Chapter 6 Save the female match sister in love drama
Right at this moment, Gao Lang was angry. Moreover, he had to go meet with the city leaders later and currently didn’t have any thoughts about placating Bai Duoduo.
Bai Duoduo was extremely aggrieved when she saw that Gao Lang had just left. She was considered a small celebrity in the food anchor world, earned a good income, and was sought after by fans—for what reason was she abusing herself by staying here?
The more Bai Duoduo thought, the angrier she grew. She laid herself down on the desk and cried. As a result, tears drenched the organized data sheets, and she had to print another copy.
By the time Gao Lang came back, his bad mood was almost gone. He thought he should coax Bai Duoduo, but Assistant Chen knocked the door and came in, saying, “President Gao, the directors are all here and waiting for you in the conference room.”
Gao Lang sighed helplessly. Persistently looking at Bai Duoduo, he refused to move.
Bai Duoduo handed the printouts to Gao Lang and pushed him on. “Go ahead, I’m not angry.”
Gao Lang smiled. “Well, I booked a restaurant tonight. Let’s eat together!”
Bai Duoduo grinned reluctantly and agreed.
After Gao Lang left, Bai Duoduo looked at the empty office and felt at a loss. She really resented her current life.
Bai Duoduo took out her cellphone and opened the broadcasting app that she often used. It ding-dinged over and over, and the phone promptly crashed.
One by one, Bai Duoduo looked at the comments and direct messages that her fans had sent, expressing their thoughts about her. They were asking her why she hadn’t had any live streams these days. What had happened?
Bai Duoduo looked at these messages and couldn’t help but burst into tears again.
In the evening, the couple had a candlelight dinner. Gao Lang gave her a bouquet of flowers and a Chanel purse.
Bai Duoduo took the flowers and bag. She looked at them, then put them aside.
Upon seeing this, Gao Lang asked, “Don’t you like them? Then we’ll buy more after eating.”
Bai Duoduo shook her head. “No, I do like them. A-Lang, I have something to say to you.”
“Say it, then.”
“I don’t want to go to work at the company. I want to go back and continue live streaming,” Bai Duoduo asserted after hesitating again and again.
Gao Lang frowned. “Why? I don’t want you to have to work so hard.” Gao Lang watched Bai Duoduo’s live streams; it was such hard work. Cooking in the kitchen every day, sweating profusely in the heat—it was okay in the winter, but in the summer, it felt like being in a sauna. And if that wasn’t enough, she’d still have to eat all those things during the live broadcast, in front of ten thousand fans.
Although Bai Duoduo wasn’t the Big Eater livestreamer and didn’t eat as much as one, those things added together are quite a lot. Sometimes fans would even ask her to eat weird things. Duoduo could only endure the nausea while she ate.
When she finished streaming, Duoduo would rush to the bathroom to spit out the disgusting things that she’s eaten.
It would damage the body.
Gao Lang didn’t want her to work so hard. In actuality, it was okay for Duoduo to not work, but Gao Lang knew that Duoduo was a proud person. She’d be certain to be unwilling to do nothing and cling to him. That was why he let Duoduo come work in the company. Besides, the work was leisurely. The two of them could still be together. It was perfect!
“I don’t find it hard. A-Lang, I know you’re doing this for my sake. But I’m not happy now. I don’t know anything—I can’t do anything except sit there and go on the Internet every day. I really can’t live like this. A-Lang, I want to go back to doing live streams,” Bai Duoduo pleaded.
“Duoduo! Are people gossiping? You tell me who it is and I shall dismiss her,” Gao Lang declared, grabbing Bai Duoduo’s hand.
“A-Lang, why don’t you understand? They have nothing to do with this. It‘s all me—I am not happy with this job. This job, it makes me unable to find the meaning of living. A-Lang, I am entirely capable and don’t want to rely on others. Don’t you understand?” Bai Duoduo entreated loudly.
Gao Lang watched Bai Duoduo. He felt proud and helpless; from the first day they met, he knew what kind of girl Duoduo was. This was also one of the reasons why he liked her.
“Duoduo!” Gao Lang called helplessly.
Bai Duoduo looked at him. “A-Lang, I know you’re thinking of me, but I’m sick of the way my life is right now. I promise you that I’ll do whatever I can in the future—I’ll eat less, I’ll never eat those weird things again, I’ll take care of myself. You promised me!”
From the beginning, Gao Lang could never get angry at Bai Duoduo.
In the end, he agreed.
Bai Duoduo was overjoyed, but Gao Lang was rather upset. He had to dismiss the people who gossiped. If it weren’t for them, how could Duoduo not want to stay in the company anymore?
Bai Duoduo saw that Gao Lang’s expression wasn’t looking good and thought he was still mad at her. So she cajoled him for a long time: “Auntie said not to celebrate her birthday, but the cake can still be eaten! You spare some time that day and we’ll make it together for her. If we make it by ourselves, Auntie will love it.”
Gao Lang smiled, a little helpless. According to today’s situation, his mother might not appreciate it—but seeing Bai Duoduo’s high spirits, he couldn’t bear to sweep Duoduo’s excitement away. It was just that, when would his parents understand Duoduo’s good side?
The reason why he’d proposed celebrating his mother’s birthday to Duoduo was because he wanted his parents to spend more time with Duoduo and understand her goodness. He thought that after all, the Gao family had already raised Huaiqing and Huairou after so many years; even if they harbored debts or guilt toward the two sisters’ parents, they would have already paid it off.
Who knew that his mother still couldn’t let it go? Gao Lang didn’t really understand this kind of feeling.
Gao Lang decided to have a good talk with his parents first so as not to make trouble and embarrass Duoduo.
After Gao Lang went home, it was already past ten o’clock in the evening. Papa Gao and Mama Gao were not asleep yet—they were watching a dog-blood family drama together on the sofa.
[TV drama with ridiculous, exaggerated plot]
When Gao Lang arrived home, neither of them raised their eyes. They pretended not to see him.
“Dad, Mom, I have something to tell you.” Gao Lang said as he sat down on the sofa.
Papa Gao took the remote control and turned off the TV. “It’s late, let’s rest!”
Mama Gao nodded, and the two of them stood up and were about to go back to their bedroom. Gao Lang felt very helpless. “Dad, Mom, I don’t understand. Is it that, in your hearts, Li Huaiqing is more important than me?”
“Look at what you’re saying! It’s obvious that you owe Huaiqing for everything you’ve done. Even Huairou! If you’d only chased after Huaiqing that night, nothing would have happened to Huairou! She is a young girl who’ll spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair. You don’t feel guilty about her or Huaiqing? You owe the two sisters, you owe them a debt you won’t be able to pay back in this lifetime! How dare you say such a thing?” Mama Gao became more and more agitated, her eyes red, with tears about to fall down.
Papa Gao half-wrapped his arms around his old wife. “It’s alright, don’t be angry. This kid is simply heartless!”
Gao Lang was helpless and refuted, “Mom, let me say it again. Yes, between Li Huaiqing and I, it was my fault in the beginning, I didn’t deny it. But not once did I admit that I was in a relationship with her! As for Li Huairou, she was the one who chased her sister out that night. What does it have to do with me? Why do you blame me for this? Yes, you two owe Uncle Li and Aunt Li, but you’ve treated their daughters as your own for so many years—you’ve paid that debt off long ago. So don’t try to impose your debts on me now! It has nothing to do with me.”
Gao Lang’s words infuriated Papa Gao and Mama Gao. Mama Gao’s body was trembling with pure anger. Papa Gao held her while looking at Gao Lang and spat: “Fine, very good! It doesn’t matter to you, right? Alright!”
Papa Gao hugged Mama Gao and went back to their bedroom.
Gao Lang leaned on the sofa, a little annoyed. He had wanted to talk about his mother’s birthday with his parents, but before he got a single word up, they broke away in disagreement.
‘Why is it always like this every time I talk about these things?’
Gao Lang was incredibly confused.
But soon, something more confusing happened to him.
At the company’s regular meeting a week later, Papa Gao announced that Mama Gao would unconditionally transfer 10% of the company’s shares to Li Huaiqing and Li Huairou.
Gao Lang was stunned. He now only held 8% of the shares. No, it wasn’t the question of the amount of the shares at all—the problem was that Papa Gao and Mama Gao hadn’t discussed it with him at all before making this decision.
Gao Lang anxiously ran into Papa Gao’s office. “Dad, why didn’t you tell me?”
“This is what your mother and I desire, what does it have to do with you?” Papa Gao said emotionlessly. “It’s not just your mother’s shares that will be handled like this. In the future, when I pass away, the shares under my name will be split into three groups. You, Huaiqing, and Huairou will each get one! Of course, Huaiqing and Huairou do not participate in the management of the company, and will only earn dividends—you are still the one who manages the company. I have entrusted Lawyer Qian to draft and notarize the documents.”
“Dad! Are you crazy?! “Gao Lang countered fiercely.
“You said it yourself; Huaiqing and Huairou have nothing to do with you. Then, your mother and I will naturally arrange everything for the two of them,” Papa Gao said straightforwardly. In other words, he didn’t believe in Gao Lang anymore.
“Dad! Aren’t I your own flesh and blood? If you feel sorry for them, just give them money. Why are you splitting the shares with two outsiders?! Can’t you think about me?” Gao Lang couldn’t believe his own ears. This way, the number of combined shares belonging to Li Huaiqing and her sister would add up to more than his. Even if the company was his, what use would it be?
“Outsiders?! Hah, I always thought that blood couldn’t determine everything. I thought you could understand this too. Obviously, you don’t!” Papa Gao shot back.
Gao Lang pushed the door open in desperation and was about to leave, but he saw Li Huaiqing and Li Huairou, as well as a secretary with an embarrassed expression, at the door.
Li Huaiqing and her sister had been picked up by the lawyer early in the morning to sign the will. After hearing Papa Gao and Mama Gao’s plan and discussing it between the two of them, the sisters did not plan to accept it—they had been just about to go find Papa Gao. As a result, they heard the conversation between Gao Lang and his father at the door of the office.
“Outsider”! Haha!
Li Huaiqing felt sorrowful and desolate at the same time. She always thought that even if she and Gao Lang didn’t become lovers, there’d always be family and friendship! After all, they grew up together as green plums and bamboo horses.
[Childhood sweetheart]
It turned out that, in Gao Lang’s heart, she was just an outsider.
When Li Huaiqing raised her head to look at Gao Lang, the light in her eyes had already dimmed.
“Thanks for the trouble!” Li Huairou called rudely.
Gao Lang glared at her and Li Huairou immediately shrank into a ball, squealing, “Jie!”
Li Huaiqing guarded Li Huairou, looking at Gao Lang warily. “What do you think you’re doing?!”
Gao Lang glanced at Li Huaiqing and suddenly leaned over. He whispered in her ear, “If I were you, I would refuse. It wouldn’t belong to me and it’s too hot to hold.”
Li Huaiqing didn’t expect Gao Lang to say this. She smirked, and replied softly in Gao Lang’s ear, “I originally intended to refuse, but if you say it like this, I won’t. I’ll accept it with pleasure.”
Gao Lang glared at her, thinking that the two sisters’ ugly faces had finally been exposed—and now they were really coming for the company!
