Chapter 38 Love and Hatred Are Hard to Settle

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Gu Xiaobei happily announced her decision before remembering to ask for her stepson's opinion. She turned her head and asked, "Li An, wouldn't it be great if everyone could stay at home with you and keep you company"

"Yeah, that would be nice," Li An agreed verbally but his expression did not show any hint of happiness. After his parents left the room, he started to lose his temper, staring daggers at everyone present, "What are all of you still doing here Are you stray dogs without a home to go back to"

Shao Junhe, who was usually kind-hearted, felt somewhat guilty and turned his head away. The timid Wu Tiantian looked scared out of her wits and kept her eyes lowered, not daring to meet Li An's gaze. Ruan Weijie silently repeated in his heart that he had risked his life to stay next to this ticking time bomb all because of Shao Meizhuo.

Only Ming Zixi and Shao Meizhuo remained straight-backed, their eyes gleaming with excitement as they faced Li An's sharp gaze head-on without flinching. They even blinked rapidly at him, "Li An, you know I don't like this. Uncle Li and Aunt Li asked us to stay here. If you really want us to leave, we'll talk to them."

Upon hearing Ming Zixi's words, Li An was completely exasperated and bolted upstairs, retreating into his shell as he began a life of seclusion in his room to prove his disdain for these people.

But these infuriating individuals seemed not to care about him at all. Under the protection of Li Haonan's couple, they held parties downstairs and outside in the garden, acting shamelessly without any regard for propriety or decorum.

Lying on his bed upstairs, Li An never came down because he refused to associate with such people who lacked ambition. Let them enjoy themselves freely in their own domain!

Lying in seclusion, Li An alternates between browsing the internet and reading books, but during many quiet moments, he silently misses Yan Luoxi, to the point where even breathing feels like a torment.

Even though he repeatedly tells himself, "Li An, don't be foolish. To her, you mean nothing; she doesn’t care about you at all, and she’s already run off with another man!"

Yet, despite this, his mind inexplicably conjures up the image of that fair-skinned and delicate face: the cunning expression when narrowing her eyes slightly, the cute look when grinding her teeth in curses aimed at herself, the disdainful pout... every little gesture is etched into his memory as if engraved there. The more he tries to erase these images, the deeper they entwine with his thoughts, gnawing away at his heart bit by bit.

Li An feels like a clown who failed to win the audience's favor and was dismissed without even being allowed a curtain call.

From childhood through adulthood, Li An has always been brimming with confidence, full of vigor, and somewhat indifferent to the world. He knew himself well enough to recognize his own extraordinary qualities; he had never experienced such humiliation before.

Lying in bed, Li An feels as though both his body and soul have been grievously wounded, making it impossible for him to reconcile his emotions.

Ming Zixi led everyone downstairs to wreak havoc for a day, feeling that enough time had passed for Li An to reflect. He then brought the group collectively back to Li An’s room door, intending to give this young master an opportunity to save face.

Upon hearing the noisy footsteps outside, Li An knew without doubt that whoever was coming wouldn’t be kind. Hearing someone knocking on the door but not answering, he assumed silence would make them go away, yet suddenly, his room door opened.

"You... how did you get in..." Li An was quite surprised, as he remembered locking the door.

Ming Zixi entered with his group and laughed嘻嘻,"What's so surprising Do you think picking a lock is some kind of technical skill"

Li An immediately felt annoyed: "You're truly versatile, Master Ming. Are you skilled at everything May I ask what brings you to pick my door lock" He glanced冷眼at Ming Zixi's siblings Shao Mei and Shao Fei, Wu Tiantian, and Ruan Weijie standing behind him.

"I was worried that you'd get sick from being cooped up in here. So I brought everyone to invite you downstairs. Li An, don't give up on yourself just for a woman. It's not worth it..."

Li An looked truly terrible at the moment; after rolling around drunk all day, his usually neat and tidy short hair was tousled like a bunch of grass, his clothes were wrinkled, and he appeared completely defeated and had given up on fighting back.

Mentioning Yan Luoxi's incident hit Li An where it hurt the most. His heart felt torn open, bleeding profusely, and in rage, he stared大眼睛瞪著 at Ming Zixi, making it very clear to him: "I told you before, don't mention this matter in front of me again. If you do, I'll cut all ties with you."

Seeing Li An looking like he wanted to bite人似的, Ming Zixi laughed尷尬ly, "Li An, stop joking around. Let's go downstairs and have some fun!"

"Do I look like I'm joking" Li An's tone suddenly turned angry, his voice rising: "Get out now and head downstairs immediately. Nobody is allowed to disturb me without my permission."

Lili安 exhibited unusual irritability, which startled everyone. They fled downstairs with disheveled appearances and never dared to disturb him again.

Lili安 let out a sigh of relief, lying down on his back as the sunlight from outside caused him to squint.

Zhou Guangtao's company had officially opened its doors. At the early stages, everything was not going well; nine out of ten business deals failed to materialize, and the remaining ones hung in limbo.

During the most challenging period, even Gao Tianze and Yu Peike were let go.

Yan Luoxi was solely responsible for printing documents, answering phone calls, sending faxes, running errands to banks and tax offices, budgeting, and planning. She also had to take care of Zhou Guangtao's daily needs in the morning and evening, as well as cleaning both the household and the entire office area.

She never considered herself a person with great ambition before coming here; she hadn't harbored any aspirations of carving out her own territory. Now, it could only be said that Zhou Guangtao's aura was too overwhelming, compelling her to move forward passively.

Sometimes Yan Luoxi had to accompany Zhou Guangtao to drink and entertain clients. It seemed that businesspeople could only seal deals after getting their counterparts drunk at the dinner table. For a while, just smelling the scent of white liquor made her want to vomit.

She was already suffering so much; she could only imagine how hard Zhou Guangtao must be working. Seeing several strands of gray hair appear on Zhou Guangtao's forehead within days, Yan Luoxi resolved firmly that she would help him secure a business deal.gyuan for your future and that of your child, and this has nothing to do with Li An.""Okay." Yan Luoxi nodded in agreement.She no longer cared about much now. Since she was a naive girl, she had been...