Chapter 27: Can't Escape (Part 1)

A few minutes passed.

Seeing that DuYan's state was a bit wrong, Xiao Ba proposed, "Since the current development has gone weirdly, do you want to forcefully break away? You can fight again next time."

DuYan sighed, "Everything has already reached the final stage. After more than ten years in this dream world, I feel a little unwilling to give up.”

He managed to suppress the anxiety in his heart, gathered up the chaotic emotions in his mind, and began to recall the details of these years.

DuYan suddenly thought of a person who was the key figure in the original plot, Fang Xiangxiang. After HeJin ran away, Fang Xiangxiang's sense of existence became lower and lower, so low that she had almost become a passerby.

After HeJin disappeared eight years ago, DuYan initially monitored Fang Xiangxiang for a while to find out his whereabouts, but Lewis did not find anything.

Fang Xiangxiang spent a year as an exchange student at M University, and then returned to Beicheng University to graduate successfully. After that, she applied for a graduate school at a foreign university.

After Fang Xiangxiang graduated, DuYan felt nothing different. In addition, Lewis didn’t have any contacts in the country that she had gone to, so he gave up monitoring her.

Later, even Fang Xiangxiang's whereabouts were unknown. After graduating from graduate school, she did not return home or settle in that country, and her mother was also taken abroad.

At this time, DuYan felt that something was wrong. Fang Xiangxiang's whereabouts were unknown, and HeJin must have been involved.

But since Fang Xiangxiang and HeJin went to start a business together, which happened to be in line with DuYan's plan, he did not interfere any more.

He suddenly said, "If Fang Xiangxiang had been with HeJin all this time, things shouldn't be irreparable."

Xiao Ba didn't say a word. He felt that DuYan was a little too optimistic, and things were probably not that simple.

Thinking of this, DuYan felt that there was still hope, and his psychological tension relaxed a little.

He turned around and walked to the desk and put his personal belongings in the cardboard box.

DuYan had very few things. There were some commonly used notebooks, pens and the like. If HeJin hadn't just ran in to disrupt the situation, he would have been on the plane back to Beicheng at this time.

After packing, he walked out the door with the cardboard box.

"Uncle Xie… Mr. Xie." The young woman sitting in the assistant position next to the door stood up.

She had her long hair tied up neatly, and she looked very smart and capable in her professional business suit.

DuYan was taken aback for a while, not because of how good-looking she was, but because of her familiar face. If this wasn’t Fang Xiangxiang, who else would it be. Even though her face had matured, her appearance was not that much different from her student days, and DuYan was able to recognize her at a glance.

Fang Xiangxiang greeted him, "Mr. Xie, are you going to have lunch? General Manager He has already reserved seats at Wenfeng Pavilion, and his meeting should be over soon."

"No need, the matters here are over. I’m going home.” DuYan finished speaking and walked towards the elevator.

Fang Xiangxiang turned to stop in front of DuYan. She clasped her hands together in a begging gesture, “Uncle Xie, please don’t make it difficult for me. When HeJin comes back to see you are not here, he will lose his temper."

DuYan stopped and glanced at Fang Xiangxiang.

Seeing that he was listening, she continued her efforts, "HeJin is now my boss. If I mess up this matter, he will deduct my bonus."

DuYan didn't think that HeJin would really deduct Fang Xiangxiang's bonus for this kind of trivial matter. He only stopped because he noticed something unusual.

On Fang Xiangxiang's left ring finger, there was a ring studded with multiple diamonds.

He suddenly thought of a detail. HeJin seemed to be wearing a ring on his ring finger when they were in the office just now. It's just that he was too confused at the time, and he didn't take this detail to heart at all.

Fang Xiangxiang got married? And the other party was HeJin?

Did the film’s original plot not collapse, and the plan was actually going along smoothly? Was HeJin’s strange behavior just now just for revenge?

These questions hovered in DuYan's mind. He thought for a moment and said, "Fine, I will stay and wait for HeJin. Can you please bring me a cup of coffee?"

"No problem." Fang Xiangxiang showed a delighted smile on her face.

DuYan turned around and walked into the office. He sat down on the sofa, and thought about how he should ask about Fang Xiangxiang's situation later.

He and Fang Xiangxiang were not too familiar. Their relationship was just nodding friends, and it was rude to inquire about the other's marital status rashly. So he could only use HeJin as an introduction to inquire around.

It didn't take long for Fang Xiangxiang to bring coffee in.

"I'll go out first. Call me if you need anything.” Fang Xiangxiang put down his coffee and said softly.

"Wait." DuYan called her, "Please sit down."

Even though Fang Xiangxiang was no longer the young student at the beginning and was now a business elite, but in front of DuYan, she would always feel timid for no reason.

As soon as DuYan's voice fell, she sat down obediently.

"Is there anything you need?”

DuYan pondered for a moment, and opened his mouth to ask, "Has HeJin been struggling to start a business these years?”

From Fang Xiangxiang's attitude towards him, DuYan could infer that HeJin did not tell Fang Xiangxiang about those things. Otherwise, according to the materials DuYan forged, he could be regarded as killing Fang Xiangxiang's father.

No matter how kind Fang Xiangxiang was, it was impossible to face the enemy who killed her father with such a peaceful attitude.

"Actually, when I joined HeJin's company, his company had passed the initial stage of entrepreneurship and was quite large." Fang Xiangxiang only regarded DuYan as an elder who cared about HeJin, his junior.

Although she didn't know why HeJin, who was very dependent on his uncle back then, suddenly fell out with DuYan, and never even contacted each other. But she could also tell that HeJin still attached great importance to his uncle.

If she could help the two to reconcile, HeJin would probably be able to recover a bit of his original appearance, instead of the present kind of gentle-but-never-sincere smile.

Seeing DuYan nod slightly, Fang Xiangxiang continued, "But even then, he worked very hard, as if to prove something."

"As his business partner, you must have worked very hard."

Fang Xiangxiang smiled shyly, "I'm not that good, I've only been working as HeJin’s assistant.”

DuYan said, "The assistant's job is not easy to do. There are many details to pay attention to. Many girls in the financial industry don't even have time to go shopping and fall in love."

Fang Xiangxiang subconsciously touched the ring on her finger and smiled sweetly, "In fact, although I am busy at work, as I work and struggle with my beloved, I don’t think it’s that bad.”

As soon as the voice fell, she felt that it seemed inappropriate to mention these in front of DuYan, "Sorry, I strayed off topic.”

DuYan asked, "It's alright, you and HeJin..."

Before he finished speaking, the door to the office was pushed open, and HeJin walked in.

He spoke with a smile, "I seemed to have entered at the wrong time, you two have a good chat.”

Fang Xiangxiang stood up, "General Manager He, I have other things to do.”

HeJin waved his hand to indicate that she could leave.

DuYan felt that the way they got along was a little strange. Their speech and movements were unlike that of husband and wife. However, DuYan thought about it. This way public and private life was clearly distinguished, so they would pay more attention to the workplace.

"Uncle, why have you been continuously watching Fang Xiangxiang?" HeJin was slightly dissatisfied, and opened his mouth to call DuYan's attention back.

DuYan's gaze fell on HeJin again. Specifically paying attention to HeJin's hand. As expected, there was a silver ring on his left hand’s ring finger.

The ring was a little different from the one on Fang Xiangxiang's finger. It was very simple, with no diamonds nor other extra decorations. However, it was normal for men and women to have different ring styles.

The rings on their hands let DuYan see a ray of dawn. DuYan did not plan to return to Beicheng until Fang Xiangxiang's affairs had been clarified. After all, after going back, he would have no more chances to contact Fang Xiangxiang again.

After HeJin finished lunch, as if it was natural, brought DuYan back to the company with him. DuYan had planned on contacting Fang Xiangxiang again in the afternoon, so he did not raise any objections.

"Uncle, Xie Boshun, that person is too useless. He now has the title of president, but in the end, I have to do everything.” HeJin sat on the office sofa, dawdling, not wanting to go out.

"..."

DuYan was in disbelief. Was HeJin acting coquettish? He remembered that HeJin was not that 18 year old child anymore and their relationship was not how it used to be, like a close family.

"But the Xie Group is where my uncle used to work at, and spent a lot of effort. I will definitely take good care of it."

HeJin's second grade speech made DuYan suddenly see the 16 year old boy again. He finally couldn't stand it and said, "You can go to work now."

Seeing DuYan's cold expression, HeJin knew how serious the other party was about work, and no longer pushed for an inch, he walked out of DuYan's office obediently.

DuYan returned to this office to get in touch with Fang Xiangxiang. However, Fang Xiangxiang never showed up again throughout the afternoon, and the assistant who stayed outside became Xiao Lin who had picked him up in the morning.

Before dinner, when DuYan walked out of the Xie Group, he was not stopped. On the contrary, Xiao Lin actively went to the garage to get the car. DuYan understood what was going on the moment he got in the car.

In the back seat of the car sat a familiar figure.

HeJin lowered his head slightly and stretched out a hand, "Uncle, get in the car."

DuYan ignored his hands and sat down in the back seat.

HeJin didn't care, and withdrew his hand, "We’re going home.”

"Go home?" DuYan looked over.

"Yes." HeJin smiled innocently, "I don't have an estate in Nancheng, and I have always lived at Uncle's. You wouldn’t be so ruthless to ask me to sleep on the street would you?”

DuYan remained unmoved, "You can stay in a hotel."

"I'm not used to the things in the hotel.” HeJin had a mature and handsome face as he sat while saying something completely inconsistent. "I can't sleep in a hotel. If I can’t sleep well, then I’ll have a headache. If I have a headache, then I won’t be able to work…”

DuYan understood now. HeJin was currently acting shamelessly.

As a businessman of the investment industry, of the 365 days in a year, they would go on a business trip for 300 days. Saying that he was not used to staying in hotels and unable to sleep was simply a big joke. He could buy an estate in every city he wanted to go to.

DuYan always disliked talking to such pestering people. He turned his head, to look at the scenery outside, and didn’t speak again.

Anyway, that place could be regarded as HeJin's house. When he went to Beicheng, DuYan had thought about transferring this house to HeJin. Later, due to various reasons, he failed to make the trip.

Now that HeJin had taken over Xie Group, he was probably going to live in Nancheng often, so it was not a bad idea to give him the house.

Seeing DuYan acquiesced to this matter, HeJin didn’t tease him again.