Sheng Yan's face stiffened for a couple of seconds. Then he got up, grabbed the empty soda can on the table and threw it at Assistant Qi. "Qi Zhicheng, are you looking for a beating?!"
Assistant Qi was not one to back down. He picked up the water on the table and splashed it on Sheng Yan. "Can't you even take a bit of teasing? Are you even a man?"
It seemed the two were about to start brawling. Their colleagues quickly stepped forward to hold them back. From afar, Feng Qing saw a group of people huddled together, shouting and making a ruckus.
As she got closer, she realized that Sheng Yan and Assistant Qi were about to fight while others were trying to stop them. When they saw her coming, the commotion subsided. Especially Sheng Yan, who had been shouting the loudest, almost instantly wilted and didn't dare to make another peep.
After Feng Qing sat down, someone quickly cleared the table and set out new bowls and chopsticks in front of her. Sheng Yan didn't dare to look at her, and Assistant Qi was tidying up his appearance. She simply ate a bit to fill her stomach before asking, "Does anyone want to explain to me what just happened?"
The people from the marketing department glanced at each other, and no one dared to speak.
Seeing that everyone chose to stay silent, Feng Qing had to name someone to answer. "Assistant Qi, you tell me what just happened."
Assistant Qi rubbed his nose, still up to his tricks. "Maybe Assistant Sheng would be a better person to answer this question. Why don't you ask Assistant Sheng?"
"Then you tell me, Sheng Yan."
Sheng Yan folded his arms, gave a heavy snort, turned his head away, and refused to speak with an angry look on his face.
"I'll double the bonus for whoever tells me what happened."
Assistant Qi was the first to speak up. "If that's the case, I can tell you."
For a moment, the other colleagues present all looked a bit regretful. After Assistant Qi retold what had just happened, he didn't forget to comfort the employees on Feng Qing's behalf. "I'll treat you all to afternoon tea when we get back to the company."
Feng Qing never expected that Sheng Yan would get so angry and fight with Assistant Qi over such a thing. Even until just now, she didn't know that Assistant Qi was like this in private. She had thought that Assistant Qi was as serious and boring as he seemed at work.
After the gathering ended, Feng Qing asked Sheng Yan and Assistant Qi to stay. "Anyway, Sheng Yan was in the wrong for starting the fight first. I'll apologize to you on his behalf."
"I don't need it!" Sheng Yan had no intention of apologizing. Even if Feng Qing was apologizing for him, he still refused.
Feng Qing glared at him and told him to keep quiet. She wanted to solve the problem between her and Assistant Qi first.
"Assistant Qi, since there are no outsiders here, could you tell me why you know about my past with Sheng Yan?"
She simply didn't believe that someone who knew nothing about her past with Sheng Yan would say such things. The only reason he could say that was because he knew their past.
Assistant Qi looked innocent and shrugged to deny. "Believe it or not, I definitely didn't go to dig into your past. I said that because his reaction was so abnormal."
Assistant Qi pointed at Sheng Yan and laughed. "He lowered himself to come to Fengxing and was inexplicably hostile towards me. It's hard not to suspect his feelings for you."
"Of course, finding out about your past was purely an accident."
Assistant Qi glanced at Sheng Yan and continued to say to Feng Qing, "I really didn't know about your past before. One day, the chairman mentioned to me that your boyfriend before you went abroad had the same name as him. It was a strange coincidence."
"That's how I guessed it was him. I didn't mean to invade your privacy. But at that time, the colleagues from the marketing department were looking at you like wolves eyeing meat. I had to bring you up."
Assistant Qi looked calm and self - satisfied. Sheng Yan was so angry that he wanted to jump up and punch him, but since Feng Qing was watching, he couldn't do it.
"Then I really should thank you for helping me out!"
"You're welcome."
"You...!" Sheng Yan gritted his teeth and pointed at Assistant Qi. He looked at Feng Qing, hoping she would say something for him, but Feng Qing remained unmoved.
"What Assistant Qi said is the truth. You started the fight, and it was really your fault." Feng Qing looked at Sheng Yan and showed no intention of speaking up for him. "Moreover, you really should manage your emotions and actions better. Don't do or say things that might lead to misunderstandings."
Compared to Sheng Yan's irritability, Feng Qing seemed much colder and more rational. She was always like this, always high and mighty, making Sheng Yan's "deep affection" seem stupid and cheap.
She stood up, put down the cup in her hand, and said, "Sheng Yan, come with me. I have something to tell you."
Before leaving, Sheng Yan didn't forget to glare at Assistant Qi and then angrily followed Feng Qing.
"Sheng Yan, I hope you can understand me. I need your help to handle the company's affairs better. You're the only one I trust now. With my father away, I only believe that you won't betray me."
The evening breeze blew Feng Qing's hair. Under the lights of the mountain resort, the light in her eyes remained steady.
Sheng Yan's annoyance just now was quickly dispelled by Feng Qing's words. It seemed that only at this moment could he feel Feng Qing's true feelings.
Her trust and dependence made him feel that she was a real person.
But her purpose was just to stop him from being angry about what happened just now.
Although Sheng Yan wasn't as angry as before, he still felt stuffy in his heart. "You're so reluctant to admit our past and never mention it in front of me, but then you tell me you need me at a time like this. Feng Qing, I really don't understand you."
What was he? And what was their past?
"Maybe."
Maybe Sheng Yan really didn't know her well. How well could one know a person in just two months?
She was indeed a bit worried that Sheng Yan might think too much because of her scolding just now, but her trust and need for him were real.
Soon, she changed her expression and became cold again. "Believe it or not, what I just said was the truth. And I also hope that we can be more professional in our work from now on. Don't let unnecessary things affect our work state, and don't give others any chance to misunderstand."
She could always say such sharp words so coldly. Sheng Yan laughed at himself. She didn't love him five years ago, and now, five years later, she wanted to deprive him of the right to recall the past.
"Feng Qing, you'll surely be punished for your cold - heartedness over the years."
Feng Qing looked at him and calmly smiled. "Maybe." She yawned and turned towards the dormitory. "I'm sleepy. Good night."
Sheng Yan saw Feng Qing's back as she walked away again. He didn't follow. Suddenly, he saw a shooting star across the sky.
For the first time after being separated from Feng Qing for so long, he didn't wish to see Feng Qing again, nor did he expect that Feng Qing still loved him.
For the first time, he had an urge to wish that Feng Qing would be punished for her cold - heartedness over the years.
"God, if you can really see, let Feng Qing be punished a bit."
Making a wish on a shooting star was something only kids would believe in. Sheng Yan made such a wish precisely because he knew it would never come true.
It wasn't until he received Feng Qing's call in the middle of the night that he realized how stupid he had been.