Awkward Chapter 3

Chapter 3

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This year’s winter was particularly cold. Due to financial pressure, Ye Mu didn’t give himself much of a buffer and applied for a job at a media company a month later.

This was a newly established foreign-funded enterprise, the owner’s name is Chen Mo, a young man who just came back from the United States and is in the process of starting his own business.

Ye Mu did not think much about this company when he saw it on the Internet and was totally focused on the high salary and benefits, and when he got there, he realized that the size of the company was much bigger than he imagined.

After rounds and rounds of personnel screening, and after waiting in the conference room for nearly an hour or so, he met the company’s boss, Chen Mo.

Chen Mo was younger than he thought, probably only twenty years old, wearing a clean white shirt, with a slender and athletic figure, his handsome face had a youthfulness that was between a man and a boy, and his arrogant temperament made a deep impression on people.

“Briefly describe the reason for coming to PHIONA.” Sitting across from Ye Mu, his dark eyes were calm, and his opening statement was simple and competent.

Ye Mu didn’t speak excessively, his thin lips slightly opened, “High salary.”

Chen Mo’s narrow eyes half narrowed, looked up and surveyed Ye Mu, “Other than that?”

Ye Mu looked at him and faintly said, “Good benefits.”

Chen Mo slightly frowned for a few moments, looking down at his resume. “ You were doing well in LOTTO. Why did you quit?”

Ye Mu looked at him for a while in silence and spoke, “ I wanted a change in the environment.”

Chen Mo snorted and looked at him out of the corner of his eye, “Why are you being roundabout now, haven’t you been very honest just now?”

Ye Mu slightly lowered his eyelids and didn’t reply.

Chen Mo didn’t force it. He glanced at him nonchalantly, asking, “ Can you socialize?”

Ye Mu said, “It’s okay.”

Chen Mo hmmmed, sketched down a gorgeous signature on the white paper, and said in a low voice, “Three months probationary period, come and report tomorrow.”

Ye Mu was not surprised. He got up and politely said thank you, opened the door of the meeting, and walked out

Chen Mo propped his chin and watched his back until it disappeared, his eyebrows slightly raised, “Are you sure this person has enough business ability?”

These words were clearly addressed to Liu Yi, the secretary who had been standing next to him.

Hearing this, Liu Yi respectfully bowed towards him with certainty in her tone, “Mr. Chen, don’t worry, I’ve investigated inside and out in great detail, Ye Mu is outstanding in terms of both his connections and his business ability, he’s an unparalleled talent.”

Chen Mo half squinted his eyes and said in a critical manner, “No matter what, he is too wooden.”

Liu Yi was respectful, “Recently, he had some emotional problems, so it’s possible that he’s out of shape.”

The corner of Chen Mo’s lips hooked up with a touch of sarcasm, “What, dumped by a woman?”

Liu Yi did not reply, and her eyes were a bit abnormal.

Chen Mo glanced at her from the corner of his eyes, “ Speak up if you have something to say.”

Liu Yi coughed, “Yes…dumped by a man.”

Chen Mo tsked, dislike in his dark eyes, “You know I hate faggots the most.”

Liu Yi was a bit terrified and hesitantly said, “If you don’t like it, you can get rid of him now…”

Chen Mo interrupted him, “Forget it. It’s all said and done. Dismiss him after the three-month probationary period.”

“Yes, Mr. Chen.”

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Ye Mu didn’t know all that, and when he passed by the supermarket after the interview, he bought some groceries and went home to prepare a nice dinner for himself.

When it was time to start cooking, he slapped himself hard.

Habit is truly a terrible thing. Even now, he realized that he would still unconsciously cook Yan Chen’s favorite dishes.

Standing up, he numbly dumped all the dishes into the garbage can, sat hunched over on the sofa, and began to smoke a cigarette again.

In the recent period of time, he became a real chronic smoker.

The sky gradually darkened and the room was dark, but he did not turn on the light, only immersed in his own world.

In the silence, the blackened cell phone screen suddenly flickered.

Ye Mu subconsciously glanced at the caller ID and was stunned. The caller ID said, “Yan Chen.”

Since they broke up for so many days, the two of them have never contacted each other. For some reason, this phone call made him a little bit panicked, and even his heart also beated wildly.

He was full of bravado, saying that he was tired and not in love anymore, but at the same time he received this call, he knew that the lie had been broken down.

He still liked this man, no matter when and where, and was waiting for news from him, hoping that he could be remembered by him.

How can he be so cheap?

Ye Mu looked at the screen. His eyes couldn’t help but be a little sour. His fingers gently slipped and moved to the answer button.

“Hello” is a very short word, he said it both hoarse and with a trembling tone.

“Ye Mu?” On the other end of the phone, Yan Chen’s voice was magnetic and low.

Ye Mu bit his lower lip hard, not knowing what he should say, and did not respond.

“How have you been lately,” Yan Chen said.

Ye Mu tried to make his voice sound normal, “Not bad.”

Yan Chen hmmm’d and became silent.

Ye Mu knew him well. He calmed himself and opened his mouth, “What’s the matter.”

Yan Chen went straight to the point, “You’ve recently been participating in a Time Cup architectural design competition, right?”

Ye Mu: “Right.”

Yan Chen was speechless for a moment, then indifferently said, “Can you withdraw from the competition, Gu Huai also participated and most of the judges have voted for you now.”

Ye Mu tiredly closed his eyes and said nothing, directly cutting off the phone.

After hanging up the phone, he lit a cigarette and inhaled it fiercely, holding the smoke for a long time without spitting it out.

Throughout the night, Ye Mu stayed in such a position, smoking the cigarette, and his mind kept going blank. Not long after, he had insomnia, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

The next day, Ye Mu submitted his withdrawal application to the Time Cup Association.

The association was quite surprised when they heard his call; after all, this was a work that had a high chance of winning. However, after a few useless attempts to persuade him, they finally agreed to withdraw his application.

Ye Mu then wanted to slap himself. He had already broken up with him and he was still thinking of that person in every way, and did what he said.

He deserved to be looked down upon, and he deserved to be dumped without any mercy!

After withdrawing from the competition, Yan Chen cut off contact with him and never called again, not even a thank you.

Ye Mu has long been accustomed to this kind of treatment, so he did not hold any illusions. After giving himself an extremely contemptuous smile, he deleted the other party’s contact information.

For Yan Chen, Ye Mu was nothing more than a dog who came and went as he was called. He was a b*tch day in and day out.

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