novelraw Chapter 505
Chapter 505
Hearing Zheng Cai’s forceful attitude, Ye Tong’s expression stiffened. A deep disappointment even flashed in the depths of her eyes...At this moment, she felt like nothing more than a tool, one that existed... to bolster their prestige.
Seeing her silence, Zheng Cai glared at her fiercely. "Did you hear me?"
Ye Tong stammered, "I... I won’t!"
She instinctively shook her head.
Zheng Cai asked, "What did you say?"
Hearing Ye Tong defy her, Zheng Cai’s expression turned even more severe.
Ye Tong said, "I won’t. I don’t want to beg her."
"Do you have a better way to keep this job?"
"I can go beg Ling Yan!" Ye Tong said through clenched teeth.
And as she spoke Ling Yan’s name, a fine, cold sweat broke out on Ye Tong’s back.
Ling Yan... she had already begged her this morning.
But it was no use. Ling Yan had said that letting her into Gao Ma had already been a special favor, an exception to the rules.
Now, for the road ahead, she had to rely on herself!
So Ling Yan wasn’t going to concern herself with her at all now.
It seemed that besides Ye Yuning, she really had no other path to take...!
Even if she found other designers to take her under their wing, their skill levels were nowhere near Manlang’s.
"Hasn’t Ling Yan already gone back to Hong City? You called her this morning too."
Ye Tong declared, "Even so, I still won’t beg Ye Yuning!"
She had just confronted Ye Yuning not long ago.
It was just that, at the time, she hadn’t anticipated how difficult this situation would become.
If I had known earlier, I wouldn’t have behaved this way.
Zheng Cai snapped, "I don’t care. You must resolve this, and you absolutely must stay at Gao Ma for me."
Ye Tong: "..."
Hearing this unyielding tone, Ye Tong silently looked at Zheng Cai.
Zheng Cai continued, "If you continue to be such an embarrassment, then get out of the Ye Family! Leave!"
Ye Tong: "..."
Leave?
Zheng Cai’s attitude was firm; she clearly wasn’t joking.
She... was actually telling me to leave?
Did she... not want me anymore either?
Ye Tong looked at Zheng Cai in disbelief. Ye Shilong had said such things before. Now, it was Mom’s turn!
"Mom, am I not your daughter? In your heart, is reputation really more important than me?"
Zheng Cai retorted, "Stop feeding me this nonsense."
At this moment, Zheng Cai had completely lost her patience. She also felt that her daughter was an embarrassment.
Thinking about all the cold taunts and ridicule she had suffered during this time, she truly regretted bringing this daughter back.
’Your own flesh and blood is the most important!’ What a joke!
Now I finally understand: your own flesh and blood can be even more troublesome.
I had originally thought that if she was obedient and listened to me, I would get back those shares Ye Yuning holds.
Well, now there’s no need for that!
A biological daughter like this is worse than an adopted one.
Ye Tong: "..."
Hearing these words, Ye Tong felt an unprecedented sense of suffocation gripping her heart.
Leave the Ye Family? No, I can’t leave the Ye Family. If I leave, where could I possibly go?
Would I have to return to that dark, damp basement? A place like that... I never want to go back there again.
But why have I ended up like this?
Why do Zheng Cai and Ye Shilong hold such prejudice against me? It’s all because of Ye Yuning.
Because she’s too outstanding, by comparison, I truly am a useless person in their eyes.
Thinking of Ye Yuning, a deep hatred flashed through Ye Tong’s eyes.
Zheng Cai was still going on about how Ye Tong absolutely had to stay at Gao Ma, her tone harsh and her words devoid of any warmth.
She had barely recovered from Ye Shilong’s tirades, and now Zheng Cai was acting like this too!
Ye Tong felt that life was more suffocating than ever before...
After hanging up on Zheng Cai, Ye Yuning irritably ruffled her hair.
She called Chen Wei, Ma Di, and the others to check on their progress.
Everyone was moving quickly!
The offices they found were turn-key, and the designers who had transferred over were already immersed in their work.
Regarding the staff shortage, Wang Jin from the HR department was already conducting targeted recruitment.
By the time work ended, Ye Yuning’s head was throbbing again.
Xiao Linye’s call came through. "Come down. I’m already in the garage."
Ye Yuning: "..." Could I say I’ve gone on a business trip too?
Obviously, I can’t!
Truthfully, when we got married, I shouldn’t have agreed to cohabitate. If I had kept living at Xiangti, we wouldn’t have developed these feelings for each other.
Great. Now, what am I supposed to do?
Ye Yuning was deeply troubled.
Eventually, she reluctantly dragged her feet to Xiao Linye’s car.
She hadn’t noticed it before, but now, knowing his true identity, Ye Yuning always sensed an oppressive aura emanating from him.
Even though he remained gentle...
Xiao Linye took her hand and wrapped it in his. "Why so cold? Are you not wearing enough?"
"The office had a power outage today, no air conditioning!" Ye Yuning said.
The weather these days really is cold.
Xiao Linye asked, "You still worked without power? Why didn’t you just take the day off and go home?"
Ye Yuning replied, "A power outage doesn’t stop me from drawing drafts by hand. How can I just take leave whenever I feel like it? That wouldn’t be right, and they’d dock my pay."
She did her best to emphasize her supposed poverty, trying to prevent Xiao Linye from suspecting her true identity.
His identity alone was already sensational enough!
If he found out about hers as well, she felt that the situation would truly spiral out of control.
Hearing her words, Xiao Linye chuckled. "Are you that afraid of a salary deduction?"
"Yes, I’m afraid. I’ve never even been penalized with a fine before. And our company’s fines, once they’re issued, are quite substantial," Ye Yuning grumbled.
Xiao Linye: "..."
Substantial?
However, knowing that woman’s personality, if she ever caught an opportunity to issue a fine, it likely wouldn’t be a lenient one.