Return of the Antagonistic Lady Boss

Chapter 333 - 307: The Solution

"How much sincerity she has for me is between her and me. You have no right to do this, Zeng Rong. You’re making me very disappointed!" Yu Minglang said firmly.

"You can hate me all you want. When I did it, I already expected this kind of outcome." Zeng Rong didn’t argue. You could even say he was calm about it.

When Yu Minglang arrived, he thought of countless ways to beat him, but seeing the packed suitcase on the ground, he felt an indescribable desolation inside.

He thought about how they had shared life and death, and he also thought about the time Zeng Rong put his own work aside to come help him.

Zeng Rong could have chosen not to come, but there were many longstanding issues within the Yu Family that required a trusted person to handle, and he volunteered.

Yu Minglang also remembered... Zeng Rong is an injured man.

Seeing Yu Minglang looking at his leg, Zeng Rong gave a bitter smile.

"Fluid on the knee, periostitis, and old injuries that hurt on rainy days—these are all things we got from our old job. Outsiders only see the glory, but who understands our pain and hardship? These pretty young girls approach us full of admiration, thinking we had intriguing pasts, but how much genuine affection can they really give us?"

Lone Wolf always felt that Qian wasn’t truly sincere with Minglang.

"My girl, Mei, is not the kind of person you think she is."

"When Lone Wolf showed us his fiancée, did you think she was that kind of person?"

"Are you... doing this to my Mei because of Lone Wolf’s fiancée?" Yu Minglang seemed to understand something.

Yu Minglang and Lone Wolf had a mutual good friend nicknamed Lone Wolf.

They were the closest of friends, but Lone Wolf was gone, having gone to a place called Eternity.

Lone Wolf was about to get married and had scheduled a wedding photoshoot with his fiancée, but he got a sudden call from his unit for an urgent matter and couldn’t go. It was a common occurrence in their old unit to be called in at the last minute, even for overtime work.

Much like Yu Minglang’s current job, always on the road for more hours, that day Lone Wolf’s fiancée got angry.

Lone Wolf and his fiancée argued that day, and with his mind elsewhere, he made a fatal mistake at work.

Lone Wolf died in Zeng Rong’s arms, which was a heavy blow for Zeng Rong.

So when Zeng Rong saw Qian arguing with Yu Minglang because of his busy work schedule, he thought of those painful memories and called Qian.

He didn’t expect that unintentionally it almost turned into a major mistake.

Faced with Yu Minglang’s questions, Zeng Rong did not directly answer.

Instead, he said, with difficulty, "Lone Wolf’s bones have barely turned cold, and his fiancée already took half of his insurance money and married someone else. Could she not wait a couple of years, could she not..."

This event had a particularly profound impact on these people.

The fiancée wanted to break up, and no one knew Lone Wolf’s departure would be eternal.

Yu Minglang’s recent state was so much like Lone Wolf back then—both were men in love dealing with busy work, and Qian just happened to be the kind of woman who expressed her emotions very subtly.

When she talked with Yu Minglang, it was usually in short, simple exchanges with little personal feeling, giving others the impression that Yu Minglang was deeply infatuated with Qian, while Qian did not love Yu Minglang at all.

Yu Minglang’s injury was indeed to protect the public and not from distraction, but Zeng Rong had already projected his and Lone Wolf’s experiences onto him and directly called Qian.

"My Mei is not that kind of woman. If she were, she wouldn’t have broken up with me. It’s precisely because of this incident that she almost got into trouble. You almost got her killed!"

"I did it. The one who does something should take responsibility for it. You can do whatever you want with me. I’ve been waiting for you these days, knowing you’d find out."

The stone in his heart finally settled, and though he felt calm, he couldn’t say if this was right or wrong. He thought he wasn’t wrong, but he also felt uneasy. Yu Minglang finding out felt more like a release.

Looking at the suitcase on the floor, Zeng Rong sighed.

"It’s fine if you hate me. I did indeed make a mistake, but I just can’t let go, so—"

Words cannot express the attachment; this is the regret of a long-time friend having to part ways.

This kind of Lone Wolf, Yu Minglang couldn’t bring himself to hate.

Just as Qian predicted, Zeng Rong’s intentions weren’t malicious. He just wanted to protect Yu Minglang his way, not realizing that the method was inherently wrong.

Yu Minglang was someone of rare talent, with both capability and intelligence, destined to shine brightly one day. Zeng Rong didn’t want a woman who appeared indifferent to Yu Minglang to ruin him.

The pain of losing a brother—he didn’t want to experience that again. Even though Zeng Rong was about to leave, in his heart, he still felt like part of this place.

Choosing a busy man like Yu Minglang means enduring day in and day out. Not every woman can bear such hardship, and not every woman can endure it.

In Zeng Rong’s eyes, Qian was clearly unable to endure hardship or be a supportive partner for Yu Minglang, nor could she be a woman who could endure loneliness.

Too delicate, too pampered, too much like Lone Wolf’s fiancée.

Such a girl, if she can’t handle loneliness or ends up hurting Yu Minglang, causing him to be distracted, how many others would have to suffer?

Yu Minglang currently holds the livelihood of thousands and is tasked with leading the transformation of the vast Yu Family enterprise. This young man should have a brighter future, so Lone Wolf didn’t mind being the bad guy this once.

Zeng Rong didn’t regret what he did, not even fearing Yan Minglang’s retaliation.

After all, the most important thing to him was already gone, so he wasn’t afraid of losing more.

But today, after Qian and Yu Minglang teamed up to resolve the hostage situation, Zeng Rong felt vaguely uneasy as if something in his subconscious was telling him he’d done something wrong this time.

Qian wasn’t what he imagined. She did care for Yu Minglang; she wasn’t unruly and unreasonable. She was intelligent and brave, with both courage and wisdom, and more importantly, she harbored love for Yu Minglang in her heart.

Yu Minglang narrowed his eyes, quickly thinking about how to handle this issue.

He could beat Zeng Rong up.

He could also think of all sorts of ways to take revenge on him.

He could report him, make a fuss, anything and everything.

But none of that seemed quite right.

It always felt like the most important issue remained unresolved; Zeng Rong was a mentally strong man who wouldn’t care about such things at all.

Suddenly, Yu Minglang thought of a good solution. Only this solution could fundamentally resolve this seemingly unsolvable problem.

How to not fail Mei and still stay true to his own values—a clever Yu Minglang already had the answer.