On Su Le’s favorite sofa, a male was holding a female in his arms, and the two of them were currently kissing. Both were so absorbed in the kiss that they did not take any notice of their surroundings.

Su Le stood at the doorway. She wasn’t sure which emotion she should express. Anger? Sorrow? Or maybe a bit of both.

Before she entered her first year of university, Su Le’s mother had told her to never find herself a man who is rich and handsome. Largely because, those type of men are dazzling, but also the hardest to handle.

Unfortunately, the advice was quickly slammed on the table, “Mother, I was a muddle-headed.” Her mother was not all that serious when giving her advice, and even more so was Su Le as the listener. But thinking about it now, Su Le had to admit that her family’s empress dowager was right: men that are rich and handsome are really no good.

Su Le had always felt that life had three melodramatic events. One, when realising your name was not in the top scorers list. Two, when realising the bride was not yourself on the wedding night; and three, seeing a familiar face but your relationship with each other is not that good.

Su Le has a handsome boyfriend who had a good family background. After graduating from university, Su Le found a job in B City while her boyfriend worked at his father’s company. The two of them even bought an apartment together and planned to settle down together.

However, there was another woman currently in the apartment and that woman was sitting on her fiancé’s lap.

On the same night when her project documents were stolen, her fiancé was also stolen from her by the woman who competed against her since young. Su Le thought both her luck and name were bad that all the events were occurring right in front her.

“Su Le!” Zhuang Wei’s expression changed when he spotted Se Le at the doorway. Immediately, Zhuang Wei pushed Lin Qi away and went to Su Le’s side before taking her luggage. “Didn’t you call yesterday and said you won’t be back until tomorrow? Was the trip tiring?”

Su Le glanced at him once but she remained silent as her gaze fell onto Lin Qi who was still seated on the sofa.

Lin Qi lifted her nice-looking chin and smiled charmingly at Su Le, “Long time no see, Su Le.” Looking very pleased with herself.

Su Le had a headache. She did not know how different that woman thoughts were compared to hers. For her to be so pleased to be her fiancé’s second, it was as if it was something glorious. She also could not understand how thick-skinned a man could be to still act innocent when caught red-handed.

“It hasn’t been that long. Didn’t we see each other frequently before graduation?” Su Le smiled back and slowly drank a glass of water. Seeming as if she didn’t notice Zhuang Wei’s expression getting more and more unsettled, “Where are you currently working at?”

“You still don’t know?” Lin Qi laughed lightly as her delicate fingers covered her mouth and revealed a flirtatious expression, “I’m working at Zhuang Wei’s company. I’m currently his assistant.”

Su Le smiled in response and reached for her luggage to get a small box of coffee beans out, before passing the box to Zhuang Wei, “It’s the coffee beans you enjoy.”

Zhuang Wei’s heartbeat gradually calmed down as he saw the smile on Su Le’s face. He’s only playing around with another woman, it wasn’t a big deal. What man doesn’t play around occasionally. Besides, the woman in charge of the house, his wife, would only be Su Le. This guarantee should be enough to satisfy Su Le.

After tidying up her luggage, Su Le brushed her fringe to the side before raising her chin slightly, “Zhuang Wei. I, as a woman, don’t want you. That box of coffee beans I just gave you, consider it as a break up gift.” She looked at Zhuang Wei then at the other woman, “Lin Qi, since you like second hand goods, then I will be magnanimous and give this man to you.” After speaking she left with her luggage and never looked back.

The only thing she was glad about was that both her bank and ID card were already in her luggage and the way she left didn’t look too bad.

“Su Le,” Zhuang Wei never thought Su Le would react that way and hurriedly chased after her before pulling her hand, “I’m only playing around with that woman. Don’t take it so seriously.”

“Playing around to a point where the two of you are cuddling each other?” Su Le shook his hand off and sneered in her mind. It was well known to everyone when Zhuang Wei was wooing her at A University. She thought that this heir would be different from other 2nd gen squanders who only know how to waste money and play around with women. But now, she knew he was no different than them. At that time, her eyes must have been blind but now she could finally see things clearly.

Zhuang Wei knew what Su Le’s temper was like but seeing that she was not giving him any face, his expression turned ugly, “Don’t throw a temper alright, it was Lin Qi who threw herself at me. She cannot be compared to you.”

“A woman who threw herself at you and you still accept her. Then what do you have to still deserve me?” Su Le sneered and saw Lin Qi, who came out with ugly expression. “I think you two are fated to be pair. Don’t come any closer to me, you’ll pollute the air around me.”

Zhuang Wei saw that Su Le could not be persuaded and his face sunk, “Su Le, don’t assume I will always listen and relent to you. If you leave today, then don’t you ever come back.”

Su Le glanced at him with ridicule and walked towards the entrance of the lift and pushed the down button. After that she turned towards Zhuang Wei, “Today, once I leave, even if you beg me to, I’ll still never come back. Get lost, you squander!”

—————-

Once she left the neighbourhood, Su Le got onto a taxi and tiredly closed her eyes. She reminisced the time she spent with Zhuang Wei. She and Zhuang Wei had been together for the past two years. Many of her friends from university were envious of her for having a rich and handsome boyfriend. In this era, where land and gold are valued, the Zhuang Family possessed a villa and a company. In the eyes of many women, that type of man was obviously going to be a wealthy husband.

But in the past, that wealthy person used to buy her breakfast every morning and would accompany her in her self-study session every evening. In the end, she got together with this heir who easy attracted numerous other girls. Only, she had never thought that her relationship with him would end up like this when one year had not even passed since her graduation.

As expected, men that are rich and handsome are not reliable. Su Le put her hand down and looked at the night view outside from the window. Su Le lowered her eyes slightly. From now on, when looking for man, it’s better to find one who was honest, sincere and ordinary because at least that way she would be at ease even in this world where mistresses roam about.

When Su Le got out of the taxi, she heard her friend’s voice,” Xiao Le Le.”

She lifted her head and saw her best friend from university, Chen Yue, waving happily at her. Su Le’s nose started to sting and she rushed towards her friend, “Xiao Yue Yue.”

“I say, would it kill you to not mock my name for a single day,” Chen Yue took Su Le’s luggage and then stretched Su Le’s delicate cheeks,” Let’s go up.”

—————-

When the two of them finally rested on the bed, Chen Yue asked, “What happened between you and Zhuang Wei?”

Su Le widen her eyes and stared at the ceiling, “We broke up. I just got back and happened to catch Zhuang Wei and Lin Qi kissing and forgot about me.” Su Le laughed bitterly, “That’s why I dumped him.”

“It’s Lin Qi again, that loose woman.” Chen Yue sat up angrily. “Why didn’t you slap that cheating couple? What were you thinking!”

Su Le sat up as well and raised her eyebrows, “My hands would hurt if slapped them. Anyway, breaking up now is better than getting a divorce after the marriage.” She looked at the engagement ring she was wearing on her right hand before taking it off. “By the way, if this ring was sold, how much do you think it would worth?”

Chen Yue carefully studied the ring and concluded,” The diamond isn’t small, should worth some value.”

“Oh,” Su Le stroked her chin and placed the diamond ring on the bedside table and spoke after a while, “Then I’m not too unlucky.”

“Do you know about the Student reunion tomorrow?” Chen Yue changed the topic after seeing Su Le’s expression was not right and poked on Su Le’s forehead, “I heard senior classmate Wei will be going too.”

“Who’s senior classmate Wei?” Se Le asked blankly.

Chen Yue carried on poking Su Le’s frustrated forehead, “Senior classmate Wei, older than us by two years, the famous Wei Chu. Every term he would get the top scholarship and the most handsome president of the student union in A University’s history. I heard he’s currently managing a listed company; he’s already the representative of us graduates.”

Chen Yue’s awe made Su Le tremble. She swatted Chen Yue’s hand away. “Wei Chu….” Massaging the area that hurt from the poking, she said calmly, “I don’t recognise him. Xiao Yue Yue, being to infatuated will affect your image.”

“Classmate Su Le, there would be a day when you die from inadequate information!” Che Yue clenched her teeth.

Su Le raised her eyebrows, “Ordinary people who live in places where news do not pass will not be pressured by that sentence.”

“It’s 2012, you won’t make it on the boat,” Chen Yue said gravely.

Su Le raised her slim arms, “Even if I saw Noah’s ark, I will still not get on.”

“You really don’t know who senior classmate Wei is?” Chen Yue still not giving up.

Su Le felt a bit guilty when looking at Chen Yue and she felt ashamed for not knowing who Wei Chu is, “Do I have to know who he is?”

Chen Yue rested her hand on her forehead, “Don’t you remember it was senior Wei who went to receive you on your first year when you just entered university?”

Su Le seriously tried to recall, “I only remember there was a male student who guided me halfway before leaving. It caused me to have search for the female dorms for most of the day.”

Chen Yue face stiffened, ”Then, do you remember the event held by the public relation department at the last term of our first year and senior Wei gave you some guidance?”

Su Le earnestly thought back, “You’re talking about the person who said I drew the sunflowers badly?” Unfortunately, she didn’t remember what that person looked like and only remembered that someone had told her that her sunflowers did not have enough vitality.

“Then how about the first term of second year? At a party when you were drunk, who was the person who carried you back to the dorms?!” Chen Yue was close to roaring at this point.

Su Le widen her eyes, “You’re saying the person who carried me back was senior Wei?”

Chen Yue saw Su Le was finally enlightened and happily asked, “You remember?”

Su Le nodded fiercely, “I remember waking up on the second morning with a bump on my head. He must have been the one who caused it, wasn’t he,” Su Le mentally sighed. Sure enough, rich and handsome guys cannot be relied on. If they could, then why did she get a bump on her head.

Chen Yue gave up and patted Su Le on the head, “Kid, go to sleep.” Su Le patted on Chen Yue’s shoulder to comfort her. “Enough, be good and stop thinking about handsome guys. Tomorrow, I’ll accompany you to go shopping, alright?”

Chen Yue looked at Su Le in silence. lying down, she grabbed the duvet for cover and closed her eyes to sleep.

“Su Le, I like you.” Zhuang Wei’s smile was as radiant as the morning sun on a winter day. He was wearing some designer clothes and standing in front of an expensive car, he was like prince charming from fairy tales.

Unfortunately, the owner of the BMW could be a prince charming but he could also be a scumbag. Su Le looked at the man from the corner of her eye. Her thoughts were dark because even in her dream, Zhuang Wei still appeared arrogant.

—————-

“Classmate Su Le, if you’re still not getting up then no breakfast for you.” Su Le sat up on the bed and saw Chen Yue holding a sandwich. Touching her messy hair, she spoke, “You can have it, I don’t want to eat.”

“Hey, are you going on a hunger strike because of a break up?” Chen Yue walked up to the bed and sat down as she spoke in admiration, “I say, Xiao Le Le, your appearance is not bad and your skin is also tender. How did Lin Qi, that little fox, manage to sneak in?”

After getting some clothing from her luggage, Su Le replied, “Maybe I didn’t keep a tight enough leash on him. Or maybe Zhuang Wei just wanted to escape. What can I do about that?”

Chen Yue shook her head and sighed, “Xiao Le, if Zhuang Wei heard that, he would spit blood out from anger.”

Su Le who was tidying her luggage paused and took out a photo frame. On the photo, she and Zhuang Wei were both smiling happily, she had simply never thought that they would arrive at this stage.

Seeing Su Le stare at the photo in a daze, Chen Yue bit her lips but didn’t say anything.

Su Le careful touched Zhuang Wei’s face on the photo before suddenly turning around to throw the photo in the bin. After that, she washed her face and placed her toiletries in the bathroom before letting out a sigh, “Xiao Yue Yue, uncle and auntie treat you so well, you work here so they brought a two-bedroom apartment for you. It really makes people envious.”

“Ok, ok, you can live here with me.” Chen Yue spoke while helping Su Le hang her clothes in the wardrobe, “Oh yeah, don’t you have work today?”

Su Le took some things out from her luggage and said, “I have already handed in my resignation.” Chen Yue didn’t ask for details and carried on helping Su Le to hang her clothes and shoes. “That’s good, you might as well come and work at my parent’s company. Recently, they have been recruiting new employees.”

Finally, Su Le found her toothbrush and toothpaste and she lifted her head after she heard Chen Yue and stared at her, “Then I would be like those who entered a company who has connections with the head .” Su Le smiled after she spoke and then went into the bathroom.

Chen Yue saw Su Le leave the room and Chen Yue’s smile gradually disappeared from her face. She knew Su Le was different from other girls, no matter what happens, she would not cry or scream. But the events that occurred for the past days was too much for an average person to handle. Losing one’s job, and getting cheated on… it would be hard for anyone to accept those kinds of things.

—————-

Su Le often regretted her decisions, such as agreeing to go shopping with Chen Yue. She watches as Chen Yue walked around comfortably while wearing 10 cm high heels. Her lips twitched. They were both women, but when she wore high heels for an hour, both her back and feet hurt. She felt a little ashamed.

“Xiao Le Le, what do you think of this? Your figure is not bad, it will suit you,” Chen Yue pointed to a light-coloured coat and spoke to the shop assistant beside her, “Bring that coat over and let her try it.”

But Chen Yue was stopped by Su Le who was drained of energy, “Sister Chen, Empress Chen, I have already brought two pieces of clothing with the help of your great fashion sense. I beg of you, please let me off.”

Chen Yue gave the coat to Su Le and beamed, “My dear, I will have you show up beautifully at the reunion. Even if Lin Qi, that fox, and that b*****d Zhuang Wei appears, you would still be in everyone’s attention.”

Su Le’s lips twitched and she walked into the changing rooms, resigned. The world was too cruel. First, it was her mind that was tormented, and now, it was her body that was being tormented.

—————-

“Mr Wei, for the collaboration this time please have a look …..” the person speaking discovered that the other party seemed to be somewhat distracted and followed the other party’s line of sight, but there was nothing there to see.

“I’m sorry.” Wei Chu smiled and took a sip at a cup of coffee before speaking, “Mr Wang, the price offered is somewhat low, it’ll making things difficult for me.”

“The price can be discussed,” the person who spoke also smiled, “How about we review the product again.”

Wei Chu nodded but he continued glancing out of the window from the corner of his eye, and his eyes turned gloomy.

—————-

“My Empress, let’s take a break,” said Su Le after they passed by a coffee shop. She could finally not hold it in any longer and she hugged onto the lamppost with no intention of letting go. “I would rather wear rags to attend the reunion than carry on shopping.”

Chen Yue patted on Su Le’s head, “Be good. After one more store, I shall let you eat.”

“You’ve already said that sentence five times already!” Su Le accused.

Chen Yue’s smile didn’t disappear, “Then I’ll go and eat lunch by myself. Of course, you can stay and carry on hugging the lamppost.”

Su Le gave up, and let go of the lamppost, before following Empress Chen into a shoe store.

At the entrance, they saw Lin Qi and Zhuang Wei. Su Le felt like she was performing in a bad melodrama where every predictable and cliche scene would occur while she, herself, was the female lead of this drama ….

She watched Zhuang Wei crouched down to help Lin Qi change shoes. Eyes filled with tenderness, she suddenly felt pain in her stomach and knitted her eyebrows as entered the shoe store without thinking.

Chen Yue spotted Zhuang Wei and Lin Qi, but she did not want to deal with them so reached to Su Le’s side while grabbing a pair of shoes, “Xiao Le Le, try this pair, your legs are so white you would definitely look good in it.”

“It might look good, but does the a certain someone have enough money to buy it though,” Lin Qi stated as she looked at Su Le in disdain, “With only a few thousand yuan a month as salary, it’s better to save up otherwise you won’t have enough to prepare a dowry when getting married.”

Both Chen Yue and Su Le put their hands on their forehead at the same time. This woman, did she have to act like those evil side characters in those 3rd rate idol dramas. Using those methods … it really leaves people speechless.

Su Le covered her face and wanted to express that she did not know that woman.

Unfortunately, Lin Qi clearly felt like she did not act enough and continued while resting her hand on Zhuang Wei’s arm. “I heard there would a reunion tomorrow night, that’s why Wei is accompanying me today to buy shoes… Could it be that both of you are also going to attend the reunion tomorrow?”

Zhuang Wei stayed silent. He only lifted his head to look at Su Le but she never looked at him like as if he was not even there.

As usual, Su Le didn’t pay attention to Lin Qi and tried the shoes Chen Yue had passed to her. The shoes felt pretty comfortable and nodded, “Let’s take this pair. My Empress, may I eat now?”

Chen Yue patted on Su Le’s head, satisfied, and replied with, “You may.”

Lin Qi saw that her speech did not receive any appropriate response from Su Le and immediately felt embarrassed. Her face heated up and could not help but said angrily, “Su Le, your boyfriend dumped you, don’t you have anything to say.”

Su Le scoffed and looked at Lin Qi with ridicule, “Were you blind last night. It was me who dumped him. A squander and a mistress, aren’t they fated to be a pair. I magnanimously gave the both of you my blessings, what are you still dissatisfied about?”

The customers in the store around them heard what Su Le said and they all turned to stare at Lin Qi and Zhuang Wei. They expressed a lot of curiosity at the mistress and the two-timer, after all, it was usually the mistress that gets shouted at. But this was not a drama.

Zhuang Wei’s expression turned ugly and he stood and faced Su Le, “Su Le, stop creating a scene.” What Su Le said was hard to swallow down.

Su Le shook her finger, “Zhuang Wei, I didn’t create a scene, it was Lin Qi who made the announcement. I didn’t want to, for a guy like you, to lose my dignity in this kind of situation.” After speaking she turned to Chen Yue who was besides her and said, “Chen Yue, let’s leave.” If they do not leave now, she was afraid she might imitate those female lead in idol dramas on how they dumped people. Honestly, she hated those drama plots because it would be a nightmare if she had possessed those female lead’s intelligence.

—————-

Exiting the shoe store, Chen Yue glanced at Su Le worriedly, but Su Le’s expression was normal and it did not reveal any signs of unhappiness. Chen Yue sighed and walked near to a Chinese restaurant, “Girl, it’s my treat today, what would you like to eat?”

“Ginseng, shark fin, abalone, swallow’s nest.” Su Le stared at Chen Yue, “Can I have them?”

Chen Yue smiled widely, “When you run into a wall, hit it three times.”

“Does that wall have a spirit that can grant wishes?” Su Le asked blankly.

Chen Yue replied while smiling, “No, like that, it would just be a hallucination.”

“Empress Chen, your family is rich,” Su Le complained, “Shouldn’t you be comforting a pitiful person like me who just broke up?”

Chen Yue expression remained the same, “That’s why I’ve decided to treat you spare ribs and not white cabbage.

After entering the restaurant, Su Le put down the things she was carrying and then said resentfully, “Empress Chen, you’re really stingy.”

“That’s why I’m rich,” Chen Yue said proudly.

Su Le silently ate two melon seeds that was free on their table.

The dishes quickly came out and placed on to the table. Even though, there wasn’t any ginseng and abalone etc., the food was not bad and Su Le quickly picked a meaty spare rib to eat.

“Su Le, you’re such a foodie,” seeing Su Le like this, Chen Yue who was originally worried for her was now calmed. When other people broke up, they would be drinking and crying, but Su Le was acting completely normal.

Chomping on the rib, Su Le’s expression turned dark, “My family’s Empress had told me before, if a woman live their life for a man then they have lived for nought”

The expression on Chen Yue changed slightly and she remained quiet as she put another spare rib into Su Le’s bowl.

Su Le smiled as she looked at Chen Yue, “Yue Yue, you don’t need to worry about me, it’s only a man. I, Su Le, have not reached to the point where I cannot live without Zhuang Wei. What I need to do is live even better than before.”

Chen Yue’s eyes widen, “When did this lady worry about you?!”

Su Le carried on smiling, even her eyes went crescent shaped. If Chen Yue was not worried about her, then Chen Yue wouldn’t have taken a day off from work just to accompany her. Having a friend like this was her’s, Su Le, fortune.

—————-

“Mr Wei, it is not early now. There’s a Chinese restaurant nearby, would you like to go there and have lunch?” The driver asked with concern.

Wei Chu shook his head and wind up the car’s window and said, “Return to the company first.”

The driver nodded and the car turned around to join the long traffic ahead.

On that day, the weather was great to a point where Su Le could not find an excuse to attend the reunion. She had a feeling that Lin Qi and Zhuang Wei, that cheating pair, would be appearing together there.

From the first time Su Le and Li Qi knew each other, Lin Qi had always liked to compete with her. This time, Lin Qi had stolen Zhuang Wei right from her hands, and by Lin Qi’s personality, it was certain that she would use the reunion as an excellent opportunity to show off. After all, back at A university, Zhuang Wei was rich and one of the most handsome guy in the department.

Su Le doesn’t know what she did to Lin Qi to see herself as Lin Qi’s rival, but Su Le never considered her as a rival since competing with someone constantly was too tiring and uninteresting. Unfortunately, Lin Qi did not think the way she did and happily competed with her still.

—————-

After receiving a call from the company’s HR informing her that her resignation has been approved, Su Le hurried to the company to collect her belongings and bid farewell to her colleagues who she got along well with.

The people in the office were not all that sensitive, so how would they not know what had happened. Their thoughts remained hidden behind the surface as they told Su Le to remain in touch with them before exchanging pleasantries.

Su Le was not foolish, it was well known that everyone was working just to feed themselves and no-one would offend someone else without a reason. After exchanging pleasantries with everyone, she carried her belongings to leave. After all, she would never want to step foot into this company again. She did not resign because she could not stand her superiors or win against them. Originally, she had only decided to resign because she had planned to join Zhuang Wei’s company. Unfortunately, Zhuang Wei cheating on her was not part of her plan.

That was why there was a saying, that men until the day he dies, no-one knows what exactly is in him. Even though that saying might be slightly excessive, it was not said without reason.

Carrying her things down an elevator, Su Le never thought she would see Lin Qi sitting in the cafe on the ground floor of the building with the colleague who stole her documents.

Su Le frowned, and very quickly understood what had happened. Her lips twitched and she turned away to hail a taxi, concealing the chill in her eyes.

—————-

Chen Yue had already left for work when Su Le returned to Chen Yue’s home. Su Le opened the refrigerator and it was empty. There wasn’t even a single slice of bread left. Su Le smirked. How could she forget. Chen Yue, that girl, never cooked. Back in university, out of the four people in the dorm, she was the only one who could cook a few dishes. It was a pity that she only knew stir-fry pak choi, and several other similar dishes. Anything that required more skill, she could not make it.

Thinking about all kinds of tasty home-cook meals, Su Le added another condition for searching a husband – he must be able to cook.

Switching on her laptop, Su Le found some jobs suitable for her on the internet. She chose two companies that met her requirements and sent them her CV before going to eat.

—————-

At an ordinary Chinese restaurant, Su Le’s expression changed after picking up the menu. Turns out, the saute pak choi had increased to 12 Yuan per portion. She suddenly felt, to carry on living in this world was really not easy.

Half-way through the meal, Chen Yue called her, informing her that the student reunion would be held at Tai Rui restaurant and Chen Yue would be going there directly after work. And as for Su Le, she had to go to the restaurant by herself.

Tai Rui restaurant, one of the most expensive places in A city. Su Le had been there twice for her company’s dinner parties. Even though the food was not the best, but the decoration and service were great. The restaurant’s greatest function was to let people flaunt their wealth.

Su Le felt pressured. She knew that at these reunions, making comparisons with one another was a major thing.

Once she finished her meal, she returned home and deleted her search history from the afternoon. She calmly changed her clothes and put on makeup, preparing herself for the reunion.

—————-

Su Le arrived at the meeting point on time and the people there seemed familiar but she could not recognise most of them. Everyone was dressed neatly and were dignified, showing how many of them were successful.

She greeted everyone whether she recognised them or not, and sat down on a sofa located at the side to drink tea. A classmate from university, Li Xuan Ran, sat down beside her. She kept looking at Su Le, seemingly as if she had wanted to say something but stopped.

Su Le took a sip at her tea. Watching Li Xuan Ran’s expression, she smiled and asked, “Xuan Ran, what’s the matter?”

Even though she wasn’t in the same dorm as Xuan Ran, their relationship wasn’t bad. For Li Xuan Ran to reveal such an expression with her blunt personality, it must be something difficult to say.

Li Xuan Ran looked at Su Le who was considered as one of the beauties in their department and softly said, “Is your relationship with Zhuang Wei ok? When you have the time, you should spend some with him.” Her workplace was not far away from Zhuang Wei father’s company and she had seen another woman in Zhuang Wei’s car a couple of times.

Su Le’s heart ached but she smiled forcefully. She had never thought that Zhuang Wei’s cheating was already known to others while she, the girlfriend, was kept in the dark. But looking at Li Xuan Ran, she decided it was a good time to reveal that he had been snatched away. Concealing her bitter feelings, Su Le placed her cup down, “He and I have already …”

Before she could finish, she saw Li Xuan Ran’s change in expression so she turned sideways, only to see Lin Qi leaning on Zhuang Wei’s arm as they walked towards her. As they walked, they acted intimate as if they were afraid that others do not know they were a couple.

“Isn’t that our department’s most handsome guy, Zhuang Wei?” Someone said when they recognised Zhuang Wei. “Wasn’t his girlfriend from the management department, Su Le, one of the department beauties? How come the person next to him has changed?!” Gazes instantly fell on Su Le, some with sympathy, some just curious, and some taking joy in her misfortune. But no matter whether they were looking at her in sympathy or at a joke, the atmosphere had become awkward.

Back then, when Zhuang Wei pursued Su Le, lots of people in the department knew. But now that the cinderella who became a princess had once again fell, there were many who looked at her as if she was a joke.

Zhuang Wei’s mind wandered as Lin Qi snuggled his arm. His sight landed on Su Le, but hearing what someone from among the crowd had said and seeing Su Le’s lowered head, his feelings became complex for a moment.

He liked Su Le. If he didn’t, he wouldn’t have spent so much time pursuing her originally. But no man can accept just hugs and kisses from a girlfriend for two years and not willing to move on to the final stage. He is a man, not a saint and Su Le was being too self absorbed. Even he couldn’t tell if Su Le really love him. Just like now, she was sitting right there, but he couldn’t tell what she was thinking.

Lin Qi, sensing that Zhuang Wei was not focusing on her, pulled on his sleeve and rested her head on his shoulder, smiling as she introduced him to a few of her classmates from university with a hint of pride.

“What’s so proud of being the mistress,” Li Xuan Ran frowned with hatred. Not wanting to see Lin Qi’s proud face, she placed a tangerine into Su Le’s hand. “How are you, recently?”

Su Le knew Li Xuan Ran wanted to divert her attention and not let those two affect her mood. She accepted the goodwill, “Can eat, can drink, what’s not good. I heard you joined a foreign-funded company, how are the benefits?”

“How good can it be. Those foreigners aren’t great to deal with. If finding a good job wasn’t difficult, who would be willing to work for them,” said Li Xuan Ran as she grind her teeth. “Not just that, they would even tell you how long you should use a signing pen for, there’s really a limit to how much one can put up with.

“That’s still better than my former place. The boss calls for every department’s manager to total up the paper usage every week,” Su Le patted on Li Xuan Ran’s shoulder. “In this world, us the employees eat less than cats, sleep later than dogs, and wake earlier than roosters. Have more spirit.”

Li Xuan Ran released a sigh and splitted the peeled tangerine in half from Su Le’s hand, “Need to be like senior Wei Chu, creating a company all by himself. Being your own boss would be great.”

Hearing someone else praise Wei Chu again, Su Le remained calm and said, “You can marry him and become the boss’ wife.”

Li Xuan Ran sighed deeply, “Su Le, you need to know, he is senior Wei Chu! Don’t say marry him, I would be honoured just to talk to him.”

Su Le expressionlessly stuffed her half of the tangerine into Li Xuan Ran’s mouth to show she did not have much thoughts on this legendary man. She often didn’t have much of an opinion of men who captures many women’s attention.

“Su Le, your mood seems very good today?” Lin Qi pulled Zhuang Wei beside her to sit down together and intentionally displayed the ring on her finger. The sparkle from the diamond ring was dazzling.

Taking a napkin to clean her hands, Su Le appeared unaffected from Lin Qi’s provocation and just frowned slightly, “Are you expecting me to be in a bad mood?”

“Why would I. We know each other for so many years. Of course I would wish for you to live better and better.” Lin Qi smiled widely as her gaze swept to the tangerine skin on the table in front of Su Le. “I heard eating too much tangerine will build up yang in your body, you should eat less of them.”

Li Xuan Ran, who sat beside Su Le, paused and looked at the fruit in her hands before speaking unhappily, “Lin Qi, haven’t seen you in a while. You’re becoming more and more like a mother.

Lin Qi’s expression stiffened slightly and she saw half a tangerine in Li Xuan Ran’s hand. Immediately, knew her previous sentence had offended Li Xuan Ran as well, so she pursed her lips and smiled, “That is only natural. I’m normally concerned about Wei so I have formed this habit.”

Su Le looked sideways at Zhuang Wei before standing up to leave. She couldn’t be bothered listening to Lin Qi’s childish taunts anymore, but Lin Qi grabbed her arm.

“Su Le, are you still blaming me for being together with Zhuang Wei?”

Su Le’s brows wrinkled. Does Lin Qi currently want to act like a pitiful female lead in those romance dramas?

This action of Lin Qi’s did not go unnoticed, and everyone around stared at the two of them. Seeing that Su Le was looking awkward, Zhuang Wei and could not help but warned, “Xiao Qi.”

After Zhuang Wei spoke, Lin Qi’s eyes dimmed but held onto Su Le’s arm and said, “Su Le, I like Zhuang Wei, haven’t you two already split up. Why are you still angry at me?”

Everyone was looking closely at Su Le.

Sat on one side, Li Xuan Ran was stunned as she watched what happened and felt rueful. In this world, there was really someone who was just that low. She really didn’t know how thick-skinned Lin Qi could be to be able to say something like that aloud.

“Su Le, you said you’ll meet me at the entrance. Why is it that I’m already here and you’re still over there.” A deep and pleasant voice of a male was heard. A hand suddenly grabbed Su Le’s arm and shook Lin Qi’s hand off smoothly without a trace.