Chapter 177: Lifting the Ban
I was shocked and asked, "What's so serious? Manager, please tell me!"
Gu Ruoyan was just crying on the phone. I stood up, letting the quilt fall to the ground, and said hurriedly, "Manager! If there is any danger, call the police! Let the police protect you!"
"I don't want the police, I just need you! Tang Qian, come here quickly!"
I said anxiously, "But I have been quarantined because of SARS and I really can't get out. The only ones who can help you now are the police, so you'd better call the police!"
"What? You...have SARS?"
"No, it's just that there's a suspected SARS patient in our neighborhood, and the entire building has been banned from entering and leaving because of the suspicion. I really have no way to escape. Manager, what happened to you? Is it serious? Why do you mention death?"
"...Alas! So... Never mind, just pretend I didn't say anything. I'm hanging up now!"
"Hey! Manager, you have something to do? Tell me, I'll see if there's any way I can help you!"
I heard Gu Ruoyan smile bitterly and said, " I just need you to accompany me, but you...can't come..."
"Are you in danger?"
"No, I ... didn't mean to say it so seriously. I just... wanted to see you, that's all."
I sighed and said, "Is it safe? You really scared me! Manager, what happened to you?"
"... Let's talk about it later. I don't want to talk about it on the phone. Anyway... I will never trust any man except you again."
I was stunned for a moment. From Gu Ruoyan's tone, it seemed that she had been deceived by a man again. Alas! This poor woman!
Gu Ruoyan sighed softly and said, "That's it. When you have nothing to do, remember to come and see me!"
I said sadly , "Manager! No matter what happens, promise me that you will cheer up and don't let it get to the point of despair!"
"See you!"
I sighed, put down my phone and turned to look at Xu Shu. Xu Shu puffed up his cheeks and sat on the sofa, angrily saying: "A woman I don't know! I still need you! I can't live without you! Tang Qian... I want to fight you to the death!"
Looking at Xu Shu who was full of jealousy, I said with a smile: "This is my former boss in Jingjing Company, a very pitiful woman. There is nothing between her and me, don't make blind guesses!"
Xu Shu refused and said, "Are you really fine? Then why did she cry and say she needed you? Don't you know what it means when a woman tells a man she needs you? Boss? I... I remember, didn't I send you to a boss's house in the middle of the night a long time ago? I didn't... think it was a woman! I... I'm so stupid, I actually sent you to another woman's house to spend the night! Tang Qian! I... I'll fight you!"
Seeing Xu Shu going crazy, I felt funny and happy. I walked up to her, hugged her gently, and said seriously: "Xu Shu, I only love you in this world, please believe me!"
Xu Shu said with a straight face: "You are lying! You told me yourself that you also love the flower fairy! And the owner of the scarf, why would you date her if you don't love her?"
I... am speechless!
Xu Shu said angrily, "You have nothing to say? Liar! Pervert! Playboy! I...I hate you!"
I hugged her tightly and could only say, "Xu Shu! Xu Shu! No matter how many women I have met before, the only one I love in my heart is you! You don't know how painful it was for me to love you before. I almost went crazy with lovesickness for you, Xu Shu!"
Xu Shu blinked and said, "How many women have you come into contact with? The flower fairy, the little witch, the owner of the scarf, Fan Yunting, and now an old boss has popped up. I already know five of them now, so how many I don't know? With such a colorful life, who would believe that you would suffer? If it were someone else, they would be so happy that they would die. How dare you say that you only love me? Liar! Big liar!"
I smiled at Xu Shu, who was pouting, and felt that she was indescribably cute even when she was angry and jealous! I lowered my head, kissed her little mouth, and lovingly pushed her down on the sofa...
After a long time, Xu Shu struggled to crawl out from under me with a red face. Her shirt buttons were all undone, and her body was slightly flushed by my caress. Panting, resisting the urge, she leaned on the caress and glared at me, saying, "Don't... don't think that I will forgive you if I surrender myself. If you don't confess all your romantic debts, I will never let you go. If you don't satisfy me, you... you will never touch me again!"
I raised my hand in amusement, my fingers were all wet with her love juice. Without saying a word, I held my hand in front of her and let her see her true nature.
Xu Shu's face flushed again, biting her lower lip shyly, and said unconvincedly: "So... so what?"
I laughed and said, "I was afraid... I didn't come to touch you, but you came to touch me first, crying and shouting: Brother Tang Qian..."
Xu Shu was so embarrassed that he kept kicking me and yelling, "Hateful! Pervert! Bad guy..."
I smiled and pushed her feet away, sat next to her, and began to speak seriously: "Xu Shu, if you can believe me, I will tell you the stories of all the women I have had with you. It may sound like I am a playboy, but I really, really have only loved you!"
Xu Shu sat up straight and said, "Okay! As long as you tell me everything, I will believe you!"
I wanted to reach out and touch her face, but my hands were full... so I had to give up. I looked up and looked out the window, reminiscing for a moment, and said, "Let's talk about Qiu Jieqin first! Well... that has to start from when I was in high school..."
I recounted the past in detail, from Qiu Jieqin to Gu Ruoyan, from Gu Ruoyan to Hua Jingjing, then to the little witch and Fan Yunting. Of course, what I mainly narrated was how I fell in love with Xu Shu, how I missed her, how conflicted I was, and how for her, I hurt other women...
The conversation lasted nearly two hours. At the end, I sighed and said, "I have told you everything I have said without reservation. I even told you the dirty thoughts I sometimes had. In fact, I am not a good man. In fact, I am really afraid of seeing them again. I owe them a debt that I will never be able to repay in my lifetime. In fact, I am... very selfish!"
Xu Shu leaned forward, buried his head in his arms, and said softly: "It's all my fault. If I had known that it would snow that night, I should have told you, Tang Qian, I love you. Then I wouldn't have these troubles in the future."
I smiled bitterly and hugged her, saying, "What nonsense! How is that possible? Besides, it's none of your business. It's my own fault. I... was too careless and didn't handle it properly!"
Xu Shu stopped talking, and I was also in deep recollection. We hugged each other, quietly feeling the sadness of the past...
I don't know when Xu Shu fell asleep again. I picked up the quilt that fell on the ground and covered us with it. It was already very late at night...
Although the days of quarantine were long, they were finally coming to an end. In the last few days of that period, Xu Shu and I did nothing. Apart from eating and sleeping, we just made love. Xu Shu, who had just tasted sex for the first time, was like a wild cat in heat, demanding and wanton without restraint. All the time, anytime and anywhere. The whole house was a battlefield for our lovemaking, and everywhere was left with traces of our lovemaking.
Xu Shu is so sexy and coquettish, and she can always arouse my raging desire. Even though I am strong and young, I was finally drained dry. I finally deeply understand what it means to "devote all my energy to a cause, and die for it!"
On April 1, 2003, April Fool's Day, at 10:30 in the morning, the community was finally released from quarantine, and residents poured out of their residential buildings and hugged their relatives who came to visit and express their condolences. There were flowers and firecrackers everywhere, and people were laughing and crying, as if they had returned from hell to the human world, happy and joyful!
My mother hugged me downstairs, she was crying! My father was wiping tears from his eyes. I hugged him too. The care of family members always makes people cry.
Xu Shu, wearing a mask, quietly got into a black Mercedes-Benz parked not far away. Without anyone noticing, an international superstar left right under everyone's noses.
I received a call from Xu Shu in the afternoon. She said, "Tang Qian, I'm about to board a plane to the United States, but I will be back soon. I didn't take my things with me. You helped me wash them. I will stay at your place when I come back. Tang Qian, actually... I can't live without you. I don't know if I can sleep without you hugging me. Don't laugh at me! I know I'm... bad, but that's only to you. I said so much just to tell you that I love you! I only belong to you! Tang Qian, I will miss you to death!"
I smiled happily and said softly, "I love you, too! I will miss you so much, too! Xu Shu, I'll wait for you to come back!"
The SARS storm gradually subsided. The company also resumed normal work. I returned to the company and, with the support of Fan Yunting, began to rectify the company's bad atmosphere. Several employees who liked to spread rumors, did not work well on weekdays, and made small moves were fired. Several people, including General Manager Fan's secretary, were ruthlessly removed once they were verified.
I used to be a good-natured person in the company, but after this incident, all the employees in the company are in awe of me and no longer dare to neglect me. It can be said that I have suddenly become the most powerful person in the company. Without my approval, no one dares to make decisions on any major matter. Including General Manager Fan, as long as I don't agree, the decision she makes is just a piece of paper.
Even Fan Yunting herself did not expect things to turn out like this.
Of course, I usually wouldn't embarrass Ms. Fan. After all, she is the CEO, I am the vice president, and I am just assisting her in her work. But one time, she lost her mind and insisted on importing a batch of raw materials that were expensive but of similar quality to other companies. After verification, I flatly refused to sign. This made the deal impossible. That night, Fan Yunting rushed to my house angrily, and as soon as she entered the door, she yelled at me: "Tang Qian! Don't think that I have given you so much power that you can be so arrogant. You must know that I am still the general manager of the company. My decision should be the final decision of the company! Why do you stop me?"
