Jiang Sheng was extremely unhappy with her lukewarm tone. When she fell to the ground, he only felt very anxious and irrational. He only wanted to rush up and take her to the hospital immediately.
He did not understand his own feelings, nor did he understand Liang Yan's deliberate coldness towards him.
"Do you hate me?" He finally asked the question he had wanted to ask for a long time, but he was very apprehensive.
He stared at Liang Yan, waiting for her to speak.
Under his familiar gaze, Liang Yan's heart tightened. She only said, "Anyone who is accused of wanting to climb the social ladder will mind, right?"
Jiang Sheng pondered for a moment and said sincerely, "I'm sorry. I apologize for what I said before."
"No need, I've heard too much." Liang Yan smiled faintly.
Jiang Sheng looked at her with even more heartache, but he didn't know what to say.
Had he misunderstood her?
Until now, she had never done anything overboard to him. Instead, she kept a distance from him at all times, as if she did not want to have anything to do with him at all.
Liang Yan sat up, lifted the blanket, and prepared to leave. She did not want to see this face again. When she saw it, she felt the memories flood over her like a tide, suffocating her.
"The doctor said you need to rest," Jiang Sheng stopped her.
Liang Yan got off the bed and said calmly, "I can go home and rest."
Jiang Sheng had no choice but to get the chauffeur to drive her back.
Ye Hua panted as he ran to the hospital and said to Jiang Sheng, "President Jiang, President Pei seems to be very angry. I'm a little worried about our collaboration this time."
Jiang Sheng frowned. "Why is he so angry? Logically speaking, I'm only leaving the banquet. It won't affect our cooperation at all."
Ye Hua wanted to say something but hesitated. Jiang Sheng looked at him coldly and said, "Speak."
"Could it be because of Miss Liang?"
Jiang Sheng thought about it for a while. Pei Yu was the same last time. He embarrassed Liang Yan in public. It made sense.
Did Pei Yu hate Liang Yan?
"Where's Pei Yu?"
When Ye Hua thought of Pei Yu's cold gaze, he swallowed his saliva in fear. "President Pei left not long after you guys left. CEO Chen said you should apologize to him another day."
"Apologize?" Jiang Sheng smiled sarcastically. "Why should I apologize?"
Ye Hua was also a little surprised. "It's probably because you left halfway and embarrassed the Pei family."
Jiang Sheng's smile became even colder. "Does the Pei family really think that they're so powerful?"
Ye Hua saw Jiang Sheng's expression and said worriedly, "President Jiang, Pei Yu's power here cannot be underestimated. What should we do?"
Jiang Sheng said calmly, "Of course, the collaboration can't end because of this. But I'm more curious about his relationship with Liang Yan. Check it out for me."
"Alright, President Jiang," Ye Hua said respectfully.
Since it was difficult for him to find out about his and Liang Yan's past, he would start with them.
When he thought of Liang Yan, a hint of worry appeared on Jiang Sheng's face.
When Liang Yan reached home and took out her phone, she realized that Chen Yuan had called her a few times, followed by Mr. Mo's messages.
[Where are you?]
[How did you get sick?]
[I want to see you.]
Liang Yan didn't know what Mr. Mo was thinking about her, but there was some concern in the message.
But she dismissed the idea immediately. He couldn't possibly care about her. She was just still useful to him.
She quickly called Chen Yuan back. Chen Yuan's angry voice immediately sounded. "Liang Yan, where did you go? You left your post without permission. A bunch of things are waiting for you to deal with."
Liang Yan lowered her eyes and was not affected by her emotions at all. She only said, "President Chen, I'm sick. I'm in the hospital now."
Chen Yuan did not say anything. After a while, she hung up the phone unceremoniously.
Liang Yan finally heaved a sigh of relief when she saw a WeChat message. Pei Yu had sent her a message. "Come find me."
Liang Yan's heart was still beating as fast as before, but she rationally didn't reply.
She did not want to see him again. Even if she missed him very much, she did not want to rush to be hurt by him and experience the feeling of being humiliated by him again. He did not have a trace of warmth for her. He only made her feel the pain of thousands of arrows piercing her heart.
In the end, Liang Yan replied to Mr. Mo.
[I'm sick. I need to rest for a few days.]
[How long?]
Liang Yan did not expect him to reply so quickly.
Liang Yan only wanted to drag it out for as long as she could. She did not reply.
The other party called again. Liang Yan didn't dare to ignore it and could only answer it.
Mr. Mo's voice was low and hoarse. "How long?"
Liang Yan bit her lip and could only answer, "At least a week."
"I'll only give you three days. If you dare to sleep with another man, I'll make him disappear forever."
Liang Yan knew that he was a man of his word. Chu Zhou had already paid the price.
She clenched her fists and hummed faintly.