Qin Yaoyao simply couldn't swallow this bitter pill. Her voice was soft and pitiful as she said, "A Yan, I also want to go to Uncle Xiao's birthday party."
Xiao Yanzhi was holding a pen in his hand. He didn't even lift his eyelids as he replied, "You can't handle my relatives."
Qin Yaoyao was confused but still eager to fight for her chance. "No, I won't. I've always been a favorite among the elders since I was a kid. Trust me, I'll surely make them accept me."
Qin Yaoyao was extremely confident in her charm.
Xiao Yanzhi frowned. His gaze slowly shifted from the document to Qin Yaoyao's face. After a long while, he slowly said, "You're right. You're very well - behaved and really likable."
Qin Yaoyao thought Xiao Yanzhi had changed his mind. Before she could even feel happy, Xiao Yanzhi continued, "But I still can't take you there. I'm sorry, Yaoyao."
Hearing this, Qin Yaoyao's eyes instantly drooped.
Even when she came out of the CEO's office, the corners of her eyes were still red.
But Xiao Yanzhi remained firm and had no intention of changing his mind.
She returned to her room. The look of grievance and sadness gradually faded away. She angrily stomped her feet.
Why?
Clearly, Xiao Yanzhi only had eyes for her now. Why did he still have to take Jiang Li to such an occasion?
She almost lost control of her expression. In a fit of anger, she swept all the things on the table to the ground, but still couldn't vent her anger.
Just then, Xiao Ye pushed the door open.
Seeing the mess on the ground, she felt extremely annoyed.
Ever since she was transferred under Qin Yaoyao, she had been constantly ordered around in all sorts of ways. Not only was she exhausted all day long, but she also had to bear Qin Yaoyao's temper.
It was obvious to her that Qin Yaoyao was doing it on purpose.
"Sister Ye, I accidentally knocked these things down just now. Could you please help me clean them up?" Qin Yaoyao blinked her eyes and said with a guilty tone.
Xiao Ye was already used to Qin Yaoyao's act of feigning pity. She squatted down to pick up the fallen books. Just as she was about to stand up, suddenly a glass of water was poured on her head.
Xiao Ye let out a startled scream. Fortunately, it wasn't boiling hot water, but it still soaked her hair completely, making her look a bit disheveled.
"Sorry, Sister Ye." Qin Yaoyao stuck out her tongue. "I wanted to help you, but I accidentally knocked over the glass."
Xiao Ye gritted her teeth and stood up. She stared at Qin Yaoyao for a while. There were countless swear words on the tip of her tongue, but then she remembered what Jiang Li had reminded her before and held back.
"It's okay. I'll go and take care of this."
Seeing Xiao Ye's angry but suppressed expression, Qin Yaoyao finally felt that her anger had been released.
But sitting on the chair, she remembered that Xiao Yanzhi was going to take Jiang Li back to the Xiao family. Furious, she took out her phone and called her friend who was far away abroad.
"Yaoyao, it's been ages since you last called me." On the other end of the phone, the girl's coquettish voice came through. "How's your relationship with your big - boss boyfriend going?"
Mentioning this, Qin Yaoyao gritted her teeth in anger. She told the girl on the phone that Xiao Yanzhi was going to take another woman home for his father's birthday.
"Yaoyao, you need to be vigilant." The girl's voice on the phone suddenly became serious. "No matter how nice a man is to you on a daily basis, his family always comes first."
"If he takes another woman home to meet his parents, it means that in his heart, that woman is the suitable marriage partner."
Hearing this, Qin Yaoyao's face distorted a bit. She was extremely anxious. "Then what should I do?"
"Think of a way to make him take you home to meet his parents."
Qin Yaoyao said, "But he said I couldn't handle such an occasion and won't let me go."
"If you can't handle it, but that woman can, doesn't this say it all?"
The other person sighed earnestly. "Yaoyao, if you want to marry him in the future, you'll definitely have to get along with his family. These are just excuses from men."
Qin Yaoyao pursed her lips tightly.
After thinking for a while, she said weakly, "Then... Hehe, could you teach me what to do next?"
There was a pause on the other end of the phone, as if the person was thinking of a solution.
After a while, Bai He had an idea. "Do you usually rely on him a lot, making him think that you can't live without him?"
Qin Yaoyao didn't want to say too much to Bai He. She replied vaguely, "Sort of."
"That's right." Bai He explained patiently. "Because you rely on him too much on a daily basis, he has become complacent."
"You should find a way to make him feel a sense of crisis about you."
...
Jiang Li had been in the hospital for almost two weeks. She had been on a liquid diet for more than half a month. Coupled with her regular lifestyle, the doctor said that her recovery was going well and she could be discharged from the hospital soon.
She just needed to pay more attention to her diet in the future. She shouldn't eat raw, cold, or spicy food, and she was not allowed to drink alcohol in the short term.
Sister Chen helped Jiang Li go through the discharge procedures. As soon as they reached the hospital entrance, Xue An's business car was parked there.
"Sister Jiang Li, Mr. Xiao asked me to pick you up."
Hearing this, Sister Chen turned to look at Jiang Li.
"Sister Chen, you can go back first." Jiang Li smiled. "I still need to talk to Mr. Xiao about something."
Sister Chen didn't say much. She just told Jiang Li to take good care of her body and not to overwork herself again.
Listening to Sister Chen's nagging instructions, Jiang Li felt a warm feeling in her heart.
Apart from her mother, it had been a long time since anyone had cared about her so sincerely.
Thinking of her mother, Jiang Li's eyes dimmed slightly.
Now, even her mother didn't care about her like this anymore.
She was as lonely as an isolated island.
Jiang Li got into the car. Xue An held the steering wheel and drove steadily. Jiang Li sat in the back row in silence, occasionally glancing at her phone.
Feeling the dull atmosphere in the car, Xue An took the initiative to start a conversation. "Sister Jiang Li, Mr. Xiao actually cares about you a lot."
"The night you had an accident, he immediately asked me to investigate. When he found out that you were being threatened by that brute Xu Guangping, his face was really ugly!"
After saying that, afraid that Jiang Li wouldn't believe him, Xue An looked very serious. "Really, I was scared to death at that time."
Jiang Li just smiled at this statement.
Xue An had been with Xiao Yanzhi for so many years. If counted, he and she had joined Jiang Entertainment at the same time.
After so many years of experience, he should have already learned the skill of saying different things to different people.
The reason he said this was nothing more than trying to gain some favor for Xiao Yanzhi in front of her.
After all, Xiao Yanzhi still needed her to accompany him back to the Xiao family to face those difficult relatives.
"Assistant Xue, where are we going now?" Jiang Li calmly changed the topic.
Xue An replied while turning the steering wheel, "Of course, I'm taking you back to Ruiyuan."