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135: Chapter 135 Collapse 135: Chapter 135 Collapse “Cheers.” Ye Shikai clinked his glass and drained it in one gulp, hoping that Cheng Yi was really as he claimed to be. After chatting for a while, Ye Shikai drove off in his Lexus. Meeting with Cheng Yi today had earned him a million-dollar car – a profitable deal indeed. Surely, he couldn’t just leave it untouched. Ye Shikai intended to head to the company first. He had left a note for An Lan; she wouldn’t get mad, right? As soon as he reached the Public Relations department, Ye Shikai felt something was off. Why was the atmosphere so oppressive? He glanced at Wanna by the side. “What’s going on here? Why does everyone look like they’re at a funeral?” asked Ye Shikai. “Lan just read your leave note and has been in a state of despair ever since, ignoring anyone who calls her. What did you write, you little punk?” Wanna rolled her eyes at herself. “How could that be? It’s just a leave request. Wait here, I’ll go check on her.” Ye Shikai shook his hand and headed to An Lan’s office, knocking gently twice. “Lan, what’s wrong? Are you okay?” After about ten seconds without a response, Ye Shikai twisted the doorknob, and to his surprise, the door was unlocked. He pushed the door open and saw An Lan sitting in her office chair, back to him. “Lan, what happened?” Ye Shikai walked over to her, seeing the tear stains still on An Lan’s face, her eyes red as blood with tears still swirling, looking utterly despairing. An Lan slowly lifted her head, and Ye Shikai was startled by her look—her eyes were filled with resentment, and even a trace of hatred. “Is Su Qingyu your wife?” An Lan said in an unusually calm tone. “What are you talking about, Lan...” “I said, is Su Qingyu your wife?” An Lan shouted, making Ye Shikai step back involuntarily. Why did she know about the secret? How could she have found out this secret? There were a hundred thousand whys in Ye Shikai’s mind, and the secret was eventually uncovered by An Lan. “Yes, she’s my wife.” Ye Shikai confessed with his head lowered. He wasn’t an insensitive blockhead; he had long been aware of An Lan’s feelings for him. Previously, he had said that he had a wife, though they didn’t have a good relationship, he thought An Lan would eventually distance herself, but her admiration for him had grown deeper instead. “Smack,” a crisp sound shattered the somber atmosphere. An Lan, with tears in her eyes, slapped Ye Shikai across the face. The bright red mark on his cheek showed the force of her blow. “Damn you, why didn’t you tell me earlier?” An Lan yelled. It was normal for her to be furious, thinking that Ye Shikai’s withholding of the truth left her unable to face her emotions. Falling for her friend’s husband, it was something she found despicable. Of all the people in the world, why did it have to be Su Qingyu who was Ye Shikai’s wife? “That’s because...” Ye Shikai hesitated to speak. He had always been neutral towards An Lan’s adoration, neither rejecting it to spare her feelings nor accepting it because he was married. He had hoped her feelings were just a whim that would eventually fade. Ye Shikai believed he hadn’t done anything to lead An Lan on, except for making a good impression when he first joined the company. It wasn’t until her invitation to Lover Hotel for dinner that Ye Shikai had confirmed her intentions towards him. “You speak up, answer me!” An Lan sat down in her chair, shouting hysterically, “You knew about my feelings for you, now I’m crushed, heartbroken, are you happy now?” “Lan, that’s not what I meant,” soothed Ye Shikai. “Yes, Su Qingyu is my wife, and I didn’t tell you before because I was worried about hurting both of your feelings. I didn’t want an argument to arise between you two over this.” Indeed, a love triangle was fraught with uncertainty, something Ye Shikai hadn’t realized until now, filled with regret. If he had understood that An Lan hadn’t moved on, he would have conclusively ended things with her from the beginning. “Why did I have to meet you...” An Lan muttered, looking at the shattered photo on the desk, filled with thoughts of the man in front of her. Nobody knows how seriously a woman in love takes her feelings, but Ye Shikai knew how deep An Lan’s love—and now hurt—was. “Bang” – At that moment, the door to An Lan’s office burst open, and An Lan instinctively looked up, meeting the gaze of Su Qingyu, who stood at the doorway. “Lanlan, I heard you weren’t feeling well, I came to... check on you,” Su Qingyu had planned to discuss something with An Lan, but upon arriving at the PR department discovered something was amiss. After some inquiry, she surmised An Lan had issues on her mind. She hadn’t expected that upon opening the office door, she would find Ye Shikai there as well. “Now that both of you, husband and wife, are here, you guys talk.” An Lan couldn’t bear to look at Su Qingyu, holding back her tears as she walked toward the door. Su Qingyu clearly heard An Lan’s hoarse voice, indication of her recent tears. Intending to stop her, yet the words “husband and wife face” left her stunned, frozen on spot, her heart pounding. How could An Lan know about this? “Lan, don’t go,” Ye Shikai pleaded, trying to rush out after An Lan, but was stopped by Su Qingyu who grabbed his arm. “What’s going on with An Lan, how could she know about...” Su Qingyu wanted to get answers from Ye Shikai, why An Lan knew this secret, and why it had come to this. “Qingyu, wait for me to come back and I’ll explain,” Now was not the time for patient explanations. Who knew where An Lan might run off to – what if she did something rash... Ye Shikai reached the company entrance only to find no sign of An Lan, “Where’s Director An Lan, which direction did she go?” Not minding others’ stares, Ye Shikai grabbed a security guard by the collar and hoisted him up. “She got in her car, she went... that way,” the guard said tremulously, pointing toward the street on the right. “Sorry about that,” Ye Shikai released the guard forcefully and bolted towards the parking lot. Starting up his Lexus, he sped onto the street.

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