Tit For Tat (Beloved Enemy) - Chap 6

There was a special booth outside the office of the president, usually prepared for the secretary. But this booth was separated from the outside world. Gu Qing Pei made people clean this place and arranged a computer and office equipment for Yuan Yang to use as his office space.

Although the secretary’s office was not small, it was sandwiched between the president’s office and the general cubicles spaces. There was no window, and it was somewhat repressed. Yuan Yang looked at it and then he followed to talk to Gu Qing and without knocking he entered the president’s office.

Gu Qing Pei was reading some of the personnel’s information sent by Zhang Xia. He looked up at him and said, “Is there anything you want to talk about?”

Yuan Yang yawned and fell on the sofa and closed his eyes to sleep for a while.

Gu Qing Pei looked at the watch. “In accordance with normal work procedures, I have to give you a lunch break for half an hour.”

“Don’t be noisy.”

Gu Qing Pei supported his chin with his palm and he looked at the grown man who had nowhere to put his long legs. Gu felt that he would fall out of the small space if he moved any further. His eyes started observing him carefully.

Although his character was very annoying, he would look really good when he grew.

It’s a pity.

“If you want to go to sleep, go into that room and sleep. I have a bed inside. Why do you sleep on my sofa?”

Yuan Yang stood up, unceremoniously bypassed Gu’s work desk and into the back room. And he banged the door close.

Gu Qing Pei continued to look at the files on his table. After a while, the phone on his desk rang.

He picked up the phone and said, “Hey?”

“Hey, Gu Zong.”

“Oh, Yuan Director.”

“What about the kid?”

“He is staying in the company.”

“Yes, it’s good for him to be stuck today. If there is a situation in the future. Yes, inform me immediately so we can both control him together. He is young and very ignorant. If his language is offensive at time, I hope you don’t go easy on him.”

“No, I believe this child is reasonable and definitely only faking his anger. It is only now that the rebellious psychology is rather difficult to get rid off. After we get rid of that, he will be fine.”

“When you say that, I can rest assured. If he is not being calm with you, please tell me.”

“Okay, Yuan Director please rest assured.” After hanging up the phone, Gu Qing Pei opened a light music album from the computer, leaning comfortably. He rested in the boss’ chair with his eyes closed.

He crossed his hands on his stomach. His tapped his fingers so fast that it did not meet his hands on his back, his brain was thinking fast.

Yuan Yang was even more reluctant than Gu had imagined, and he was very unimpressed by stature and manners. He was extremely hard-hearted that he felt like unbreakable stone and would give Gu a lot of trouble. Especially in his future work, the boy would be an embarrassment in public. Seeing the policy of reconciliation may not be effective. One way to solve this problem was to completely irritate Yuan Yang. He himself should think of ways to get out from Gu’s control.

Although he may pay a price, it was better than keeping such a time bomb on his side. He had the huge task of getting the company relisted. There was really no time to play with children.

Gu Qing Pei decided to observe for a few more days. If Yuan Yang’s ignorant stubbornness persisted, he also had to play hard. As he thought of this, he picked up his mobile phone and walked outside onto the balcony. After closing the door, he gave another call to Yuan Lijiang.

“Hey, Yuan Director, I would like to ask you something.”

“You say it.”

“Are you providing the money for his survival?”

“He manages several restaurants and clubs with his friends. He doesn’t manage the businesses. He only takes the profit from his shares and although the business scale is not very large, he does not lack money, but the initial investment funds are from me.”

“Yuan Director, if we want him to be obedient, you cannot let him have money, or he won’t be worried about anything.”

Lijiang paused for a moment. “What you said just now is right, but this operation is a bit difficult. Those businesses are his own.”

“In fact, it is not difficult at all. I can see that Yuan Yang child is self-respecting. Very strong, you need to control him directly, the principal investment is yours, all the investment income that propagate from that should be yours, let him start a business using his money.”

Although Lijiang was a decision-maker in the market at the same time, he was a bit merciful towards his child privately. Otherwise, he wouldn’t use this method on Yuan Yang method. Although he has a harder attitude now, Yuan Yang was his son no matter what. When he heard what Gu Qing Pei said, he was a bit hesitant to agree immediately.

“This thing you said it sounds right, but that is…” he hesitated.

Gu Qing Pei laughed, “Yuan Director could not bear to do this to your son?”

Yuan Lijiang smiled sheepishly, “It’s not that I can’t bear to do it, it’s just like what you said. I will call him home today and tell him. Come, Mr. Gu, ah, you’re doing a good job, and I’m also eager to see what this kid can do.”

Gu Qing Pei said with a smile, “Thank you for the support on my job.”

He went back to the office and continued to read his files.

After looking at it for a moment, he looked up and found that it was four o’clock. Yuan Yang had already slept for almost two hours.

Gu Qing Pei also stood up and stretched his body and then opened the private room door.

When he entered the room he was stunned.

Yuan Yang only wore an underwear, clothes and shoes were thrown aside. Only a quilt covered him as he slept.

That waist, that chest, that leg; Gu couldn’t pick the slightest thing wrong with his body. Gu Qing Pei admired his attitude of never backing down for about two seconds. At the same time, when he heard the motion, Yuan Yang woke up. He opened his eyes vigilantly and turned to look at him.

Gu Qing Pei shook his head. “You can’t treat this place as your own home, and you can’t just disrobe anytime you please.”

Yuan Yang had a problem…that wasn’t bad per se…..the problem was that he didn’t like to wear clothes to sleep. His mother always used to scare him when he was a child. She said that sleeping while wearing clothes he would not grow. Today, the only thing that stopped him from removing his underpants was the fact that this place was not his house. Before that, he was walking barefoot as in the army.

1]….walking barefoot….sleeping naked…

Yuan Yang too lazy to explain, he turned over to cover himself with the quilt, impatiently saying, “What do you want ?”

“You have been sleeping for an hour and forty minutes. Till when do you plan to sleep if you aren’t getting up now?”

“Go away.”

Gu Qing wanted to laugh and cry. “Get up right now.”

The grown man was still sleepy so he got up and whispered, “Back off.”

“Don’t sleep, get up. You’re sleeping in my bed now, get up.” Gu Qing Pei was not impressed by his “laid off” character. Gu thought that if this was not the right thing to do, why would he dare to do so.

He didn’t think much about it, as he reached out his hand to rip the quilt off the boy.

Even before the hand could touch the neck, Yuan Yang swiftly turned back. In Gu Qing’s eyes it all happened too fast. He grabbed his hand and slammed Gu down onto the bed. The whole man blew up at the same time to get on top of Gu Qing Pei.

Yuan Yang was wearing only a boxer briefs, and most of the time he sat naked on Gu Qing Pei. He looked over Gu Qing Pei in a condescending position. The two men were connected by four eyes and the smell of gunpowder was permeating in the air.

Gu Qing Pei, with his eyes wide open, he snapped: “Let me up, are you insane?”

Yuan Yang whispered, “No. What’s wrong with your hearing? I told you not to touch me from behind.”

“I told you that I will give you only a half hour’s rest. You took more than one and half an hour. Get off me!”

“I’d like to know how long it took for you to sleep. Even if your surname was Gu, you just don’t mess with me again. I have had enough of you today.”

“Oh, don’t want to endure?! What are you going to do?” Gu Qing Pei deliberately provoked him.

Yuan Yang his teeth, “You don’t think that I can take you out?! Let’s start with the two of us. Sooner or later, I’ll make you be the first one to ask my dad to let me go.”

Gu Qing Pei grinned. “Before that happens, you know that I am still now in charge of management of all the workers and even if you don’t let go of me now, I’ll just say to your father that I don’t want to take care about children like you.”

“You want me to hit you? With your hand, you want to force me to do this? I can’t help but want to punch you. I’m telling you Gu Qing Pei. Although I don’t want to disobey my dad now, you don’t make me angry. I’ve got everything done.” Yuan Yang anger was so big that nobody ever dared to provoke him like this.

Thisman provoked him every second, but there was nothing Yuan Yang could do withGu. There was a fire that could not be vanquished, leaving Yuan Yangparticularly sullen. He always had a bad temper, and he was now almost readyexplode.

Hemoved from his body and released the restraint to Gu Qing Pei. Gu Qing Peiimmediately sat up and took a few breaths. Any man’s heart would be veryunhappy on being suppressed so hard, but fortunately Gu Qing Pei, thoughdissatisfied, he quickly jumped out of bed, looked at Yuan Yang with a coldglance.

“Get up, I said you can sleep for a half anhour. It’s been an hour and a half, and the extra hour will be subtracted fromyour salary as late arrival.”

Yuan Yang thought disdainfully, I did not thinkabout my salary.

GuQing Pei smirked in his heart. He really must think of ways to seal the kid’smoney sources to see if he was an honest man. He did not believe that he, GuQing Pei, could not cure the scorpion that refuses to grow up.

Whenhe was so riled up, Yuan Yang’s sleepiness was gone. He angrily put on hisclothes and kicked open the door to go out.

GuQing Pei said coolly behind him, “There is only half an hour beforeleaving work and you’re driving me home after work.”

YuanYang eyebrows felt like they were burned. “I will drive youhome?”

“Yes,you must not only send me home, but also come to pick me up in the morning. Youare now my full-time driver. The car that the company gave me, will arrive nextweek. I will use your car first. I will reimburse you for the oil.”

YuanYang and pointed his finger at his nose and gritted his teeth, “Gu Qing Pei,your fucking courage is really big, you’re making me drive you? Do you knowwhat I’m driving? I’m driving a tank, armored, war plane. Not driving for you.”

GuQing Pei chuckled and said, “You can’t do anything now. It’s estimatedthat the only thing you can do is drive right. I prefer the driver who is asoldier. It’s a position that needs a highly disciplined person, as I havealready explained. If you are dissatisfied, go talk to Yuan Director.”

YuanYang forehead bulged with blue veins, and his fists scattered, and it seemedthat the air was not light enough to breath in here.

Whathappened in Gu’s office today was more of a reflex than what he had been doingfor many years because he couldn’t act and he couldn’t vent. Gu Qing was notthe object that he should use his fist to suppress, but he was used to usingfists to suppress his enemies. In the army way of life, he did not know how toresolve such conflicts without fists.

This may be the most depressing fight forhim.

Hemust think of other ways to deal with Gu Qing Pei, he can’t use fist to solvethis man.

He had to figure outa plan for the first time to deal with a man. Until then, he had to endure this foolishness. When he caughtGu Qing Pei’s handle one day, he must make this daredevil tell Yuan Yang who had dared him(Gu) to provoke him(Yuan).

Hecoldly said, “OK, I will drive you as long as you sit calm.”

GuQing grinned, “I will be wearing a seat belt.”