Crossing the line

Chapter 45 What do you want?

Assistant Zheng went back in a cold sweat, but Wen Yangzhi asked her, "What did Yuwan say to you just now?"

Assistant Zheng forced a smile and tried to cover up the truth, thinking that Director Wen probably didn't mean that. "Ms. Yun didn't say anything. I don't know much about Miss Yun, so I haven't been able to find any topic to talk about."

He pressed the cigarette butt into the white porcelain ashtray and said, "I'm going to the finance department to settle my salary and severance pay now. You don't need to come back tomorrow."

Assistant Zheng was shocked for a moment: "...Director Wen, did I do something wrong?"

"You should know why I fired you." He was cold and perfunctory, without even looking at her. The assistant who had been with him for three years was like a cloud of smoke to him. He handled the matter as decisively as he had fired the housekeeper who looked down on Yun Yuwan.

The butler who had worked in the Wen family for ten years thought he was a veteran and the mistress was reluctant to let him go so he would not be fired. However, the person in charge of the Wen family has been Wen Yangzhi since the moment he got the shares.

Assistant Zheng was anxious. This job was almost inlaid with gold. Everyone around her envied her. As soon as she graduated, she would be able to work as an administrative assistant to the head of Wen's Bank. It would be almost inevitable that she would be promoted from this position to become a senior executive of Wen's Bank in the future.

All my imaginations about the future come from this job, so I can act arrogantly in front of most people, especially my former classmates and relatives and friends around me.

She rushed to the desk, squatted down, and said humbly: "Director Wen, I beg you not to fire me. I still have a younger brother and a mother to support. I gave up my doctoral studies to work at Wen's. Moreover, I have been with you for three years and am the most familiar with your work..."

However, this remark touched Wen Yangzhi's sore spot, and he said in a light tone: "No one can show off their seniority in front of me."

Even his parents didn't stand a chance, so why do you think you can control a subordinate who can be replaced at any time by relying on old friendship?

Wen Yangzhi picked up his coat, stood up, and walked out of the office. Assistant Zheng wanted to cry but had no tears. Why? She obviously did nothing and said nothing.

She had worked diligently for three years, but was fired because of an insignificant woman.

Just a look and an expression, why?
The Maybach was driving on the night avenue, with the flowing car lights interweaving. It looked brilliant from afar, but the more prosperous it was, the more empty one's heart felt.

The truly wealthy people in Shanghai may not necessarily live in Tan Gong or Tang Chen. Those who have real background and need to keep a low profile may enter through a tall wrought iron gate in the unremarkable downtown area, where there is a different world with spacious land, separate single-family villas hidden inside, lawns, swimming pools and everything else, but it does not show off, and from the outside you can't tell it is so prosperous.

The Maybach drove all the way into Wenyuan.

Before Wen Yangzhi arrived at the villa, Zhao Qin received a call from the security guard saying that Wen Yangzhi had returned.

Zhao Qin was overjoyed and quickly changed into a gentle long dress, exuding the aura of a loving mother.

As soon as Wen Yangzhi stepped into the villa, Zhao Qin was overjoyed: "Gangsheng, you're back."

Wen Yangzhi took off his clothes and handed them to the servant without turning around: "Yes."

Yun Yuwan, who happened to go downstairs to eat ice cream, was shocked.

My brother...is back home.

Wen Yangzhi turned around, his eyes vaguely missed Zhao Qin and fell on Yun Yuwan who was wearing pajamas and slippers.

She stared at him blankly, holding a strawberry popsicle in her hand.

Zhao Qin was very happy: "Do you want to have a midnight snack with mom? Mom hasn't talked to you for a long time. Is everything going well at the bank recently?"

Yun Yuwan thought he would agree to the elders' wishes, but she heard Wen Yangzhi say directly: "No need, I have something to talk to Yuwan about."

Zhao Qin's smile froze on her face: "What can you talk about with your sister? Can't you talk to your mother?"

Wen Yangzhi just remained calm: "The Jiang family's affairs only concern her. She is young, so there are some things I need to tell her."

Hearing that it was about the Jiang family, most likely related to the marriage, Zhao Qin was disappointed and felt that she should give up her position. She didn't expect that her son would come back and not even want to have a meal with her, but had something to say to this half-way sister.

She is his mother. When he was a child, Gangsheng was very close to her. He would hug her legs and call her "Mom, Mom". He would show her the family drawings he made and tell her that she was working so hard and asked her not to go out for social events.

How did it become like this today?

Her son is not close to her at all, like a stranger.

It seemed that those lovely moments were just her imagination. Her son rarely even called her "Mom" anymore, and there was almost no communication between them.

There is a son and a daughter in this family, but no one calls her mother.

Is there no way to restore the mother-child relationship?
However, Wen Yangzhi just patted Yun Yuwan on the shoulder and said, "Go upstairs."

These two short words made Zhao Qin, who had been in the world of fame and fortune for half her life, feel sad.

She hadn't entered Yangzhi's room for a long time, and Yangzhi knew that she would be angry if she came in.

Why does an adopted daughter have a stronger bond with Gangsheng than with her?

Yun Yuwan seemed to be completely unaware and followed Wen Yang upstairs happily: "Brother, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Wen Yangzhi closed the door and locked it with a click.

Yun Yuwan didn't feel the danger yet and followed Wen Yangzhi to the island platform.

When she wasn't paying attention, Wen Yangzhi bent down, clamped her legs, and suddenly lifted her up and placed her on the island counter.

He placed his hands on the island counter, pressing down on her sides, trapping her in his circle. Her fair face turned red, and she called him absentmindedly, "Brother..."

Wen Yangzhi's pupils were very dark, and he was heroic and relaxed when he released the hint: "What do you want from me?"

Yun Yuwan was confused: "I don't want to ask you for anything."

"If you don't want it, get off." His voice was very low, heavy and sexy.

Yun Yuwan looked down and saw that the platform was very high, probably built according to Wen Yangzhi's height. Not only could Yun Yuwan's feet not touch the ground, but there was still a long distance to go.

She complained like a fool: "But I can't get down by myself. You carried me up, why don't you carry me down?"

Her foot kicked Wen Yangzhi's waist, and it wasn't just once. Wen Yangzhi lowered his eyes expressionlessly, and Yun Yuwan realized that she had just kicked him.

Her voice was as soft as a mosquito: "I didn't mean to do that. Who told you to carry me up..."

Wen Yangzhi just looked at her quietly, with an incomprehensible look in his eyes, like a green anaconda staring at its prey, very fierce, but without any movement, just looking at her.

She was a little flustered and put her hand on his chest: "Brother, don't look at me like that."

But no matter how hard she pushed, she couldn't push him away. He even got closer and closer, and her hands were forced to be sandwiched between the gap between him and her body. She felt that Wen Yangzhi was going to kiss her in the next second.

He leaned forward, holding the back of her head with one hand and pressing the other on her lower back.

(End of this chapter)