ACBNHTS Chapter 4

Chapter 4: The State of Love-Addled Brains: Each Has Its Own Peculiarity

Chapter 4: The State of Love-Addled Brains: Each Has Its Own Peculiarity

On Monday, the big boss of the acquiring company finally showed up.

Dressed in a suit and leather shoes, he led a large group of shrewd and capable people, walking into the conference room with great fanfare.

Sheng Yiguang didn’t see it, but Sun Mo did.

“If you knew, you’d think they were here to acquire us; if you didn’t, you’d think the mafia was coming to fight.”

The entire company was in a state of high tension all morning, and Sheng Yiguang was also a little nervous.

In the afternoon, the general manager walked into the office area with a list.

Sun Mo sidled up to Sheng Yiguang.

“See that? The death list.”

“I see it.”

“A catastrophic disaster is 30 seconds away from arriving on the scene.”

The general manager began to read the list of layoffs with a blank expression.

Sheng Yiguang’s department was the design department, a core position, and the layoff list was only a few lines long. When he reached the end, the general manager looked a little pained.

“Sheng Yiguang.”

The department was instantly silent.

Sheng Yiguang’s mind went blank.

Sun Mo couldn’t believe it. “General Manager, are you mistaken? How could it be Sheng Yiguang? Are you laying off from the aorta?”

“The list was given by the higher-ups.”

The implication was, if you have a score to settle, don’t settle it with him.

As soon as the manager left, the people in the office began to whisper.

“How could they fire Sheng Yiguang?”

“What else could it be? Sheng Yiguang’s ability is undeniable, but he must have done something that the higher-ups didn’t like, so he got fired.”

The speaker didn’t control his volume, deliberately saying it for Sheng Yiguang and the entire office to hear.

He and Sheng Yiguang were at odds.

He had previously taken a fancy to a wealthy heiress from a collaborating company.

But she liked Sheng Yiguang’s type and said some things about how he couldn’t compare to Sheng Yiguang in any way.

He unilaterally harbored a grudge against Sheng Yiguang.

The entire design department knew about this.

Therefore, no one responded to his words, treating them like farts.

“When we won the PixelDawn co-branding rights, I already had my suspicions. A small employee being able to win such a big IP must have paid a price that ordinary people couldn’t pay. Otherwise, why wouldn’t his child’s mother want to be with him?”

Sun Mo slammed the table and stood up. “Zhang Yang, stop spouting nonsense here!”

Zhang Yang said in a drawn-out tone, “It’s just a guess, why are you in such a hurry?”

Sun Mo: “You call that a guess? That’s slander! I see your dark circles are heavy, I guess you run out to moonlight as a male prostitute every night, would you be happy with that?”

“Pfft.”

Someone couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“Don’t say it, you really shouldn’t say it, Sun Mo has a point.”

Someone else spoke up, “Zhang Yang, could it be true? Your dark circles don’t look like the same kind as ours night owls.”

Zhang Yang was besieged and shut his mouth in frustration.

Sheng Yiguang: “I’ll go ask the manager.”

His younger brother with a heart condition was waiting for him; he couldn’t suddenly be fired.

Sun Mo: “Okay.”

Sheng Yiguang wasn’t the only one going to the manager.

The manager’s office was noisy at the moment, with everyone demanding an explanation.

The general manager didn’t have a good face for anyone else who came to inquire. But to Sheng Yiguang, the general manager hinted to him, had he offended someone recently.

Sheng Yiguang had a flash of inspiration. “What’s the name of the person who came to acquire us?”

“I don’t know the name, I only know the surname is Pei.”

Sheng Yiguang was stunned.

After that day, he and Pei Du had no contact, as if they had once again disappeared into the vast sea of people.

Sheng Yiguang didn’t want to contact him again.

But it had only been a little over a week, and they had met again.

He even used his authority to fire him.

A faint death wish and a strong murderous intent appeared on Sheng Yiguang at the same time.

“Has General Manager Pei left?”

“Not yet, he’s on the fifth floor. But, you won’t be able to see him.”

“I’ll go try.”

Sheng Yiguang went up and proceeded unimpeded. Even Pei Du’s secretary led the way for him, bringing him to the conference room.

The windows were bright and clean, and those deep, dark eyes once again crashed into Sheng Yiguang’s.

The anger subsided.

Because of guilt, he didn’t dare to lose his temper.

Sheng Yiguang calmed himself down and walked in.

Pei Du leaned back in his chair, lazy and tired.

“Something the matter?”

Sheng Yiguang spoke politely, “General Manager Pei, I would like to ask, what is the reason for firing me?”

Pei Du’s lips curled up, as if he found his question very ridiculous, and he leisurely asked him, “In what capacity are you questioning me?”

“Company employee, core of the design department.”

“Then you’re not qualified.”

Sheng Yiguang held back and changed his words, “Then, as your ex-boyfriend.”

Pei Du raised his eyebrows, “Aren’t we classmates?”

Sheng Yiguang: “…”

He took a deep breath, “If it’s because of what happened four years ago, then I…”

Pei Du smiled noncommittally, “What are you going to do?”

Sheng Yiguang lowered his eyes, and his momentum weakened, pleading.

“I apologize to you, please be merciful. Give me a month, I’ll leave on my own. If you fire me, it will be a little difficult to find the next job.”

The smile on Pei Du’s face disappeared, and he threw a document in front of him, his tone sounding unpleasant.

“Because you have engaged in deceptive behavior towards the company. Your information states that you are unmarried, but I heard that you have a son.”

Sheng Yiguang froze.

Indeed, many people misunderstood the relationship between Sheng Yiguang and Sheng Tong. Only Sun Mo knew that Sheng Tong was his younger brother.

He didn’t explain.

Firstly, there was no need, and secondly, it blocked romantic advances.

But he didn’t expect this to become the reason for his dismissal.

Sheng Yiguang retorted, “Can’t you have children if you’re not married?”

Pei Du laughed in anger.

“You got a girl pregnant, didn’t marry her, didn’t take responsibility, and you still think it’s glorious? Does your child know that your private life is chaotic and you’re acting as a bottom outside?”

“You want to dump the one you like, you also want to dump the one you slept with, and you still want to dump the one who gave birth to your child. Do you just like doing things that abandon others?”

The unexpected mention of what happened that year instantly froze the air.

The pain that had been smoothed over for many years tore open the scab of the wound at this moment.

Covered in fresh blood.

It turned out that it had never healed.

“Get out.”

Pei Du’s voice was terribly cold, and he was probably going to lose his temper in the next second.

Sheng Yiguang didn’t dare to add fuel to the fire and left the office.

–

Not long after Sheng Yiguang left, the door of the conference room opened again.

“Is he gone? Why are you smoking?”

Zhao Xicai walked to Pei Du’s side and looked into the ashtray.

Wow!

A person who usually doesn’t smoke a single cigarette, this is the third one!

“Did you ask clearly? Who’s the child’s mother?”

“They’re not married.”

Zhao Xicai secretly typed a 6.

He was Pei Du’s college roommate.

No one knew the love story between Pei Du and Sheng Yiguang better than him.

After all, during the year when Pei Du’s love-addled brain was at its worst, he could lament eight hundred times a day that his wife was the cutest in the world.

While saying that, he didn’t forget to warn, don’t even think about his friend’s wife, not even a glance.

Zhao Xicai asked, “What are you going to do now? You fired him, cutting off someone’s financial resources is like murdering their parents.”

“Why do you think they didn’t get married?”

Zhao Xicai thought to himself: How would I know.

“I advise you to find a reason to give him his job back.”

Pei Du didn’t speak.

Zhao Xicai was still persuading, “I think his clothes and appearance show that he hasn’t been doing well these years. You don’t want him to suffer, do you?”

Pei Du snuffed out the cigarette in his hand and said something out of the blue.

“Having a child is pretty good too.”

Zhao Xicai: Huh?

What does that mean?

Pei Du was silent.

Zhao Xicai: …

Speak! Love-addled brain!

Pei Du opened the door and left.

Zhao Xicai: …

Damn it!

The state of your love-addled brains is really peculiar in its own way.