Rebirth: The paranoid boss has a crush on me

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, people kept coming to visit Lu Yan and giving him mooncakes and gifts. That man was very busy, so Fei Linlin went back by herself.

Unlike the lively Lu family, the Fei family mansion was exceptionally quiet. Fei Yunzhang was in the study, and Bi Xiulian was cooking in the kitchen.

Fei Linlin didn't see the chef, so he went up to help Bi Xiulian cook and asked casually, "Where are the servants at home?"

Bi Xiulian cooked a whole dish before answering her: "I'm on vacation."

"Do you think that your family is like the evil capitalists who only know how to suck blood and have no mercy on others?" Bi Xiulian put the freshly baked dish in Fei Linlin's hand.

Fei Linlin held the edge of the plate, scalded but not daring to let go, and found a place to put it down. The sound was a little loud, causing Bi Xiulian to frown.

"What about your sister?"

"At Mr. Lu's place."

When Fei Linlin went out, he saw Fei Sisi just passing by.

"Go and call your father down for dinner."

Fei Linlin said yes and went upstairs to find his father.

Fei Linlin slowed down her pace because she noticed that Bi Xiulian had just cooked one dish and Fei Yunzhang would be angry if she called him down without having to eat. When she passed the stairs, she heard some sharp sounds.

"Fei Yunzhang!"

"Fei Yunzhang——"

Following the sound, I walked out of the house and saw a haggard woman leading an eight-year-old boy.

At that moment, Fei Linlin knew what was going on. Because Bi Xiulian was unable to have children after giving birth to Fei Sisi, Fei Yunzhang had an illegitimate child outside, but she only found out about it after Fei Sisi dealt with it in her previous life.

The difference between this life and the previous one is that Fei Sisi went to find Lu Yan and missed the first appearance of the mother and son.

Fei Linlin stepped forward.

"Hello, what can I do for you, Mr. Fei?"

The woman gave Fei Linlin a sharp look and said, "I won't tell you, you let him out!"

Fei Linlin looked at her.

The woman stared at her without giving in.

Fei Linlin thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Fei is in the advanced stage of gastric cancer. He has become bald due to chemotherapy. He has not been able to go home for the Mid-Autumn Festival today. He is lying in the hospital. If you have anything important to say, our Mrs. Fei is inside. I can take you in."

"No, no need."

The woman obviously didn't want to confront the queen, so she left with the child.

The eight-year-old child turned around and gave a wolf-cub look.

There was the sound of a car outside. It was Fei Sisi who came back. She walked in like a proud rooster, with her head held high and her chest puffed out.

"Who were those two people just now?" she asked Fei Linlin.

"Who knows? It can't be your relative." Fei Linlin told her: "Mother just looked for you."

Fei Sisi walked into the kitchen in her high heels, while Fei Linlin went upstairs.

I knocked on the door and stood outside for a moment.

Unexpectedly, Fei Linlin saw Zhan Xiao wearing a kimono in Fei Yunzhang's study again, with tears in her eyes.

Fei Linlin told Fei Yunzhang: "Father, mother asked me to come and call you down to eat."

"You go down first."

The door of the study closed again, and sounds, some light and some heavy, came out from inside.

The dinner was very harmonious. In order to cater to the traditional Chinese style of the house, the courtyard of the Fei family mansion was planted with some bamboos, with stone benches and a round table in the middle. According to the custom of the past twenty years, they would sit together in the courtyard to enjoy the moon.

While cutting the mooncakes, Fei Sisi suddenly said to Fei Linlin, "You should divorce Mr. Lu."

"I mentioned it, and he said we didn't pay enough money."

"It's okay, I'll take this position."

"Sisi." Fei Yunzhang's tone was serious, as if he was angry, but also as if he was not: "You have no sense of shame."

Bi Xiulian was cutting the mooncake. Originally, the four of them could share it equally, but Fei Linlin got the smallest piece.

After eating the mooncakes, Fei Sisi talked to Fei Linlin privately: "You have come out to work in the public eye. Since being Mrs. Lu does not affect my position as the general manager of the group, you can give way. Don't you want to go back to Hong Kong Island to pursue your dream?"

Her tone was so mocking when she said the last sentence, but her eyes were so serious.

Fei Linlin pretended to bear the humiliation and said, "Just talk to me. I'm fine with it."

Before going back, Fei Linlin picked up a ragged woman in a kimono next to his car.

Fei Linlin didn't say anything and sent the person back. Instead, Zhan Xiao, who was sitting next to him, was very embarrassed and spoke several times.

"Do you look down on..."

“I actually have my reasons…”

After arriving at the residence, Fei Linlin asked Zhan Xiao to take a shower.

When Zhan Xiao came out, she saw the man standing on the balcony. Darkness swept over her, and only the red light of the cigarette between his hands flickered. This was the first time Zhan Xiao saw this elegant boss smoking.

Tears blurred Zhan Xiao's vision, and she burst into tears: "Do you think I'm very dirty..."

Fei Linlin put out the cigarette and interrupted her with a soft voice: "Sorry, I saw you had a cigarette here and couldn't help but try it."

She asked again, "Would you like to hear a story?"

It was a windy night.

Fei Linlin narrated slowly.

There was an adopted little girl who had a long-term problem after entering a new family: her father, who had given her a second life, was particularly close to her, kissing, hugging and lifting her up at every turn. Every time she took a shower, she could hear her father walking back and forth outside the bathroom, his footsteps dragging back and forth, which was extremely deadly. It was not until adolescence, after taking a biology class, that she mustered up the courage to tell her mother, and received a slap in the face.

After hearing this, Zhan Xiao was unable to make any sound, with tears hanging in the corners of his eyes, threatening to fall.

She opened her mouth, but Fei Linlin pressed his index finger against her lips to stop her from saying anything else.

"Shhh."

Zhan Xiao smelled cheap tobacco, the same kind she usually smoked.

Fei Linlin tilted her head back and motioned for her to look up. "The moon is very round tonight."

The sky was overcast and there was no moon on the 15th of August.

Fei Linlin stood up straight, patted the dust off his body, and said to Zhan Xiao before leaving: "There is still time, you can go back to see your mother."

Zhan Xiao didn't go to see her mother, but picked up a fruit knife to peel an apple. She cut her wrist and pressed it against her skin. The sharp blade quickly cut a small wound, and blood came out. As if she had used up all her strength, she accidentally let the knife fall from her hand to the ground, hitting the back of her foot and cutting another piece of skin.

It was almost twelve o'clock when Fei Linlin drove back slowly.

The villa was still brightly lit.

I walked in quietly. Only a small light was on in the living room. Lu Yan was wearing pajamas and sitting in the corner holding a Pekingese dog. The dim light made him look even more gloomy.

He was wearing pajamas but he didn't feel the warmth of home. His face was unusually cold, and the corners of his lips were turned down, indicating that he was in an unhappy mood at the moment.

Since that unpleasant parting night, they haven't spoken to each other again, and they dream about their cold relationship before they filed for divorce.

This cold war caused them to miss their wedding anniversary, which was also Lu Yan’s birthday.