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Chapter 256 - 256 256 Phone call urging to return home
Chapter 256 - 256 256 Phone call urging to return home
?Chapter 256: 256, Phone call, urging to return home Chapter 256: 256, Phone call, urging to return home “Something came up at home,” Song Qinghuan casually skirted the issue, then quickly changed the topic: “And I might not even resign. It depends on whether it gets approved.”
She would like nothing more than to leave without giving a second thought, but then she’d lose her income. She didn’t have much money to her name, and if she didn’t receive her wages, she might end up destitute.
“Really?” Yu Yang’s eyes widened in delight. “Then you should stay. Come on, let’s go to the office. I’ll treat you to dinner after work.”
Song Qinghuan gave it some thought and nodded, “Alright.”
Since she didn’t have anything else to do, there was no harm in going out for dinner with Yu Yang in the evening. Additionally, she could hand over her duties to her – after all, she was planning not to return to work.
Just as they entered, they saw a few colleagues huddled together.
A voice tinged with sarcasm drifted into their ears, “She seems so quiet and decent usually. Who would’ve thought she was a loose woman, even trying to seduce the CEO at the office!”
“Yeah, it’s disgusting. She flirt with this man and that man outside work and can’t keep her crap together even inside the office. She has no shame.”
“Do you think she was trying to seduce the CEO in the penthouse? Could she have succeeded?”
“Don’t worry, she definitely didn’t. The CEO despises her. He has better taste than that.”
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At this moment, Song Qinghuan wished she was hard of hearing or hadn’t come to the office today. Then she wouldn’t have to listen to these hurtful idle gossips.
Although she knew some people were gossiping about her, hearing her department colleagues speaking about her with disgust still made her upset.
After all, she got along quite well with them at work.
But it turned out they spoke ill of her behind her back.
In contrast to Song Qinghuan, who was paralyzed and pale, Yu Yang marched forward, frowned, and yelled at them, “Can’t you people just focus on your work?”
The crowd finally realized the subject of their discussion had arrived. The whispers abruptly halted, everything went back to normal, and everyone quickly got back to work.
After all, no matter how much they looked down on Song Qinghuan, she had connections, and not everyone could afford to offend her.
Feeling apologetic, Yu Yang turned to Song Qinghuan, “Erhuan.”
Song Qinghuan held back her breath, gritted her teeth to keep calm, and forced a smile, “Yu Yang, let’s have dinner tomorrow instead. I have something to deal with today. I’ll be going first.”
“Alright, I’ll walk you out.” Yu Yang knew that the atmosphere was awkward and Song Qinghuan would not want to stay. She naturally wouldn’t insist.
However, as she turned to escort Song Qinghuan out, she shot a harsh glare at a few individuals.
It was still early in the evening, but Song Qinghuan was lying on her bed, playing with her phone.
As the phone slipped out of her hand, her eyes fixed on the ceiling. She saw images of the indifferent face of Yihan, and the warm face of her brother one after the other.
Her mind was filled with all sorts of disorganized thoughts, and eventually, they lulled her to sleep.
But just as she was about to fall asleep, her phone rang, startling her awake.
Being disturbed just before falling asleep put Song Qinghuan in a bad mood, “Who is it?”
On the other end of the line, there was silence. It was so quiet that it sent chills up her spine.
Song Qinghuan furrowed her brows, thinking it was a misdial or a prank call. However, just as she was about to hang up, a low, icy voice came from the other end, “Get home now!”
It was a brief command, offered bluntly without any context.