After Mr. Xiang divorced, the president regretted it

"Jinjin, about the cooperation project..." Xiang Yu's voice rang out in the darkness, breaking the original silence.

Yan Jin moved away from his embrace a little, and in the faint moonlight outside the window, she saw that his brows were slightly furrowed, as if he was worried about something. She knew that he was talking about the project that both companies had invested a lot of effort in.

"What's wrong?" Yan Jin asked softly, reaching out to gently smooth the wrinkles between his brows.

"I have always been dissatisfied with the planning proposal. The previous proposal was too conservative and the market analysis was not in-depth enough." Xiang Yu turned over and sat up, turning on the bedside lamp. The warm yellow light instantly illuminated the room.

Yan Jin also sat up and said seriously: "But we have discussed this many times before, and also referred to many successful cases in the industry, and finally decided on this plan."

"What happened before is what happened before. Now the market is changing rapidly and we must make adjustments." Xiang Yu said in a firm tone, with an unquestionable tone.

Yan Jin felt a little unhappy. She didn't like the feeling of being denied, especially when she thought she was not wrong. "Then do you have any better ideas?" There was a hint of coldness in her tone.

"I..." Xiang Yu hesitated to speak. He did have some new ideas in his mind, but they were not mature enough, and he didn't want to say them out at this time.

"Since there isn't one, let's proceed according to the previous plan." After Yan Jin finished speaking, he lay down, turned his back to Xiang Yu, and closed his eyes.

The atmosphere between the two of them suddenly dropped to freezing point, and an invisible pressure filled the air, surrounding them tightly.

The next day, Xiang's mother came to Xiang Yu's villa and happened to see the two of them having a cold war in the restaurant.

"What's wrong? You have a sullen face so early in the morning. Who made our A Yu angry?" Xiang's mother asked with concern, but her eyes swept over Yan Jin intentionally or unintentionally.

Xiang Yu didn't say anything, just drank his coffee.

"It's all because of the company's cooperation project," Xiang's mother sighed, "I don't know who came up with the bad idea. The plan is old-fashioned and unrealistic. Now the progress of the project has been hindered, and everyone in the company is complaining..."

Mother Xiang's words were like sharp thorns that pierced Yan Jin's heart. She stood up suddenly and put the coffee cup in her hand heavily on the table, making a crisp sound.

"Since you think this plan is not good, then think of one for yourself!" Yan Jin said, and left the restaurant without looking back.

"Look at this, look at this wife you married. She has no manners at all!" Xiang's mother pointed at Yan Jin's back and complained to Xiang Yu.

Xiang Yu looked at Yan Jin's departing back, feeling mixed emotions. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end, nothing came out... After Yan Jin left the restaurant, she went straight back to her room. She sat by the window, looking at the bright sunshine outside, but her heart was filled with gloom. She didn't understand why things turned out like this? It was obviously for the good of the project, so why didn't Xiang Yu and Xiang's mother understand her?

After a fierce ideological struggle, Yan Jin decided to take the initiative to talk to Xiang Yu. She knocked on the door of the study and heard Xiang Yu's low voice from inside: "Come in."

Yan Jin pushed the door open and saw Xiang Yu sitting at his desk with a frown on his face. He held a pen in his hand and kept marking on the documents.

"Ayu, regarding the project, we..."

"I have asked Manager Wang to draw up a new plan. You don't have to worry about it anymore." Xiang Yu interrupted her without even raising his head.

Yan Jin's heart suddenly sank, and a chill ran from the soles of his feet straight into his heart. "But, I think the previous plan..."

"I have made up my mind." Xiang Yu's tone left no room for doubt.

Yan Jin knew that there was no point in continuing. She took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in her heart, and turned to leave the study.

In the next few days, Yan Jin clearly felt that her situation in the company had become more delicate. In the past, her colleagues were polite to her and would take the initiative to discuss anything with her. But now, everyone seemed to be deliberately distancing themselves from her, and even the few colleagues who usually had a good relationship with her were indifferent to her.

What made Yan Jin feel even more heartbroken was that Manager Wang seemed to intentionally or unintentionally create trouble for her at work. For example, during meetings, Manager Wang always questioned her plans in front of everyone, making her lose face; for another example, when assigning work tasks, Manager Wang always gave her some thankless tasks, and gave some easy-to-achieve tasks to others.

Yan Jin knew that all this was instigated by Xiang Yu behind the scenes. He was taking revenge on her for contradicting his mother in the restaurant.

That day, Yan Jin was working overtime in the office when she suddenly heard a whisper coming from outside the door.

"Have you heard? I heard that the relationship between Manager Yan and the president broke down, and now the president has sidelined her..."

"No way? Aren't they a couple? How could it be..."

"Husband and wife? Who told you they are husband and wife? They just agreed to get married. I heard that..."

Yan Jin couldn't listen any longer. She stood up abruptly, pushed open the office door, and glanced coldly at the gossiping colleagues outside the door, "What are you looking at? Get to work!"

Colleagues were startled by Yan Jin's sudden anger, and they all lowered their heads and hurriedly dispersed.

Yan Jin returned to the office and slumped in the chair. She knew that she was like a trapped animal, trapped in this cold cage, isolated and helpless.

"Dong dong dong..."

The office door was knocked again. Yan Jin looked up and saw Manager Wang standing at the door with a meaningful smile on his face. "Manager Yan, the president wants you to go to his office."

Yan Jin's heart suddenly sank, and an ominous premonition came to her mind. She took a deep breath, stood up and followed Manager Wang out of the office...

Yan Jin stepped into Xiang Yu's office with a nervous mood. The office was filled with a cold atmosphere, which made her almost breathless. Xiang Yu sat behind the large desk, looking down at the documents, as if he didn't notice her arrival.

"President, are you looking for me?" Yan Jin asked softly, breaking the silence in the office.

Xiang Yu raised his head, glanced at her coldly, and threw the documents in his hand on the table. "I hope you can explain why the project progress is so much behind schedule?"

"I..." Yan Jin was about to explain, but was interrupted impatiently by Xiang Yu, "I don't want to hear the explanation, I only look at the results. If this project cannot be completed on time, you know the consequences."

Yan Jin bit her lip, feeling aggrieved and angry. Ever since the incident in the restaurant, Xiang Yu had been cold and indifferent to her. She knew that he was taking revenge on her for contradicting his mother.

"I understand." Yan Jin took a deep breath, suppressed his emotions, turned around and prepared to leave.

"Wait!" Xiang Yu stopped her, "I hope you can understand that I am not targeting you personally, I just hope you can do your job well."

Yan Jin stopped, turned around, and looked directly into Xiang Yu's eyes. "Of course I understand. I have been trying my best to do my job well. But if the plans I propose are always rejected, and if the tasks I assign are always difficult, how can I do my job well?"

Xiang Yu was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Yan Jin to say such a thing. He always thought that Yan Jin was just using him and their marriage to achieve his own goals.

"What do you mean?" Xiang Yu asked with a frown.

Yan Jin took a deep breath and told all the grievances and unfair treatment she had suffered in the company during this period of time. She did not cry or complain, but just stated the facts calmly.

Xiang Yu listened to Yan Jin's words, and his face became more and more ugly. He then realized that he seemed to have really misunderstood Yan Jin.

At this moment, the door of Xiang Yu's office was suddenly pushed open, and Secretary Li walked in in a panic, "President, it's bad, my wife..."

Secretary Li was stopped by Xiang Yu's sharp eyes before he finished speaking. Secretary Li realized that he had said something wrong and quickly changed his words: "President, the wife is waiting for you downstairs. She said she has something important to tell you."

Xiang Yu glanced at Yan Jin, hesitated for a moment, and finally got up and left the office.

Yan Jin stood there, watching Xiang Yu's departing back, feeling mixed emotions.

A few days later, Xiang Yu accidentally overheard the conversation between Yan Jin and Secretary Li at the corner of the company corridor.

"Secretary Li, do you think the president really understands my difficulties?" There was a hint of fatigue in Yan Jin's voice.

"Mr. Yan, don't worry. The president has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. He actually cares about you very much." Secretary Li comforted.

"Care about me?" Yan Jin smiled bitterly, "If he really cared about me, he wouldn't..."

Yan Jin didn't say anything more, but her unfinished words set off a storm in Xiang Yu's heart. He realized that he had always wronged Yan Jin. She didn't marry him for profit, and her feelings for him were not as hypocritical as he imagined.

"Yan Jin, wait for me!" Xiang Yu suddenly came out from the corner and called Yan Jin who was about to leave. Yan Jin was slightly startled, stopped, turned and looked at Xiang Yu, with a hint of doubt and vigilance in his eyes. "Anything else?"

"I..." Xiang Yu opened his mouth, but didn't know how to start. The employees walking in the corridor looked at them curiously and whispered.

Yan Jin didn't want to expose her personal grudges to the public, so she said calmly, "If you have anything to say, let's talk about it over dinner."

Dinner was a family dinner specially arranged by Xiang's mother, under the pretext of enhancing the relationship, but in fact it was to criticize Yan Jin. At the dinner table, Xiang's mother asked Yan Jin about her well-being, seemingly kind, but in fact every word was full of thorns, constantly insinuating about Yan Jin's performance in the company, hinting that she should not take advantage of her relationship with Xiang Yu to take over other people's business.

Yan Jin suppressed her displeasure and responded politely. She knew that Xiang's mother had always disliked her and thought that she was of a lowly origin and unworthy of Xiang Yu. She had also tried hard to gain Xiang's mother's approval, but ultimately failed.

"Mom, I will take care of the company's affairs." Xiang Yu finally couldn't help but speak, trying to ease the atmosphere.

"Can you handle it? If you can handle it, why would the project be delayed again and again!" Mother Xiang glared at Xiang Yu in dissatisfaction, then turned to look at Yan Jin and said earnestly, "Yan Jin, I'm not saying anything about you, but as a woman, the most important thing is to know yourself. You can let Yu worry about the company's affairs, and you can stay at home to take care of your husband and children. Isn't that good?"

"Mom!" Xiang Yu stood up suddenly and wanted to refute, but Yan Jin grabbed his sleeve.

Yan Jin took a deep breath, put down the chopsticks in his hand, looked at Xiang's mother, and said calmly but firmly: "Aunt, Ayu and I got married because we love each other, not to depend on anyone. In the company, I am the project leader, and I have the responsibility and obligation to do my job well. If you have any opinions about me, you can tell me directly, no need to beat around the bush."

“You…” Mother Xiang’s face turned blue with anger, and the finger she pointed at Yan Jin trembled slightly.

"Enough!" Xiang Yu slammed the table to stop the farce. He pulled Yan Jin and left the restaurant without looking back.

Late at night, Xiang Yu sat alone in his study, holding a glass of red wine in his hand, but he didn't take a sip. The moonlight from the window poured in, illuminating his handsome but lonely face. His mind kept replaying every detail of his relationship with Yan Jin, from the initial marriage agreement, to the later mutual respect, to the current tension. Their relationship was like a tangled mess, which could not be cut or sorted out.

He thought of Yan Jin's lonely back at the corner of the company corridor, her forbearing expression when facing Xiang's mother's difficulties, and her resolute eyes when she left the restaurant. His heart felt like it was being tightly grasped by an invisible hand, and it ached in pain.

"Dong dong dong..."

A knock on the door interrupted his thoughts.

"Come in."

The door of the study was pushed open, and Xiang's father walked in. His eyes fell on Xiang Yu, with a hint of worry and inquiry, "Let's talk, father and son..."