This year’s winter was particularly cold. Due to economic pressure, Ye Mu didn’t give himself much time to buffer, so he went to a media company to apply for a job a month later.

This was a newly established foreign-funded enterprise with a boss named Chen Mo. He was a young man who had just returned from the United States and in a state of exploring his own business.

When Ye Mu saw this company on the Internet, he didn’t think much about it. He went entirely for the high salary and benefits. Only when he got there did he realize that the size of this company was much larger than he had imagined.

After rounds of HR screening and waiting in the conference room for nearly an hour or so, he met the owner of the company, Chen Mo.

Chen Mo was even younger than he had imagined, about twenty years old, wearing a clean white shirt, with a slender and sturdy figure, a handsome face, and a haughty demeanor that left a deep impression.

“Briefly describe the reason for coming to Phiona.” Sitting opposite Ye Mu, his dark eyes were calm and his opening speech was simple and concise.

Ye Mu didn’t say anything unnecessary, his thin lips opened slightly, “The salary is high.”

Chen Mo’s long and narrow eyes half narrowed. He raised his head and sized up Ye Mu, “What else?”

Ye Mu looked at him and said blandly, “The benefits are good.”

Chen Mo frowned a little invisibly and looked down at his resume, “You’re doing well in Lotto, why did you quit?”

Ye Mu looked at him and remained silent for a moment, then said, “I want a change of environment.”

Chen Mo sneered and looked scornfully at him, “Why did you detour? Haven’t you been very frank just now?”

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

Chen Mo didn’t force it, nonchalantly swept him a glance, and asked, “Can you socialize?”

Ye Mu said, “It’s not bad.”

Chen Mo hummed and stroked down a gorgeous signature on a white paper. In a low voice, he said, “The probation period is three months. Come by tomorrow and report.”

Ye Mu was not surprised. He got up and politely said his thanks, opened the door of the conference room and walked out.

Chen Mo supported his chin and watched his back disappear, his eyebrows slightly raised, “Are you sure this person has enough proficiency?”

This was obviously said to Liu Yi, the secretary who had been standing next to him.

After listening, Liu Yi bowed respectfully to him, with an affirmative tone, “Mr. Chen, you can rest assured. I have conducted detailed investigations both inside and outside. Ye Mu excels regardless of his connections or his ability to handle affairs. A rare talent.”

Chen Mo half narrowed his eyes and nitpicked, “No matter what. Too dull.”

Liu Yi respectfully said, “Recently, he had some emotional issues, so he may not be in the right state.”

A touch of mockery appeared at the corner of Chen Mo’s lips, “Why? Was he dumped by a woman?”

Liu Yi didn’t respond, her eyes a little unnatural.

Chen Mo shot her a glance from the corner of his eyes, “Speak up if you have anything to say.”

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

Chen Mo tsk-ed, there was disgust in his dark eyes, “You know I hate fggots.”

Liu Yi was a little frightened, and hesitated, “If you don’t like it, you can take the chance now…”

Chen Mo interrupted her, “Forget it, all is said and done. After the three-month probation period, then dismiss.”

“Yes, Mr. Chen.”

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

When he was about to start, he slapped himself hard.

Habit was really a terrible thing, until now, he found himself still unconsciously cooking the dishes that Yan Chen loves.

Standing up, he numbly poured all the dishes into the trash can, hunched his back on the sofa, and started to smoke heavily again.

In recent days, he had become a veritable heavy-smoker.

The sky gradually darkened. The room was pitch black, but he didn’t turn on the lights and was only immersed in his own world.

In the silence, the blackened phone screen suddenly twinkled.

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

In all the days since the breakup, the two had never been in touch. For some reason this phone call gave him some inexplicable panic, and along with it his heart beat wildly.

He was full of arrogance, saying to himself that he was tired and no longer in love, but at the same time he received this call, he knew that his lie was exposed.

He still liked this man, no matter when and where, he was waiting and expecting to hear from him, hoping he could be remembered by him.

How cheap!

Ye Mu looked at the screen and couldn’t help but feel a little sour in his eyes. With a gentle swipe of his finger, it moved to the answer button.

The word ‘hello’ was very brief, and he said it hoarsely and tremblingly.

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

Ye Mu bit his lower lip hard, dryly unsure of what to say and didn’t respond.

“How have you been doing lately?” Yan Chen said.

Ye Mu tried to make his voice sound normal, “It’s okay.”

Yan Chen hummed and began to be silent.

Ye Mu knew him very well, calmed down his emotions and spoke, “What’s the matter?”

Yan Chen said bluntly, “You’re recently participating in a Time Cup architectural design competition, right?”

Ye Mu: “That’s right.”

Yan Chen was silent for a moment, then said unconcerned, “Can you withdraw from the competition? Gu Huai also participated. The judges now have mostly voted for you.”

Ye Mu paused and closed his eyes tiredly. He said nothing, and simply cut off the phone call.

After hanging up the call, he lit a cigarette and took a strong sip, and he didn’t spit it out for a long time after it stayed in his mouth.

Throughout the night, Ye Mu kept smoking in this position, his mind repeatedly thinking about those words of Yan Chen.

He didn’t want to go on like this, and he didn’t want to have any expectations.

In order to prevent the other party from making the second call to bother, Ye Mu submitted an application for withdrawal to the Time Cup Association the next day.

The people of the association were quite surprised when they heard his call at that time. After all, this was a work with a high possibility of winning an award, but after several times of persuasion to no avail, they finally agreed to the application of the party concerned.

Ye Mu wanted to slap himself in the face at that time. They had already broken up. He was still fcking doing everything for that person’s sake. He did whatever he said.

Deserved to always be looked down upon. Deserved to be dumped without mercy!

After withdrawing from the competition, Yan Chen then cut off contact with him and never called again, not even a word of thanks.

Ye Mu had long been accustomed to this kind of treatment, so he didn’t have any illusions. After giving himself an extremely disdainful smile, he deleted the other party’s contact information.

For Yan Chen, he, Ye Mu was nothing more than a dog who comes and goes when he calls and all day long, he was nothing but a btch.