From Dog to Goddess: My CEO Ex's Afterlife Regret - Chapter 13

I saw Meng Yichen again on another Friday.

I had just finished work and was about to meet Qin Li when I ran into the girl who had been with Meng Yichen that day in the elevator.

We nodded at each other and exchanged an awkward greeting.

“Do you work in this building too?”

“Yes, I’m interning here.”

Her voice had returned to normal, no longer the sweet and coquettish tone from that day.

As soon as the elevator doors opened, she cheerfully ran out, heading straight for Meng Yichen and hugging him without hesitation.

However, Meng Yichen’s gaze remained fixed on me.

I should have waited for the next elevator.

I forced myself to walk out, trying to ignore the two of them.

But Meng Yichen pushed the girl away and grabbed me.

“Meng Yichen, what do you want now?” I frowned in displeasure.

“Who was it that took you home that day? Why didn’t you reply to my messages?”

“What does it have to do with you? Are you not used to me not revolving around you anymore?”

I tried to shake off his hand, but his grip tightened.

Suddenly, a hand gently rested on my shoulder, pulling me into an embrace.

Meng Yichen’s hand was lifted away by another long hand.

I looked up and saw it was Qin Li.

“Mr. Meng, please don’t be rude to my friend.” Qin Li’s voice was calm but carried an undeniable authority.

“And you are? Qin Li!” Meng Yichen was stunned, looking back and forth between me and Qin Li with a complex expression.

Then, he regained his arrogant demeanor, sneering, “No wonder, so there’s someone new.”

I didn’t want to get entangled with Meng Yichen any longer, so I turned to Qin Li and said, “Let’s go.”

Qin Li held me as we walked out the door.

Meng Yichen’s voice grew more intense, “Miranda, are you playing hard to get? Is this your new trick?”

Qin Li and I continued to ignore him and walked on.

He shouted even louder, “Qin Li, do you know she used to be my lapdog?

“You’re playing with a woman Meng Yichen discarded!”

Finally, he succeeded in angering me.

I asked Qin Li to wait for me for a moment and turned back towards Meng Yichen.

Before he could react, I raised my hand and slapped him hard across the face.

Meng Yichen was stunned, frozen in place.

“What are you doing!” The sweet voice rang in my ears.

Even though he was the one slapped, tears welled up in my eyes.

Not out of anger, but out of heartache.

Just like the heartache I felt when I saw him with other women in the KTV back then.

“Meng Yichen, how did you become like this!”

Just like that day, I left those words behind and turned away decisively.

Behind me, after a brief silence, came Meng Yichen’s heart-wrenching cry, “Yashu! Yashu! It’s you! It’s really you!”

He ran towards me, trying to catch up, but the girl held him tightly.

“Yichen, don’t go after her!”

“Let go of me!”

“I won’t let go!”