Chapter 106
“CEO Shen, I have one last thing.”
“What is it?”
“Today is the day Ms Cheng’s mother is having surgery, are you sure you don’t want to come over?”
“Get out of my–!” A violent yell instantly rolled in madness, and Assistant Peng was so startled that he turned and fled towards the door of the president’s office.
Shen Ron, however, stormed back at him and added a yell, “Come back!”
Assistant Peng’s scalp tingled and his grip on the door handle loosened as he stiffened and turned around apologetically, “CEO Shen I was wrong.”
“Do you think I’m cold-blooded and heartless, too? Do you also think I’m wrong for doing this?” Shen Ron got up from his chair and looked at him with an annoyed look out of his eyes.
Assistant Peng breathlessly sighed: Is it right for you, the president, to do so? Is this not cold and heartless enough?
Of course, he didn’t dare utter such truths, but simply replied mechanically, “CEO Shen is always right.”
“She has men a thousand times better than me guarding her now, are you aware of that?”
“I’m not sure.”Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.
“Then see it clearly before you talk to me.”
“Yes, I’ll be sure to see it through later.”
Shen Ron sat down in frustration, he had a sulk to vent and apparently Assistant Peng wasn’t the right person to vent to, he lifted his desk phone to dial Ye Max’s number and got a voice response that the person was mad!
It’s a miracle he’s still sitting comfortably in his office when even Ye Max is going crazy during this time.
Shen Ron left a vicious message for Ye Max: If you don’t show up at night, I’ll bring a bomb to your door and kill you.
Slamming the microphone back onto the machine, Shen Ron looked up to find that Assistant Shen was no longer there, but replaced by another figure who wasn’t supposed to be here.
Chung Grace, Cheng Lydia’s best sister.
Secretary Alina said bitterly, “CEO Shen, I’m sorry, this lady said she is pregnant with your child, if she is not allowed to see you she will immediately go to the hospital to have an abortion, we are worried …”
Alina ducked her head with an innocent look on her face.
Chung Grace picked up the second half of the sentence for her, “Worried that your The Shen Family would continue to have no successor, so I had to put my lady in.”
Shen Ron hooked his lips and looked at her askance, “How come I don’t remember us ever being good at anything?”
Alina was busy backing away when she saw Shen Ron didn’t rebuke.
“Of course you don’t remember, CEO Shen, you can abandon a woman like Lydia who is all for you overnight, let alone someone as irrelevant as me?”
“It seems that Miss Shi is also here to stand up for Cheng Lydia.” Shen Ron can’t hide his boredom, he just scolded Assistant Peng away, and here comes Chung Grace!
Cheng Lydia, you’ve got a lot of rescuers!
“Shen Ron do you really think you’re doing the right thing? Is it what’s best for Cheng Lydia?” Chung Grace took a few nonchalant steps forward and propped her hands on his desk, looking down at him with no good grace.
Shen Ron swept her off her feet, his long, slender fingers gathering her collar, which was wide open from looking down, upward with a slight smile, “Don’t try to seduce me, I’m not interested in women right now.”
Chung Grace raised her hand and slapped him across the face when he wasn’t expecting it, “Don’t mess with Lydia if you’re not interested in women, and don’t you think it’s really too much to do when you’ve got her hooked and then cruelly discard her? Why are you afraid to admit that you are really cold-blooded and heartless?”
Her force wasn’t strong enough to hurt Shen Ron’s face, but it could somewhat hurt his pride.
Not relieved, Chung Grace continued, “How can you even think about working here when Cheng Lydia needs you right now? Is work that important to you? Should I say money is that important to you?”
Shen Ron wiped his fingertips across her brushed cheeks and met her mockingly, “And what about you? Aren’t you the one she’s defending with all her heart and soul? Aren’t you her best sister? Didn’t you also hide from her for a man when she needed help the most?”
Chung Grace was speechless, glaring at him indignantly.
“I doubt very much whether you have come here today to accuse me, for Lydia’s sake or your own? Aren’t you hating me for giving up on Lydia and giving her the chance to be with Gu William?”
On this point, Chung Grace had to admit that she did have this in mind. But more than that, she was chilled by Shen Ron’s approach because she knew that Cheng Lydia had actually fallen in love with Shen Ron long ago in her heart.
“I just want you to know that Lydia loves you, not Gu William, and even if you force her on Gu William, she will not be happy.”
Shen Ron’s eyes sank slightly, he had never heard Cheng Lydia say that she loved him herself!
“She and I have agreed to divorce when her mother’s surgery is complete.”
“What? She actually said yes?”
“Yes.”
“Did you force her to do it?”
“No, we belong to a peace agreement.”
Chung Grace laughed in disappointment, “She’s so stupid, she obviously loves you.”
“Because she knows I can spoil her, indulge her, do anything for her, but never fall in love with her.”
“Why can’t you love her? Do you want to live in the past for the rest of your life?”
“Why can’t Gu William love you? Isn’t it because there’s already another woman living in his heart? Who can force the matter of feelings?” Shen Ron smiled lightly, “If I were you, I would give up the man who doesn’t love me and make him and Lydia whole.”
Chung Grace was instantly stomped on a sore spot and she opened her mouth, instinctively excusing herself, “It’s not like Lydia loves him.”
“But there is no need to question one thing; she will certainly be much happier married to Gu William than to me, don’t you think?”
“No, with Lydia’s character, she would rather marry her beloved than someone who loves her dearly.” Chung Grace exasperated, “Shen Ron, it’s your business if you want to push Cheng Lydia away, don’t find such a grand reason to force Lydia between us, Gu William and I haven’t broken up yet, do you think it’s right for you to do that?”
“Wasn’t that Gu William’s idea?” Shen Ron shrugged innocently.
“I’m telling you, as long as I don’t give the nod, Lydia won’t dare to take Gu William from me, if you have any conscience left, just take her back and put her away properly, at least she has given her feelings and body to you, consider it a good deed.” Chung Grace finished this sentence and turned towards the office door.
As her palm held the door handle, Shen Ron’s mocking sneer came from behind her, “It seems Cheng Lydia has been overestimating your relationship; it’s not that she’s afraid to take Gu William from you, it’s that she doesn’t want to, because she sees you as more important than Gu William.”
Chung Grace’s hand on the doorknob tightened and froze for two seconds before she pulled the door panel open and stepped out with one hand.
Outside the door, the secretary ladies were gesturing at her.
Chung Grace steadied herself and cast a cold glance at them, saying, “Don’t be surprised, my lady is not ashamed to be pregnant with your CEO Shen’s child.”
The secretaries simultaneously opened their mouths into an O-shape and watched her back in surprise as she walked out of the office area.
This is the first time that CEO Shen has been treated with such disdain.
After five long hours of waiting, Cheng Lena’s surgery is still not over.
Cheng Lydia sat in that tiny chair from the beginning to the end and never left it for a moment.
Gu William bought her favorite chestnut crisp from outside and took a piece for her after sitting down beside her, “Have some, you haven’t eaten in half a day.”
Cheng Lydia shook her head, “I’m not hungry and don’t want to eat.”
“This is a chestnut crisp that I ran half of LS City to get, how can I afford not to eat it for all my hard work?” Gu William passed the chestnut crisp to her nose and smiled, “Smell it, is it the one you like?”
Cheng Lydia looked down at the chestnut crisp and looked at him in surprise, “How do you know I like chestnut crisp?”
“If you don’t even know that, what business is there in courting you?” Gu William laughed again.
Cheng Lydia smiled along and took a bite of the chestnut crisp he handed her, anything she ate at this time of day was tasteless, but she nodded gratefully, “It’s delicious.”
“Yummy then eat more.” Gu William finally found a little sense of accomplishment when he saw that she was willing to eat.
As for why he knew she liked chestnut pastry? Well, that’s a long story.
He remembered the first time he saw her, she was in a pretty gown with cute pigtails hiding in a deserted corner wolfing down a plate of chestnut pastry.
At that moment he was thinking that this girl must be super into chestnut crumble.
And sure enough!
“Have some water.” He thoughtfully handed her a cup of hot milk tea.
“Thanks.” Cheng Lydia took it.
She ate all the chestnut cakes and milk tea in the box before she knew it.
It was as if he saw the little girl who had wolfed down a box of chestnut crisps again.
Feeling a bit of an appetite, Cheng Lydia smiled embarrassedly, “Am I being inhumane, my mother is alive and dead and all I do is eat.”
“If you pass out from starvation, it would be truly inhumane for your mother to come out of a successful surgery with no one to care for her.” Gu William handed her another napkin.
Cheng Lydia took the napkin and had just wiped her mouth clean when the door to the operating room was pushed open. Stunned, she scrambled to her feet and rushed up, taking the doctor’s hand and asking with bated breath, “How’s it going? Is the surgery done?”
The doctor gave her a small smile, “It’s done, the surgery was a success.”
“Really?” Cheng Lydia squealed, a heart hanging in the back of her throat dropping instantly.
“Really.” The doctor, infected by her open affection, smiled along.
Cheng Lydia couldn’t wait to ask again, “So … is there a chance my mother will wake up?”
“It’s entirely possible.” The doctor patted her hand, “Don’t worry, the patient will be in intensive care for now, you can’t see him yet, so go back and get some rest and come back when he’s a little more stable.”
“Yes, thank you doctor.” Cheng Lydia bowed deeply at the departing backs of the cadre of attending doctors, and after watching them walk away, she immediately turned back to Gu William with joy and hugged his body excitedly, “Master Gu did you hear that, the doctor said that my mother’s surgery was successful and that she will wake up soon …”
She was so happy, so excited, she completely forgot that she should keep her distance from Gu William.
Gu William looked at her eyes wet with joy and smiled as he took her by the waist, “I hear you, congratulations.”