Chapter 11: Will You Love Me Again?

This accusation left Shen Huai completely stunned.

Liu Shishi was both shy and angry, her face flushed as she glared at Shen Huai: "You abandoned me back then, and now you suddenly appear in front of me, pretending to be nice to curry favor. Let me tell you, I'm not falling for that anymore!"

"..."

As expected, she was still as sensitive as before.

Shen Huai regretted it so much he wanted to slap himself.

Why did his sympathy have to overflow like that? Was it really necessary to meddle in this business? Now he'd done it—he had another ancestor to deal with.

Seeing that Shen Huai didn't speak.

Liu Shishi's eyes flickered inexplicably.

Was she too emotional just now, and did she scare him?

Was she terrifying just now? He had kindly handed her a tissue, and she had spoken to him like that—was she being too narrow-minded? Liu Shishi's mind was filled with wild thoughts.

Taking a deep breath to calm her emotions, she only then realized a problem.

That's not right.

This is the company, not school.

How did Shen Huai appear here?

"I joined Xingyao today; from now on, we are colleagues."

Shen Huai saw through the confusion in Liu Shishi's eyes and smiled faintly.

Hearing Shen Huai's explanation, Liu Shishi's eyes widened even further: "You... you are also interning here?"

She was not a regular employee of Xingyao, but an intern.

Her salary was only 1,500, and she worked from dawn till dusk, running around day and night with the Video Group.

The reason she was hiding here crying just now was that the work pressure was simply too great; she was busy flying around every day and couldn't eat at normal meal times at all.

She felt like she couldn't hold on much longer.

Yet, this internship position, which treated people like cattle and horses.

Was one she had fought hard to get after passing layers of assessments and overcoming many obstacles.

But she clearly remembered.

Shen Huai's name was not on the list of interns for this batch? How did he get in here? Shen Huai gave a tactical cough and explained calmly: "I am not an intern; I am a probationary employee."

"In Public Relations Department Group 2, as a Public Relations Specialist. It's my first day of work, and I'm still in the probationary period."

Upon hearing this.

Liu Shishi's expression stiffened.

Her already fragile glass heart quietly shattered again.

Since when did Xingyao start campus recruitment for second-tier universities?

As the top student in her major.

This internship opportunity was something Liu Shishi had fought hard to obtain.

Although she was clumsy with words and extremely sensitive inside.

It was precisely because of this that Liu Shishi was exceptional when it came to content creation.

Xingyao had taken a fancy to her superb talent for writing, which was why they had made an exception to hire her, a student from a second-tier university, as an intern.

Yet Shen Huai had said nothing and skipped the internship entirely to become a regular employee.

The most critical part was.

That was the Public Relations Department.

It was the most core department in all of Xingyao, aside from the Artist Management Department.

It was said that the threshold for hiring in this department was extremely high; a master's degree from a 211 university was just the basic requirement.

Even if Shen Huai were outstanding, his academic qualifications did not meet the recruitment requirements.

How on earth did he manage it? Could he have paid a bribe?

That wasn't right either.

It wasn't that Xingyao didn't have people with connections, but if one wanted to spend money to buy a spot, even for an internship spot like hers, the amount would have to be at least 100,000 to start.

Based on her understanding of Shen Huai's family background, it was impossible for them to afford that.

In just a few breaths.

A battle was raging in Liu Shishi's mind, and countless conjectures kept pouring out.

Shen Huai was completely unaware of what she was thinking at this moment.

He checked the time; it was already past meal time.

It was his first day of work, and he had already encountered so many bizarre things.

If he didn't return to the office now, he feared his scandal with Tong Yue would soon spread throughout the entire company. If other exes saw this, he would truly be finished.

"Since you're fine, I'll be going first."

Shen Huai only wanted to slip away quickly now.

Being alone with an ex in a closed stairwell for so long made him feel like he was sitting on pins and needles.

Unexpectedly.

Liu Shishi suddenly reached out and grabbed Shen Huai's wrist, "You... have you thought about me at all over these years?"

Shen Huai closed his eyes helplessly.

What was bound to come had come.

He regained his composure, let out a light breath, and pried Liu Shishi's hand away with a hint of firmness, "Shishi, we need to look forward, you know?"

"We broke up a long time ago."

Liu Shishi gripped even tighter instead, "But everything you said, I have already tried my best to change."

"You said I must first learn to love myself. So I worked hard to secure an internship at Xingyao, but I didn't expect that you would also be at this company."

"Shen Huai, tell me, is there still any possibility for us..."

"There is no possibility."

Shen Huai coldly interrupted Liu Shishi's words, his gaze looking straight at her.

"Shishi, I don't like to lie, so I don't want to give you any so-called groundless hope; that would only harm you."

"Even if I change very, very well, is there still no possibility? Why?" A trace of pain revealed itself in Liu Shishi's eyes.

"Do you still not understand? This isn't a question of whether you change well or not. It's that you don't need to change at all; you don't need to change for me, or for anyone else, understand?"

Shen Huai felt that communicating with Liu Shishi was very exhausting.

Why did she always twist and misinterpret what he said? "No, I don't understand. You clearly just don't love me anymore, so you're just finding random excuses to brush me off." As Liu Shishi spoke, tears welled up in her eyes again.

"You're thinking too—"

Shen Huai had just prepared to retort when the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.

Shen Huai took it out and saw it was a string of unfamiliar numbers.

He glanced at Liu Shishi, then silently pressed the answer button: "Hello, who is this?"

"Who is this? Shen Huai, is this how you skip work on your first day?" Tong Yue's icy voice came through the receiver.

"I'll be back immediately," Shen Huai said, covering the microphone.

Hearing this.

Tong Yue's tone shifted abruptly: "Where are you right now? Why is there such a loud echo?"

Shen Huai sensed something was wrong and hung up the phone without a word.

Strictly speaking, it was actually still lunch break right now.

But he knew that Tong Yue was petty and would definitely find a way to cause him trouble.

He just didn't expect her to come looking for him so soon.

Shen Huai said apologetically to Liu Shishi: "My boss called and told me to return to my workstation, I have to go."

Seeing this, Liu Shishi pursed her lips and said nothing.

Having only walked a few steps.

Shen Huai turned his head back, saw Liu Shishi still standing there, sighed, and added a sentence: "Shishi, you are truly excellent. Don't always dwell on the past, and don't care too much about the opinions of others; just be yourself."

After speaking.

Shen Huai slowly pushed open the door to the stairwell and walked away quickly.

Seeing that he had walked far away.

The tense state of Liu Shishi's whole body finally relaxed.

Her whole person felt as if her support pillar had been pulled away, and she slumped against the wall.

She thought she had completely let go of Shen Huai.

But the moment Shen Huai turned and left.

Liu Shishi realized that she had been deceiving herself all along.

"If I am myself... will Shen Huai like me again?"

Her eyes narrowed, and she closed them heavily.

In her mind, she repeated this last sentence Shen Huai said, over and over, faintly.

(End of chapter)