Chapter 18 Chapter 18 White Moonlight
After hanging up the phone, Guan Mi continued to look at the real-time hot searches on the computer screen. Wen Li suddenly reached out and held her hand silently.
She turned her head to look at him, then held his hand tightly again.
When they arrived at the high-speed rail station, the two still didn't talk much.
When the announcement for ticket checking came, Wen Li stood up, carrying his belongings, and joined her in line. As they neared the gate, he quickly grabbed her hand and said, "Don't overthink it. Go back and finish your work first, then get some rest. I'll take care of things back home, and I'll go see Guan Tang for you when I'm free."
Guan Mi nodded, took the things, and walked straight through the ticket gate.
She knew that Wen Li was standing by and watching her, but after checking her ticket, she was so focused on replying to the company's message that she didn't even look back.
Wen Li watched the figure disappear at the entrance of the passage, and his heart felt empty.
He sighed softly and turned to leave, but Guan Mi's voice came through the noisy crowd and fell clearly into his ears.
"Wen Li!"
He turned around suddenly and saw Guan Mi standing by the gate, looking at him with a smile.
"Why did you come back?"
Guan Mi grabbed his arm and said, "Don't overthink it. Talk to your family. I'll consider resigning as soon as possible."
Wen Li nodded vigorously. "I'll go to Beijing to see you next weekend."
Guan Mi stopped him: "Don't come so hard, take care of your exam first."
Wen Li looked at her and said reluctantly, "Okay."
Knowing that she was worried because of what he said at noon, he was unable to dispel her concerns now. He could only work harder and get promoted successfully, so that his family would know that Guan Mi would never affect his future.
Guan Mi waved his hand, "Okay, I'm really going in this time, you go back quickly."
Wen Li hurriedly pulled her back and said, "Next time you come back, I'll give you a surprise."
On the way back, Guan Mi held several more meetings. Shang Ming had disappeared, and neither her assistant nor her agent could find her.
After she contacted the male star, she suppressed the urge to curse and communicated with him calmly, and roughly found out where Shang Ming was.
After getting off the bus, Guan Mi carried her luggage and headed straight to the company without stopping. It wasn't until nightfall, after she had issued several statements and seen the heat subside, that she finally sat down in a chair in the conference room and breathed a sigh of relief.
Sister Song had been busy all day. She had just gone to Shang Ming to persuade her to break up, but was kicked out.
"That little ancestor doesn't want to break up at all. This needs to be made known to President Shen, right? He's so love-sick during his rising career, is he going to ruin his career?"
"I'll talk to her tomorrow," Guan Mi said.
I suggested to my supervisor, "If it were you, I'd just expose the actor's dirty laundry. Why are two women fighting over him to death while he keeps himself hidden?"
"Let's wait a little longer," Guan Mi twirled his pen. "If we push him to the top of the trending searches now, Shang Ming will be implicated again. But tonight, he must issue a clarification stating that he and He Jiaxin broke up a long time ago. We absolutely cannot let anyone label Shang Ming as a 'mistress'."
Agent Qin Ge immediately stood up: "I'll call his agent now."
It was after nine o'clock when the man's statement was finally released.
Qin Ge knew that he had failed to manage the artists well, causing them to work overtime on the weekend. He took the initiative and said, "I'll treat everyone to a midnight snack. You decide what to eat."
Sister Song continued, "The weather is getting colder, why not go for some mutton hotpot?"
Guan Mi also nodded: "I haven't eaten hot pot for a long time."
"Then let's go."
The seven people were about to get up and leave the meeting room when the door was pushed open.
Chen Yanfeng stood at the door with one hand in his pocket. Seeing everyone in the room looking at him, his gaze slowly moved around before finally landing on Guan Mi's face. He asked his agent, "Shang Ming didn't come to the company?"
Brother Qin quickly replied: "She is still emotionally unstable, and her assistant is accompanying her."
Guan Mi felt uneasy when he was looked at by him. Afraid that his colleagues would notice something, he lowered his head and started to organize the documents on the table.
Shen Yanfeng should have met Gao Qi tonight.
Shen Yanfeng nodded slightly: "Let's get off work."
"Boss Shen, we're planning to go to hot pot," Qin Ge invited enthusiastically. "Everyone's worked overtime today, so I'll treat you. Would you like to join us?"
Guan Mi paused.
She remembered that Shen Yanfeng didn't eat mutton.
Feeling inexplicably relieved, she continued to clean up.
Shen Yanfeng curled his lips and finally looked away, "You guys eat, I have something else to do."
He walked in, picked up the pen and paper on the table, and quickly wrote a few words on it, "Go to this place and have something good."
Brother Qin immediately picked it up and took a look. The store was not far away and could be reached on foot, but it was quite high-end and would probably cost a lot of money.
He nodded painfully and said with a smile, "Okay, okay."
Mr. Shen must have done this on purpose to punish him for not managing Shang Ming well.
Guan Mi went upstairs with the documents in her arms. Seeing that the door of Shen Yanfeng's office was open, she deliberately slowed down her steps and movements. After putting the things into the folder, she quickly walked out with her bag.
"Secretary Guan."
…
It was like a ghostly sound.
She took a deep breath, put down her bag, and walked into Shen Yanfeng's office.
"Mr. Shen."
Shen Yanfeng raised his eyes to look at her, "You handled this matter very well."
Guan Mi blinked, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth unconsciously, "Thank you, Mr. Shen."
After Shen Yanfeng finished his compliment, his gaze returned to the screen.
The office is very quiet.
Guan Mi stood there and waited for a while. Seeing that he didn't seem to have any other instructions, he was about to leave.
Shen Yanfeng suddenly raised his head to look at her, as if he had just realized that she had not left, and his eyebrows moved almost imperceptibly.
"Anything else?" he asked.
"No." Guan Mi answered immediately.
He nodded, his tone calm: "Then go, have a good meal."
Guan Mi walked away without looking back, unaware that Shen Yanfeng was watching her back, like a patient hunter, with a very faint curve at the corner of his lips.
We ate until almost twelve o'clock before we were ready to leave.
When Brother Qin took the bill to pay, he found out that Shen Yanfeng had already paid the bill.
Sister Song smiled and said, "If I had known earlier, I would have eaten an extra plate of meat."
"Boss, you're such a nice guy." Brother Qin wanted to cry. He wanted to follow Chen Yanfeng for the rest of his life!!!
Guan Mi came out of the bathroom and walked outside holding his coat. Everyone else had left, leaving only Sister Song and Brother Qin. They had both been drinking, so they didn't plan to go back to the company to drive, so they took a taxi back.
Sister Song asked Guan Mi what happened.
Guan Mi put on his coat and said, "My suitcase is still at the company. I have to go back and get it."
"Would you like us to accompany you?"
She shook her head. "No need. You guys should go back quickly. I'll let you know in the group when I get back."
The three people split into two groups.
Sister Song and Brother Qin were going to the other side to take a taxi. The two of them walked slowly and chatted.
Guan Mi walked towards the company alone.
Before she had walked a hundred meters, a black car suddenly stopped beside her without warning.
The light sound of the wheels rubbing against the ground pierced Guan Mi's eardrums, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he subconsciously stopped.
She turned her head, and the moment she saw the license plate, her breathing became a little difficult.
This car belongs to Shen Yanfeng, and he rarely drives it.
She shivered from the wind and looked towards the driver's seat.
The car window was open, and Shen Yanfeng had one hand loosely on the steering wheel, looking at her quietly.
His gaze was like an invisible iron net, tightly and silently enveloping her.
Guan Mi didn't hesitate and turned around to leave.
“Beep—”
A sharp car horn suddenly broke the silence, startling even the birds perched on the roadside trees to flap their wings.
Guan Mi quickened his pace, almost jogging.
She wants to resign and submit her report tomorrow!
“Beep—”
The horn sounded again, the rhythm urgent, as if the more she tried to escape, the closer it chased her.
"Secretary Guan, Secretary Guan?" Sister Song and Brother Qin, who were not far away, also noticed the commotion here and were shouting her name.
Guan Mi suddenly stopped, turned around, waved at them, and indicated that he was fine.
Then she turned, took a step off the curb, and bent down to look into the passenger window.
Chen Yanfeng anticipated what she would say, and with a hint of a smile on his face, he spoke first, "It's not fun. So hurry up and get up here, or someone will report me for honking my horn late at night."
Does he look like someone who would be afraid of being reported? Guan Mi felt that if he didn't stop, he would be able to make a lot of noise.
She put her hand on the passenger door, pulled it gently and then released it, walked to the front of the car, took a picture of the license plate with her phone, and then got into the back seat.
As soon as I entered, I saw her black suitcase on the car seat.
She wasn't too surprised. She sat down, then opened her phone, sent the license plate to Guan Tang, and then sent a voice message saying "I'm in the car."
The voice was deliberately lowered, but Shen Yanfeng was sure to hear it.
Guan Tang hadn't slept yet and was a little confused after seeing the message.
[Huh? Sister, you just came back?]
Shen Yanfeng's face darkened when he saw Guan Mi taking a picture of the license plate.
Staring at her in the rearview mirror, the sound of her typing on the keyboard and the smile on her lips were quite glaring.
But he didn't do anything, just waited patiently for her to put down her phone.
Nearly ten minutes later, Guan Mi raised his eyes from the screen, "Mr. Shen, I'm very tired and want to go back and rest as soon as possible. If you don't want to be the driver, then I'll get off, okay?"
Hearing her speak, even though her attitude was very cold, Shen Yanfeng's mood subtly improved.
He started the car quickly and drove steadily and quickly towards Changping.
"Actually, you can handle company matters remotely. There's no need to rush back." He said in a gentle tone, as if it was just a casual remark. "Don't you want to stay in Jiangcheng any longer?"
Guan Mi looked out the window and responded distantly: "This is my private matter."
"I don't know what happened exactly," Shen Yanfeng looked ahead, "but you sounded like you were crying on the phone."
"If it's because of his family, if he can't even handle his own family, then you will suffer even more injustice in the future."
This undoubtedly touched Guan Mi's heart.
She was silent for a moment, and said coldly: "I said, this is my private matter, please don't say it anymore, okay?"
Perhaps the thought of submitting her resignation tomorrow gave her the confidence, and now she didn't want to maintain a respectful attitude towards this "former boss" at all.
"How much do you love him?" Shen Yanfeng suddenly asked.
His voice was calm, yet it contained a hint of cruelty and a sense of self-abuse madness.
Guan Mi said without hesitation: "I love you very much."
He laughed, "He loves you like this too?"
"Yes."
"Then why would he bear to let you return to Beijing crying today?"
"He will take care of his family affairs, so you don't have to worry about it."
"You've been together for four years. If you needed to deal with this, you should have done it long ago. Why wait until you've faced the embarrassment his family has caused you?" Chen Yanfeng's words were heartbreaking. "Men are best at empty talk."
Guan Mi turned his face away and looked out the window.
The car stopped at a red light, and Shen Yanfeng glanced at the rearview mirror, "Guan Mi, don't waste time with him, there's no point."
Guan Mi asked him in return, "Then what should I do to make sense?"
"Break up with him."
"Then what?"
"We're together."
"You're dreaming!"
Chen Yanfeng chuckled, "I did dream about you recently, and you did leave him."
Guan Mi's face turned pale instantly, his hands trembled uncontrollably, and his eyes were fixed on the back of his head, "Chen Yanfeng, you are a lunatic! I didn't see through you for so many years!"
"No, Guan Mi, I said," he turned his head, his eyes gentle, "you know me best, you know what I want..."
"I don't want to understand." Guan Mi interrupted him. There was no collapse in his voice, only the coldness of extreme exhaustion. "We could have just been boss and subordinate, and our relationship would have been limited to work. It was you who insisted on crossing the line and making everything so complicated."
"I made you uncomfortable, didn't I?" His voice was very soft, and his eyes fell on the halo of the red light in front of him, with an inexplicable hesitation.
"Yes." Guan Mi clenched his hands, his voice tense, "I will submit my resignation report tomorrow."
After he finished speaking, the car fell silent at an eerie speed.
The man in the driving seat didn't say anything else and drove in silence. His profile looked unusually cold in the flickering light.
This journey back was the longest one Guan Mi had walked in the past few years. Her face was almost pressed against the glass window as she watched the street lights passing by outside the window.
The convenience store sign, the fallen leaves on the roadside, and the occasional passerby all blurred into a dazzling shadow. None of them could be retained, just like the stability she had been unable to grasp in the past few years.
She wiped her eyes, then took out her cell phone, opened the recruitment software, and set the location to Jiangcheng.
Get away from this scary man and return to the only place she felt safe.
She typed "secretary" in the search bar, but the salary that popped up made her frown.
In the past, Yi Ziting always said that Jiangcheng has high consumption and low income. Now it seems that it is true. The monthly salary of many positions is not even enough for her current three months' rent.
She swiped the screen down and changed the keyword to "translate". After refreshing the page, the numbers were still not much higher, and her heart sank.
"arrive."
Hearing this, Guan Mi raised her head and looked outside. The car had already stopped downstairs of the community. She quickly opened the car door and also caught a glimpse of Shen Yanfeng unbuckling his seat belt.
She really wanted to give up the suitcase and run upstairs immediately.
But no, her computer is still inside.
She didn't even close the car door, but went around to the other side and pulled it open. When she was about to bend down to pick up the suitcase, Shen Yanfeng came over, stretched his arm over the door frame, and grabbed the handle of the suitcase before her.
His elbow accidentally rubbed the back of her hand, and the slightly cool temperature touched her skin. Guan Mi felt as if she was pricked by a needle. She took a step back suddenly, with her back pressed against the car door.
Chen Yanfeng dragged the suitcase out, glanced at her, and said with no emotion in his tone: "The suitcase is very heavy. Which floor do you live on? I'll help you carry it up."
How could Guan Mi possibly say that? She reached out to grab it, but he turned around and walked away with the box.
Someone happened to be coming out of the apartment building at that moment, so he was able to get in even though he didn't have an access card.
After Shen Yanfeng entered, he blocked the door that was about to close automatically with his left hand and waited for her to enter.
She was still standing next to the car, her feet nailed to the spot, motionless.
He didn't push, but just said calmly: "Do you think I don't know which floor you live on?"
The fire in Guan Mi's chest suddenly surged up. He didn't care about anything else and turned around and walked out of the community with fast and hurried steps.
Chen Yanfeng loosened his grip and the box fell to the ground with a thud. He lowered his eyes and glanced at the stone pillar next to him, then kicked it.
The heavy stone pillar rubbed against the ground and slid to the door, just blocking the unit door that was about to close.
The hairs on the back of Guan Mi's neck stood up. Hearing footsteps approaching from behind, she lowered her eyes and clenched her fists.
Just before her wrist was touched, she suddenly turned around and rushed into the apartment building, her steps as fast as if she was walking on the wind.
After running into the building, she didn't know where she got the strength from, but she leaned over and used her hands to support the stone pillar, pushing it away from the door, and then pushed the door shut with force.
"Click", the door lock fell, and Shen Yanfeng was isolated outside.
In fact, he didn't chase her at all. He just froze for a moment when Guan Mi passed by him, and then stood there, watching her run away in panic, and then pushed the stone pier to close the door in one go.
He waited until the door was completely closed before walking over and knocking gently on the door. The smile in his eyes became even more intense, and there was an air of confidence in his victory. His eyes clearly said, "You can't escape anywhere anyway."
"Good night, see you Monday."
Guan Mi inside the door glanced at the door panel fiercely, then picked up the suitcase and walked upstairs quickly.
There was a small light on in the living room and the doors of the two roommates were closed.
She put the box back in the room, came out and got a bottle of water from the refrigerator, sat on the high stool next to it, and drank most of the bottle of water.
She held onto the refrigerator and took a long time to relax before her heartbeat returned to normal.
"Damn, you scared me. Why are you back?" Zhuang Shuimo had just finished the live broadcast and came out to take a shower. Fortunately, there was light in the living room, otherwise she would have been scared to death.
"There's something urgent going on at the company." Guan Mi put the water back into the refrigerator, got down from the chair, turned on the faucet and washed his face with cold water.
"Oh, I saw the trending search." Zhuang Shuimo grabbed a handful of her messy hair. She hadn't washed her hair or put on makeup, and she didn't show her face on the live broadcast tonight.
I originally wanted to gossip a little, but seeing that Guan Mi looked unhappy, I didn't ask any more questions.
After returning to the room, Guan Mi opened the suitcase and wanted to take out the clothes and food that Qiao Qiuying had packed. But when he opened it, he saw an exquisite orange box.
She paused.
There is no need to think about who put it there.
She was in such a hurry at noon today that she left without locking the box with the password. She never thought that Chen Yanfeng would open it!
After a while, she took the box out and put it on the table.
There were hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stuff in there, and she couldn't just throw it in the trash, so she returned it to him on Monday.
After packing up, Guan Mi sat on the yoga mat and looked at the box with only the computer and charger left. When his eyes inadvertently swept across the deflated pocket inside the box, he suddenly remembered something.
She remembered that she had put an opened box of condoms in there for a long time and had never taken it out. It was still there when she went to Paris on a business trip. She had used several of them before, so why was there no trace of them now?
She stood up and searched every corner of the suitcase. The more she searched, the more her hands trembled, and a chill crawled up her spine.
Only Shen Yanfeng moved the box.
This person is so shameless that he has no bottom line!
Shen Yanfeng sat in the car for a long time, and only went back after the light in the room on the fourth floor went out.
Becky was sleeping on the sofa. When she heard the door open, she immediately ran down to greet it and was soon held in a familiar embrace.
Shen Yanfeng carried it back to the sofa, sat down, and took out a box that had been squeezed out of shape from his coat.
The corners were wrinkled and curled, and there were several deep fingerprints on the box. The opening of the box was squeezed slightly open, and the few remaining condoms inside could be seen.
He placed the box heavily on the table, his eyes fixed on the opening, a sinister look surging in his eyes.
Becky was curious about what he was looking at, so she jumped onto the table nimbly, lowered her head and sniffed the box, but didn't smell anything special.
It seemed to think the box felt nice, so it rubbed its face against it. When it was rubbing it excitedly, it rubbed it too hard, and the box fell to the ground with a "thump", and all the condoms inside rolled out.
Shen Yanfeng lowered his head.
There were four pieces that fell out.
He stared at the "10 pieces" mark on the box and suddenly laughed softly.
Becky knew that she had done something wrong, and she rubbed Shen Yanfeng's head guiltily, meowing softly.
It's like saying, "Don't be angry, don't be angry."
He touched its body, then slowly stood up, raised his foot, and ran over the things that fell on the ground without hesitation, his movements slow and heavy.
After stepping on it, the coldness in his eyes had dissipated and he returned to his usual gentleness.
Becky jumped down and followed Shen Yanfeng upstairs, all the way to the cool terrace.
The swimming pool had not yet been heated and the water was icy. It watched Shen Yanfeng take off his shirt and then jumped in.
The water splashed all over it.
Dad, you are so hateful (╥_╥)
It sat on the shore and began to lick its fur non-stop. After an unknown amount of time, Shen Yanfeng finally stopped, leaned against the corner of the swimming pool, and stared at a place silently, not knowing what he was thinking.
It was snowing on Christmas Eve 2010.
At that time, Chen Yanfeng was just 23 years old. On this snowy night, he met Guan Mi, who was still a senior in college.
That day, he finished work at the company and walked home without driving, wearing a black baseball cap.
I had originally made an appointment with some childhood friends to go to Lu Kai's house for a gathering, but that grandson ended up standing everyone up for a girl.
Chen Yanfeng walked along the street. The windows of western restaurants were covered with red and green Christmas stickers, and the Christmas trees were hung with colorful lights and bells. The air was filled with the crispness of snow and the sweet cinnamon aroma of mulled wine.
He saw Guan Mi under a lamppost covered in snow and fog.
She was wearing a black coat and a white knitted hat. Her long black hair hung down on her shoulders, and her face was so pale that it blended into the heavy snow.
She squatted on the ground, picked up a small thing with her hands, put it to her mouth and blew gently, then took off her scarf and wrapped it carefully.
When I looked closely, I realized it was a very small cat.
Chen Yanfeng didn't leave for some unknown reason until she came over, raised her head, her face flushed from the cold wind and snow, and asked him anxiously if there was a pet hospital nearby.
He looked into her eyes, was silent for two seconds before saying yes, and pointed across the street.
After thanking her, she crossed the zebra crossing with quick and hurried steps.
She didn't see his appearance clearly at that time.
Watching Guan Mi walk into the hospital, Shen Yanfeng turned and left.
The next night, the snow still didn't stop.
He passed by that street again, but didn't see Guan Mi again, so he simply walked into the pet hospital.
In the window, the kitten from yesterday was sleeping peacefully, and a note saying "Looking for adopters" was stuck on the glass.
The nurse asked him what was wrong, and he casually said that he wanted to adopt a cat.
The nurse brought the kitten out. It was so well behaved, not making any noise. It just snuggled in the nurse's hand and snored.
"A little girl picked up this cat last night. It's healthy after being checked. Luckily she picked it up, otherwise it definitely wouldn't have survived last night's heavy snow."
"Where is she?"
"She returned to her hometown. She used her internship salary to pay for the medical examination and left the last two hundred yuan in her wallet. She asked us to help find a good person to adopt her. She also said she might not come to Beijing in the future."
Afterwards, Shen Yanfeng spent several thousand yuan to buy cat supplies in the store, and then asked the nurse to call Guan Mi to tell her that the cat had been adopted and to reassure her. Only then did he leave the hospital with the kitten in his arms.
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