CH 25.2

Before Su Chengyang could react, a figure rushed into the elevator.

Lin Yu quickly dodged to the side, while Su Chengyang, looking confused, was hugged by the person.

A soft, fragrant body collided with her, and it seemed that after rushing over, the person realized that they had hugged the wrong person. The person’s body visibly froze for a moment, but they also leaned over and gave Su Chengyang a kiss on the cheek.

Su Chengyang looked at the woman in front of her, bewildered, as she allowed the woman to kiss her cheek twice.

Before she could react, the woman let go of her and turned to Lin Yu, “Long time no see!”

Lin Yu pulled Su Chengyang to the middle, and the woman once again rushed towards Su Chengyang.

The woman glared at her in frustration, and Su Chengyang looked innocent.

It was only then that Su Chengyang got a good look at the woman’s appearance.

The woman had red wavy hair, cold white skin, and was wearing a silk pajama. One could vaguely see the white strap inside. She had a lazy and charming look, with eyes that hooked the heartstrings.

“Move aside!” Shang Xingyu glared at Su Chengyang.

Su Chengyang instinctively tried to move aside, but Lin Yu held onto her shoulder and secretly pressed his shoe against her foot, preventing her from moving.

“Lin Yu! Is this the attitude you have for coming to apologize?” Shang Xingyu accused.

Su Chengyang was speechless and could only turn to look at Lin Yu.

Lin Yu’s eyes smiled as he calmly said, “Long time no see, senior sister.”

“When it comes to apologizing, if your intention in doing so was just to have me come see you, shouldn’t you be apologizing to Chengyang instead?”

“What are you talking about?” Shang Xingyu widened her eyes. “Although I did want you to come see me, my feelings were genuinely hurt, you know?”

Lin Yu lowered his gaze and replied, “Is that so.”

For the rest of the interaction, Su Chengyang was basically stuck in between them.

In the end, Shang Xingyu was unable to embrace and kiss Lin Yu as she had hoped, and she complained, “You’re never a gentleman.”

She was a little taller and curvier than Su Chengyang had imagined, and she had thought the other woman would at least make a few jabs or snide remarks at her, but Shang Xingyu just lazily leaned against Su Chengyang with one arm around her shoulder, chatting with Lin Yu from a distance.

“When did you come back? If this hadn’t happened, were you not planning on catching up with me?” Shang Xingyu was very close to Su Chengyang, and her breath almost hit her face.

Su Chengyang was not used to being so intimate with someone she had just met, let alone the fact that Shang Xingyu seemed unaware that her ample chest was pressing against Su Chengyang’s shoulder. Su Chengyang could clearly feel the softness on her shoulder.

She couldn’t help but move away to the side.

Lin Yu maintained a safe distance from them, apparently noticing Su Chengyang’s slight movement. He lowered his gaze and glanced at Shang Xingyu’s hand on Su Chengyang’s shoulder. Without answering her question, he said to Su Chengyang, “Go wash your face in the bathroom.”

Su Chengyang quickly nodded and said, “Okay.”

Shang Xingyu pouted and asked her assistant to take Su Chengyang to the bathroom.

Finally escaping from between them, Su Chengyang breathed a sigh of relief and said to the assistant next to her, “Thank you.”

“No need to be polite, Miss Su, please follow me.”

The layout of the house was large, with black marble spread throughout, reflecting both the light and sunlight, making it exceptionally bright and transparent. The overhead lights were white incandescent bulbs covered by yellow lampshades, casting a dim light that softened the surrounding cold, hard marble and matched Shang Xingyu’s overall lazy demeanor.

The assistant took Su Chengyang to the bathroom, which was well-lit and had a mirror facing the door. Su Chengyang took a quick look and saw that both sides of her cheeks had varying degrees of lipstick marks.

The assistant chuckled and said, “Sorry Miss Su, the boss has lived abroad for a long time, so the way she greets people is different from ours.”

Su Chengyang shook her head and said, “It’s okay, you can go and do your work. I’ll wash my face and go back by myself.”

“Okay, let me know if you need anything.”

“Thank you.”

After they left, Su Chengyang turned on the faucet and wiped off the lipstick on her face.

She didn’t expect that Shang Xingyu was actually Lin Yu’s senior sister. It seems that they have known each other for a long time while studying abroad.

Although Lin Yu usually looks amiable and approachable, he basically maintains a safe distance from everyone around him.

Looking at herself in the mirror, Su Chengyang couldn’t help but think that Lin Yu’s resignation from the company was probably because his artist had crossed the safety distance he had in mind.

Su Chengyang didn’t delay for too long and hurried back to the living room.

In the living room, Lin Yu and Shang Xingyu were sitting on two sofas, chatting naturally and familiarly.

Su Chengyang didn’t intentionally try to eavesdrop, she deliberately emphasized her footsteps to make the two of them aware of her approach, so as not to hear something she shouldn’t have heard.

But they didn’t hold back because of Su Chengyang’s presence.

“Lin Yu, to be honest, when I saw your little actress’s Weibo, my first reaction was whether she had developed any inappropriate feelings for you, and didn’t know where to learn about the relationship between us, so she misunderstood and wanted to make me unhappy.”

Shang Xingyu not only didn’t avoid her, but even casually glanced at her while saying this.

Su Chengyang was speechless and wondering if is it really appropriate to say such things in front of her?

She added, “Just like the artist you brought from Italy before.”

Hearing this, Su Chengyang was stunned. She guessed right. The previous artist had crossed Lin Yu’s safety distance.

Lin Yu glanced at Su Chengyang and gestured for her to sit somewhere. It seemed that he was not affected by Shang Xingyu’s words.

In that case, Su Chengyang decided to turn a deaf ear to their conversation and pretend she hadn’t heard anything. She sat on a separate sofa between the two of them.

Lin Yu frowned, “Senior sister, first of all, there is no room for misunderstanding between us. Secondly, Chengyang is not capable of doing such boring things. She didn’t even know that we knew each other before this. Lastly, by saying this, you are making Chengyang and me embarrassed. Please do not use the mentality of a petty person to measure the heart of a noble man1请不要以小人之心度君子之腹 (qǐng bù yào yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn dù jūn zǐ zhī fù) This idiom is a warning to people not to make negative assumptions or judge others based on their own low standards, biases, or prejudices. It suggests that we should not expect others to act in the same way we would, and we should not assume that they have hidden motives or ulterior intentions just because we do..”

Su Chengyang look at her nose with her eyes and at her heart with her nose2眼观鼻，鼻观心 (yǎn guān bí, bí guān xīn)This Chinese idiom that means to control one’s emotions and thoughts, to be calm and composed in a situation. In this context, Su Chengyang is trying to remain composed and not react to the situation or to Miss Shang’s warning, even though she understands what is being implied., pretending not to understand.

After hearing this, Shang Xingyu gave Lin Yu a very complicated look, then returned to her casual attitude and scolded, “Why did you say such heartless words? It’s not cute at all.”

At this point, she suddenly looked at Su Chengyang and joked, “Little girl, don’t blame me for not reminding you. Don’t be fooled by his polite manners and equal treatment of everyone. In fact, he is very cold-blooded and ruthless. Be careful not to follow in Mary’s footsteps. Do you know Mary? Let me tell you, she was very pitiful. She confessed her feelings and the next day…”

“Shang Xingyu! Don’t embarrass me even more.”

Halfway through the conversation, Lin Yu’s voice suddenly became serious.

Shang Xingyu’s face froze and she closed her mouth.

Although Su Chengyang had never been in love and had no experience, she could hear the implied meaning in Shang Xingyu’s words, which was actually a warning to herself.

She lowered her head without responding. In fact, she didn’t need anyone’s reminder. Having known Lin Yu for almost two months, Su Chengyang was very clear that liking him was a very troublesome and exhausting thing. Her simple dream did not support her liking such an excellent man.

From the day they met until now, Su Chengyang had never had any inappropriate thoughts about Lin Yu.

Lin Yu had no intention of continuing the topic and shifted their gaze to Weibo. Their tone regained some composure but still remained cold.

“Senior sister, today I brought Chengyang to meet you. Although Chengyang didn’t mean to trouble you, she did have an impact on you in an unavoidable situation.”

In a way, it was true that the unintentional linking of Su Chengyang’s Weibo illustrations with her incident had caused harm to her.

Su Chengyang instinctively stood up and wanted to apologize, but Lin Yu glanced at her and stopped her with their eyes.

Shang Xingyu leaned back on the sofa, propping up their head with one hand, and looked at Lin Yu with a steady gaze. They responded evasively, “I knew from the moment I saw Su Chengyang that she wasn’t the type to do such boring things. But I’m curious, what was your original intention in drawing this illustrations?”

Su Chengyang laughed awkwardly and looked towards Lin Yu.

Lin Yu noticed Su Chengyang’s embarrassment and pulled out a USB drive. “Senior sister, you’ll understand after you see this.”

Shang Xingyu curiously took it from him and handed it to their assistant, asking her to bring the computer over. The assistant did as instructed.

As the video content played, Su Chengyang numbly looked ahead.

Although Su Chengyang did not consider face to be a very important thing, there was nothing more face-losing than watching one’s own death video in front of oneself at this moment.

According to Assistant Xu, the program team was very thoughtful in editing the entire process and the scene of Su Chengyang crying with red eyes under the lights on the USB drive.

Su Chengyang was extremely fortunate that she didn’t say anything embarrassing to herself while crying.

After the video in the USB drive finished playing, the scene was frozen for at least ten seconds.

Su Chengyang pretended to be an ostrich, bowing her head as if nothing had happened.

After a while, Shang Xingyu finally spoke up: “To be honest, if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I would rather believe that you were jealous of me.”

Su Chengyang: “…”

“I’m curious, is it really worth it for just a piece of ham sausage?” Shang Xingyu asked.

Su Chengyang looked up and secretly glanced at Lin Yu, nervously saying, “When I’m hungry, I can’t control my emotions…”

The scene froze again, and Su Chengyang anxiously lifted his head to see Shang Xingyu and her assistant trying hard to suppress their laughter while Lin Yu calmly picked up his teacup and took a sip.

Finally, Shang Xingyu couldn’t hold back her laughter, covering her red lips and chuckling.

“Lin Yu, you really picked up a treasure. She’s so interesting. If you have any dissatisfaction with her later, just hand her over to me. I’m quite interested in her,” said Shang Xingyu.

Lin Yu placed the teacup back in its original position calmly, then looked up at Shang Hangyu and replied, “Coincidentally, I’m also very interested in her.”

“Speaking of which, senior sister, if you used such childish and stubborn behavior just to make me come see you and say things that embarrassed me and Chengyang, then you should apologize to Chengyang,” said Lin Yu.

Su Chengyang, stunned for a moment before deciding not to say anything.

Shang Xingyu raised her eyebrows and said, “Okay, I admit I was wrong. I’m sorry.”

Lin Yu didn’t respond, and after saying goodbye to Shang Xingyu, he left with Su Chengyang.

In the elevator, Su Chengyang was still a little confused. “Miss Shang, she…”

Lin Yu turned to look at her and said seriously, “Sorry, she was just trying to joke with you and didn’t consider how much harm it would cause you. She knows what to do next and won’t cause you too much trouble.”

“Joking with me?” Su Chengyang was a little bewildered.

The elevator gradually descended, and the two fell silent.

When the elevator reached the fifth floor, Lin Yu suddenly spoke up: “Don’t take what she said to heart, especially about me. To be honest, the things she said in front of you made me feel very embarrassed, I’m sorry. If you feel offended by her words…”

He paused here, and Su Chengyang almost thought he would say something like “I apologize for her.”

After a moment, Lin Yu continued, “You can create a fake account online and make fun of her. Just remember not to get the wrong account.”

Su Chengyang: “…”

She felt that he didn’t want her to make fun of Miss Shang, but to make fun of herself.

Facing Lin Yu’s occasional dark humor, Su Chengyang felt that Shang Xingyu’s warning was not groundless.

At least, the real Lin Yu was definitely not just the side he often showed.

In any case, the matter with Shang Xingyu was resolved relatively smoothly.