Chapter 146 - How Could You?!

Yu Xiulan's face alternated between red and white, her face both fearful but also filled with anger.

She had already thought that as long as Han Qingshan was with Jiang Fengmian, he would not get close to any woman, so she had taken it slow, carefully planning her next steps. Unfortunately, it was not that simple, and now he had already brought a woman with him to the office? Was this not the same as making their relationship public?

She was so frustrated and filled with hatred that she did not know what to do. She had failed when she tried to drug him, but she was still not willing to give up.

She had planned on improving her relationship with Jiang Yingyue and getting close to Han Qingshan this way, but it seemed that this plan was over.

"Let us head back," she said through gritted teeth. "I need to have a talk with him as Fengmian's friend, trying to make him understand that he can't just find a fake girlfriend as it will hurt Fengmian's feelings."

"That's a brilliant idea!" her manager exclaimed. "You can pretend to care about Fengmian and leave a good impression on him at the same time."

And thus they returned to the office. Yu Xiulan was forced to wear a smile on her face as she walked to the elevator and up to the top floor where Han Qingshan's office was located.

Song Liwei was conversing with the secretary outside the office, and when Yu Xiulan came up, she walked with familiar steps towards the inner office where Han Qingshan was present.

Seeing that Song Liwei was not inside the office, she felt relieved. Although he was a formidable assistant, he was also someone that Yu Xiulan disliked.

She had previously tried to convince him to be on her side by offering him various benefits, but to no avail. He was fully loyal to Han Qingshan, and thus she had no way of controlling him or using him for her own benefit, and as a result, she saw him as an eyesore.

"Miss Yu, you cannot enter the office right now," Song Liwei said as he saw Yu Xiulan go towards the office, and he quickly went to block her path.

"This is important!" Yu Xiulan said. Her voice was filled with urgency as if she felt that it could not wait even a moment longer, and Song Liwei frowned.

"CEO Han ordered that no one is allowed to interrupt him," he said gravely, but Yu Xiulan was even more eager to enter the room when she heard that. What could be happening inside that she was not allowed to interrupt?

The more she thought about it, the worse she was feeling. She looked at her manager, who understood her thoughts and carefully blocked Song Liwei before she swiftly went around them and rushed to the door of the office. Ripping it open, she looked into the office, her eyes burning with fiery anger, but what met her eyes made her completely stunned.

Han Qingshan was seated behind the desk, his face buried in a stack of papers, clearly reading with full focus, while a woman was sitting on the sofa not far from him, reading a book. She looked leisurely as if this was her own home, and just looking at her made Yu Xiulan wish to gnash her teeth in anger.

They were not doing anything unbecoming, but seeing them like this was already a great trial for her.

The moment she entered, both Jiang Yingyue and Han Qingshan looked up from what they were doing, feeling puzzled. They had been very strict with Song Liwei, telling him not to let anyone enter; mainly because Han Qingshan was unsure if he could withstand the urge to touch her.

He had a whole mountain of work he needed to deal with, and thus he had not been able to focus on Jiang Yingyue just yet, but he still had her at the back of his mind all the time.

As long as she was within his sight, he was happy. The fact that he could glance at her from time to time satisfied him. Knowing that she belonged to him and that she had admitted their relationship, he was no longer as scared as before, and did not feel the same urgency of making her his.

Looking up, Han Qingshan's eyes turned impatient. He had been accepting Yu Xiulan's unruly behavior for far too long. She had been causing problems time and time again.

"Miss Yu," he said with a slightly cold voice, "I am rather busy today, could you find another time to come here?"

Yu Xiulan saw that Jiang Yingyue said nothing. Her legs were up on the sofa, she was resting against the armrest, and her legs were bent with a book placed on top of them, as she was reading before.

She looked curiously at Yu Xiulan, but in the other woman's eyes, it seemed much more like being mocked.

Yu Xiulan looked behind her where she saw that Song Liwei was looking at her with defeated and slightly mad eyes, but she still closed the door behind her and strode into the office.

"I am sorry for disturbing you," she said earnestly, gnashing her teeth. She did not have to fake her anger, indignation, and hostility; it was all natural.

"But how could you do this to Fengmian?" she asked again, her eyes aggravated as she looked at Han Qingshan. "He loves you so much, and now you are cheating on him! How can he be at ease?"