Chapter 179 - The Call Pt.5

"...you know that last point isn't even the slightest bit fair. We are peak examples of people living 'stressful lives.' We have more blood on our hands than other people and its fair to assume there are other people like us. So what if she does have a stressful past? That she's here for another reason? What has that to do with us? I'm not judging whatever past she does have but at the b.a.r.e minimum, I won't cause her danger. She hasn't posed any threat to us and has openly claimed that she would bring us no harm. These are things I would say even if there were no feelings attached to her. Adding onto the fact that this is the first female in years I have been so attracted to, do you see how her presence gets a little bit more importance? Why are you so obstinate on acting like this today??" 

"How am I being obstinate?! That's you! I'm just explaining myself, it isn't as big as you are saying it is. IF she was in such a danger, then what does she have to hide??? All the more reason not to believe that there isn't a threat with her. Can't you just see that what I'm doing was the best for us, albeit I could've chosen another method. However, it was the most efficient for our circ.u.mstance."​​

Xi Long's eyebrows furrowed in anger the more he spoke, his face was starting to get warm from his internal turmoil. Everything that Xi Long said held some truth but continued to evade the main point of the matter. It wasn't as if he was pushing for him to grovel or admit he was an 'idiot.' But he wanted a clear sign that what he was saying was understood clearly. At some point, he even started to wonder if it was because Xi Long did not like Ying Ying and that's why he continued to defend his point. 

"Do you just not like her? Give me more background on because I truly cannot see the logic in your words."

"It has nothing to do with me liking her or not. I've already explained myself enough." Zhuang Wei's voice dropped into a plain tone.

"I'm not sure you have, you know what. We can just deal with this in person because obviously talking on the phone isn't doing much. No matter what you say, we both know who is right and who is wrong in this situation. I'll see you when you get home. Goodbye."

He paused a little to let him respond before cutting the call. Their friendship wasn't going to end just because of this conversation so he didn't want to be more rude than necessary. They often had tiffs when they were younger, it had been too smooth sailing recently hence this situation. Rubbing his face, he suddenly felt a lot more tired both emotionally and physically. 

The day had started with his revenge on the Su family and up till now was going according to plan. Just once he felt like things were okay, this situation appeared out of the blue. Fate had a funny way of playing in his life, letting him be peaceful before starting a storm. The past couple days have been back to back incidents, half of which could have been avoided. It didn't help that there was a nagging feeling in the back of his gut telling him that the worst had yet to come. 

Last night he had chosen the alcohol method of 'punishment' and thought it had worked at the time. However, that obviously did not work so he was stuck thinking of another one. Its not like he wanted to 'hurt' or literally 'punish' Xi Long but he needed to shove the information into that stubborn man's head. Shoving could be done literally if that would give him a higher success rate. 

There was a 80% chance their conversation tonight would end in another argument, one he could really do without. He didn't know what Ying Ying had done to Wei so he wanted to pass off half of the attitude from their phone call on that. She did say that he would not be harmed so that only left a mental torture trick. Which easily could have left him in a bad mood and be the main reason he was so irritated on the call. He had chosen to wait a while before calling because of that, yet, maybe a couple more hours would have done him good. His hope was that by the evening and with more food in his system, the Wei he spoke to would be more receptive to the criticism he had to dish out. 

At this moment, he heard a buzz from his phone. It was a signal from his secretaries, it was a procedure put in place before they were allowed to approach his door. Usually companies would be fine with them knocking but he wanted to be extra sure that it was the secretary at the door. So he made them buzz him, wait for his confirmation verbally, then come over to his door. 

Despite everything that happened, he made his face back into its neutral state before speaking into the intercom. "Enter."

His voice was curt and to the point, the voice and behaviour he used with Ying Ying was separate from how he treated other women. He knew how many of them joined this job in hopes of snagging someone rich or snagging the CEO - him, himself. It wasn't just women, both women and men came with the same ulterior motives. Especially when they knew that Wei was openly gay, those with the same s.e.x.u.a.l orientation suddenly thought they had a chance. The way the company was set up, their hopes or misconceptions were quickly shut down early on in their job. Anyone who did try past the warnings, were quickly removed and black listed. It was an effective warning but he could never be too sure. 

Everyone who worked for him, regardless of branch, he treated fairly but with distance. There was no idea that all women or all men thought the same way. Until they showed behaviours acting like such, he would not take action. All he asked was for them to do their job and stay in their given position. 

With how he fired three secretaries the other day, another lesson was made. They were not allowed to stay after being disrespectful to their clients and unprofessional in general. Choosing to be this way to his Kitten made their crimes even more severe.

'They really chose the wrong person and the wrong day...'