Su Yicheng subconsciously wanted to throw Luo Xiaoxiâs hands away.
However, she seemed really scared. She stared at her injured feet. Anxiety filled her beautiful eyes. Her grip on him was stronger than ever.
Eventually, Su Yicheng let go of the force. The force was ready to break out and could shake off Luo Xiaoxiâs hands anytime.
If he could follow her into the mountain, then shaking off her hands at this time could not erase what had happened.
âMiss Luo, weâll take out the shards for you. Itâll hurt a little, please hold on for a minute.â
Luo Xiaoxi was immune to the woman doctorâs placebo smile. She just bit her lips and answered âokayâ with a shaky voice.
When the shards bit her arches, it was so quick that she did not have the time to feel the pain. Nevertheless, now... she did not want to imagine the pain when the doctor took out every piece of the shards from her soles.
She involuntarily grabbed Su Yichengâs hands tighter.
âWhy did the company have to bring your debut forward?â Su Yicheng suddenly brought up the question.
Luo Xiaoxi darted a look at him and smiled proudly and sexily. âOur Boss Lu has discovered my talent. People say that you should get famous while youâre still young. Iâm already 24. Think about the young models in their teens, Iâm already too late. Of course I should bring up my debut.â
âDo you want to get famous?â
Su Yichengâs face was blank, only his pretty lips were giving out a chilling aura. He seemed to be satirizing Luo Xiaoxi. However, if you read into his words, things might not be what it looked like.
âWhat do you mean? Do you think I only want to get famous and horse around in the showbiz? You really do think Iâm still an amateur, right?â Luo Xiaoxi hated Su Yichengâs proud look the most. She raised her chins determinedly. âSu Yingcheng, Iâll prove it to you that youâve jumped to conclusions too fast.â
She took modeling seriously as her work, just like Su Yicheng to his company and Su Jianan to her medical examiner work. She had decided to make modeling her lifetime career.
To get into the business, she received intense training every day. When she was sweating like a pig on the workout gear, teachers were giving lessons beside her. She not only needed to work out for a fit body, but also had to remember everything that teachers had taught.
She had put into so much energy and effort, in the end, Su Yicheng thought she was only doing it for fun.
âSu Yicheng, you people are really annoying!â
The more she thought, the angrier she became. When she was in school, she was misjudgedâPeople all thought that a girl like her must be one of Chen Xuanxuanâs clique. They lived off campus in luxury apartments, dated humourous and handsome white guys, and dressed to the nines to show up in fancy parties.
If she absorbed herself in textbooks, she was putting on a show. If she was ranked the first, she must have slept her way to the top. When she could not work any harder, people would say she was taking time off her party routine.
When people heard that she received a masterâs degree, they would always think. âHow? A girl her? She must have bought it from a diploma mill!â
If God had made her this way, should she just naturally become a trophy wife?
If she refused to do things she did not like, she was being lazy; when she wanted a career such as modeling, she must be craving for fame.
WTF!
âOK, Miss Su, the shards are already out.â The doctor put the tweezer on the tray. âNext Iâll wash your wounds. This wonât hurt. And itâs fast.â
Luo Xiaoxi was still resenting his remark. She was startled at that moment and soon collected herself. She nodded and twisted her head away to avoid Su Yicheng.
She was so angry.
Disinfection and bandaging were easy. Soon, it was done and she could leave. The nurse was considerate for having brought a new pair of slippers for her. Then, in no way was Luo Xiaoxi willing to take a wheelchair. She did not ask Su Yingcheng to hold her either. Instead, she supported herself against the walls and hobbled out.
Su Yicheng did not hurry to catch up with her. He followed her behind and his eyes were laid on her back.
During these years, Luo Xiaoxi would always pop up in his face. Every time, he would saw her vivid face.
Today, he found that she was so skinny, yet she was also so stubborn. Her way of being stubborn was different from Jiananâs.
Jiananâs stubbornness was quiet. When she could not crack a case, she would not crash the keyboard or bury her face in her hands, sighing on the sofa. All she would do was start all over again. She would find a way through experimenting and analyzing. She would work hard until the case was solved, until she could heave a sigh of relief.
Luo Xiaoxi had been loudly stubborn and pretty. Just by looking at her back, he could imagine the way she gritted her teeth to walk, and she probably was âgreetingâ him in the heart.
Su Yicheng walked to her and picked her up from behind.
Luo Xiaoxi was quick to respond. She wriggled in his arms. âPut me down!â
Su Yicheng did not even look at her and picked up the pace. âIf you walk like that, itâll be daytime when you walk out of the corridor.â
Luo Xiaoxi opened her mouth and bit Su Yichengâs shoulder. He frowned. âLuo Xiaoxi, is your animal sign a dog?â
âGet lost!â Luo Xiaoxi growled. âMy animal sign is a lion!â
Su Yicheng threw her on the front seat. âWhere are you going to sleep tonight?â
âMy apartment.â Luo Xiaoxi made a phone call to tell her parents that the training lasted for too long and she was going to sleep in her apartment in downtown. She would go home tomorrow night.
Su Yicheng knew where her apartment was. She used to make him drive her home. The apartment was not far away from his.
He started the car and they arrived in 20 minutes.
âThank you.â Before Luo Xiaoxi got off the car, she suddenly said solemnly. âFor saving me, and for the lift. I owe you one.â
Su Yicheng slowly twisted around to face her. âHow are you going to repay me?â
âIâll stop bothering you for a month.â Luo Xiaoxi readily proposed, grinning. âHow about that? Is this the part where you should thank me?â
However, Su Yichengâs eyes fell. It could not be known if he was happy or angry. He just said, âThen you get off the car right now.â
Luo Xiaoxi tsked and opened the door to get off. Suddenly, she seemed to think of something and turned back. âYouâre with me at this time. Wonât your girlfriend misunderstood if she knows about this?â
Su Yicheng knit his brows. âWhat girlfriend?â
âZhang Mei! Why are you playing innocent?â Luo Xiaoxi smiled scornfully. âI went to the hotel last night. Zhang Mei opened the door for me. She was in a robe with kiss marks all over her neck. Youâre brutal.â
Su Yicheng stared at Luo Xiaoxi for quite a while. Then, he laughed unfriendly. âYes, she will. What are you going to do about that?â
âNothing!â Luo Xiaoxi snorted and acted like she did not care. âWhat does that have anything to do with me? Iâll be thrilled to see you two break up!â
She pushed opened the door to get off the car and hobbled her way to the door. She tapped the card on the door and went upstairs without so much as a backward glance.
She lived on the 16th floor. Seeing her room was lit, Su Yicheng started the car to return to his apartment.
The moment he got home, his phone rang. It was from Zhang Mei.
Last night, he had made it clear to her. Why did she call him again so late?
He picked up the phone and the first thing he heard was Zhang Meiâs crying. He signed and sat on the sofa. âZhang Mei.â
âI...â Zhang Mei was choking back tears. âYicheng, I was wrong. I promised that I wonât have any thought about you. Please, donât transfer me there, alright?â
Last time, when she thought she was going to get Su Yicheng, he suddenly sobered up. He pushed her away, apologized and said he could not it.
Just when she was about to get him, he suddenly went far far away from her. Zhang Mei had been craving him so too long. When the balloon of happiness suddenly burst, she completely lost control as well.
She threw herself at him and tried everything she knew to arouse him, but Su Yicheng was still as calm as when he was in a negotiation, unresponsive.
She was like a defeated animal. She went off the bed and buried her face in her hands, crying at the bedside. She wanted to know why so she asked Su Yicheng.
Su Yicheng was just apologizing. He could not explain it clearly. He simply said that for the future work and to avoid unpleasant encounters for her, she would be transferred to the Marketing Department as the manager.
Then, he left. When Luo Xiaoxi went to find him, only Zhang Mei was in the room.
Today she suddenly realized that if Su Yicheng really transferred her to the Marketing Department, then... the entire company would know that she failed.
What she was about to face was not the pressure from work, but the pressure from the public opinion. More importantly, chances for her to get near to Su Yicheng would become fewer and fewer.
Thus, she cried. She desperately called to beg Su Yicheng not to transfer her away at this time.
As long as she could stay by Su Yichengâs side, she still got a chance.
âSorry, Zhang Mei. I have to transfer you to the Marketing Department.â Su Yicheng turned her down. âOnly in this way can you work without any personal emotion. If you canât accept it, you could resign, and the company will pay you the breach penalty. If youâd like, I could write a reference to get you an important position in any company as good as Cheng An Group.â
âI donât want to leave...â Zhang Mei understood the situationâSu Yicheng had decided to send her away and she could not change it. She could either walk away orâ
She agreed. âOK, Iâll go to the Marketing Department.â
âOK. Hand over your work to Ada next Monday. Sheâll take over your position. And go inform the Human Resources to find Adaâs replacement.â
âOK.â Zhang Mei took a deep breath and her voice suddenly sounded sobered up. âIâm sorry. I didnât control my feelings and called you so late.â
âItâs alright.â Su Yicheng said, âAnything else?â
âNothing.â Zhang Mei said, âBoss Su, bye.â
She put away her phone and wiped the tears.
When she agreed to go to Marketing Department, she was just delaying her plan to make her stay in Cheng An Group.
Where there was life, there was hope. Someday she would go back to Su Yicheng, and someday she would become Su Yichengâs girlfriend.
In the meanwhile, Su Yicheng hung up the phone and switched the phone off. He still sat on the sofa and did not move an inch.
Zhang Mei really was the kind of woman he loved, and there happened to be a gap in his love schedule. He had no reason to turn her down.
However, last night, eventually, he involuntarily lost grip of her. He seemed to have another self inside him, a complete strange self.
He seemed to know the reason, because seconds before he pushed Zhang Mei away, the strange self in him remembered Luo Xiaoxi. She was all over the place. The way she smiled, the way she pouted, and the way she pretended sexy to seduce him. So many of her took over his mind.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
He just could not believe it, because he knew clearly that he did not love Luo Xiaoxi. Otherwise, he would have fallen for her when she was still a little girl.
Moreover, he would take everything he loved without reservation. If he really had a thing for Luo Xiaoxi, why had he turned her down for so many times?
Or, did Luo Xiaoxiâs trickling tactic succeed? Did she successfully trickle down to his life and become indispensable to his life?
He did not realize it until now.