Abducted by the White Moonlight of a "Tormented Protagonist" Novel - Chapter 10
Chapter 10
The room was suddenly eerily quiet. Song Zhiqi stared at Shen Shiyi on the bed.
Shen Shiyi blinked at her, pulled the blanket even tighter, and let out a small yawn. “Do you want to take a nap too?”
Song Zhiqi was at a loss for words to describe her feelings. She looked at the person on the bed with a complicated expression, gritting her teeth slightly. “You’re on the bed, where am I supposed to sleep?”
At first, she thought Shen Shiyi would just rest in the living room. Then, she saw her go into the bedroom and thought, ‘Fine, she can sleep.’ But her subsequent action of taking off her clothes shocked her.
What’s wrong with this woman?! They had only met a few times. How could she be so bold as to sleep naked in her house?!
Just the thought of a nearly naked woman wrapped in her bedsheets made Song Zhiqi’s ears feel hot, and her toes curled slightly.
Shen Shiyi patted the spot next to her. “Your bed is 1.8 meters wide. It’s more than enough for the two of us to sleep in.”
Song Zhiqi: “…”
She gritted her teeth, grabbed her pajamas, and stomped out of the room, slamming the bedroom door shut.
Looking at the tightly closed door, Shen Shiyi smiled happily. Even with her eyes closed, she could still see Song Zhiqi’s face, flushed with anger.
So delicate. I want to take a bite.
Her mind subconsciously recalled the taste of the night she returned to the country.
It was so sweet.
…
Song Zhiqi came out of the bedroom, threw her dirty clothes into the washing machine, walked around the room twice, glared at the bedroom door a few times, and finally sat on a chair, sighing.
There wasn’t even a sofa in the living room. It was really uncomfortable to sit.
In the end, she was so bored that she took out her phone and started playing a game. The system watched her character die over and over again at the hands of savages and couldn’t take it anymore.
“Can you just focus? Don’t you see that more than one savage is attacking you?”
Song Zhiqi laid green grass on her house in the game and said nonchalantly, “It’s fine. I can just watch an ad to revive.”
System: “…”
It was about to throw up from watching so many ads!
Song Zhiqi was also starting to get bored. After dying once again from an attack by a savage or animal, she didn’t choose to watch an ad to revive this time. Instead, she chose to quit the game.
She opened the job search website to see if she had received any replies to her applications, but when she checked, there was no activity at all…
Did she get blacklisted by all the companies?
“Host, don’t be confused. The male lead is capable of doing this,” the system said.
Song Zhiqi: “…Why are you talking with such a ‘not my problem’ attitude?”
System: “?”
System: “It has nothing to do with me, to begin with, right?”
As a system, it didn’t need to worry about things like work.
Song Zhiqi said quietly, “I’m your host. If I don’t have an income, I’ll starve to death. If I starve to death, no one will be here to help you complete the mission.”
System: “…”
“Huh? Looking for a job?” Shen Shiyi suddenly appeared behind Song Zhiqi. She leaned her hands on the table in front of Song Zhiqi and looked at the phone screen with her.
A warm breath brushed against her ear. Song Zhiqi shivered, her face instantly turning red.
“What are you doing! Don’t you have a sound when you walk?”
“I’m not a ghost, so why would I walk without a sound? You were just so lost in your thoughts that you didn’t hear me,” Shen Shiyi said with a hint of innocence.
She swiped her finger on Song Zhiqi’s phone screen. “These companies aren’t very good. They don’t have much of a future, and you won’t get anywhere by working there.”
Song Zhiqi: “…”
If she couldn’t even get into a company like that, then wouldn’t she be in an even more hopeless situation?
“If you really want to work, why don’t you come to my family’s company? The salary and benefits are pretty good.”
“Huh?” Song Zhiqi turned her head to look at her, confused. “Why are you being so kind?”
She was blacklisted by Fu Wen. Shen Shiyi was asking her to work at her family’s company. Wasn’t that a clear slap in Fu Wen’s face? Was she willing to go that far for her?
“Haven’t I always been kind to you?” Shen Shiyi felt like a big pot had been dropped on her head. She moved to sit next to Song Zhiqi and sighed. “You don’t want me to be your sugar mommy, so I can only create working conditions for you so you can be self-sufficient.”
“Sugar mommy?!”
Is this person for real?
“Mhm? Are you willing to consider it?” Shen Shiyi looked at her with a burning gaze.
“Host, be sober! You can only be a sugar baby to the male lead! The money for your mother’s life-saving medicine can only be obtained from the male lead!” The system quickly interrupted Song Zhiqi’s thoughts, afraid that she would really sell herself for money.
“Ah… I see,” Song Zhiqi said, feeling a little regretful. She was so close to living the life of a freeloader again.
“I won’t consider it,” Song Zhiqi said with a straight face.
Shen Shiyi looked at her expression and sighed helplessly. “Alright then. You’ll just have to be self-sufficient.”
Song Zhiqi gritted her teeth inwardly. Why was she so annoyed?
…
After resting, Shen Shiyi stretched and looked at the time. “What do you want for lunch?”
“I’m not hungry,” Song Zhiqi said weakly.
“What’s wrong? Even if you’re not hungry, you should eat something to fill your stomach,” Shen Shiyi said, looking at her with concern.
Song Zhiqi stared at her. “You’re all rested up. Why haven’t you left yet?”
She really didn’t know what to do with Shen Shiyi. And this person was way too enthusiastic toward her! It didn’t feel like a one-night stand at all!
Could this person really have fallen in love with her at first sight?
Song Zhiqi felt uneasy. If that were the case, wouldn’t she be a bad person? After all, she didn’t have any feelings for her!
And she had to leave after completing her mission. What was the point of getting involved here?
“Huh? Aren’t we having dinner with Fu Wen tonight? If I leave now, I’ll have to come back to pick you up. How troublesome is that?” Shen Shiyi said, frowning in thought.
Song Zhiqi: “???”
If you knew it was a dinner, why did you come here so early in the morning?!
She was speechless, but looking at Shen Shiyi’s face, she ultimately swallowed the curses she wanted to say and just snorted coldly!
She had a reason to believe that this person was doing this on purpose!
Shen Shiyi smiled very gently, looking at the food delivery app and said, “It’s still a bit chilly out, so let’s order some soup. Do you want Cordyceps and black chicken soup, or Gastrodia and black chicken soup?”
“Hmm… I don’t want either. Let’s have chestnut and pork rib soup!” With that, Shen Shiyi added the items to her cart. After ordering the soup and two other dishes, she put down her phone and looked at Song Zhiqi.
Song Zhiqi’s hair stood on end from her gaze. “You… What are you looking at!”
“I’m wondering if you have a problem with me,” Shen Shiyi said profoundly.
Song Zhiqi: “?”
Was her disapproval not obvious enough?
“But you were the one who approached me first. How could you change your attitude so quickly?” Shen Shiyi looked at her, seemingly wronged, and tried to recall the moment. “You, in a white dress, walked through the crowd with a rose in your mouth and appeared in my world. Your dark brown hair swayed, dazzling my eyes and enchanting my heart. You were vibrant and passionate, tearing through my gray-”
“Stop, stop, stop!” Song Zhiqi’s face turned beet red. She quickly took two steps away from her. “Are you sick!”
What kind of nonsense is this person saying!
Does she think she’s writing a novel?! Does she look like a reliable person at all?!
“Ah, you don’t like that kind of thing,” Shen Shiyi said, looking disappointed. But then she quickly perked up. “Tell me what you like! I’ll go learn it to make you happy!”
Damn it.
Song Zhiqi didn’t want to deal with her anymore. Besides her good looks, her brain must have been attacked!
Looking at the ruffled little fox again, the smile on Shen Shiyi’s lips deepened. She looked up and said, “Have you decided about coming to my family’s company?”
She waited for Song Zhiqi’s answer, but Song Zhiqi looked at her and asked another question. “If I go work at your company, will you have any problems?”
After all, Fu Wen was not a good person. She was afraid that if she did this, Fu Wen would be enraged and cause trouble for the Shen family’s corporation.
“What problem could I have?” Shen Shiyi acted as if she didn’t understand. She leaned back in her chair, her tone lazy. “If you’re talking about Fu Wen, you don’t need to worry.”
Song Zhiqi was still worried. Fu Wen was still the male lead, and he had a main character halo. When he wanted to deal with someone, he almost always succeeded.
Seeing that she was still worried, Shen Shiyi smiled and didn’t explain further. She just said, “The Shen family isn’t any worse than the Fu family. He wouldn’t go so far as to fall out with me over something like this.”
Furthermore, he had just proposed a marriage alliance with her family not long ago. If he were to turn around and cause trouble for her because of another woman, the Fu family would lose face.
Song Zhiqi pouted. A person like Fu Wen held a grudge. Even if he didn’t fall out with her now, it might not be the case in the future. In fact, this incident could even become an excuse for him to cause trouble later on.
Seeing that she still had that attitude, Shen Shiyi’s eyes narrowed slightly, and her tone became a little colder.
“My little cicada, are you doubting me? Do you not trust me?”