100 years before Divorce - Chapter 228

All she knew is somebody kneels in front of her when she steps inside the company. Knocking head against the floor, Xia Sha heard him wailed, “XIA SHA! PLEASE HELP ME!”

Everyone looks surprised when they witness the strange man’s extreme action. The atmosphere turns tense as Xia Sha took a step back far from that man and furrowed her eyebrow.

“Who are you?!” Xia Sha snaps in an unimpressed tone.

The scene and ruckus this strange man create recalled her memories about Ling Guang’s mother. Why do these people think they could easily mess up on her company building? And where is the security?

“Where is the security?” Xia Sha randomly snaps at the confused employee on her right side. Some employees rushed to get the security as the strange man hit the floor with his forehead harder than before.

“Please don’t throw me out! Please, my mother is dying!” The hysteric cry rang throughout the spacious lobby.

Xia Sha squinted her eyes when she realized the voice seems familiar in her ears. She observed the man’s features and stunned when she recognizes the person kneeling before her.

“Ling Guang?” Xia Sha subconsciously called his name as dissatisfaction for him grew.

The man slowly raised his head after he heard Xia Sha’s calling his name. With tears of shame running down his cheek, Ling Guang looked at Xia Sha’s eyes with quivering eyelashes.

“Xia Sha, please help me,” he sobbed before he lowered his head again and grieved.

A sudden headache makes Xia Sha felt dizzy as she messages her temple and averts her gaze from the pathetic man. Considering it’s almost working time, Xia Sha didn’t want to prolong the drama and hinder everybody’s work. She let out a heavy breath before she turned back to Ling Guang.

“Stand up, follow me to my office,” Xia Sha said in a monotonous tone before she walks away from the lobby.

She didn’t care if Ling Guang could follow after, or he couldn’t move from his positions at all. She walks straight to the lift as if nothing happens in the lobby before. All she felt right now is regret for not making the proper judgment in the past.

The ride to Xia Sha’s office was uncomfortable for Ling Guang, but he is too nervous to realize his bleeding forehead. Xia Sha was rather expressionless as she told Ling Guang to take his seat across her desk. Ling Guang sits with his trembling body as he looks at Xia Sha.

“I expected better from you. Don’t you realize causing a commotion in my company lobby wouldn’t gain you anything? Haven’t you learn from your mother?” Xia Sha rebuked as she gives a sign to Fu Qun to come to her office.

“I- I don’t know how to meet you, so I thought,” Ling Guang tried to explain himself with a stammering voice. But before he could finish, Xia Sha had cut him off with an impatient sigh.

“Forget it, tell us what do you want so you will never show your face in front of me again,” Xia Sha waves her head and look at Ling Guang with her cold eyes.

In the past, Ling Guang would felt furious when Xia Sha looks down on him with her words and gaze. But him in this position right now realized just how much he wastes Xia Sha in the past. Those indifferent pupils used to smiles for him as she helps him achieve every milestone in his life.

Right now, there is nothing but failure and useless pride on Ling Guang’s side. He didn’t even dare to imagine if he hadn’t cheated on Xia Sha and treat her right. What’s everyone talked about their relationship behind his back is right all along.

Ling Guang is unworthy of Xia Sha.

“My mother is in the hospital right now, but I don’t have money to pay for her medical expenses. She had an accident three days ago, and the doctor said he needs to undergo surgery as soon as possible. I- I have nothing left but debt,” Ling Guang confessed as he lowered his head in embarrassment.

Xia Sha’s face didn’t change after she heard Ling Guang’s story. She is emotionless from the head start. Rather than reacting to Ling Guang, she pulled out a little book from her drawer and took her pen. Without looking at Ling Guang, she asked, “How much?”

Ling Guang was stunned. He had a mixed feeling upon watching Xia Sha’s reaction. On one side, he is grateful that he could save his mother. But at the same time, his heartfelt bitterness for knowing the reason behind Xia Sha’s action.

Xia Sha hates him so much that she would rather pay for him to never appear in front of her again than fussing over him. He could be lying and make up some story to have her money, but she didn’t care at all.

“A fifty thousand dollar,” Ling Guang swallowed bitter pills as he pronounces the nomination he needs.

Xia Sha looked up and raised her eyebrow in disbelief. She tilted her head and probed, “Your debt?”

“Included,” Ling Guang answer painfully.

Ling Guang’s orbs darkened when Xia Sha’s lips curled into a mockery smile. Those smiles slap his pride harder than any punch he ever feels before. Ling Guang felt he become smaller the longer he looked at Xia Sha.

Xia Sha didn’t say anything after hearing his answer. She keeps her hand busy writing something on her cheek book before she riped it and put it in front of Ling Guang. She closed her fountain pen and looked at Ling Guang with her indifferent expression.

“I doubled the nomination in hopes you could keep your words today. I knew your agreement with Guan Xian and was ashamed of you. However, I choose to give you the last chance,” Xia Sha asserted as she knocked on her piece of a check Ling Guang’s need.

She stares intensely at Ling Guang that which makes him felt intimidated. She makes her voice low and threatening as she warns him for the last time, “Never show your face in front of me ever again. Because if you do- No, you don’t want to know how I could ruin your life.”

Ling Guang’s face went purple before it turned green and lost its color.  With a trembling hand, he took the cheek and nodded his head in answer to Xia Sha’s warning. His hand felt cold as Xia Sha titled her head and looked at the door behind him.

She asked him to go.

Ling Guang pulled his heavy leg to followed Xia Sha’s wish. His head hangs low before he reaches the door and turns back to Xia Sha with his ashamed gaze.

“I will return this to you someday,” he mumbles in a low voice that Xia Sha couldn’t hear his voice. And not that she bothered to knew what he said. He walked out and left Xia Sha’s alone after that.

Xia Sha pinched the bridge between her eyebrow the moment Ling Guang disappear from her office. Xia Sha closed her eyelids and tried to control her emotion before she regains her composure.

“Grace under pressure, grace under pressure,” Xia Sha chanted to herself as she pulled out a document to began her work.

She tried not to let one problem affected her day. But it’s not as easy as she thinks as she began to face obstacles knocking upon her door. Xia Sha felt worn out before lunchtime.

Drained, Xia Sha began to crave for something sweet. And so, she walked to the pantry in the hope there is some candy left for her. She didn’t expect to find Fu Qun eating KFC with a girl in the corner of the room. They looked panic when Xia Sha caught them flirting with each other.

“Oops, wrong time. Enjoy your time,” Xia Sha teased before she closes the door and heads back to her office.

The funny incidents and KFC remind Xia Sha of Guan Xian and his obsession with fast food. A mischievous plan quickly lined up on her mind as she sat on her seat and took her phone. Calling the catchy number from her phone, she ordered enough fried chicken for everyone in the Guan Cooperation.

Her little plan works out a little bit more ‘perfect’ than she thought. She had a smile on her face as she works until Guan Xian call her. She could not stop a giggle when Guan Xian asked, “It’s you, isn’t it?”

He sounds so sure that Xia Sha wanted to tease him, “What are you talking about? I don’t understand.”

“The KFC, isn’t you right?” Guan Xian’s tone raised. Xia Sha could imagine his helpless smile as she grinned and rolled her eyes.

“Huh? I still don’t understand. Don’t tell me you are sending KFC food truck in front of my company again!” Xia Sha faked her panic voice.

“It’s better to be you because my father is about to post the KFC on his social media. The next minute you will be famous among the society, Mrs. Guan.”

“WHAT?!”