Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife
Chapter 71: Slapping the Face

Chapter 71: Chapter 71: Slapping the Face

"Manager Wu, long time no see," Director Cai entered the conference room to greet first.

Wa Zicong heard the voice, turned his head to see the visitor, and then handed the documents to his assistant to handle before going up to exchange pleasantries with Director Cai, "It’s been a long time indeed. I’ve been to Changda several times but haven’t managed to see you."

The two shook hands perfunctorily.

Gu Nuan followed behind Director Cai, and it seemed like Wa Zicong hadn’t noticed her. Therefore, Director Cai stepped aside and said to Wa Zicong, "Today, it just so happened that an old friend of Manager Wu is here. Hearing that Manager Wu was here, and having not met with Manager Wu for a long time, she wished to come to see Manager Wu."

Wa Zicong’s gaze swept over Gu Nuan by Director Cai’s side with a seemingly indifferent chill.

Gu Nuan’s eyes, which were levelly raised, met his gaze.

The others in the room were somewhat clueless, some skeptical and curious, but one thing was certain—the atmosphere between this man and woman didn’t quite resemble that of strangers meeting.

Being too composed, too generous, isn’t that just another form of being on guard?

A thud went through Director Cai’s heart, Could it be true? Did these two really know each other before?

"Old friend?"

"Yes," Wa Zicong may have realized that his own silence had made it somewhat suspicious, so he simply admitted, "We were schoolmates at the same college."

Director Cai seized the moment, "She said that she once interviewed with you at MM."

A flash crossed the depths of Wa Zicong’s eyes, "She’s come to Changda to—"

Actually, there was no need for further guesswork, for Director Cai was from the HR department; there was no need to guess. Besides, for a recruitment interview of Changda’s scale, how could Wa Zicong have not heard anything about it?

The only unexpected thing was, she actually came to Changda for an interview?

How could she possibly come for an interview at Changda? After all, their school was a second-tier finance college, a type that a large conglomerate like Changda wouldn’t even look twice at. Back in the day, the fact they were even asked to interview at MN was sheer luck. It was commonly thought that sending a resume to MN’s HR department was akin to a stone sinking into the sea.

Of course, back then, he had found a backdoor at MN, and as such, he was somewhat confident about interviewing at MN. But he never expected that she had also gotten into MN’s interviews.

Could it be because the person he sought out knew about his relationship with her and thus pulled some strings for her? But no matter what, at that time, MN was ready to hire her, not him.

This secret was known only to a very few people, including himself and her.

As he listened to Director Cai’s subsequent words, which were laden with implications, "Manager Wu must be very familiar with this old classmate, after all, the two of you previously interviewed together at a big company like MN."

Wa Zicong almost revealed nothing, "At that time, I wasn’t even a formal employee of MN. As for their recruitment processes and judgement criteria, I had no knowledge. Moreover, this classmate I remember as—"

It looked as though her ex-boyfriend was on the brink of spouting the insulting words ’deaf and dumb.’

The situation seemed to have become interesting, but in reality, it was predictable. An ex-boyfriend, a Chen Shimei who had dumped the woman himself, how could he be willing to admit to anything he had done before, much less acknowledge that he was worse off than her!

Director Cai, like everyone else, had anticipated such an outcome. Regardless of the facts, with the person concerned refusing to admit anything, Gu Nuan, even with her seventy-two transformations, would find it hard to argue her case, doomed to be a self-degrading dead end.

This wasn’t because Director Cai had not given Gu Nuan a chance; it was because Gu Nuan herself had no shame.

Watching Director Cai adjust her gold-rimmed glasses, appearing as if she was declaring something, what could she, Gu Nuan, do now? Cry and kneel in front of Wa Zicong to make a scene? Or slap this ungrateful Chen Shimei right across the face?

No, these were moves Director Cai could not permit.

How to make a scene? One simply could not create a scene here at Changda. If there was to be an outburst, it had to be outside.

Gu Nuan had to swallow this humiliation herself!

Wa Zicong’s eye corner caught his assistant, who, with a look of confusion, was tidying up the documents. He said, "Xiaoliu, go ahead and start the car. I’ll be leaving after I finish talking with Director Cai."

"Yes, Chief," Assistant Xiaoliu picked up the black briefcase and walked out of the conference room, casting a glance laden with confusion towards Gu Nuan as he passed her.

One might say her ex-boyfriend was cautious enough, facing his former girlfriend with such prudence and guard, showing that he practically placed no value on their past decade of relationship, knowing only where his interests lay.

Gu Nuan’s lips coldly curled up, and as Xiaoliu was about to step out of the door, she said, "I haven’t seen Mr. James for a long time now. He is at MN, and I heard he got promoted."

Xiaoliu truly paused in his steps, turning back to look at her in surprise.

Director Cai was almost ready to take off her glasses to make sure she hadn’t misheard.

James, the Administrative Director of MN, who often exchanged courtesies in the battle for recruitment and talents with big companies and conglomerates—Director Cai was, of course, aware of this influential person.

Now that Gu Nuan brought him up, it was unclear whether she spoke the truth.

However, Wa Zicong’s complexion did change slightly, before he regained his composure to say, "You’ve met James before? I had no idea."

"Of course I did. He was one of the interviewers. Afterwards, we even exchanged email addresses. He told me it was a pity, and that he would like to stay in touch with me if there were ever another opportunity. When he got promoted, I sent him an e-card to his email, and I got a reply. He said that this year’s MN recruitment was quite late, in the fall, but he would like to reserve a spot for me—"

The best cards are always played at the most opportune moment.

Gu Nuan’s card was perfectly timed to hit the faces of both people present, one belonging to Wa Zicong, and the other to Director Cai.

One was an ingrate, the other enjoyed making things hard for her fellow women—both were the kind of people Gu Nuan despised the most.

Director Cai’s cold sweat trickled down her forehead. This entire scene had surely been captured by someone through the surveillance.

"Is that so, Manager Wu?" Director Cai steadied her spirit, prepared to shift the blame onto Wa Zicong.

Wa Zicong looked at the woman before him, no, he almost couldn’t trust his own eyes, couldn’t believe his own ears. Was this person the girl he had been in a relationship with for ten years?

All he remembered was that she was considerate, willing to sacrifice everything for him—a kind-hearted girl. Thus, he took her for granted, exploited her willingness to sacrifice everything, thinking it was all her own doing.

Now, whose fault was the current situation?