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What Shen Zai looked like wasn’t something everyone present knew, but his name was impossible for the crowd to not recognize.
After hearing Sheng Wenyan call out his name and seeing Zhu Lingyun, their own young boss, standing by his side, they naturally knew that this man was the big funder of their project.
There was nothing wrong with it, but the men who were asking for Sheng Wenyan’s WeChat at the bar earlier saw the intimate gesture between the two and broke out in a cold sweat. They quickly and quietly slipped away from the bar before they were noticed.
“Oh, Miss Zhu, you’re here too. I didn’t even see you just now and was feeling bored,” Sheng Wenyan said, lightly tugging on Shen Zai’s sleeve. “Didn’t you say you had already left? How did you just get here?”
The girl was half-drunk and half-acting, expressing the subtle ambiguity to the fullest.
Shen Zai glanced at her. He didn’t pull away from her, but instead went along with it. “I gave you the afternoon off. Why did you come here?”
“Because it’s a party, and I wanted to see it. You’re so mean for not bringing me.”
Her acting became more and more dramatic.
The corner of Shen Zai’s mouth turned up slightly. “Have you seen enough?”
“Yes, yes, enough. It’s not that fun anyway~ Let’s go back.”
Shen Zai: “Okay.”
Sheng Wenyan tugged at his arm and was about to walk down the mountain.
“Shen Zai.” The smile on Zhu Lingyun’s face had already vanished. She called out to him and said dryly, “Let me show you the rest of the area. It’s very beautiful up here.”
Shen Zai: “It’s fine. She’s probably seen enough of this place.”
The “she” he referred to was clearly Sheng Wenyan.
Zhu Lingyun secretly clenched her fist. She had created this “chance encounter” tonight and had only walked with him for a short distance, but who would have thought that this passive-aggressive assistant would appear again as soon as they arrived at this place?
She had known Shen Zai for a long time and had always liked him... She had originally wanted to use this opportunity to create some sparks, but she didn’t expect to be interrupted by this little assistant again and again.
She couldn’t believe that someone with Shen Zai’s background and style would get together with a small assistant, but from Sheng Wenyan’s behavior, there was indeed something going on between them.
“Don’t worry, Miss Zhu. I’ve already seen this place once and tasted all the drinks~ I’ll go back and write a report for our Mr. Shen.”
Zhu Lingyun: “...”
“Then we’ll be going now. I hope you have a fun night.”
Sheng Wenyan smiled as she said this, but as soon as she turned around, the smile was gone. “Mr. Shen, I told you to bring me along, but you didn’t listen, and look, you’ve been pestered again.”
Her arm was still tightly wrapped around his. At this close distance, he could smell the faint scent of alcohol and perfume on her in the night breeze.
Shen Zai looked away and said, “Bring you? So you could get drunk like this?”
“I’m not! I’m not drunk! I’m not drunk at all.”
Not drunk? She was swaying when she walked and she said she wasn’t drunk.
After turning a corner on the mountain path, Shen Zai discreetly pulled his arm away. “You’re quite bold.”
He had seen the group of men around her just now, which was why he had called out to her. He was on a business trip with her, so he naturally wouldn’t let anything happen to her under his watch.
Sheng Wenyan stood still, looked at his arm, then at his serious face, and immediately realized what he was thinking. “I was just acting for her benefit. Don’t mind me! I swear I didn’t deliberately try to take advantage of you!”
Take advantage of her?
Shen Zai almost laughed at her words. He didn’t know about her other strengths, but her ability to spout nonsense was truly exceptional.
“Are you angry?” Sheng Wenyan tugged on his sleeve. Because she was a little drunk, the good-girl facade she usually put on was completely forgotten. “Oh, don’t be angry. I did it for your own good... hiccup... I wouldn’t even bother to care if it were someone else.”
The temperature dropped again at night. As Sheng Wenyan spoke, she let out a big sneeze.
Shen Zai was too lazy to argue with her anymore. “You’re cold and yet you’re dressed like that?”
“It’s beautiful.”
“...”
“It’s not beautiful?”
“It’s ordinary.”
“Huh?”
Sheng Wenyan was so angry that she wanted to strike a dramatic pose to make this person with no taste see clearly, but because it was too cold, she had just extended her arms before she hugged herself tightly again.
“Alright, put this on. I don’t want your dad to think I’m abusing you.”
Sheng Wenyan was in the middle of cursing the weather when she suddenly felt warm all over. A black suit jacket was thrown over her.
She was stunned for a moment and quickly grabbed the collar to prevent it from falling off.
The person who gave her the jacket had already walked ahead. Sheng Wenyan stared at his back for a moment and then looked down at the jacket on her body.
It was so warm and blocked all the wind... and it smelled good.
Probably due to the alcohol, Sheng Wenyan’s temples throbbed. On a whim, she turned her head and took a light sniff of the collar of the jacket. It really did smell good. It was a very faint but pleasant scent.
“Sheng Wenyan.”
“Huh?!” Sheng Wenyan immediately stood up straight, feeling a strange sense of guilt as if she had been caught doing something wrong.
“Are you not coming?”
“I’m, I’m coming.” Sheng Wenyan quickly followed his pace in her high heels.
The path down the mountain was not long. After a few minutes, they reached the bottom and took the tourist car back to the hotel.
Sheng Wenyan’s floor was one floor below Shen Zai’s. After getting into the elevator, she returned the jacket to him.
As the elevator went up, she glanced at him a few times, hesitating.
Shen Zai saw her sneaky expression in the reflection of the elevator door and said in a low voice, “If you have something to say, just say it.”
“Okay... Mr. Shen.”
“Mm.”
“Can I ask you a very—serious question?”
“Say it.”
“Do you really think my outfit... is ordinary?”
This was indeed a very serious question.
Shen Zai looked at her in silence for a few seconds before looking straight ahead, clearly not bothering to respond.
Sheng Wenyan: “...”
Ding—
The elevator arrived at her floor. Sheng Wenyan walked out with a gloomy face.
The elevator doors slowly closed. Shen Zai was looking straight ahead, and his gaze naturally fell on the person in front of him.
The girl’s back looked slender and graceful. Her long, thick hair swayed... Her attire tonight was a huge contrast to what she wore to work. It was completely untidy and unconventional.
But there was no denying that she was beautiful in this way.
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They stayed at the hot spring resort for two more days. During this time, Sheng Wenyan helped Shen Zai fend off people in various ways, to the point that Zhu Lingyun didn’t want to show up anymore.
On the third day, they returned.
In the week after their return, Sheng Wenyan followed Shen Zai to handle the matters of the hot spring resort. There were many times when she was already home but would be woken up by Chen Chao’s files late at night.
She was a spoiled young lady of the Sheng family. She had never suffered such “corporate slave” hardship before.
But she didn’t know if she was doing it to retaliate against Shen Shuyi’s lack of trust or if she was touched by Shen Zai’s words like, “Have some confidence in yourself, you might not be incapable.” She gritted her teeth and persisted, never throwing a tantrum.
One day, Sheng Wenyan was about to go to a meeting when she suddenly received a message on WeChat from her thesis advisor, who said she needed to prepare for her defense and thesis outline before the start of the next semester.
Graduation was approaching, and the thesis was the most annoying thing.
The meeting hadn’t officially started yet. Sheng Wenyan knocked on the office door.
“Mr. Shen, we are scheduled to go to a winery on Saturday afternoon and then to the De Yuan Group’s celebration dinner in the evening, right?” she asked.
Shen Zai: “Is there a problem with the schedule?”
“No, no. It’s just that... I want to take a leave of absence.”
Shen Zai didn’t say anything, waiting for her to complete her reason.
Sheng Wenyan said, “Well, I have a very urgent matter this weekend: my graduation thesis. I haven’t done much on it, but my professor told me to submit it soon.”
Shen Zai frowned as if he had just remembered that she was still a student. “Oh.”
“Can I?”
Shen Zai: “I see. If it’s that urgent, you can take next week off.”
Sheng Wenyan was stunned, feeling a little dizzy from the great news. “A whole week? Is that... really okay?!”
Oh my god! Is this for real?! Can she finally rest?!
“It’s not for you to rest.”
Sheng Wenyan: “...”
Damn it, can this person read her mind?
Shen Zai casually flipped through a document. “There’s a sense of priority here. Your thesis is the most important thing right now. Other things can wait.”
“Yeah, that’s what I thought too! But I’m absolutely not saying that your work isn’t important. It’s just that my thesis is very urgent!” Sheng Wenyan was so excited. “Thank you so much, Shen Zai, you’re the best!”
Shen Zai’s finger, which was flipping through the document, stopped. He looked up at her.
Sheng Wenyan’s smile froze at the corner of her mouth. Shoot. When she was chatting with Lou Ning, she always called him by his first name. In a moment of excitement, it just slipped out.
Sheng Wenyan immediately corrected herself. “...I meant, Mr. Shen, Mr. Shen, you’re the best.”
Shen Zai: “Get out.”
“Okay!”
Sheng Wenyan quickly walked towards the door, but since this small scare was nothing compared to the “week-long leave next week,” she immediately became happy again, feeling as if she were floating on a cloud.
The sound of her footsteps faded. Shen Zai looked at the person who was so happy she was practically skipping, and a slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
How childish.
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She said she was going to write her thesis, but on Saturday, Sheng Wenyan didn’t wake up until after 2 p.m.
She had been so sleep-deprived lately.
After waking up, she ate something and walked around the house. It was empty. Her father and stepmother weren’t home.
She sat on the sofa in a daze... She suddenly realized that it was so empty without going to IZ. What did she used to do?
Sheng Wenyan was confused for a moment, scratched her head, and went upstairs.
Never mind. I’ll just write my thesis.
[What are you doing?] A message came in on her phone at 8 p.m. It was from Lou Ning.
Sheng Wenyan: [Writing my thesis]
Lou Ning: [?]
Sheng Wenyan: [What’s up]
Lou Ning: [You’re actually... writing your thesis?]
Sheng Wenyan: [Aren’t you?]
Lou Ning: [No rush. It’s Saturday. What’s the hurry?]
Sheng Wenyan: [You don’t know how busy I’ve been lately?]
Lou Ning: [Alright, but it’s Saturday. You should at least get some rest. Come out, I’m waiting for you at the bar]
Sheng Wenyan said resolutely: [I’m not coming!]
Lou Ning: [Are you sure?]
Sheng Wenyan: [Yes, I’m sure]
Lou Ning: [There are a lot of handsome guys]
...
Sheng Wenyan: [I’m coming~ hehe]
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It was almost 10 p.m. Sheng Wenyan, in full makeup, drove her flashy sports car to the bar she frequented.
After she sat down and scanned the room, her face was cold. “Handsome guys? Where?”
The place was full of people she knew, and Zheng Qi and her group of fake friends were also there. Ugh! Bad luck.
Lou Ning: “Maybe some handsome guys will show up later... And also, Zheng Qi and her group were invited by someone else. I didn’t know she was coming when I invited you.”
Sheng Wenyan rolled her eyes. “Lou Ning, are you asking for a beating? I even put on makeup for this.”
“Oh, come on. If I didn’t say that, would you have come out? Aren’t we sisters anymore? You haven’t come out to play with us in so long because of Shen Shuyi.”
“Watch your words. It was for work.”
“Okay, okay, it was for work. But you can’t abandon your sisters for work. Come on, let’s have a few drinks tonight.”
It had been a while since she had gone out to have fun, so since she was already here, she really couldn’t just leave.
So after sitting for a while, Sheng Wenyan decided to have some fun. She had a few drinks and went with a few friends to dance in front of the stage. Before long, she was laughing and jumping along with the band.
“Wenyan! Wenyan!”
In the middle of it, Lou Ning squeezed in and pulled Sheng Wenyan.
Sheng Wenyan stopped and was forcefully pulled out of the crowd. “What is it?”
“A handsome guy! A super handsome guy! He’s even more handsome than Shen Shuyi!!”
Sheng Wenyan: “Tsk, here we go again. Your eyesight has never been good.”
“It’s true, this time it’s for real. I just saw him and came running to tell you.” Lou Ning said, “Come and see him with me. Stop liking that Shen Shuyi.”
“Hey, hey—”
Lou Ning excitedly pulled Sheng Wenyan to the bar.
“That one! The one in the white shirt! See him?”
Sheng Wenyan squinted. The light was dim, and the man had his back to them, so she couldn’t see him clearly.
Lou Ning said boldly, “Come on, I’ll go get his WeChat for you!”
“...”
As they got closer, the man’s back became clearer. Sheng Wenyan hesitated for a moment, feeling a strange sense of familiarity.
“Hi, handsome~ My sister says you’re super good-looking and wants to get your WeChat,” Lou Ning said, patting his shoulder.
The man responded and turned around.
Sheng Wenyan’s face, which had been full of curiosity, wondering just how handsome he was, immediately dropped when the man turned around and his cold and handsome face was fully revealed.
“............”
Lou Ning didn’t notice anything and was still in awe. “Handsome, do you have a girlfriend? Can we add you on WeChat~”
The man didn’t answer and only looked at Sheng Wenyan.
Lou Ning noticed his gaze and quickly said, “She’s the one who wants it. Isn’t she pretty~”
The man nodded slightly and smiled meaningfully. “Sheng Wenyan, are you writing your thesis at a bar?”
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