The man who searched her bag gulped when he saw that he was caught. He looked at Mrs. Lim and pleaded, "Mam', please! You promised that-"
PAP!
"Shut up!" Mrs. Lim snapped after slapping the man. "How dare you steal from me and watched me malign a poor woman!"
His eyes went wide while his face turned red from anger and embarrassment. He then pleaded, "But you said!"
"Get out of my face! You disgust me!" Mrs. Lim sneered. She then looked at the nearby members of the staff and snapped, "Take this thief away! I'll decide what to do with him later!"
Xiao Lei scoffed and muttered under her breath, "What a joke."
"Typical," Han Ye replied in a soft voice that only Xiao Lei could hear. He saw Angela Zhang nearby. When their eyes met, she no longer looked away shyly like before. She stared at him with eyes that were filled with anger.
When she turned away from him, Han Ye sighed. Not so much regret. He was just annoyed that he had to be careful against another person, and it made him worry about Xiao Lei's safety as well. Because of Han Ye's experience with Song Qiao, a woman who schemed against Kai Xin before, he was quite worried about what Angela Zhang would do.
"So, are you done with your show?" Xiao Lei suddenly asked Mrs. Lim with a sneer.
"What show?"
Xiao Lei chuckled. She shook her head in disbelief as she said, "That's obviously orchestrated by you..."
"What are you talking about? Don't try to defame me! I have nothing to do with that man!" Mrs. Lim tried to defend herself, but it only made the onlookers pity her.
Xiao Lei smirked. She glanced at Fan Xiyue before saying, "Birds of the same feather fly together."
She then glanced at Fan Chuan as she added, "And die together..."
Before Fan Xiyue and Fan Chuan could say anything, Xiao Lei's eyes were back on Mrs. Lim. She smiled and said, "Well, if that's a mistake, then it's great. I'm sure someone as elegant and as sophisticated as you won't be doing such a stupid brainless joke on a poor little assistant like me. Anyway, we got to go. Unlike someone here, we are really busy."
She took her bag and turned around. Looking up at Han Ye who was standing behind her, she said, "Boss, let's go back."
Han Ye smiled and nodded. "Alright."
He then nodded at Fan Chuan and said, "Till we meet again."
Han Ye and Xiao Lei walked out of the hall, leaving Fan Chuan, Fan Xiyue, and Mrs. Lim seething with anger.
As Fan Xiyue watched Xiao Lei walk out of the hall, she thought, "This infuriating feeling... Why does it feel so familiar?"
She did not care that Xiao Lei saw through her scheme, since she never really put her heart into it anyway. Besides, she knew that Mrs. Lim would never dare to blow her cover.
Some of the nearby guests were whispering loudly among themselves...
"Wait, what happened earlier?"
"President Fan nearly accused an innocent woman!"
"I heard them. President Fan didn't do such a thing! But... there seems to be something between President Fan and Mr. Han Ye."
"You were young, so you didn't know. But I remember that Han Ye guy. I was a teenager back then. During one of the Fan Family's birthday parties, Han Ye caused a huge commotion."
"Oh yeah? What did he do?"
"He called President Fan a murderer. If I remember correctly, Han Ye was a friend of the late Fan Wushuang. President Fan was so mad back then! No one had ever seen him that mad before, and the a.d.u.l.ts talked about it quite often back then."
"Shhh! That's not something you should discuss out loud!"
As Fan Chuan listened to them whispering loudly, he unconsciously clenched his fists tightly as veins bulged on his forehead. Han Ye's action back then had placed him under scrutiny for a long time. It took him years to convince people that he had nothing to do with his niece's death.
Fan Chuan then saw Fan Shaohang walking in front of him. Fan Shaohang suddenly stopped a distance away from Fan Chuan and turned his head slightly to look at his younger brother.
Fan Chuan watched in anger as his brother gave him a gaze of contempt, and he nearly had a heart attack there and then. "Again with that look!" Fan Chuan thought angrily.
Fan Xichen put a finger sandwich into his mouth. He then looked at his father as he mumbled, "Why does it feel as if she was talking to you and Xiyue instead of Mrs. Lim?"
Fan Chuan glared at his son who could not read the situation. Unable to control himself, in a split second, he placed his hand under his son's plate and flipped it over, causing the uneaten food to fall all over the floor.
"Useless!" Fan Chuan snapped as he walked away.
Fan Xichen was taken aback by it. No matter how bad he messed up, his father had never acted out in anger in public before. He would always wait until they were alone before thrashing him.
As Fan Chuan walked away under everyone's eyes, Fan Xichen wiped the pieces of food that were stuck on his tuxedo as he thought, "Did the guy who told me to behave just acted out in public?"
"Xichen, are you alright?" Fan Xiyue asked as she looked at her brother. She was equally taken aback by their father's actions.
Fan Xichen smiled at his sister. He then chuckled before walking away.
Meanwhile, Fan Shaohang had gone out of the mansion and was walking toward Han Ye and Xiao Lei, who were waiting for their car to be brought over.
"Mr. Han, Ms. Xiao..."
When they heard their names, Han Ye and Xiao Lei turned around.
"Mr. Fan," they both greeted him.
Fan Shaohang looked down at his walking stick for a few seconds, as if he was trying to think of the words to say, before looking at Han Ye and Xiao Lei. "I'm sorry for what happened inside. My brother should have done a better job."
Han Ye smiled and did not say anything. However, his eyes said that he agreed with Fan Shaohang's words.
Fan Shaohang's eyebrow twitched when he saw the arrogant look on Han Ye's face. However, he did not say anything about it. He merely smiled politely and looked at Xiao Lei. With a kind smile, he said, "As mentioned before, Ms. Xiao, I'd like to see you again."
"Mr. Fan, I don't think it's appropriate for us to meet outside of work-related matters. I'm just a small secretary to Mr. Han. There's no reason for us to meet," Xiao Lei replied politely.
Fan Shaohang placed a hand into his pocket and took out an old, melted candy with a dull red wrapper out from his wallet. At first glance, it was more wrapper than candy, and it had an old school design. He gave it to Xiao Lei and said, "Well, this is disappointing... You reminded me of someone..."
Xiao Lei looked at the candy and a knot was formed in her heart. She remembered this.
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