Feng Qing was in a complete mess, her mind too chaotic to think rationally. When she heard Assistant Qi say this, she was even slow to react. "What do you mean?"
"Sheng Yan is no ordinary person. Only you know the reason behind his deception. And you can take advantage of this deception. Use it to minimize the harm to yourself and get what you want."
Feng Qing finally understood what he meant. Since Sheng Yan had deceived her, she could deceive him in return.
Mutual deception, mutual harm.
"But..."
"There's no 'but'." Assistant Qi calmly advised her, looking as mature as an elder. "No businessman would show weakness to their opponent. If you can't accept Sheng Yan's deception, then pay him back in the same way he hurt you."
After hanging up the phone, Feng Qing was extremely dejected. Over the years, it seemed that she had only grown older but not wiser. Her father even had to worry about such things for her.
Feng Qing, you're such a useless person!
She locked herself at home for a few days. During this period, she only answered one call from Assistant Qi. After asking him to help handle some company matters, she refused to answer anyone else's calls.
She drew all the curtains at home, unable to tell whether it was day or night. Too lazy to turn on the lights, she just sat in the corner in a daze.
She reflected on her growth over the years. Everything had gone smoothly, and she had been inexplicably confident. That was why it was so hard for her to accept this situation.
And then there was Sheng Yan.
Since they reunited, although Sheng Yan had been awkward and contradictory, she had believed that he would surely help her. She had thought that Sheng Yan was the one who would never betray her, and she had trusted him more than Qi Zhicheng.
Maybe he had never forgotten her coldness back then, which was why he had started to take revenge on her not long after he came back into her life.
On one hand, he said he still missed her, but on the other hand, he secretly bought shares in the company while claiming to miss her.
Sheng Yan.
Sheng Yan.
Whom could she trust?
When Feng Qing went to visit Feng Shengyang, she looked haggard. Her energy was low, and the forced smile on her face made her look even more worn - out.
Feng Shengyang didn't expect this news to hit Feng Qing so hard. In just a few days, she had changed so much.
Feng Qing laughed and then started to cry. If she hadn't been so useless, her father wouldn't have had to receive such bad news in the hospital.
"Sorry, Dad. It's all because I'm so useless that I let the wolf into the house and caused this situation." Feng Qing hung her head, feeling extremely frustrated. "But I just don't understand why he did this to me."
Feng Shengyang stroked her hand, full of pity.
His wife had passed away early, and Feng Qing had been raised by him, a rough - edged man.
He had taught Feng Qing how to have fun, how to be carefree, and how to be'selfish'...
He had taught Feng Qing everything, except how to love.
He thought that the emotion of love probably needed a mother to teach. Unfortunately, her mother had passed away before Feng Qing grew up.
The absence of her mother and his own incompetence had led to Feng Qing's current personality.
"It's Dad's fault. I didn't teach you how to protect your heart." Thinking of his late wife, Feng Shengyang felt even more sad. "Anyway, Dad is here." "I've also seen things about the company more clearly. Even if I'm no longer the chairman of Fengxing, I've earned enough money over the years for us to travel around the world without a care in the world for the rest of our lives."
"Dad!" Feng Qing knew that her father was just trying to comfort her. She knew very well how important Fengxing was to her father. It was the lifelong effort of their family. If they were to give it away so easily, how could they face themselves in the future?
"Don't worry, Dad. I'll grow for the sake of the company."
Feng Shengyang realized that he couldn't persuade Feng Qing, so he had to give up. Although on the surface, she couldn't accept Sheng Yan's deception, in fact, all her anger stemmed from the fact that Sheng Yan was targeting the company.
Noticing where her emotions lay, Feng Shengyang simply stopped talking about the past relationship between Feng Qing and Sheng Yan.
Feng Qing was dejected for almost a week. Before deciding to go back to the company, she received a call from Sheng Yan.
"Don't say I didn't warn you, General Manager, who keeps saying the company is so important to you. You haven't been to the company for a week."
Feng Qing's face remained expressionless, and she replied to him coldly, "I thought Fengxing already belonged to the Sheng family by now."
"You don't need to sarcasme me. These little tricks won't make me angry. Instead of thinking about how to make me uncomfortable with your words, you'd better think about how to keep Fengxing in the Feng family."
Feng Qing was so angry that she hung up the phone directly. She didn't want to hear Sheng Yan's voice at all.
Even though she didn't see Sheng Yan's expression, she could tell from his tone that he was in a bad mood. He no longer had that youthful frivolity.
It seemed that only on this day did she finally understand what kind of person Sheng Yan, who had achieved great success in Shengshi, really was.
Feng Qing didn't continue to wallow in self - pity. She quickly returned to the company.
Assistant Qi came to see her first. While going over the previous work, he advised her to take it easy.
"You just need to take things like this calmly. In the business world, things like this happen almost every day. The undefeated myth is always just a minority."
Feng Qing was extremely speechless about Assistant Qi's half - hearted consolation. Who would comfort someone like that? It was better not to say anything at all.
Really.
"Assistant Qi, instead of comforting me, you might as well think about whether you should consider changing jobs."
Assistant Qi wasn't angry at her retort. Instead, he joked with her, "Can't you wish me well in starting my own business at a time like this? Being a boss is definitely better than being an assistant."
Feng Qing rolled her eyes and drove Assistant Qi out. Everything was just making her suffer all day long.
As soon as Assistant Qi left, Sheng Yan showed up.
"Looks like your mood has improved a lot. Good. Get ready.陪 me to a dinner tonight."
Feng Qing glared at him coldly. "I'm not going."
Sheng Yan's expression was cold, and there was no warmth in his eyes. Hearing her refusal, his steps, which were already heading out, suddenly stopped. "If you don't want Fengxing to end up in ruins in your hands, don't make such pointless resistance."
Feng Qing was so angry that she couldn't speak. She could only go to the dinner as Sheng Yan's female companion with a sour face.
Every time she refused Sheng Yan's touch, he would threaten her with the company, forcing her to accept his touch and act like a loving couple in front of everyone.
Sheng Yan knew that she didn't want Fengxing to go under, so he kept making her endure the humiliation and cooperate with his act.
At the end of the dinner, Feng Qing didn't even want to go home with Sheng Yan. But Sheng Yan still threatened her with the company, forcing her to take the same car with him.
"It's really rare to see such an expression on your face."
Both of them had drunk, so they hired a driver. They were both sitting in the back seat. Feng Qing kept tugging impatiently at the edge of her skirt and her coat because she didn't want to have any contact with Sheng Yan.
"Rare? You won't think so later, because you'll see this expression many more times, you despicable villain!"
Feng Qing had never thought that she and Sheng Yan would end up like this. Sheng Yan's actions made her so angry and irritated that she couldn't help scolding him.
Especially when he threatened her with the company so many times and even took advantage of her at the dinner just now!
If it weren't for the company's reputation and her not wanting to fall out with Sheng Yan in front of so many people, she would have slapped him several times just now.
Sheng Yan seemed completely oblivious to her disgust. He reached out his big hand, put it around her shoulder, and pulled her towards him.
Feng Qing was pulled into his chest and held tightly so that she couldn't move. "You'd better be on guard against me, this despicable villain, because soon, you'll be working for me."
Sheng Yan looked down at her and laughed, but it was different from all his previous laughs.
Feng Qing suddenly had a feeling that if she didn't get out of this situation soon, Sheng Yan would never let her go.
She struggled hard in Sheng Yan's arms, but it only made his hold on her tighter.
She glared at Sheng Yan angrily and gritted her teeth, "You'd better not let me find a way. I will definitely make you return Fengxing to me intact!"
"Don't make it so hard on yourself." Sheng Yan pressed one hand on Feng Qing's shoulder, forcing her to lean on his chest. With the other hand, he pinched her chin and then stroked her cheek with the back of his hand.
Looking at her indignant and helpless expression as she struggled, Sheng Yan's smile became even more intense.
"You can get Fengxing back easily. I can help you right now."
Feng Qing's struggle paused for a second. In the moment when a look of confusion flashed across her eyes, she saw that Sheng Yan's smile had changed.
His hand still rested on Feng Qing's cheek, as if he were playing with a work of art.
"Marry me."
"Marry me, and everything I have will be yours. Including all the shares of Fengxing under my name."