Beloved Enemy

Chapter 72

YuanLiJiang opened his mouth, "You can think about it, I'll give you..."

"I don't need to think about it." GuQingPei calmly looked at YuanLiJiang, "Chairman Yuan, I came to Beijing when I was 18 years old. I've worked hard in this city for 15 years. This place use to be full of my dreams and ambitions. It took me more than 10 years to get out of my comfort zone in this city to get to where I am today. Although this is still nothing in your eyes, I've struggled and fought hard for every bit of it. My family, my friends, my social networks, and my career are here. This is my 15 years of accumulation. I can't give up any of it. Moreover, it only takes me 1.5 hours of flight to see my parents. I don't want to go anywhere that would make them worry."

YuanLiJiang looked at him expressionlessly, "So you're telling me that you're not willing to leave?"

GuQingPei shook his head "I won't go anywhere. Anyway, even if I left the country, YuanYang is not short on money for a plane ticket."

YuanLiJiang raised his eyebrows, "As long as I don't permit it, YuanYang would not be able to leave this country for the rest of his life. Director Gu, right now, I still want to resolve this problem with you peacefully. I hope you could understand the feelings of a father. I'm not preventing you from ever coming back, just need... two years. Don't come back within two years. I believe that with YuanYang's childish nature, he will sooner or later forget about you."

GuQingPei forcefully smiled, "Two years... Chairman Yuan, is two years short? My parents are already over 60. I don't have very many 'two years' with them."

YuanLiJiang looked at him gloomily, "You won't agree regardless? You're a smart person, are you really determined to make such a decision?"

GuQingPei sighed and looked at YuanLiJiang for the first time since the incident, "Chairman Yuan, if Beijing is no longer feasible, I can still go back to my hometown. I, GuQingPei, will not starve to death anywhere. I don't want to trouble you."

YuanLiJiang narrowed his eyes, "GuQingPei, I've always admired you. I don't want to have to deal with you. Don't force me."

GuQingPei retorted, "Chairman Yuan, I've been in your company more or less for almost a year. Everything within your company, no matter how big or small, I know everything. Am I forcing you or are you forcing me now?"

YuanLiJiang smirked and smiled, "Fine. GuQingPei indeed is GuQingPei."

GuQingPei looked at YuanLiJiang, "Chairman Yuan. The matter with YuanYang, I feel ashamed toward you. I've decided to break up with him. I hope that you won't push me too far, otherwise both sides will suffer. This is not necessary. You say, isn't this so?"

"Since this is the case, there is no need to continue on with this conversation. GuQingPei, you make the best of it." YuanLiJiang turned and walked toward the door.

"Chairman Yuan, take care." GuQingPei stood woodenly in place, silently staring out of the windows, his eyes gradually going from confusion to clarity.

YuanYang endured it for an entire day. In the end, he couldn't bare it any longer. He called GuQingPei but the phone was turned off. He felt uneasy so he continued to make numerous calls in the next two hours, calling both cell phone and landline, but both could not get through.

YuanYang finally couldn't sit still. He grabbed his keys wanting to go back to take a look. Just as he got downstairs, he was forced back by YuanLiJiang's grim expression.

YuanLiJiang shook the newspaper in his hands and coldly say, "Just one day and you already can't control yourself? Doing this is for you to cool down, isn't it?"

YuanYang whispered, "Dad, what's the point of doing this? I'm not going to change just because I don't see GuQingPei for a few days."

"You truly can't change anything. Do you really think that GuQingPei will play house with a stupid kid like you? He had no intentions to continue on with you at all. He has already awakened and sobered up."