The Cold, Aloof Dominatrix After Parasitically Entering a Rich Family - Chapter 35

Chapter 35: Picking Her Up: Sister, Do You Want to Play the Kissing Game from Last Night Again?

After last night’s “exchange,” Gong Shayu uncharacteristically reflected: Was she being too harsh on Tu Si? The girl was even picking up mineral water bottles.

In the early morning, as Gong Shayu left for work, she casually placed a Vacheron Constantin watch next to Tu Si’s sofa bed.

But given how much she loves money, would she sell the watch?

Miss Gong walked to the door, then turned back. For the first time, she found it inconvenient that she didn’t have Tu Si’s WeChat.

If she asks me again today to add her on WeChat, I’ll reluctantly agree.

Thinking this, Gong Shayu found a pink memo pad covered with bear drawings on the coffee table.

“…”

President Gong aggressively scribbled three large characters on the sticky note: “DO NOT SELL!!!”

Ah! Right, she’s an illiterate idiot!

Forget it, I’ll just have Fang Yu send me her WeChat later!

Such a hassle…

After complaining, Miss Gong lifted her leg to leave, when her peripheral vision caught Tu Si’s sleeping posture—the woman was lying on her back like a defenseless kitten. The hem of her white pajamas had rolled up, revealing a section of her snow-white midriff, and even vaguely showing…

Although the evenness of her breathing indicated this was an unconscious sleeping position, to be exposed to this extent…

Gong Shayu narrowed her eyes, her knuckles tightening without her realizing it. She stared at the person curled up on the sofa and let out an almost inaudible cold snort.

After snorting, she still stepped forward, picked up the cashmere blanket nearby, and with a slightly rough motion, shook it open. But as it fell, the force with which she covered her was a tenderness she herself had never realized she possessed.

The instant the blanket touched Tu Si’s skin, the latter suddenly opened her eyes. Her azure-green pupils contracted abruptly, staring at Gong Shayu like a wild beast, as if the next second, she could tear the other person into pieces.

This change happened so quickly that Gong Shayu almost doubted it was her own hallucination.

“Jie-jie…” The girl suddenly drew out her soft, long drawl. “Jie-jie, do you want to play the kissing game from last night again?”

Gong Shayu then realized with a start that she was leaning over in a very ambiguous posture. Her throat tightened, she quickly straightened her back, her ear tips flushing pink, and she sternly rebuked, “What nonsense are you talking about?”

President Gong cleared her throat and left the apartment at twice her usual walking speed.

Tu Si let out a sigh of relief.

Last night, her skin-to-skin contact time with Gong Shayu hit a historic high, not to mention the sweet aura between the person’s lips and teeth, which seemed to contain a higher level of nourishment.

The last time the Cuscuta spirit was drunk, she hadn’t savored it carefully.

This power caused her consciousness, which had been forcibly interrupted, to swell again. Even the cracks in that mental shackle were expanding faster and faster.

To retain this power, Tu Si stayed up all night trying to cultivate, but perhaps because it was her first time controlling spiritual power, she couldn’t grasp the key points.

Finally, at 6:10 AM, just before Gong Shayu woke up, she collapsed on the sofa from exhaustion.

Just now, Tu Si hadn’t intentionally tried to scare Gong Shayu; it was just the flower demon’s instinctive reaction to the approach of danger.

Tu Si herself probably didn’t know that after she demonized, her eyes would turn azure-green.

For the first time, Fang Yu waited for Gong Shayu downstairs for ten minutes. It was very unusual for the President Gong, who always rushed to save every second.

Since they had made countless enemies shortly after arriving in Yalu Port, Fang Yu anxiously opened her phone to confirm her boss’s safety.

President Gong appeared.

Fang Yu saw that Gong Shayu’s face wasn’t particularly good and assumed Tu Si had angered her again, so she quickly found a topic.

“President Gong, do you need to review the attendees for the evening banquet now?”

“Send it to my email,” Gong Shayu leaned back in the car seat, then suddenly changed the subject. “Do you think there’s anything unusual about Tu Si?”

Fang Yu: As expected, only Miss Tu can provoke her.

“Miss Tu,” she thought of Tu Si’s down-to-earth demeanor last night and spoke truthfully: “Simple, innocent, enthusiastic, lively. It’s just that her amnesia might cause some of her actions to be bewildering, but that’s only occasionally. Most of the time, she’s quite normal.”

Gong Shayu didn’t respond, so Fang Yu honestly shut up and drove.

Quite normal?

Killing someone without blinking an eye, normal?

Learning English conversational skills in one night just by watching My Little Pony, normal?

A flower hat appearing inexplicably on her head, normal?

Having the strength of an ox, normal?

Also, what normal person goes underwater to film a shark restricted film?

And the most, most important point: I clearly saw her pupils turn azure-green this morning. Don’t tell me those were colored contacts!

Gong Shayu chose a highly representative question: “She learned conversational English in one night, Assistant Fang, what’s your take?”

Fang Yu gasped, “Is this the difference between someone with an IQ of 210 and an ordinary person? President Gong, think about it: she’s an amnesiac genius girl. We truly can’t use conventional thinking to define some of her actions.”

Gong Shayu managed to somewhat stabilize her shaky materialistic worldview.

She figured that once this busy period was over, it was time to find a psychiatrist.

“Never mind. I’ll go by myself this afternoon. You and Tu Si go meet someone.”

Miss Gong wouldn’t allow herself to be immersed in personal matters for too long.

Fang Yu nodded in agreement.

Gong Shayu gave a few more instructions and expressed her appreciation for that ‘Ah Jie’ person’s cooking skills, hinting at her intention to recruit her.

“Talk to her first. If you can’t reach an agreement, bring her to see me.”

“Yes,” Fang Yu quickly agreed.

“We interrupt this program with a breaking news flash: At 5:15 AM today, a severe traffic accident occurred on the southbound section of the Nanhai Viaduct. An out-of-control heavy truck collided with a black sedan traveling normally. The sedan was completely crushed and deformed, and the driver died instantly. Police have identified the deceased as Hua Xun, Commissioner of Police for Yalu Port…”

“Screech—”

The piercing sound of tires rubbing against the pavement abruptly mixed with the car radio.

Fang Yu looked back at Gong Shayu in shock. The latter’s expressionless face also showed a moment of blankness.

Mark’s ledger had been in their hands for several days. The reason it hadn’t been handed directly to the procuratorate was that the ledger implicated numerous employees but only one official: Hua Xun.

Crucially, the sheer amount of money involved couldn’t be supplied solely by one resort.

Was he overly confident, or was the power behind him even more formidable?

Regardless of the reason, the ledger couldn’t be handed over to the procuratorate, which was still within his sphere of influence.

The original plan was for Gong Shayu to present the ledger during today’s cocktail party.

Who would have thought…

Soon, Fang Yu’s phone rang right on cue.

Gong Shayu gestured for her to put it on speaker: “This is the Secretary’s Office of the Civil Affairs Bureau. Due to the incident involving Commissioner Hua Xun, we regret to inform you that today’s government-enterprise exchange meeting is canceled.”

Fang Yu: “…”

Gong Shayu: “…”

After a long silence, Gong Shayu suddenly let out a brief, cold laugh: “Are they playing this big?”

Fang Yu understood the meaning of the cryptic remark. Hua Xun’s death meant that the ledger incident, including the hand manipulating ICC behind the scenes, had once again retreated into the shadows.

All they could do now was bring ICC back to life!!!

The rain by the sea comes without warning. It doesn’t even need the wind to lead the way.

The sky, which was blue in the morning, was completely overcast after noon.

Tu Si nonchalantly attended her dance class. The lesson went smoothly as always, and she once again played the role of a junior instructor, teaching students who had been studying for several years longer than her.

Amidst the applause and praise from the teacher and classmates, the Cuscuta gradually lost herself.

The only thing that bothered her was that Ma Yi didn’t show up for class today. She wanted to contact the person to ask about the situation, only to find that Gong Shayu had already deleted the contact’s WeChat.

Thinking about this, she felt a little angry. Do not look, do not hear, do not think, do not love… It seems all these rules are aimed at me.

The Cuscuta stared blankly at the rain outside the window. She thought humans were so complicated. Back in their mountain, there weren’t so many convoluted rules.

“Tu Si, aren’t you leaving yet?” The dance teacher was a woman whose age was hard to guess.

Tu Si was always vague about human ages. If judging purely by birth date, no one was older than her; even Gong Shayu would have to call her Jie-jie.

Assistant Fang had just finished her report and was about to go pick up Tu Si. As her fingers touched the doorknob, Gong Shayu’s cool voice suddenly came from behind: “I’ll go pick her up.”

Fang Yu’s heart warmed: Everyone has misunderstood President Gong. She’s truly a thoughtful and good leader to her subordinates.

“The rain is quite heavy outside, President Gong. I should go,” Fang Yu said, flattered.

Gong Shayu: “I want to check out Tu Si’s dance school.”

Fang Yu: “…”

The “good leader’s” tone was strictly business, devoid of any warmth.

Fang Yu’s mind was more tangled than the little branches weathering the storm outside.

President Gong, if you want to spoil your wife, just say so…

Fang Yu suddenly had a moment of worry: that she might have drafted the marriage agreement clauses too severely and that Gong Shayu might come after her later.

“There are umbrellas by the door. You can take one and bring it back tomorrow.” The dance teacher, during a break, saw Tu Si still leaning on the windowsill watching the rain.

“Thank you, Teacher, but it’s okay. Someone is coming to pick me up soon.” Tu Si politely declined and then asked, “Teacher, can I borrow a set of clothes?”

The dance teacher turned, took a crop top and a pair of high-waisted wide-leg pants from the wall that read, “Free Dancewear with Course Purchase,” and handed them to Tu Si. “Here! This set is for you. We were supposed to give new students free clothes when they signed up, but the young lady who paid for you said you didn’t need them.”

“…” After hearing this, Tu Si’s annoyance with Gong Shayu’s overbearing behavior increased.

“Hahahaha… The rain is so heavy!!!”

“Come and play with us!!!”

“Hahahahaha, my stomach is going to burst!”

“Lord Cuscuta, do you want to join us?”

“Come on… Ah hahahaha!!!”

The banana leaves, shell ginger leaves, and coconut palm leaves outside the window were laughing and celebrating in the storm!

Tu Si really wanted to join them and be baptized by the storm, but she was afraid of startling the classmates in the room. She checked the time again. She still had ten minutes until Fang Yu was scheduled to pick her up.

Eight minutes of rain, two minutes to change clothes. Perfect timing!

Thinking this, Tu Si did exactly that. She ran barefoot into the wind and rain, spread her arms, swayed with the banana leaves, and let the rainwater soak every inch of her skin, every pore.

Just as Tu Si was enjoying herself, a blinding car light cut through the rain curtain. A white Porsche slammed on its brakes. The tires made a sharp friction sound in the standing water, splashing water that almost reached her calves.

The car window slowly lowered, revealing Gong Shayu’s stunning face and a furious low growl: “Idiot, are you sick? Why aren’t you waiting inside?”

Tu Si: “…”