Chapter 38 - 38 38 Silently By Your Side

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38: Chapter 38 Silently By Your Side 38: Chapter 38 Silently By Your Side “What? Another dinner gathering.” Just thinking about the last PR department dinner and how all the women teased him, Ye Shikai felt a chill, especially Wanna, who was just like a vixen, and even caused his wife to misunderstand him. “Yeah, it’s tonight, you must come.” An Lan looked at Ye Shikai with anticipation. Ever since Ye Shikai successfully retrieved the overdue payments, she felt this man was extraordinary. Actually, this gathering wasn’t hosted by the company, but was An Lan’s suggestion. Firstly, it was to celebrate the company overcoming its difficulties, and secondly, it was because of her own selfish reasons, allowing her to go out openly with Ye Shikai. “Well, okay, let’s go together after work.” Eventually, Ye Shikai agreed, celebrating was a good idea anyway, and if he didn’t agree, it would seem like he was spoiling the mood. “Ye Shikai, you should know who the real bosses behind those investing companies today are.” Suddenly, An Lan changed the topic and her expression became serious. “Who is it? Such a kind soul to help our company in its time of need.” Ye Shikai switched on his ‘actor mode’, pretending not to know it was Luo Shiqi. But then he thought, An Lan was one of the company’s executives and also Su Qingyu’s longtime best friend, obviously she would know about Luo Shiqi’s business involvement in the industry. With so many businesses investing in Tianya Group at once, An Lan would naturally be suspicious, and Ye Shikai still couldn’t figure out why Luo Shiqi gave him an extra ten million last time. Connecting these two events made An Lan start suspecting Ye Shikai. “It’s Luo Shiqi, someone you know.” An Lan stared at Ye Shikai’s face, trying to read something from his expression. “You mean the woman who gave me extra money last time, oh she is quite beautiful, charming and sexy, with curves in all the right places...” “Ye Shikai, be serious.” An Lan got a bit annoyed, Ye Shikai was clearly derailing the conversation, obviously trying to brush her off. “Lan, she’s a big shot, I’m just an ordinary citizen, how could I possibly know her? You aren’t suspecting that I had something to do with this, are you?” Ye Shikai put on an innocent act, anyway he was sticking to his denial, and An Lan wouldn’t be able to find any evidence. “True, why would someone like her fancy you.” An Lan thought it over, indeed, there was no reason for Luo Shiqi to help Ye Shikai, these two people even had no reason to know each other, just like an emperor and a commoner, a commoner couldn’t even see the emperor, let alone know him. Ye Shikai left An Lan’s office, he wanted to go see Su Qingyu, the company’s crisis was over, and Su Qingyu must be very happy now, after being tense for so many days, finally, it was time to relax. Ye Shikai couldn’t wait to take the elevator up to the top floor, and even before he reached the office door, he saw a huge crowd of people. “Our CEO is truly a business genius, casually bringing in investments worth hundreds of millions.” A middle-aged man in suit and leather shoes commented. “Mr. Zou is absolutely right, not only is our CEO a big beauty, but she’s also a business genius, I definitely couldn’t do such a thing.” Another man chimed in, and Ye Shikai realized that these were some of the company shareholders and executives, usually just loafing around in the company. The company crisis in the past few days had them worried, and some of them even started to sell off their own shares, it can be said that the company’s sharp stock price drop recently was largely due to these people’s selfishness, and now with the company unexpectedly receiving funding, these people were quick to change direction, seizing any opportunity to flatter the CEO. Ye Shikai couldn’t stand these hypocritical faces; he just wanted to see Su Qingyu. He squeezed through the crowd and suddenly heard, “Sorry, this area is reserved for senior management. Unauthorized personnel are not permitted.” Suddenly, a tall and burly man extended his hand to stop Ye Shikai. The crowd in front heard the commotion and turned to look at him. What, how dare you call me an outsider? Ye Shikai felt irritated. He had transferred money from Netherworld Palace to help the company and now, despite all the unscrupulous benefiters, someone still dared to label him an outsider. In foreign countries, even mercenaries would kneel in fear at the mention of the Netherworld King. Even a clay figure has a certain temper—Ye Shikai clenched his fists tightly, but eventually held back his anger. This was a company in Huaxia, not abroad. Here, authority mattered more than fists. Besides, currently, he was just a minor employee, not exactly suitable to be running up to the executive floors all the time. “Look, my friend is the president’s assistant. Is there any way you can make an exception and let me through?” The burly man ignored Ye Shikai completely, his arm still blocking the way, head held high with a look of disdain. Just as Ye Shikai was about to lose his temper, someone said, “Stop arguing. The president is coming out.” Su Qingyu walked slowly towards the crowd. Today, she wasn’t wearing her office lady outfit, but a pure white evening gown instead, looking relaxed and joyful like a fairy untouched by worldly concerns. Su Qingyu reached the middle of the crowd, and everyone fell quiet. She cleared her throat and said, “Thank you all for your efforts during the company’s crisis. The collaboration with several companies went smoothly. To celebrate overcoming these difficulties, I’ll be hosting a dinner tonight in the company’s banquet hall and looking forward to your attendance.” Seeing Su Qingyu, a lot of Ye Shikai’s anger dissipated. He so wanted to rush forward and embrace her. Ye Shikai felt a chill in his heart, his eyes filled with disappointment. He sighed, thinking it’s okay, as long as she is happy, then what do his own grievances matter? As long as she succeeds, even if he remains in the background, unnoticed, just like the flower language of the star-flower—ready to play a supporting role just to keep her safe. Su Qingyu, no matter what, I will always be by your side... Reflecting on this, Ye Shikai felt relieved and slowly turned around. Su Qingyu, in the distance, accidentally caught sight of a familiar figure slowly turning away, unlike the others who flattered her, standing out because his back was towards her. Watching Ye Shikai silently leave, a hint of sadness flashed through Su Qingyu’s heart—why did he leave? But with many directors and senior executives present, in the end, she didn’t follow him. Ye Shikai returned to the PR department and sent a text message to Su Qingyu telling her that he was going to a gathering and wouldn’t be home for dinner. Then, he forced a smile and walked into An Lan’s office, “Lan, let’s go when you’re off work.” “Sure, I’ll drive you,” An Lan said. The two left the company, and An Lan drove her BMW, speaking to Ye Shikai who was sitting in the passenger seat, “Didn’t Luo Shiqi give you ten million last time? Why don’t you buy yourself a car?” “Uh, the president took that ten million,” Ye Shikai explained how Su Qingyu took the ten million to An Lan. Honestly, in his eyes, ten million was really just a number, but An Lan did not know this. “Should I... talk to the president for you?”

Chapter 38 - 38 38 Silently By Your Side

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