“Young Master, Miss Gu asked me to give this to you earlier.”
Qin Ruhai was just booted out of the room when someone knocked on the door.
It was none other than Siyi.
He didn’t care to see what Huo Sishen looked like right now, so he kept his head lowered as he handed over a rolled-up drawing paper.
Huo Sishen had been sick for three days. Siyi had been with him for years and knew that it’d be a very bad idea to irritate him right now.
But, Gu Shishi had given him her work this morning, so he must put it in Huo Sishen’s hand today.
This had, somehow, given Siyi an idea that he never had before.
Perhaps Miss Gu... would be able to save his boss. Or at least resolve his psychological issues!
“Miss Gu had gone to work. She said to give you her present for you. She also said that I can take it back to her if you don’t like it.”
He forced himself to ignore the cold look that Huo Sishen was given him.
That day, Miss Gu had fallen directly into the boss’s arms.
The boss didn’t try to move out of her way, nor pushed her away... in fact, he sat next to her bed after she had lost consciousness and waited for Qin Ruhai to diagnose her and administer her IV fluid before he added her on Wechat with his dark face....
Recalling the details of that day seemed unreal.
As he was thinking that, he forced himself to overlook the gloomy atmosphere and the eerie silence of the room and slowly unrolled the painting.
He was only halfway through what he was doing when he was interrupted by a lonesome, coarse, and authoritative voice.
“Get out!”
Siyi paused for a second.
After a slight pause, he quickly placed the painting on the coffee table and retreated with his back bowed.
Miss Gu, I have done all that I could!
Good luck!
***
Gu Shishi, who was blessed with Siyi’s thoughts, just arrived at the art studio and was looking at the stranger in front of her. She was dumbfounded.
The large bundle of flowers in his hand baffled her even more.
She turned and tried to walk around him, but he moved his body and blocked her.
“My name is Wu Zhenhao. I’m an owner of a company nearby. I ran into you accidentally when I went to lunch a while ago and fell for you immediately. I just couldn’t help myself.”
He had on a full suit and his hair was nicely styled with hair gel.
He directly professed his fondness for her and, at the same time, mentioned the fact that he was an elite with his own company.
Wu Zhenhao’s eyes beamed with the light of confidence.
There was even a hint of satisfaction on his face!
That’s right, satisfaction.
This gig that he’s got was simple and high paying.
He just had to pretend to be an elite and tricked this Gu Shishi to go on a date with him.
Then, all there was left to do was to take some intimate pictures of them together and give them to his employer.
His employer started the price at $100,000!
If the quality of the pictures were good, he’d pay him even more.
Now that he has met her in person – she was a pretty quality girl as well!
She definitely stood out among the girls in the art studio.
She had on a silk spinned little white dress with grass green lining. It was light but also showed the curves of her bust nicely. The poofy skirt covered just above her knees and showed off perfectly her white and shapely calves.
Around her waist, there was a light green belt and made her waist seemed even more slender than it was and left one a lot of room for imagination...
He looked again at her white and smooth face. It was a hot day, but her face was still flawless. It was white and smooth like snow and looked so pinchable. One look at her was enough to make him feel very excited and high spirited.
He must complete this gig!
But first, he wanted to have some fun.
As he was thinking that, Wu Zhenhao’s smile thickened around his mouth.
He has the reputation of a player to keep!
He would be able to conquer this girl in one week max!
“Miss Gu, I know this was very abrupt, but when you were out the last few days, it really made me realize how important you are to me.”
As he talked, he lifted his hand and intentionally twirled the diamond watch on his hand.
He understood how girls her age were very materialistic and had spent a lot of time studying how wealthy men dressed and behaved.
And now, he was truly a wealthy man from top to bottom.
The kind that all girls would want to be with!
Wu Zhenhao’s little white face exuded a casually attractive aura.
“I’d like to go out with you...”
He handed over the large bundle of flower that was actually heavy for a normal girl.
A shocking temptation along with genuine words!
But Wu Zhenhao’s confident look was stunned silent by a earth-shattering sneeze.
“ACHOO! AHHH CCHOOOO!”
With a groan, tears and snorts flew out of Gu Shishi, and she covered her nose painfully.
Before long, her eyes were completely teared up.
This body was allergic to flowers.
It was exactly the same as how she was before.
Whenever she wanted to observe and draw the nature and got close to a sea of flowers, she’d sneeze nonstop.
And now, the bundle of flowers in front of her was making her sneeze.
She covered her nose and immediately squeezed past him.
“Pardon me. Excuse me. Thank you! ACHOO!”
She practically ran away at light speed!
There was no way she was going to accept the bundle of flowers.
With the flowers still in his hands, Wu Zhenhao’s smile froze on his face.
But he reacted quickly and blocked her way again.
This time he fished out a handkerchief from the pocket of his suit.
“Use mine.”
“I’m sorry. I didn’t know the flowers would have that effect on you. I will throw it away right away!”
The wealthy don’t use tissues.
Wu Zhenhao was so proud of how thorough his preparation was.
He handed her his handkerchief, turned, took a few large steps away and forcefully tossed away the pricey bundle of flowers.
He was able to play the role and showed the girl how much he cared at the same time.
Tsk!
Piece of cake!
“Miss Gu....”
He turned around, smiling.
And, Gu Shishi was nowhere to be seen.
The corners of Wu Zhenhao’s mouth twitched.
Where did she go?
What was wrong with that woman?
All the girls started to chattered in the classroom.
“Shihi, you are back? How are you feeling?”
“Who was that outside? He had been waiting for you for days~”
“And he brought with him a different bundle of flowers every day!”
Wu Zhenhao looked better all over again.
That’s right.
Even though he knew she would be out for three days, he still came all three days to wait for her with an eager look on him.
What woman didn’t like romance?
But quickly, a very calm statement completely wiped away all of his triumph.
“I don’t know him. I am already engaged.”
Gu Shishi even sounded very troubled.
“Hmm. I’ll go clarify it with him right now.”
Wu Zhenhao’s brows twitched.
It was precisely because she was engaged that his employer wants proof that she was being unfaithful. This was the only reason he was being paid so much.
Wu Zhenhao weighed his options quickly. With persistent genuineness, he walked inside the classroom.
“Miss Gu, please give me another chance! I will prove to you that I am as good as any other men. My love for you is no less than anyone else’s.”
As he was speaking, he pulled out a gold-colored VVIP bank card.
“With the exception of real estate and my company, all my assets are in this account.”
“As long as you would be my girlfriend, I will give you the pin number right now.”
Many people inside the classroom gasped audibly.
This was too much like a drama!
No, even more dramatic than a drama!
Zhao Xian, sitting inside the classroom, couldn’t help but smile at Luo Zheng, her boyfriend.
Having heard that Gu Shishi would be returning today, Luo Zheng came purposefully to audit the class today.
And now, the two of them exchanged a look. Both of them were smilinfg triumphantly.
This was definitely worth the 3-day wait!
The con artist that they have found was an expert at this!
The very first time Zhao Xian met Wu Zhenhao, she was almost shocked by all the designer brands that he had along with his graceful elegance.
He knew how to show off his wealth and how to grab the hearts of materialistic girls.
Gu Shishi, I wanted to see how you were going to play this off!
She had probably already fallen hard for the con artist right about now.
Zhao Xian smiled with anticipation.
But quickly, a crisp voice rang. “I don’t accept. Please take it back.”
Gu Shishi didn’t even blink.
Even her voice was calm and now the entire art studio was quiet.
Even Zhao Xian and Luo Zheng were surprised.
But Wu Zhentao wasn’t the kind who’d give up easily.
He quickly wiped away his shocked look and lowered his head.
“I am sorry.”
He put away his bank card as though regretfully.
“I didn’t mean to offend you. You are a good girl. I shouldn’t have rushed like that.”
Made sense.
This was the first time they’ve met, and he wanted to give her so much money in front of everyone. She wouldn’t want to ruin her own reputation.
“Then, what do you like? I will buy them for you in the future. Skin care products? Jewelries? Shoes? Purses?”
Wu Zhenhao looked up and smiled, lifting up his chin again full of pride.
His actions captured many envious looks from other girls in the classroom.
Again, unexpectedly, he was interrupted before he finished talking!
“I don’t need money, skin care products, jewelries, shoes, or purses... definitely not a boyfriend. Thank you for your appreciation but, pardon me, I must start working,” said Gu Shishi swiftly as she covered her nose with a tissue.
As she talked, she backed away from him like he was a poisonous snake or something.
Wu Zhenhao paused for a second.
She seemed to be repulsed by him.
Why was that?
That was impossible!
Was she playing hard to get?
What kind of women couldn’t be moved by money? Okay, even if she didn’t need money, she must need love, right?
What was her problem?!
Wu Zhenhao couldn’t help but looked over at Gu Shishi and his inquisitive look was almost burned by what he saw!
Looking carefully, there seemed to be a very light print of “Dior” on her little white dress?!
He looked again at her belt, the buckle was Chanel’s double C’s?! He looked further down and that inconspicuous pair of little white shoes seemed to have the word “Fendi” on the side...
Her outfit cost at least $30,000?!
Now Wu Zhenhao was truly dumbfounded!
He looked again carefully and now he saw the rose gold loop with white ceramic pendant glittering around her neck.
His chest tightened right away!
Was that the Italian brand BVLGARI’s classic necklace?!
He seemed to remember that necklace being $20,000!
What was going on here?
Wasn’t she supposed to be a very materialistic woman according to his employer?
But she was already wearing designer brands from head to toe?!
“I’m sorry, Mr. Wu. I don’t think we are right for each other.”
Seeing that he wasn’t responding, Gu Shishi repeated her rejection one more time.
She didn’t even need to think about it.
Since he chose to block her and express his fondness for her in such a public way, naturally she, too, would want to clarify her stance in front of everyone.
Was he kidding? He thought she was such a materialistic woman?
He was proposing a relationship that was based on money. He might as well be throwing money at her face.
How could she possibly accept that?!
Unless... hmm... unless it was the boss, then she’d ... agree to it.
After all, he held her life over her.
Gu Shishi even went behind Ling Xiaomei to not show her face again as said, “I’m engaged. I wouldn’t want anything that could potentially cause a rift between my fiance and I. Have a nice day.”
If the boss found out and got upset at her, she wouldn’t be able to handle that outcome.
Wu Zhenhao’s mouth dropped open and didn’t know what else to say.
Her entire outfit probably cost around $50,000 – $60,000 from his rough estimates.
She couldn’t possibly make enough at this little art studio for any of these designer brand items, so naturally all these were from her fiancé.
If he was in her shoes, he would never let this fiancé go either. Unless she was an idiot!
But even so, he still forced a handsome smile and said, “Then I will buy some lessons...”
He had decided to move her with his love.
But in just a moment’s time, Gu Shishi waved her hand and ran away as those someone lit a fire behind her butt.
“Liu-jie, which students should I help out during this session?”
Wu Zhenhao was thoroughly embarrassed.
But, still, he didn’t leave.
The money that his employer paid him was his main source of income.
He swallowed his pride and went to buy some lessons.
However, Gu Shishi stayed away from him purposefully all afternoon long. Store manager Liu Li was on her side as well. She asked Liu Xiaomei to take Wu Zhenhao to the separate room for elite students.
Wu Zhenhao listened to these very confusing drawing techniques that he couldn’t make any sense out of all afternoon, but never had any opportunity to get close to Gu Shishi.
Zhao Xian, watching from the sideline, was so mad that she almost bit through her lips.
“I am sure she was just faking it....”
Luo Zheng, on the other hand, put down the paintbrush in his hand and looked at Gu Shishi with more interest than before.
Of course he could tell the cost of Gu Shishi’s outfit, but in the eyes of a SGR, that was really nothing.
“It looks like the Gu’s are pretty nice to her. But for someone who just isn’t presentable to begin with, so what if they treated her nicely for a day or two?”
“The Gu’s?”
Zhao Xian was confused.
Luo Zheng smiled but did not elaborate for her.
He turned around and raised his hand at Gu Shishi who was teaching nearby.
“This instructor, can you please take a look at my painting?”
He was born into wealth and very different from a fake like Wu Zhenhao.
What he wore wasn’t just about the brand, but more about how to match them and also the event that he was attending.
He even used different the cologne in the daytime versus night time in order to be perfect for the situation.
Every move of his exuded the aura of someone of power. That alone would allow him to instankill the ignorant girl.
On top of that, he has been raised as an upperclassman and had been taking lessons on arts and art appreciation since he was just a child.
That wasn’t someone who had only been taking lessons for a couple of years could rival.
“What do you think of my peony?”
Luo Zheng ignored Zhao Xian’s astonishment and thrusted his painting in front of Gu Shishi.
His Chinese painting was actually quite well known among the rich kids.
Especially when he demonstrated it when he was courting a girl; that worked every time!
All being said, he was a wealthy, talented, and good looking SGR; what kind of woman could resist someone like him?
Luo Zheng reached out his arm and casually trapped Gu Shishi at the corner of the desk.
His CEO authoritativeness exuding at maximum level!
The con artist wasn’t doing a good enough job so now he has to take matters into his own hands and force her to show her true colors!
A condescending smile crept up of Luo Zheng’s face.
All women like bad boys.
“Please opine on my work, Instructor Gu.”
He lowered his voice some, making it sound deeper and sexier.
When his breath hit Gu Shishi on her face, she couldn’t help but paused for a second.
She was just about to frown when she caught sight of the painting that he had thrusted in front of her.
What a painting of a fiery peony!
The bright red color was intense, dazzling, and every petal was eye catching!
Even though it was a painting with watercolor, it has a hint of Chinese ink painting’s majesty within it.
She couldn’t help but give the fool in front of her another look.
She wasn’t sure why he skipped over Zhao Xian to ask her; nor did she know why the fool had to corner her for that...
And he was so close... and breathed on her...
But, she acknowledged his painting nonetheless.
“Pretty good.”
As a paying instructor of the art studio, Gu Shishi would dish out praises when they were called for.
Just in case she didn’t get her point across verbally, she even nodded to emphasize her point.
“Your skill level exceeded that of Zhao Xian, your instructor. Your choice of colors are bold and the artistic conception is quite good as well.”
She even used a comparison to show how much she acknowledge his ability.
“What did you just say?”
Her words, however, almost made Zhao Xian spit out blood.
Was she insulting her right in front of her own boyfriend and all the students and instructors of the art studio?!
Gu Shishi gave her an oops-I-accidentally-slipped-and-told-the-truth look, which made Zhao Xian even more livid.
She was just about to argue with her but the very next minute, her face was shocked pale by Luo Zheng’s laugh.
Luo Zheng was very pleased by Gu Shishi’s remark and wasn’t concerned about Zhao Xian’s feeling at all.
“Miss Gu, you’ve got good eyes.”
He had no respect for this little art studio at all!
They were but a bunch of half-assed, mass trained technicians.
He himself, on the other hand, had been learning from a master-level artist since he was a child.
“You are exactly right; my painting skill is superior.”
“Then, Miss Gu. Anything else you would like to point out about my painting?”
Luo Zheng acted like nobody else was there and looked deeply at Gu Shishi.
His tone rose up toward the end, sounding very flirty.
Zhao Xian’s entire body was shaking.
She was his girlfriend!
Was he hitting on another woman right in front of her? And using the exact same trick no less?!
How many women had he courted using the exact same trick?!
Even though she knew his intention behind hitting on Gu Shishi, she was still livid.
She had to grip her fingers to not say anything.
But she stared at Gu Shishi lethally.
Gu Shishi, on the other hand, took another look at the painting.
There was no emotions or shyness in her look. In fact, really repulsed, she took a small step backward.
“I wouldn’t say opinion.”
Luo Zheng was offended by her taking a step backward.
But what she said next made his face drop even more!
“Your foundations are still lacking. So, as much as you an artistic conception, your paintbrush wasn’t able to fully express that. There is still room for improvement. But no worries, it’s still pretty when you hang it up. Just don’t look too closely.”
As she was talking, Gu Shishi gestured at a farther wall inside the art studio.
“Frame it, and hang it up on the wall.”
A shock flashed past Luo Zheng’s eyes which was quickly replaced with anger.
With a loud “BANG!”, his watch smacked the corner of the table.
A very disruptive sound was made.
When he looked over at the wall she was pointing at, his face darkened even more.
Gu Shishi was pointing at the wall that was farthest away from them, at least 6-7 meters away.
Was she suggesting that his painting was so bad it shouldn’t even be looked at?
Huang Zhong, his painting master, said the exact same thing about him back in the days.
At the time, he had been infuriated by his words and ripped the painting up on the spot!
He never went back to his lessons with Huang Zhong again!
“I am lacking in my foundation?”
That was what Luo Zheng hated to hear the most.
That was the sore spot inside him.
Gu Shishi merely smiled lightly and pointed at the peonies on his paper.
The flowers were all squished together like a sea of fire and exude a pressing aura.
But they were fundamentally wrong.
“The leaves seem to be easy, but they are difficult to master. First you must experience it and observe them in nature. The leaves grow in groups of 3-5 in various sizes; the petals have layers, some are the primary ones, others are secondary....
“You started drawing before you have that figured out, so when you looked at it closely, all the discrepancies became very obvious.
“Plus, we are talking about the techniques of hook, lift, pause, and file in painting and the way you handle them is not precise enough. While you don’t have to focus on the nitty gritty details when it comes to artistic conception, that’s not to say to just rush through everything...
“You must use both your eyes and your hand.”
“Starting today, practice using your paint brush for an hour a day, observing flowers for 30 mins. In three-months’ time, your peonies would go up an entire level.”
Using her fingers, Gu Shishi gestured the second closest wall from them.
“Then we will be able to look at it from 3-5 meters.”
Luo Zheng’s face turned from dark to pale, then from pale to dark.
She said the exact same thing as Old Man Huang.
This was about artistic conception, not sketching, but they all wanted him to go observe real flowers!
This is painting, not calligraphy, but they wanted him to practice using his paintbrush!
What a hassle!
He didn’t want to listen to any of these words back then.
But this woman said the exact same thing today.
“Do you know Huang Zhong? What is your relationship with him?”
Luo Zheng squinted his eyes in a threatening way.
“Eh? I don’t know who that is.”
Gu Shishi searched her memories but nothing came up.
He was probably never mentioned in the book.
“Pardon me. I have other students to tend to. Keep at it, you will get there.”
Gu Shishi thought about it for a second and finally gave him an encouraging smile.
This was an art school after all.
Luo Zheng gritted his teeth so hard he could crush them.
His purpose was to trick her, but instead, he got a lecture from her straight to his face!
Have him practice for three months, then his work could be looked at from 5 meters away?!
His face was burning up.
He stood up abruptly.
“Dear, just ignore....”
Zhao Xian squeezed his hand.
“Go away!”
Luo Zheng threw her hand away in anger.
Zhao Xian was so angry she was shaking.
Luo Zheng, too, was gritting his teeth.
“Awesome. Just awesome. Gu Shishi, then you paint one to show me!”
“Eh? You know my name?”
Gu Shishi paused for a second.
Then she shook her head without thinking.
“I am not your instructor, and I have other students to tend to.”
Having said that, she didn’t care who he was but turned and walked to a student near her to address his questions.
Luo Zheng slammed his palm forcefully down on the table.
Then he walked with large steps to Store Manager Liu Li.
“I want to take Gu Shishi’s class! Sign me up now!”
Gu Shishi turned and looked at him in surprise.
Luo Zheng snickered, “How much is a lesson with her? $300? I will take all of her time this month!”
Gu Shishi didn’t think he’d be that persistent.
Luo Zheng was quickly brought in front of Gu Shishi by the helpless-looking shop manager.
“Shishi, starting at 3 PM, he will be your student.”
Luo Zheng laughed out loud.
One could see the mockery in his eyes.
Three o’clock came quickly. Even though Zhao Xian had almost ripped the paper in front of her into pieces, there was nothing she could do to stop him from taking Gu Shishi’s lessons.
“You are quite persistent,” praised Gu Shishi with a smile.
Luo Zheng snickered with his eyes squinted and threw the paintbrush over, “Now, you draw and show me!”
Gu Shishi picked up the brush and quickly drew a stroke on the drawing paper.
Luo Zheng saw that and was so mad that he busted out laughing, “What was that?!”
“For this lesson, you need to do that 300 times. Here, like this.” Gu Shishi stopped after that one stroke.
“You’ve got to be kidding me. I asked you to draw peonies...”
Gu Shishi looked at him in surprise and raised her brows, “Who’s the instructor here? You or me?”
Luo Zheng was so angry that his face was crooked.
“Did I pay to listen to your bullshit?”
“As a matter of fact, yes. If you want to cancel the lesson, you can talk to our store manager.”
Luo Zheng’s eyes widened.
“You want to file a complaint? That’s fine too. We can assign a different instructor for you.”
Luo Zheng was so angry that he didn’t even know what to say. He couldn’t even remember the last time he was so angry. He was so mad he wanted to cuss her out.
“You better get started. We don’t refund for time spent.”
Luo Zheng almost passed out from being so angry.
After three hundred lifts, it was three hundred hooks. Then, it was a whole lesson of observing flowers, and flowers from.... Baidu no less.
He was about to snap when it was time for Gu Shishi to go home.
“See you tomorrow.If you are not going to be here tomorrow, don’t forget to keep up with your practice at home. Otherwise, all your hard work today would go to waste.”
Luo Zheng thought he was going to go insane!
Happily, Gu Shishi picked up her purse and left with Ling Xiaomei.
After they have stepped out of the art student, Ling Xiaomei gave her a very respectful look.
“Shishi, you are so brave. I was scared shitless. Why wouldn’t you draw for him anyway?”
Gu Shishi shrugged. Even if she had drawn him peonies, he wouldn’t be able to learn anything from it. Besides, why would she want to?
She turned around and saw Wu Zhenhao still following them. He was so persistent and hadn’t given up on “courting” her yet.
This man came out of nowhere. She searched through the original owner’s memory repeatedly and there was no mention of this man at all. Plus, ever since he arrived in the afternoon, Zhao Xian had a very curious look on her, as though she was waiting for her to embarrass herself.
In addition, Zhao Xian seemed to be quite familiar with Luo Zheng, and Luo Zheng knew her name was Gu Shishi. Either way you look at it, they were up to no good.
Her guts told her that he might have something to do with Wu Zhenhao’s courting.
Long story short, she couldn’t be bothered to draw for someone who was there to pick on her.
Besides, he offered $300/lesson and wanted her to paint a peony? That was quite offensive; her work wasn’t that cheap. Her work was worth tens of thousands minimum, okay?
“Hehe, did you see how angry he got?” Ling Xiaomei giggled. “Even his paintbrush was shaking at the end.”
“Yup, his foundation was very lacking and he wasn’t holding the brush probably. His muscles were probably sore,” said Gu Shishi from personal experience.
Lo and behold, the angry Luo Zheng just happened to walk passed them, “.....”
Sh*t! His wrist started to hurt all of a sudden!
“Miss Gu, let me give you a ride home.” Wu Zhenhao was in a different room earlier and had no idea what took place inside the classroom. Now that they were out, he thought Luo Zheng was upset because he had failed in his assignment. He immediately ran after Gu Shishi. He couldn’t ruin this gig and make his employer unhappy.
“My car is parked in the garage downstairs. Wait for me here.” Wu Zhenhao immediately pressed a button on his key. With a “beep”, the front lights of a new model of BMW convertible lit up.
Wu Zhenhao had a proud look on him. He paid $500 to rent it and he needed to return it quickly, but it’s necessary to have that to attract a materialistic girl.
“C’mon, I will drive you.”
He couldn’t help but turn and look at Luo Zheng as he said that.
Sure enough, he saw some approval from Luo Zheng.
But the next second, a hint of surprise flashed past Luo Zheng’s eyes.
Wu Zhenhao was very proud of himself. This was the newest model that just came out this year, not even very many SGR have this.
He was happy for all one second before another beeping sound came from nearby.
He turned and looked. There was a Rolls-Royce Phantom slowly driving next to him. Wu Zhenhao was so envious his jaw almost hit the ground.
If this was the extended wheelbase edition, it would cost over $9 million!
Compared with this, his BMW was as low as the dirt!
“Meimei, you get into the car first. I have already told the chauffeur that we will drop you off on our way,” said Gu Shishi quickly.
Her soft and crisp voice hit Wu Zhenhao like a slap on this face.
The very next second, he could do nothing but watch Gu Shishi and her female colleague stepped into this super awesome and money-burning Phantom.
“Thank you, Shishi. Eh? This looks different than the one from before. I almost didn’t notice.”
Ling Xiaomei might not know much about cars, but she is an artist, she was sensitive to the outline of the cars.
The chauffeur who stepped out to open the door for them smiled and explained, “The boss wanted to take a different car today and had me take this one instead. Perfect timing to take the two of you back.”
They have more than one fancy car at home!
Wu Zhenhao felt pain on his cheeks!
He tried to show off his wealth in front of Gu Shishi with a fake bankcard, a BMW, and a bundle of flowers?
She has a chauffeur, a fancy car, and an entire outfit of designer brand clothes. What else did she need?
Nothing!
Wu Zhenhao was about to start crying.
What a sh*tty gig!
Even Luo Zheng has a complicated look on him, “That was Huo Sishen’s chauffeur? She really was ... staying at his place?”
Rumor had it that he was cursed and had already lost two fiancees.
Neither one of them lived past 3 days!
“Just how long would she live?”
Luo Zheng squinted his eyes.
He promised to help out his little cousin and teach Gu Shishi a lesson, but if she only has a few days left to live, then why should he bother?
Wasn’t this a waste of his time?
Thinking about that, Luo Zheng’s chest felt nauseated again.
Sh*t! And his wrist hurt too!
“What about how much longer to live?” Zhao Xian blinked.
“Shut up!”
Luo Zheng was so irritated that he couldn’t even bear looking at Zhao Xian.
“You mind your own business! I need to go back to work. You go home by yourself!” He took off right after he said that.
Zhao Xian stomped her feet angrily.
Wu Zhenhao, too, was speechless. What was the point of spitting blood on the ground now? What a perfect waste of his $500 rental for the BMW.
What the hell!
***
When Gu Shishi arrived home, it wasn’t even 8 PM yet, and it was already pitch black inside the mansion.
All the servants had already returned to their own rooms. Huo Sishen needed absolute silence and darkness at night in order to sleep.
Right now, she was the only one walking around, and it was a little creepy.
With a nightlight in the hallway, the dim light did not make her feel any better but worse. She quickened her steps.
She was afraid of the dark.
Extremely so.
She even needed to have some distance light on when she went to bed at night.
When she was a kid, her master loved telling her all sorts of stories about ghosts and demons, and now she was always scared.
Especially when she was alone at night.
She never left the house after 9 PM, not even to go out and have fun in the city.
Even though it was only 8 PM, this was a standalone mansion with nothing else around it.
From the first to the second floor, it was so empty that all that could be heard was her own footsteps. The weak lights dragged her shadow out....
Out of the blue, right when she was about to pass the living room, a low and sandy voice that sounded from afar came coldly.
“Come over here.”
Gu Shishi jumped and almost dropped down onto her knees.
With a groan, she hugged her own weak and helpless self.
A screeching sound like some sharp instrument was dragged across a glass surface gave her goosebumps!
Gu Shishi wanted to take a step back to turn around and run away.
But, a cold hand suddenly grabbed onto her wrist!
“Ow!” Gu Shishi couldn’t help but scream out loud.
“Shut up!” Came the coarse voice again.
Gu Shishi shuddered and look in the direction of the voice with her teeth gritted. After a short while, she asked in a shaky voice, “Bo... boss?”
Under the dim light, she was finally able to see a dark shadow sitting on the couch next to her.
Deep and cold eyes looked straight at her, making her shuddered again.
Was that Huo Sishen?
Gu Shishi gulped.
Yet, the other person didn’t move, or say anything.
The living room was ridiculously quiet.
Gu Shishi wanted to cry.
Shivering, she fished out her cell phone and turn on the flashlight and aimed the beam of light decisively toward the dark shadow on the couch that she couldn’t make out.
A beam of strong light landed on the man on the couch.
He had on a blue robe with a sash tied loosely around his waist. As though he was being very impatient, his top was not straightened out and she could see a patch of his wheat color skin along with a hint of his defined muscles.
Gu Shishi pursed her lips, and her hands shuddered.
Her sight followed the light up and quickly saw a stone-cold and handsome face.
The chilly black eyes squinted into a line from the bright light; the disgruntledness in them looked like a thousand knives that wanted to have her killed in the next instant.
“Oh, ha ha ha...” Gu Shishi gulped and moved her cellphone away as she laughed dryly.
“Boss, oh, I mean, Mr. Huo. It’s you... you are still up... ha ha.”
Huo Sishen squinted his eyes.
Gu Shishi wanted to wave at him and realized that he was still gripping onto her right wrist.
She blinked.
What was he doing that for?
“You’re looking for me?”
Gu Shishi was baffled.
The boss told her to go over to him. Now he wouldn’t let go of her but he also wasn’t saying anything. What was going on?
Eh... was he being a tsundere again?
Whatever happened to him being germophobic?
“Eh, you got the painting that I asked Siyi to give to you this morning?”
As she was talking, she stealthily opened up the system’s interface.
She quickly checked the details under Doting of the Male Lead.
Oh darn!
The level of doting was going up!
Visibly so. At the rate of 1% per second!
He didn’t say a word but just hold onto her and secretly increasing his fondness of her?!
His tsundere syndrome has reached a whole new level!
He received her “Red Mountains”, loved it, but wouldn’t say it out loud?
So now he gave her the death stare as his way of thanking her?
Gu Shishi was dumbfounded.
As she was trying to figure it all out, the hand that was gripped onto her started to relax.
Using the light from her cell phone, she looked up and saw that Huo Sishen’s eyes were closed. Like a devil in deep sleep, his look turned nice and soft....
She opened her mouth.
He felt asleep again?
Gu Shishi didn’t know what to make of that.
She was just about to walk away and a deep voice rang from behind him.
“Sit down.”
Oh, he wasn’t asleep yet.
Gu Shishi turned her head.
She noticed that he didn’t open his eyes but his arm moved, as though he was adjusting himself to find a more comfortable position to fall asleep.
Gu Shishi started to sweat.
He wanted her to sleep.... With.... Him?!