The Cold, Aloof Dominatrix After Parasitically Entering a Rich Family - Chapter 44

Chapter 44: Apology: “My Person Was Frightened By You. Apologize!”

A month is not a long time, but for an enterprise already sinking into a quagmire, time is extremely precious.

Key personnel across the entire ICC underwent a major reshuffle. A whirlwind of personnel changes swept through the senior management offices, and the long-staying corporate parasites, who considered themselves founding heroes, received their deserved punishment.

The remaining original staff, along with the newly hired core personnel, were honed by Fang Yu to be sharp and unstoppable, even walking with a determined stride.

The entire catering department, thanks to A Jie’s arrival, was completely revitalized, from the back kitchen to the front hall.

Unfortunately, a grave illness is hard to cure. Although the new menu attracted many first-time customers, the resort’s massive operating expenses continued to devour the cash flow like a bottomless pit.

As for Tina Mark and the others, their embezzlement cases were closed, but the embezzled funds were not easily recovered.

The early scandals were persistent, and the occupancy rate of the guest rooms remained low. The red numbers in the Housekeeping and Finance departments constantly reminded Gong Shayu that winning would be very difficult.

On this day, the Group’s video conference was about to end. The Group’s Finance and Legal departments reminded her successively that they had less than ten days until the deadline of their betting agreement.

In fact, they were subtly suggesting that Miss Gong prepare to pack up and return, and the Group would step in to negotiate with the seller.

When Fang Yu knocked and entered, Gong Shayu was leaning on the sofa, rubbing her temples.

Assistant Fang, intending to offer emotional support to her boss, relayed the news she had just overheard downstairs to Gong Shayu.

“Miss Tu has… unexpectedly gone viral domestically.” Fang Yu observed Gong Shayu’s expression, opened a video app, and placed the phone on the desk in front of her.

On the screen, Tu Si was wearing a wetsuit and diving mask, swimming toward the seabed as if going home, without saying a word. A Jie’s voice-over sounded just in time: “Today, we’re taking everyone into the most mysterious sea area of Yalugang to see what treasures we can find. But today, our Sister TC’s goal is to challenge the Giant Electric Ray. Let’s see if she succeeds?…”

The camera switched. Through Tu Si’s perspective, netizens were seemingly transported to a dreamy underwater world. The barrage of comments almost blocked Gong Shayu’s view.

They were all: [The Miss is so beautiful] [Go, Miss] [Checked in] [Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, I’m going to faint from the Miss’s back profile] [Anyone coming to Yalugang on November 1st?] …

Fang Yu turned off the comments. Tu Si reappeared in Gong Shayu’s line of sight. The video must have been filmed by Tu Si herself, but she didn’t show her face or use her voice; everything was added by A Jie in post-production.

Fang Yu explained: “This is A Jie’s account, named ‘A Jie in Yalugang,’ primarily sharing food content.”

“It didn’t have much traffic before, but these last two episodes, with Miss Tu joining in, suddenly exploded.”

Gong Shayu’s expression didn’t change. In fact, ICC had always used influencers for product placement, but the results were never ideal.

Perhaps they could change their approach!

“Call A Jie in.” Gong Shayu wouldn’t let any opportunity pass.

…

Tu Si was lying flat on the dance studio floor, sprawled out like an open character, staring blankly at the air conditioning vent.

“Tu Si?”

Suddenly, someone called her name.

Tu Si lifted her head. Ma Yi’s face filled most of her vision.

“Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahhh—”

After the startled cry, Tu Si slid up to her feet and immediately opened her arms to hug Ma Yi.

Just as her hands were about to touch the other person’s back, Gong Shayu’s icy voice suddenly rang in her ears: “Don’t you dare!”

Tu Si gasped, halting the momentum of her upper body, and her hands turned into two small fists, lightly hitting Ma Yi twice.

“That move you just did was really good. I heard Teacher Xia say you can enter the competition. Congrats,” Ma Yi said to Tu Si with a smile. Her tone was gentle as always, but the light in her eyes seemed veiled, hazy and fleeting.

“Aren’t you joining me?”

“No. I’m leaving Yalugang. I came today to say goodbye to everyone.”

“Oh!” Tu Si nodded. Although she had been human for a while, her emotions were not very rich, so she showed no extra expression.

Ma Yi said: “Aren’t you going to ask me why?”

Tu Si followed her cue and asked: “Why?”

“Because of ICC. I heard that boss is close to you?” Ma Yi gave a bitter smile. Tu Si hadn’t yet realized who she meant by the ICC boss.

Ma Yi’s eyes suddenly turned red: “Because of her! My dad went to jail, my family’s house was sealed, I can’t study dance anymore, my classmates mock me, and my mom has to support my brother and me all alone. How can there be such a bad person in this world!”

Tears slid down Ma Yi’s pale cheeks, dropping onto the small red mole on her nose, which looked a little glaring.

Tu Si looked at her, slightly bewildered, and said: “Bad.”

“Then, are you willing to help me?” Ma Yi asked.

Tu Si: “How can I help?”

Ma Yi’s expression suddenly twisted. She stared fiercely at Tu Si and abruptly grabbed her wrist: “Just like you helped her, getting information from me back then. Tell me, where does that bad woman live?”

“???” Tu Si: “…”

Humans always like to say words I understand, but when put together, I can’t understand the sentence.

Ma Yi circled Tu Si once, sneering: “Don’t pretend! I know who you are! I know your relationship with her. You went to great lengths to get close to me back then!”

See, there it is again. I completely don’t know what she’s talking about.

Tu Si tilted her head, staring at Ma Yi’s wet little red mole. She raised her hand, wanting to restore the little red mole’s original luster. Ma Yi stepped back half a pace. “Tu Si! Stop looking at me like that! It makes me sick!”

This time Tu Si understood. She said genuinely: “Then you might be sick.”

Ma Yi was furious: “You’re the one who’s sick! You and that evil woman with the surname Gong are both seriously ill!”

So she meant Gong Shayu was the bad person…

Wang Wei also said Gong Shayu was a bad woman.

And Wu Li…

She had also witnessed people gathering to oppose her and throw vegetables at her. It seemed every human she knew spoke ill of Gong Shayu.

But the Gong Shayu she knew was different from the one they described.

Tu Si sincerely felt that the jobs her “Wife-Wife” was doing now were more suitable for her, and the small iron box U-disk was also given by Gong Shayu to Wang Wei. Even the tuition for her to learn dancing here was paid by Shayu.

It seemed that whatever she wanted to do, whatever she wanted, Gong Shayu would fulfill it.

But why did everyone call her a bad woman?

“She’s not a bad person,” Tu Si tried to tell Ma Yi: “You’re all wrong. She’s a good person.”

Ma Yi started crying loudly again: “What do you know? You’re an idiot!”

Tu Si was neither irritated nor angry. As if devoid of emotion, she just stubbornly repeated: “She really isn’t a bad woman.”

In the end, Tu Si didn’t know when Ma Yi left. She just felt that the wind today was especially hot, the milk tea was unusually bitter, and even her skateboard wasn’t obedient. When she told it to go left, it insisted on going right.

Tu Si just skated aimlessly…

She didn’t even want to acknowledge the flowers, grass, and trees greeting her on the roadside.

An iron box was constantly following her from behind, and it was particularly noisy. It was either playing unpleasant music or making human-only noise.

The more Tu Si tried to lose it, the closer it chased.

“The woman on the skateboard, stop immediately! Do you hear me?!”

The loudspeaker on the police car was almost sparking from overuse. The traffic police officer in the driver’s seat floored the gas pedal. The speed of 120 km/h caused the vehicle to violently shake on the road with a 40 km/h speed limit.

“C-Captain, we can’t go any faster! It’s a busy downtown area ahead. We’ll cause an accident if we go faster,” the junior officer was panicking.

The traffic police captain in the passenger seat finally grabbed his phone to call for backup. Losing face is better than losing life.

“I don’t know what kind of new transport tool it is. It looks like a fast skateboard, but also like a fire wheel. We’ve been chasing it the whole way but can’t catch up. Quickly get a few cars to intercept from the East Corner Bridge direction…”

…

Gong Shayu received the call from the police station while she was in an emergency meeting with the marketing and operations teams.

“Excuse me, everyone. Assistant Fang will finalize the details of the plan with you. I have an urgent matter.”

“Understood. Don’t worry,” Fang Yu instantly understood. Who else could make President Gong leave a meeting mid-way but Miss Tu?

…

When Gong Shayu arrived at the traffic police station, Tu Si was crying softly over a pile of skateboard fragments.

“Oh my, you’re finally here! She’s been crying for half an hour. We didn’t do anything!” The traffic police captain, with his sparse hair, came forward with a worried look.

They had finally managed to stop the speeding suspect, but they nearly knelt on the spot when they realized the ‘weapon’ that had been sparking under the sister’s feet was just an ordinary skateboard.

Even more ridiculously, the skateboard suddenly disintegrated into pieces the moment Tu Si stopped.

Now Tu Si wouldn’t let it go, demanding they compensate her for it and replace it with an identical one.

The police had never dealt with such a situation. They offered to waive the penalty and let her go home, but Tu Si was insistent, demanding to come to the police station for an “explanation.”

The captain scratched his bald head: “Well, we saw your number was at the top of her phone, so we called you. Please take her home quickly.”

When Tu Si saw Gong Shayu, her already contained tears threatened to burst into a full-blown flood.

“So, what exactly did she do wrong?” Gong Shayu’s gaze swept over the messy scene on the floor before settling on Tu Si’s tear-streaked face.

“Ah, nothing, it’s fine. We’ve decided to waive the penalty… er,” the captain suddenly regretted calling this woman, who seemed even more intimidating.

Gong Shayu asked coolly: “I asked, which traffic regulation did she violate?”

The junior officer who had been driving quickly noticed his leader’s forehead glistening with sweat and stepped forward to explain: “This lady was speeding at 140 km/h on a skateboard in a motor vehicle lane with a 40 km/h speed limit.”

He flipped open the traffic regulations manual, his finger slightly trembling: “According to Article 78, Section 5 of the Road Traffic Safety Law Implementation Regulations, this is considered severe speeding, and the regulations state that she should be…”

Mid-sentence, the junior officer met Gong Shayu’s sharp gaze, and his voice involuntarily weakened.

The air in the entire office seemed to solidify, leaving only the sound of Tu Si’s small sniffles.

“You just mentioned the speed limit regulation for a motor vehicle lane. May I ask, where is her motor vehicle?”

Traffic Police Captain: …

Junior Officer: …

Gong Shayu stated calmly: “My person was frightened by you. Apologize!”

The Traffic Police Captain was highly adaptable: “We’re sorry.”

Gong Shayu pointed at Tu Si with her chin: “Say it to her.”

All the traffic police officers who participated in the interception snapped to attention and saluted Tu Si: “We are sorry.”