Chapter 365: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 365: We Really Are Already Over

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Veteran employees left one after another, and the newly hired ones hadn't been there long enough to produce any business performance, while the company's daily fixed expenses — rent, utilities, salaries, and so on — added up to no small amount.

The fifty thousand yuan borrowed from Zhang Zhihao before was soon spent almost entirely.

Once again came the moment when a choice had to be made:

Borrow money to keep holding on, or choose to close down and go bankrupt?

If they borrowed money to keep holding on, could they really tide over this crisis?

Besides, who would they borrow from?

They had already borrowed fifty thousand from Zhang Zhihao before.

Now reaching out to ask him again — that wouldn't be too appropriate.

Besides, Zhang Zhihao is getting married on May Day; his wedding will probably cost a lot too — would he have spare money to lend to the two brothers?

But if they just went bankrupt like this, Wang Dashan was unwilling to accept it.

He wasn't defeated by business, nor defeated by competition.

This failure was purely an accident.

An accident caused by that stupid and vicious woman Zhang Xiaoyun!

This made him truly unwilling to accept it!

"Brother, why don't I go borrow the money? We'll definitely be able to revive Shanhai Real Estate!"

This time, Wang Erhai actually took the initiative to propose going himself to borrow money to save Shanhai Real Estate; he no longer persuaded Wang Dashan to give up Shanhai Real Estate.

The reason for this change in him was entirely due to guilt and self-reproach gnawing at his heart.

Zhang Xiaoyun was his girlfriend; the huge mess Zhang Xiaoyun created, he had to patch up — otherwise he would never feel at ease for the rest of his life, and would never have the face to face his big brother for the rest of his life.

"Heh, easy to say — who are you going to borrow from? Who would lend money to you?"

Wang Dashan laughed bitterly.

But Wang Erhai said:

"You don't need to worry about it; anyway, I'll scrape together a sum of money within this month and bring Shanhai Real Estate back from the dead!"

After saying this, Wang Erhai turned around and left.

As he walked, it was as if walking to his death, carrying an incomparably determined attitude.

Wang Erhai returned to the house he shared with Zhang Xiaoyun and formally proposed a breakup to Zhang Xiaoyun.

"Let's break up. I'm moving out today. If you want to keep living here, you pay the rent yourself starting next month; if you don't want to live here, then I'll go terminate the lease."

After saying this, Wang Erhai started packing his things.

Seeing Wang Erhai's attitude so firm, Zhang Xiaoyun was momentarily stunned.

Everything she had done was merely to fight for Wang Erhai's concern and recognition.

How did it result in Wang Erhai giving her this kind of attitude?

"Wang Erhai, what do you mean!"

Zhang Xiaoyun was very unwilling, and screamed.

She thought she didn't love Wang Erhai.

The man before her had an ordinary, unremarkable appearance and no great ability either; she only valued that he was Shanhai Real Estate's second-in-command, and she thought she could turn around and leave at any time.

But now this man had actively proposed a breakup to her, and she panicked instead, no longer calm.

Even she herself didn't know why she would have such an absurd reaction.

"That day you went to Shanhai Real Estate and caused a scene, directly ruining the company's business strategy; now the company is on the verge of bankruptcy. Me breaking up with you counts as giving you liberation — you'd better not shamelessly cling to me."

Wang Erhai didn't turn his head, packing his clothes with his head down while answering coldly and disdainfully.

"Is it that serious? I only said a couple of sentences offhand!" Zhang Xiaoyun defended herself and shifted the blame onto Wang Erhai: "Besides, if you hadn't used cold violence on me, leaving me stranded in the rental house for a whole night, I wouldn't have gone to the company to find you — this isn't entirely my fault; you bear responsibility too!"

Hearing this, Wang Erhai was angered to the point of laughter.

He shoved his clothes hard into the suitcase, turned back and glared at Zhang Xiaoyun:

"Right, I was wrong too — so now I'm paying for my mistake. I never should have been with you in the first place. Besides a rotten skin, what do you have? I should have known long ago — a woman who dropped out before even finishing junior high to go work has nothing good about her!"

Zhang Xiaoyun's family was poor, and on top of that her parents favored sons over daughters, and her own academic grades weren't good either, causing her to not even finish junior high before she couldn't continue and went out to work.

These years of working, she had always done the lowest-level jobs — waitress, salesperson, assembly line worker.

Wang Erhai, this second-in-command of Shanhai Real Estate, was actually already the ceiling of the men she could find.

This was also one of the important reasons why she was unwilling when Wang Erhai proposed the breakup.

"I'm not anything good — are you then?" Zhang Xiaoyun was stung by Wang Erhai's words and retorted angrily: "You two brothers, not doing business honestly, going to scheme with Xu Mingxin — ending up in this situation was actually destined long ago; what does it have to do with me?"

"Right right right, you're right — Shanhai Real Estate should have gone bankrupt long ago, nothing to do with you." Wang Erhai couldn't be bothered to refute anything further, and also said: "Me breaking up with you also has nothing to do with you — I'm here to notify you, not to seek your opinion."

Wang Erhai's attitude was so decisive it made Zhang Xiaoyun's heart feel like it was being cut by knives:

"I won't allow you to break up with me! If you break up with me, everything I gave you, you have to return every last bit of it to me!"

"Fine fine fine, I'll return it all — what did you give me? Say it!"

Wang Erhai finished packing his clothes and closed the suitcase.

He wanted to see just what Zhang Xiaoyun would demand he return.

This house was rented with his money; almost all the expenses during their relationship were paid by Wang Erhai.

Even many of Zhang Xiaoyun's clothes, cosmetics, and so on were bought for her by Wang Erhai.

What else does she want Wang Erhai to return?

"My first love, my first kiss, my first night — you give them all back to me!"

Zhang Xiaoyun wept with a wronged, aggrieved look.

These were her most precious things, and she had given them all to Wang Erhai.

Wang Erhai was so angry he laughed:

"If you're sick, go see a doctor right away; what nerves are you acting out, talking as if I weren't experiencing my first relationship either!"

Wang Erhai pulled his luggage and turned to leave.

Naturally, he could not possibly satisfy Zhang Xiaoyun's excessive demand.

A relationship is originally mutual willingness; there is no saying that one takes advantage of the other.

Zhang Xiaoyun was experiencing her first relationship, and Wang Erhai actually was too.

If one really wanted to calculate so finely, Zhang Xiaoyun spent so much of Wang Erhai's money, so Wang Erhai would be the one who should demand she return it.

Seeing Wang Erhai leave, Zhang Xiaoyun hurriedly chased after him and hugged him tightly from behind.

"Erhai, don't go, I know I was wrong!"

At that moment, Zhang Xiaoyun was no longer stubborn; she softened.

She lowered her proud head and took the initiative to admit fault:

"Don't leave me, okay? I'm begging you!"

Zhang Xiaoyun held Wang Erhai deathly tight, tears streaming down in a rush, wetting the clothes on Wang Erhai's back.

Wang Erhai felt Zhang Xiaoyun's hot tears; his heart could not help but feel sorrow, but it soon turned resolute again:

"Let go; we're really over."