Capítulo 20: You're Fired

"Su Ruan, do you want to die?" Gao Leng stared back at her with a dangerous look in his eyes.

Seeing the light in his eyes, Su Ruan subconsciously took a step back. Her eyes darted around and stopped at the door behind her.

She needed to escape. She needed to get out of this place.

Gao Leng followed her line of gaze and guessed at what she planned to do. The corner of his lips turned up. He lurched forward and caught the woman's hand in his. Then, with another hand, Gao Leng covered Su Ruan's mouth before she could scream for help.

However, Su Ruan took this chance to bite his hand hard.

"Argh!" Gao Leng released his hand and took a step back. Before he knew it, there was a sharp pain in his stomach, causing the air to knock out of him. He hold his stomach and pointed to Su Ruan angrily. "You dare to hit me?"

"Director Gao, if you continue to disrespect me like this, I will not hesitate to hit you again."

His eyes widened in anger. Perhaps, he had taken Su Ruan's warning as a joke. Gao Leng stepped closer to Su Ruan again, wanting to grab her. However, another kick landed on his stomach.

Gao Leng groaned in pain. It took him a few seconds to compose himself. This time, the way he looked at Su Ruan was full of hatred. "Su Ruan! You are fired!"

Her hands clenched into a tight fist. If it was not because of his identity, Su Ruan would really like to beat this man into a pulp. "I was going to resign anyway." Su Ruan spoke through her gritted teeth.

Seeing that the man was in so much pain that he could not make a move, Su Ruan quickly run to the door and never look back.

Jiang Tian was waiting for her friend just around the corner. Her eyes lit up the moment she saw Su Ruan and her worry quickly disappeared. "Su Ruan…"

Her words were left unfinished. Jiang Tian watched as Su Ruan walked past her with her face reddened.

Instead of heading back to the cubicle, Su Ruan walked over to the fire exit and disappeared.

A deep frown appeared on her face. Jiang Tian shifted her gaze between the Gao Leng's office and the fire exit.

Jiang Tian had a bad feeling. Although she did not know what was going on in Gao Leng's office, she could still hear him screaming.

What happened?

…

Long Fei was in the middle of a meeting when he suddenly had a bad feeling. Without saying a word to the others, he stood up and left the room. The directors and managers looked at each other with a puzzled looks.

Although their big boss was a little eccentric, he had never left without saying a word like this. In the end, all eyes darted towards the president's assistant, Fu Xing.

Fu Xing was on the verge of tears upon seeing that everyone was looking at him as if demanding an answer. After making an excuse for his boss, Fu Xing ran out to chase after Long Fei. However, no matter where he look, Fu Xing could not find him.

He took out his phone and dialed Long Yu Heng's number. The man merely said that he would help to find Long Fei before he disconnected the call.

After learning the situation from Fu Xing, Long Yu Heng quickly called Long Fei's number. However, the man was not picking up his phone call.

A face came to his mind.

Long Yu Heng could only think of one reason for Long Fei to act this strangely: Su Ruan.

This was not the first time that Long Fei had done this. Moreover, each time that he leave without saying a word, it was all because of Su Ruan.

Long Yu Heng glanced at the time. Then, he picked up his key and headed out.

After driving for half an hour, Long Yu Heng finally found Long Fei. Just as he had thought, the man was watching Su Ruan's office from across the street.

He walked over to Long Fei and asked, "What happened?"

"I don't know." Long Fei placed a hand on his heart. "Something happened to her. It feels... like she was in danger."

"What?" Long Yu Heng's eyes widened in surprise. He wanted to go in and check but before he could leave, Long Fei had stopped him.

"It's fine. She's safe now." Long Fei said. He stared at the building for a while and turned to his cousin. "The interview is tomorrow, right?"

"Yes."

Long Fei narrowed his eyes. He did not know what had happened to Su Ruan a while ago but, as he was going to her company tomorrow, he decided to find out what had happened.

…

Su Ruan took a few deep breaths to calm down.

She had long left the office but still, her hands were still shaking non-stop. This was not the first time that Gao Leng had hinted that he wanted her to sleep with him. However, it was the first time that he had acted.

As she recalled how Gao Leng had pinned her to the wall and tried to shut her up, Su Ruan could not stop from shivering.

If she was not quick enough to escape, there was a chance that she would become his victim.

Su Ruan buried her head between her hands and took a few deep breaths to calm down.

"Su Ruan."

Hearing her name, Su Ruan quickly snapped out of her trance. She looked up and found that her friend, Lin Qing was looking at her in worry. In her hand, she was holding a glass of water.

"Have a drink first," Lin Qing said. "At least you will be more at ease."

Su Ruan took the glass of water with shaky hands. She took a few sips of the warm water and finally felt more relaxed. "Thank you." She shot Lin Qing a grateful look.

Lin Qing heaved a long, heavy sigh. She sat down beside Su Ruan and pulled her friend into a tight hug. "It's okay. You already escaped him. Su Ruan, you're a brave woman."

"Mmm…" Su Ruan lowered her head but could not say a thing.

Was she really a brave woman? Su Ruan did not think so. What she did back in Gao Leng's office was because she was too scared.

Su Ruan did not remember just how long did she stayed in silence. When she looked up again, her stomach was grumbling. She took her phone and finally noticed the countless messages from Jiang Tian and a few of her colleagues.

Everyone was asking about her whereabouts and her well-being. It seemed that Gao Leng had already informed everyone that she was fired.

Initially, Su Ruan did not want to reply to their messages. However, she still remembered that her belongings were still in the office.

After a brief hesitation, Su Ruan dialed Jiang Tian's number.