Chapter 177 - I Didn't Save You

In the end, He Jian sighed and played according to Mo Roulan.

"There is no trouble, Miss Mo. Since I am going in the same direction there is no problem in dropping you there. Please join me."

He Jian said respectfully.

Now, Mo Roulan couldn't refuse him after hearing such respectful words from a 'stranger' who was her neighbor also.

So with a sigh, Mo Roulan went inside the car not before glancing at the group of girls who immediately moved their eyes away when they saw Mo Roulan looking at them.

'At least they have that much shame and are not like those gossiping aunties from her town.' thought Mo Roulan inside her heart as she sat inside the car.

The car started soon and drove away.

The fake pretense of just being neighbors was instantly shed away by Mo Roulan. 

She looked at the calm man sitting beside her.

The scenes from yesterday flashed in Mo Roulan's mind. 

'Don't touch me.'

'Don't call Shen Weisheng 'Brother'.'

'What does he exactly want?' Mo Roulan questioned inside her heart.

She moved her eyes away from the man who had been the source of her confusion for the last whole night.

Sometimes she feels that she was just a burden for He Jian and sometimes she feels that he genuinely cares for her. 

"Mr. Chu"

Mo Roulan called out Chu Feng with her eyes still focused on He Jian.

She saw He Jian looking at herself with confusion when she called his assistant but she didn't move her eyes away.

The startled assistant who had been called by Mo Roulan for the first time immediately turned his gaze to the back seat of the car and said

"Yes, Miss Mo. Do you need something?"

"Was it Mr. He who had asked you to park the car there?"

Mo Roulan firm voice rang in the car.

And Chu Feng instantly understood why she was asking this question.

Last time, when his boss had ordered them to park the car just at the end of that street where students could see the car, Mo Roulan had asked him the reason behind it. 

His boss very conveniently had put all the blame on him and the driver.

And hence saved himself from all the troubles.

But today when it happened again, Mo Roulan could guess somehow what was going on.

"I…I…Miss Mo…"

Chu Feng stuttered as she didn't know what he should say.

"Mr. He, can you please ask your driver to tell the truth?"

Mo Roulan said to He Jian with a very polite smile.

He Jian looked startled for a second when he saw Mo Roulan like this. A moment later, he smiled a little and said without any hesitation.

"Of course. Chu Feng, speak the truth."

He didn't move his eyes away from Mo Roulan's calm and indifferent eyes as he ordered his assistant. A very fearless smile still lingered on his lips, however, it didn't take a long time to vanish from his lips.

"Miss Mo…actually ….it was Boss who had told the driver to do so."

Chu Feng spoke the truth as ordered by his boss and the smile from He Jian's lips instantly vanished away.   

CEO He had thought that his assistant was wise enough to understand his words, that he was wise enough to know what he should say in such a situation.

However, he seemed to have proven wrong this time.

Chu Feng was loyal just like a dog. His loyalty came before using his own brain.

Whatever his boss said was the eternal truth for him. 

So when the ice-cold blue eyes looked at Chu Feng, a shudder ran down his spine.

Chu Feng felt wronged.

Wuwu… What did he do wrong this time?

His boss told him to tell the truth and he just did that.   

The smile left Mo Roulan's lips also.

When He Jian looked at her with panic-filled eyes, he saw that she was looking out of the car window. The car drive was silent just like any usual day. That's why he thought that perhaps Mo Roulan didn't mind it that much.

However, Chu Feng somehow seemed to have sensed something.

He had a girlfriend who also sometimes used to become very silent suddenly. But he now had learned to read that kind of silence. 

It was a silence before the storm.

But his cold boss was unable to read this silence. 

And sure enough when the car stopped outside the Cheng Mansion, Mo Roulan finally broke this heavy silence.

"Mr. He, can we have a small talk?

Only now He Jian understood that something was really not right when he heard Mo Roulan's too calm and indifferent voice.

He was silent for a moment before he said

"Yes"

The car doors opened from both sides opened and both of them stepped out.

He Jian walked to Mo Roulan's side.

Standing in front of her, he waited for her to say what she wants to say.     

"Mr. He, any reason behind what you did today?"

Only the silence answered Mo Roulan.

Mo Roulan sighed as if already expecting something like this.

She looked in He Jian's eyes silently for a moment and then said finally.

"Mr. He, I think all of this is not …good. I mean …you doing all these things for me."

"What is wrong with it?" The question came as soon as Mo Roulan completed her words. 

"I …I just …"

Mo Roulan didn't how she should say her next words. It took her great courage to say them. 

"If you feel burdened by whatever happened five years ago, then you don't need to"

Her fists were clenched as she accepted finally.

"Because I didn't save you."

After all, she was the one who led him in the trap of those kidnappers. 

So there was no need for him to feel burdened. There was no need to do all these things.

When at the end of the day, perhaps you still don't care at all.