“

Knock it off

! Why don’t you ask your fiancée how

she ha

d

 a miscarriage?”

s.h.i.+yao stood tall, re

tain

ing her unyielding momentum.

Having been

alone and strong

 for long

, she was like a rose with thorns, attractive but inapproachable.

“Why

are you so noisy

?”

Vice President Lin shouted

 fiercely

. The crowd lowered their heads and dispersed, leaving

there only

 s.h.i.+yao, Li Sicheng

and

Li Sicheng’s mother

who was

crying on the ground

.

.

“Is this how you work?”

T

here wasn’t any emotion in You Ze’s soft voice, but his tone conveyed a

n

 in

approachable att.i.tude

 that was rarely seen

.

s.h.i.+yao glared at Li Sicheng, casting a

n

 empty glance at the tall straight man

. Then

 her eyes became sour.

s.h.i.+yao never

expected

 that You Ze would help her, but she couldn’t conceal her grievance at the sight of him.

“

I

’m sorry, Mr. You, Vice President Lin. It’s my fault.”

L

i Sicheng bowed his head in apology. That was the way he was

.

 He was

 humble and cautious, bending if necessary.

Li

 Sicheng

’

s

 mother got up from the ground with

her

 face

full of

 tears, and

fell

 to Vice President Lin.

“Boss, that’s your staff

member who

den

ies

 having killed my grandson

.

I

f so, I’

m gonna

hold you responsi

ble

 for it

!”

Vice President Lin felt nauseous when looking at her fat body and oily

broad face

, but he had to pretend to be calm.

“Madam, please keep your hands to yourself when talking with me.”

“

What do you want?

”

You Ze

said flatly

, flas.h.i.+ng his eyes at s.h.i.+yao.

“I heard that your grandson

is just

worth one million?”

You Ze curved his eyes into a nice angle, forcing a smile at Li Sicheng

’

s mother.

“Eh…yes.

If she

’

s willing to pay me one million

in

 compensation, I will forget the whole thing

！

”

Li

’

s mother looked embarra.s.sed, but confidently claimed as if she had

 g

otten

 the goods on

s.h.i.+yao.

“Okay, it’s on me.”

Y

ou Ze took out a bank card and gave it to

 her

.

“Pa.s.sword

is

888888.

Take it away and let

’

s end it here.

”

Li’s mother

incredulously

took the bank card,

stunned as if someone

wer

e

pinching her throat.

N

ot only

Li

’

s m

other

 bu

t a

lso

 a

ll

, the

o

ther

people present, especially s.h.i.+yao, wer

e

 dumbfounded.

‘What’

s he doing

?

W

hy

does

he

 come to my rescue in front of so many people? Is he gonna

announce

 our

relations.h.i.+p

?

’

A

 series of questions popped into s.h.i.+yao’s mind.

It would be hard for her at work if

their

 relations.h.i.+p

was

ma

de

public

.

No matter

wh

eth

er

You Ze helped her or not

, she

wo

uld b

e

 in trouble

.

“Mr. You

,

 thanks for your help, but I can’t accept it,

 s

in

ce

it m

ean

s

admitting I did it.”

s.h.i.+yao

’

s chest heaved obviously with great anger.

She

would

 find evidence to prove her innocence.

“

So?

Do you want to keep

m

ess

ing

 a

roun

d

 here

?

”

From s.h.i.+yao

’

s hesitati

on

,

 You Ze instantly knew what she was worried about.

“

If you wanna to prove that you are

innocen

t, go find evidence. W

ords

 alone are feebl

e

 and the most stupid resistance.

”

Full of smiles, You Ze c.o.c.ked his head staring at s.h.i.+yao

’

s awkward face.

“

Th

e m

one

y

 i

s

len

t

t

o

 you

 a

nd

will be deducted from your salary

.

”

“

Don

’

t read too much into it. I just don

’

t want her to disturb the company order. How do you think, Vice President Lin?

”

Vice

P

resident

 Lin stood beside

You Ze

, sweating heavily

from

 nervousness. He

had

thought that

You Ze

 would be furious, but he didn’t expect

him

to

be so protective

o

f

s.h.i.+yao

.

“Yes,

you

’

re right

. What Mr. You did is for the sake of company. s.h.i.+yao, you must thank Mr. You!”

S

hiyao helplessly dropped her head, saying drily

,

“Thank you, Mr. You.”

You Ze’s reason

f

or

help

in

g

 s.h.i.+yao was, in other people's eyes, very convincing

.

B

ut

fo

r

Vice President Lin, there was something

wrong,

t

hou

gh

 he couldn't tell.

“Go home now!”

Li Sicheng pulled his mother aside quietly,

r

us

hing

 her

to

 go

bac

k

ho

me

.

L

i

 Sicheng

’s mother

proudly glared at

 s.h.i.+yao

, triumphant.

Al

though she

was reluctant to let s.h.i.+yao off

,

she ha

d

 no reason to continue

with the money in hand

.

S

o she returned in

triumph.

“It’s your own affair. Now that it has been solved in private, don’t make trouble with the company again

.

O

therwise,

you

’

ll all be fired

.”

You

 Ze

 put his hands in

pants

pocket,

wearing a frightening poker

 face.

Li Sicheng

 could not help s.h.i.+vering and

answered

obediently.

While in s.h.i.+yao

’

s eyes, You Ze was surprisingly gentle.

“

What are you waiting

 for

?

Go back to work.”

Even though he was stupid, Vice President Lin felt the intense embarra.s.sment

in the air

and hurriedly ended the farce.

You

 Ze

 gracefully

turn

ed

 around

and left without looking back or giving s.h.i.+yao a second look.

S

hiyao took a deep breath

with her hand

over

 her

ches

t

.

S

h

e

almost collapsed on the floor in weakness.

“Yaoyao,”

L

i Sicheng rushed to s.h.i.+yao and wanted to help her up.

“Stay away from me,”

s.h.i.+yao yelled at him

. Holding on to the wall, she tottered into the staff room and locked herself inside.

Li Sicheng’s hand paused in the air, unable to move. There was a sudden aching in his heart

 so

meho

w

. Was

he

 fe

el

ing

 pity for

 his unborn child or s.h.i.+yao? He didn’t know.

Sitting on a bench, s.h.i.+yao buried her head deep between her legs, recalling what she had gone through these years.

For long absence of her father, her mother

 endured a lot of hards.h.i.+p bringing her

 up

.

D

istain and mocking never

went

 away

, so she had always been tough.

s.h.i.+yao’s mother was a stubborn woman; she

t

ook

 g

ood

 car

e

of

 s.h.i.+yao

des

pi

t

e

 all

 the

suff

ering

.

.

L

ater,

S

h

iyao

 left her mother to go to university,

and kept her strong character

as always.

Even when she became Li Sicheng’s girlfriend, she never swallow

ed

her

pride

.

She remembered that she and Ji Manqing

ha

d b

ee

n

 good friends then. They talked about everything and did everything together.

She would

 eve

n

bring

 Ji manqing when

out on a date with Li Sicheng

.

Ji Manqing

acted like a fragile

 princess

in need of care every time

. Because s.h.i.+yao

was

 a girl, most of the time it

was

Li Si

cheng who t

ook

 care of

Ji

.

J

i Manqing ha

d

 said more than once to s.h.i.+yao, “Yaoyao, your boyfriend is so nice. If only I had such a good boyfriend.”

s.h.i.+yao always

cheered her up

. Now it seem

ed

 that she

might

have

long hooked up with Li Sicheng

.

I

t was foolish of her to put th

em

 in the most

significant place

 in her heart after being cheated

on

for so long.

‘I’m so stupid!’

A

ctually, she could handle it without You Ze’s

h

elp

.

Their marriage was a mere formality. She couldn’t afford it if she owed him too much.

A

nyway, the minute she saw You Ze,

tears came out of her eyes without stopping.

He was the only one and the first one to come to her rescue when she was in trouble.

Be

ing

l

oved by this man

would be the happiest

 thing

 in the world!