The Cold, Aloof Dominatrix After Parasitically Entering a Rich Family - Chapter 40

Chapter 40: Fried Chicken: My Question Doesn’t Mean I’ve Forgiven You…

The sky was a soft blue-grey, and even the wind blew lightly. The chirping of night insects made the semi-open balcony feel like they were in the mountains.

Gong Shayu was also stunned for three seconds when she saw Tu Si. The moment the latter pushed open the door and called her wife, her heart visibly trembled. A feeling she had never experienced before was now wrapped in the subtle sweetness of the night wind, surging through every inch of her skin.

Seeing Gong Shayu’s terrifyingly deep gaze, Tu Si weakly explained: “I called President Gong just now, but you might not have heard me, so I changed the title, hehe.”

Despite the explanation being disjointed, Gong Shayu heard it. She gave an “Mhm” and didn’t press the issue.

Tu Si saw her chance and slid over to sit next to Gong Shayu. “Jie-jie, want some fried chicken?”

Gong Shayu frowned slightly. She never ate high-fat, high-calorie food.

Tu Si had already generously pushed the largest chicken leg toward her and opened both cans of beer. “It tastes better with this.”

Sweet and sour ketchup was poured onto the crispy chicken leg. Miraculously, the food she usually felt she needed to write a will before eating was now emitting a rich, crispy aroma and oddly tempting Gong Shayu’s taste buds.

Miss Gong learned from Tu Si, putting on disposable gloves and picking up the golden chicken piece coated in a strange seasoning.

“This is honey mustard flavor. Wang Wei said this kind tastes the best,” Tu Si introduced while eating.

Gong Shayu’s hand paused mid-air. Then, the chicken piece returned to the disposable tray in the same posture. Due to the excessive force, the ketchup and crispy chicken skin crumbs splattered all over the tray.

“Are you two close?” Gong Shayu returned to her flat tone.

Even with her slow reactions, Tu Si knew Gong Shayu was angry, though she didn’t know the reason for her anger. Given Gong Shayu’s previous behavior of deleting the WeChat accounts of two important people from her phone, she had to say something to save Wang Wei.

“Wang Wei is my first (human) friend. She’s very nice. She taught me how to use chopsticks, how to use a straw, and she often buys milk tea for me to drink…”

For every positive thing Tu Si mentioned about Wang Wei, Gong Shayu’s face grew colder, until the last sentence: “She’s very important to me!”

Gong Shayu turned to ice: “The protest outside the hotel last time, she told you to go, didn’t she?”

Tu Si’s eyelashes fluttered.

“She buys you milk tea precisely to get you to copy the layoff list, doesn’t she?”

“Judging whether a person is worth befriending,” Gong Shayu leaned slightly forward, her shadow enveloping Tu Si, “isn’t based on whether she teaches you simple skills like using chopsticks, straws, or spoons—things even toddlers can figure out—but on understanding: what exactly does she want from you?”

“Then what is your purpose for being with me?” Tu Si’s tears came out. She didn’t understand why Gong Shayu was so unyielding.

Other humans are easy to talk to…

“Hmm?”

Tu Si’s voice was bubbly and shaky. Gong Shayu didn’t hear clearly what she said.

Tu Si repeated it, crying out loud: “Then what is your purpose for being with me?”

Gong Shayu was practically laughing out of anger. Was Tu Si really going to use this accusatory tone with her for the sake of this little girl named Wang Wei?

“First, the two of us are not ‘being with’ each other; we’re just mutually taking what we need!”

“Second, are you sure you want to cry in front of me for that woman?”

Gong Shayu said coldly: “Without me, you wouldn’t even have a place to live.”

With that, she picked up Tu Si’s charging phone, turned it on, unlocked it, and deleted Wang Wei’s WeChat and phone number in one swift motion.

Tu Si was furious. If the spiritual power she could release now wasn’t so weak and still controllable, she was angry enough to grow vines right there and scare Gong Shayu to death!

“I can move out by myself! I can earn money! Without you! I can still survive among humans!!!” Tu Si blurted out in desperation and panic.

With that, she bolted for the door, not forgetting to reach back and lock the balcony door as she ran out.

Gong Shayu: “…………”

Miss Gong was also quite angry. She smoked two cigarettes to calm herself before calling Fang Yu: “She ran out. Go after her.”

Fang Yu, who had just left the company, hadn’t finished forming the question marks in her head: ??——

She heard President Gong say again: “She didn’t take her phone, only her skateboard. She probably went to People’s Square. Go look there.”

The question marks on Fang Yu’s head turned into half-formed exclamation points: !!——

Boss Gong spoke again: “If you find her, just… tell her to come back immediately. My patience lasts only ten minutes!”

The exclamation points turned into ellipses again: ……——

Fang Yu started the car while asking: “Did you two argue?”

Boss Gong: “Does she dare?”

The black lines over Fang Yu’s head obscured all symbols. Dare? The person already ran away.

But Assistant Fang said: “Yes, I’m sure Miss Tu wouldn’t dare. But… what exactly was the matter? That way, when I find Miss Tu, I’ll know how to communicate.”

Miss Gong, encountering this kind of illogical situation for the first time, also wanted someone to judge the matter and analyze it, so she told Fang Yu the whole story.

“Tell me… was I too much?”

Fang Yu mused: Whether it was too much depends on where you position Miss Tu. If she’s just a canary, then you have the right to make demands.

But, given your personality, you actually doubting your own behavior means Miss Tu is definitely not in the position of an ordinary canary.

Thinking of the marriage agreement she had drafted, Assistant Fang unconsciously shivered. Fang Yu would never do something that directly contradicted her boss.

“Definitely not too much. It’s just that the method was only slightly, just a tiny bit, unsuitable for Miss Tu. She’s not a company employee, after all,” Fang Yu replied cautiously.

“I see her… President Gong, Miss Tu is skateboarding with a group of young people in the square,” Fang Yu said excitedly.

Gong Shayu: “…”

Is that how a canary acts???

This time, Tu Si was genuinely angry and outright refused Assistant Fang’s invitation to take her back.

Actually, it was mostly because the Cuscuta spirit had enough nutrients in her body, plus her spiritual power protected her, so she was fine for ten days or half a month.

She wanted to find an outdoor spot to let out her true form at night, stretch out properly, absorb the essence of the sun and moon, and see if she could cultivate anything.

“Miss Tu, please come back with me.” Fang Yu drove slowly beside Tu Si’s skateboard, persuading her: “President Gong is very worried about you.”

Tu Si’s skateboarding feet didn’t stop. She performed a 900-degree flip on the spot, expressing her displeasure through her body.

“…” Fang Yu sighed inwardly. How angry must she be to do such an inhuman move?

“Come on, don’t be angry with President Gong. She’s just worried that someone else might use you.”

Tu Si retorted: “Use me for what?”

Assistant Fang recalled: Wasn’t it President Gong who used her to pass on the fake list to mess things up?

“Use you to do bad things you don’t know about,” Fang Yu carefully chose her words.

Wasn’t it… President Gong who used her to block the family marriage alliance?

Of course, she played an indispensable role in every use. Thinking this, Assistant Fang felt a slight sense of guilt.

“How about this, you come back with me, and I’ll talk President Gong into taking you to take wedding photos—the kind where you can wear the most beautiful dresses in the world.”

Tu Si’s eyes visibly brightened, but her body was still rigid.

Assistant Fang continued to sweeten the deal: “We can also take you to eat Chef Jie’s dinner.”

“Okay.” Tu Si immediately agreed, completely abandoning her principles.

Assistant Fang secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Madam Gong is not as difficult as President Gong.

Of course, she wouldn’t tell Tu Si that she was now the boss’s wife. If she wanted, she could go to the ICC to eat Chef Jie’s food every day.

After dropping Tu Si back at the apartment, Fang Yu rang the doorbell and quickly withdrew.

In fact, the time from Fang Yu saying she found Tu Si to bringing her back was only half an hour.

In that half hour, Gong Shayu:

Ordered a new batch of fried chicken—original flavor.

Deliberately listened for the doorbell five times.

Added Tu Si on WeChat and promptly installed a GPS tracking system on Tu Si’s phone.

In her own words, Tu Si was too childish and often ran away from home, and more importantly, she had some memory loss. With the tracking system, it would be easier for Assistant Fang to find her next time she threw a tantrum.

Tu Si changed her shoes and entered the room, immediately drawn by the aroma of fried chicken on the dining table.

Gong Shayu was sitting on the sofa reading a book, not even lifting her head, only saying flatly: “Honey mustard is very bad for the stomach. If you eat that flavor in the future, add some ketchup. It tastes better than that.”

Who would quarrel with delicious food?

Tu Si certainly wouldn’t.

The moment she sat down at the dining table, she had forgotten the reason she had slammed the door and ran out.

Gong Shayu saw this and stopped pretending. The corner of her mouth slightly lifted as she poured her a glass of Coke.

This was Tu Si’s first time drinking Coke. She remembered seeing people holding this brown liquid with ice bubbles on the pedestrian street where she handled the marriage procedure with Gong Shayu.

She had wanted to try it then, but Gong Shayu wouldn’t let her.

Tu Si took a big gulp and let out a satisfied sigh: “Jie-jie, what is this?”

After asking, Tu Si added: “My question doesn’t mean I’ve forgiven you.”

Gong Shayu: “…”

“My answer to you also doesn’t mean I’m letting this go,” Gong Shayu said while turning on Tu Si’s ancient Apple phone: “This is called Coke. If you want to ask about its history, who invented it, how to drink it best, and other stupid questions, you can search them on your phone using Baidu or an AI in the future.”

With that, Miss Gong personally demonstrated the process to the Cuscuta spirit.

“Oh my god, that’s amazing! It’s even more powerful than a human instruction manual. Does this require spirit… money?”

Gong Shayu glanced at her: “Simple questions don’t require it.”

“In the future, don’t treat someone like a treasure just because they teach you some extremely simple common sense.”

Tu Si spoke to the AI on the phone: “Dou Bao, Dou Bao, how can I get my wife to stop being so fierce to me?”

Gong Shayu: “……………………”

She heard the sound of her iron-hard heart slowly melting in her chest.

Tu Si was chatting happily with Dou Bao. Finally, Dou Bao told her that life needs a sense of ritual to promote a better relationship between the two of them.

So, Tu Si pushed her luck: “Jie-jie, will you come take wedding photos with me? Please?”

Gong Shayu refused without thinking.

“Why?” Tu Si leaned over, ready to shake Gong Shayu’s arm for some ‘Tu-style’ coaxing, and to rub off some nutrients.

“Stop!” Gong Shayu darkened her face and held out her right arm, signaling Tu Si to maintain her distance.

Miss Gong would absolutely not take those pictures that looked incredibly stupid.

“But why?” Tu Si persisted.

“Because…” Gong Shayu recalled Tu Si’s silly appearance when asking about the phone earlier, and her direct refusal turned into a gentle one, “Because the hotel has had no business lately, and all the money has been lost.”

“Oh.” Tu Si disappointedly gnawed on a large piece of fried chicken leg.