“No need, now it’s all about money keeping her alive. Every extra day is earned by me and my mom. Moving her around would just tire her out more,” Lai Hui said, sitting up and cautiously asking a question that had puzzled her all night. “Why are you cooperating with Xie Jiayi?”
“One of my factories has been manufacturing for the American MOIO company for a long time. He’s the newly appointed general manager of the Chinese region for MOIO. Unless he terminates our cooperation, we are in a supply and demand relationship,” Zhou Yuqian explained.
Lai Hui was taken aback. Given how he treated Xie Jiayi back then, why didn’t he cancel their cooperation? Zhou Yuqian seemed to read her thoughts and added, “He’s young to be MOIO’s head in China. Without some tolerance, could he have achieved this? People grow up. Compared to his past frivolity, he’s now more stable. How could he mix personal and professional affairs?” He glanced at Lai Hui, his eyes seeming to say, “See, women are just women.”
Lai Hui fell silent. He had indeed changed. She knew his once insufferably arrogant nature from their three years together, which was why he could still be polite to Zhou Yuqian at the banquet. Reflecting on this, a bitter smile crept onto her lips. Years had passed, and who hadn’t changed? She herself had become a hollow shell, only recognizing money.
Seeing her bitter smile, Zhou Yuqian thought she was regretting her decision from years ago, his face darkening as he sneered, “Speaking of which, his success today owes much to you. You advanced him a million yuan for his studies in the US, didn’t you? I bet he doesn’t even know that the so-called full scholarship was paid out of your pocket.” His words felt like a harsh stamp on her face, the pain searing, her facial muscles twitching grotesquely. She stared at Zhou Yuqian, bewildered. Hadn’t she grown used to his contemptuous looks? Why did she still feel humiliated? Back then, it was guilt towards Xie Jiayi that made her ask Zhou Yuqian for help. She knew her actions were disgraceful, using money from selling herself to send her ex-boyfriend abroad. No, more than disgraceful, it was enough to utterly crush Xie Jiayi’s self-esteem.
