Abducted by the White Moonlight of a "Tormented Protagonist" Novel - Chapter 39

Chapter 39

“It’s not interesting?”

Shen Shiyi’s hand gently stroked her head. Her attitude remained indifferent, but it made Song Zhiqi shiver.

Did she choose this movie on purpose, or was it just by chance?!

Song Zhiqi was on the verge of tears. Was she just feeling guilty? Why did she feel that Shen Shiyi was using this movie to allude to their relationship with Fu Wen?

“Let’s, let’s go play something else. We’re already here. What’s the point of just staying here and watching a movie?” Song Zhiqi forced herself to change the subject, trying to get up from Shen Shiyi’s arms and walk out.

She no longer felt a chill down her back in her arms because she felt a chill all over her body.

Shen Shiyi shouldn’t be that twisted, right?

“Alright!” Shen Shiyi’s face was full of joy at the moment. She readily agreed to Song Zhiqi. After she turned off the movie, they left the media room together. It wasn’t until they came to a bright place that Song Zhiqi felt her heart come back to life.

It was too frightening in there!

“What do you want to play?” Shen Shiyi looked at her leisurely.

Song Zhiqi shrank her neck. Looking at Shen Shiyi with her arms crossed and a happy expression, she felt a little depressed. Why did this person seem happy when she was not doing well?

At this moment, the system also came out and reminded her, “Host, you need to appease Shen Shiyi’s emotions. I don’t want you to die before you complete the mission.”

Song Zhiqi: “…What are you saying?”

Useless system!

It didn’t even say that it would protect her!

The system sighed and shut up.

Song Zhiqi pondered for a moment and said, “Mm… you seem to be very familiar with this place. So you must know what’s fun to do, right?”

At this moment, the two of them were standing in the corridor. Shen Shiyi looked at the blue sky and white clouds in the distance and curved her lips. “Of course, I’m very familiar with it. After all, this is my property.”

Song Zhiqi: “???”

What?! This huge resort was hers?

Seeing Song Zhiqi’s stunned expression, Shen Shiyi raised an eyebrow. “You don’t believe me?”

Song Zhiqi’s expression was complicated. “It’s not that I don’t believe you. It’s just that I don’t understand why you would want to build a resort.”

The TV show snippets she had seen showed that Shen Shiyi’s company was in internet technology and other things. It didn’t say that she also had a side business of building a resort.

“Of course, it’s so I can have a place to relax.” Shen Shiyi walked straight outside, saying as she walked, “In this kind of environment, don’t you feel a lot more relaxed?”

Breathing in the fresh air, there were no tall buildings made of reinforced concrete, and no noisy sounds that could be heard everywhere. The whole world seemed much more peaceful.

Song Zhiqi was silent. If she put it that way, it was indeed the case.

…

They followed Shen Shiyi to a lake, put on the life jackets handed to them by the staff, and got on a small boat.

Song Zhiqi was quite surprised by this. She had never played in a boat that required her to paddle herself. She sat opposite Shen Shiyi. Shen Shiyi taught her how to paddle, and little by little, they rowed the boat to the middle of the lake. Shen Shiyi then took out a fishing rod and started fishing.

Song Zhiqi: “…”

Well, it was indeed a great way to relax.

She secretly observed Shen Shiyi’s face. She felt that her face had gotten a lot better since watching that movie. Her attitude towards her had also returned to how it was before. So, she should no longer be angry, right?

Song Zhiqi didn’t expect Shen Shiyi’s anger to go away so easily. She wasn’t angry anymore after watching a movie.

Although that movie was quite scary…

Thinking that her anger had dissipated, Song Zhiqi finally felt relieved. If she continued to be angry, she wouldn’t know how to coax her.

However, while they were enjoying their vacation, Fu Wen, on the other side, had a face as gloomy as a storm. His eyes were fixed on Assistant Wang.

“What did you just say?”

Seeing him like this, Assistant Wang felt bitter in his heart, but he still lowered his eyebrows and said, “The Shen Group has also sent someone to contact Ranfeng.”

Bang!

The teacup that was neatly placed on the desk was swept to the floor by him. His expression at the moment was terrifyingly ugly.

Fu Wen’s face was full of uncertainty. He originally wanted to ditch the Shen and Zhou Groups and develop new energy cars on his own. Although the board of directors didn’t agree with this decision, thinking that the risk was too great, he still decided to do it.

He was confident that this project would open up a new path for the Fu Group. What’s more, Shen Shiyi had humiliated him in front of so many people before, allowing that hateful illegitimate daughter to ride on his head. How could he tolerate that?

And don’t think he didn’t know that Shen Shiyi and that Zhou Sui were close. The way they spoke to each other at the meeting that day was clearly to make him lose face, wasn’t it?

“What is Ranfeng saying now?” Fu Wen’s eyebrows were tightly furrowed. The reason he took a liking to Ranfeng was that it had many patented technologies. In addition, the company’s capital chain had been broken recently due to the scandal of its fuel tanks catching fire, and its founder had left. Now was a good time to acquire it.

But if the Shen Group got involved, the difficulty of acquiring it at a low price would increase significantly.

“The people at Ranfeng said that they need to reconsider and re-evaluate,” Assistant Wang said in a low voice.

“Those damn guys!” Fu Wen gritted his teeth and cursed. “Help me arrange a meeting with Yan Shouquan! I’ll talk to him myself!”

“Okay.”

Assistant Wang sighed in his heart. With the Shen Group’s intervention, this acquisition would likely cost them a lot.

…

Song Zhiqi and Shen Shiyi actually caught a fish that weighed about four to five pounds. It became their dinner that night.

As she drank the fish soup that she personally caught, Song Zhiqi couldn’t help but narrow her eyes, feeling that the soup was getting more and more delicious.

“Are we going back later?” Song Zhiqi asked.

“Why? Is the environment not good here?” Shen Shiyi raised an eyebrow.

Song Zhiqi’s face was a little conflicted. “It’s not that it’s not good. It’s great. But we have to go to work tomorrow, right? To not be late, we need to get up and leave early.”

“I’d rather go to bed late tonight than get up early tomorrow morning.”

Shen Shiyi was silent for a moment. “Then did you ever think that maybe we can sleep in until we wake up naturally tomorrow before leaving?”

She at least had this much power, right?

Song Zhiqi pondered, “Mm… I thought you were a rule-abiding person.”

She was the daughter of the CEO, was it okay for her to lead by example and be late?

“Well, now you’ve seen something new.” Shen Shiyi put a piece of fish in her bowl and smiled at her.

“Alright then!” She didn’t care, so why was she worrying about it? The company wasn’t hers anyway!

After a delicious dinner, Shen Shiyi opened her laptop and started working, while Song Zhiqi was by her side, doodling on a piece of paper. Although they were in the same space, they didn’t disturb each other. It was harmonious.

Finally, when she felt it was late enough, Song Zhiqi went to take a shower first, while Shen Shiyi continued to work. However, Song Zhiqi didn’t close her notebook before she left. Shen Shiyi glanced at it and saw that there was a drawing of a person on it. She couldn’t help but feel a little curious.

She leaned in and saw that it was a drawing of herself when she was working. Although it was a very casual drawing and looked like she drew it out of boredom, some details showed that this person was very good at drawing. The drawing was very vivid.

The corners of Shen Shiyi’s lips curled up, and she couldn’t suppress her smile. She took out her phone, carefully took a picture, and then sat back down as if nothing had happened and continued to work.

Ever since she joined the company, her father basically didn’t manage anything anymore. Most of the things were handed over to Shen Shiyi to handle. And until now, the things that were handed to her were all handled very well. Her father didn’t have to worry about her not being able to handle others at all.

Thinking that Fu Wen should be worrying about the Ranfeng matter now, Shen Shiyi couldn’t help but show a hint of joy on her face. She couldn’t stop Song Zhiqi from seeing him, but she could create trouble for Fu Wen.

She wouldn’t let Fu Wen have an easy time.

Song Zhiqi came out after her shower, wiping her hair and saying sleepily, “How much longer are you going to work? I’m tired. I’m going to sleep first.”

She hadn’t slept last night, and she had done so many things today. Now that she had taken a shower and relaxed, she felt like her eyes were about to close.

Shen Shiyi looked up and saw that she was about to fall asleep while standing. She quickly went forward and helped her, then took a hair dryer to help her dry her hair.

“You go to sleep first. I’ll go wash up after I’m done.”

Listening to the sound of the hair dryer and feeling the nimble hands on her head, Song Zhiqi was so comfortable that she was about to fall asleep. Her body leaned back against Shen Shiyi as if she had no bones, letting her sleepiness slowly take over.

Shen Shiyi dried her hair and saw that she had already closed her eyes and was breathing steadily against her. Looking at her peaceful sleeping face, Shen Shiyi smiled a little, but still couldn’t help but look at her a few more times.

She was a little like a little fox that had been petted and was sleeping comfortably by her owner’s feet.

She carefully hugged her. Seeing that she showed no signs of waking up, Shen Shiyi felt both lucky and amused. She was sleeping so soundly, someone could sell her, and she wouldn’t even know.

She carried her back to the room and put her on the bed. She pulled the blanket over her, looked at the corner of her lips that was slightly curved up as if she was having a dream, and couldn’t contain the surge in her heart. She lowered her head and gave her a light kiss on the corner of her lips, then hardened her heart and went out to continue working.

After she left, Song Zhiqi’s eyelids fluttered. She finally opened a slit, looked at the closed bedroom door, and then closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

…

Shen Shiyi finally finished her work. She straightened her back and massaged her sore shoulders and neck. She glanced at the time and quickly got up to take a shower. She changed into a white silk pajama and came back to the room when it was almost midnight.

She carefully climbed into bed and lay down. Smelling the faint fragrance from her side, Shen Shiyi turned around and gently hugged Song Zhiqi. The corners of her mouth slightly curved up, feeling a lot more at ease. Only then did she close her eyes and slowly fall asleep.

The next morning, Song Zhiqi woke up naturally after getting enough sleep. When she woke up, she found herself in a very soft embrace. She didn’t even have to guess who it was.

Thinking about the kiss she had on her lips when she was in a daze last night, Song Zhiqi’s heart couldn’t help but tremble slightly. She carefully turned around in Shen Shiyi’s arms. Her eyes fell on her cold and beautiful face.

It was clear that Shen Shiyi hadn’t rested well yesterday. At this moment, she could still see a hint of tiredness under her eyes. Even the movement of her turning around in her arms didn’t wake her up.

Seeing her like this, Song Zhiqi didn’t make any big movements. She didn’t dare to get up, afraid of waking Shen Shiyi. So she started chatting with the system in her mind.

But the system was still so rigid. No matter what she did, she couldn’t get the detailed plot of the novel from it.

Sometimes, Song Zhiqi had to wonder if it really wanted her to complete the mission. If it told her all the plot, wouldn’t it be an easy way to get the job done?

She sighed in her heart. Only when her stomach growled did Song Zhiqi come back to her senses. She looked at the still sleeping Shen Shiyi and felt a little worried.

Should she leave Shen Shiyi and get up to eat breakfast herself?

Wouldn’t it be a little bad to leave her alone?

Thinking this, Song Zhiqi finally lay beside Shen Shiyi sadly, feeling that she was sacrificing a lot.

Time passed by bit by bit. Just when Song Zhiqi was about to pass out from hunger, a hand suddenly reached to her abdomen and gently massaged it.

The person who had just woken up had a very hoarse voice that was hard to hear clearly.

“Why didn’t you get up and eat something when you were hungry?”

The hoarse voice sounded in Song Zhiqi’s ear, making her whole body tingle as if she had been electrocuted.

“You weren’t awake yet. It would have looked so selfish of me to eat alone!” Song Zhiqi rubbed her ear. She felt that this person wasn’t fully awake yet. Her voice was like a small generator, making her ears numb.

Shen Shiyi chuckled softly. She opened her eyes and looked at Song Zhiqi. At the same time, the hand on her abdomen was still gently massaging her. “In the future, if this happens again, just get up and eat by yourself. It’s bad for your stomach to be hungry.”

“I know. Are you rested enough? Get up if you are!” Song Zhiqi turned her head away, not wanting her to see her blushing face.

In such a warm bed, would the air from her words make her sensitive skin on her face feel hot?

Shen Shiyi smiled and let go of the arm wrapped around Song Zhiqi. She stretched lazily and became a lot more awake. She suddenly opened her eyes and got up to wash up with a refreshed look, leaving Song Zhiqi still a little dazed on the bed, not having reacted to how fast she was.

By the time Shen Shiyi came out, Song Zhiqi was still looking dazed. She couldn’t help but chuckle. “Not hungry anymore?”

Song Zhiqi silently got up from the bed, walked past Shen Shiyi, and went into the bathroom. The sound of her washing up then came out.

Shen Shiyi sent a message to the hotel staff and opened the wardrobe to choose what to wear today.

This small courtyard was her exclusive one, so there were naturally clothes for her to wear in the wardrobe.

When Song Zhiqi came out after washing up, she found that there were no clothes that were her size. Since Shen Shiyi was taller than her, her clothes were one size bigger than hers. Song Zhiqi’s clothes felt a little loose on her.

Shen Shiyi helped her straighten her collar and comforted her, “Bear with it for a bit. We’ll go home and change when we get back to the city.”

Since it was already like this, what else could Song Zhiqi say? She could only wear Shen Shiyi’s clothes, and the pant legs were long enough to drag on the floor.

Shen Shiyi squatted down again to roll up her pant legs to a suitable length. She patted the dust off and then got up and said, “Let’s go. Breakfast should have been delivered.”

“Oh, okay.” Song Zhiqi responded a little blankly. She didn’t expect Shen Shiyi to squat down to help her roll up her pant legs. Even the system couldn’t stop making sounds in her mind.

Breakfast was simple: plain food like millet porridge and boiled eggs. After they finished eating, they set off for the city. Song Zhiqi was a little sad to leave. She wouldn’t be able to smell such good air in the city.

And Shen Shiyi, who was driving, was as if she had eyes on the side, noticing Song Zhiqi’s emotions perfectly. She comforted her, “You can come back anytime you want to play again.”

It was her own property, and the journey wasn’t too long, so she could come whenever she wanted.

“Mm.” Song Zhiqi responded. The corner of her eyes secretly glanced at Shen Shiyi. She was a little curious as to why this person fell in love with her at first sight.

Although she was curious about this, she didn’t dare to ask.

After returning to the city, they went home to change into their own clothes. By the time they arrived at the company, it was almost lunchtime. Zhong Yujin came over to report to Shen Shiyi first.

“President Zhou of the Huannan area has recently teamed up with a few other distributors to pressure us, saying that if you insist on going your own way, they will switch to distributing our competitor’s products,” Zhong Yujin said calmly as she pushed up the glasses on her nose.

“Which distributors are they? And what are their sales numbers?” Shen Shiyi was not in a hurry at all, as if she had already expected this. So she was exceptionally calm.

“The detailed information has been sent to your email. Please check it,” Zhong Yujin said.

Hearing this, Shen Shiyi opened her laptop to check. After she finished reading, she scoffed lightly. At a time like this, those who still couldn’t be clear-headed were indeed not big distributors. She then said, “Give them another half a month. If the payment still hasn’t arrived, hand it over to the legal department to follow up.”

“Understood.” Zhong Yujin nodded. “And Ranfeng. I heard that the Fu Group has already arranged a meeting with Yan Shouquan. They probably want to officially talk about the acquisition.”

“Mm. Get the timing right. Don’t pressure them too much,” Shen Shiyi glanced in Song Zhiqi’s direction. She saw that she was looking down and fiddling with something, as if she wasn’t interested in the topic at all.

Song Zhiqi naturally heard the conversation between them. After all, she wasn’t deaf. She just didn’t expect a company called Ranfeng to suddenly appear.

The TV show snippets she had seen showed that the Fu Group, the Shen Group, and the Zhou Group teamed up to develop new energy cars, which happened to be a national policy that took off. All the research and development expenses for new energy could be deducted by 200% when calculating corporate income tax for the year, which eased a lot of their financial pressure.

In addition, with the three parties working together, they were the first to make achievements and establish a foothold in this field. It could be said that this cooperation was extremely successful.

But in Song Zhiqi’s opinion, the meeting at the Fu Group last time made her feel that it was very unlikely that they would cooperate again in the future. After listening to Shen Shiyi’s conversation, was Fu Wen trying to ditch them and acquire a car company to develop new energy on his own?

Song Zhiqi couldn’t help but worry. Fu Wen was a male lead with a halo, so he would likely succeed in whatever he did. If Fu Wen successfully acquired Ranfeng and entered the new energy car market, would he be the first to shine in this field?

What about Shen Shiyi and the others?

Should she warn Shen Shiyi?

But how should she warn her?

Thinking about it, Song Zhiqi let out a soft cough.

Hearing her move, Shen Shiyi looked at her with a questioning gaze, wanting to know what she was trying to do.

Song Zhiqi coughed lightly and said as if she wasn’t being serious, “I think I need a car now.”

Shen Shiyi: “…So?”

“I’m tired of driving gasoline cars and want to try what a new energy car feels like. When are you guys going to develop one for me to drive?” Song Zhiqi said as if she was joking.

She hinted at it like this, so she should understand what she meant, right?

Shen Shiyi was silent. She stared at Song Zhiqi, wanting to know if her words meant what she thought they did.

“You want one?”

“Yes!” Song Zhiqi nodded with certainty. “And I want one that you’re involved in developing!”

As her firm voice fell, a smile slowly appeared on Shen Shiyi’s face. She looked at Song Zhiqi and said in a light and firm voice, “Then don’t worry. I’ll get one for you soon.”

“Then you have to remember, I want the first new energy car,” Song Zhiqi hummed and said very arrogantly.

Shen Shiyi chuckled. “Okay.”

As her words fell, Song Zhiqi felt that the atmosphere between them was really weird. She uncomfortably shifted her butt and finally picked up her water cup, saying evasively, “I’m going to the pantry to get some water.”

Shen Shiyi clearly saw her discomfort, but still said, “You can get water here, can’t you?”

Song Zhiqi was speechless. Finally, she said angrily, “I want to go out and chat with them! Do you have any gossip to talk about!”

This time, Shen Shiyi burst out laughing. “Okay, then you go. But don’t keep them for too long. They have work to do, too.”

“Do you have to remind me!” Song Zhiqi muttered softly and left with her water cup.

Shen Shiyi watched her back disappear behind the door and sighed softly. However, when she thought about what she said earlier, she couldn’t help but smile again.

She was hinting at her in a roundabout way.

Thinking of this, she sent a message to Zhou Sui, asking her about the situation on her side.

As for Song Zhiqi, her heart had calmed down a lot ever since she left the CEO’s office. On her way to the staff pantry, she passed a reception room and was suddenly called out.

Song Zhiqi was a little dazed. She pointed at herself. “Me?”

“Yes, you. Come here and get me a glass of water,” the man inside, who looked very greasy, said commandingly.

Song Zhiqi took a breath. But she thought that he might be a client of the company, and she didn’t see any staff attending to him. So she suppressed her anger and decided to get him a glass of water and simply attend to him, so that he wouldn’t think that the Shen Group had no manners.

She casually placed her water cup on the cabinet with green plants outside and walked in. She was about to grab a glass to get water when she heard the man say, “Water is so tasteless. Can you make me some tea?”

Song Zhiqi: “…”

Alright, the client is king.

She then started looking for tea leaves in the cabinet. She hadn’t found the tea leaves yet when she heard the man speak again.

“Little sister, how old are you? You don’t look very old, but you’re very pretty.”

When Song Zhiqi heard this, her eyebrows immediately furrowed. She didn’t answer his question. She took the tea leaves and walked back. “Excuse me, who are you? Who are you looking for? I can help you pass on the message.”

There were tea sets in the reception room. Just as Song Zhiqi reached out to get the tea tongs, the man’s large hand came up and touched her. At the same time, he said some greasy and disgusting words.

“I could also be here to look for you.”

“What’s the point of being a small employee here? Come with me. What do you want that you can’t have?”

At the moment that hand touched her, Song Zhiqi only had one thought.

D*mn it, she was covered in grease!