Chapter 28: Searching High and Low (10)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Ji… Liu… Nian…” Ling Yichuan deliberately enunciated each word, as the smile on his lips grew wider and wider.

Everyone in the conference room was stunned, especially Gao Youyi. She immediately stared daggers at Ji Liunian!

Ji Liunian wished she could make herself as small as possible. Although she was not afraid of Ling Yichuan, she did not want her stint in this company to be exposed. Firstly, the Yu family would be unhappy. Secondly, she could not find a suitable job at the last minute.

She was at a loss when Ling Yichuan waved his hand. “Where’s the investment department? Ask them to come over.”

The pressure on Ji Liunian’s body suddenly relaxed. She knew that Ling Yichuan would not target her specifically—she was not that narcissistic.

She turned around and made her way back to her office. Gao Youyi—who had just left the conference room and followed Ji Liunian out—cursed in a low voice, “B*tch!”

Ji Liunian did not care if Wang Shibo and the other senior management were around. She immediately turned around at the abuse and narrowed her eyes. “Say that again?”

Ji Liunian had led a privileged life for more than 20 years. Even though the Ji family was in dire straits now and she deliberately kept a low profile, it did not mean that she was a door mat whom Gao Youyi could bully at will!

Gao Youyi did not expect her to answer back and was taken aback for a moment. Then, she became even angrier. “What? Do you think that your little stunt just now will make Mr. Ling fall for you? Stop dreaming!”

“Do you mean he’ll fall for you?” Ji Liunian felt that Gao Youyi was being unreasonable. “You’ve been stealing the credit for our work all along. This is just one of your many credit-stealing cases. We worked so hard for this report, but you just stole the credit and passed it off as your own work! Now that you have to prove your mettle, you showed the white feather. Then you still want to blame us for it? I only have one thing to say—serve you right!”

“You!” Gao Youyi was furious. She wanted to give Ji Liunian a tongue-lashing, but she did not dare to raise her voice and disturb the senior management. After a long time, she said, “So, looks like you’re hell-bent on seducing Mr. Ling?”

Ji Liunian scoffed instead of getting angry. With her back to the conference room door, she said to Gao Youyi with absolute clarity, “Get this straight! Only someone like you would fall for such a philandering and shallow man! I wouldn’t want a man like him even if he offered himself to me!”

She suddenly saw Gao Youyi’s face turn pale! Then, a faint voice rang behind her. “You don’t want a man like me even if I offer myself to you?”

Ji Liunian froze before turning around. Ling Yichuan had appeared behind her at some point. There was an indescribable emotion in his smiling angelic eyes.

Ji Liunian took two steps back. Without thinking, she blurted out, “Mr…. Mr. Ling! I… Of course I can’t like you. I… I’m already engaged!”