Chapter 129: A Midnight Snack
"I don't think so. Have a good night," Wei Zhou took a deep breath and said.
They had already got divorced. It was too ridiculous for them to talk about love now. Talking about love was equivalent to asking for humiliation. He had already got used to being arrogant. This was the first time in his life that he had been willing to compromise and say sorry to Su Yan. Therefore, there was no need for him to say these words out loud.
Su Yan looked at him and said, "Thank you, but I sincerely hope that from now on, you won't disturb my life anymore. Remember that we are strangers now."
Then, she pulled into the courtyard and left Wei Zhou outside the car. Before entering the villa, Su Yan turned around and glanced at Wei Zhou. She found that he wanted to say something. However, since he did not say it, she didn't want to ask him about it.
In the villa, Su Yan changed into her pajamas and plopped down onto the bed. She yawned, feeling a wave of tiredness sweep over her.
"Am I too old? I get so tired after staying up?" Su Yan covered herself with the quilt and said to herself with a perplexed look on her face.
In fact, there was one more thing she did not say. Perhaps it was not because she was old. It was because she was constantly harassed by Wei Zhou these days. That was the reason why she felt tired.
"Master, aren't you going to take a bath today?" Xiao Xiao, the smart butler, asked considerately.
Su Yan patted its head. "It's almost two o'clock in the morning, and I'm very tired. So, I just want to go to sleep right now. I'll take a bath after I get up in the morning."
"Okay, master. Good night," Xiao Xiao replied and left the room.
Normally, when Su Yan was sleeping, Xiao Xiao would also take a rest. The way of taking a rest was to recharge itself. Therefore, every time Su Yan saw it, it looked like a server who was saying, "At your service at any time."
At this moment, her phone vibrated. Su Yan unlocked her phone and found it was a message from Feng Hao saying, "Is the party over? Do you need me to pick you up?"
Su Yan replied, "No, thanks, I'm already at home."
Feng Hao replied very quickly, "Do you want to have some midnight snack?"
Su Yan sent a yawning emoji. "I'm very sleepy, so I don't wanna go out. By the way, it's very cold outside."
Less than a second after the message was sent, Feng Hao's message appeared. "In fifteen minutes, delicious midnight snacks will appear at the entrance of your villa. How about that?"
Su Yan was a little bit surprised. She hesitated for a moment and then replied, "Well, I'm waiting for you."
Feng Hao replied with a saluting emoji. "Then, get ready to open the door for me, President Su."
Seeing the appellation "President Su", Su Yan could not help laughing. Then, she clicked on the screen. "Then, you'd better hurry up. If I fall asleep, you, the delivery guy, will be the one to blame."
A little while later, Feng Hao sent her another funny emoji. Apparently, he was driving at the moment. Therefore, Su Yan did not reply, in case he got distracted while driving and got involved in an accident.
Knowing that someone was coming soon, Su Yan got up again and went to the cloakroom to change back into the black dress she wore today. It was late at night, and there would be only one man and one woman in the room later. She couldn't meet Feng Hao with such thin and sexy pajamas on.
After changing into a long dress, Su Yan looked at herself in the mirror. Although this dress was given by Wei Zhou, she had to admit that it was very beautiful. The only drawback was that it was too demanding on one's figure.
She patted her belly lightly and took a few deep breaths. When Feng Hao said that he would bring her a midnight snack, she was really a little hungry. She drank wine without eating anything at the party. She was afraid that her belly would swell up, which would ruin the overall beauty of the dress.
Checking the time, Su Yan found it was already 2:20 in the morning. In fact, she was already very sleepy. If Feng Hao had not insisted on bringing her a midnight snack, she would have already fallen asleep by now.
After thinking for a moment, Su Yan walked into the bathroom and removed the makeup on her face. Then, she washed her face and fixed her hair. When she walked out of the bathroom, Feng Hao happened to arrive as well.
Su Yan stood at the door and pressed the remote to open the door. Feng Hao pushed the door open and entered the villa. Before he got close to her, she smelled a tantalizing aroma.
"Ha, would you like some traditional food from the roadside barbecue stalls?" Feng Hao laughed.
Chapter 130: What Was All That About?
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Su Yan took a bag of delicacies and replied, "I'm also a civilian."
The two of them entered the villa and directly led Feng Hao to the dining room. Then, Su Yan went to the kitchen to get the cutleries. "Oh right, I still have the ice-sugar hawthorn that was stewed yesterday. You can try it. It's definitely appetizing."
Before she finished her sentence, she took out a bowl from the fridge and handed it to Feng Hao. This ice-sugar hawthorn was personally stewed by her yesterday. It was stewed gently for a full three to four hours.
Feng Hao took the small bowl. "Thank you. It just so happens that my appetite hasn't been very good recently."
He placed the sweet hawthorn by the side and began to open the bag again. He placed bags of tempting skewers on the plate. Instantly, the entire restaurant was filled with a delicious aroma.
Su Yan nodded to herself. Feng Hao was a very meticulous person. Things like barbecued food would get cold easily, so he had specially gotten someone to wrap it with thermal foil. Using this method to wrap it would cost a lot more money. However, the thermal insulation effect was still very good. After fifteen minutes of traveling, when the thermal foil was opened, the skewers emitted waves of heat.
Su Yan sniffled and said, "It's really too fragrant. As of this month, I haven't eaten barbecued food for almost four years. I almost forgot what barbecued food tastes like."
Feng Hao tasted a mouthful of ice-sugar hawthorn and said, "Then hurry up and eat it. I was afraid that you wouldn't like this kind of thing on the street."
Su Yan smiled faintly and said, "I'm not a fairy who doesn't like the mortal world. If there's something delicious, I will naturally like it. Oh right, there's also buckwheat tea here. It's the best to relieve the boredom."
Feng Hao took a bite of the mutton skewer and revealed a satisfied expression. "Let's not stand on ceremony. Let's hurry up and eat while it's hot. I didn't expect this barbecue stall to taste so good."
Su Yan nodded and did not speak anymore. She held a mutton skewer in her left hand and a roasted needle mushroom skewer in her right hand. She lowered her head and started to eat in small bites. A few strands of her hair hung down from her ears, giving off the feeling of a little woman.
After placing one skewer down, Su Yan picked up another skewer of roast beef and said, "Ah, I almost forgot. There's still beer in the fridge. Do you want to drink it?"
Feng Hao shook his head. "I don't usually drink alcohol. Buckwheat tea is enough."
Su Yan blinked and said, "It's really rare to see a man who doesn't drink alcohol."
Feng Hao shrugged. "I don't like the smell of alcohol. Other people smell alcohol, but I smell garbage. Maybe I'm a weirdo."
Su Yan took a bite of the beef skewer and said, "This kind of weirdo can persist."
After being tempted in the middle of the night, facing the delicacies from the roadside, the two of them, who were used to eating big meals, were completely conquered. In addition, they didn't eat much today, so the two of them were fully devoted to eating. They did not even have the time to talk for a long time.
After the storm passed, Su Yan used a tissue to wipe her pink lips, took another sip of tea, and then leaned against the back of the chair. She looked as if she had seen through the thoughts of others and said, "You've eaten your food and drank your tea. Tell me, why did you come to deliver supper in the middle of the night?"
From what she knew, everyone did everything with a purpose. Running was to exercise, eating was to live, and buying a car was to travel. No one would do something without a purpose.
Feng Hao looked at Su Yan in surprise and secretly praised her in his heart. This woman was really too smart, and she was also very rational and realistic. No wonder she could make Dragon Emperor Entertainment so big.
Without denying it, Feng Hao said frankly, "Yes, I have a favor to ask you."
Su Yan nodded. "Go ahead. I'm listening."
After taking a deep breath, Feng Hao said embarrassedly, "Do you still remember that I received a call at the banquet tonight? Actually, it was a call from my godmother. You should know that the elders in Xia Nation are all the same. After graduating for so long, I'm still single. I don't even have a girlfriend, so both my godmother and mother are a little anxious. Godmother said that she would arrange a blind date for me, but I rejected her. I dislike blind dates the most, so I told them that I already have a girlfriend. Godmother did not believe me and insisted on seeing my girlfriend with her own eyes. Don't you think that the plot is a little too melodramatic?"
Chapter 131: Cooperation
Su Yan took another sip of tea. "That's normal. Melodrama also comes from life. So you want to exchange a meal for me to pretend to be your girlfriend?"
Su Yan caught it in one glance. Feng Hao could only nod and admit, "That's right."
Su Yan poured herself another cup of tea. After a moment of silence, she said, "I don't like this kind of lying."
Feng Hao smiled faintly. "It's okay. If you don't like it, then don't do it. You can pretend that I didn't say anything."
He really didn't mind. Before he came, he had only wanted to try. He had never thought that Su Yan would agree. After all, this kind of thing was a bit too much.
Su Yan looked at him. "But this time, I can agree to your request. I can pretend to be your girlfriend. I also happen to have a request for you."
Feng Hao was slightly stunned. His eyes were filled with joy. He did not think that there was still room for negotiation. Su Yan's agreement surprised him. "A request for me?"
Su Yan nodded. "Chai Xingyu should have told you about my divorce. I have already put it behind me. However, my ex-husband seems to be a little crazy, so I want him to return to normal."
Feng Hao raised his eyebrows. "Ex-husband? Is he harassing you?"
Su Yan took a sip of her tea and shook her head. "I don't think so. I just don't want to have any more contact with him. After all, we're already divorced, so we should go our separate ways. Since you need me to pretend to be your girlfriend, why don't you take the opportunity to act in front of my ex-husband?"
Feng Hao looked at Su Yan's casual expression and realized that there was a hint of coldness in her smile and expression. The aura on her body was completely different from the feeling of a girl of a humble family.
Feng Hao had an illusion. He felt that the relationship between the two of them seemed to have changed from a friend to a business partnership. They were not talking about helping each other, but about a mutually beneficial deal, and the mature and experienced aura on Su Yan attracted him deeply.
Looking at Su Yan's beautiful face, Feng Hao felt his mouth dry and his heart beat faster. He felt as if he had fallen into a whirlpool of love and the world was spinning.
"Then I wish us a happy cooperation."Feng Hao reached out his hand.
"Happy cooperation!"Su Yan smiled and did not reach out to shake Feng Hao's hand.
The two of them chatted for a while more, and then Feng Hao reluctantly got up to leave. He really did not want to leave. If it was possible, he could continue chatting with Su Yan without sleeping.
Walking to the door of the villa, Feng Hao suddenly thought of something and said, "Oh, right, you might have to appear on New Year's Day. When that time comes, let's go to my godmother's house for dinner."
Hearing that the role-playing was about to start so soon, Su Yan did not hesitate. She nodded generously and said, "Don't worry. Since I've already agreed to cooperate with you, I'll go with you then."
"Okay, it's a deal," Feng Hao said.
Seeing Feng Hao leave with a big bag of trash, Su Yan yawned and went to the bathroom. She washed up briefly and then lay on the bed to sleep.
It had been many years since she had slept at three in the morning. Other people slept until dawn, but she woke up naturally. When she woke up, it was already twelve o'clock in the afternoon.
Asking Xiao Xiao to raise the curtains, Su Yan sat on the bed and looked at the sky outside. It was cloudy today and the smog was very heavy. The gloomy feeling made her very unhappy. She got up, cleaned up, and ordered a simple take-out. She then went into the study and started working. According to her schedule, she had three more important meetings in a while.
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Time flew. In the blink of an eye, it was New Year's Day.
After working for a few days, Su Yan finally finished all her work. When she opened her eyes, it was already eight o'clock in the morning. She took her phone and glanced at it. She saw a big red packet coming into her sight.
"Yan Yan, I love you. The first red packet from the bride. I wish you a prosperous New Year."Tang Yitong's red packet cover was a video she recorded herself.
Su Yan smiled and clicked to accept the red packet. She received 520 yuan and then sent Tang Yitong a reply of 1314 yuan. She also sent three heart-shaped emojis. The red packet was sent out less than three seconds before it was accepted by Tang Yitong, Su Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Chapter 132: You're So Beautiful
To Su Yan, New Year's Day or the Spring Festival were just times where she had to give out red packets as a boss. Everyone on the receiving end would be happy, but she would suffer giving them out.
In the last three years, Su Yan didn't bother about company matters at all because she had to manage her life within the Wei family. Virtually all the red packets were given out by Wang Xiaoxue on Su Yan's behalf. This year was different. She wanted to give the red packets out herself and experience what it felt like personally.
Su Yan sent a huge red pack right as she opened the company group chat. However, receiving red packets like these depended on your luck. Some people could get more than a hundred yuan, while others could only get a few yuan.
In an instant, the company group chat seemed to have come alive and was full of chatter. Everyone received a red packet and they thanked Su Yan in the group chat. There were even some people who shamelessly requested for another one.
What everyone did not expect was that Su Yan actually did send another red packet. There was even more money in this red packet. The entire group chat seemed to have gone mad. Many people who just realised Su Yan was giving out red packets on the group sent tearful emojis because they did not manage to snatch them up in time.
Su Yan smiled. She felt great sending all these red packets. It was just that when Su Yan saw others snatching up the red packets, she felt a slight heartache, but this money was peanuts to her.
Whoosh! Whoosh!" Ten red packets were sent out in a row. Instantly, the entire chat group was in an uproar. While others bombarded chat groups with spam messages, their beautiful boss bombarded their group with money.
Seeing that all the red packets in the group had been completely redeemed, Su Yan threw her phone aside. She got up and went to the bathroom to wash up before putting on a face mask. Today was New Year's Day, and it was also the day that she was going to to meet Feng Hao's godmother.
Su Yan and Feng Hao were collaborating. Since they were doing so, Su Yan knew that she should try her best to show the sincerity that a "girlfriend" should have.
Su Yan was basically a servant in her three years of marriage to Wei Zhou and when she lived with Wei family. While she did interact with family elders, her experiences were never positive. Virtually none of the elders in the Wei family liked her, and they rarely met her too. Su Yan's experiences were therefore rendered useless.After all, most families were not as unconventional and unpredictable as the Wei family.
Fortunately, Su Yan was only pretending to be Feng Hao's girlfriend, so she was not worried about whether she could win the favor of Feng Hao's elders. Therefore, Su Yan felt no pressure and did not care at all.
Of course, Su Yan was graceful and dignified as a lady of her stature. But she was unconcerned about anything else. Su Yan recently saw a statement on the internet that she resonated with. It said that one should just focus on being their best self and not care too much about the happiness of others, because no matter how outstanding a person was, there was no guarantee that everyone would be satisfied with them.
As Su Yan thought about this, it made sense. In the three years living with the Wei family, she was desperately trying to become a satisfactory daughter-in-law that would please the entire family. That was why Su Yan had been so timid and submissive. Looking back, Su Yan thought she was really quite stupid.
Feng Hao drove over to pick Su Yan up at 6:30pm. He could not take his eyes off her, especially when he saw her outfit. Su Yan was not surprised. After all, everyone loved beautiful women.
Today, Su Yan wore a pink dress from an international brand, and a Chanel-styled coat with a fur collar. She had pink ankle boots on, and was carrying a little red bag. Su Yan was dressed in a youthful, girlish style.
Her makeup was light, too. This no-makeup makeup look often made people's eyes light up, especially her pink lips with lip gloss.
Feng Hao's felt a lump in his throat. Indeed, a beautiful woman looked good no matter how she dressed. Last night, Su Yan was a sexy lady at a dinner party. Today, she had become a young, gentle girl-next-door. It was as if she had become a different person overnight.
"You're so beautiful, President Su." Feng Hao praised sincerely.
"Thank you. I hope your godmother will be satisfied with my appearance." Su Yan said lightly.
Su Yan heard too many of such praises and exclamations, so much so that she was already used to it. This was a benefit of being pretty, and Su Yan heard them often, but she never knew the motive behind these compliments.