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Chapter 40 - Cleaning up

Early the next morning, because she had just reached an agreement with Ning Laihan about the contract and many other details, Liang Jia came to the company early in the morning and turned on her computer to get busy.

But when she finished her second cappuccino, she was greeted by an unexpected person.

Bang bang bang …

Liang Jia raised her head from a pile of papers and sat upright. "Please enter!"

"Miss Liang, how have you been?"

Liang Jia looked at the heavily made up woman in front of her. Her long hair was half tied up, and she wore the new CHANEL set. Her face was exquisite, and although she looked very familiar, she couldn't remember where she had seen her before.

Liang Jia politely smiled and made a "please" gesture for her to sit across from him.

Liang Jia felt that this woman seemed to have a faintly discernible sense of superiority. Was she showing off to him?

Liang Jia politely smiled and asked in an elegant manner, "May I ask who you are?"

Ren Chenyan's eyes widened, her beautiful face full of disbelief. She stared unwaveringly at Liang Jia, only to find out that Liang Jia's exquisite face was completely filled with doubt, not the slightest bit of pretence or ridicule.

Did she really not remember her, Ren orange, at all? It was still Liang Jia who had never placed her in her eyes.

She had imagined many scenes of meeting Liang Jia again, but she had never imagined that Liang Jia would actually forget about her so completely. This was no different from a resounding slap on her face.

Ren Chenyan felt a little embarrassed. Her fake smile cracked for a split-second. She adjusted her emotions and looked into Liang Jia's eyes, saying word by word, "I am … I am Ren Chenyan."

Ren orange? Liang Jia frowned as she thought back. She couldn't help but wonder if there was such a person. Was it Zhou Xing Chen's assistant or his secretary?

No matter what, it was Zhou Xing Chen's men. If that was the case, then this person most likely had come with ill intentions.

Liang Jia sat even straighter as she braced her mind. She folded her hands on the table and said with a smile, "Miss Ren, is there something you need?"

She made a single syllable with her nose and said with disdain, "Liang Jia, I'm not going to beat around the bush with you. Just tell me straight out, Director Zhou sent me to tell you that you and the Zhou family have been cut off completely, never to go back." After saying that, she stared fixedly at Liang Jia. She wanted to see a trace of panic and collapse from that clear and bright face …

However, the truth had disappointed her. Liang Jia's brows furrowed slightly, but her expression remained calm. She said indifferently, "I understand. I had nothing to do with that place in the first place, but in truth, Zhou Weiqing doesn't need you to specially visit."

Ren Chenyan smiled proudly, "You still know your own limits."

A wave of irritation rose in Liang Jia's heart. She didn't even bother to raise her eyes as she said, "The sad thing is people who don't know their own limitations, don't you think? "Miss Ren?"

"You!" Ren Chengyan was humiliated. She did not mention her name, nor was it good for her to flare up. She could not swallow her anger in a single breath, staring angrily at Liang Jia.

Liang Jia's white arm was pulled back to the back of her neck, and she took out a pendant necklace with a ring on it.

Ren Chen Yan narrowed her eyes and looked at him coldly. She didn't know what she was going to do.

"This …" Liang Jia held the necklace in her hand and handed it over to Ren Chenyan. "Since you want to break it cleanly, you'll need to give this back to Zhou Xing Chen."

Ren Chengyan raised an eyebrow and received the necklace. She gave Liang Jia a deep look, then buried her head back into the contract, an indifferent expression on her face …

"Did she say that?" Zhou Xing Chen stood in front of the French windows, playing with the necklace in his hands, his back facing Ren Chenyan.

Ren orange face could not see his expression clearly, nor could he hear the emotions in his voice. She could only say, "Yes, Miss Liang said to break it cleanly."

"Get out!"

"Huh?" Before Ren Orange Yan could finish her sentence, she was suddenly interrupted by Zhou Weiqing. She had no idea what was going on.

"Don't you understand?!" The volume of Zhou Xing Chen's voice suddenly rose to a crescendo. Ren Chenyan shuddered, immediately leaving the office and closing the door behind her.

Zhou Xing Chen gripped the necklace tightly. When Liang Jia was eighteen years old, he had given it to her as a gift.

It was also the only gift that he had given to her …

After Liang Jia finished handling the work and arranging the revised contract, she seemed to have lost all her strength and collapsed into a chair.

She raised her head and pressed her fingers against her slightly sore eyeballs.

She thought back to the time when Zhou Xing Chen had awkwardly handed her the necklace and secretly glanced at her reaction. She also remembered when she told him that she liked it, Zhou Xing Chen's smile had been very bright.

But everything was broken, wasn't it? Everything had happened as he wished. He wanted to completely wipe out this' Liang Jia 'from her life …

Liang Jia rubbed her eyes and recalled that she still had to go back to the Zhou Mansion! Her birth mother had left him a bracelet, which she had always cherished and kept in a box. However, when she left the Zhou Mansion, she had left in a hurry.

Liang Jia took a deep breath. Wasn't this just the Zhou family? What was there to be afraid of after taking back what belonged to him? Now, she no longer had any ties with the Zhou family …

Although she thought this way, when Liang Jia stood in front of the Zhou Mansion's main entrance and the familiar building appeared before her, she raised her hand that she had been about to knock on the door and was forcibly suspended in midair.

She closed her eyes, then opened them again. She was a bit more lost, so she composed herself and pressed the doorbell.

After a while, the door opened.

The housekeeper's expression was a little agitated and a little embarrassed. He respectfully said, "Miss Liang Jia, you have returned."

He remembered that in the past, when cooking and cutting off his fingers, he was the one who had bandaged them. Thus, she smiled gently at him and said, "Grandpa Butler, call me Jia Jia Jia. I came back to pick up the things."

"Take things? How could the Zhou family have something of yours? " When Liang Wenrui heard their conversation at the profound entrance, his voice was faintly heard.

The housekeeper lowered his head and opened a path. Liang Jia returned a smile, then put on a calm and solemn expression. Raising her head, she walked step by step in front of Liang Wenrui.

As usual, Liang Wenrui was sitting on the sofa, knitting a sweater. Amidst the entanglement of a ball of wool, he looked so affectionate …

Subconsciously, just as the word "mother" was about to burst out of his mouth, Liang Wenrui was the first to speak. "You, Liang Jia, aren't related to the Zhou Family in the slightest. Back then, you were the one who packed everything up before leaving."

Liang Jia's heart went cold. With great difficulty, she smiled, "Mrs. Zhou, I left in a hurry and didn't bring anything with me. I just came back this time to retrieve a bracelet."

Liang Wenrui ignored her, while Liang Jia just stood there. After a long while, she frowned and called out, "Madame Zhou?"

"If you are a guest, I will invite you to sit down and drink a cup," Liang Wenrui looked up at her with eyes full of loathing. "But you are here to collect debts. The Zhou Family doesn't have Liang Jia's things.