"What if I'm not his girlfriend?" Yan Yuiling asked.
"Hahaha, oh, was it supposed to be a secret? I think you were really lucky to find someone like Young Master Ding; he will always treat you well. So yeah," wink, "you are not young master Ding's girlfriend," wink, "and the deal was only based on your personal merits," one of the two men said jokingly.
It was obvious that a small and inexperienced company like Yan Yuilings would never be accepted without Ding Feng.
"Sorry, but then we have no deal," Yan Yuiling said, trying to act nice and with a smile before storming out of the room.
She was heading straight towards Ding Feng, who joked around with his "friends" while drinking and laughing.
"Ding Feng! How dare you start the rumor that I am your girlfriend? We barely know each other, and I want nothing to do with you!" She said out loud, attracting the eyes of the crowd.
"Yuiling, I'm sorry, but to get the gentlemen to talk to you, I had to connect you to me. It was my fault, but at the same time, wouldn't it be the best for both of us if it were true? Even your family agrees with me," Ding Feng answered in a much calmer voice.
"Ding Feng, you bribed my family, and now you want to bribe me to be your girlfriend. That is not how love works. I am not in love with you or even like you, so I won't become your girlfriend. Even if you shower me with money earned by your father," she said, turned around, and walked to an empty space with a chair and table. She needed to digest this situation first.
Meanwhile, Ding Feng could only act on the outside while being angry inside. This bitch! She thinks nothing of me, trying to make me seem like a useless person that can't get anything on his own. I want to hit her so badly, but that wouldn't make things better; I already lost enough face after so many people listened.
I guess it's time for the more drastic measures. He always allowed Yan Yuiling's temper and demeanor to get her in his bed, but too much is too much. Now he would need to use something more to make her obedient.
Li just watched the scene, thinking that young master Ding and all the people talking him up while talking down on Yan Yuiling now were, just as bad, if not worse than Ling Qidong.
He kept watching the scene of people trying to get on his good side while saying how lucky Yan Yuiling was to even get his attention.
But something weird happened after, as Ding Feng suddenly whispered with a waiter and put something in a drink.
So even the mighty young master Ding faces rejection, Ling Qidong laughed by himself. By now he was drunk, yet he didn't stop drinking.
Everything is fucked. Classes, rich and poor, family wealth, status, circles—fuck all of that shit. I will fuck all of it!
He decided to stand up and forcefully make connections. If they wouldn't talk to him, he would just talk to them until they listened.
Yan Yuiling, meanwhile, after getting a drink from a friendly waiter who specifically walked towards her, thought about her situation.
Her parents, swayed by money, wanted her to stick to Ding Feng, while her business partners treated her better because of Ding Feng. In the end, everything that Ding Feng did was in her favor.
In the end though, she knew how Ding Feng acted towards subordinates or ordinary people; she knew that his character was bad, and even his looks weren't attracting her. No, she would not fall for the facade of spending money to get her.
And while she was thinking, her head felt heavier and heavier. She suddenly felt like she needed to sleep, just lie down and close her eyes. And before she could leave to head home, she did exactly what she thought about. Sleeping on the table.
...
As she woke up, she looked around groggily at first but suddenly sat up in panic. She was in an unknown bed in an unknown place.
Unknown beige walls, some paintings, and a TV. She spotted a broken cellphone on her bedside table. Her own! What happened?
She recalled the last thing she remembered and panicked even more; she was at the party and fell asleep. No, the drink must have had something in it, and now she was in... maybe a hotel bed.
She quickly checked what she was wearing, and luckily she still wore the same dress she wore before sleeping.
I don't exactly know what happened, but let's get out of here first, she thought, and went towards the door of the room, but before she could open the door, the door suddenly opened from the other side.
Someone came in? Did this person lend her their room, or did they kidnap her, or something else? Who will it be?
The door opened, and a man in a suit stood on the other side. A man Yan Yuiling already knew.
"You??? What are you doing here?"
"Oh, you remember me? I took you here," the man answered without changing his expression.
"Yeah, but if you bought me a room to sleep, why do you just barge in? Did... die we sleep in the same room, on the same bed???" Yan Yuiling was close to crying; this situation was too much for her.
"No, I waited outside, waiting for you to wake up. And well, this is my home right now, so I didn't buy you a room," the man said.
"But, why is it you? I met you as a job-seeking Taoist. Why are you wearing a suit, and how did we meet last night?"
"I guess I should just tell you what happened last night after you fell asleep. This will clear things up. Well, if you trust me, that is," Li said.
Yan Yuiling fell in thought. Yes, can I even trust this guy? They only met briefly before but had no real relationship. And while she slept, he could have done anything to her. Weirdly enough, unconsciously she felt like she could trust and believe him, but that was based off of nothing.
Well, their talk was quite funny, but nothing more... Whatever, nothing bad seemed to happen to me, so let's just trust him.
"I trust you. Please tell me what happened."
"Alright, I will tell you everything."