Xiao Shujing stood under the tree, looking expressionlessly at the gurgling stream outside the fence. Her hair fluttered slightly in the gentle breeze.
A gentle chill swept over.
"How stupid."
She murmured this to herself.
She had actually gotten jealous because of another woman. She clearly knew that she and Su Minghan were from different worlds. Even a hint of a connection with him would surely lead to a bad ending.
What on earth was she expecting?
A beautiful future or an abyss of no return?
"Teacher Shujing, General Manager Su is looking for you," a maid gasped as she ran over and said behind her.
"Okay, I'll go back by myself later," Xiao Shujing replied calmly, as if nothing had happened just now.
She had to be like this. There was no other choice.
He was the young master of Su's Entertainment Company and the only son. In the future, he would surely inherit the family business and marry a wealthy and beautiful woman.
And what about her? She came from a rural family. If it weren't for being tricked by her younger brother into signing a contract, she might still be that provincial bumpkin relying on scholarships and subsidies.
When she returned to the villa, everyone was looking for Xiao Shujing.
When they saw her, they rushed over in a hurry to show their concern.
"My dear! Can you stop throwing a tantrum at this critical moment? General Manager Su brought us here to the villa under a lot of pressure, and the chairman firmly opposed this!" someone beside her said.
Others chimed in.
"General Manager Su originally had a lot of activities of his artists to follow up. He heard from the magazine that they wanted to shoot some natural landscape photo shoots, so he postponed all his work and came here in person!"
"Exactly."
Xiao Shujing's face was as cold as frost.
They were all fair-weather friends, always siding with the one in a higher position.
It seemed like they were comforting her, but actually they were full of complaints.
"Where's Xiao Yang?" she scanned the crowd but didn't find her.
"This..."
Everyone looked at each other, hesitant to speak.
Xiao Shujing frowned. "What's wrong?"
"Xiao Yang has been fired. Just now."
She was stunned for a few seconds. Suddenly, she connected all the things that had happened just now and anxiously asked, "Where's General Manager Su?"
"At the rooftop infinity pool."
Su Minghan had just poured himself a glass of brandy when he heard the rapid clicking of high heels approaching.
"Xiao Yang is my assistant. Why did you fire her without my consent?" Xiao Shujing gasped angrily.
He took a sip of his drink, his eyes radiating a cold chill.
"What, are you here to blame me now?"
"… I apologize for what happened just now," Xiao Shujing suppressed her temper. "As long as you can spare Xiao Yang, I'll do anything."
Su Minghan's eyes twitched, and he tightened his grip on the glass until his knuckles turned white.
He suddenly realized.
This woman didn't have him in her heart at all. He had thought she was just jealous and being a bit petty.
Now it seemed that she only loved herself.
"Can you make yourself like me?"
He was afraid but also persistent. If he didn't say this today, he might never be able to say the word "like" again.
Xiao Shujing was momentarily speechless. She opened her mouth several times, trying to say something, but in the end, not a single word came out.
"Heh, is this what you meant by doing anything?"
Su Minghan drained his glass in one gulp. The burning sensation spread through his throat.
"I don't need such people in my company. You can leave."
He turned his back to her and poured another glass of wine.
"I can," Xiao Shujing summoned up her courage and clenched her fists.
"You don't have to force yourself."
She walked up and wrapped her arms around Su Minghan's waist from behind. She pressed half of her cheek against his warm shoulder and said evenly and quickly,
"I'm not forcing myself. I'm just following my heart."
His pupils dilated. He was stunned for a few seconds and then slowly turned around to look at Xiao Shujing.
Her cheeks were rosy, and her pink lips were so tempting.
Su Minghan kept asking himself in his heart. Was this her way of confessing?
Could he assume that... she also liked him?
Maybe it was the right atmosphere, or maybe it was the alcohol talking.
Just as he slowly lowered his head with affection in his eyes, about to embrace and kiss her, her words shattered his last line of defense.
"If this can satisfy you, please consider my request just now. Spare Xiao Yang. She's not... Mmm?"
Xiao Shujing lowered her eyes and didn't look into his eyes. But she could clearly feel that he was angry from this sudden kiss.
Rip...
Her clothes were violently torn into pieces and hung precariously on the sides of her thighs. Her fair skin was clearly exposed.
"Mmm! Mmm!"
Xiao Shujing pounded Su Minghan's chest in resistance, but it not only didn't make him let go but also made him deepen the kiss even more.
Splash.
As she struggled desperately, they both fell into the pool.
Su Minghan bit her tongue forcefully. Streaks of blood turned into a long thread in the pool water and soon merged with it.
Trapped under him, Xiao Shujing was gradually running out of oxygen.
The man in front of her had deep, dark eyes, and it was obvious that the raging fire in them hadn't subsided at all.
At that moment, Xiao Shujing suddenly thought that dying in his arms wouldn't be such a bad thing. At least she could remember his last appearance.
When she had only one last breath left, Su Minghan slowly breathed oxygen into her and swam to the surface of the pool with one arm around her waist.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Xiao Shujing choked on some water and gasped for air.
He helped her to the pool ladder and then pulled himself out of the pool, his clothes completely soaked.
"The kiss just now is your compensation to me. I accept your apology," Su Minghan left this sentence and slowly walked away.
Looking at his determined back, Xiao Shujing inexplicably felt like crying.
She could feel it.
He would never easily reveal his heart again.
Huazhi Village.
Shen Shiyu took the paper Zhang Caixia handed her. Although she was extremely disgusted in her heart, she endured it all for the sake of acting.
"I knew that girl had no good intentions. The village head was so kind and insisted on taking her home to live with them."
"Thank you, Aunt Zhang. I'm really relieved that you understand me," Shen Shiyu sobbed as if she had suffered a great deal of injustice.
Bo Siming got out of his luxury car and happened to see this scene.
When she saw him, she looked even more aggrieved.
"Siming~ You're finally back!"
Several villagers looked at each other, looking like they had just heard a big piece of juicy gossip.
"Watch your personal image. Go back to the apartment," he said with an extremely ugly expression and not a very gentle tone.
"I don't want to live in the apartment. It's too inconvenient," Shen Shiyu pouted coquettishly. "I want to live with you. Okay?"
The shock just now had already put Bo Siming in a bad mood. Encountering this troublesome woman made him even more annoyed.
"You have legs. Walk by yourself."