Chapter 19: Lover
“Xiao Yi, you have already signed the contract.”
Fu Jingchen’s tone was flat and calm, as if he had expected her to say such things long ago, and he took a light sip of coffee.
The anger on Ruan Yi’s face froze. She had indeed signed the internship agreement with Sister Jin, but at that time, she thought it was because she was too outstanding and the company was anxious to tie her down.
Turns out it was all Fu Jingchen’s doing?
So… so embarrassing!
Ruan Yi’s face felt a bit hot. “Fu Jingchen, who do you think I am? Do you think I can’t afford the penalty for breach of contract?”
This evil capitalist must use this routine to threaten employees often. She wouldn’t fall for this set.
“Of course not. I just want to know, why do you quit just because the boss is me?” He stared at the girl with both eyes, taking in every one of her micro-expressions.
“You… are afraid of me?” The bottom of his eyes became increasingly dim, even holding a trace of imperceptible astonishment and bitterness.
The girl’s exquisite small face seemed to pale a bit, unwilling to meet his gaze.
“Is that so? The future heir of the Ruan family only has this much ability? You are afraid of exposing your unqualified competence in front of me?” Clearly sharp words, yet the tone was stained with gloomy self-mockery.
“It seems Xiao Yi still wants to obediently shrink in her comfort zone and be a princess for life?”
Yes, why? Was it disgust because he had designs on Ah Zhi, or hatred because she suspected him of drugging her mother?
Clearly, by staying by his side, she could grasp more of what she wanted to know.
But Ruan Yi knew clearly in her heart. Because she was afraid of him.
Very afraid.
The man was different from others. He appeared before her in the stance of a superior from beginning to end.
Professor, stepfather, boss, even a suspected criminal. Anyone would be afraid.
Like a kitten arching its petite spine to show its ferocity, it was because of fear. Fear of the enemy’s approach, fear of her own inability to fight back.
Looking at her expression, Fu Jingchen subconsciously furrowed his brows, his heart clenched ruthlessly by an invisible hand.
Clearly scared to death, yet she still had to raise all her thorns, disguising herself as someone not to be trifled with.
Ruan Yi suppressed the trembling of her body. Besides disgust, there was mostly the powerlessness of embarrassment turning into anger.
Of course she was afraid. Why couldn’t she be afraid?
Unnatural death, a subverted worldview, shouldering responsibilities that must be fulfilled, surrounded by perverts, and criminals lurking in unknown places.
“Didn’t you say these things just to make me stay?” Ruan Yi calmed down and looked up at him.
“Fine.” So what if Fu Jingchen wanted to torture her? What broken novel world, what forced love male lead—she wouldn’t bow her head to this group of perverts.
She only knew she existed in reality, not a vicious female supporting character marching toward destruction in a preset program.
Stay then stay. Not only would she stay, but she would also learn things from Fu Jingchen. After taking over the Ruan Corporation, the first one she would bring down was NovaVoy.
Ruan Yi officially began her work as the CEO’s assistant, only her attitude towards Fu Jingchen remained impolite.
Unexpectedly, however, Fu Jingchen didn’t deliberately make things difficult for her.
But following this workaholic tired Ruan Yi out enough. It took a full week before she slightly adapted to the work intensity.
Also, no one told her the CEO’s assistant had to manage what the CEO wore. Was there really such a rule?
Tonight there was an important business negotiation.
Ruan Yi was in the lounge picking out suitable suit accessories for Fu Jingchen. She picked the ugliest tie in the display cabinet, a flashy blue-purple one, the color resembling a “Black Big Marshal” (bad egg).
Fu Jingchen walked into the lounge and saw the tie in the girl’s hand and the evil arc of her mouth. His body stiffened for an instant.
“Assistant Ruan’s taste is unique. Better change to a black one.”
The girl was unhappy. She leaned closer to him. Because the man was too tall, she needed to stand on tiptoes slightly to loop the tie over his head while maintaining a state of not touching him.
“Since President Fu wants me as an assistant, you have to trust the assistant’s taste.”
Her fair, slender arms raised, circling loosely around his neck. The fragrance, carrying addictive bewitchment, seeped into every one of his pores.
Slowly getting less afraid of people. Raise her to be more familiar…
Raise the kitten until she raises her tail, sticks up her butt, and willingly exposes her belly to him.
It was clearly a normal dressing action, but when she fastened the tie clip, the man’s ambiguous gaze slid stickily over her skin, making all actions seem no longer innocent.
He urgently wanted to extend such a scene. For the next decades, dozens of years, a lifetime… not enough, far from enough.
If an outsider saw this at this moment, they would only think it was a wife throwing a temper tantrum, deliberately keeping a distance while adjusting the tie for her husband, whose eyes were full of obsession.
Banquet Hall.
Assistant Ruan attended again as the CEO’s female companion.
The gown on her body was Ruan Yi’s own. The back was sheer white tulle, the edges of the tulle lined with soft lace, swaying gently with her turning movements.
Elegant, formal, yet with a touch of sexiness. At least that was what Ruan Yi thought at first.
Until gaze after gaze in the hall almost burned through that thin tulle. Fortunately, Ruan Yi had prepared a shield long ago.
People coming up to chat seemed very surprised to hear she was Fu Jingchen’s female companion, looking as if they had never heard of such a thing.
Fu Jingchen really kept his body pure as jade for Gu Zhi. There wasn’t a single woman by his side; the assistant had to do everything. For such tiring work, if she couldn’t truly learn from the experience, Ruan Yi would have gone on strike long ago.
But in just this short time, Ruan Yi’s “Notebook of Stealing Skills” had already been filled halfway thick.
One had to admit, Fu Jingchen’s ability to hold up NovaVoy was truly solid. Ruan Yi could learn something every minute she followed him these days.
Surrounded by several CEOs, the man remained at ease. It was unknown which wave of people this was.
One CEO was spouting saliva while talking. There were no waiters around. Ruan Yi understood Fu Jingchen’s eye signal and walked toward the champagne stand.
“President Fu’s tie today is really eye-catching. It sets off your extraordinary bearing even more.”
Ruan Yi couldn’t have imagined. Let alone a tie in the “Black Big Marshal” color shade, with Fu Jingchen’s current status, even if she hung smelly socks around Fu Jingchen’s neck as a tie, others would only praise and flatter him, even fighting to smell it.
“President Wang flatters me. However, I indeed like this tie very much. My lover chose it.”
A one-sided lover counts as a lover too.
The person called President Wang seemed a bit stunned hearing such a response, not reacting in time.
Ruan Yi came back holding the champagne, handing it to several people. The last glass was sent into the middle-aged man’s hand. When she withdrew her hand, fat fingers rubbed against the back of Ruan Yi’s hand.
The greasy, disgusting sensation made a chill run up Ruan Yi’s spine.
“Secretary Ruan should drink a little too. No need to be busy running back and forth. President Fu is too unappreciative of jade and unpitying of fragrance, hahahaha.”
Ruan Yi really wanted to grab the tray next to her and smash it on this fat pig’s head. She clearly appeared as a female companion, yet she was frivolously addressed as a secretary. How could Ruan Yi not understand what that meant?
In the mouths of people like this, “secretary” became a term equated with the casting couch. It was these disgusting things that, through persecution, stigmatized professions engaged by women one by one.
“My female companion doesn’t drink. I’ll drink with President Zhang.”
Fu Jingchen lowered his eyes and played with the rim of his glass. The aura around him, which was still considered genial just now, was suddenly withdrawn. When he raised his eyes, they looked as if covered with a layer of ice.
As soon as the voice fell, the air seemed to freeze instantly. Several people around shrank back in unison. The atmosphere of talking and laughing just now vanished.
That President Zhang seemed to feel he had lost face and forced himself to be calm. “Women, getting drunk is fine. More people fighting to ‘take care’ of her is her blessing.”
Ruan Yi couldn’t hold it back anymore. Actually, she had thought more than once: since she could be reborn, could she come back a third or fourth time?
Might as well kill this group of people. Kill them a few times to satisfy the craving first.
Just as Ruan Yi hesitated whether to grab the tray and smash someone, the man retracted his long arm. Fingers with well-defined knuckles gripped her waist, pulling her into his arms.
Ruan Yi was startled, stumbling into the man’s warm chest. Scalding breath swept past the tip of her ear, a bit itchy.
“President Zhang doesn’t seem to understand my meaning. I said—my female companion doesn’t drink.”
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