Chapter Thirty-Seven: His Compensation

Du Zhiye returned to her apartment an hour later. Thinking of what Du Qi had said, her resolve to pursue Jiang Yingnan became even stronger.

First, she could gain another year of life for herself. Second, she could pull Yan Xiufang down from the position of Mrs. Du.

Du Zhiye let out a breath and took out her phone to send Jiang Yingnan a message: "Second Young Master, let’s make up!"

Jiang Yingnan wasn't the least bit surprised when he received Du Zhiye's message. After all, in the Du family, Du Zhiye had already dared to openly flirt with him.

Recalling how Du Zhiye had previously said she would never contact him again, Jiang Yingnan quickly replied, "You said before you wouldn't bother me anymore."

But Du Zhiye was not an ordinary girl. Pride meant nothing to her. She answered swiftly, "I forgot. Now my mind is full of you, Second Young Master."

Jiang Yingnan's lips twitched, unable to resist reminding her, "I'm Du Xin’s boyfriend."

Du Zhiye considered for a moment before replying, "That’s true. How about we go public?"

Jiang Yingnan: "?"

Du Zhiye said, "Let me be your girlfriend."

Jiang Yingnan was so infuriated he laughed, licking his back teeth, "You’d better go bother someone else!"

"But I just like you, Second Young Master."

Jiang Yingnan remembered the photo of Du Zhiye gazing deeply at Wen Xiyao, and his lips curved into a cold, hard smile. He promptly added Du Zhiye to his blacklist.

When Du Zhiye saw that Jiang Yingnan hadn’t replied for a long time, she sent another message, only to realize she’d once again been locked away in his blacklist.

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That night, Jiang Yingnan dreamed an erotic dream, and the subject was Du Zhiye.

Upon waking in the morning, he searched it online.

The answer he found was that it was an unconscious or subconscious psychological activity.

This answer made Jiang Yingnan uncomfortable—not because he’d had an erotic dream, but because its subject was Du Zhiye. That left him thoroughly annoyed.

In the afternoon, Jiang Yingnan took the initiative to call Mrs. Huang, "Which of those girls do you actually like?"

Mrs. Huang was momentarily surprised, then asked, "Did you have a fight with Du Xin?"

Jiang Yingnan’s brows never relaxed. "No." He paused, then added, "I just don’t want to waste any more time on this matter."

Mrs. Huang was both pleased and a little worried, "Mother’s quite fond of the girl from the Wan family in North City."

It wasn’t that the Wan family ran a successful business; mainly, the girl was soft and gentle, obviously well-behaved, and very likable.

Jiang Yingnan replied without hesitation, "Then please arrange it."

After hanging up, Mrs. Huang felt uncertain in her heart, not knowing whether this was good or bad for Jiang Yingnan.

On the other side, having made up his mind, Jiang Yingnan called Chen Yang in.

"Send Du Qi a project—not too large, just enough to cover Du Enterprises’ expenses for a year."

"Understood."

Jiang Yingnan continued, "Have Xiao Li pick a gift for Du Xin, something expensive, as compensation from me."

Chen Yang was slightly surprised, but his face betrayed nothing.

When Du Xin received the gift, she was delighted at first. But when Secretary Li said it was compensation from President Jiang, Du Xin immediately sensed trouble.

Her eyes reddened at once. She grabbed Secretary Li’s hand pitifully and asked, "What does Yingnan mean by this?"

Looking at the young girl before her, Secretary Li felt a pang of sympathy, but she had to carry out Jiang Yingnan’s instructions, and do so flawlessly. "Miss Du, you are beautiful, and very smart."

The implication was clear: don’t fool yourself.

When is compensation ever given? Naturally, at the time of a breakup.

Du Xin bit her lip hard, refusing to lose composure in front of Secretary Li.

But as soon as she returned to the company, she couldn’t hold herself together.

She rushed to Du Zhiye’s desk and smashed everything on it.