Wei Zijin didn't let go of the door handle.
"Sit down." Nuomi's voice came from behind her. "Xiaoliang did me an enormous favor. I want to help him too."
What favor? Wasn't he supposed to stop contacting you?
He broke his word!
You want to help him? Help him make up with me?
Wei Zijin's fingers loosened.
She turned around, walked back, and sat on the sofa again.
A thought suddenly popped into her mind-Had she already asked Xiaoliang to come over?
A little excitement rose in her, along with a little nervousness.
"I originally thought you and I could become friends." Nuomi leaned against the back of her chair, looking straight at her.
Wei Zijin understood.
That meant she didn't consider her a friend.
She gave a cold laugh and leaned back against the sofa too. "I've always considered you a friend. Looks like that was one-sided."
"Zijin, you're much smarter than you appear."
Wei Zijin said nothing.
That clearly wasn't a compliment.
"Compared with you, Xiaoliang seems very foolish." Nuomi paused. "If you acknowledge that, I'll go on."
Wei Zijin neither acknowledged nor denied it.
Nuomi waited a few seconds. When she got no response, she continued.
"If you weren't smart, you couldn't have gotten this far without connections or a powerful background. No matter how many experts guided you or how many opportunities you had, you couldn't have gotten this far if you weren't capable yourself."
When she finished, Wei Zijin nodded. She felt Nuomi understood her.
"On the surface, Xiaoliang takes the lead in your relationship and your work. But in reality, you've been directing all of it."
"No." Wei Zijin almost blurted it out. "I've gone along with all your arrangements, with Xiaoliang's arrangements. Have you ever seen me object to your plans?"
"That's because