Chapter 19:
What did I do that day? I turned and walked away.
I can imagine what happened next.
They recognized each other, Pei Chen realized that the light in his life was actually my sister.
And he completely stood by my sister's side.
He would mock me, condemn me, and say, Lin Xia, so you're the bad woman who only spreads rumors about your sister.
I'm too familiar with this scene.
This time, I had foresight and deleted all his contact information ahead of time.
This way, if he wants to delete me later, I can still have the upper hand...
But I still can't stop my footsteps.
I clearly said that I want to live well, I want everyone to see me shining brightly.
How can I just fall here like this? The relationship with my father, I took the initiative to ease it.
Now my foundation is still too weak, I don't have the ability to stand up to him.
So I made a bet with my father, Lin Qi and I will participate in a project bidding for a company.
If I win, he will let me lead the company's decisions.
If I lose, he doesn't need me to assist my sister, he will just tell me to leave.
He said he doesn't recognize me as his daughter anymore.
Actually, by this point, I probably understand my position in my father's eyes.
And he has been hiding something from me.
But I can only smile and take on this project.
As graduation approaches, I really need to consider joining the company.
This is the first time I have taken on such a big project, thanks to the experience I gained in practice, I caught on quickly.
I stayed in the company to work on proposals until late at night when all the lights in the building were off, and I still haven't left.
And what about my sister? When she received the competition content, she was still confused and said, "Sister, I don't want to compete with you." But I dare not relax my guard against her.
The bidding company is Pei Xin Group, with the name Pei, it is actually a subsidiary of the Pei family.
In other words, Pei Chen may play a significant role in the outcome of this bidding.
However, at this point, this person's name is already quietly on my blacklist...
Once again, I worked on modifying the proposal until late at night.
I rubbed my temples and don't know when, but everyone in the company is saying that I am an arrogant and domineering princess.
So my subordinates are not cooperating with me, but instead complaining about not being assigned to Lin Qi's team.
I dipped my pen in ink, in the silent late night.
But I feel waves of powerlessness and loss sweeping over me one after another.
Why, no matter how hard I try, there is always an unbreakable barrier? Why am I the one who puts in ten thousand times the effort, but also the one who gets beaten up? Is destiny real? I shut down the computer and walked downstairs, a black Bentley parked at the company's entrance.
I looked up and saw that Pei Chen had taken off his earring, wearing a black suit, quietly looking at me.
I tried to go around him, but he reached out and grabbed my wrist.
I sneered and looked at him firmly.
"What do you want to say to me?" "To ask me to stop hurting my sister?" "To ask me to voluntarily withdraw from this competition?" "Or to apologize to my kind and innocent, without any scheming, adorable sister?" In the silent breeze, I saw him sigh.
He raised his hand and tidied my messy hair, then leaned down and smiled at me.
"Tell you to rest early and not stay up late." "..." I stood still on the spot.
He really is crazy.
A crazy person who doesn't even want my sister.
We leaned against the car together, he lowered his head and played with the coffee cup in his hand.
"Lin Xia, this bidding is completely designed for your sister." "Although it is my family's bidding, the partners are Jiang Shi and Lu Shi." Jiang Shuhuai and Lu Zhao.
"Your sister can completely rely on those two men to win this bidding."
"From the beginning of this gamble, you were destined to lose." "..." No wonder my father is not worried at all that I will snatch my sister's position.
No wonder my sister is still busy entangling with Jiang Shuhai and Lu Zhao.
It seems like everything is in her favor, as if she has taken away all my luck.
There is no moon tonight, I heard Pei Chen softly say.
"I can help you." "I don't think there is any problem.
The design draft from Lin Qi has already been submitted." "I can...
help you steal it." The rest of his words were self-evident.
If I stole that design draft, I could showcase it ahead of time during the bidding, leaving Lin Qi with no ability to prove why her design is the same as mine.
It seems like the only way to defeat her.
I stared at the man beside me.
"Why do you want to help me?" "You have been wearing that necklace she gave you for so long." "..." He hesitated for a moment, then smiled.
"Oh, that necklace.
Actually, the days at the orphanage were really painful." "Whenever I see her face, I am reminded of those days, and I dislike her even more." "..." He really has issues.
I didn't respond to his words.
Two moths fluttered around the only street lamp, their wings flickering.
I heard him say softly.
"I was picked up by my father from the orphanage." "After my mother gave birth to me, she left me at the doorstep of that welfare institution.
Later, my father found me and confirmed that we were related by blood." "I am his only child with a blood relation." "He always wanted me to take his position, but I don't want to be that high and mighty executive CEO." "What do you want to do then?" I raised my head and asked him.
In the darkness, it was the first time I saw a glimmer of light in Pei Chen's eyes.
"I want..." He paused, then smiled at me.
"Forget it, Lin Xia." "If one day I truly pursue my dream profession, I will tell you, alright?" "..."