You Are the Star I Cannot Touch - Chapter 14

Chapter 14: Letting Go Will Kill Me

After work, Mu Yan saw that Gong Yutong hadn’t left. About an hour later, she brought food into her office.

“Why don’t you eat something?”

Gong Yutong put down the documents in her hand, tidied up, and said, “Together.”

“Mmm,” she had three dishes and one soup, which was indeed too much for one person.

The two ate without talking. After finishing, Mu Yan cleaned up and looked at her. “What time will you be done tonight?”

“Something wrong?” she asked, looking at her.

Mu Yan was interrupted by her phone ringing. She answered, was stunned for a moment, then hung up. She suddenly remembered something. “Can I borrow your car?”

“Let’s go,” Gong Yutong closed her computer, turned off the office light, and came out. Gong Yutong drove, and Mu Yan gave the address. When they arrived, both were stunned.

Mu Yan hadn’t expected Chi Yue to be fighting with Tang Xiaowan. The two had barely met. Why were they fighting?

Gong Yutong looked at Tang Xiaowan, puzzled. Why were these two fighting?

“Yutong, you’re just in time. Help me deal with her, she’s bullying me!”

Gong Yutong leaned against the car, crossing her legs, looking quite leisurely. “You two continue.”

Tang Xiaowan “… I… Gong Yutong, aren’t you going to help?”

“You can’t beat her.”

“Since you know I can’t beat her, why don’t you help me?”

“To let you suffer the harsh realities of life, and learn a lesson.”

“… Ah!” Tang Xiaowan was so angry she wanted to hit her, but she didn’t dare. She couldn’t beat her and would only suffer. “Help or not, I’ll deal with it myself!” She lunged at Chi Yue again.

Chi Yue responded calmly. After all, she was the underworld boxing champion; who could beat her?

Gu Xizhi received a call from Tang Xiaowan and rushed over with Qu Shijin. When she saw the scene, the key point was that the big boss, Gong Yutong, was watching leisurely, like she was watching a play.

“Not going to help?” Gu Xizhi didn’t like Mu Yan, so she wouldn’t consider Mu Yan’s feelings. “She can’t win?”

“Just keep her breathing,” Gong Yutong continued to watch the two, acting like an outsider. She wouldn’t meddle in other people’s business, especially the kind of trouble Tang Xiaowan caused.

Qu Shijin leaned closer to Gu Xizhi. She was afraid of Gong Yutong.

Mu Yan glanced at Qu Shijin, Gu Xizhi’s girlfriend, and her eyes dimmed a little. When could she become Gong Yutong’s girlfriend?

Gong Yutong watched for a while, then stepped forward and easily separated the two. She looked at Tang Xiaowan. “Apologize to her.”

Tang Xiaowan was furious and lashed out. “What? Why should I apologize to her? Gong Yutong, are you even human? Whose side are you on? You wouldn’t like Mu Yan and are helping her, would you?”

Gong Yutong looked at her, silent.

Under Gong Yutong’s gaze, Tang Xiaowan slowly lost her momentum and felt very guilty. Her eyes were too transparent; she couldn’t hide anything from her. “I’m sorry.”

Gong Yutong withdrew her gaze, not bothering to look at her.

Tang Xiaowan suddenly remembered something. “You really wouldn’t like Mu Yan, would you? You never used to meddle in other people’s business.”

Gong Yutong’s expression was cold. “I like you. Do you believe me?”

“No… Really? Then let me first… Gong Yutong, stop right there!” Tang Xiaowan hurriedly drove off to chase her.

Gu Xizhi wordlessly pulled Qu Shijin away. What a waste of her time.

“Are you okay?” Mu Yan looked at Chi Yue.

“She can’t hurt me. Let’s get in the car,” she still had to get her car repaired. This Tang Xiaowan was a bit crazy.

“Mmm,” Mu Yan sat in the passenger seat. “Is everything alright?”

“Mmm. You’re Gong Yutong’s secretary? She didn’t bully you?” She thought it was impossible. Gong Yutong knew Mu Yan liked her, yet she never said anything from beginning to end, only refused, and never hurt her. Later, she just let her be. She actually admired her for this. An ordinary person would have already used harsh words to hurt her. Therefore, she couldn’t bring herself to hate Gong Yutong.

“No.”

“Let go. If she truly loved you, it’s been ten years, she would have loved you by now. Let go. There’s a better person waiting for you.”

“Letting go will kill me.”

Chi Yue said nothing more and continued driving.

Gong Yutong had just arrived at the gate of her villa. She had finally managed to send Tang Xiaowan back to her own home. As she was about to enter, a glaring car light appeared.

Chi Yue stopped the car, got out, and immediately attacked. Gong Yutong dodged and looked at her.

She could easily separate the two earlier, and just now, she dodged easily. Chi Yue couldn’t beat Gong Yutong.

“Xiao Yan has loved you for ten years. Do you know how she got through it? Do you know how hard she worked to get close to you, to catch up to you? Gong Yutong, what’s so bad about her? How many ten years does a person have?”

Gong Yutong leaned against the wall, lit a cigarette, and gently exhaled smoke.

Chi Yue looked at her. In the moonlight, she was hazy, like a goddess not of this world, giving people a distant and unreal feeling. Even she was attracted to such a person, let alone the entire Z City, who fantasized about her, but were afraid to approach due to her status.

She didn’t respond to her question but asked one instead. “What do you think of the Gong family?”

“The Gong family is very complex, difficult to deal with. There’s no telling what kind of power they have behind the scenes.”

“Do you think I can deal with the Gong family?”

Chi Yue was silent. Gong Yutong had absolute power here, but behind her were the Gong family and the Gong Corporation. Based on her alone, “Huayu can stand equal to the Gong Corporation. I don’t know much about Huayu, but I think it should be possible. And with your current power, you should also be able to deal with the Gong family. After all, the Gong family members are inferior to you in all aspects.”

“Given my status, who can I marry without causing trouble? Or who should I marry?”

Chi Yue fell silent. Mu Yan was not qualified. Old Master Gong would never agree in any aspect. Even if the Gong family agreed, Z City wouldn’t. Mu Yan would then be in danger. Moreover, men would disagree even more. Many men were eyeing Gong Yutong, but they didn’t have the opportunity to get close to her. She rarely appeared at social events, and she wasn’t seen at the Gong Corporation. Even at social events, Gong Yutong would leave within an hour.

“Only someone at the pinnacle can match you. Someone flawless and excellent enough to stand beside you,” she felt sorry for Mu Yan, but that was the reality.

“The present is not what it used to be,” Gong Yutong said, and then left.

Chi Yue didn’t understand what she meant. She wished she did.

Mu Yan looked at Chi Yue entering. “You went to find Yutong,” she knew her too well.

“Mmm,” Chi Yue looked at her. “I… I know Gong Yutong is perfect, very excellent. She radiates temptation, and her every move makes people fall for her. She is too perfect, so perfect that it’s scary, making people afraid to approach her. She is a god, inspiring awe. Yan’er, purely based on her as a person, you are not worthy of her. Add in her family background, a person like her is not for someone like you… Yan’er, even if your family background was good, after you left home more than ten years ago, you no longer have ties to your family. You are just Mu Yan. Without a prominent family background, you really cannot marry her. The Gong family won’t agree, and this Z City won’t agree, especially those men with prominent family backgrounds and who are extremely excellent won’t let you off. You know Gong Yutong likes men. How many men are watching her? If they have any chance to get close to her, they won’t let it go. You will become a public enemy, and you will die then.”

Mu Yan held the wine glass. “I know, but I can’t let go.” She looked at the wine. “Yue’er, if Yutong liked me, do you think they would dare to lay a hand on me? The way she is now, she can protect me, and the Gong family wouldn’t dare to offend her, or even the entire Z City. Offending her brings no benefits, otherwise, she wouldn’t have become the master of Z City. You don’t know her very well, but I do have some understanding of her. That Huayu, neither the Gong family nor the Gong Corporation can deal with it. Huayu seems like an entertainment venue, but there are too many things carried behind it. Those limited-edition items, the companies behind them, how could they cooperate unless the relationship is exceptionally good? And those nightclubs, gambling dens, how could they still exist without people from the underworld? Just one point, the police also know what kind of place this is, and they dare not enter, even if a murderer runs into Huayu, they dare not enter. What does that imply? What is her relationship with the government? How many identities does she have behind the scenes? Ten years’ time, for Yutong, she can become powerful enough to make people afraid. I have the most contact with her, so she is truly…”