34. Let him feel guilty, then keep remembering.
What an amazing girl.
With just a few words, she dissolved all the barriers.
Xia Changyu didn’t dare to find ‘her’ the entire afternoon, feeling guilty even to look, as all his face was lost to his girlfriend Gu Xiaoxue and his roommates.
But now!!
Xia Changyu said there was a girl who picked up the face dropped on the ground and placed it in his palm, saying, “About this morning, I didn’t take it to heart at all.”
“But they are causing you trouble.”
“I’ve almost forgotten it!”
“Forgotten, what?”
“I’m not good at remembering.” Lin Yibai shrugged and casually said, “As long as you don’t mention what happened this morning, I’ll forget it.”
Xia Changyu said, “Thank you.”
Lin Yibai shook her head and replied indifferently, “Although I personally don’t seem very willing, helping promote your exhibition stand is just part of my job, so there’s no need to thank me.”
Xia Changyu continued, “Then, sorry, my apologies?”
Lin Yibai finally looked at him properly and then asked, “Is that you, or are you apologizing on behalf of your girlfriend? I’ve already accepted your apology.”
“Then I can rest assured.”
“But I don’t accept your girlfriend’s and her roommates’ apologies.” Lin Yibai was also feeling bad; she knew Yang Yueping and those people had serious problems, never expecting ex-girlfriend Gu Xiaoxue was also one of them. She was discovering more and more bad things about Gu Xiaoxue—sigh!
“Ah this!”
“Well!” Taking a deep breath, Lin Yibai ran a few steps away, hands behind her back, fingers intertwined, and said, “Let’s leave it at that! From my experience as someone who’s been there, I advise you to be careful of the roommates around your girlfriend.”
“I don’t quite understand, and what do you mean by your experience as someone who’s been there… specifically referring to what?”
“Ah! Let something slip!”
“??”
“I mean, from my intuition as a girl, your girlfriend’s roommates give me a very bad feeling; I have a sense that they might do something bad to you.”
“I don’t quite understand what you’re saying.”
Lin Yibai seemed to think of something and said, “If you don’t understand, then just forget it! Some things are better experienced yourself; I feel that’s pretty good!”
Xia Changyu: “?”
Lin Yibai revealed a meaningful smile and finally advised, “Time is almost up; you can try to appease your girlfriend when you go back, if you want to find peace?”
Xia Changyu scratched his head, “I still don’t understand what you’re saying! Are you trying to be cryptic?”
Lin Yibai smiled mysteriously, “Not understanding is just right.”
Sigh, that seems to be all!
Out of empathy, Lin Yibai specifically came to mention this, hoping the rival in love would suffer a little less, after all, just as he said: she had been through it herself.
And as for ex-girlfriend Gu Xiaoxue!
In the past two days, he had received too much information.
From an outsider’s perspective, he saw many dark sides of Gu Xiaoxue that he had never noticed before, and Lin Yibai also needed to digest this information properly.
The ex-girlfriend was no longer perfect.
And cracks had appeared, allowing him to glimpse the darkness.
Waving his hand behind, Lin Yibai quickly disappeared into the golden glow of the setting sun. Just a moment after she left, the supervisor rushed out: “Xiao Bai, please wait a moment; I’ve applied for a reduction of your complaint’s penalty and explained the reasons to my superiors.”
Unfortunately, Lin Yibai had already gone far.
This matter made Xia Changyu frown.
He had seen Lin Yibai’s excellence; how could such a diligent person be complained about?
Out of confusion, Xia Changyu directly asked, “That… I want to ask about Xiao Bai… I mean, what’s the complaint regarding Lin Baiyi about?”
“Eh, who are you?”
The E Zone supervisor was taken aback for a moment before finally recognizing Xia Changyu’s identity.
Then, she took a deep breath, ready to scold him.
But thinking about it, since she was a formal employee, she ultimately held back her temper and said, “Isn’t it about your exhibition stand No. 39? Clearly, everyone has a good opinion of Xiao Bai, many people want her help to promote their stands, but your stand turned out like this!”
“Ah this?”
“We received four complaint letters from your stand No. 39. I really don’t understand, Xiao Bai helped you so hard, and yet she got back four complaints? Xiao Bai is a good girl… she shouldn’t be treated unfairly like this.”
“……”
For some reason, Xia Changyu’s face turned completely red.
He didn’t know if it was high blood pressure or if the sunset’s glow had painted him red?
He recalled under Lin Yibai’s suggestion.
That day he signed the first contract with a foreigner.
With Lin Yibai’s promotional help, he discovered the potential for developing the domestic market.
It had drawn the attention of many exhibition zones.
Yet he rejected the girl who had helped him the most.
In the end, a good person received no reward and got four complaints from his own stand?
Was he repaying kindness with enmity?
“I…” Xia Changyu took a deep breath and asked, “Can I see those complaint letters?”
“Sorry.” The supervisor shook her head, looking helpless, “According to regulations and to protect the complainants, we do not have the authority to disclose the identities of the complainants.”
“But! Lin Baiyi…?”
“I also sympathize with Xiao Bai.”
“Is that it?”
“Mr. Xia, you’re really joking.” The supervisor was clearly also indignant, subtly saying, “The complainants are internal staff from your exhibition area, and they all accuse Xiao Bai of meddling in your stand’s planning, saying Xiao Bai discriminates against national style and flatters foreign trends, strongly demanding that we impose severe penalties.”
If you hint like this, then Xia Changyu would have understood it completely!
His resentment toward Lin Yibai’s suggestion.
And the people who slander it in the name of promoting national style.
Besides girlfriend Gu Xiaoxue and her roommates.
Who else could it be?
“If Mr. Xia has no other matters, I’ll take my leave.” The supervisor bade farewell and quickly left.
Leaving behind a Xia Changyu, with a face red one moment, and ashen the next.
Lin Yibai had finally helped him pick up the pride he lost out of ’empathy’.
‘Bang~’
His girlfriend’s pride was thrown down again.
Even his girlfriend’s roommates ruthlessly stepped on the face that was already almost embedded in the cement floor.
“Xiao Bai!”
“Lin Bai… yi!”
Xia Changyu chased out of the E Zone entrance, feeling that the one apology he had just made could not possibly earn forgiveness. He needed to say it at least a hundred times before his heart would feel at ease.
Unfortunately, there was no opportunity left.
Lin Yibai’s figure had long disappeared in the vast exhibition hall.
Leaving Xia Changyu only with the setting sun beneath the curtain, the impending dusk.
And endless guilt.
