Abducted by the White Moonlight of a "Tormented Protagonist" Novel - Chapter 25

Chapter 25

Shen Shiyi expressionlessly cooked the food in front of her. Finally, she deliberately put the cilantro that Song Zhiqi didn’t like into her bowl and said softly, “Zhiqi, shouldn’t you be a little quieter during mealtime?”

Song Zhiqi was stunned. Her words were interrupted by Shen Shiyi. She looked at her with a blank expression, but the moment she saw her face, she shivered. She immediately fell silent. When she lowered her head to eat quietly, she saw the cilantro in her bowl.

“…”

Thinking back to Shen Shiyi’s ugly expression, how did she manage to make her voice sound so gentle while giving off such a strong oppressive feeling?

Song Zhiqi swallowed and forced a smile. “It’s my fault. I’m sorry for disturbing everyone’s meal.”

Gu Shiyu, who was almost furious seeing Song Zhiqi talking so happily with Fu Wen, felt a sense of relief when she saw Song Zhiqi being rebuffed by Shen Shiyi. She even found Shen Shiyi to be more and more pleasing to the eye.

Fu Wen frowned slightly, looking at one and then the other. His gaze finally settled on Shen Shiyi. He remembered her earlier comment about a quiet meal, so he didn’t say anything in the end.

The system in Song Zhiqi’s head was pounding its chest and stomping its feet. It wished it had a Song Zhiqi’s head to crack open and see what was inside.

Everything was going so well, so why did she have to provoke the perfect woman!

In its opinion, the situation just now was perfect! The communication between the male and female leads was so smooth! It was such a great opportunity to cultivate feelings! How could it be ruined by the perfect woman!

However, Song Zhiqi was unaware of the system’s frustration. She stared at the cilantro in her bowl, turned her head to look at Shen Shiyi, and wanted to know if she did it on purpose or if she was truly unaware.

She really, really, really hated cilantro!

Facing her gaze, Shen Shiyi’s expression remained unchanged. She put a little more food into Song Zhiqi’s bowl and gave her a gentle smile.

“Zhiqi, why aren’t you eating? Didn’t you say you were hungry?”

When she said that, the other two also looked at her.

Song Zhiqi looked back at her bowl, which now contained a piece of brain. Her face turned green. The hand holding her chopsticks was clenched tightly. She wished she could use them as a weapon to stab the culprit!

“Eat. Didn’t you say you liked this the most?” Shen Shiyi’s voice became even softer. She truly sounded like a big sister who cared deeply for her junior.

Fu Wen noticed what was in Song Zhiqi’s bowl and couldn’t help but look disgusted. After hearing Shen Shiyi say that it was Song Zhiqi’s favorite food, his expression became much more complicated.

“I didn’t…” Song Zhiqi wanted to refuse.

“What, you don’t like it cooked in clear broth? Do you want to order a spicy pot?” Shen Shiyi interrupted her. As she spoke, she leaned closer to Song Zhiqi and lowered her voice. “Are you going to eat it?”

The three words were chilling. Song Zhiqi shivered. She could feel that Shen Shiyi was not in a good mood, so it was better not to go against her.

She forced a stiff smile on her face, trying to ignore the strangeness that came from Shen Shiyi being so close. “No, I’m eating now.”

With that, she closed her eyes, picked up the piece of brain as if going to her death, and shoved it into her mouth without a moment’s hesitation. She chewed it a couple of times and swallowed it whole!

The moment it entered her mouth, Song Zhiqi’s eyes turned red. A feeling of nausea churned in her stomach. She really wanted to know how Shen Shiyi managed to be so accurate at picking out all the things she didn’t like.

The brain cooked in clear broth, even after she had swallowed it, the fishy taste still lingered in her mouth. Song Zhiqi’s face was completely green this time.

Ignoring everyone else’s expressions, she stood up and said in a hurry, “You guys eat first. I’m going to the restroom.”

With that, she ran out quickly. She urgently needed to rinse her mouth and get rid of the fishy smell.

After she left, Shen Shiyi slowly moved her body away from Song Zhiqi. The expression on her face was so blank that no one could guess what she was thinking.

…

Song Zhiqi left the private room, immediately found a waiter to get a bottle of water, and walked quickly into the restroom. But before she could even start rinsing her mouth, she was suddenly grabbed by the arm and pulled into a toilet stall.

“Bang!”

Song Zhiqi’s heart trembled violently with the sound of the door closing. She looked at the icy-faced Shen Shiyi in shock.

Shen Shiyi dragged Song Zhiqi into the stall and stared at her as if she wanted to burn a hole through her!

“Song Zhiqi, what were you doing just now?” she said, gritting her teeth. The words came out one by one, showing her deep anger.

Song Zhiqi was scared by Shen Shiyi’s tone. In this situation, it was hard not to suspect that she wanted to do something!

She was so scared that she forgot about the bad taste in her mouth!

“I… what did I do…”

Song Zhiqi’s voice was weak and lacked confidence when she said that.

Shen Shiyi’s eyes were filled with cold anger. She placed her palm on Song Zhiqi’s waist and gently stroked it, saying in a huff, “Did you forget who was begging me to slow down in my ear a few days ago?”

“Hiss—”

Song Zhiqi gasped. A little heat crept onto her face. She looked at Shen Shiyi’s angry face and couldn’t say a word.

Why did this person have to bring that up!

“I… mmmph!” Song Zhiqi was about to speak, but Shen Shiyi’s face suddenly got a lot closer. Along with that, a faint scent of peaches came to her lips.

Her eyes widened in disbelief!

But as Shen Shiyi’s kiss became more forceful, she started to struggle. She shook her head and mumbled, “You… have no hygiene!”

She just ate brain!

However, Shen Shiyi ignored her. Seeing that she wouldn’t open her mouth, she gently bit her lower lip instead.

She was absolutely furious.

She really wanted to peel the skin off this cunning little fox right here!

“Mmmph! You…”

Song Zhiqi struggled, pushing Shen Shiyi with her hands, trying to take a big breath.

She was going to suffocate!

“You over…”

Before she could finish her sentence, a loud knock suddenly came from the stall door. Song Zhiqi’s heart skipped a beat. She stared at Shen Shiyi in a panic.

Shen Shiyi’s eyebrows furrowed slightly. She was clearly displeased.

Before they could speak, Gu Shiyu’s arrogant voice came from outside the door.

“Hey, are you two perverts? Other people go to the restroom in pairs and use two stalls, but you guys are in one?”

Song Zhiqi: “…”

Shen Shiyi: “…”

Shen Shiyi silently helped Song Zhiqi straighten her clothes that she had messed up. She opened the stall door, gave Gu Shiyu a cold glance, washed her hands, and left.

Gu Shiyu was stunned by her cold look. She was still in a daze even after Shen Shiyi had left.

I just said she was a pervert, so why did she get angry? And I was just stating a fact!

Song Zhiqi looked down to check her clothes and patted her cheeks, trying to make the heat go away so that Gu Shiyu wouldn’t notice anything different.

She walked out, passed Gu Shiyu, and went to the sink. She opened the water bottle and started rinsing her mouth.

She rinsed her mouth several times, but the fishy smell still lingered. She started to get a little annoyed.

But she couldn’t help but wonder if Shen Shiyi really didn’t know she didn’t like those things, or if she was doing it on purpose?

But why would she deliberately mess with her? Everything was fine before they came to the hotpot restaurant, but she started acting strange after they arrived.

And even if it was because of her warm attitude toward Fu Wen, that was after she ordered! When did she get angry?

“You’re bullshitting!” Song Zhiqi immediately shot back in a loud voice. “Don’t you dare slander me! When did I ever think that? This is a false accusation!”

Shen Shiyi scoffed, clearly not believing her.

“I’m not going to argue with you. It’s pointless if you don’t believe me!” Song Zhiqi scoffed as well. Why should she be the one always trying to placate her and minding her expression?

She wasn’t going to do it this time!

She stood up, grabbed her bag, and walked straight for the door.

“Are you full?”

Just as her hand touched the doorknob, Shen Shiyi’s chilling voice came from behind her.

Song Zhiqi’s hand paused. She turned back in surprise, not quite understanding what she meant.

Shen Shiyi also stood up, walked over to her, and gave her a cold side glance before opening the door and walking straight out.

Song Zhiqi didn’t mind her attitude and quickly followed. She saw that Shen Shiyi didn’t leave immediately after exiting the room. Instead, she turned into the private room next door. She didn’t close the door, leaving it wide open.

Seeing this, Song Zhiqi quickly followed her in and was shocked to find that the table was already set with a pot and various ingredients. After Shen Shiyi sat down, a staff member stood by, helping her cook the food.

Her eyes widened slightly. She couldn’t understand Shen Shiyi. Didn’t she just finish one meal? Is she already starting on the second? Is her appetite that big?

Shen Shiyi looked up and gave her a cold glare. “What are you standing there for? Acting as a door god?”

Song Zhiqi: “…”

She nervously closed the door and sat down next to Shen Shiyi. Looking at the spicy broth and all her favorite dishes on the table, it was a world of difference from the one next door!

Song Zhiqi looked at Shen Shiyi in confusion, pointing at the food on the table and asking in a hesitant tone, “Did you order all of this for me?”

Shen Shiyi picked up her chopsticks. She was genuinely hungry. The whole time, she had been too angry at Song Zhiqi’s antics to eat anything. Now, hearing her question, she gave her a cold glance. “What else?”

Song Zhiqi immediately smiled, not at all bothered by her attitude. So she had noticed that she didn’t like those foods!

The thought made her feel a little giddy.

So this is what it feels like to be cared for and thought of.

At this moment, Song Zhiqi, whose eyes were blinded by surprise, didn’t even suspect that Shen Shiyi had deliberately ordered the food on the previous table the way she did.

Seeing her squint and smile so carefree, Shen Shiyi sighed softly. Although she was still a little angry, she didn’t know how to express it to her.

For the rest of the meal, Song Zhiqi was extremely satisfied. The fishy taste that had remained in her mouth was completely gone, replaced by the delicious food.

…

Full and content, Song Zhiqi leaned back in her chair to digest. The system, which had been silent for a long time, finally dared to speak.

System: “Host, why did you choose to complete the task in that way? The male lead’s attitude was clearly not as good after you borrowed the money!”

Song Zhiqi let out a small yawn. She was starting to feel sleepy after eating so much. With half-closed eyes, she said, “Because I was afraid.”

“Afraid of what?” The system was confused. What was she afraid of?

Song Zhiqi raised her hand and rubbed her tired eyes, making the skin around them turn slightly red. Combined with her sleepy, hazy eyes, she looked particularly soft and lovable.

The moment Shen Shiyi saw her, she felt her heart skip a beat. A soft spot in her heart gave way, and her gaze became gentle.

Song Zhiqi was completely unaware. In her mind, she said a little self-pityingly, “I was afraid that if I couldn’t complete the task in the end, Fu Wen would get fat, and that would be too uncomfortable for him.”

“So I had to use a special method to complete the task as soon as possible. That way, I’d be at ease and could cultivate a relationship with Fu Wen without any worries.”

The system fell silent after hearing her words. It seemed to make sense, but something felt off. It just couldn’t pinpoint what it was.

Is this the complexity of human emotions that an algorithm like it can’t understand?

But, but…

System: “But you could have just slept with him, according to the original plot!”

Exactly! Sleep with him! All she had to do was sleep with him, and the task would be done!

Song Zhiqi choked up, then said with a hint of grievance, “But you just told me to sleep with him from the get-go. Did you even treat me like a person?”

“I’m a conservative girl. I haven’t even kissed a man, and you want me to sleep with him. Plus, we don’t have an emotional connection, and we haven’t established a relationship. He gives me money, and I sleep with him. Isn’t that prostitution? And I’d be the one being prostituted!”

“I can’t do it! I’m very conservative!”

“Huh?” The system was dumbfounded.

Song Zhiqi felt even more wronged. “I don’t believe you don’t know that I’ve never even been in a relationship. I’m over twenty and I’ve never had a boyfriend, so you should know my attitude of ‘rather be single than settle.’ You come here and tell me to sleep with a man. Did you even consider how much psychological damage that would cause me?”

The system snapped back, “But that’s not right. You’ve read a lot of explicit novels, and very spicy ones at that!”

Song Zhiqi: “???”

What the heck? It even knows that she reads explicit novels?

Is there no privacy anymore!

She felt a surge of anger and retorted, “Is reading a novel the same as doing it for real? Have you ever seen someone who reads a novel and then feels the urge to go and try it with someone? If you have, I’ll go sleep with him right now!”

Besides, she reads about two men, so she wouldn’t even project herself onto the characters!

The system fell silent. It didn’t have any physical desires, so how could it understand getting hot and bothered by a novel?

Seeing that the system had nothing to say, Song Zhiqi let out an indignant sigh of relief and mentally flipped it off. These systems really have no sense of boundaries!

…

“Let’s go. Go back and sleep if you’re tired.” Shen Shiyi spoke up, seeing how sleepy she was.

“Okay~” Song Zhiqi came back to her senses and responded softly.

Shen Shiyi’s face was tight, but it only lasted for a moment before it softened completely. She looked at Song Zhiqi helplessly and said, “Can you walk on your own?”

When she had just stood up, she was swaying. Was she really that sleepy?

If Song Zhiqi knew what she was thinking, she would feel wronged too! She had a habit of taking an afternoon nap, and feeling sleepy after a full meal was a normal thing for a person, wasn’t it?

“I can!” Song Zhiqi quickly said. She was a grown woman; wouldn’t it be embarrassing if she couldn’t walk on her own?

Shen Shiyi stood still. When she saw that Song Zhiqi was walking steadily, she finally relaxed. After they left the hotpot restaurant, she wrinkled her eyebrows slightly, smelling the hotpot smell on her clothes.

She had a meeting with a distributor in the afternoon. It would be rude to go like this.

She checked the time. They had spent a lot of time on this meal, and it was almost time to go back to work.

There was a restroom with a shower in her office’s lounge, but she hadn’t checked the closet, so she didn’t know if there were any clothes in her size.

With that thought, she sent a message to her housekeeper to bring her some clothes, and a set for Song Zhiqi as well.

“Get in the car.” Shen Shiyi looked at Song Zhiqi, who was standing there in a daze.

“Oh.” Song Zhiqi naturally opened the passenger door, got in, and buckled her seatbelt.

Shen Shiyi: “…”

Seeing this, how many people would believe that she was the boss and she was the assistant?

Shen Shiyi chuckled softly, got in the car, and drove them back to the Shen Group.

Soon after they returned, it was time to go back to work. Seeing that there wasn’t much time left, Shen Shiyi just said that someone would be coming to drop off clothes and told her to bring them into the bathroom.

Song Zhiqi was a little dazed by her words. Before she could react, Shen Shiyi had already opened the door to the lounge and gone inside.

Song Zhiqi sniffed and smelled the hotpot on her clothes. She understood what was happening and looked at the lounge with a complicated expression.

This person knew how much of a hassle eating hotpot would be but still agreed to go with her.

…

Meanwhile, on the other side, Gu Shiyu, who had returned to the Fu Group building with Fu Wen, instinctively shrunk her neck and hid behind him when she saw the person waiting in his office.

Seeing them return, Gu Tingsheng noticed Gu Shiyu’s actions and frowned. He said in a deep voice, “Shiyu, come here!”

Gu Shiyu looked at Fu Wen pitifully, but seeing that he had no intention of helping her, she puffed out her cheeks in frustration. Finally, she walked up to Gu Tingsheng with her head down and said, “Brother.”

“So you still know I’m your brother!” Gu Tingsheng was furious. He had told her a long time ago that Fu Wen was not the right person for her, but she just wouldn’t listen.

“Of course I know you’re my brother, my real brother~” Gu Shiyu quickly went forward and took his arm, saying pitifully, “Brother, you’re so fierce, you’re going to scare me.”

Gu Tingsheng was speechless. Looking at her pitiful appearance, he couldn’t bear to be angry with her anymore. He sighed softly and said, “If you really want to work, there are plenty of positions at the Gu Group for you to choose from. Running to the Fu Group, aren’t you just causing trouble for others?”

Fu Wen had already sat down across from Gu Tingsheng. Hearing his words, he glanced at Gu Shiyu but didn’t feel that Gu Tingsheng was wrong.

They had all grown up together, so he knew exactly what Gu Shiyu was capable of.

“I’m not causing trouble!” Gu Shiyu muttered in dissatisfaction. “The trouble hasn’t even happened yet, so why are you saying I’m causing trouble?”

Gu Tingsheng: “…” Wouldn’t it be too late after the trouble happened?

Seeing Gu Shiyu’s defiant and Gu Tingsheng’s frowning expression, Fu Wen crossed one leg over the other and leaned back on the sofa. He intertwined his fingers on his abdomen, looking relaxed and unrestrained.

“Tingsheng, Shiyu is a grown woman. The relationship between our two families is deep, so it’s the same no matter which company she works for.”

“Exactly! It’s the same!” Gu Shiyu quickly chimed in.

Gu Tingsheng was almost driven half to death by his sister, but seeing that she was still so infatuated with Fu Wen, he sighed helplessly in his heart.

She just had to like him. What could he do? He could only have people keep a closer eye on her in the future.

“Fine, I can’t control you. You can leave now.” Gu Tingsheng rubbed his forehead. When would his sister ever wake up?

“Okay!” Gu Shiyu happily agreed and slipped out.

Seeing her so joyful, Gu Tingsheng felt even more heartbroken.

Fu Wen also knew how much Gu Tingsheng doted on his sister, so he said, “Don’t worry, Shiyu is my sister too. I’ll take good care of her.”

Hearing that, Gu Tingsheng’s heart felt complicated. Shiyu was so obvious about her feelings, so he didn’t believe that Fu Wen didn’t know she liked him. But he still gave her hope, kept her close, and called her his sister.

“By the way, I heard you went to the Shen Group building this morning?” Fu Wen’s topic suddenly shifted to Gu Tingsheng himself.

Gu Tingsheng’s heart sank slightly, but his face remained calm. “Yes, I went to find that woman named Song Zhiqi. I heard she’s giving my sister relationship advice, so I wanted to see her and tell her not to lead Shiyu astray.”

“Oh? Song Zhiqi, a relationship advisor?” Fu Wen’s sharp eyes narrowed slightly.

He already knew that Song Zhiqi had started working at the Shen Group. Although he felt a little uncomfortable, he had to temporarily suppress his dissatisfaction since the person who hired her was Shen Shiyi.

But he didn’t expect that this woman was secretly giving relationship advice.

Fu Wen’s aura grew colder. Teaching Gu Shiyu wasn’t just teaching her how to chase him? Was she trying to push him toward someone else?

Thinking back to her publicly asking him for money at lunch today, Fu Wen’s eyes flashed with a cold light.

A woman who doesn’t know her place!

Gu Tingsheng looked at Fu Wen’s expression and frowned. He said, “Don’t you still like Shiyi? Why are you still making things difficult for that woman?”

Fu Wen sneered, “Because that woman deserves it!”

If she angered him, she would obviously have to pay the price!

Gu Tingsheng was silent for a while. “Aren’t you worried about what Shiyi will think when she finds out what you’ve done?”

Fu Wen looked at him in surprise, as if he couldn’t understand why he would say that.

“I think Shiyi will understand. In our circle, isn’t it normal to have a few women on the side? She just needs to know that no one can shake her position as Mrs. Fu.”

This time, Gu Tingsheng was completely silent. Even though he had grown up with Fu Wen, he didn’t know that Fu Wen had such a mindset.

But on second thought, he could understand where this mindset came from. After all, Fu Wen’s father had countless women outside and who knows how many illegitimate children.

He sighed softly in his heart, even more certain that Gu Shiyu could not be with him.

…

At this moment, Song Zhiqi had no idea that she had been sold out by Gu Tingsheng. She was holding the clothes and squatting at the bathroom door, saying feebly, “Hurry up and take them! I’m not a rack!”

The sound of running water in the bathroom stopped. A moment later, the door opened a crack, and an arm reached out. The arm was fair and smooth, with a few glistening water droplets on it, making it look even more enchanting.

“Hmm?” Shen Shiyi bent her hand, signaling for her to hand over the clothes.

Song Zhiqi looked at her fair wrist and secretly swallowed. She handed the bag of clothes to her. Then, the bathroom door opened a little wider, and the hand holding the bag quickly retracted.

Song Zhiqi felt a little disappointed that she couldn’t see more.

Alas, even though she was straight, she was also a pervert.

Shen Shiyi dried her hair, changed her clothes, and came out. She saw Song Zhiqi, who for some reason was sighing and shaking her head, her expression changing a lot.

But she didn’t have time to guess what she was thinking. While buckling her watch, she said casually, “Aren’t you going to wash up?”

“Oh.” Song Zhiqi responded. She had originally planned to wait until Shen Shiyi left the lounge to go wash up.

“By the way, don’t leave after work. Wait for me,” Shen Shiyi said in a calm voice.

She was still not completely over her anger. She didn’t want to let her leave, but she had a meeting with a distributor soon, and she didn’t know when it would end. If it wasn’t over by the time work ended, she was afraid Song Zhiqi would run away.

Song Zhiqi didn’t answer this time. She quickly darted into the bathroom, ignoring her words.

She wasn’t stupid. Not to mention that Shen Shiyi might want her to work overtime, but she also clearly looked like she wanted to settle the score with her. Wouldn’t she be a fool not to run away?

Shen Shiyi heard the bathroom door slam shut and couldn’t help but laugh out of frustration.

Shortly after she left the lounge, there was a knock on the office door.

“Come in,” Shen Shiyi said calmly.

The person who entered was a woman dressed neatly and professionally. Her hair was pulled back into a low ponytail. Her pencil skirt and business suit, paired with her serious face, made her look more dignified. The eyes behind her thin-rimmed glasses were as calm as an ancient well, showing that she was a person with an extremely stable temperament.

“President Shen, Mr. Zhou from the South China region is here,” Zhong Yujin said.

Shen Shiyi nodded. “Then let’s prepare.”

The woman in front of her was someone she had brought back from overseas. She was a graduate of a well-known university and had worked in a famous financial district for several years. Her work ability was so good that Shen Shiyi was able to hire her. She was Shen Shiyi’s true assistant.

As for the Mr. Zhou she mentioned, he was the biggest distributor for Yile in the South China region. However, it was recently discovered that they were placing some beverages from lesser-known brands on the same shelves as Yile’s, even creating a situation where the brands were being confused.

Shen Shiyi absolutely could not tolerate this. Yile had given them so many discounts, and what they got in return was betrayal?

She went to the reception room with Zhong Yujin. When they arrived, someone was already entertaining him.

Seeing them come in, Mr. Zhou got up with some difficulty and greeted them. A smile was plastered on his plump face. His small eyes, squeezed by the flesh, gleamed with shrewdness. He immediately tried to shake Shen Shiyi’s hand.

“President Shen, I’ve heard so much about you. It’s an honor to finally meet you today. You truly are a remarkable person, just like President Shen’s daughter!”

Out of professional courtesy, Shen Shiyi didn’t ignore his hand with a cold face. She just gave it a quick touch and then pulled her hand back.

“Mr. Zhou, it’s a pleasure.”

Seeing that she had pulled her hand away and he couldn’t get a firm grip, Mr. Zhou’s face looked a little awkward. He said with a forced smile, “I don’t know why President Shen wanted to see me, but when I heard it was you, I rushed right over!”

Shen Shiyi’s expression remained calm. She gestured for him to sit down and talk.

Zhong Yujin glanced at Mr. Zhou and then looked away expressionlessly.

It was clear that this person saw Shen Shiyi was young and wanted to take advantage of her. Even if he had to consider that she was the only daughter of the chairman of the Shen Group and couldn’t do much, he still had plenty of thoughts of taking advantage of her youth to get benefits.

Shen Shiyi sat down, looked down at the file Zhong Yujin had handed her, and closed it. She smiled faintly and said, “I asked you to come here because I want to know why Yile’s total sales in the South China region this quarter have dropped by almost 30%. I’d like to know what caused it.”

When Shen Shiyi asked that, Mr. Zhou’s expression froze for a moment. He clearly didn’t expect her to be so direct, especially since he heard she had just taken office today. Is she trying to cause trouble for him as soon as she takes office?

But he was an old hand, so while he was thinking, he still said with a smile, “President Shen, you just joined the company, so you might not know, but we’re a beverage company. The weather is getting colder, and people’s desire to buy drinks will decrease. So it’s understandable for sales to drop during this time.”

“Is that so?” Shen Shiyi stared at his eyes, smiling faintly. “But why do I hear that you’re mixing some lesser-known brands with our Yile beverages?”

Suddenly, looking at Shen Shiyi’s half-smiling eyes, Mr. Zhou’s heart tightened. A cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

This person… is not easy to deal with!

…

While Shen Shiyi was still in a meeting with the distributor, Song Zhiqi had already showered and was sitting at her desk feeling refreshed. Perhaps because of her special treatment, no one came to bother her the whole time.

So all Song Zhiqi could do was clean Shen Shiyi’s office over and over again to make up for the guilt of not doing any work.

But as soon as work was over, Song Zhiqi completely forgot about what Shen Shiyi had said earlier. She picked up her small bag and clocked out, feeling refreshed!

Squeezed in the crowded elevator after work, Song Zhiqi sighed deeply. Could she suggest that Shen Shiyi install another elevator? Could she even decide on that?

After leaving the company, even though she had fifty thousand in her hand, she still didn’t dare to splurge. She checked the route and took the subway home.

She was thinking about asking for a day off tomorrow to go to the bank and cash the check quickly to avoid any trouble.

She transferred trains and returned to her home in the old city. Song Zhiqi couldn’t help but sigh.

Who says rich people don’t take the subway? I do, and I even made it home without any problems!

Song Zhiqi couldn’t help but brag to the system.

System: “Host, wake up. You’re not rich now. You’re in fifty thousand dollars of debt.”

Song Zhiqi’s smiling face immediately returned to a blank expression. She said, “Oh,” in a cold and indifferent tone.

She had a reason to suspect that the system was hinting that her method of completing the task was too clever for her own good.

She walked into the dimly lit stairwell. The paint on the walls had peeled off a lot. The iron handrail on the left was already covered in dust and rust. It was old and worn out.

She reached the third floor. The voice-activated light still didn’t turn on. Song Zhiqi was used to it and continued to walk up.

She reached the door of her rented room, took out her key, and opened the door.

The lock clicked, and with a slight push, the door opened.

Song Zhiqi was a little confused. Did she forget to lock the door when she left?

But before she could remember clearly, the door was quickly pulled open. A long arm reached out, grabbed her clothes, and pulled her in with great force!

“Ah!”

Song Zhiqi couldn’t help but let out a cry. But when she saw the person inside the door, her pupils widened. Her heart trembled violently with the sound of the door slamming shut!

It was Fu Wen who had broken into her home!