It was the rush hour for work, and there were many colleagues going in and out of the building. Ye Yanxi stood uneasily to one side.
Given her current relationship with He Zhenhua, she didn't want the outside world to know about it for the time being. Moreover, she hadn't even acknowledged He Zhenhua as her father yet, so naturally she didn't want her colleagues to find out.
So Ye Yanxi walked towards the less - crowded corner, so that the passing colleagues wouldn't keep looking at her curiously.
Seeing Ye Yanxi move aside, He Zhenhua naturally followed closely.
"I seem to have said..." Ye Yanxi stopped, squinting at He Zhenhua with a cold look on her face. "Don't come looking for me again."
He of course remembered what she had said. However, He Zhenhua had heard that Jiang Pinzhen and Ye Yanxi had already recognized each other, so he had rushed over to find her.
At first, he went to the hospital. But when he got there, he found that Ye Yanxi had already left, and Jiang Ye wouldn't let him see Jiang Pinzhen.
After leaving the hospital, he thought that Ye Yanxi would always go to work, so he waited for her downstairs of the Xiao Group every day.
He waited like this for several days. During the commuting hours, he would go downstairs in person to wait for Ye Yanxi. At other times, he would have someone stand guard there and inform him as soon as Ye Yanxi arrived at the company.
But after waiting for several days, he never bumped into Ye Yanxi at the company. He came here today on a whim, and unexpectedly saw Ye Yanxi walking in through the door at a glance.
He couldn't wait to go up to her. Even though Ye Yanxi was cold - spoken and gave him a bad look, he didn't care at all.
After all, Ye Yanxi was his biological daughter. This blood - related bond could never be changed. They had been separated for sixteen years and now she was back.
Now that his own daughter was right in front of him, he would never give up. After all, she was the only blood - related relative he had in this world. No matter how much Ye Yanxi disliked him, he didn't care.
"Xiaoxi, I know you must hate me now."
"Since you know it well, why do you still come?" Ye Yanxi frowned impatiently. "You know how much trouble your actions have brought to my life and work."
"Xiaoxi, I heard..." He Zhenhua's voice was a bit excited, and then he asked, "You've already recognized Pinzhen... right?"
After saying that, his eyes were filled with expectation and joy.
"Yes."
"Then..." He Zhenhua was overjoyed and was about to continue, but was coldly interrupted by Ye Yanxi.
"You might be overthinking. The reason I recognized Mom is just a matter between the two of us. It has nothing to do with others." Ye Yanxi reminded him coldly. "Mom and I are living a good life now. We don't want others to interfere."
Hearing this, He Zhenhua's eyes dimmed a bit.
"Xiaoxi, I know you've never forgiven me. But since you've cleared up the misunderstanding with Mom, then..." He Zhenhua's tone was almost pleading. "Can you try to forgive me just once and give me a chance to make up for the harm you've suffered before?"
"Mr. He, some things that have happened may still have a chance to be made up for, but some things can never be mended. Once you make a mistake, it's a mistake. Let the past be the past." Ye Yanxi sighed.
"No!" He Zhenhua excitedly grabbed Ye Yanxi's hand, his voice trembling. "Our family has finally reunited after sixteen years. There must be a chance. In the future, I will definitely try my best to make up for my previous mistakes and let our family live a happy life. Okay, Xiaoxi?"
His trembling hands showed how nervous He Zhenhua was at this moment.
But if he had known this earlier, why did he act like that before?
Jiang Pinzhen was different from He Zhenhua. At that time, Jiang Pinzhen was completely kept in the dark and was deceived into abandoning Ye Yanxi, while He Zhenhua personally planned this.
Although He Zhenhua was also instigated by his elder brother, it was his own fault that he didn't trust Jiang Pinzhen or Ye Yanxi at that time.
He had deceived Jiang Pinzhen for so many years and abandoned Ye Yanxi for sixteen years. Now that he knew the truth, he came to plead for their forgiveness. No, she couldn't do it.
Looking at He Zhenhua in front of her, Ye Yanxi only thought his words were so hypocritical.
Thinking of He Zhenhua's attitude towards her before, how he had been eager to keep her away from the He family and coldly ordered her to stay away from Jiang Pinzhen, what was he thinking at that time?
Now he was coming to beg for forgiveness.
Maybe for a moment, her heart had softened a bit. He Zhenhua would wait for her downstairs of the company every day, and he looked much older than before. With his soft - spoken pleas, she might have been touched.
But after going through so many things, she was no longer the soft - hearted and cowardly Ye Yanxi. She didn't want to make herself feel uncomfortable and wronged just to satisfy others.
So when He Zhenhua excitedly grabbed her hand and admitted his mistakes, Ye Yanxi simply and coldly shook off his hand. "Mr. He, please respect yourself. I have nothing to do with you now. It's easy for others to misunderstand if they see us, thinking that there's an ambiguous relationship between us."
Hearing this, He Zhenhua retracted his hand awkwardly.
"Xiaoxi, I can't lose you, and I can't lose Pinzhen..."
"No." Ye Yanxi said coldly. "You've always only thought about yourself. It's your selfishness that has driven away the closest people around you."
"No, it's not like that."
"What I said is the truth."
"Xiaoxi, what do I have to do for you to forgive me?"
"How can I forgive you?" Ye Yanxi mocked with a curl of her lips. "Back then, you kept saying that you couldn't lose Mom and me, but what did you do in private? You so selfishly decided that Mom had betrayed you. You would rather believe your elder brother than your own wife. Now I'm actually grateful to you back then for not being so cold - blooded as to drive me to a dead end."
"I... I was just confused back then." He Zhenhua opened his mouth and tried to explain in vain.
"You're just selfish. You only cared about your own interests and never thought about Mom's and my feelings. If you had thought about us a little bit back then, you wouldn't have brought back an imposter. Mom and I almost got killed by her."
"Xiaoxi, it's not like that. Please listen to me."
"You just keep making excuses. I don't want to listen at all." Ye Yanxi sighed. "Now Mom and I are both safe. Maybe it's God's blessing. I've also found my own happiness. So, let the past be the past. I won't dwell on it anymore. If you really hope I'm happy, don't come and bother me anymore."
"Xiaoxi, it was my fault. I admit it all. Now I regret treating you like that so much. About the past..." He Zhenhua paused. "I think even if I admit my mistakes, you won't forgive me. But I will try my best to make up for it."
Ye Yanxi impatiently glanced at her phone. It was almost time for work.
"I'm about to start work. That's it for now. Don't come looking for me again in the future. I will never forgive you."
After saying that, Ye Yanxi left and walked towards the elevator.
When she got to the Business Department, Ye Yanxi was still a bit upset because of He Zhenhua's visit.
While she was working, A Su next to her knocked on the glass partition in the middle. Ye Yanxi turned her head and saw A Su looking at her dejectedly.
That look was simply full of reluctance.
"I heard you're resigning and will leave the company in a few days, right?"
"Yeah!" Ye Yanxi nodded. "School is about to start soon, so I want to prepare in advance. Hasn't the company recruited a few new Italian translators recently? I'll leave after I finish handing over my work."
"Alas, it's really a pity!" A Su sighed. "Once you're gone, I don't know who to talk to in the future. I don't know when I'll see you again."
"It's not that exaggerated. You make it sound like a permanent farewell. I can come back to the company to visit when I have a chance."
However, in urban life, once colleagues leave the company, most of their contacts will fade. After all, although they work in the same office, their life circles are different, so their relationships aren't that close. After leaving, they often become polite strangers.
Ye Yanxi hadn't been to the company for several days, so the two Italian translators didn't know her.
After getting acquainted with them for a whole morning, they finally knew that Ye Yanxi was a former translator. They also heard that she wasn't even graduated yet, while they were both master's degree holders and naturally older than Ye Yanxi. So they were quite incredulous that such a young girl could get into a big enterprise like the Xiao Group.
Maybe they thought they were older and more experienced than Ye Yanxi, so they were quite arrogant and didn't take the initiative to hand over the work with her.
Ye Yanxi, on the other hand, had prepared some hand - over materials and went to find them in person.
But as soon as she walked up to them, one of them said arrogantly and mockingly, "I wonder which high - level executive's backdoor you went through to get into the company?"