Chapter 789 - It's your call to decide.
Li Xue slowly took her walk in the direction of the stage. Since there was still time in the start of the event, not many people had arrived at the stage.
Maybe, Qi Shuai wanted to spend some time with Feng Yi Lan, so he arrived early. But little did he expect that not only he won't get time to spend with Yi Lan but will also be ruining the soft spot in her heart which he took so long to rebuild again.??
Li Xue shook her head as she looked at Qi Shuai at a distance. Just a look at him was enough to let her know that he wasn't enjoying the company there. Rather was seeking all the ways to escape. It was just that the woman beside him was too stubborn to let him go anywhere. Starting a new topic every next second she was trying her best to keep the man occupied and interested in her.
Such a pitiful sight! Li Xue sighed under her breath as she felt bad for Director Qi.
And as if already felt the pitying gaze on himself, soon Qi Shuai spotted Li Xue at a distance. His lips curled up to give a smile of relief, like a traveler who has just found an oasis in the desert.
At once shooting up from his seat, he was about to run to her but the hold on his arm halted him.
"Brother Qi, where are you going? If you leave I will be all bored and alone here". Liam Hui-Ying said as she blinked her eyes of concern at him.
To her words, Qi Shuai chuckled and rolled his eyes playfully. "Ms. Liam, you have come here to attend today's event. It's nothing related to me. You can sit here and wait for the event to start. I have spotted one of my acquaintances here. I need to go and say hi to her. Please!"
He said while removing the woman's clasp of fingers from his arm. His tone said how irritated he was feeling. Only if she would not be the girl who he has known in his childhood, he would not have restrained himself to go a little more stern on her.
"Going to say hi to an acquaintance? Can't he come here to greet you?" Liam Hui-Ying said, accusing as if someone has wronged her. Qi Shuai's brows raised at her attitude, to which the woman at once corrected. "I mean since he is your friend or acquaintance, he could also come here to greet you. Why do you have to go to him?"
"That's because I have to go to her." He said, giving a smile that was asking her to not bring any more questions regarding the topic, before removing her hand and walking away. Behind him, the woman's eyes followed him, pouting and puffing her cheeks in annoyance.
"Xiao Xue, you are finally here. Do you know how hard it's been here for me?" Qi Shuai said the moment he drew close to Li Xue's proximity. His face narrating the tale of torture he has gone through in the past half an hour.
Li Xue looked at him before tilting a little to her side, to look behind him at the woman, whose eyes were now sending daggers at her. Her lips curled looking at her like that, then turning to the man at her front she said, "Really, Director Qi? Why do I feel like you were quite enjoying your arm candy before?"
Qi Shuai's eyes at once became wide as if he had heard some sinful accusation that would ruin his whole life. "Sister-in-law, please be a little thoughtful of your words. How can you say such a thing? How could it look like enjoyment for me when it was definitely a torture?"
"Uhh? Are you asking me to bring the witness to prove my thoughts, Director Qi? If you want I can bring and my first witness will be no other than Yi Lan. You know she was witnessing all that all this time". Li Xue commented, knowing well the meaning her words were delivering.
Qi Shuai's expressions changed as a little panic became evident in his eyes. His gaze turned to look past Li Xue in search of someone who was no longer standing in the distance. "But I rejected the idea the very second it was presented to me. I had no thoughts regarding Liam Hui-Ying and I have said the same to her as well but ... "
He was about to continue more for a better explanation but before he could, Li Xue patted on his shoulders to say.
"Sometimes rejection should be much louder than you think, Director Qi. Or else your thoughts regarding it will be misinterpreted like it's been now."
"…"
"Another thing- Love always seeks sacrifices. Now it's your call to decide whose sacrifice will hurt you more. The one who you have in your heart, or the one who has once been your close acquaintance in the past". She said, before looking at the woman, who wasn't able to control herself from showing beside the man.
"Hello! I hope I am not disturbing coming here" Liam Hui-Ying said, appearing beside the man. Her eyes looked doubtfully between Li Xue and Qi Shuai. But the man was all dazed to realize it.
Li Xue understood her gaze but she didn't mind correcting it, knowing some people's mindsets were hard to change, neither like she got time to do the good deeds. So, smiling she shook her head, "Not at all, Ms. Liam. It's good to see you here today. I have heard a lot about you in the past few days, finally got an opportunity to see you".
Liam Hui-Ying smirked, before trying to hook her arms with Qi Shuai but failing in her attempt as the man didn't hesitate in stepping back from her touch. "Of course, I have been famous all my life. Anyway, it's good to see you as well. You are …?" Her words and tone came out really arrogant, while eyes accusing Li Xue's presence for the man's cold shoulder towards her.
Li Xue's brows raised for the minutest second, before pulling a smile to reply, "I am Li Xue. Sorry, I would have given you some more time to tell you about myself, but right now, some important things are holding me up. I will go and attend those, while you can enjoy the hospitality of Aurora Fashion here". She said before turning to leave at once, but that was not before patting Qi Shuai's hands one last time.
"Director Qi, I hope you will not miss your right time this time. Grab it before you regret it".
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