Chapter 94: An Olive Branch
Song Guangyuan and Wu Caiyun were already home when Song Jia returned.
Noticing her daughter's unusual expression, Wu Caiyun asked with concern.
"Jiajia, you don't seem like yourself today."
"Is something wrong at school?"
Hearing his wife's question, Song Guangyuan immediately looked over as well.
Originally, Song Jia had planned not to tell her parents about the incident, so as not to worry them.
She had just wanted to go back to her room, find a quiet corner, and lick her wounds in solitude, like an injured and frightened kitten.
But for some reason, her parents' simple question and their obvious care caused her emotional dam to break.
The helplessness, fear, and profound sense of grievance she had been holding back burst out like a river breaking its banks.
It was the first time Song Guangyuan and Wu Caiyun had ever seen their daughter cry like this. Alarmed, they rushed to her side to comfort her and ask what was wrong.
After a long time, they finally pieced together everything that had happened from Song Jia's tearful, fragmented account.
After learning the truth, Wu Caiyun was overcome with terror, while Song Guangyuan was like an enraged lion, his eyes bloodshot as he cursed through gritted teeth, "Those little bastards!"
At that moment, knowing his precious daughter had almost been seriously harmed, Song Guangyuan truly felt like killing someone.
But just then, a call came in from an important figure.
The first words out of his mouth were an extremely sincere apology.
It turned out that Yuan Hui, realizing the gravity of the situation, had immediately confessed everything to his family.
Furthermore, the call came just in time, preventing the matter from escalating further.
Even so, Song Guangyuan's tone on the phone was still cold and dissatisfied.
When Song Guangyuan ended the call, while her distressed parents tried to comfort her, Song Jia, who had gradually stopped crying, got up and went back to her room.
Before leaving, she picked up the laptop that had been sitting idle in the living room and took it with her.
Ever since Song Jia had gotten angry about the laptop, it had been left in the living room, untouched.
Seeing Song Jia's door shut tightly, Wu Caiyun sighed deeply.
"Old Song, my heart is still pounding."
"I can't help but feel terrified just thinking about it."
"Tell me, if Liu Shang hadn't shown up today, what would we have done?!"
"Before we knew it, Jiajia has grown up. She can no longer mess around with Lu Kai and his group of impulsive, naive boys."
"This happened right under our noses, something so terrible almost happened..."
Listening to his wife, Song Guangyuan sighed repeatedly, a deep fear settling in his own heart.
Meanwhile, after returning to her room, Song Jia logged into QQ and, without hesitation, sent Liu Shang a friend request.
To her delight and relief, he accepted her friend request a short time later.
They didn't chat for long. Song Jia apologized and asked if he was hurt, and Liu Shang replied that she didn't need to worry.
Finally, Song Jia asked for Liu Shang's mobile number and saved it.
Early the next morning, Song Jia sent Liu Shang a message, saying she had bought him some Yunnan Baiyao and bruise medicine, but he politely declined.
Seeing his response, Song Jia simply sent another message asking if he was going to the company, since it was Saturday.
She said she wanted to go too and asked if his private car could pick her up on the way.
Faced with Song Jia's request, Liu Shang couldn't refuse, so he had no choice but to explain the new stop to the driver, Wu Yong, after getting into his car.
The private driver the company had arranged for Liu Shang was a man of about forty.
When he heard Liu Shang was going to the boss's residential community, Wu Yong wondered to himself why they were going there.
But when their car arrived near the community and he saw Song Jia already waiting there, dressed in jeans and a white athletic sweater, it suddenly dawned on him.
Everyone in the company knew of Song Guangyuan's most precious and only daughter, Song Jia.
Vaguely, he felt a thrill of surprise, as if he was on the verge of discovering a huge secret!
By then, Liu Shang had already gotten out of the car and was standing in front of Song Jia.
At this moment, Song Jia lacked her usual confident and vibrant energy; instead, she looked a little frail and delicate.
Probably because she had cried so much the day before, her eyes were still a little swollen.
"Here, this is the Yunnan Baiyao and some medicine for bruises that I bought for you."
"Are you really all right?"
"Do you want me to go to the hospital with you?"
Liu Shang took the small bag with a smile. "It's nothing, really. Just a minor injury."
"And thank you for the medicine."
"It's still a little cold out this morning. Let's talk in the car on the way to the company."
Contrary to Liu Shang's expectation, Song Jia shook her head.
"You haven't had breakfast yet, have you?"
"Then let me treat you to breakfast as a thank you for yesterday."
Seeing this, Liu Shang couldn't refuse, so he turned and walked back to the driver, Wu Yong, to invite him to breakfast as well.
At this point, no matter how slow he might be, the driver Wu Yong understood what was happening.
Everyone in the company, including him, had been curious and surprised as to why the boss, Song Guangyuan, and the company valued and favored Liu Shang so much.
Now, it seemed the truth was finally coming out!
So Liu Shang had an extraordinary relationship with the boss's precious daughter!
Were the two of them secretly a couple?
And was the reason the boss and the company paid so much attention to Liu Shang because he was being trained as a future successor?
Having reached this conclusion, Wu Yong wisely shook his head so fast it was a blur when Liu Shang invited him to breakfast.
He smiled and said he had already eaten, so he would just wait in the car. He emphasized that he wasn't in any hurry, telling Liu Shang not to worry about him.
*Are you kidding me?* he thought. *The boss's only daughter and her future husband are having breakfast together. I shouldn't be a third wheel!*
Seeing his insistence, Liu Shang had no choice but to go with Song Jia to a relatively high-end breakfast shop near her community.
After they entered the shop, neither of them said much.
Song Jia herself didn't eat much but was rather surprised to see Liu Shang quickly polish off a breakfast large enough for three people.
"By the way... do you always eat this much?"
Liu Shang, who had been focused on eating, looked up and, for once, teased her.
"I'd say you're the rude one."
"You invite someone to breakfast as a thank you, say nothing, and then criticize how much they eat?"
Song Jia was so amused she shot him a glare. "Oh, shut up!"
After breakfast, Song Jia didn't go to the company with Liu Shang after all, returning home to catch up on sleep instead.
Only then did Liu Shang realize he had been tricked.
Song Jia had only called him out to give him the medicine.
The breakfast, it seemed, was an added bonus.
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