The assistant shook his head helplessly. Even though the young miss was hurt like this, she still acted as if nothing had happened, even working seriously. Sometimes he really couldn’t understand why the young miss had to be so strong all the time. Was it really just for work? But work is limited; her own body should be what matters most.

If you can’t be with the person you love for a lifetime, then won’t this long life be full of regret? Every time you think of it late at night, maybe you’ll just end up in tears. This kind of regret will cling to a person forever.

The assistant understood this deeply, so he had always hoped the young miss could be with the one she loved. But now the young miss seemed to have changed completely, and yet also hadn’t changed. He had no idea how she was going to decide this time.

He was just an assistant, after all. All he could do was pass along messages. As for giving advice, the young miss probably wouldn’t listen. He shook his head, reported these documents, and placed them on the chairman’s desk.

"What has Yiyi been doing lately? Is she feeling any better? She hasn’t been home this whole time. Help me check when she’s coming back."

Right now Xiao Zhen was extremely busy. A whole pile of new company documents had just come out and he hadn’t even had time to react yet. The partners kept pressing them, and the company had just laid off some employees, so a lot of responsibilities had all fallen onto his shoulders. Xiao Zhen had no mood to deal with anything else at all.

Especially after seeing Su Zining’s text, Xiao Zhen simply ignored it. Wasn’t he supposed to have gone back to his own post to work? How was this Su Zining still in Changnan? And being in Changnan was one thing, but he kept bothering him nonstop when he was already swamped and burned out here.

The assistant hesitated for a moment. Xiao Zhen looked up, and seeing his expression, he started to worry. Had something happened to his daughter again?

"Spit it out if something’s happened, don’t just stand there dawdling. If anything happens to Yiyi, I’ll hold you responsible."

Hearing that, the assistant didn’t dare delay another second. If something really happened to the young miss, Xiao Zhen would definitely never let him off. Thinking of this, he decided to tell the truth.

"President, here’s what happened. Just now, Su Zining and Xu Ke started arguing in the lobby, and it seems someone saw them fighting. The young miss went down just now. It’s not too serious, and there are still people down there. The young miss definitely won’t get hurt."

The assistant had thought that if he put it this way, at least the chairman wouldn’t take it out on the young miss. But he never expected that the moment Xiao Zhen heard Xu Ke’s name, it was like he’d heard something monstrous. He slammed the files heavily onto the desk.

He leaned back in his chair and grabbed the suit jacket on the desk. Seeing this, the assistant immediately panicked. If he ended up ruining something the young miss wanted, she might come back and settle the score with him later.

"Um, Chairman, there’s really nothing going on. You should just focus on your work. I’ll go down and take a look. I definitely won’t let the young miss get hurt, so don’t worry."

Xiao Zhen glared at the assistant. It was one thing for this assistant to be constantly protecting his daughter, but now that something this big had happened, he still wanted to hide it from him. His daughter would definitely be the one getting wronged by Su Zining. Even though he was very displeased with Su Zining pestering them lately, compared to Xu Ke, Xiao Zhen still preferred Su Zining.

"Enough, I already know about this. Don’t block my way."

"He’s just some guy with no education, yet he keeps bothering my daughter again and again. Since that’s the case, I’ll make sure you see what I’m capable of, so you finally realize your own place. Clinging to my daughter like this—do you really think you can get into our Xiao Family that way? Our Xiao Family will never welcome someone like you."

Watching Xiao Zhen walk off into the distance, the assistant couldn’t help thumping his own forehead. What on earth had he just said? Now that the chairman had gone down, the young miss was probably going to be heartbroken.

The young miss liked Xu Ke so much, there was no way she would let him suffer a loss. But this time, Xiao Zhen would probably completely break her heart, and her mood had already been terrible lately.

When Xiao Keyi reached the lobby and saw the scene in front of her, she hadn’t seen Xu Ke for days, and the longing in her only grew stronger. The moment she saw him, her tears couldn’t help but fall.

Su Zining thought she’d been bullied and that was why Xiao Keyi had that expression and looked so sad. So he deliberately put on a magnanimous act, but he absolutely didn’t forget to complain about Xu Ke.

"Hey, don’t be sad. It’s all my fault. I just wanted to go up to see you, but who knew he’d follow me up, and on top of that, he even said you still had lingering feelings for him. I really couldn’t take it. You know I’m a man too, and you’ve been hurt so much these days. Yet he still humiliated you like that. I really couldn’t stand by and watch."

"But I didn’t expect him to be so rough and hurt me like this. Not only that, he even tried to hit me. Since that’s the case, we might as well just kick him out."

Even though Su Zining was putting on a humble face, right now his expression was downright gloating.

Even the others around could see the look on Su Zining’s face and couldn’t help shaking their heads. This Su Zining was clearly taking pleasure in others’ misfortune.

At this moment all of Xiao Keyi’s attention was on Xu Ke. She hadn’t expected that after not seeing him for so long, she’d miss him this much. Had she known, she would never have left Xu Ke.

Why had she been so stupid?

And when Xu Ke saw that the woman he loved had lost so much weight in this short time, and was now crying so sadly, his heart twisted in pain.

If he’d known, he would’ve come to see her much earlier. He wouldn’t have let her suffer alone like this.

"I’m sorry, it’s all—"

Before Xu Ke could finish, the elevator doors suddenly opened. Xiao Zhen rushed out anxiously and shouted, "What is there for you to be sorry about now? You lied to my daughter for so long. Now that she’s finally seen your true colors, you still won’t hurry up and leave? You’re here disturbing my daughter again. Don’t you think you’ve gone too far? You’ve already bothered her for so long and still refuse to let her go."

"I only kept you on for my daughter’s sake and didn’t fire you, but I never thought you’d have no self-awareness at all. It’s bad enough that you’re still hanging around the branch office, but today you come all the way to Headquarters to bully people, and even cause a scene like this. How am I supposed to tolerate that?"

When Xiao Zhen appeared, Su Zining felt as if he’d finally found a powerful backer. Even though Xiao Keyi wouldn’t protect him and still had lingering feelings for that man, at least Xiao Zhen was so satisfied with him, he’d definitely stand up for him.

So Su Zining hurriedly stepped behind Xiao Zhen. "Uncle, you’re finally here."