XYLFTL Chapter 28

Chapter 29

But Mother Shen and Father Shen didn’t know how upset Shen Xiaoyou was. She was constantly making calls, wanting to tell Anping that she was taking over the company and had so much to say.

However, Shen Xiaoyou knew that only by becoming strong could she easily find Anping.

Early the next morning, Shen Xiaoyou, dressed in formal attire, walked into the company with firm steps.

The sound of her high heels echoed, causing many people to look up. Most hadn’t seen Shen Xiaoyou before, and today they were shocked by her stunning beauty.

Shen Xiaoyou stepped into the conference room and sat in the executive director’s seat. The chairman’s seat was vacant, but many people coveted it.

Shen Xiaoyou scanned the room, looking at the senior directors, and said, “This position isn’t mine yet, but it’s not yours either. I believe many of you doubt my abilities. That’s okay, I’ll use time to prove myself.”

Although Shen Xiaoyou had never worked at the company, she had been influenced by her grandmother since childhood.

The senior executives exchanged glances after hearing this. Shen Xiaoyou said coldly, “You can say it out loud.”

One shareholder said, “Calling you ‘Little Shen’ is only out of respect for President Shen. But you’ve never worked from the bottom up, and you’re directly becoming the executive director. Everyone knows how much nepotism is involved.”

Shen Xiaoyou smiled slightly. “If you were a descendant of our family, you could do it too.”

The shareholder was speechless. What Shen Xiaoyou said was true; his family did have the conditions. Moreover, he had never heard of any bad habits from this Shen family’s daughter.

Having been the first to be embarrassed, no one else dared to question Shen Xiaoyou.

So they all shook their heads, indicating they had no objections.

Shen Xiaoyou dismissed the meeting. After leaving the conference room, Secretary Zhou came to greet Shen Xiaoyou to the office.

Shen Xiaoyou nodded.

Secretary Zhou was a young elite from her grandmother’s secretarial department. A large company couldn’t have just one, and her grandmother was worried about her, so she specifically arranged someone who wasn’t much older than her.

Shen Xiaoyou looked at Secretary Zhou, who wasn’t much older than her, and asked, “Secretary Zhou, how old are you this year?”

“Little Shen, I’m 35 this year,” Secretary Zhou replied.

Shen Xiaoyou nodded. “Very young, doesn’t look like it.”

Sitting in the office chair, Shen Xiaoyou asked, “What plans or projects does the company have recently? Bring them for me to see.”

Secretary Zhou immediately took a stack of documents from her arms and placed them in front of Shen Xiaoyou. “These are all of them.”

Shen Xiaoyou looked at the thick stack and thought: “Wow, it seems like even if I hadn’t asked, these were all prepared.”

“Oh well, it’s all for Anping,” Shen Xiaoyou comforted herself.

Shen Xiaoyou told Secretary Zhou to go back to her own work so she could digest the information.

After Secretary Zhou left, Shen Xiaoyou took a deep breath and began to carefully study the documents.

Secretary Zhou saw Shen Xiaoyou being so serious through the glass door and reported to Shen Ruolan: “President Shen, Little Shen took the initiative to ask me for the documents as soon as she arrived and is now reading them very seriously.”

Attached was a picture.

Shen Ruolan looked at the picture and smiled easily. She knew that Xiaoyou was capable. Among all the children, she only felt that Xiaoyou had this ability. Sure enough, love makes people grow up.

Anping was lying in the hospital, having just finished talking with Grandmother. She also learned from Grandmother that Shen Xiaoyou was already working at Shen Group.

Anping was relieved. Shen Xiaoyou should be like this, moving forward.

As she thought, Su Zixuan came, with her great-aunt following behind. Her great-aunt was a serious-looking but gentle old woman.

The old woman opened the lunchbox. Anping sat up and said, “Thank you, Great-Aunt.”

The great-aunt shook her head. “It’s no trouble. Seeing you, I feel a little familiar. It just so happens that I live nearby and don’t have much to do every day.”

“That’s right, Anping, just put your mind at ease,” Su Zixuan said.

The great-aunt said to Su Zixuan, “You should still go to the company more often to see what’s happening. I know you’re under pressure. If you can’t solve it, come find me. You need ability to have a future.”

Su Zixuan’s mood immediately dropped, but she forced herself to act as if nothing was wrong. Anping noticed everything. After the great-aunt left, Anping said to Zixuan, “Zixuan, if you’re too tired, take a rest. It’s okay, don’t think too much.”

“I know, it’s just that I’m so busy every day that I don’t have time to spend with Jiang Shixue. I miss her so much,” Su Zixuan said aggrievedly.

Anping couldn’t help but smile. “If Jiang Shixue knew, she would secretly be happy for a long time.”

Su Zixuan said, “Hmph, she definitely has to be happy. It would be a disservice to my hard work if she wasn’t happy.”

“Yes, yes, yes, she’ll definitely be happy and feel sorry for you,” Anping said.

Su Zixuan became cheerful again.

Anping smiled. She also missed Shen Xiaoyou very much, so much.

Su Zixuan noticed, “Are you really not going to tell Sister Xiaoyou? She’ll be very sad too, right?”

Anping lowered her head and didn’t speak. She wasn’t sure, and she didn’t dare to think about it.

Su Zixuan looked at Anping like this and patted her. “Rest early, I’ll go back first.”

Anping nodded and watched Su Zixuan leave.

Anping lay in bed and couldn’t help but overthink, thinking about many things.

She couldn’t control it. Seeing Su Zixuan being pressured like this by her family, she felt that Shen Xiaoyou must also have the same.

But Shen Xiaoyou had Slow Down bar, but because of herself, Shen Xiaoyou didn’t even go to Slow Down anymore.

Anping didn’t want to see Shen Xiaoyou like this. She loved her, and she only wanted her lover to move forward and not stay in place or retreat for her.

Anping admitted that this kind of thinking didn’t consider Shen Xiaoyou’s feelings, but if she told Shen Xiaoyou, she wouldn’t move forward either. She would only say, “Wait until you get better.”

Anping didn’t want her to wait. The more she thought about it, the sadder she became. Anping’s tears slowly flowed.

After crying, Anping lay down and gradually fell asleep.

Shen Xiaoyou finished reading the materials and it was already evening. After Shen Xiaoyou briefly summarized them, she said to Secretary Zhou, “Call a meeting tomorrow, notify everyone.”

Secretary Zhou nodded. “Okay, Little Shen, have a good evening.”

Shen Xiaoyou left the company and went to the small bar. Everything was still the same as before.

Going upstairs, Shen Xiaoyou could see Anping’s figure everywhere. After taking a shower, Shen Xiaoyou sipped a drink, looking at Anping’s photo, constantly asking in her heart: “Anping, where are you?”

A few more days passed, and Anping’s condition worsened. The doctor told Anping, and Anping nodded.

Then Anping asked the doctor, “Doctor, can I take medicine and treat at home?”

“You can, but your condition is a bit serious now,” the doctor said.

Anping nodded. “It’s okay, I want to be discharged and go home for treatment.”

“Then discuss it with your family,” the doctor said and left.

Anping heard Su Zixuan crying at the door in the morning because her parents told her not to keep running to the hospital, that the hospital had doctors, and that going once or twice a week was enough, not every day.

Su Zixuan had a big fight with her parents, and in the end, her great-aunt came to appease her.

Anping sent a message to Su Zixuan, took only medicine and two sets of clothes, and left.

Anping took a taxi to her rented house, an old, run-down place. Because her funds were limited, it was enough for now, but she didn’t know how long she would need treatment, so she was saving money.

After cleaning up briefly, Anping went out to buy some vegetables that could last, afraid of being discovered if she went out.

After seeing the message, Su Zixuan rushed to the hospital and found that Anping was gone.

She called, and Anping answered.

“Anping! Where are you now? At home?” Su Zixuan knew Anping couldn’t be at the Lin Family Residence.

Anping didn’t plan to hide it from them and directly gave the address.

Su Zixuan, along with Jiang Shixue and Xia Xing, arrived and said, “No, this is too small and cold. It’s better to live at my house.”

Anping refused. “Zixuan, I’m fine here.”

Su Zixuan was stunned, thinking about the phone call in the morning. Anping must have heard it and was afraid she would think too much, so she did this.

Su Zixuan lowered her head and didn’t speak.

Anping smiled at them.

Xia Xing said, “Okay, if you need anything, tell us. If you feel unwell, be sure to contact us quickly.”

“Okay~” Anping agreed with a smile.

“You swear, otherwise, we won’t let you live here,” Jiang Shixue said.

“I swear, if I need anything or feel unwell, I will first contact Su Zixuan, Jiang Shixue, and Xia Xing. Otherwise, I will be struck by lightning,” Anping said, word by word.

Xia Xing nodded in satisfaction. “Okay, then let’s have a meal here together. I’ll go out to buy things now.”

Jiang Shixue immediately followed her out.

Su Zixuan was left alone. She knew that the two of them were letting her and Anping have a good chat.

“Anping, I’m not going to listen to my parents. You can continue to stay in the hospital, and your condition is serious,” Su Zixuan said.

Anping shook her head. “Actually, I’ve wanted to move out for a long time. There’s no feeling of home or life in the hospital, and I have to wear hospital gowns all the time. I feel like I can’t breathe.”

Su Zixuan was stunned: she hadn’t thought about it, because it was already winter break, and Anping had been hospitalized for a long time.

“Then this place…” Su Zixuan looked around.

“Although it’s small, I can decorate it myself, wear my own clothes. It’s not like I can’t live on my own. I can move freely, just keep taking medicine,” Anping said.

Su Zixuan finally compromised, offering a bag of medicine. “If you don’t have enough medicine, tell me and I’ll go to the hospital to get it for you. Can we go for a check-up every two weeks?”

Anping nodded without any refusal.

“The four of us still want to travel together with our partners. You have to get better quickly,” Su Zixuan said.

“Of course, I’ll do it as soon as possible,” Anping said.

Before long, Jiang Shixue and Xia Xing also came. Because Anping no longer had a fever, they all happily cooked together.

After finishing, everyone took a group photo. Su Zixuan happily posted it on her social media.

Although there were four people in the picture, they clearly gave the center position to Anping. Anping had lost a lot of weight due to illness, but it made her appear even more aloof, and she smiled very gently.

Many classmates in the comments section wished Anping a speedy recovery. A friend of Shen Xiaoyou who had Su Zixuan’s WeChat saw it and sent the photo to Shen Xiaoyou.

“Xiaoyou, is the one in the middle your girlfriend? She’s really pretty. Why weren’t you at this gathering?” Shen Xiaoyou’s friend asked.

The moment Shen Xiaoyou saw the photo, she was so excited that tears were about to come out.

She still replied to her friend first: “It’s their dorm gathering, what would I go for?”

Shen Xiaoyou felt that they hadn’t broken up.

Shen Xiaoyou looked at Anping in the photo, so thin that it made her heart ache, but seeing her surrounded by friends, she felt a lot more relieved.

But Anping, why can everyone know where you are, but I can’t?

Although Shen Xiaoyou was sad, she felt that Anping must have her own reasons.

After saving the photo, she entered work mode.