Chapter 655: Chapter 655: Persuasion Successful
"Our future together? Are you sure it’s not just your own future?" The woman looked at the face of the boyfriend she had been in love with for years and, for the first time, found him so unfamiliar. He actually wanted his girlfriend to seduce his boss just for a job.
"Are you crazy? I’ve been with you for so many years, and you want me to seduce your boss, just for a job. Tell me, Xiong Yun, are you so desperate now? Are you starving or on the verge of dying that you’re asking me to do such a disgusting thing! If you were really in crisis, urgently needing money, maybe I would really consider doing such a thing. After all, I would be willing to endure the guilt for saving you. But is that the case now? Not at all! You just don’t want to work hard for what you want, you just want to get something for nothing, that’s why you came up with such an idea. I see right through you."
The woman spoke as she was about to leave, but the man suddenly grabbed her hand, Xiong Yun kneeled in front of her.
"Xingyue, I beg you, I’m already being forced over the flames, everyone is waiting to see me fall. If I do the job you mentioned, I’ll never be able to hold my head up again for the rest of my life. Do you want me to be laughed at forever? You’re the only one who can help me now. If you help me, I might really end up with no way out. I’m not as strong as you think. I truly can’t bear the sight and words of others’ ridicule."
Kneeling on the ground, Xiong Yun began to cry. Xingyue, standing still with a hand being held by him, suddenly felt an overwhelming sense of absurdity. A mocking smile involuntarily appeared on her lips, which was directed at no one else but herself.
She mocked herself for the naive thought that this man could still be saved and that they could return to the past. How laughable that was.
The woman’s eyes reddened quickly, tears welling but not falling. Xingyue lifted her head and forced all the tears back, knowing that they truly needed to end things now.
"I can help you," Xingyue said shakily, and before the man could get excited, her next words rang out, "But I have one condition."
"What condition, just tell me. As long as I can do it, I’ll agree to anything," the man stood up excitedly.
"It’s simple for you. Once I’ve done this thing for you, we break up. From then on, we’ll each live our own lives, unrelated to each other."
As Xingyue finished speaking, the smile on Xiong Yun’s face slowly faded away until it completely disappeared, "Xingyue, don’t joke like this. You know I don’t like such jokes."
"I’m not joking with you. I’m serious. I can accept your poverty, accept your small shortcomings, but I cannot accept that the man I want to spend my life with is willing to use me as a tool for others."
"How many times do I have to tell you, I said it was a honey trap. Don’t you know what a honey trap is? It’s just pretending. Don’t you know that? How could I possibly tarnish my own reputation? I’m just asking you to pretend. Once he falls for it, I promise you’ll have a good life. I won’t let him take advantage of you. Trust me, would you?" The man said, holding Xingyue’s arm excitedly but helplessly.
"But that’s a hurdle in my heart, and I can’t get past it. So you choose, do you want me or your so-called decent job?" Xingyue looked at Xiong Yun in disappointment.
Xiong Yun didn’t dare to look at Xingyue’s face. "Hah." Xingyue’s laugh was extremely abrupt, "I knew your choice already." Although she had a premonition, when the fact stood blatantly before her, Xingyue still felt it was suffocating.
"Just call me when you need me. When it’s over, I hope you keep your promise and disappear completely from the rest of my life." Xingyue said coldly.
Xiong Yun still didn’t speak, he hung his head like a child who had done something wrong. Not until the door closed did he raise his head, revealing a crazed face beneath his hair.
"I never agreed to such a thing. In life you’re a person of the Xiong Family, and in death you’re a ghost of the Xiong Family. As long as I don’t agree, you can never shake me off." Xiong Yun said quietly.
Xiong Yun was aware of his abnormal state, but he didn’t have any intention of seeing a doctor. He even found his current state to be the best possible one. Previously, he was too weak and kind, which got him ousted from the company. This time he wouldn’t be a coward anymore, he wanted to let everyone see how he, Xiong Yun, could climb step by step to the top.
Xu Ke, who was correcting documents in the office, suddenly sneezed, leaving a long mark on the white paper with his black pen, ruining the contract.
Xu Ke frowned and called his secretary in to print another copy while he continued to look at the next one. This sneeze was just a tiny episode in his busy day, never expecting that in this wretched place someone would actually have a scheme specifically aimed at him. And for this reason, the moment Xu Ke stepped out, he was being watched.
"Do you see the man in the dark blue suit? That’s him." Even though the sky was already dark, and the temperature was still over twenty degrees, Xiong Yun had covered himself tightly from hat to mask, leaving none behind. If he wasn’t afraid wearing sunglasses would be too conspicuous, he’d certainly be wearing them too.
Xingyue followed the direction Xiong Yun pointed and looked over. With just one look, she was stunned.
She didn’t know how to describe the feeling upon first seeing Xu Ke. It seemed that any word was redundant, inadequate. She only knew that when Xu Ke stood there, he held all the colors of the world.
This world was either black or white, and only the person wearing the blue suit carried color.
In Xingyue’s impression, those who could run such a big company were invariably older, especially older middle-aged men. Lustful yet shrewd, Xingyue was already apprehensive about dealing with people like that, and the thought of having to plot against them made her scalp numb. Never did she expect the person to be so young.
All of Xingyue’s reluctance dissipated instantly, and at the same time, she felt sympathy for Xu Ke. Secretly, Xingyue thought someone like Xu Ke, who seemed to strip the world of its colors, shouldn’t be schemed against in this way.
Xingyue glanced at Xiong Yun beside her with complex emotions, but Xiong Yun was entirely focused on Xu Ke, not noticing Xingyue’s gaze at all. Watching Xu Ke leave, Xiong Yun swiftly drove after him.
When Xu Ke parked at a hotel, Xiong Yun’s face showed disdain and contempt almost dripping off his face.
"Thought he was some impressive guy, but he’s just staying in a hotel doing shady stuff."
Listening to Xiong Yun’s sarcastic remarks, for the first time, Xingyue just wanted him to shut up.
Once again, Xingyue doubted her ability to judge people, unable to understand why she’d wasted several years of her youth and life’s prime on someone like this.