Atlas was in the car looking out the window. He's beyond annoyed at this point. He's just happy he has work to distract him. Although, he wishes Shengli wasn't working at the same place as him.
He could've avoided all of that and created his own company. He could've taken down Liu Tech once A-Xue becomes the president, but he can't.
It isn't something that the original would ever do. He cared about his father and the company too much.
He can't OOC too much, or the world will collapse. If it does, he'll just go back to Stellargate and open another door, but then all those years would've been wasted.
And I wouldn't be able to see my Shengli. Thinking that he looked at him and met his eyes, Shengli was already looking at him.
Shengli pulled him onto his lap and Atlas let him, he just looked away.
"How do you intend to deal with your brother?"
Atlas said:
"No matter what he throws at me, I'll do the same, except that it'll be a thousand times worse."
"Your mother?"
Atlas looked at him, sneering:
"Isn't your wife your problem?"
"Not for long."
Atlas only believes in action, he's always been like that. He didn't say anything, but he let Shengli kiss his cheek. He found a more comfortable position on him and lay on his chest until they arrived.
When they entered the company, everyone looked at Atlas astonished. They know that he is the heir of the company, but they all thought he died.
They've been hearing from A-Xue that he disappeared, so when he didn't show up even after more than three years, they never thought he would.
They all know that the company will be his on his twentieth birthday, they just didn't think he would show 9 days before that. You'd think he'd want to familiarize himself with running a company.
To them, it's like he's taking his position for granted. What surprised them more was the difference between him and A-Xue.
Even if they are identical, when he came in they immediately knew it wasn't A-Xue. The aura surrounding him is that of a president or someone in charge.
Despite his young age, he seems to have experience, while the one who has been working at the company all this time doesn't. Moreover, they were surprised that he arrived with Shengli, A-Xue never did.
They weren't surprised by that, he's not his equal. All the women were charmed by Atlas' beauty. Atlas smiled at them, and they squealed excitedly.
Shengli just wanted to cover his eyes, but yesterday he realized that he is the one in the wrong. He's married to his mother, while Atlas is single.
In the elevator, Atlas looked at Shengli's irritated profile with a smile. They reached the top and Shengli walked him to his office. Atlas looked around, he smiled, walking to Shengli who was at the entry.
He kissed him on the corner of his lips and pushed him out, then closed the door. Shengli stood still in front of the closed door for a few seconds, stunned, then left for his office with a grin. He'll be mine soon.
Atlas looked at his office again with a smile, he sat behind his desk, glancing around. His office is a replica of the one he had in his house, in B Country. Shengli came to his house multiple times and saw it.
He knows how particular he is when it comes to his surroundings. It must've taken him some time to get everything ready, since all the items had to be shipped from B Country, they don't sell them here. After working for a while, he put a do not enter at his door.
A-Xue went to work happy, after taking care of a few things. He's been so panicked since yesterday, that he barely slept, but his mother fixed everything.
With her plan, no board member will vote for Atlas as the president. Plus, the moment he'll wake up and realize what happened, he'll want to kill himself. He would too if it happened to him.
When he reached the top floor, he walked to Shengli's office but stopped when he saw the sign on Wei Shujun's old office. He entered and said:
"Hello, this office is mine, so take you..."
He stopped talking when he saw that it was Atlas. He sneered:
"Nothing in my company is yours. Do you understand?"
A-Xue looked at him with anger. What can he even say? It's his company, his backstabbing father left it all to him. He didn't even leave him a percent of the company's shares.
Atlas leaned back.
"Enjoy those 9 days because, after that, I'll fire you."
Not able to contain himself anymore, A-Xue seethed:
"You son of a bitch, I won't let you have the company! This will be all mine, you enjoy those 9 days!"
He approached him and threatened:
"Very soon I'm going to make your life hell, you'll beg for my help, and I'll never give it to you."
He was only planning on letting him get assaulted, but now he wants him to know he is responsible, so he can beg him like the dog he is. He wants to watch as the light in his eyes is extinguished.
He smiled mockingly:
"You made a mistake coming back, dear brother."
"We'll see about that."
A-Xue laughed and left. You'll pay dearly.
After eating lunch, Shengli came out of his office looking for Atlas. He knocked on his door and entered when he couldn't hear a sound. He looked at the empty office, where is he?
Since Atlas is back, he decided to stop his surveillance of him but clearly, that was a bad idea. He went back to his office, making a call to his attorney.
He only said one thing before he hung up.
"Annul my marriage contract to Liu Jing today."
He made it so the day he leaves her, it would be official only a few hours later. He doesn't want their divorce to drag on for years. Before he didn't mind waiting until Atlas turned 20 as it said in the contract, but now he does.
He knows now that Atlas at least cares about him, and that's more than enough for him. He'll spend the rest of their life making him fall in love with him. Shengli just wishes everything could be done already, so they could be together in the open.
But what worries him though is if Atlas will want their love to be open. He would rather not hide, but he will if that's what Atlas wants. He made one last phone call and went back to work.
Atlas came back two hours after he left. He worked until Shengli knocked on his door to leave for home. They drove back in silence. Shengli was disappointed and angry, but kept it all in.
When they arrived home, Atlas decided to eat in his room. After eating, he went to bed. A few minutes after he lay on his bed, Shengli entered his room. He turned on the bedside lamp and lay next to him.
Shengli pulled him into his embrace, and just held him for a few minutes.
"I'm leaving tomorrow for a week."
Atlas stilled and got out of his embrace, he looked up and asked:
"Where?"
"I have to go to B country. I haven't been in four months because I was too busy,
but I can't push it back any longer."
Atlas looked at him for a few seconds then turned, giving him his back.
"Have a safe trip."
Shengli looked at his back, disappointed. He thought that today he would be able to tell him that he was no longer with Jing, and that they would be able to celebrate his birthday together, but the opposite happened.
His attorney told him it would take at least 48 hours, and now he has to leave him for a week. He hates that he won't even be there for his birthday. He turned off the light and left.
Atlas looked at the closed door then lay back. They haven't seen each other in four months, and now he won't see him for a week again. They spent less than 48 hours together. He's starting to lose patience with Shengli.
For a week, Atlas only went from home to work. He would eat in his room and ignore mother and son. A-Xue was worried he wouldn't be able to go through with his plan, but the night before their birthday he found out that Atlas decided to eat out.
A-Xue was sitting on a chair, on the left of a king-size bed. His eyes were glued to the door. They were three strong men standing behind him. When the door opened, he stood up excitedly, he's been nervous all day.
He watched Atlas being carried into the room and put on the bed. A-Xue walked to him and stared at his sleeping face with a smile. Tomorrow the company will be mine.
Once he wakes up and realized that five men had their way with him, he'll wish to kill himself. Or he'll be too out of it to focus during the board meeting.
He looked at the men around him and ordered:
"Have as much fun as you choose, but I need him to live. Don't forget to film and take pictures."
He walked to the door, but one man stood in front of it.
"Move."
The man asked:
"What do you want me to do, boss?"
A-Xue frowned and berated:
"I already told you to move! And when you speak to me, look me in the eyes."
"He's talking to me, moron."
A-Xue turned around and looked at Atlas wide-eyed.