Capítulo 1663: Chapter 1662: Dismissal
“Xiaoxiao said that?”
Madam ng looked at her son’s proud expression and instinctively frowned.
With a smile, ng Ke nodded, “Yeah, so you don’t have to worry about Xiaoxiao getting angry. Xiaoxiao isn’t that petty.”
“I think if Xiaoxiao got angry, it would at least prove she cares about you. No woman likes other won coveting the man she likes.”
Madam ng’s face showed slight displeasure, “Her not getting angry only demonstrates one thing. Bai Xiaoxiao doesn’t like you that much. Son, if you really want to be with her, listen to your mother and marry her soon.”
“Mom, you’re overthinking it.”
ng Ke disagreed with his mother’s words.
“What hasn’t your mom seen? If Bai Xiaoxiao cared about you, would she be unwilling to marry you and not get jealous seeing other won admire you?”
Madam ng, questioned by her son, coldly turned her face with displeasure.
Seeing her anger, ng Ke calmly explained, “Mom, not every girl likes to be jealous. Xiaoxiao isn’t angry because she trusts . If she didn’t care, she wouldn’t have co to the airport to pick up, or have dinner with and imdiately send back to rest.”
Next to them, Li Shi Yao was happily admiring her gift, too absorbed to chi in.
Seeing ng Ke reaching for his luggage, she hurriedly looked up and giggled, “Auntie, I think Sister Xiaoxiao is just generous, not bothered by Xu Wanqi. Cousin, I support you.”
ng Ke chuckled and said to Madam ng, “Mom, I’m going upstairs to rest now.” He picked up his luggage and went upstairs.
“Auntie, don’t be upset. There’s a reason cousin likes Sister Xiaoxiao so much.”
Feeling sorry to see Madam ng sulking on the sofa, Li Shi Yao set down her gift and moved to her side, softly comforting her.
“What reason?”
Madam ng glanced at Li Shi Yao.
In her eyes, her son is undoubtedly the best man in the world. She thought it was entirely Xiaoxiao’s fortune that ng Ke liked Bai Xiaoxiao and was so devoted to her.
Li Shi Yao chuckled, wrapped her arm around Madam ng’s, and said, “Auntie, think about it. Even though Xu Wanqi likes cousin so much, he doesn’t like her because you ntioned before you wanted him to find soone of equal standing, right?”
Madam ng frowned but said nothing.
Li Shi Yao continued, “Sister Xiaoxiao is different. Not only does her family own a company, but she also has a broad network in G City. Companies like Haochen Group, Wen’s Pharmaceutical Factory, and Kangning Hospital are all well-known there.”
Madam ng pondered Li Shi Yao’s words, finding so logic, and her frown slightly eased.
Seeing the effect, Li Shi Yao seized the opportunity, “In the future, after cousin and Sister Xiaoxiao get married, the developnt of the travel agency will definitely improve. All these intricate connections will greatly help cousin’s career.”
“I usually think you’re such a silly girl, but I didn’t expect you to analyze the situation.”
Madam ng was finally amused by Li Shi Yao.
“I just didn’t want Auntie to be angry, worried it might affect your health?”
Li Shi Yao quickly flattered her.
“If Bai Xiaoxiao weren’t a wealthy family’s daughter, suitable for ng Ke, how could his father and I let him wait for her?”
If she were like Xu Wanqi, coming from a similar background, Madam ng would have probably broken them up long ago, let alone personally cooked.
Upstairs, ng Ke showered and prepared to sleep, but suddenly rembered sothing and picked up his phone from the bedside table.
He browsed the call log, staring at a certain number for about a minute, then dialed it.
A mont later, a gentle female voice ca through from the other end, “Hello, Senior.”
ng Ke’s brow furrowed and his expression darkened.
“You’re ho, right?”
ng Ke’s words were a bit stiff, rely a way to start the conversation, not out of genuine concern for Xu Wanqi.
But the other party took his words as concern.
“Senior, I got ho a while ago. I just showered and was getting ready for bed.”
“Didn’t you say you couldn’t let your arm get wet?”
ng Ke heard this, his brow tightened further, and his doubts slipped out.
“Senior, I didn’t get the wound wet, just washed with one hand. Don’t worry, my wound is fine.”
Whether intentionally or not, Xu Wanqi insisted on explaining her bathing, and when she ntioned ‘showering’, there was a faint hint of shyness.
ng Ke, being a businessman, even if he wasn’t experienced in romance, could detect that subtle bashfulness in Xu Wanqi’s words.
When he spoke again, his voice was a bit colder, “Over the years, you haven’t had a proper vacation. Now you’re injured. Though you’re not entirely to bla this ti, it might make others unhappy. You should rest and recover at ho. I’ll let the finance departnt know. When you’re healed, we’ll settle your salary, and I’ll ensure you’re paid according to your tenure…”
“Senior, are you firing ?”
Before ng Ke could finish, he was interrupted by the shocked and sorrowful voice of Xu Wanqi on the phone.
“Wanqi, you’re no longer suitable to stay at the travel agency.” ng Ke’s words were out now, leaving nothing more to hide.
Based on Xu Wanqi’s attitude towards Bai Xiaoxiao at the airport, he simply couldn’t tolerate her staying by his side anymore.
“Think it over. Let know if you want to find any work.”
After a two-second pause, with no response from Xu Wanqi, ng Ke added.
On the phone, there ca the sound of a sob.
ng Ke’s expression changed subtly.
The sobbing quietly seeped into his ears, yet on the other end, Xu Wanqi said nothing, as if trying hard to suppress her sadness.
The sobbing continued for a full half-minute before Xu Wanqi’s aggrieved and choked voice was heard, “Senior, do you rember what you said back then?”
“Wanqi, consider it a broken promise from your senior. I can help you find another job.”
ng Ke rembered, he once said as long as she wanted to stay at the travel agency, he would never drive her away.
“I don’t want another job. I just want you to fulfill your original promise. Senior, I know why you’re driving away. Isn’t it all because of that Bai Xiaoxiao?”
**
Bai Xiaoxiao woke up refreshed from a nap.
She opened her eyes, and it was already four in the afternoon.
When Bai Xiaoxiao went downstairs, only the housekeeper was tidying up the cups on the coffee table in the living room.
“Auntie, where’s my mom?”
The housekeeper looked up at Bai Xiaoxiao with a smiling face, “Madam received a call earlier and went out.”
Bai Xiaoxiao walked over, took a big bite of an apple, and asked, “My dad hasn’t co back yet?”
“No, Miss, oh yes, Mister Xiao ca to see you just now.”
Bai Xiaoxiao’s eyebrows knitted slightly, “Xiao Yuting?”
“Yes, he ca when you were asleep, sat for a while, and left when Madam had to go out.”
Bai Xiaoxiao’s eyes scanned the cups she was tidying up, responding with a faint “oh.”
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