Chapter 141 — Old Buffon's Origins
Years of Heartflutter · Page 196 of 214
"Zhi Yun, what do you think of Li Dadong as a person?" Yang Yan Chuan asked.
"Huh? Why do you suddenly ask that?" Lin Yanhe said, flustered. "Didn't I already tell you? I've always regarded him like my own older brother."
"Heh, I'm not asking about that—what are you getting nervous for?" Yang Ce looked at Lin Yanhe with a half-smile. "I mean, what do you think of Li Dadong's character?"
"Oh." Lin Yanhe was a little embarrassed—she'd misunderstood Yang Jue Huan's meaning. She lowered her head. "Brother Dadong is a very good person. He's kind and doesn't have any bad intentions."
"Mm, I've observed him carefully too, and I think his character is quite good." Yang Ce continued, "Say—how would you feel about having Li Dadong come help at the jewelry company?"
"What? Him?" Lin Yanhe was startled and blurted out, "Aren't you worried?"
"Why would I be worried?" Yang Pu Qi laughed, looking at Lin Yanhe's flushed, pretty face.
"Uh—I mean, that is—" Lin Yanhe stammered. What she'd just said had slipped out involuntarily, and now, thinking it over, it seemed far too suggestive. She hurried to explain, "I mean, aren't you afraid Brother Dadong might deliberately do something to sabotage the company?"
But once the words were out, Lin Yanhe felt something was off again. She'd just said Li Dadong's character was good and that he had no bad intentions—wasn't she contradicting herself now?
Sure enough, Yang Ce said, "Zhi Yun, you mustn't lie now. Didn't you just say Li Dadong is a very good person? How is it that in the blink of an eye you're saying he'd cause trouble?"
"Me, well, oh—anyway, what I mean is, Big Dong, you should understand how he feels about me. If things go on like this, how can he possibly focus on his work?" Lin Yanhe forced herself to say, brazening it out.
"Some things can never be resolved unless you face them," Yang Hengye said. "The best approach is to make Li Dadong accept the facts as quickly as possible, so he doesn't fall apart entirely."
And there was another purpose behind Yang Cenbin's actions: to display his own strength before Li Dadong. In truth, this too was for Li Dadong's own good—to make him realize clearly that no matter what, he could never reach the heights Yang Cenbin occupied, and thus to extinguish his longing for Lin Yanhe.
"Maybe you're right. All right, then—next time I see Big Dong, I'll go ask him what he thinks."
It was about time. He called Zhao Sisi and learned that the company had finished its renovations, so Yang Cenbin and Lin Yanhe prepared to set off and take a look.
They had not gone far from the house when they saw Li Dadong approaching with two of his friends. The three were talking loudly about something, and Li Dadong looked extremely agitated, taking no notice of Yang Ce and Lin Yanhe nearby.
"Zheng Zetao, if you still consider me your friend, don't bring that up again. I may not claim to be any gentleman, but that thing you're suggesting—I will absolutely not do it," Li Dadong said loudly. "It's too despicable. It would hurt Zhiyun far too much."
"Dadong—" Zheng Zetao had spotted Lin Yanhe not far away and hurriedly tried to warn him.
But Li Dadong cut him off: "Say no more. I will never agree to it. Don't bring that underworld way of doing things out here. Zetao, have you spent so long running around bathhouses with your brother that you've picked up their thuggish habits? You never used to be like this."
"Dadong, look who's in front of you," Yaoyang said, seeing that Li Dadong was on the verge of giving everything away, and clapped him on the shoulder.
"Ah?" Li Dadong looked up and saw Yang Ce and Lin Yanhe walking toward them. He started. "Yang Ce, Zhiyun, you—"
"Li Dadong, I was right about you after all." Yang Ce walked over and patted Li Dadong's arm with satisfaction. "Clear-eyed about good and evil, right and wrong. Very good."