Looking at that disappointed face, Ling Han's eyes narrowed.
"You want me to apologize to her for something I didn't do?"
Ye Huanyan's voice turned cold. "I can't do it. Let her sue me."
Hearing this, Ling Han made up his mind.
"You have to go even if you don't want to. Ye Huanyan, you'd better figure out that this matter is not only about your reputation, but also about Pleasure's reputation. Do you want me to show you the recent stock market fluctuation of Pleasure? The negative news has been all over the city. "
Ye Huanyan's face immediately drained of color.
Although she was not a real senior executive of Pleasure, she was Ling Han's secretary. She had a great reputation in the headquarters of Pleasure Group. Sheng Anran's fans were adding fuel to the fire behind the scenes, and Pleasure's competitors were secretly manipulating things.
This matter could be big or small.
Seeing that she was silent, he knew that she was thinking. There was a faint hope. Ling Han frowned.
"Think about it."
That night, Ling Han had more insomnia than ever before. He didn't feel sleepy at all. He couldn't even close his eyes. As soon as he closed his eyes, he seemed to see those eyes filled with disappointment.
She stared at him in disbelief.
He knew Ye Huanyan's personality. If this matter was only related to her, then her self-esteem was destined to be ranked first. No one could persuade her if she decided on something. In a hurry, she might really fight to the death with Sheng Anran.
However, it was different when it came to Pleasure. Pleasure was Ling Dongming's painstaking effort, and it was also the joint effort of Jiang Meilan and Ling Dongming. She cared about it very much.
Once you have a thorough understanding of a person, you will know where her weakness is.
When he first found out about it, he didn't feel anything when he stabbed her once or twice. After a long time, he realized that when he stabbed her soft spot, it was as if someone had stabbed him in the heart. Blood flowed on her body, but the pain in his heart was a hundred, a thousand times worse.
At midnight, Ling Han sat by the bed and finished smoking a cigarette. He got up and pushed open the revolving door in the middle of the master bedroom.
Ye Huanyan was already asleep. She was lying on her side with the blanket covering her waist. Her breathing was even.
Ling Han took a deep breath and quietly walked over to her. He lifted the blanket onto her shoulders and sat beside her for a while. He stared at her side profile in a daze.
Suddenly, she remembered what Ling Dongyu had asked her in the old mansion.
"Have you ever thought about what the person you're spending your life with is like?"
When you think, the person who appears in your mind is the person you want to spend the rest of your life with.
After he left, Ye Huanyan slowly opened her eyes.
There was the smell of his tobacco in the air.
She had gotten used to it over the past year. As long as he approached, she could quickly detect him. His smell and figure were all so familiar.
The next morning, Ye Huanyan dressed up and went downstairs for breakfast.
Ling Han was also there. Everything was normal, as if Sheng Enran's injury had never happened.
Ye Huanyan even ate an extra bowl of porridge than usual. She finished all the olives in front of her and even praised Lingling, saying that she made a good pickle.
Ling Han put down his chopsticks and stood up. "I'm going to the company. You can rest at home today."
He did not mention the apology.
Ye Huanyan was still holding the bowl. She only asked after he walked past her shoulder,
"What time are you going to the hospital in the afternoon?"
His hands, which were adjusting the buttons of his suit, paused. After a while, his cold voice sounded in the dining room.
"Two o 'clock. Qiao Mu will pick you up."
"Are you going?" she asked.
"Mhm."
"After you apologize, go back to the old mansion and have dinner with Grandma."
"Okay."
After receiving an affirmative answer, Ye Huanyan's face finally bloomed with a smile. Although it was a bit bitter, it did come from her heart.
Sometimes, people had to give up some things in order to be benevolent.
On the way from home to the company, Ling Han was more or less upset.
No one knew better than him how stubborn Ye Huanyan was.
Ten years ago, when Ye Huanyan had just arrived at the old mansion, the old lady had thrown a Ming dynasty snuff bottle. The servant said that she saw Ye Huanyan take it.
At that time, Jiang Meilan had just arrived at the Ling family and was afraid that she would be criticized behind her back if she made a mistake. After hearing this, perhaps because she saw the old lady's bad expression, she angrily whipped Ye Huanyan with a branch she picked up in the yard. She kept saying, "Are you going to admit it or not? You're not going to apologize, and you're still so stubborn."
Ye Huanyan knelt in the yard and gritted her teeth as Jiang Meilan whipped her a dozen times. She refused to apologize and admit it no matter what. In the end, it was Ling Dongming who rushed over and pulled the two apart.
As for that snuff bottle, Aunt Zhang had misplaced it and put it in another box. It was only after they found it that the truth was revealed.
At that time, he did not have any feelings for Ye Huanyan. She was just a little sister in name that came along with him. Even when Jiang Meilan whipped her with a branch, he stood at the entrance of the yard and watched her grit her teeth and bear it with a cold gaze.
The memories assaulted him, making him feel a bit tired for some reason.
Qiao Mu asked him what was wrong.
He waved his hand and pretended to be relaxed.
In the afternoon, Qiao Mu brought Ye Huanyan to the hospital. There were many fans of Sheng Anran near the hospital. Thankfully, no one recognized Ye Huanyan. They held signs and hugged flowers as they squatted nearby and walked around without much reaction.
For safety's sake, after getting out of the car from the parking lot, Qiao Mu still led Ye Huanyan through the back door of the hospital and directly to the VIP ward in the inpatient department. The ward with two bodyguards standing at the entrance was Sheng Anran's ward.
"The company meeting hasn't ended yet. Director Ling will be here in a bit," Qiao Mu explained in a low voice.
Ye Huanyan did not seem to care too much and nodded to show that she understood. Then, she lowered her head and entered the ward.
Sheng Anran was wearing the hospital's blue and white striped hospital gown. Her chestnut brown curly hair was loosely tied into a braid and draped over her shoulder. As a woman, one could vaguely see that she was wearing light makeup, but it was not obvious. At this moment, she was lying on the hospital bed with a bit of languid grace.
After all, she was an artist and had to maintain her image even when she was sick in bed. It had to be said that Sheng Anran's professional integrity was truly admirable.
Ye Huanyan stood still at the end of her bed. Their gazes met in the air, and the atmosphere suddenly froze.
"What wind blew Secretary Ye here?" Sheng Anran's words carried a bit of provocation, and the way she slightly raised her chin was very disdainful.
Ye Huanyan was not provoked by her and said seriously, "Miss Sheng is injured.
As the person in charge of the endorsement, I take full responsibility for this accident. I should have come to visit earlier, but many things have happened in the past two days, so I was delayed. Miss Sheng has always been magnanimous, so you shouldn't mind, right? "
Ye Huanyan, who had been in a high position for many years, was adept at using a bureaucratic tone.
Sheng Anran laughed, and her eyes were thought-provoking.
"Accident? So you're here to apologize to me on behalf of the company? There's no need for that. With my relationship with Ling Han, I won't have any complaints about the company even if one of my legs is broken. "
In the end, she just wanted her to admit her mistake in her own name and apologize to her.
Ye Huanyan gritted her teeth, and her palms were painfully pinched by her nails.
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