Tit For Tat (Beloved Enemy) - Chap 3

Gu Qing Pei continued to drink tea with a smile. He also checked out Yuan Yang from top to bottom, taking in all those huge muscles. Then he said, “This dress code is inappropriate. You can’t wear jeans to work. When you come over tomorrow, bring a resume to me.”

Yuan Yang said hard, “I don’t have one.”

“It’s okay, go home tonight and write what you can do.” Gu Qing Pei took out a paper towel and wiped his tea-stained hands, “Come, follow me to familiarise yourself with the company’s environment.”

Yuan Yang folded his arms against his chest and stared at him provokingly. He had no intention of moving.

Gu Qing Pei laughed, “Yuan son, we will have a huge problem if you don’t cooperate well.”

“If I don’t cooperate well, you can go and talk to my dad so he won’t let me come.”

“I just promised Yuan Director today, I really can’t go back on my word. Isn’t it better for you to say it to him yourself?”

“If I can do that, why on earth will I be sitting here wasting time with you?” Yuan Yang stared at him.

Gu Qing Pei said helplessly, “Since you can’t do it, I also can’t do it. The best way for you is to calm down and stay in the company. You will within good time learn to do things around here and it wouldn’t be a waste of time.”

Yuan Yang grinned at him from the corner of his mouth. He stood up, reached out and hooked an arm around Gu Qing’s shoulder. He lowered his head and whispered in Gu Qing’s ear, “Man, I’ll tell you the best way. It’s what I will do for you, I will do what I want anyway. You cooperate with me to deal with my dad. I will work with you to make that difference.”

Gu Qing Pei laughed, “In the company you have to call me Gu Zong, privately you can call uncle, I don’t need to repeat it again.”

Yuan Yang stared at him. “You don’t want to work with me.”

“Xiao Yuan, don’t think that adults are easily fooled. Your dad will know your actions better than me. Let go of your childish behaviour and work hard with me.”

Gu Qing Pei’s tone sounded like he was teaching a boy who got caught in a rebellious period. Originally, Yuan Yang was not good at expressing himself, he was rude and forthright. He was sure he could make Gu understand but he failed. If others dared to provoke him like this, he would have beat them up already. He desperately suppressed the anger and withdrew his arm, no longer caring for Gu Qing Pei. He turned around and waked to the door.

“Where are you going?”

Yuan Yang turned a deaf ear.

Gu Qing Pei rushed up one step at a time and reached out to grab Yuan Yang’s shoulder. Yuan Yang was like a blind man who had his eyes open. Before he could think, he reacted and latched onto Gu Qing Pei’s wrist. He twisted the arm and turned Gu around. Qing’s arm was screwed behind him and he did not hesitate to press it hard.

Gu Qing Pei’s face flashed a surprise, followed by pain in his arm. Yuan Yang’s hand was like a pair of iron pliers. Gu Qing Pei could not even stand still. He looked back at the man while he sweat formed on his forehead.

“Why, so soon are you going to resort to violence with me?”

Yuan Yan frowned deeply and released his hand. “Don’t touch me from the back, if you know what’s good for you.”

Gu Qing Pei straightened himself and his eyes glimmered at Yuan. Even though Gu was young, he had reached the position of senior executive in the company while he was in his thirties. The people around him respected him and were awed by him. He couldn’t even recall the last time he had fought with a person.

Fortunately, no one had seen Yuan misbehaving with him or he would have lost his face on his first day at work. If he had been disgraced, it wouldn’t end well for him.

Yuan Yang looked at him and turned to open the door.

Gu Qing Pei looked at the mirror and sighed, “It’s really not good.”

He walked up to the office window and looked down. After a short while, he saw the old man walk out of the office building door heading for the parking lot. He pulled out his cell phone and placed a call to the Director.

After the call was over, he called Zhang Xia to tell her that he did not require lunch after logistics and that she was to inform the company employees that they would meet after the lunch break.

Ten minutes later, the door of his office was roughly pushed open.

Gu Qing pretended to be surprised, “Hey, you have come back? Have you had time to think about it?”

“What a load of shit. It was you who called my dad.” Yuan Yang threw the car key on the couch and glared at Gu Qing Pei.

Gu Qing Pei smiled and said, “Oh, ah, I didn’t inform Yuan Director, I said earlier, he knows your every move, Yuan Director is cleverer than me of course, this whole company has hundred employees, how do you know which one was informing Yuan Director’s about your movements in here, I advise you to be a bit better, but as long as you can give your father a good performance, he will treat you better. There is still time, you should calm down and think about your parents’ intentions, you should learn to understand them.”

Yuan Yang stared at his eyes and couldn’t tell whether Gu Qing’s words were sincere or false, but whether true or not, it seemed that he wanted to leave.

Gu Qing Pei smiled and stood up. “I see you. You’re just going against your father now. If you think about it you will realize there’s nothing wrong with what he says. Well, it’s already lunch time, let’s go eat. I know that there is a Sichuan restaurant that is very authentic. Haven’t you been a soldier in Sichuan?”

“How do you know?”

Gu Qing Pei laughed. “I just heard about it, let’s go.”

He originally wanted to pull his arm, but when Gu remembered his experience, he retracted his hand.

Yuan Yang looked at his watch and it was indeed noon. Early in the morning, his father visited his house and dragged him from his bed. He hadn’t even broken his fast yet. Yuan couldn’t tolerate hunger and from morning he had only had tea and his stomach was growling loudly.

It was time to eat. He looked away from Gu and said, “OK, I have a few friends who live in this neighborhood. I told them to come and eat together with us.”

Gu Qing Pei smiled and said, “Ok, I’ll treat you.”

The Sichuan Restaurant was very close to the company. Gu Qing Pei had been there several times and he was very good customer. He was very impressed. There were not many people at noon and the tabled were empty. Gu Qing Pei asked the waiters for a table of ten after entering the restaurant.

Yuan Yang said, “No, I want to sit outside.”

Gu Qing said, “There is air-conditioning inside the restaurant.”

“I don’t like small spaces, let’s just sit outside.”

GuQing Pei did not listen to him, he took a seat by the window.

YuanYang wanted to sit in the middle of the restaurant, but the size of the smallrestaurant was not great for this. The view was good and should besufficient.

Thewaiteress placed a menu in front of both. Gu Qing Pei rubbed his hands with a hottowel, while leaning his chin slightly to see the menu. This unintentional moverevealed a mature sense of grace. The waitress couldn’t help but keep lookingat him.

Yuanalso looked at him some more. Gu Qing Pei was indeed a pleasing man, butdue to the current antagonistic relationship between the two men, Gu Qing Pei’smature grace was seen as pretentious. And because he had stayed in the army fora long time, he was not accustomed to this kind of man. In short, while YuanYang stared at Gu Qing Pei, he was feeling unpleasant.

YuanYang ordered a few dishes, all of which were meat based.

AfterGu Qing Pei ordered two vegetables, he shouted to the original, “I forgotto ask. How many of your friends are there? I don’t know if these dishes areenough.”

“They…” He had not even completed the answerbefore the restaurant’s door was pushed open, and four or five uniformed lordscame in. They laughed loudly, and they were not just deliberately noisy. Butthe door was so large that the entire restaurant could not help but lookaround.

GuQing Pei raised his eyebrows and smiled quietly. “A total of seven people.It seems I have to add a few more dishes.”

“XiaoYuan, oh, what are you doing with a child sitting by the window? Look at you,you can’t drop your head.”

“Hahahaha.”

YuanYang smirked and shouted, “If you roll a blind child, you must have a big girlin your head. It’s just as you look at your group of stinky selves…..Comequickly.”

“Oh,Who is this? Your friend?” A few people came over and looked at Gu QingPei in surprise.

GuQing Pei, who wore gold-rimmed glasses and elegant suits, did not belong inYuan Yang’s world….a world filled with soldiers.

YuanJun said, “My boss.” After that, he looked at Gu Qing Pei with asuperior look.

GuQing Pei stood up and politely extended his hand. “You guys, my name isGu, Gu Qing Pei.”

“Oh,hello hello.” One of the dark-skinned men grabbed Gu Qing Pei ‘s hand andshook it.

AlthoughGu Qing Pei does not understand the rules of the military, according to theman’s intuition, this group of people heard that he was the boss of Yuan Yang .The meal would certainly not be easy to eat.

This is a better understanding of the Guardian mentality. For example,if ordinary parents sent their children to school, they would treat teacherswith goodwill to achieve the purpose of making the teacher take care of theirown children. This group probably assembled to give him a deterrence, so he didnot dare “bully” Yuan Yang.

Sureenough, Gu Qing Pei felt that the hand shaking with him was tightening.Although not too painful, but with men’s mentality, this time it must befollowed, and that person was waiting for his reaction. Gu Qing Pei’s IQ wasdefinitely not the same as him. He was quiet and he only said with a smile,”Hey, the young man hand is very big.”

Theman was a little embarrassed and smiled slyly and let go of Gu hand.

“Comeon, let’s not keep standing. Everyone please sit down.” Gu Qing Peigreeted everyone with a smile. “Attendant please add moretableware.”

YuanYang has been observing Gu Qing’s reaction every time Gu Qing Pei was incontact with him. In an instant, there was an unclear smile on his face.