Chapter 26

Li Na was surprised at her response. She snapped back to reality when she saw Xiu Ying walk away. She caught up to her and stopped in front of her.

"Xiu Ying are you okay? Is it because of me and Yifeng? We can stop seeing each other if you want."

In all honesty, Li Na wanted to stop seeing him too as much as possible, but to still be able to receive updates from him about their deal. and Xiu Ying was her only way.

Xiu Ying shook her head as if she couldn't believe what she was hearing. Was Li Na even listening to her. She sighed once again.

"I'll leave early. I'm not in the mood for a party anymore."

Xiu Ying turned to leave. Xiu Ying was becoming frustrated.

"is it because we were talking about you? Just let it go. You can't always be there when someone talks about you. That is impossible You are just overreacting."

Xiu Ying stopped walking.

"Overreacting? Did you say I was overreacting? How would you feel if someone was talking personal things with someone else that you don't even really know behind your back? Why even ae you doing this? Is he forcing you?"

Li Na couldn't respond because she simply didn't know how to. She couldn't possibly tell her that she made a deal to get a man way out of her league now and her guilt had started to come back to her. It was for a deal, she thought inwardly.

Xiu Ying saw that Li Na didn't plan on explaining and shook her head. She turned around and left. She walked away and headed to her car. Li Na was left there standing and muttering to herself inaudibly. She checked if anyone saw Seeing no one in the vicinity, she went back into the building.

After a while, a man came out of the shadows and looked in amusement at what unfolded. He laughed a little remembering the feisty woman walking away, leaving the other one speechless. He could already tell that the speechless girl wasn't a sincere one. He came out for a smoke, but never expected this. He stepped on his cigarette and turned away.

"My stay here is going to be interesting. Qing university huh?"

He looked towards the building where one could hear a faint noise coming out of it and smiled a very carefree yet sly smile. He opened his car, got in and drove away.

Xiu Ying made sure to call Xi Xing to tell her that she was going to leave earlier. She confirmed that all was well and that she was just feeling tired and needed some rest. She started her car and drove away not knowing that her little fight had a witness.

Things on Zhang Wei's side weren't going any better. The Ye family was clearly sucking up to them and it felt greasy. He had no opinions about Ye Ying simply because he wasn't interested in her whatsoever. His parents seemed to have a good relationship with them, so he hasn't said anything for now. He is suspicious about their family though. He has no evidence yet, but he is going to get to the bottom of this.

Ye Ying saw that he wasn't interested in their conversation and started thinking the worst. Is he thinking about the woman he spent time with that day? Why isn't he answering?

She seemed to have forgotten what kind of man Zhang Wei is. Ye Lihua saw her daughter in an awkward position and wanted to help her out.

"So Young Master Zhang, any interests in particular?"

Everyone turned to Zhang Wei and he frowned. What is it with all these questions? He though he had already made it clear his position in this dinner. His mother looked at him with pleading eyes as if saying 'just entertain them.'

He inwardly sighed. "I like my work. The company has been good."

With that, he stopped talking and reverted to silence. There was a weird silence at the table because they all knew what kind of interest Mrs. Ye meant, yet no one elaborated because they knew what kind of person he was. It just meant he didn't want to talk about it.

He checked his phone when it beeped a notification. He saw an important report sent to hm by his secretary. He looked at his father and his father understood. He faced the table and got ready to stand up.

"Excuse my behaviour but I need to leave urgently. A work issue came in and needed to be solved. His mother was disappointed and so was Ye Ying but none of them voiced it out because they both knew how important Zhang Wei prioritized his work.

Ye Ying's father Ye Zhifan, on the other hand, was quite happy he was leaving. Convincing his father of business propositions was easier because it was less intimidating so he all but wished for him to leave sooner.