Chapter 16: Tangled Together
Ruan Yi got up very early today.
She had wrongly blamed the old Chinese doctor. The prescribed medicine was really useful; she slept incredibly soundly last night.
She didn’t have any strange dreams, nor did she feel any back soreness or fatigue. It was simply too satisfying!
In a good mood, Ruan Yi liked to dress up. She curled her hair and meticulously applied light makeup.
Ruan Yi was still humming a little tune happily when she went downstairs, until a gaze like thorns on her back became too obvious. The scorching sight covered her like a sticky spider web, as if trying to stare holes through her.
The discomfort of being watched was intense, annoying her so much that her leisurely humming came to an abrupt halt.
When she shot a glare over, Fu Jingchen looked like he had just raised his eyes, while only Gu Zhi was staring straight at her.
Fine, it was her narcissism acting up.
If this pervert wanted to look, he should be looking at Gu Zhi. She had merely been played by Fu Jingchen twice.
As for her brother, she didn’t mind however he looked at her.
“Good morning, Xiao Yi.” There were faint dark circles under Fu Jingchen’s eyes.
“Good morning, Sister. So beautiful.” Gu Zhi’s tone was gentle; he had always been a “praise monster” when facing Ruan Yi.
But when the girl sat down, his gaze fell on the softness and snowy whiteness revealed by her neckline due to bending over. In his eyes was a sinister greed.
Don’t want Sister to go out… She will be seen by others.
Lock her up, forever looking only at each other.
However, he was afraid Ruan Yi would be sad.
“Thanks~ By the way, Ah Zhi, I take back what I said yesterday. That doctor Lin Han recommended is really amazing. I haven’t slept so comfortably in a long time.”
Ruan Yi obviously only responded to Gu Zhi, not even returning a “Good morning” to Fu Jingchen.
However, one could hear that the girl was in a very good mood now. Her tone of voice carried a soft, sticky joy, wrapped in a tremolo that sounded like acting spoiled.
The sound of someone’s breathing became a bit loud.
How could Chinese medicine be effective so quickly? The mood of the two “heroes” who returned Ruan Yi’s good sleep was evident.
After all, how clingy Ruan Yi was in their dreams was not something that could be spoken about.
Moreover, no one likes having to get up early in the morning to wash underwear.
“Sister is going to participate in the equestrian club activities this afternoon, right? But I have classes this afternoon, otherwise…” His trailing note held undissolvable grievance, like a young beast abandoned by its owner.
Ruan Yi looked at her pitiful brother with heartache. Freshmen year just had a lot of classes; so tragic.
“It’s okay, it’s okay. endure for two more years and it will be easier.” Ruan Yi rubbed her brother’s head.
Gu Zhi didn’t need to guess to know Ruan Yi’s brain circuit; she never once understood the meaning behind his words.
“I want to be with Sister, okay?” It didn’t matter if the little dummy didn’t understand; he could be direct.
Ruan Yi grabbed a small cream puff and stuffed it into his mouth, her fingertips brushing against his lips.
“No way! With so many classes today, if you dare to skip, you’re dead meat. This was originally an activity for juniors anyway. Do you want to ride a horse that much?” Ruan Yi fell into thought.
Gu Zhi licked the place on his lip where her fingertip had brushed, seemingly retaining her sweetness, expecting her to agree to let him stick to her side this afternoon.
“Then let’s build a racecourse in the backyard at home and raise a few horses for you to ride.” Ruan Yi thought it was fine to spoil her brother a bit. Although she felt a place raising horses would be smelly, as long as her brother liked it.
Gu Zhi stared at Ruan Yi’s face faintly. He really often wanted to bite her. After all that, Ruan Yi only thought he wanted to ride a horse.
What he wanted to ride was not a horse.
“No need. Sister, just pretend I didn’t say anything…” Gu Zhi felt a bit tired at heart.
“Pfft.” The source of the laughter was the man quietly eating breakfast on the side.
Gu Zhi’s temples throbbed, veins on the back of his hand bulged, while the corner of his mouth maintained a standard smile arc. “Mr. Fu, be careful when eating breakfast. It’s very easy to choke to death.”
“Better worry about yourself first. When being a groom, being kicked to death by a horse is also a common occurrence.”
Fu Jingchen’s lips pulled into a careless arc, his tone carrying straightforward mockery.
An invisible smell of gunpowder instantly spread in the air. Both of them held back the impulse to punch the other to death in their hearts.
On the equestrian field.
Ruan Yi was dressed in a pure white, tight-fitting equestrian suit. Her long hair was tied up, making the exposed snow-white neck even more eye-catching. The tight lines of the suit outlined the slender curves of her waist vividly.
Light-colored breeches fit her legs, outlining the alluring lines unique to women with every step.
Since childhood, she had been used to being looked at wherever she went, but a certain someone’s aggressive gaze made her want to slap him again.
Just doing warm-up movements, Shen Xun’s eyes were already glued to her. Once on the horse, he also followed behind Ruan Yi’s butt, completely like a stalking pervert.
Ever since the birthday banquet, Ruan Yi felt her legs go soft when facing this crazy “Shake M” (masochist).
When even hitting him became a reward for him, Ruan Yi had no way to handle him anymore. She didn’t even want to be sworn enemies.
But this pervert seemed to have installed a GPS on her. When she drove out, the Shen family’s car followed behind. As long as she had classes, he appeared by her side. Even when Ruan Yi came out of the fitting room after changing into her equestrian suit, the man “coincidentally met” her at the door.
Creepy. Shen Xun had evolved into a ghost. Ruan Yi had been scared several times.
It was no different from surveillance already. What exactly was going on in this Shen Xun’s brain? Was he just that afraid the vicious female supporting character would do something bad?
Yet this damn pervert just followed her without saying a word. He was just waiting for her to be unable to stand it and speak first!
“Can you not follow me?”
“No.” He looked down at the watch on his wrist. Since that day, he hadn’t had physical contact with his fiancée for 52 hours, 13 minutes, and 14 seconds.
He was going to go crazy. No, he was already crazy.
After all, looking at the white horse being ridden by Ruan Yi, Shen Xun could feel a twisted jealousy rising in his heart.
I want to be ridden by Wife too.
Why does this stinky horse get to? Wife, ride me. Riding me will be very comfortable.
“Shen Xun… I don’t have time to mess around with you.” Ruan Yi felt a headache seeing him. She didn’t come here just to ride horses today; she had serious business to attend to.
It was already the end of the semester. Everyone was starting internships early. Most young masters and misses went to their own family enterprises, but Ruan Yi didn’t want to.
Her mom already spoiled her excessively. If she went there, let alone gaining experience, she would just be enjoying blessings. Everyone knew her; even at the grassroots level, she would be enshrined like an ancestor.
Ruan Yi needed to face reality. She didn’t want to be spoiled into an idiot ignorant of worldly affairs. She needed to be beaten down a bit, but she also had to choose an internship that would be helpful for inheriting the enterprise in the future.
The president of the equestrian club had a good relationship with her. The two intended to go together to interview at a new upstart group that had just transferred back from overseas. Only by not being chased and flattered could she truly learn something.
“Why no time?” Shen Xun’s voice was gloomy and choked.
Why? Going to do what?
If you don’t let me follow by your side, where can you go?
Does Wife want to force me to death?
Wife and husband are meant to be tangled together forever. How can they be separated?
Ruan Yi didn’t know why she had some difficulty breathing, having the illusion of being entangled and tightened by a parasitic plant, even though the man in front of her only asked one sentence.
Ruan Yi softened her voice, trying to influence the pervert in front of her who didn’t respond to force or persuasion, but her tone still uncontrollably carried some eccentricity.
“Shen Xun~ I want to go find the president to discuss internship matters. I want to find a company to gain experience. It’s really urgent business. You go play by yourself first, okay?”
Her voice was already very “pinched” (cutesy), hoping the lunatic in front of her would let her off.
“Working at Shen Corporation won’t do? You can gain experience too, and no one will treat you differently.”
Of course, Ruan Yi wouldn’t receive special treatment. The workplace Shen Xun arranged for her was the CEO’s private lounge connected to the office, where she wouldn’t even have to see anyone else.
There was a bed and a sofa in the lounge, and one-way floor-to-ceiling windows where the inside couldn’t be seen.
With Wife there, President Shen would have more strength to work and would work hard in every place.
“Get lost.” Ruan Yi wanted to hit someone again.
Only a fool would believe his words. If she went, he would definitely find various opportunities to retaliate and target her.
The scenes imagined in their brains were completely different. What Ruan Yi had in mind was a tragic workplace where an evil CEO attempted to mistreat his subordinate.
The other person didn’t need to be mentioned. The images currently in his brain couldn’t be broadcast even with ten layers of mosaic.
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