Princess Syndrome - Chapter 105
Chapter 105: Who to Look For
Su Lingyue really couldn’t think of who would send her medicine. The only two people who knew that she had been slapped were Ye Qiuyun, who had done it, and there was no way she would send her medicine, and Shen Yuan?
She squeezed the medicine box, when Zhang Ting asked from behind her, "Oh, Assistant Su, are you sick?"
She had only seen the logo of the pharmacy on the bag. She didn’t know what kind of medicine it was, so she asked out of curiosity. Su Lingyue replied, "No." She asked Zhang Ting, "Has anyone come to the office?"
Zhang Ting replied, "I don't think so. There wasn't anyone in the office when we came in."
Su Lingyue nodded. She took out a pill, and swallowed it. She had already done her makeup, so it wasn’t realistic to remove her makeup and apply the medicine now. She put the rest of the medicine into her drawer. A little later, the other colleagues started coming into the office. They were curious when they saw Su Lingyue, and wanted to ask, but they didn't dare to.
Seeing their looks, Zhang Ting laughed. "I already asked for you. Assistant Su is currently discussing a collaboration with President Shen."
Secretary Li said, "I knew it!"
The others also echoed, "Yesterday I even argued with that gossip at HR."
"Wow, I heard that they had even made up rumors about President Shen’s ex-girlfriend, those people aren't afraid of getting sued."
That wasn't a rumor.
It was true.
Shen Yuan really did have an ex-girlfriend.
But she couldn't say that to her colleagues. Su Lingyue lowered her head. She was just getting busy when she heard the sound of high heels walking in. She looked up and saw that it was Meng Jiu. Meng Jiu said, "There’s a meeting in ten minutes. Everyone, get ready."
Su Lingyue suddenly thought of something. She turned her head. "Where’s Sister Wu?"
Zhang Ting said, "Oh, don’t you know? Sister Wu has been transferred."
Su Lingyue frowned. "Transferred?"
Zhang Ting replied, "Yeah, she's been transferred to the headquarters. The HR department announced it yesterday afternoon. She’s taking leave for a couple of days to handle the transition."
She then looked at Su Lingyue. "Didn't Sister Wu tell you?"
Su Lingyue shook her head.
Zhang Ting whispered, "I heard, this is just what I heard, that President Qi doesn't like President Ji's people."
That “I heard” made all the difference. If she didn’t like Ji Zhiyi’s people, and transferred them away, it seemed that it was saying that Ji Zhiyi wouldn’t be coming back. Would she?
Su Lingyue’s heart suddenly sank.
The other employees were thinking the same thing. Qi An was originally only temporarily transferred over to replace Ji Zhiyi, but these changes in personnel were clearly telling everyone that Ji Zhiyi wouldn't be coming back.
She would be the one in charge of Yilin in the future.
Su Lingyue felt that her cheek was hurting even more. She touched it, her eyebrows furrowing.
Ten minutes later, the president's office held a meeting, led by Meng Jiu. She sat in Wu Meiyan’s old seat, her expression cold and her gaze sharp. Su Lingyue remotely met her eyes.
When the meeting ended, Meng Jiu said, "Assistant Su, please stay behind."
Her tone was flat.
Su Lingyue’s heart sounded an alarm.
She packed up her notebook and asked Meng Jiu, "Is there something else, Assistant Meng?"
Meng Jiu replied, "I'll be taking over Secretary Wu's work temporarily. In the future, you will report all of your work directly to me. Also, how is the PV authorization progressing?"
Su Lingyue replied, "I heard that Dingsheng could also authorize PV materials. Considering that Su Qi would gouge us, I think it would be better to collaborate directly with Dingsheng."
Meng Jiu raised her gaze, and looked at her. "Dingsheng?"
Su Lingyue replied, "Yes, Dingsheng."
Meng Jiu chuckled. "Is this your plan recently?"
Su Lingyue replied, "I don't know what kind of brilliant ideas Assistant Meng has?"
"I don't have any brilliant ideas. I think it's great." Meng Jiu's praise came with a cold hint of sarcasm. "Moreover, given Assistant Su's relationship with President Shen, this collaboration must be something very easy for you, I'll just wait for Assistant Su's good news."
Su Lingyue clenched her teeth.
Her relationship with President Shen.
What relationship did she have with Shen Yuan?
Her words were full of innuendos. Did she really think she couldn't hear it?
But she wasn't in a good mood because of Ji Zhiyi. She didn't want to interact with Meng Jiu about this. She picked up her notebook and laughed. She turned around and left.
After leaving, she immediately dropped her smile.
She rolled her eyes at the door.
Then she went back to her desk. She heard Zhang Ting and the others talking about the personnel changes. This time, several people had been transferred. She asked subconsciously, "Is there anyone from the design department that’s been transferred?"
Zhang Ting flipped through the list. "No, there's no one from the design department that's been transferred."
Hearing that Zhang Xian hadn't been moved, Su Lingyue breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed that she was Ji Zhiyi's only connection in this place. Although that was an exaggeration, the fact that Zhang Xian hadn't been moved had made her feel a little better.
At lunch time, she wanted to ask Zhang Xian to have lunch with her, but Zhang Xian was too busy. Su Lingyue had lunch with her colleagues in the secretarial office. After they finished eating, they all rested in the office. Only Su Lingyue was looking at her phone. There had been no news from Ji Zhiyi after she had sent her a message in the morning.
She didn’t know what she was doing.
As she was thinking, she sent another message to Ji Zhiyi: 【Are you still at the hospital?】
If she was on night duty, she should be there, right?
Ji Zhiyi, after receiving Su Lingyue's message, leaned against another hospital bed, facing the window. From her angle, she could see the scenery outside. Although it was the middle of the night, the hospital was brightly lit. An ambulance with its red lights flashing and siren blaring sped by outside the window. She came back to herself.
She thought of how Mao Jingan had come in the afternoon.
Jiang Ya was not there. She had gone home to rest in the afternoon. She and Mao Jingan had been sitting on the sofa. Mao Jingan had asked about Jiang Yunlu's current situation. She had replied, "You saw it, right?"
Mao Jingan was confused, "Didn't the doctor say what happened?"
She shook her head. "They said everything was normal."
Other than the fact that Jiang Yunlu had woken up and was still the same, the doctors couldn't figure anything out either. In the past few days, they had changed her treatment plan, trying to stimulate her nerves. Mao Jingan asked, "Do you want to change hospitals?"
Ji Zhiyi replied, "It's not an issue with the hospital."
Mao Jingan shrugged.
She didn’t understand.
She decided not to give any other suggestions.
But she did have a suggestion for Ji Zhiyi. "Can you come to our Lucky now?"
When she asked this, it felt like she was going to save her from the situation now.
For the first time, Ji Zhiyi didn’t directly refute it. Instead, she fell silent.
She was too young. When Mao Jingan had first asked her, she had been too confident in herself. She had trusted Jiang Ya, and had trusted human nature. It was only after that that she had led herself into a dead end.
But she had already entered that dead end once.
She didn’t want to enter it for a second time.
Ji Zhiyi replied, "No need, I'll be returning to the country soon."
"Returning to the country?" Mao Jingan was clearly surprised. "Did your godmother agree to let you return?"
Ji Zhiyi chuckled.
She clearly didn't.
Mao Jingan said, "Zhiyi, don't blame me for being blunt, but if you return at this time, you won’t gain anything. Your godmother won't let you go."
Yilin would always be on top of her no matter what she did.
Ji Zhiyi replied, "I know."
She looked at Mao Jingan, and softly said, "Xiao Mao, thank you."
This time her apology held more sincerity. She was thanking her for taking care of her for so many years, for her kindness at the company, and for even wanting to save her from Yilin this time. Mao Jingan shrugged. "I'm not that great. You know what I'm after."
She was after her as a person, her designs, and her brains.
Ji Zhiyi replied, "No matter what, I still want to thank you."
Mao Jingan said, "Whatever you want. If you change your mind, contact me at any time."
Ji Zhiyi replied, "Okay, I understand."
After Mao Jingan left, the ward became dead silent. The beeping of the medical equipment was the only sound. Jiang Yunlu seemed to be tireless. She kept her eyes open, even when it was night.
Ji Zhiyi walked over to her. "Sister Yunlu, don't you want to sleep for a while?"
As expected, no one replied.
Ji Zhiyi had started to wonder if the doctor had made a mistake. Jiang Yunlu was still in a vegetative state, but her eyes were open, and her functions were recovering. But it was like she didn't want to wake up from the bottom of her heart.
Sleeping for so long wasn't a solution, but it was a way to escape.
Ji Zhiyi wasn’t one to escape, but when she saw Su Lingyue’s message, she hadn’t immediately replied.
She had been too presumptuous.
She put her hand on her forehead, laughing bitterly.
She just lay there, feeling lost. Although she hadn’t rested well for the past few days, she didn’t feel tired. It was just that whenever she saw Su Lingyue’s photos, she had a strong urge to sleep. It seemed that the aftereffects were quite serious.
Su Lingyue hadn't received any news from Ji Zhiyi. She didn’t dare to call her. She was just feeling so empty, and didn't know what she was doing. She had a sense of panic that she couldn't escape.
She didn’t like this feeling. She tried to use her work to make up for this emptiness. She was working the hardest at the secretarial office. One thing after another. After she was done, she helped Zhang Ting and Secretary Li organize documents.
Zhang Ting asked quietly, "What happened to her?"
Secretary Li shook her head.
They both thought that Su Lingyue had been provoked. As they were about to end work, they stopped her. "Assistant Su, are you alright?"
Su Lingyue looked at her phone. There was still no message from Ji Zhiyi. If it had been before, she would have called her, but now she knew to think before acting. This feeling of bitterness wasn't easy to handle. It made her feel dejected. "It's fine."
She asked Zhang Ting, "Is Sister Wu's farewell dinner tomorrow?"
"Yeah, tomorrow night," Zhang Ting replied, "Sister Wu will send us the address when it gets closer."
Su Lingyue acknowledged this. She habitually looked at Ji Zhiyi's office. Qi An hadn’t come today, so the office had been empty all day. She picked up her bag, and entered the elevator with Zhang Ting, listening to them talk about where they were going to eat dinner.
The elevator was slowly descending. Zhang Ting said, "I heard Sister Wu say that President Ji doesn’t seem to be coming back."
Secretary Li asked, "When did she say that?"
Zhang Ting replied, "This afternoon. She also said that President Ji was going to bring her parents over."
Su Lingyue's heart lurched.
So Ji Zhiyi had contacted Wu Meiyan in the afternoon.
So she had seen her messages, but had not replied?
Why?
Was she really going to stay overseas, and was afraid of making her angry, so she was avoiding her?
Or--
Su Lingyue didn't want to overthink. But Ji Zhiyi not replying, and not calling was too unusual. She stood at the entrance, seeing the rain pour down. Zhang Ting reached out her hand, "It’s raining again."
Secretary Li replied, "It's going to be a downpour today, just like last night."
She then asked Su Lingyue, "Assistant Su, where do you live? Do you want us to give you a ride?"
Su Lingyue replied, "No thanks, I drove here."
Secretary Li said, "Then we'll be off first."
Su Lingyue waved to them at the entrance. Thinking of Zhang Xian, she called her, but Zhang Xian replied, "I'm not at the company right now, go home first, I'll take a taxi."
The only person who knew the inside story was still busy.
Su Lingyue suddenly felt very exhausted.
Chu Yi wasn’t here either. She had no one to talk to. She flipped through the contacts on her phone, and finally, she turned off her phone. She jogged to her car, opened the door and sat inside. She listened to the wipers constantly sweeping the rain, her vision blurring and then becoming clear, as if her thoughts were blurring and then clearing up.
She suddenly remembered something.
She had never thought about breaking up with Ji Zhiyi before.
Their relationship was different from others from the start. They had only said that they would try dating, but with the kind of relationships that were so easy to break, she had never even thought about breaking up.
For the first time, she sat in the car. She wondered if Ji Zhiyi wanted to stay overseas, but didn't know how to tell her, so that's why she wasn’t contacting her, and had not even sent a message.
That understanding caused her heart to ache.
Su Lingyue had originally wanted to call Ji Zhiyi to ask her directly, but she had been clutching her phone, unable to dial. For some reason, she thought of her friends’ words from before.
"If she didn't have money, who would want to fawn over her?"
"If it wasn’t for her dad, do you think she would be so arrogant?"
If it wasn't for her face.
Ji Zhiyi probably wouldn't have been with her either.
Su Lingyue reached for her rear view mirror and looked at herself. After a while, she turned her head to look at her apartment. She didn’t know how long she had been sitting there. When the sky was finally dark, she got out of the car. When she was about to reach the door, she saw the lights on. Her heart leaped. All of her previous unhappiness completely disappeared. All of the possibilities converged into one. Had Ji Zhiyi returned?
She smiled, and impatiently opened the door. She had thought that she would see Ji Zhiyi sitting on the sofa, but instead she saw a middle-aged woman. The woman looked at Su Lingyue blankly. Their eyes met, and the woman asked, "Young lady, who are you looking for?"
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