appointment with Gu Yaozhi to go visit him today.

But we didn’t expect that when we arrived at the hospital, the teacher had already been discharged and returned home.

This made me happy that the teacher had recovered, but at the same time I felt a little disappointed. I felt disappointed that I couldn't see him even secretly.

Now the teacher no longer teaches. After he stops teaching, he either stays in the laboratory or at home. No matter whether it is the laboratory or the family quarters of the Academy of Sciences where he lives, one needs to register and make an appointment before entering.

It's difficult to get a sneak peek at the old man from a close distance.

Gu Yaozhi saw my disappointment and patted my shoulder gently. "It's okay. I'll find an excuse to ask the teacher out in a few days."

My eyes lit up when I heard him say this. How could I have forgotten that he was my teacher's most proud disciple!

With him around, I won’t have to worry about not having the chance to see my teacher again!

So I smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Professor. I'll treat you to a meal later!"

"Thank you for saving my life. You can come to me for anything in the future. I'll go through fire and water for you as long as I can do it!" I was very serious and sincere when I said this.

I can never repay you for saving my life. As long as he needs me, I will fight for him.

The handsome man laughed and said, "If that's what you want, how can I repay you for your recommendation? Without you, there would be no Professor Gu today."

I was about to say something when I heard a sharp shout.

"Qiao Yi!"