Chapter 20 A shield


    I check the money. There is about twenty thousand dors, but I don’t dare to take it. Instead, I look at


    him nkly.


    “Half of it is your sry, and the other half is the money for the vegetables. I am afraid you’d quit


    suddenly, so I give you the money just in case.”


    Yeah, I''m really short of money right now, so I don’t pretend to be awkward and just take it.


    When I am about to go out, my mother calls.


    “What''s the matter with you? I don''t care whether you went outst night. Why don''t Ie back


    today? Your brother''s cell phone is broken because of you. He wants to buy a 7Plus, you quickly get


    the money back for him to buy a new one.”


    Iugh bitterly, Do they really think I am stupid! I just threw it on the tea tablest night and it was


    broken? They just want to find an excuse to ask for money.


    I hang up the phone directly. They call me afterwards but I don’t answer them.


    When I arrive at thepany, everyone sees me and Steven Song showing up together, and they all


    cast envious and resentful eyes. In an instant, I be the public enemy of all the women in the


    company.


    “How could she hook up with the President when she juste thepany? I''ve been here for three


    years, and she gains an advantage!”


    “You juste here for three years, I have been here for five years! It can’t be your turn speaking of


    seniority.”


    “You mean you are old.”


    “Who is old? You coquette!”


    The two women beside me, they sim at me atst second, and for the next second they have quarreled


    with each other.


    Steven Song seems to have seen this scene a lot of times. He pulls my hand and strides into the


    elevator.


    As soon as I get into the elevator, I ask Steven Song, "Are you trying to kill me?"


    Steven Song lets go of my hand and says, “Sorry, I have no other ideas. These women are so


    annoying. I need a shield. And I don''t think there''s anyone better than you.”


    “Why me?”


    “Because you are not attracted by me.”


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    He is right. All the women in thepany are eager to climb into his bed, but I am different.


    And that call he madest night actually saves my life. Otherwise, I would have climbed into Frances


    Louis'' bed by now.


    But at this time, I do not know, between me and Frances Louis, doomed to be entangled together.


    In the afternoon, Steven Song leaves in advance. I pack my things and get ready to buy some


    vegetables.


    Coming out of the office, I always feel as if there are eyes staring at me in the dark .But I turn back and


    see nothing. Perhaps, it is just illusion.


    I buy vegetables and go out of the door. Suddenly, there are two peopleing down form a van and


    they drag me in.


    The vegetables roll down on the ground. The car has started before I realize.


    Including the driver, there are four men in the car. They are all wearing hoods, so I couldn''t see their


    faces.


    I am held up by two men and gagged with a towel, unable to speak.


    I begin to feel flustered.