Abducted by the White Moonlight of a "Tormented Protagonist" Novel - Chapter 30

Chapter 30

Recently, Shen Shiyi has been feeling that Song Zhiqi is acting strange, as if she is hiding something from her. Even though they are in the same office, she always feels like Song Zhiqi is sneaking around.

And here she goes again.

“What are you doing?” Shen Shiyi asked, looking at the screen that had gone black and the way she was hiding something under her desk.

Was there something she needed to do secretly, away from her?

“Nothing, I’m just thinking!” Song Zhiqi said with a laugh.

Shen Shiyi snorted and looked at her sideways. “Then do you know that as long as you’re using the company’s network, I can know what you’re doing?”

Song Zhiqi: “???”

No way. Are you that bored that you have to check what I’m doing?

“President Shen, we’re both adults. Let’s give each other some space,” Song Zhiqi said with a complicated expression.

Shen Shiyi stared at her silently and intently, making Song Zhiqi feel goosebumps.

“As long as you’re not flirting with someone else, I won’t mind,” Shen Shiyi leaned in close and smiled at her.

Song Zhiqi thought for a moment. What she was doing shouldn’t be considered flirting, right? It was all serious business!

“Hmm? Can you guarantee it?” Shen Shiyi’s smile carried a hint of coldness. If Song Zhiqi dared to say no, she might have to take some unconventional measures.

“I guarantee it! Of course, I guarantee it!” Song Zhiqi immediately raised her hand and swore. What she was talking about with others was all within her professional ability!

Seeing her being so cooperative, Shen Shiyi nodded in satisfaction. Finally, she said, “If you’re really bored, I’ll have someone send a few gaming consoles over.”

“…No, no need,” Song Zhiqi said awkwardly. She felt that Shen Shiyi was just sick in the head. What kind of boss would let her assistant play games during work hours? Wasn’t she afraid of it having a bad influence if others saw it?

Shen Shiyi nodded, straightened up, and went back to her work.

After she left, Song Zhiqi immediately breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, she also felt a little resentful. She thought Shen Shiyi was too nosy. What did it matter to her if she was flirting or not? They didn’t even have a relationship.

She pouted, took out the digital drawing tablet she had hidden under the desk, and caressed the corners of it with a bit of a heartache. She had been too rough when she hid it and knocked it against the desk. Luckily, it wasn’t a big deal, or she would have been heartbroken!

This was bought with all her savings. If it was damaged, she really couldn’t afford to buy another one!

She secretly glanced in Shen Shiyi’s direction. When she saw that she was completely immersed in her work, she relaxed and continued with what she was doing.

On the other side, Shen Shiyi looked like she was seriously reading a document, but in fact, all her attention was on Song Zhiqi. She couldn’t help but laugh at her sneaking around.

But after laughing, her mood couldn’t help but feel a little down.

Song Zhiqi still didn’t completely trust her.

…

After sending the final draft to the client and receiving the final payment, Song Zhiqi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It was a good thing that this client didn’t have any strange requirements.

The system couldn’t help but speak up when it saw this. “Host, is your major for drawing lewd pictures?”

It had watched Song Zhiqi register on a blog, then go to those fan fiction forums and couple hashtags to post ads. But what surprised it was that someone actually commissioned Song Zhiqi. What was even more surprising was that sometimes the commissions were so explicit that it really thought Song Zhiqi could be arrested!

“Then what else? Is there any other way to make money quickly?” Song Zhiqi pouted. Her major in college was fine arts. What she was good at was drawing. If she went out to sell paintings now, who would buy them?

The system was melancholic. “Host, why don’t we finish the tasks quickly? As long as you finish the tasks and return to your original world, you won’t have to worry about money anymore, will you?”

Song Zhiqi pursed her lips. “How can I finish the tasks as soon as I want to?”

She didn’t want to be at Fu Wen’s beck and call in the beginning, and then be emotionally and physically abused in the end.

She felt that Fu Wen didn’t deserve it.

“But our plot tasks have not progressed. The main system has noticed and has already given us a notice to hurry up.”

Song Zhiqi: “…”

“The host’s second task is to gain the male lead’s affection as soon as possible,” the system said.

Song Zhiqi’s face contorted slightly.

Gain the male lead’s affection? She had to get in touch with the male lead again?

This system really didn’t care about her life!

But… if she didn’t complete the task, could she make Fu Wen stay fat?

As she was contemplating this possibility, another scene was unfolding at the Gu family’s house.

“What did you say?” Gu Tingsheng looked at Gu Shiyu in disbelief, as if he couldn’t believe his ears.

“Huh? I thought I made it clear. Brother Fu Wen told me to tell you to also participate in the new energy vehicle project,” Gu Shiyu repeated blankly.

Gu Tingsheng held his chest, looking like he was about to pass out. He said with a look of disappointment, “Do you even know what you’re saying?!”

Fu Wen told her to say it, and she just said it? Didn’t she even wonder why Fu Wen told her to say it?

It was obvious that Fu Wen was using her!

Seeing Gu Tingsheng like this, Gu Shiyu also panicked a little. She quickly went forward to pat his chest to help him breathe. “Brother, be strong. You’re so young, why is your heart not well? Do you need to go to the hospital?”

Gu Tingsheng was almost driven to death by his sister. She didn’t even realize that she was the one who made him so angry!

Gu Shiyu saw him panting from anger and scratched her head. “What’s wrong? Is this project not good? How can a project that Brother Fu Wen likes not be good?”

She was supposed to have told her brother the night the meeting ended, but she twisted her ankle in the middle. After Zhou Sui took her to lunch and sent her back, she forgot about it after taking a nap. She hadn’t gone to work these past few days. The only reason she remembered was because Fu Wen sent her a message asking about the progress.

“Do you know how much money our company has?! How much money is needed to invest in this project!” Gu Tingsheng was especially regretful now. Why didn’t he force her to learn how to manage the company back then?

“What! We don’t have money?!” Gu Shiyu’s eyes widened in horror. “Do I have to go out and beg for food?!”

No way? She hasn’t gotten used to the life of begging for food yet!

Gu Tingsheng was almost made to fall backward by her. But after the anger passed, he suddenly narrowed his eyes and said, “The market is not doing well right now. If we invest in this project, we’ll have to cut some other projects. But if we cut all the profitable projects, we’ll have to beg for food on the streets before the new energy vehicle project even starts making money.”

“Shiyu, do you still want to invest?”

This question made Gu Shiyu a little stunned. She sincerely wanted to help Fu Wen, but helping Fu Wen didn’t mean she had to go out and beg for food! And if she was begging for food on the streets, how could a high and mighty person like Brother Fu Wen still like her?

Seeing her bewildered look, Gu Tingsheng proposed another method.

“Maybe we can split the family and the assets now. The part you get can be your dowry. You can take your dowry to help Fu Wen, and I won’t stop you!”

“Huh?” Gu Shiyu was completely confused. “Then wouldn’t he be a useless man who spends my dowry?!”

In ancient times, the dowry was the woman’s personal property. If a man used a woman’s money, it was a sign of being useless and would be looked down upon!

Gu Tingsheng’s expression softened a lot. It seemed that even though his silly sister was a little foolish, she was not someone who was willing to suffer.

“So, do you still want your brother to invest? When the company goes bankrupt, your brother has offended a lot of people over the years. They will definitely seize the opportunity to kick me while I’m down, like breaking my arms and legs. Then you’ll have to go out and beg for food to support your brother,” Gu Tingsheng said in a very pitiful tone.

He wanted to see if she would rather beg for food or help Fu Wen.

He also wanted to see who was more important in her heart, her brother or that Fu Wen.

Gu Shiyu quickly shook her head. “I don’t want my brother’s arms and legs to be broken, and I don’t want the company to go bankrupt and beg for food.”

“And I seem to have offended a lot of people too. What if they hit me too?”

She knew herself well enough. She was just afraid that she wouldn’t even be able to beg for as much food as others.

Seeing her shake her head, a relieved smile appeared on Gu Tingsheng’s face. It seemed that his sister still knew what was important. He then guided her patiently. “Then in the future, when there’s a similar situation, do you know what to do?”

Gu Shiyu nodded hard and clenched her fists. “I know!”

Gu Tingsheng was even more relieved. “That’s good.”

Her parents passed away two years ago, leaving the two siblings to rely on each other. He could say that he had poured his heart and soul into his sister. The only thing that worried him was her love life.

Now, it seemed that as long as her love life was guided properly, it wasn’t a particularly difficult thing to deal with.

“Okay! I’m going to play with Zhou Sui!” Since she understood, Gu Shiyu no longer worried about it. She turned and excitedly told him what she was going to do.

Gu Tingsheng: “…Why do you always like to go find this Zhou Sui recently?”

When she was at home, he would occasionally hear her say that name.

Gu Shiyu blinked, lifted her sprained foot, and said innocently, “This foot was injured because of her. Of course, I need to find her to take care of the aftermath. I can’t just let her off the hook so easily!”

Gu Tingsheng’s expression was a little helpless. When Zhou Sui sent her back, she had already explained the situation and apologized. Gu Tingsheng saw that her attitude was so sincere, and since she was also Shen Shiyi’s friend, he didn’t make things difficult. But he didn’t expect that even though he didn’t make things difficult, Shiyu would latch onto her.

“Don’t always bother her. It will affect her work,” Gu Tingsheng said helplessly. He also knew about Zhou Sui’s situation in the Zhou Group, and he was afraid that Gu Shiyu’s presence would bother her.

“I won’t! It’s her fault for being so mean,” Gu Shiyu said nonchalantly as she dangled her feet on the sofa.

She should let that woman experience the wickedness of human nature so that she won’t yell at people so casually in the future!

Gu Tingsheng looked at her foot with a complex expression. Wasn’t it already almost completely healed? But in the end, he didn’t stop her. He even felt that it was good for her to divert her attention.

Playing with Zhou Sui was better than clinging to Fu Wen.

…

Recently, Fu Wen felt that everything was going wrong. First, Shen Shiyi publicly proposed to change the person in charge of the project. Then, he wanted to ask Gu Shiyu to go back and get Gu Tingsheng to agree, but there was no news for a few days. Finally, when he couldn’t wait any longer and urged her, Gu Shiyu told him with great difficulty that it was not possible.

She said the company didn’t have that much money?

Fu Wen almost laughed at her. He felt that she couldn’t even come up with a decent excuse. If the Gu family didn’t have money, how many other rich people would there be in the country?

These women, they all said they loved him, but when he needed them, they all stabbed him in the back!

Fu Wen kicked a chair over. His face was terribly gloomy.

“President Fu…” Assistant Wang stood by the side, feeling a little uneasy looking at Fu Wen. He felt that he was so angry he could eat people.

“Get out!” Fu Wen turned his head abruptly and roared.

Assistant Wang lowered his eyes. There was a hint of gloominess in his eyes, but he still responded calmly, “Yes.”

After Assistant Wang left, Fu Wen frowned. If the Gu family was unwilling to invest in this project, it would be difficult to find a company as powerful as the Shen and Gu families.

Unless…

Fu Wen’s eyes flickered slightly. Unless he could first acquire a car company at a low price and develop on their existing foundation. Perhaps to a certain extent, he wouldn’t even need the Zhou family’s intervention.

He frowned, pondering the feasibility of this matter. He then turned and made an internal call to Assistant Wang, asking him to collect information on those car companies.

On Shen Shiyi’s side, she had already taken off her hat as the marketing department manager and officially became the group’s general manager. Logically, since she was still so young and hadn’t been an employee for a long time, the board of directors would most likely object to her taking on such an important position so soon. However, surprisingly, the voice of opposition was very small.

Perhaps this was also because the Shen Group was a non-listed company and she had a majority of the shares.

When Shen Shiyi became the group’s general manager, Song Zhiqi naturally also became the general manager’s assistant. However, these changes didn’t change much for Song Zhiqi personally. Whether she was a manager’s assistant or a general manager’s assistant, the things she could do in her work were very limited.

Shen Shiyi looked at a happy financial report. The accounts receivable had been reduced by a lot. She couldn’t help but smile and at the same time, she issued another notice.

From now on, the calculation method for commissions in the sales department would no longer be based on the monthly sales, but on the monthly collections.

This could, to a certain extent, prevent the previous situation where the goods were sold and the commissions were received, but the money was not collected for a long time.

Song Zhiqi walked into the office with a bag of milk tea, feeling a little troubled. Although her job content hadn’t changed, she found that since Shen Shiyi became the general manager, there were many more people trying to curry favor with her.

Song Zhiqi was very annoyed by this. She didn’t understand anything about Shen Shiyi’s work, so what was the point of trying to get close to her?

Although she was an assistant in name, she didn’t do any real work. The real assistant, Zhong Yujin, was treated with respect by everyone.

The difference in treatment was too obvious!

Shen Shiyi looked at her bitter face, then at the things she was carrying in her hand, and she understood what was going on.

“Next time, if you don’t want it, just refuse.”

Song Zhiqi put the milk tea on her desk and sighed. “I want to, but they are too enthusiastic!”

Plus, milk tea wasn’t anything valuable. It was fine to refuse once or twice, but refusing too many times would seem too petty.

Shen Shiyi naturally knew about the flattery Song Zhiqi was receiving. Some of them wanted to get in touch with her through Song Zhiqi. As long as it wasn’t too much, she generally wouldn’t mind.

But this time…

Shen Shiyi took out a small note from the milk tea bag. After reading the words on it, her face turned completely dark, and she stared intently at Song Zhiqi.

“Who sent this milk tea?”

“Huh?” Looking at her taking out a note from the bag, Song Zhiqi didn’t think much of it at first. After all, it had happened before, and they usually just wrote some good wishes like “Hope you have a good day.” But when she saw Shen Shiyi’s face turn dark, she felt that something was wrong.

She took the note from Shen Shiyi’s hand, read it, and pouted. “What’s the big deal? It’s just an invitation for a meal.”

It just said that someone wanted to have dinner with her and attached an address and phone number. There was nothing else.

“So, are you going?” Shen Shiyi said with a fake smile.

Song Zhiqi casually threw the note into the trash can and looked at Shen Shiyi strangely. “Why would I go? I don’t even know who it is.”

Besides, she had something to do tonight. She needed to submit her draft as soon as possible, or she would be late.

Hearing this, the expression on Shen Shiyi’s face softened a lot. She made an internal call to her secretary to take the milk tea to other people. Then she stared at Song Zhiqi and said, “You’re not allowed to accept other people’s things anymore. It’s not like I can’t afford to buy you whatever you want to eat or drink.”

Song Zhiqi’s expression immediately became complicated.

Seriously, she almost felt like she was being taken care of by Shen Shiyi. She ate and drank her things every day and lived at her place. She barely had to use her own money, which greatly reduced her anxiety about not having money.

The reason she said it was a misconception was, of course, because she had to do all the chores at home.

After all, she had never seen a person who was taken care of having to do her own chores.

Song Zhiqi: smiles.

She, who had never touched a broom before, had learned how to quickly mop the floor without hurting her back during this time.

Mhm, by using Shen Shiyi’s money to buy a robot vacuum cleaner.

“There’s a banquet tomorrow night. You’re coming with me,” Shen Shiyi said, sitting on her chair and looking up at her. Because the heating was on in the room, she was wearing a single layer of clothing. A long-sleeved white dress accentuated her tiny waist. She looked like a blooming night-blooming cereus, with a sense of sacred beauty.

Of course, this was on the condition that she didn’t open her mouth to speak.

Song Zhiqi pouted. “No. Go with Assistant Zhong instead. I want to sleep at home.”

Song Zhiqi hated these things the most. A bunch of people she didn’t know gathering together and having awkward conversations. She would be so embarrassed that she could dig a hole and build a castle in it.

Shen Shiyi smiled and narrowed her eyes threateningly. “There is one job requirement for your position. You must accompany your boss to banquets and other events. If you’re not willing to do it…”

The rest was left unsaid, but Song Zhiqi understood the meaning.

Right now, her income from drawing fan art and explicit content for others was not bad, but it was extremely unstable. If she lost this assistant job, she didn’t know if Shen Shiyi would kick her out.

If she was kicked out, her life would definitely be difficult.

If she wasn’t kicked out, it wouldn’t be a problem even if she quit.

It’s just… it would make her seem heartless.

She sighed softly. “Okay.”

Seeing that she agreed, Shen Shiyi nodded in satisfaction. “You don’t need to worry about anything else. You just need to show up.”

Song Zhiqi pouted. If she had to worry about other things, she would have run away, not argued with her.

But at this moment, the system became excited.

“Host! Plot point!”

“Huh?” Song Zhiqi was surprised. Was there a plot point in this banquet?

She hadn’t read the entire novel or watched the entire show, so she really wasn’t very clear about some things.

“Yes! At this banquet, you’re supposed to be in a difficult situation caused by the vicious female lead and other cannon fodder. At this moment, the male lead will come to your rescue and even take off his jacket and put it on you!”

This plot point was the beginning of the female lead’s crush on the male lead!

Song Zhiqi: “…”

Thinking back to Fu Wen’s enraged look, put his jacket on her? It would be a miracle if he didn’t tear her apart!

“Host, please complete the task seriously. Whether we can leave this world or not depends on you!” the system said very seriously.

Song Zhiqi suddenly felt overwhelmed. How could she not let the system notice her laziness and still get abused?

“What are you thinking about?” Shen Shiyi asked when she saw her suddenly zoning out.

Song Zhiqi came back to her senses. “Oh, nothing. I’m just thinking about what to eat tonight.”

Shen Shiyi gave her a silent look but didn’t expose her lie. She just said, “Want to eat beef hot pot?”

Song Zhiqi’s eyes lit up. “Yes!”

In this cold weather, nothing was more comfortable than eating beef hot pot, especially the kind with freshly sliced meat!

Seeing her get so excited at the mention of food, Shen Shiyi sighed softly.

She probably thought that she was not even as important as a meal in Song Zhiqi’s heart.

…

On the day of the banquet, a styling team arrived at three in the afternoon to do their hair and makeup. Shen Shiyi had already chosen her dress, so she just needed to change into it.

However, even with this, it was already six in the evening by the time they were all ready. The banquet was at seven, so they only had an hour left.

“Will we make it in time?” Song Zhiqi got into the car with Shen Shiyi. This time, Shen Shiyi chose dresses that were simple and warm. They even had fluffy shawls on their shoulders to keep them warm as much as possible.

“We’ll make it,” Shen Shiyi said casually.

“That’s good,” Song Zhiqi said. She didn’t dare to move around now, afraid of messing up her freshly done hair and makeup. So she sat elegantly for once.

The two of them sat steadily. Shen Shiyi wanted to laugh at her trying to act like a lady. “You better act well later.”

Song Zhiqi gave her a look that said, “Don’t worry.”

This was nothing new to her. When she used to attend these banquets with her parents, she never got caught making a mistake.

Shen Shiyi chuckled. When they arrived and got out of the car, she got out first, then walked to Song Zhiqi’s side, opened the car door herself, and welcomed her out. Finally, she bent her arm, signaling Song Zhiqi to link arms with her.

From the moment the car door opened, Song Zhiqi became a completely different person. With an elegant and calm smile on her face, she linked arms with Shen Shiyi and walked inside.

Many people noticed the scene earlier. Those who didn’t know Song Zhiqi were all speculating about what kind of person could make Shen Shiyi personally open the car door for her.

On the other side, Fu Wen, who had just gotten out of the car, had a full view of the scene. He also saw a completely different side of Song Zhiqi.

He was clearly very angry at this woman.

But his body couldn’t help but swallow, and a fire started burning in his stomach.