After Breaking Up With the Scheming Bad Woman 43

Chapter 43: Don’t Worry, I Won’t Lose You.

Time stepped into June, and the sunlight became a sharp sword, piercing down without restraint. A scorching heat filled every corner of Jingcheng. “Lan Ling” had never been stingy with electricity, and the office air conditioners were running faster. But the weather was really good, and the comfortable environment made the employees even more drowsy.

After the morning meeting, Huai Xing didn’t feel sleepy at all. She looked at the calendar, her expression calm.

The day after tomorrow was the day Chu Wantang was leaving for her business trip. Ten days… was enough for her to resign and hand over her work. This was the opportunity she had finally been waiting for. At the same time, she couldn’t help but sigh at how successful Chu Wantang’s plan had been over the past few years.

After her mother’s death, she was all alone in this world.

Chu Wantang had invited them to become a family, and had secretly guided her to only trust and rely on herself. And she had unconsciously done just that, thinking of Chu Wantang first no matter what she did, her whole heart and soul on Chu Wantang.

Even with Wen Shiwei, with whom she had a friendship of many years, she had kept a certain distance, for fear that Chu Wantang would be jealous and unhappy.

Therefore, in her world, there were only two categories: Chu Wantang and others.

This was not bad news, because it meant that apart from not wanting to trouble others with her work and needing to hand it over properly.

She had no other attachments.

Without her, her friends’ lives would not change much. Everyone’s life would continue to operate like the office air conditioner.

Was there no regret? It seemed there was a little. She had no one to talk to about such things. She felt as if she were still living on that day in front of the grave six years ago, drenched in wind and rain. Similarly, she couldn’t formally say goodbye to everyone, otherwise, she was afraid that her friends would reveal the news of her impending departure to Chu Wantang.

But wasn’t life made up of many regrets? She could let go of these in the future, just as she was gradually letting go of Chu Wantang now.

Although she was covered in blood, the pain also made her sober.

How could she let her mother in heaven see her willingly be someone’s little pet, coming when called and going when shooed?

The work buddy beside her was nodding off from time to time. Just as her forehead was about to hit the desk, Huai Xing was distracted and reached out her hand to block it with her palm.

Ren Jiao’s sleepiness immediately went away by more than half. She rubbed her forehead and turned her head to smile at Huai Xing. “Thank you, Huai Xing.”

“You’re so gentle, wuwuwu.”

Huai Xing’s lips curled up. “Work isn’t very busy recently. It’s okay if you take a nap, right?”

“No, it’s not good if the leader sees me.”

Just as Ren Jiao finished speaking, Gu Rufeng came over to them and said to Huai Xing, “Xiao Huai, come to the office with me.”

“Okay, Team Lead.”

Huai Xing stood up and saw Ren Jiao’s “thank goodness I’m awake” expression, and couldn’t help but laugh.

She understood what it meant. One of the luckiest things in the world was to wake up before your leader found you sleeping on the job.

And she had also woken up in mid-May, no longer falling into Chu Wantang’s trap.

How could that not be considered lucky?

With this thought in mind, Huai Xing followed Gu Rufeng to the office.

This office was full of the team leads of various departments. At first glance, it looked a bit like the teachers’ office from her school days, but everyone was a little further apart, not so crowded.

The two of them sat down face to face. Gu Rufeng took out a printed email and handed it to Huai Xing. “Xiao Huai, the company received a cooperation email. The other party is a fashion design studio in Nancheng. They want to invite you to their studio to take photos of their clothes.” She had a gratified smile on her face. “They’ve tried many models and have not been satisfied. It wasn’t until they saw your runway walk on ‘LANLING LIFE’ online a few days ago that they felt you were the one. You can take a look. If you don’t want to go, you also have the right to refuse.”

Huai Xing looked at the written email in front of her. It detailed the opportunity of the invitation, introduced the studio’s situation, and the benefits of this cooperation.

The time was from June 3rd to June 6th, for a period of three days.

Huai Xing looked at the location and time. It was not hard to see whose handiwork this was.

But she no longer had the extra energy to act in front of Chu Wantang. Recently, she had poured all her love from the past few years into one affair after another.

The more love she made, the more her love disappeared.

She could see her own reflection in Chu Wantang’s affectionate eyes. If it weren’t for knowing everything in advance, she would probably have drowned in Chu Wantang’s deep gaze again.

“Why can’t they come to Jingcheng?” Huai Xing asked, pretending not to know.

“There’s no sea in Jingcheng. They can’t get the feeling they want.”

“Team Lead, I…” Huai Xing pressed her lips together, wanting to refuse.

Gu Rufeng picked up her water glass and cut her off in advance. “You don’t have to give me an answer right away, Xiao Huai. Go back and think about it. Just let me know before the end of the workday today.”

Huai Xing’s chest felt a little heavy, and she nodded.

Back at her workstation, she looked at the email in her hand and swallowed a sigh.

Ren Jiao asked curiously, “What did the team lead call you in for? You weren’t sleeping either.”

“A business trip.”

“Hmm?” Ren Jiao was surprised. “Can a small fry like us in the marketing department go on a business trip? What’s the situation?”

Huai Xing rubbed her brow and answered, “They want me to go to Nancheng to be a clothing model for two days.”

“Go!”

Ren Jiao directly encouraged her, very enthusiastically. “You get paid, and you don’t have to sit in this crappy office. If it were me, I would go. And it’s Nancheng. Nancheng is by the sea. It’s a great place for a trip to relax.”

“I’ll think about it.”

At noon, Huai Xing received a WeChat message from Chu Wantang, as expected: [Come down.]

Recently at the company, whenever Chu Wantang didn’t have to socialize at noon, they would rest in the car.

It was called resting, but in fact, it was just lying on the chairs, hugging and kissing.

It was as if there was a super-strong adhesive between their mouths, and they couldn’t be separated. Once one of them stopped, the other would chase after her for a kiss.

Looking at the message now, Huai Xing licked her lips, then picked up the email and went downstairs.

Before long, she skillfully got into the back seat of the silver car.

The front seats were pushed forward, and the space in the back was much larger.

Chu Wantang stretched her long legs forward. In the dim space, she looked graceful and lazy. Seeing Huai Xing close the car door and come in, she reached out and pulled the person into her arms.

The car was parked in a relatively hidden spot, and not many people passed by.

Huai Xing listened to the amplified breathing in her ear. She turned her head, and her lips were accurately captured, exchanging saliva and breath. Gradually, her shoulders were turned, and the kiss deepened, the sound echoing in the car.

Cars drove in and out, and no one discovered the two of them being intimate here.

After an unknown amount of time, Huai Xing felt her tongue go a little numb. Only then did she take the initiative to push Chu Wantang’s tongue out, and then licked the woman’s watery thin lips, as a first-round finish.

Chu Wantang’s lips curled up, and she got straight to the point. “Did you receive that email?”

“I did.”

“I promised to take you to see the sea a long time ago, but I’ve never had the time, Xingxing.” Chu Wantang raised her hand to tuck the hair behind her ear. “Didn’t you say you’d miss me? Come to Nancheng with me this time. That way, ten days will be shortened to six or seven.”

Two days ago on Friday night, Chu Wantang had sent some of Huai Xing’s photos and videos to Seraphina. She didn’t even have to think about whether Seraphina would think Huai Xing was unsuitable.

As she had expected, Seraphina had wanted Huai Xing to try on the clothes just by looking at the photos and videos. She had almost come to Jingcheng the next day, but she had been stopped by her, and she had had someone write an email to invite Huai Xing to Nancheng.

Seraphina was puzzled: [Why can’t I come to Jingcheng?]

[This is my little sister. I haven’t taken her to see the sea yet.]

Seraphina: [A lover-sister?]

Seraphina: [I know that many lesbians list ‘living together,’ ‘getting a cat,’ and ‘seeing the sea’ as the three major items on their life list.]

Chu Wantang: […]

Chu Wantang frowned: [I’m not a lesbian.]

And at this moment, the “not a lesbian” Chu Wantang was in the car, stroking the corner of the girl’s lips. After asking, she leaned over and kissed her again without waiting for an answer.

Perhaps it was because the frequency of their lovemaking had increased, and Huai Xing’s skills were getting better and better under her guidance, making her very comfortable in bed. So it was only normal for her to be addicted to such things at this stage.

Huai Xing’s breath even seemed to be fragrant, intertwined with her woody scent.

So easy to distinguish.

How could Huai Xing have thought that Chu Wantang had this trick up her sleeve? After thinking about it, she felt it was very reasonable.

At this stage, she was acting more and more infatuated with the woman in front of her. She had indeed said that she would miss her, so it was only natural that Chu Wantang would want her to go with her.

Besides, seeing the sea was something she had proposed before.

At that time, she had seen someone on the internet mention the three major life lists for lesbians. They were already barely considered “living together,” and she didn’t know when they would get a cat, so she had found an opportunity to propose going to see the sea to Chu Wantang as her little sister.

At that time, Chu Wantang had not yet become a director and was in the rising period of her career, extremely busy. But she had also gently promised to take her to the seaside in the future.

Now, thinking of these things again, Huai Xing’s chest couldn’t help but feel heavy. The past, in her recent view, all seemed like a dream bubble.

She lowered her eyes, wrapped her arms around Chu Wantang’s waist, and rested her head on Chu Wantang’s shoulder and neck. She already had an answer in her heart.

Let’s just put a final period on their relationship.

A few seconds later, she closed her eyes and with difficulty, spat out a word: “Okay.”

In the afternoon, while Ren Jiao was slacking off in the pantry, Huai Xing went to the team lead’s office again. She handed back the email and at the same time, handed over the resignation letter hidden under the paper, saying, “Team Lead, I’ll go.” She then paused. “But I want to resign.”

She didn’t say the last part loudly, and the people around her couldn’t hear.

Gu Rufeng had been smiling when she heard the first part, but she was stunned by the last part. She sat up much straighter and said with some confusion, “Xiao Huai, what is this…”

“Summer is coming soon. I don’t want to go out and work in the sun. This job is not very necessary for me,” Huai Xing said with a frank expression, a rare mischievous look on her face. “I know it’s very willful to think this way, but I don’t want my sister to think I’m too willful, so please keep it a secret from my sister for me. I’ll tell her myself after I resign, okay?”

Gu Rufeng did not agree immediately. She pressed her lips together tightly, her mind racing.

Did Huai Xing know that she and Fei Shutao knew about their sisterly relationship? But was it necessary to tell Director Chu about such a big matter as Huai Xing’s resignation…?

Huai Xing moved a little closer at this moment, her smile bright, but she lowered her voice. “You must keep it a secret, Team Lead. Otherwise, I’m afraid I can’t keep your relationship with Team Lead Fei a secret in the company.” She raised an eyebrow and added unhurriedly, “On the night of the Women’s Day celebration, I knew everything, Team Lead.”

Gu Rufeng looked at the subordinate in front of her, her eyelids twitching. She “mm”-ed. “The HR department needs to approve it. You can hand over your work after you come back from your business trip.”

“Thank you, Team Lead, for your cultivation and care these past few months,” Huai Xing said, bowing as she stepped back.

As early as the day she went to Yuelan Wu in late March, Huai Xing had known about Chu Wantang’s arrangement.

There were so many people in the company, and Chu Wantang had the best relationship with the people in the design department, yet she had specifically asked Gu Rufeng and Fei Shutao from the marketing department to get in her car. What could they talk about in the car? Huai Xing didn’t have to think much to know that they would definitely talk about her.

But at that time, she was enjoying the atmosphere. Chu Wantang must have done this because she was worried that she would be bullied in the workplace.

Only now, after she had sobered up, did she realize that all of this was no different from surveillance.

Whether it was Tu Zhaoyu and her circle of friends, or superiors like Gu Rufeng and the others.

Chu Wantang’s rhetoric was always the same. The identity of “sister” was a natural cover, a dense net to hide her desire for control.

On Wednesday morning, Huai Xing and Chu Wantang gathered at the airport. They were accompanied by Chu Wantang’s assistant, a total of three of them.

The assistant was serious and responsible in her work and rarely paid attention to her director’s private affairs.

But no matter how little she paid attention to these things, she would still feel surprised at this moment. Her director was not only pulling her own suitcase, but also the suitcase of this beautiful junior employee from the marketing department. When checking in, she even emphasized that the two of them had to sit next to each other.

“…” What was going on?

After the luggage was checked in, Chu Wantang’s hands were not empty.

This time, she was holding her own bag in one hand and the junior employee’s hand in the other, a smile on her lips, as if she were walking on air.

“…” The assistant’s eyes were wide. Had she entered the wrong channel? Was this their director?

It wasn’t until they were waiting for their flight that she heard the junior employee call Chu Wantang “Jiejie” with some embarrassment, and the confusion in her heart was resolved.

Oh, sisters. That’s very normal…

Before that thought was finished, she saw Chu Wantang’s hand holding the person’s change to intertwined fingers.

“…” The assistant silently turned her head, put a tighter lock on her mouth, and feeling that it was not enough, she also put on her headphones and listened to “Single Love Song,” blocking out everything.

Huai Xing looked at their intertwined hands, then at the assistant who was pretending to be dumb at the side, and said to Chu Wantang with embarrassment, “Director Chu, you…”

“I haven’t started work mode yet,” Chu Wantang said, in a good mood, a dimple always on her lips. “She won’t say anything.”

Huai Xing didn’t struggle and looked at the blue sky outside the window.

She had already bought a plane ticket to Haicheng, on the same day that Chu Wantang was returning to Jingcheng, and even at the same time.

When Chu Wantang arrived, she would be taking off.

“What are you looking at?” Chu Wantang asked, tucking the hair behind her ear.

“The weather is so nice today.”

“The weather in Nancheng is even better,” Chu Wantang said in detail. “I won’t be by your side when you’re shooting, but Seraphina is my friend. She’ll take care of you. I’ll come find you after I’m done with my work.”

Hearing this, Huai Xing’s eyes reddened. Her breathing was a little suffocated, and her chest ached again.

Memories were like an overturned ink bottle, the black liquid spreading wildly along the nerve pathways, stinging every inch of her skin.

She had once fantasized about being with Chu Wantang like a couple. Now, that day seemed to have really arrived. They were on a business trip together and would even go on dates in places where others wouldn’t notice. She seemed to be becoming more and more important to Chu Wantang.

She clearly had more than she had imagined before, but everything was also getting further and further away from her.

The words she had heard that night were like sharp blades, repeatedly cutting her heart.

Her breath seemed to be blocked by the smell of rust. Every time she breathed, it was with endless pain.

“Jiejie…” Huai Xing hid her sadness. Under the airport announcement, she called out to the person beside her again.

Chu Wantang: “Hmm?”

“Do you still remember? Last time we came back from Yuncheng together, I told you not to lose me,” Huai Xing said, turning to look at the woman. “I only know you in Nancheng this time.”

“I remember.”

Chu Wantang looked at Huai Xing’s features, which were as if they had been soaked in moonlight, and smiled. “Don’t worry, I won’t lose you.”