Love & Redemption
Chapter 279: Extra One: Unforgettable

Chapter 279: Extra One: Unforgettable

The day Linglong found a job, she booked the top suite of the city’s most luxurious hotel and hosted an extravagant feast.

You can’t blame her for being so excited.

As the daughter of the chairman of Shaoyang Protection Company, with a high education, good looks, and a great figure, she was surprisingly troubled by job hunting for over half a year. She always said it was because the other party abused their power, but Xuanji and Zhong Minyan knew her well enough to be sure that it was her bad temper that had offended people and was the reason for her serial failures in interviews.

In reality, she didn’t need to look for a job; she could just take over her father’s position. But lately, her dad had taken a particular liking to Xuanji’s BF, Yu Sifeng, strongly hinting at handing over the company to him. Plus, her younger sister Xuanji was already set to be a permanent staff member at the Heavenly Court Law Firm, with a limitless future ahead. How could she, as the older sister, just sit at home and freeload?

"Speaking of which, Linglong, which company was so brainless as to hire you?"

Zhong Minyan hadn’t even finished speaking when she struck him down with a smack. Linglong fiercely twisted her fingers and growled menacingly, "Say that again?"

Zhong Minyan covered his bleeding nose, rendered speechless.

Xuanji quickly intervened, "Sis, stop keeping us in suspense! Just tell us already!"

Linglong arrogantly lifted her nose and snorted, "It’s a company called Dinghai Iron Chain Pipeline Company, in charge of liquefied gas pipelines—a golden rice bowl, complete with labor and medical insurance, housing fund, the whole shebang. The manager thinks highly of me and wants me to start right away tomorrow."

"Wow, that’s so impressive!"

Liquefied gas... pipelines? Everyone had a puzzled look, but to match her triumphant aura, they all applauded and cheered along.

Only Zhong Minyan earnestly advised, "Linglong, you’re inexperienced in the ways of the world; don’t be deceived! Why would that manager like you for no reason? He must be up to no good! You have to be careful..."

Before he could finish, she kicked him in the face, knocking him out cold, again.

"You’re just jealous! So jealous!" Linglong was seething with anger, "Manager Wu is both talented and refined, so gentlemanly and handsome. How could he have ill intentions? You just want me to stay a little housewife who can only cook and clean, right?!"

Talented and refined? Gentlemanly? Handsome? The blows to Zhong Minyan’s ego made his expression turn a miserable green as he hung his head in dejection. Xuanji petted his head sympathetically, as if soothing a little puppy.

"Linglong, the world is complicated, just be careful out there," Chu Lei spoke up, his voice carrying the usual official tone.

While they were talking, Yu Sifeng came in, knocking on the door, looking scholarly and trim in his suit. He adjusted the rimless glasses on his nose and said formally, "Chairman, the collaboration project with Lize Palace Entertainment Culture Company has been finalized. The documents are on your desk; please remember to sign them tomorrow morning."

Chu Lei nodded in approval, about to speak, when Xuanji had already hopped onto Yu Sifeng’s back, wrapping her arms around his neck and pinching his face as she laughed, "Si Feng, Si Feng! Why are you still wearing a suit for dinner! It looks so ugly!"

So ugly, so ugly, so ugly... Yu Sifeng immediately felt defeated.

"Xuanji! Stop bullying Si Feng!" Her mother, He Danping, glared at her daughter and affectionately invited her future son-in-law, "Si Feng, come sit down. We saved some dishes for you."

Yu Sifeng saw the table was filled with his favourites and his eyes lit up. He started to eat heartily, stuffing himself.

Linglong enviously watched her sister and BF’s intimate displays of affection, her brother-in-law-to-be being a capable and shrewd talent. In contrast, she looked at Zhong Minyan, her childhood friend, who was struggling to gnaw at a pig’s trotter with a bruised face.

Worlds apart, she thought to herself.

The man meant for Linglong couldn’t possibly be him. Her destined one should be a dashing, handsome, charismatic, passionate, wealthy, devoted, and immensely talented young man—not the boy-next-door type like Zhong Minyan.

Right, like... like Manager Wu! He was the epitome of a promising young talent.

Thinking of him made her heart race and her cheeks involuntarily flushed.

Ah, a new company, a new job, please give her a new lover as well!

While Linglong’s heart fluttered with excitement, Wu Tong sat in front of his computer with a sinister smile.

Hehehehe, he finally snagged a big fish. He closed his eyes, recalling an incident from four years ago.

Back then, he was just a minor employee at the Dianjing Valley Sauna and Leisure Center, diligent and earnest, competing every month for the little red flower awarded to the exemplary employee. Unexpectedly, on a day he was on duty, a guest claimed to have lost something and pinned the blame on him; he was at a loss for words to defend himself.

As it happened, the chairman of the Shaoyang Protection Company and his family were also there. His two snotty daughters, for some reason, insisted that they saw him steal. In the end, the general manager fired him. Bitter and resentful, Wu Tong scoped out Chu Lei’s home and, with a watermelon knife tucked into his clothes, planned his revenge.

But before he could even get inside, he was bitten all over by the two Doberman Dogs his target kept.

He failed before his plans could take shape, leaving him tearfully lamenting his lost gallantry.

This painful lesson was too much; he languished in the hospital for two whole months, deep in thought day and night, and finally decided that it’s never too late for a gentleman to seek revenge. It was better to strive for self-improvement first.

He took out all his savings from over the years and bribed a distant relative, who arranged for him to get a job at Dinghai Iron Chain Pipeline Company. Four years of hard work and dedication finally got him to a managerial position.

Fate seemed to smile upon him as one of those despicable girls who framed him back then accidentally fell into his net.

Hmph, hmph, hmph, hmph~~ She will soon learn the consequences of offending Wu Tong!

Of course, Linglong had no idea about his schemes. She happily skipped to work the next morning.

As soon as she arrived, Wu Tong beckoned her over, "Linglong, I have something to tell you." He said, and then flashed her a gentle smile to avoid arousing her suspicions.

Ah... He... He smiled at her! Linglong felt the little rabbits in her heart start to stir again.

What an attractive and dashing smile...

Her eyes sparkling, she dashed over, promptly locking the office door behind her, resolved that if he didn’t take the initiative, she would!

"Here’s the thing..." Wu Tong coughed twice and cleared his throat, when suddenly he exploded, "Why are you sitting on my lap!"

Linglong deftly wrapped her arm around his neck, casting him a coquettish glance and speaking softly, "I’m waiting for you to tell me, Manager~~"

With a beauty snugly in his arms, Wu Tong struggled to maintain control, took a deep breath, and continued, "Do you remember what happened four years ago at the Dianjing Valley Sauna and Leisure Center?"

"Ah, could it be that we’ve known each other since then?!" This is the golden opportunity! Golden opportunity! Linglong was both surprised and delighted.

Wu Tong sneered, "That’s correct! We met back then! You might not remember, but I have always kept it in my heart! I’ll never forget it for my entire life!"

"You... You’ve been so affectionate!" Linglong was deeply moved.

"I owe my success today to you! That’s why I... mmph..."

His words were abruptly smothered as someone’s lips pressed against his. Linglong kissed him with all her might, swelling his lips before reluctantly letting go. She gazed at him with tender affection, saying, "I’m so moved... What... what are you waiting for? Come on!"

Wu Tong stood there stunned, as if staring at an alien.

Linglong looked at him shyly, murmuring, "I know this is a workplace, but I don’t care, so why should you worry so much?"

She went to undo his buttons, so hungry for it. Wu Tong turned pale with fright, hastily covering his chest and shrinking into a ball, his voice trembling, "What... what are you going to do?"

"Stop pretending!" Linglong lost her patience and with a rip, tore open his shirt.

Wu Tong let out a loud yell, pushed her away forcefully, and retreated incredulously, hugging his own arms in utter fear, his voice still shaking, "What do you want to do?! Rape is a crime!"

"Then let it be a crime~" Linglong opened her arms, filled with rosy fantasies, and charged towards her true love.

Wu Tong fled in a disheveled manner, sprinting out of the manager’s office.

How could things have turned out like this ahhhhh!

Wu Tong clutched his head, rolling non-stop on the bed, rolling for over an hour. Suddenly, inspiration struck: she must have done it on purpose! She had discovered his purpose early on, so she used this move to counter him!

That’s right! It must be so!

Wu Tong broke out in a cold sweat from thinking so hard. No, he had to find a way to resolve this! Perhaps... fight fire with fire!

Lying back down with a smug expression, he caressed his lips, recalling the smooth taste of her cherry lips, and couldn’t help but feel his heart flutter. Closing his eyes, her long eyelashes seemed to flutter before him, stirring his desires and leading to a night of restless dreams.

This idea isn’t bad...

After Linglong got home, she sulked all evening, not eating and locking herself in her room to listen to sad songs.

When Xuanji went in, Linglong was wiping away tears with a tissue, and the CD player was playing a mournful song, with the male singer howling at the top of his lungs, "Do you know, I’ve waited until the flowers wilted too~~"

"Sis, this is from Xiao Liuzi for you." Xuanji, long accustomed to her emotional volatility, didn’t even bat an eyelid and handed over a CD.

"Ah! Why has he returned the CD I lent to him yesterday?!" Linglong immediately stopped crying and jumped up, shouting aloud.

Xuanji shrugged, "He was crying so sadly, said you didn’t want him anymore. He also said that as a man, he has his pride and wouldn’t cling to a woman who dumped him. Anyway... that’s just how it is~ Sis, did you really dump him?"

Linglong sighed deeply, full of the melancholic sorrow of a lovelorn spring, and said in a low voice, "Why is he so foolish, really so foolish... How could I not want him? Even if everyone else in the world died, I wouldn’t allow him to die."

"Hey, have you ruthlessly abandoned us just like that?" Xuanji was not pleased.

"Cough, that’s not what I meant!" Linglong rolled her eyes, "I met a man today, thought he was my soulmate! Sheesh, he’s as timid as a mouse. He actually looked down on me... Xiao Liuzi is the best!"

Thinking of Zhong Minyan’s loyalty and thoughtfulness made her feel warm inside. Oh, my little adversary~ Even with a sea of flowers, when I look back, it’s only you.

Seeing her start to get into a spring fever again, Xuanji said lazily, "He’s right outside... if you want to see him..."

Before Xuanji finished speaking, Linglong had already run out, leaving only a gust of wind. The CD player continued to sing "Do you know~~" while Xuanji hummed along "I’ve waited until the flowers wilted too~" and turned to find Yu Sifeng to play with.

The next day, Wu Tong deliberately donned his snazziest suit and spritzed on some cologne, mmm, the scent of a man~ Today he would surely bewitch his adversary to fall head over heels.

He combed and re-combed his hair, polished and re-polished his shoes, and struck a sexy pose in the office, just waiting for the fish to bite the hook once again.

But all he received was a letter of resignation.

"Why?!" He asked, all his composure shattering with a snap, his voice filled with tears of despair.

"Oh, because I want to change to a new environment." Linglong picked her nose, the insincerity in her response was clear as day even to an idiot.

"Is there still a chance?" He was close to tears.

Linglong closed her eyes in painful emotion, choking up, "We... have the monkeys but no poo, going on like this... it’s pointless. I already have a BF, forget about me."

"Linglong!" Wu Tong called out, but she didn’t respond, leaving him only her silhouette.

And things have turned out this way once again ahhhhhh!

Wu Tong clutched a bottle of liquor, rolling non-stop on the sofa in the karaoke lounge. The female colleagues in the company all laughed at him secretly, not daring to approach.

Only the new employee Ruo Yu kindly helped him up, gently saying, "Manager, why not pick a song?"

Wu Tong’s tears were longer than the Great Wall, clutching Ruo Yu’s hand and babbling like Xianglin’s sister-in-law, "Tell me... where am I not good enough? Why does she why why why..."

The crafty Ruo Yu took the opportunity to draw many turtles on his face with a marker, smiling and saying, "Because she was just playing with you."

And that was indeed the cruel truth. Wu Tong clutched his forehead, his heart felt like it was about to split open.

He had been played by a woman, not just once but twice.

But... my adversary, I just can’t forget you!

He grabbed the microphone, heartbroken, and sang word by word:

"Initially it was just to relieve boredom she was just a target

Ohyes,Ido,do,doIdoand...

The more I thought about it the more I wanted to rely on her How come I started having feelings wanting to grow old with her

Having feelings whoever has feelings loses She will feign ignorance or just escape

Pride is held high but when it comes to love it’s all thrown away

Can’t do it can’t do it that kiss I can’t forget

Forget it I can’t I still pretend it’s all just a joke She doesn’t understand my feelings

I can only laugh saying all women are unreliable Holding back tears no one knows

Actually, I want her to say she loves me till old age Yet why does it come out as it’s better this way..."

Alas, a lute once had fifty strings, each string, each fret pondering the prime of life. Zhuang Sheng dreamt in the morning, confused about butterflies; Wangdi entrusted his spring heart to the cuckoo.

This life, yet so long.

But, it’s over now... (Sorry author, don’t blame me)