After Transmigrating into a Book, I Was Bent by the Villainess (GL) - Chapter 22

At seven in the morning, Xia Chuci woke up, washed up, and ate breakfast in a daze, all under Su Yiming’s “attendance.” Finally, wearing a professional suit carefully selected by Su Yiming, with professional light makeup applied by Su Yiming, she got into Su Yiming’s car and headed to the company to report for duty.

In the car, she finally realized a shocking truth: without Su Yiming, she truly couldn’t take care of herself!

When did all this bizarre stuff start?

Before she could figure it out, the car arrived at the company building.

Su Yiming admonished her like a parent sending their child to kindergarten for the first time: “Don’t be afraid. If you feel wronged, tell me, and I’ll stand up for you.”

You’re spoiling your brat too much!

Xia Chuci urged, “Oh, I know, I know. You go to work now. If someone sees the General Manager’s daughter personally driving me to work, the whole company will know I got in through the back door.”

Su Yiming smiled helplessly and drove away.

In her previous life, Xia Luo didn’t believe in destiny. Since transmigrating into this book as Xia Chuci, she had to believe it, because no matter how much she messed around, the trajectory of fate (the plot) remained unchanged.

She remembered two days ago, sitting in front of her computer screen, she slowly extended her right hand, trembled as she held the mouse, and clicked on that unread email. The five large characters “Employment Offer Letter” immediately caught her eye.

It was an offer from a subsidiary of the Su Group, for the position of Assistant to the General Manager’s Special Assistant.

Don’t underestimate the assistant to a special assistant. This was a bona fide management trainee position, with a salary package comparable to a junior manager. Any fresh graduate would be ecstatic to land this, right?

Yet, when this good fortune landed on Xia Chuci, she couldn’t be happy.

To avoid the Su family, she had dedicated herself to being a salted fish (Chinese internet slang for someone who is unmotivated and lazy), even preparing herself mentally to sweep the streets. Who knew that an impulsive remark would push her back onto the original plot line? She was regretting it immensely.

That day, when Su Yiming offered to support her for life, she had impulsively blurted out, “If I absolutely have to work, I want to be your subordinate. That way, no one will manage me if I slack off at work. How awesome would that be?”

She never expected that she would be chosen as the “management trainee for the future successor of the Su family’s Special Assistant,” and she was the only one.

In the early stages, Xia Chuci needed to learn from the General Manager’s Special Assistant. As for when she could be transferred back to Su Yiming’s side to slack off—ah, no, work—she would need to pass layers of assessment before taking up the post.

Today was Xia Chuci’s reporting day. The person handling her onboarding was a young girl from the HR department named Tangtang. True to her name, she smiled as sweetly as sugar and enthusiastically introduced her to the company’s situation.

Xuntou was a subsidiary of the Su Group. Last year, the Group’s headquarters spun off the film and television investment division to establish this subsidiary. The General Manager was none other than Su Yiming’s mother, Chu Qian.

Chu Qian only came to the office for one week each month. Most of the time, she was either on business trips or working at the Group headquarters. Therefore, she only oversaw major decision-making, while the company’s operational matters were managed by her Special Assistant, Zhang Jia.

And Xia Chuci’s immediate superior now was this Special Assistant Zhang.

“Besides you, Special Assistant Zhang has another assistant named Miaomiao. You will interact with her more in your work in the future. Special Assistant Zhang is usually very busy, so most of the work tasks are relayed by Miaomiao.”

“I see. What is Miaomiao like? I’m new here and unfamiliar, and I’m afraid of causing her trouble.”

“Don’t worry. Miaomiao is very nice to everyone. Although she is strict with work, she is actually very warm as a person.”

Xia Chuci sincerely thanked her, “Aww, thank you. You’ve worked so hard today. I’ll treat you to a meal another day.”

Tangtang said cheerfully, “Ha, that sounds great!”

However, Xia Chuci soon felt she had been slapped in the face. Miaomiao’s first impression of her could hardly be categorized as “very warm.”

Special Assistant Zhang was indeed very busy. After only a few words, she had Miaomiao take over.

Miaomiao led her to her workstation, gave her a few company policy documents, told her to read them herself, and then got busy with her own tasks.

Xia Chuci offered a few polite greetings, but the other person was unresponsive, her attitude extremely cold.

Perhaps she was too busy to bother with a newcomer like her, or perhaps that was just her personality, and Tangtang’s comment, “she is actually very warm,” was just a compliment.

Later, Xia Chuci discovered that her previous thoughts were completely wrong.

In fact, Miaomiao only gave her the cold shoulder. She was all smiles and laughter with other colleagues, truly very warm.

So, she began to self-reflect on how she had offended her.

She replayed every action she had taken since entering the building, and every word she had spoken to her, three times in her head.

Xia Chuci still couldn’t find where the problem lay. Was it possible that their zodiac signs didn’t match?

When it was lunchtime, Miaomiao and Special Assistant Zhang were still in a meeting. Xia Chuci was debating whether she should go eat first when Su Yiming messaged her, saying she would pick her up for lunch.

Ah~ She truly was her savior.

Downstairs from the company, in a restaurant, Xia Chuci devoured her food, attracting side glances from the guests at the next table.

This scene truly shocked Su Yiming. She had reason to suspect that in this short morning, Xia Chuci had lived through a famine, otherwise it would be hard to explain this ravenous appetite.

Su Yiming served her a bowl of soup and advised, “What’s the rush? Lunch break is two hours. Eat slowly. There’s no hurry.”

Xia Chuci took it and took a sip, finally managing to swallow the food that had been blocked in her esophagus from eating too quickly.

“Special Assistant Zhang and Miaomiao are in a meeting. I don’t know when it will end. I’m afraid if they come out and find me gone, they’ll think I’m immature.”

“What’s the big deal? You don’t need to be on standby during lunch break. Besides, Special Assistant Zhang has to go to the headquarters this afternoon. She definitely needs to brief her assistant on a lot of work before she leaves. It won’t end anytime soon.”

Hearing this, Xia Chuci finally relaxed and ate slowly.

“How did you feel this morning? Are you getting used to it?”

“It’s okay. I don’t have much to do yet, just reading documents to pass the time. But there’s something strange. Miaomiao, the other assistant to Special Assistant Zhang, doesn’t seem to like me very much. I always feel a bit awkward interacting with her.”

Su Yiming put down her chopsticks, her expression becoming more serious.

“You come to work to work, not to make friends. If you treat work colleagues like friends, you’re usually the one who gets hurt in the end. So, in the workplace, you need to know how to protect yourself, watch what you say, and also guard your heart, understand?”

Xia Chuci nodded foolishly, momentarily spaced out, and the chicken wing on her chopsticks fell into the bowl.

Su Yiming pinched her face and teased, “Why are you staring at me? Am I that good-looking?”

The pinch on her chubby, round face hurt a little. Xia Chuci snapped back to attention and cleared her throat.

“Ahem~ I just think you’re so amazing. You know so much, and not only do you not despise me for being useless, but you’re willing to teach me. I’ve realized you’re truly a great person.”

Xia Chuci felt no guilt giving the major villain a “good person” card.

The major villain also accepted it without any qualms.

After lunch, Su Yiming drove her back to the company building and handed her a takeout container that she had packed at some point.

“Here, take this to Miaomiao. Although we don’t have to treat colleagues as friends, maintaining a good relationship can be very helpful for your work, so appropriate goodwill gestures are all beneficial.”

Xia Chuci was deeply moved. She rushed over, gave Su Yiming an enthusiastic hug, rubbed her cheek against the crook of her neck, and flirted while hugging her waist, “I absolutely love you! How can you be so understanding?”

“Alright, go now. If you want to thank me, we can talk about it tonight when you get home. Be a good girl and go to work.”

Xia Chuci cheerfully carried the lunch back to the office. Miaomiao just happened to be coming out of Special Assistant Zhang’s office, looking tired and hungry.

“Sister Miaomiao, I brought you lunch. Quick, try it and see if it suits your taste.”

Miaomiao’s expression was a bit strange, not exactly touched, but more like she had tasted a fly’s sh1t. However, she didn’t lose her temper. Instead, she calmly accepted the container, said thank you, and started eating, not saying another word.

Later, Miaomiao treated her to an iced Americano. Although her tone was still not what one would call warm, their relationship had finally advanced significantly. It proved that the workplace expert Su Yiming was right. With mutual exchanges, a relationship naturally develops.

In the afternoon, Xia Chuci was still quite leisurely. Miaomiao didn’t assign her any work, only taking her for a walk around the various departments of the office, and then still having her continue reading company documents.

Compared to her boredom, Miaomiao was so busy she didn’t even have time to drink water. Xia Chuci knew she couldn’t help, so she didn’t hover around to be annoying, very consciously being a transparent person.

During this time, she was so bored that she tried to tease Su Yiming. But the other person was probably too busy, only replying with a few words every half hour or so.

Being busy is tiring, but when everyone else is busy and you are idling anxiously, that is also very tiring—mentally exhausting…

Every minute and second passed extremely slowly, feeling like a century. Finally, quitting time arrived. Xia Chuci didn’t want to stay for another moment. She quietly clocked out and quickly left.

Returning to the school dorm, it was still early. Xia Chuci put the soup on to stew, then messaged Su Yiming, telling her to come home early for soup.

In another month, the graduating students would have to move out of the school. Now that her job was set, it was time to consider finding a place to live.

Su Yiming would probably move back home, while she would have to face the drifting life of renting a place alone. Just to survive in this city, she couldn’t afford to continue being a salted fish.

In the evening, after eating and drinking to their fill, Su Yiming placed a booklet in Xia Chuci’s hand: “Here, this is for you. A graduation gift.”

Xia Chuci opened it and nearly slid off the chair.

Did she install surveillance in my heart? Her generosity is too much!

Su Yiming actually gave her a house!

Yes, you heard right, she gave her a house! A house in the city center!

A property deed that countless young people strive for their entire lives was just given to her by Su Yiming as if it were a cheap vegetable!

Does the villainess mistakenly taking the male lead’s script have a sequel?

Xia Chuci said incredulously, “Do you know how much this house is worth?”

Su Yiming rested her cheek on her hand, looking at her meaningfully, and said, “I bought it, of course I know how much it’s worth.”

Xia Chuci looked at her like she was an idiot and said, “Then why are you giving it to me? Let me tell you, even if you sold me, I wouldn’t be worth this much money. If you ever regret it and want it back, no way!”

Su Yiming shifted the focus, asking, “Then tell me, how much are you worth? I’ll buy you.”

She pouted and said, “Hey, don’t change the subject! This is too valuable. How can I take it for free?”

Su Yiming said, “I’m not giving it to you for free. There’s one condition.”

Xia Chuci looked at her warily and asked, “You’re not going to sell me, are you?”

Su Yiming said with deep meaning, “I can’t bear to sell you. I’ll keep you for myself.”

Oh dear. This sounds exactly like keeping a mistress in a golden house. Do girlfriends talk to each other so sweetly? She and her “Lifesaving Cucumber” (her former roommate) were never this gooey.

As expected! That lousy author and her were not good girlfriends!

Su Yiming lounged on the sofa like a boss and said, “The condition is that I have the right to live there. That means, although the house is yours, you must live with me and stew soup for me in the future. How about that?”

Xia Chuci understood. This was essentially the same as the being supported conversation from a few days ago. It turned out she was genuinely fond of her soup-making skills.

When such a huge piece of luck falls from the sky, only a fool wouldn’t catch it. Xia Chuci patted her chest, saying with grand flair, “No problem! Stewing soup is a small matter. I’ve got this covered.”