Chapter 13: Business Party (Part 3)
âSu Le, what a coincidence.â Zhuang Wei sat on the sofa opposite of Su Le, instead of sitting next to Lin Qi.
Su Le did not feel like it was a coincidence. To come across Lin Qi, she would have called it bad luck, but to see both of them at the time, Su Le thought her luck was terrible.
In this world, people could suffer a certain type pain which occurred when a person you hated kept constantly appearing in your life. This was commonly known as an ill-fated relationship. Su Le kept repeating in her mind that she was a sophisticated person before she replied to Zhuang Wei. âYes. Such a coincidence.â
âDid you come to this party as Wei Chuâs companion?â Zhuang Weiâs tone had a hint of interrogation.
Su Le blinked while considering how she should answer the question, âYouâre interested in my personal matters?â Ridicule flashed across her eyes. What qualifications did he, Zhuang Wei, have to come here and ridicule her?
Whatever Zhuang Wei wanted to say was stopped since Lin Qi took the initiative, âSu Le, I know you hate me in your heart, but hurting someone behind their backs is too much.â
âWhy would I hate you?â sneered Su Le. She also didnât hide her ridicule and despise while saying, âWhat does it have to do with me when other people donât like you?â Su Le looked Lin Qi up and down before turning to speak to Zhuang Wei, âYour tastes are really not bad.â
Zhuang Weiâs expression changed multiple times. How Lin Qi was dressed and the way her makeup was done was not suitable for tonightâs occasion. But hearing Su Le say this to him, he felt like he was losing face.
Su Le laughed lightly for a second when she saw the changes in Zhuang Weiâs expression. Then she looked coldly at Lin Qi and for the first time tonight, Su Le said something harsh, âDonât think youâre anything special. In the end youâre just a plaything, and since you donât even respect yourself, donât ever appear in front me again. You wonât be able to be Zhuang Weiâs wife, and even if you were, youâre still not better than me.â The two seniors in the Zhuang family would never let someone like Lin Qi enter the Zhuang family. Su Le was much more clear on this matter than Lin Qi.
Su Le cursed both Zhuang Wei and Lin Qi. It was like throwing Zhuang Weiâs face on the ground and stamping on it. The expression on Zhuang Weiâs face became extremely unsightly.
Lin Qi couldnât bear it anymore. âYou think youâre so amazing, relying on Wei Chu?!â Lin Qi said in a shrill voice.
âDifferent types of people will see things differently. You think everyone is the same as you, being the mistress, destroying other peopleâs relationships, and relying on rich men?!â Su Le snorted coldly, âDonât bring your shallowness and ignorance out to embarrass people.â Su Le stood up and prepared to leave.
With a dark face, Lin Qi raised her hand to slap Su Le, but Su Le managed to react on time and grabbed onto Lin Qiâs wrist. Adding pressure into her grip, Su Le successfully made Lin Qiâs face pale. Su Le calmly looked at Zhuang Wei, who stood up immediately, and said, âControl your woman properly. Donât let her come out and act crazily. Since, it would not be me who loses face, but your Zhuang family.â Su Le flung Li Qiâs wrist away, causing her to stumble.
In her anger, Lin Qi raised her hand again to slap Su Le, but she was stopped once again. This time, it was actually Wei Chu who stopped herâ¦.
Wei Chu was someone who always had other peopleâs attention on him, so Wei Chuâs actions were already noticed by others. Seeing the woman who was causing a scene was Zhuang Weiâs companion who was also dressed up like an escort, all their feelings were self-evident.
Tang Yao, who stood besides Liang Quang, wrinkled her eyebrows and said, âThat womanâs manners are not dignified. A moment ago, when we were talking to each other, she was not polite at all. Why is she trying to slap someone like Su Le who is very easy to get along with?â
All the other guests had their own thoughts when they heard what Tang Yao said, and they all looked at Lin Qi and Zhuang Wei strangely.
Zhuang Wei, who is used to living in this social circle, naturally understood what was going on, so he looked at Lin Qi coldly, âYouâre drunk. Go home!â
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Lin Qi turned to face Zhuang Wei, âZhuang Wei, Iâm the one whoâs currently your girlfriend!â
Everyone immediately had a look of understanding, but when they looked at Su Leâs calm expression, they also doubted themselves and thought that they have guessed wrong.
Wei Chu did not give the slightest attention to the play that was occurring and reached out a hand to hold Su Leâs shoulder. Then he used his other hand to lift up a plate of fruits to Su Le, âYou mentioned you wanted to eat fruits before, so I brought some over for you.â
Su Le smiled and took a piece of kiwi to put into her mouth, âThank you.â
Wei Chu checked that Su Leâs mood was still good before turning to look at Zhuang Wei. âYoung master Zhuang, Iâm not sure how my companion has offended your girlfriend to the point of causing her to slap people?â
Zhuang Wei replied with a long face, âIâm really sorry. Sheâs actually my secretary. I never thought this would actually happen. I will dismiss her tomorrow. I let CEO Wei see a joke.â
âSo itâs like that. I actually thought this Miss with an unusual temperament was your girlfriend,â after speaking Wei Chuâs sight fell onto Lin Qi. âSu Leâs has a mild temper, so if there was anything that offended you, I hope this young Miss will be generous and forgive her.â
Retreat to advance. Defend to attack. Although it was Wei Chu who apologised, but no matter who heard the apology, they would think that it was Zhuang Weiâs companion who was being unreasonable. Tang Yao sighed internally. It was obvious that Wei Chu did not plan to leave Lin Qi a way out. It seemed Su Le was very important to him.
âWhatâs the relationship between Su Le and Wei Chu?â Liang Guang asked Tang Yao quietly.
âIâm not very clear about it, but itâs certain that Wei Chu likes Su Le.â Tang Yao frowned, âAlso, I donât know what on earth Zhuang Wei was thinking, bringing such a woman would only cause him to lose face. Itâs also breaking the peace of this party.â
âHe was willing to bring that person to lose face. We canât stop him,â Liang Guang smiled with ridicule. âIt appears that the Zhuang family is just like this.â
Lin Qi understood Wei Chuâs words had other meanings. She glanced at Su Le and smiled coldly, âIf she did not have a mild temper, then she wouldnât have been dumped.â
Those words were extremely disgraceful and it gave off an unreasonable feeling. Wei Chu frowned while Zhuang Weiâs expression was so bad that it could not get any worse.
Su Le thought Lin Qi had watched too much dramas. Otherwise, why else would Lin Qi dress like this to attend an business party, and why else would she cause such a scene here. Everyone present were all notable people, so losing face here meant that it was likely that she wouldnât come back to this social circle for at least a couple of years. If others recognise her and it was said that there was a problem with her character, then how would she still have face to come back to this circle.
âSu Le,â Chen Yue suddenly appeared from somewhere. She greeted Wei Chu first before looking at Lin Qi and Zhuang Wei with shock, âZhuang Wei, why are you still bothering Su Le? She has already told you that she doesnât like you. Also, Lin Qi, whatâs wrong with you? Why do you keep bothering Su Le? Even if Su Le is tolerating you because youâre both from the same town, Lin Qi, you shouldnât act too over the top.â
Life was just like a drama. If youâre not going to act dramatically then I will, and if no one was acting dramatically then someone else would give you a reason to do so. Su Le listened to Chen Yue defending her and suddenly thought â this was way too melodramatic. But Su Le was also worried that Chen Yue would cause trouble for Chen Yueâs father for defending her.
So it was like this â¦. There were a wide range of looks as everyone gazed at Lin Qi and Zhuang Wei. There were looks of suspicions, assumptions, and conjectures.
Eventually Zhuang Wei couldnât hold it in any more and turned to face Lin Qi and said, âYouâre fired. Tomorrow Iâll let the HR department know to give you a dismissal letter.â After speaking to Lin Qi, he turned to speak to Su Le, âSu Le, Iâm sorry. I didnât know Lin Qi is actually like this. Even though she is my secretary, our Zhuang Shi will not keep such an employee.â
This action from Zhuang Wei was very cruel. Because he wanted to save the Zhuang familyâs face, he could only push Lin Qi out.
Su Le glanced at the pale faced Lin Qi and sighed internally. This was what rich people were like. When playing with you they would gift you branded jewelry and cars, but when they didnât want you anymore, then you were just a rotten and annoying toy. At that time, they would wish that you disappeared instantly from their sight.
If Lin Qi had been a bit more tactful then she wouldnât have fallen to this stage. At least, Zhuang Wei wouldnât have embarrassed her like this when Zhuang Wei no longer wanted her.
âItâs only a misunderstanding. Young master Zhuang doesnât need to mind it so much.â Su Le was not so generous as to help Lin Qi, so she turned around to pull Chen Yueâs hand, âIf I had known earlier that you would also be here, I would have definitely gone to find you ages ago. Letâs go and chat somewhere else.â When she left with Chen Yue, Su Le remembered to take the fruit platter from Wei Chu.
It was such a good chance to escape. Only stupid people would stay. Even if Su Le wouldnât have lost face, she would still suffer if Lin Qi decided to go crazy again. As for how Zhuang Wei and Wei Chu would handle the rest, that was their problem.
After sitting on a sofa in a corner, Su Le released a sigh, âEmpress Dowager, itâs really fortunate that you came, otherwise I really wouldnât have known how to end that.â
âWhat are you afraid for, there is still Senior Wei present to help you,â Chen Yue put a piece of snow pear into her mouth. âStill, Lin Qi is too shameless. Before when I was standing on the side, I heard other people laughing at her.â
Su Leâs eyebrows raised, but she did not make a comment.
âItâs still Zhuang Wei who acted cruel enough towards Lin Qi.â Chen Yue sighed, âBut Zhuang Wei was also at fault. When he saw Lin Qi dressed like that, he should have gotten her to change into something more appropriate. Now he has just trampled on her instead.â
âIt could be that he was already tired of her,â Su Le smiled with a sneer and also putting a piece of snow pear into her mouth. Mmmmm, it was really sweet.