Chapter 439 - Side Story 6: Secret Arrangement

Fang Meng Ran came over to the office to look for Han Yue Xiu secretly a few times. 

Her family condition was not getting better and Fang Meng Ran needed Han Yue Xiu to talk to Song Yi to be lenient towards her. However, each time, Han Yue Xiu saw her waiting at the lobby, she pretended that she did not know her and would dismiss her right away.

Fang Meng Ran wanted to cause a disturbance to get Han Yue Xiu's attention, however, because they were at the office building, Fang Meng Ran was worried that Song Yi was going to hear the news and find her.

Anyway, it was not as if it would be easy to get close to Han Yue Xiu. Each time she saw Han Yue Xiu, that girl was with an office mate or such.

Fang Meng Ran's movement was not unnoticed by Song Yi. He had looked at the building's security footage and had seen how Fang Meng Ran had continued to approach his girl. Knowing that Han Yue Xiu chose not to pay attention to Fang Meng Ran, Song Yi was a lot more relieved. 

However, it was not a reason for him to let down his guard. Song Yi had discreetly talked to his staff and asked everyone to pay attention to Han Yue Xiu. If anyone saw that Han Yue Xiu was going somewhere alone, they should come out with an excuse and take an initiative to accompany her. 

Of course, none of the staff were going to complain when their boss decided to add a little bit of money to their bank account.

Meanwhile, he was working to make a deal with the Fang family so that their daughter, Fang Meng Ran will leave Han Yue Xiu alone. 

Though he had made these secret arrangements, Song Yi did not dare to get close to Han Yue Xiu as he was worried that she was going to get pissed. After spending a few years with Han Yue Xiu, Song Yi had understood the girl's temperament. Fang Meng Ran was his problem, but now that Han Yue Xiu had to face it, of course, she was not going to be happy.

In the end, other than discussing works, Song Yi did not dare to talk to Han Yue Xiu.

It was during the time that Han Yue Xiu was caught surfing the dark web forum that Song Yi had tried to gather his courage to talk to her again. Initially, he was still unhappy when he thought that someone had sent her a box of pastries. 

Song Yi had thought that perhaps, Han Yue Xiu was in a relationship with someone and suddenly, he was afraid that he might lose her. 

Seeing that she was curious about the dark web, Song Yi had taken the initiative to teach her about it. This way, he found an excuse for them to spent their time after work together in his office. Song Yi would always order for takeaway so that the two of them could have their dinner together.

It was at this time that he noticed that Han Yue Xiu can be easily coaxed with food and especially snacks!

Suddenly, the employees began to enjoy a new perk. Their boss, Song Yi would often bring delicious and expensive snacks to the office and distributed them to everyone. 

It was after their dinner together that Song Yi handed her a bag of snacks.

"My friend came back from a work trip and gave me these," Song Yi said. "You can have them if you like."

Han Yue Xiu stared at the paper bag and peered inside. Her eyes widened when she saw that there were a few bags of imported potato chips. 

She had heard about those brands previously and had wanted to try them. However, buying those imported chips could be very expensive. No matter how much she liked them, Han Yue Xiu did not think that she should spend too much money on a bag of chips.

"For me?" Han Yue Xiu pointed a finger to herself. The smile on her lips brightened when she saw him nodding.

Song Yi quickly shifted his gaze away and let out a dry cough when he saw her smile. If only he knew earlier that this girl can be bought with snacks, he would use this tactic to win her heart. Then maybe, the separation won't happen and Han Yue Xiu will not hate him as much. Then perhaps, they would be happy together. 

As the thought crossed his mind, Song Yi's lips curled into a bitter smile. 

At this time, there was nothing he could do but to slowly win her heart back.

If Han Yue Xiu was still unmoved after everything he had done, then he can only back out slowly and let her be happy with her choice. However, Song Yi was determined to wait for her no matter how long it was going to take him.

"They're delicious," Han Yue Xiu spoke as she clipped at the chips with her chopsticks. She loved potato chips but did not enjoy getting her hands dirtied and therefore, she had come out with this eating technique. "Are you sure that you wanted to give me everything?"

Song Yi nodded again. "My friend gave me a lot of them and I don't think I can finish them all. If you think that's not enough, I can give you a bit more."

Han Yue Xiu waved her hand. "No. This much is enough." She clipped at one more chips and ate with a sigh blissfully at the taste. "Eating too much junk food is not good. If I ate them occasionally, then, I can appreciate them more."

The corner of his lips tilted up to a smile. Seeing that she was happily eating those chips, Song Yi felt a tug in his heart. 

He had thought that as long as she was happy, he would not mind doing the things she liked. It doesn't matter if she would not return his feelings.

It seemed that he needed to do something if he wanted to have her to look at him.

It was such a conflicting feeling.

He wanted her to be happy even if she did not choose him, but at the same time, he wanted her to look at him no matter what.

Song Yi shifted his gaze towards the computer screen and when he saw that she was focusing on the thing that he had taught her earlier. He recalled how the two of them started to spend their time together in his office just like this.

It was because of her friend, Li Qin Yao. Han Yue Xiu had found out that someone is out to harm her friend and she had asked his help to monitor the user's activity in the forum.

He seemed to remember that Han Yue Xiu had spent a lot of time with this friend and had cared for her a lot. 

A light flashed through his eyes as Song Yi began to think of her friend, Fu Yi Chen's advice. To get to Han Yue Xiu, he should work hard on getting to know the person she cared about.

It was because of this advice that he had started to approach Mother Han. Then perhaps, he should try and get to know this friend as well?