Maybe hurt by her direct rejection, Guan Xian tried to play his card. "Young miss, could you not be so cold-hearted? I save you 3 times and save your company just now, aren't you going to pay me back by any meant?"
Xia Sha shooks her head firmly, without any hesitation.
Guan Xian was dumbstruck that he almost hit the car in front of them. He hissed and decided to pull over. After confirming it was safe, he then turns his body to deal with this cold-hearted girl.
Under Guan Xian's questioning and somewhat 'hot' looks, Xia Sha finally looked up to him. Xia Sha's unperturbed arrogant gaze make Guan Xian even more irritated.
"Why not?" He asked and frown.
Under the dim light, he looks exceptionally breathtaking. A cool gleam on his eyes, he doesn't look pleased by her answers.
Creased formed on Xia Sha forehead. "I don't date someone lower than a dog..."
Guan Xian recalled something and looks horrified. "Yes I am a bastard, cheating man is lower than a dog!"
It's odd how he could hear his own voice saying this mental crushing sentence. His face turns red, ghastly white to purple before green.
He's boiling with silent wrath inside his souls. He wanted to redeem himself but every reason crossing his mind is just... Pathetic...
Guan Xian you stupid man! Did your grandfather did not beat you enough? How could you stomp so lowly in front of women?!
It was Xia Sha's cold voice that woke him up.
"Are you driving or not? Because I still have work to finish."
Guan Xian took the temporary loss and start up the engine once again with a bleeding heart. It such bad luck that suddenly every car on Capital decided to go out and created massive traffic.
Xia Sha is unhappy either, but nothing she could to at such an event. So she calmly plays with her phone, ignoring the almost dying man beside her.
Couldn't stand his pitiful states anymore, Guam Xian decided fo defend his good name. "Xia Sha, I've told you that I never actually cheated right? Heck! I even only have one serious relationship."
He sounds desperate.
Xia Sha shrug her shoulder and said, "Still not interested."
"..."
"Hey! You are being so impolite, I'm still your senior brother and life savior, is this how you repay me?" He sounds very mad right now.
Very good~ she called him senior brother Guan so intimately when she used him. Now she got what she wanted she just throw him away like that.
Traffic+Rejection has to make Guan Xian went nuts.
Someone like Ling Guang can win her off, why he couldn't? He felt like the biggest jokes in the town, and well as much as his little heart unwilling to confess, it's kind of hurt.
Hurt and tarnishing his reputation as the most desirable bachelor in the Nation!
"Well, give me a reason why you won't even consider it." Guan Xian was adamant to bring back his 'most wanted man' title.
Xia Sha shot him a weird look and actually look loss. "Is there any reason I should consider it?"
Guan Xian looks at Xia Sha disbelief, his hand moving wildly before come up with silly reasons.
"Don't you think I'm good looking?"
Xia Sha raised her eyebrow sarcastically. "I especially hate the man that realized the are good looking."
"Well, I'm a smart and good businessman."
"Hmm, most of the man from our school is smart and a good businessman."
Guan Xian gagged. Yes, there are so many rich men in Capital city but how many as rich as him? He's the heir of a conglomerate group for God-sake!
"... I'll invest in your company if you go on a date with me." This is not about heart anymore, it's about pride.
Xia Sha shows a wicked smile. He really did not have anything to offer rather than face and money. She tapped her chin slowly before look at the desperate man beside her.
"I'm very tempted by the offer. But..."
Guan Xian stops breathing, he is actually more nervous waiting for her answer rather than signing a million-dollar deal.
"I just don't like you."
"..."
***
"What? Mr.Lemiere sign with Xia Corporation?" Ling Guang faces turn ugly when he heard the news. Not even Meng Ran seating on his seat could calm his furiousness.
Frankly, he did not expect much after finding out Xiao and Guan Family are aiming for Mr.Lemiere investment too. But somehow Xia Sha manages to steal the deal from a tiger and the sly fox.
"But I thought be's interested in our company!" Ling Guang's mind wanted to explode. Xia Sha has only gone for 2 weeks and his company starts to become a mess. No to mention he has to bear the embarrassment after Xia Sha leaking the video.
Everything she has done is like a slap to his face.
Not to mention someone hacked and mess up their data and system server.
Deep down he believes it's a mess since Xia Sha leaves the company. Xia Sha usually the one who controls the whole operation of the company. She also has a wide connection with influential people. A reluctant part of him actually admires her for that.
But she is just too strong and confident. She stands alone like he was not needed in here when this is his company. However, in this situation, he would rather have Xia Sha next to him than Meng Ran.
He frowned and close up call, gently pushing Meng Ran from his lap.
"Brother, what happens?" She asked carefully in a lovely manner.
Her soft voice soothes Ling Guang's heart, he didn't vent his anger on her so.
"We just need funds to promote our new release speaker. The development and research almost run out of the fund too." He wipes his face roughly and stretches his hand to pull Meng Ran.
Meng Ran squeal when she falls into Ling Guang's embrace. Her body was close to Ling Guang but mind darted on Guan Xian.
She couldn't hide her excitement and fluttering heart upon Guan Xian's professional flirtation. At this moment Ling Guang needs help...
Maybe Guan Xian can help her. But she can't tell Ling Guang just yet, Guan Xian said he only wants to meet her. She will just tell Ling Guang after she got the deal, that's the way she could aim for Guan Xian but have Ling Guang as a backup.
Her face suddenly lights up.
"Sigh, Everything is a mess." Ling Guang's eyes look somber as he buried his face to Meng Ran's neck. Meng Ran shows a faint smile and gently touched Ling Guang's cheeks.
"It's okay, everything will be alright. I'm here to help you."
Ling Guang looked up and melted when he saw Meng Ran's sweet smiles. She is so gentle and could always calm him down.
Although she is not as smart as Xia Sha, so what?
She could bring the best of him. It's also a way to work things up. He knew she couldn't help him but he appreciates the consoles.
"Yeah, I know you will."
"Hey, I just remember something. We could sell Xia Sha's project idea to another company." She proposed.
Ling Guang was taken to a surprise of her idea but quickly shook his head. "No, it's her idea. Since we've kicked her out to prove I'm capable without her, we should not take advantage of her anymore."
The night with Director Tan Kun is quite traumatic for him, he dis not want to tell Meng Ran about it. Also, remember how Guan Xian looks at him as a savage lion, he didn't want to mess with them again.
Meng Ran frowns. "But we need money, right?"
At this time, Guan Xian's voice filled Meng Ran's head.
'I don't think you should be under Ling Guang, you are far smarter and decisive. Ling Guang is someone who only believes in himself, trusts me he will only slow your pace. He's a type of man that thinks women belong to the kitchen.'
"Honey, you shouldn't be burdened about this thing. A woman should be pampered, you just need to be there for me. I'll handle the rest." He cupped her cheek with his warm hand.
Meng Ran eyelash fluttered, she forced a smile and conceal her dissatisfaction.
"Let's not mention Xia Sha again in our lives, okay?" He asked with a gentle voice.
"Okay, I'll find another way to help you." She murmured.
He doesn't understand that she meant it literally. Ling Guang went back to work after feeling better. Since he couldn't find any investors, he plans to get a loan from Bank.
Bidding his goodbye with one last kiss to his lover, he tidied his suit and walk away. Meng Ran still smiling, but it quickly turns into a wicked smile once the door closed.
She hissed and wipe away the part where Ling Guang kissed her before starts to open the last drawer on Ling Guang's working desk.
"Let's not mention her again because you are secretly meeting up with her? Do you think I'm so gullible?" Meng Ran said to the empty air coldly.
Two days ago, before she shops with Xia Xiang, she attended a high school reunion. No one from her senior high school come from an elite family like Xia Xiang. Thus she assumed they won't know about her sex tapes with Ling Guang.
It went pleasantly from the start when they look at her with envious looks. She did not have a degree, but she is the most successful among them. She becomes the center of attention.
It all good until someone mentioning about Ling Guang went to a famous club. The classmate notices him standing next to a goddess, he claims. He even takes a picture to prove that Ling Guang.
To her surprised, it was Xia Sha!
Unlucky her, a girl that always been jealous of her remember Xia Sha:s face from her previous We Chat moment.
"Isn't this your boyfriend ex? The rich heiress that torture you?"
Everything when downhill from that. She could recall how ugly her expression at that time.
Why is every time someone mentioned Xia Sha, she always end up in humiliation? That'd when she realized, even if she had taken Ling Guang from her, she will never win against Xia Sha.
Because Ling Guang is nothing without Xia Sha. She needs someone who stands is higher than Xia Sha's background. Just like fate, she meets Guan Xian for the next two days.
"Hah, Guan Xian is true. Ling Guang is too short-sighted to see things clearly. As long as Xia Sha breaths in these worlds, I won't live in peace. That's why I need to destroy her, starting by crushing her dream!"
There should be Xia Sha's Hotel Robot project there, on the drawer, a red flash disk. But the flash disk box is empty!
"Shit! Where is it?" She bites her lower lips and searches every drawer on the Ling Guang office.
"Not here, not here, not here!" She mumbles why looking more desperate. Sweat starts to form on Meng Ran's forehead despite the cold room.
"Mr.Ling?" A baritone voice from outside almost made Meng Ran's heart jumped out from her body. Her chest is rising up and down as she looks at the man on the door.
"Don't you know how to knock?" She furrows her eyebrow and asks fiercely.
The man was surprised and quickly lower his head. "I'm sorry Ms.Meng, Mr.Ling is expecting me just now, so I thought..."
Meng Ran stares at him coldly. "Mr.Ling has gone to attend important meetings."
"Ah. He actually just need me to copy files to hard disk. I'm here to deliver the hard disk now." The man approached Meng Ran and politely put the hard disk on the table.
Meng Ran face change instantly, she even smiles.
"Is there any missing data or something? Don't we have file copies on the company server?" She
The employee was quite surprised by how fast Meng Ran change her mood. But he heard the new lady boss is delicate and kind, thus he replied happily to curry some favor.
"Well, a few days ago someone hacked our server and we end up losing all the important files. Thankfully Mr.Ling has every copy of the upcoming project. To prevent this thing happened again, Mr.Ling decided to save all the files personally."
"Okay..." Meng Ran paused, unsure what to say. She didn't know such big things happen lately. Ling Guang did not tell her anything too. She was annoyed.
Turns out Guan Xian words are true...
Ling Guang did not believe she could help him handling problems, that's why he did not say anything. Her eyes turn somber as she takes the hard disk with her hand.
Why?
Did he think she is still the same old stupid girl who will follow him blindly?
She looks up to the man and said, "You can go out first, I'll inform him later."