SFS Chapter 1337 Yun Rui Enchen: Stop worrying about my sister
Chapter 1337 Yun Rui Enchen: Stop worrying about my sister
Qi Ruixiang sat on the sofa in Yang Xiaotang's house, his fingertips unconsciously stroking the newly printed pregnancy test report.
The small gestational sac on the ultrasound image was like a plump seed, taking root and sprouting in his heart, bringing with it an unfamiliar sense of heaviness.
He and Yang Xiaotang had just agreed to go apartment hunting next week, and he was already imagining what the child would look like after birth—who would his features resemble? Would he also enjoy tinkering with machinery?
He tried his best to play the role of a father who was looking forward to a new life and a father who was slowly letting go of the past!
His cell phone vibrated on the coffee table, and the words "Company Human Resources Department" flashing on the screen made him frown.
The moment I answered the phone, the HR manager's formulaic voice pierced the warm atmosphere like an icicle: "Mr. Qi, headquarters has just issued a transfer order. You are being transferred to the Northwest branch as deputy director, effective immediately."
"What did you say?" Qi Ruixiang's voice suddenly rose, and the pregnancy test report in his hand almost fell to the ground. "Transfer order? Who approved it? How come I don't know about it?"
"Mr. Gu signed it personally." The manager's voice was cautious and tentative. "Mr. Qi, would you... like to come to the company? A lot of things happened this morning."
Qi Ruixiang hung up the phone, his heart pounding. Gu Yunqian? A transfer order? He stood up suddenly, his coat scraping against the edge of the coffee table, and the water in his glass spilled onto the pregnancy test report, leaving a small, blurry stain. Yang Xiaotang poked her head out of the kitchen, her apron still stained with flour. "What's wrong? What happened?"
"Something urgent happened at the company. I'll be right back." Qi Ruixiang grabbed his suit jacket and rushed out the door without even a chance to explain himself. He didn't even notice the light in Yang Xiaotang's eyes dimmed for a moment—she was almost moved by what he had just said.
The car sped along the road and Qi Ruixiang made several phone calls in succession.
When he learned from his old subordinates that Gu Yunxi had suddenly parachuted into the branch, convened a high-level meeting, and announced that he would temporarily take over his position, his fingers gripping the steering wheel suddenly tightened, and his knuckles turned white as if they were about to break.
"What else did she do?" His voice was hoarse as if it had been rubbed with sandpaper, and the roar of the engine could not cover up the turbulent tone in his voice.
"Ms. Gu... oh no, it's President Gu now. She's been reviewing the Nightingale Project's documentation all morning and has even encrypted all of the technical department's core data." The veteran subordinate's voice was hesitant. "President Qi, is there something wrong with you and the Gu family?"
Qi Ruixiang didn't answer and hung up the phone directly. Gu Yunxi... She actually did this.
The woman who once cried in his arms and said "I'm afraid of the dark", the woman who didn't even dare to watch a chicken being killed, actually stepped into his position and broke into this thorny battlefield.
He slammed the accelerator, and the car shot towards the company building like an arrow. He knew what Gu Yunqian was planning—to use Gu Yunxi as a target, to use her brilliance to attract the attention of foreign organizations.
But they forgot that Gu Yunxi was a flower grown in a greenhouse, how could she withstand the attacks from both sides?
When I rushed into Gu Yunqian's office, he was signing a document. The sunlight shone through the blinds onto his face, half bright and half dark, just like his current thoughts.
"Gu Yunqian! What do you mean?" Qi Ruixiang slammed the transfer order on the desk, wrinkling the edges of the paper. "You pushed Yunxi to that position in the branch office and transferred me to a remote place! Do you have a company there? Why are you asking me to go there?!"
Gu Yunqian slowly raised his head and put down his pen calmly. He didn't even look at the transfer order, but looked at Qi Ruixiang with an almost indifferent look: "Don't worry about my sister anymore."
"It's none of my business?" Qi Ruixiang's chest heaved violently, as if he had just heard a ridiculous joke. "It was you who asked me to fly to England to secretly protect her? When she was sick, I stayed up all night taking care of her. You two are just using me, right? How dare you ask me to stop worrying about your sister?"
He approached step by step, the bloodshot in his eyes spreading like spider webs: "You pushed her into the abyss, then what is my previous sacrifice? A joke?"
Gu Yunqian stood up, and the oppressive feeling brought by his height instantly enveloped him.
He adjusted his suit cuffs, his tone as calm as a frozen lake: "Qi Ruixiang, get it straight. You protected Yunxi because you liked her. It was your own choice, no one forced you."
His eyes swept over Qi Ruixiang's clenched fists, with undisguised sarcasm: "Besides, you have more important people to protect now, don't you? Yang Xiaotang is pregnant with your child, and you still have time to meddle in other people's affairs?"
These words were like a blunt knife, cutting deeply into Qi Ruixiang's heart.
He stumbled back half a step, bumping into the filing cabinet, the metal drawers making a sharp sound. "You..."
"Given our current situation, do I need to conduct a special investigation to know what I want to know?" Gu Yunqian's tone was full of fatigue and helplessness when he said this.
If he didn't have another vest, he wouldn't have known that his and Gu Yunxi's lives were about to become a live broadcast...
"I will take care of both Yang Xiaotang and the child. You'd better let me stay in the UK." After a long while, Qi Ruixiang uttered such a meaningless sentence.
"No need." Gu Yunqian turned around, his eyes sharp as a knife, "From today on, the Gu family, Gu Yunxi, and Miaoyin Media have nothing to do with you. What you should think about is how to marry Yang Xiaotang, how to give Yang Bin a satisfactory explanation, and how to preserve the little reputation that is left of your Qi family."
He paused and added, "Don't forget why Yang Xiaotang came to England. Yang Bin was willing to let his daughter come so that he would give up. Now that you have shattered his plan, you should take full responsibility."
Qi Ruixiang raised his head suddenly, the shock in his eyes almost overflowing: "No room for negotiation?"
"Do I look like I'm negotiating?" Gu Yunqian's tone was calm. "You should know that Yang Bin wouldn't let you sleep with his daughter for nothing and then do nothing."
He walked up to Qi Ruixiang and said word by word, "I've shown you the way. It's up to you whether you follow it or not. But remember, if... from now on, we have nothing to do with each other."
Qi Ruixiang looked at Gu Yunqian's indifferent face and suddenly felt extremely unfamiliar.
"What if...what if something happened to Yunxi?" Qi Ruixiang's voice was as low as a whisper, with a final struggle.
Gu Yunqian's eyes turned cold: "Stop worrying about my sister."
Qi Ruixiang turned and rushed out of the office. The employees in the corridor all avoided him. No one dared to look at his ferocious expression at the moment.
The numbers on the elevator's descent were like a countdown, each tick a reminder of everything he had lost—his love, his sacrifice, the relationship he once thought was unbreakable.
As the car drove out of the headquarters building, Qi Ruixiang saw Gu Yunxi's car. She had just returned from outside and was getting out of the car. She was wearing the navy blue suit he had given her. She walked calmly, and her profile looked particularly sharp in the sunlight.
Their eyes met in mid-air. Gu Yunxi's eyes were calm, like a bottomless lake, without any emotion. Qi Ruixiang's heart suddenly shrank. He wanted to say something, but found that all the words seemed pale.
Finally, he stepped on the accelerator and the car sped away, leaving that familiar figure far behind. In the rearview mirror, Gu Yunxi's figure became smaller and smaller until it disappeared in the traffic.