Chapter 2040 - 2036: Personal Matters
Wang Qin had no good attitude towards Ye Fan at all. In her view, Zhao Lina was a very sacred woman, holding a high status in her eyes.
She couldn’t let Zhao Lina continue to be entangled by a man who had a bit of a rogue air about him. She would help Zhao Lina solve this problem.
Zhao Lina said, "There’s really nothing for you here. Once I’m done talking to him, I’ll send him away. You can go back and rest first!"
Ye Fan smiled and said, "It seems your subordinate still cares about you!"
"Whether she cares about me or not is none of your business!" Zhao Lina glared at Ye Fan and said, "Why do you have to make me go with you? I’ve compromised twice before, and what happened? You’ve become even more relentless towards me now. What else can you do but torment me?"
The sound of Zhao Lina and Ye Fan’s conversation had been completely blocked by Ye Fan. Wang Qin lay against the door listening for a while, still couldn’t hear any movement. She continued to knock and said, "Director Zhao, are you still in there? If you don’t open the door soon, I’ll come in..."
Ye Fan laughed and said, "It looks like this young girl is quite impatient, but she seems a bit similar to your personality. If someone didn’t know better, they might think she’s a template of your younger self!"
"What are you talking about!" Zhao Lina said angrily, "Ye Fan, I hope you don’t say anything derogatory towards my subordinates. What she is like is none of your concern!"
After finishing, Zhao Lina walked over and opened the door, almost letting Wang Qin stumble in headfirst. Wang Qin looked at Zhao Lina and Ye Fan, both were clean and tidy, and she frowned and asked, "Director Zhao, I thought something happened and came to see what was going on."
"I already said it doesn’t concern you. This is my personal matter. If you find it uncomfortable staying here, you can go back first. I need to talk to my friend here!" Zhao Lina’s attitude towards Wang Qin wasn’t good either now.
Wang Qin was a bit puzzled herself. She was clearly trying to help this woman, but the woman didn’t seem grateful. Wang Qin appeared quite innocent and said, "Director Zhao, I’m just worried he’s pestering you, fearing he has ulterior motives?"
"What ulterior motives could he have? He used to be our colleague too. Forget it, I don’t want to talk about these things with you. Either go back to your room, or go back home, or go to the dorm at work. Just don’t disturb us!" Zhao Lina said.
Wang Qin appeared speechless. Looking at Ye Fan’s expression, which seemed somewhere between a smile and not, she felt a surge of anger in her heart. She even thought of going up to give Ye Fan a beating, but ultimately she held back.
Wang Qin thought to herself, "Why am I arguing with someone like him? Even Director Zhao doesn’t engage with him. I trust that with her skills, Director Zhao wouldn’t be bullied... Forget it, I better go in first."
"Director Zhao, then I’ll go in to rest. It’s getting late. Once I see some things, I’ll sleep. You... continue?" Wang Qin tested the question.
She wanted to know the relationship between Zhao Lina and Ye Fan, as Zhao Lina had never had any scandals. She asked some old colleagues in the office but didn’t get any related information, so she felt Zhao Lina’s personal life might be very dull. She often reminded herself that to excel at work, she should focus entirely on work like Zhao Lina and not get distracted.
Zhao Lina asked, "We need to continue our conversation. Since you’re here disturbing us, we’ll go out first. Stay here alone, and if anything comes up, call my phone!"
It seemed that Zhao Lina was speechless with Wang Qin too. In the end, she insisted on leaving. It looked like she had something important to say, and Ye Fan followed her out of the residence.
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The two arrived on the street, and it was already midnight; there was no one on the street.
Zhao Lina seemed very angry, walking ahead all the time, knowing Ye Fan would keep following her.
"Why are you so upset over a little girl? With your skills, you could easily make her unable to hear a word. Why even bother coming out to talk?" Ye Fan asked.
"Playing ignorant!" Zhao Lina said, "Isn’t such a little girl exactly what you like? You’re no longer with the department, at most you’re on a temporary assignment. I really can’t see why you even need to come back..."
Ye Fan shrugged and said, "I’m just doing some things I’ve wanted to do but never had the chance."
"Why are you still following me?" Zhao Lina asked angrily, "Go back to your Zhao Jun, to your Xiao Man, all those women out there. Having one more or one less of me won’t make a difference for you. Why keep pestering me? What’s the point?"
Ye Fan shrugged and said, "You know I care about you a lot, and won’t leave because of a word or two from you!"
"You’re making me speechless, do you know that, Ye Fan? Actually, there’s really nothing between us that needs to exist. Maybe you truly believe it’s important for men and women to be together, but aren’t you supposed to save people from the catastrophe? Aren’t you supposed to help humanity overcome difficulties? Why keep pestering me? Am I that easy to pester? Or do you really care about me?" Zhao Lina asked angrily.
Ye Fan found that getting the women around him to accept the fact that he had many women was indeed not easy.
With a woman as independent as Zhao Lina, it was honestly tough to explain anything to her, Ye Fan said, "Are you willing to risk your own safety just to prove a point in your heart?"
"I don’t want any special treatment, I’m just a human. Since humans face difficulties, I won’t break away from humanity. If Earth is destroyed, then I think I should also perish with the Earth. I don’t need your particular care!" Zhao Lina said.
Ye Fan said with a bitter smile, "Your thinking is so different from the mindset of living beings, even ants still seek life..."
"You’re saying I don’t love my own life, is that it? I do love it, but I don’t want to be pestered by you, Ye Fan. Just leave, I want to be alone for a while!" After saying that, Zhao Lina turned around, seemingly not wanting to have any more exchanges with Ye Fan.
She expected Ye Fan to continue pestering her; she was still quite angry inside. After a while, she noticed there was still no sound behind her.
She turned around and found there was no one behind her anymore, Ye Fan had disappeared into the night.
"What are you doing? Hiding, wanting to see if I care about you? Then say some soft words to you? How old are you? You’d better not play this kind of children’s trick!" Zhao Lina said.
Even though she said that, there was no response from Ye Fan.
After a long time, she still felt no presence of Ye Fan, only then did she realize Ye Fan had really left.