How to Tame a God and the Lucky Beasts-Chapter 153 - 154: Zhang Yue

Chapter 153: Chapter 154: Zhang Yue
"President Zhao... What you just said..."
"It’s true. Considering you’ve worked hard for many years at the company, go to finance later and collect six months’ advance salary."
Zhao Tianyu lit a cigarette, took a puff, and impatiently interrupted Li Li’s words.
The tone carried a sense of charity, as if that six months’ salary was already an extra blessing.
Unwilling to believe it, Li Li looked helplessly toward Shi Mu sitting on the sofa.
Who knew Shi Mu completely ignored her, tapping away on his phone, smiling as he chatted with someone.
"Ah Mu..."
Knock knock knock.
A knock on the door.
"Come in."
Walking through the door was a younger, more beautiful woman than Li Li, someone Li Li was quite "familiar" with.
"President Zhao~"
"Zhang Yue?!"
Li Li looked at the woman with some arrogance, puzzled as to why Zhao Tianyu called Zhang Yue over at this moment.
"Sister Yue, come sit here!"
Shi Mu, completely different from his previous indifference, warmly greeted Zhang Yue.
"Sit down first."
Zhao Tianyu was also very polite.
Seeing this, Li Li understood everything.
She just hadn’t expected that the very approach she excelled at of elevating some while stepping on others was now used against her.
Zhang Yue, a newly recruited agent that Tianyu spent a fortune poaching from another company last year.
Zhao Tianyu liked her very much because when Zhang Yue joined the company, she brought along a batch of promising but yet-to-debut talents, injecting fresh blood into Tianyu Entertainment.
And Zhang Yue had some background, managing to bring a large group of newcomers while maintaining good relations with her previous company, something not achievable by just anyone.
In these years at the company, Li Li’s status had risen higher and higher, and accordingly, her ego grew larger and larger.
Whenever she encountered good resources, regardless of whether they were meant for her, Li Li would seize them.
This behavior left others quite resentful, but given Li Li’s status, they dared not express their anger.
In contrast to Li Li, Zhang Yue was easy to get along with.
Since joining the company, she didn’t put on airs and mingled well with the junior staff.
She frequently bought snacks, milk teas, or discussed gossip with them.
Compared to Li Li, Zhang Yue was more popular at Tianyu.
Li Li could now see the situation clearly.
But she hadn’t expected Shi Mu to betray her too.
Watching the man she cherished bowing and flattering another woman, Li Li found it laughable.
She was laughable, Shi Mu was laughable.
Ridiculously laughable.
"Hahahahaha."
Li Li laughed loudly, looking somewhat frightening.
Zhao Tianyu was startled by her laughter and roared:
"You’re crazy! Pack your things and get out!"
Li Li laughed so hard she couldn’t straighten up, waving her hands repeatedly.
"Sister Li, don’t be like this. I didn’t want this either; it’s the decision of the company’s higher-ups, there’s nothing I can do."
Zhang Yue spoke as if she were innocent.
"And also, Sister Li, some things and people just aren’t meant to be, nor will they have any results~"
After speaking, she glanced at Shi Mu, hinted at her meaning.
"Ha, how do you know that these things are compatible with you?"
"Oh! And you know, you really got it right, you are indeed compatible—a traitor and a vixen, two beasts!"
Li Li rudely mocked.
"You!"
Zhang Yue’s face turned green from the insult, just about to retort when Shi Mu stood up, grabbed her wrist.
This intimate gesture undoubtedly pained Li Li’s heart, hearing Shi Mu in a very indifferent tone:
"Sister Li, there’s no need to tear things apart, is there?"
Li Li’s eyes flashed, she remained silent.
Shi Mu continued:
"Since you can’t assist me, naturally I have the right to choose. This thing called feelings is just the plaything of power. If you take it seriously, you’re doomed to be the loser."
Talking of emotions, Li Li’s expression softened slightly, she retorted:
"So, have you been fooling me all these years? Is that it?"
Shi Mu looked at Li Li with a hint of pity in his expression,
"Sister Li, when people say you’re foolish, you truly are foolish? It was mutual benefit, and you really took it seriously?"
"So, your promise to marry me is fake too?"
Li Li’s voice gradually choked up, as Shi Mu listened to her words, unable to hold back a laugh.
"Pfft hahahaha, Sister Li, don’t be naive, okay? You’re thirty, not thirteen; how could you be so silly?"
"Smack!"
Li Li couldn’t help it and slapped Shi Mu with force.
"Ah! Are you okay, little Mu!"
"Ungrateful dog!"
Zhang Yue and Li Li’s voices rang out together.
Zhang Yue hurried to Shi Mu’s side, trembling as she caressed his slapped cheek, looking heartbroken.
Shi Mu wiped the blood from his mouth, showing that Li Li’s slap had really been ruthless.
"Tch, had it not been for the past connection between us, do you think you could still be standing here talking to me?"
"That’s right, Sister Li. In any case, you shouldn’t have hit him! Look at what you’ve done to little Mu’s face, letting you go without responsibility is already merciful!"
The two sang in unison, pushing Li Li into the role of a totally evil villain.
"Heh, you pair of adulterers! I want to tear off that b*tch’s face!"
Li Li shouted madly as she rushed in front of Zhang Yue, grabbing her hair and started pulling.
Shi Mu had never seen Li Li like this, scared by her madness and stunned in place.
"Ah! Let go! Stop pulling my hair! You lunatic! Stop!"
Zhang Yue screamed miserably from the tugging.
Zhao Tianyu sat behind his desk watching the chaotic scene, his face as dark as the bottom of a pot.
"Bang!"
Zhao Tianyu slammed the desk forcefully and roared:
"Enough!"
But the two women in the heat of the fight wouldn’t care if the boss was angry or not, Li Li and Zhang Yue continued pulling each other’s hair.
"Crash."
The loud sound of glass shattering finally made the two women stop their actions.
"All right! You two are really something! What is this?! The antics of quarrelsome women?! Or a fierce brawl?!"
Zhao Tianyu angrily paced behind his desk, cursing as he walked:
"Li Li! Before I completely erase any trace of you, pack your things, get your salary, and get out!"
"And you! Zhang Yue! Three months’ salary penalty, and also get out of my sight!"
Zhang Yue was displeased, about to refute, when Shi Mu beside her came back to his senses and pulled her closer, giving her a look of restraint.
Zhang Yue stamped her foot in discontent, tidying her hair that Li Li had messed up, snorted, and ran out.
Seeing Zhang Yue had left, Li Li’s straight back finally collapsed.
Shi Mu walked over to her, lifting his hand to tidy her disheveled hair.
Though Li Li struck first, Zhang Yue hadn’t let her get away with it, leaving Li Li’s face covered with nail marks—a pathetic sight.
"Sister Li, is it worth it? Let’s end things amicably."
Shi Mu’s words "end things amicably" concluded the years of emotions between them.
Li Li couldn’t hold back, tears started flowing.
She lost.
She lost to her own wishful thinking.
She betrayed Ruan Xingwen, betrayed Yuan Xin and the others, but only honored her feelings toward Shi Mu!
Unexpectedly, she ultimately misplaced her trust.
Li Li wiped away the tears forcefully, shoved Shi Mu’s hand away.
"Shi Mu, remember, it’s me who doesn’t want you anymore!"
Leaving Shi Mu with nothing but a seemingly carefree yet deeply wounded back.