My Weekend Lover Turned Out To Be My Boss - Chapter 103

Chapter 103: Villain Q · “Duplicity”

My words plunged Phoebe into despair. She shook her head violently, refusing to accept my reasoning, and even reached out to cover my mouth.

Yes, I’m a bastard right now. On one hand, I say I love her—I’ve used every means possible, not hesitating to offend everyone just to clear the obstacles in her path—yet on the other, I project the image of longing for someone else.

I am a self-aware person. Despite my constant clamoring to see Lan Feiyi (Phoebe) fall, I know very well that someone like me cannot truly topple the powerful Lan Feiyi. So, I have been using this method to torture her—over and over again, exhausting her love for me, making her feel trapped between hope and despair, and watching the mental fortress she built crumble into pieces.

Do you see it now? Playing hard to get, loving but never obtaining—this is my punishment for her. It is an almost perverse way to act, yet it does not change the fact that I love her. I swallowed hard, burying the following words in my heart:

‘If Guan Shuyun and I were the right people at the wrong time, and you and I were the wrong people at the right time—if given another chance, I would still choose to appear at the “Afterward Cafe” to meet you all over again. But this time, I would appear before you beautiful and glorious.’

……

After enduring a journey of silence, we finally arrived at the gates of the Guan estate. I got out of the car without hesitation, instinctively looking at Phoebe in the driver’s seat. She stared fixedly at the steering wheel, then started the engine and drove away without a single word of parting. But after driving only a short distance, she stopped the car, slammed the door, and marched back toward me aggressively.

I stared at her, unsure of what she intended to do, until she reached me and raised her hand high as if to slap my face. Instead, she brought it down with a smack against the back of my hand, then tightly interlaced her fingers with mine. Using that long-absent, cold, and arrogant tone, she said: “The three of us—the grievances, the love, the hate—let’s settle it all today. No more dragging our feet.”

Lin Chen appeared before us as well. “I’ve already had someone notify Guan; they know you’re coming.”

No wonder we walked into the Guan estate without any obstruction. It seemed Guan Shuyun was already waiting for us. Entering the familiar living room, I saw Guan Shuyun with her back to me. I specifically checked the coffee table; there were no wine glasses, meaning she was exceptionally sober today. Even hearing our footsteps, she didn’t move an inch.

It wasn’t until Phoebe and I stood before her that we saw what she was doing: she was holding a pristine white cloth, repeatedly wiping a small knife. She stopped, looked up, and stared directly at us. The light in her eyes was filled with interrogation, mockery, and reproach.

Having grown used to her “smiling tiger” persona, her current expression—with the corners of her mouth un-upturned—felt several degrees sharper. Our eyes met, and finally, she let out a short laugh, turning her head toward Phoebe. “You Feifan, you’ve just recovered from your injuries and you bring your old flame to my house? What’s the plan? To flaunt?”

Phoebe stepped forward to answer. “Guan Shuyun, you all conspired to set trap after trap. I suffered in silence for a long time. Today, I’m here to settle the final account.”

“Hahahaha, the final account? Yes, who would have thought you’d use Doris Venture Capital as bait? That Miss Doris—no, no, to be precise, that Mu Duoran who was supposed to be dead. With such a clean background, you gave me a counter-strike that left me with no room to fight back.”

Guan Shuyun’s face was filled with the shadow of defeat. She looked at me with disappointment, saying word by word: “And you—you knew all along. You kept it from me, helping Lan Feiyi weave this massive lie. No matter how much I calculated, I couldn’t out-calculate a single You Feifan. You put on a great show. Beautifully done.”

I walked through the spacious living room with my hands in my pockets, then turned my back to Guan Shuyun and laughed uncontrollably. “Hahahaha! Hahahaha!”

I stopped abruptly, my face darkening as I turned to look at her, finally revealing my “fox tail.” “On this very spot—do you remember? You reached out to brush the dust off my shoulder, mocking my incompetence, mocking how I didn’t fit in, belittling me from the inside out. Do you remember? You said I was an ex-con who could never change. Actually, you succeeded. You successfully turned me into a person as cunning and treacherous as you. I should thank you.”

Guan Shuyun’s eyes widened. I saw a large tear fall from the corner of her eye. She rubbed her lips with her hand, and finally, all her resentment turned into one sentence: “You really are a bastard.”

“Doris Venture Capital will perform an investment liquidation of the Guan Corporation,” Phoebe declared. “I hope you can lead the company through this crisis. Of course, I can also represent the Lan Corporation to take over. Next Monday, Miss Doris and I will visit you at your office personally.”

Guan Shuyun silently toyed with the dagger. Facing Phoebe’s aggressive arrangements, she shrugged indifferently. “I accept it. I admit defeat.”

Then, she pointed the dagger at me, the cold light in her eyes carrying a hint of murderous intent: “Her… I will not let go.”

From the moment I entered the house, I realized the situation wasn’t as calm as it looked. Relying on my intuition, I looked at Lin Chen and gave a decisive command: “Lin Chen, take Phoebe and leave!”

It happened so fast that Phoebe immediately grabbed my arm. “What are you doing? It’s dangerous here!”

I ordered again: “Lin Chen, take her away now!”

This time, Lin Chen obeyed. He grabbed Phoebe without a word and forced her outside, ignoring her struggles and hits. Finally, it was quiet. I turned to Guan Shuyun and spread my hands with a smile. “See? You have people lying in ambush, and I’m alone now. I’ve just recovered, and I have no strength to resist. If you want to kill me, you can do it yourself.”

Guan Shuyun gripped the small knife tightly. She approached me with a gentle smile, then reached out to stroke my face, just as she used to when she cared for me. She said with heartache, “Qiao Xin went too far. To think she could do something as cruel as electric torture… does it hurt?”

Looking at her tender expression, my own heart ached. I answered, “It hurts. It hurts a lot.”

“Mmh…”

The next second, I let out a muffled groan of pain. Guan Shuyun plunged the knife into my shoulder. I looked down slightly at the blade embedded in my flesh, but I endured the agony and spread my arms to hug her. I whispered, “However much you hate me, however much pain you’re in… grip the handle and push it in a little further.”

Guan Shuyun’s hand was shaking. She looked at me as if she were seeing a monster. “You Feifan, no one could guess what was in your heart. Lan Feiyi couldn’t, and I couldn’t. Can you tell me—what on earth are you thinking?”

I stroked her long hair, answering through the pain: “Don’t you think I’m pathetic? The first time you stabbed me with a knife, it was this spot. The second time He Mu stabbed me with glass, it was this spot. The third time, you stab me again, and it’s still this same spot. Why can’t you just pick the other side?”

Guan Shuyun didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Her hand, which had begun to loosen, tightened around the handle and gave it another thrust. “At a time like this, how can you still joke around so easily?”

“Hiss… because you were so wicked. You turned my peaceful life into this ghostly mess. You made me taste every bitterness and left me covered in scars. It was clearly all your fault, but just because I lied to you once, I couldn’t get over it in my heart. So, I’m letting you stab me. It saves you the trouble of plotting revenge, and this is more direct and satisfying.”

Guan Shuyun’s lips trembled, overcome by my absurdity. She hugged me back, sobbing, “You win. You won in such a ridiculous way. Of all the things you could lie about, you just had to trick me into falling in love with you.”

I couldn’t give her anything, but I felt it was time to move past this hurdle. I was sober, and therefore cruel. I buried my head in her neck and said muffledly, “I’m sorry… I’m sorry… I…”

“I know,” she interrupted. “Don’t say it. I know everything.”

Releasing the hug, Guan Shuyun wiped the tears from her face and turned her back to me. “If only I had met you years earlier. You would have been the one to stop me from becoming a bad person. You Feifan, I’ve hurt you enough. Let’s call it even. I’m not losing out… You… go. Leave now! Don’t make me change my mind.”

Hearing her words, I turned around desolately and began to walk forward slowly with a faint smile. Just a tiny bit more, and I would have betrayed my own heart.

As I walked away, I said: “Guan Shuyun… actually… if I hadn’t met Phoebe and had met you first, I would have chased you. I would have chased you shamelessly… You really are wonderful… really…”

……

Walking out of the Guan estate, Phoebe had kicked off her high heels and was running toward me so fast she nearly tripped. Seeing the knife stuck in my shoulder, she grit her teeth and prepared to charge back into the house. Fortunately, Lin Chen saw my signal and stopped her. I continued walking forward, saying calmly, “Take me to the hospital.”

Phoebe was so anxious that the veins on her forehead were visible. “I don’t even know what to tell the doctors! You’ve only been discharged for a few hours! Car crashes, explosions, electrocution, and now a stabbing—what else are you going to pull?! You Feifan, can you please value your own body!”

Her anxiousness for me was almost cute. I reached out with my right hand and pinched her cheek. “Qiao Xin, OUT! Guan Shuyun, OUT! Li Shuhua… almost there.”

“You have to be mad to survive. Including me, you’ve played the four of us like a fiddle and ended up covered in injuries. I don’t even know what to say to you anymore.”

I thought for a long time, then finally said, “Doing all this wasn’t entirely for you; it was also to prove myself. But for the sake of the price I’ve paid, can you promise me one thing?”

Phoebe, being the smartest of all, knew what I was going to say. She smiled and set her conditions: “It’s not non-negotiable. You know me—I’m a businesswoman, used to trades and conditions. If you want me to agree, you have to promise to go home peacefully and stop doing things that nearly get you killed.”

“One thing for one thing. Your request contains two things. Do you want me to go home, or do you want me to stop doing dangerous things?”

“Guan Shuyun taught you well; you’re getting smarter. Fine… I want you to come home.”

“Okay, I promise to go home. But you have to give up half of the investment liquidation of the Guan Corporation.”

Phoebe frowned slightly, but eventually, she agreed. “Fine. It’s a deal. Next Monday, you come with me to the Guan Corporation so you can see it with your own eyes. Is that acceptable?”

“Deal.”