Chapter 68 - Being Subservient On the Line (2) (1/2)

Chapter 68: Being Subservient On the Line (2)

Gu Yu scoffed in anger, and his tone was harsh and icy. Even through the phone, Xu Weilai could feel his fury radiating towards her.

He said, “Are you negotiating with me? Xu Weilai, what right do you have to negotiate with me? Now that using Grandpa’s name isn’t working anymore, you’re pretending to be generous instead? Xu Weilai, if you were a little more straightforward, I might have considered humoring you. But seeing this little act of yours just makes me disgusted!”

Xu Weilai hadn’t harbored much hope that he would agree to her request. But she never imagined that given how much she had just humiliated and lowered herself in their conversation, he’d still be so angry that he would say such repulsive things to her!

Then again, it seemed that he didn’t believe a single word that came out of her lips anymore. At that very moment, he probably thought that her suggestion was another of her “nefarious schemes.” He probably a.s.sumed she was pulling out all the stops to manipulate him into bringing her to the family gathering.

Another possibility was that he hated her so much that everything she did and said was wrong in his eyes. Perhaps even her very existence was a crime to him!

Averse to hearing her voice any longer, Gu Yu had hung up the phone with a click at the end of his sentence.

As Xu Weilai heard the disconnect tone come through the phone, her eyes slowly welled up in tears of despair.

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Gu Yu’s a.s.sistant stepped out of the boardroom and caught sight of his boss talking on the phone in the corridor. Because Gu Yu’s back was to him, the a.s.sistant hadn’t been able to see his expression. He took a few steps forward and whispered hesitantly, “Mr. Gu, the meeting—”

Before he could say any more, Gu Yu hurled the phone to the floor with a loud crunch, and it shattered into pieces.

The a.s.sistant’s heart skipped a beat in that moment, and a layer of cold sweat formed on his back.

He had caught a glimpse of Xu Weilai’s name on the phone earlier. In his experience, the boss never picked up phone calls during meetings. Though Gu Yu’s face had remained emotionless when he saw who was calling, he had still halted the meeting and stepped out to answer the call. It was obvious that Xu Weilai was special to him in some way.