The Domineering CEO, but a Crybaby! - Chapter 27

Chapter 27: I Want to Sleep With You

The office suddenly became quiet. Even the footsteps from outside that were there a moment ago were gone.

The sudden silence made He Shu feel a little uncomfortable.

Especially in this situation, with the two of them just quietly looking at each other.

In a movie, this would be a scene where they would add some background music based on the characters’ emotions.

Thinking of this, He Shu couldn’t help but let her mind wander. What kind of music would be suitable for her and Cen Qianyi?

It definitely wouldn’t be some sweet, touching love song. It would most likely be a piece of pure horror music.

Something like a tense melody that plays when two people lock eyes, and one of them is about to die.

He Shu suddenly shivered. If one of them was going to die, it would definitely be her…

She shifted her gaze slightly and continued wiping her nose, making some sniffing sounds to break the awkward silence.

Seeing that the other person was not moving at the door of the break room, He Shu took another look. This glance made the strange feeling that had arisen in her heart earlier even stronger.

Although she couldn’t pinpoint exactly what had changed about Cen Qianyi, He Shu was sure that something was not right.

What was it? He Shu used the tissue as a cover and stared directly at the person, examining her from head to toe, trying to find the change.

Looking at Cen Qianyi’s hair, which was obviously styled, He Shu squinted. Most of it was draped behind her, with only a few strands hanging down her neck and chest, gently swaying in a breeze from who-knows-where. They were flickering in He Shu’s eyes.

This reminded her of when she was looking up at her downstairs. Those strands of hair were swaying even more violently in the wind. At that time, every strand of her milky white hair seemed to be coated in a layer of golden light, which was so dazzlingly beautiful.

In her original world, Cen Qianyi’s special hair color would definitely be very eye-catching.

But just now, everyone from the building was gathered in the square, and He Shu saw many people with hair colors similar to Cen Qianyi’s. This was a unique manifestation of a genetic defect and was very common in this world.

Although there were many similar colors, He Shu felt that Cen Qianyi’s was a little different from others. Now, this difference seemed to be more obvious.

He Shu lowered her eyebrows a little, her gaze more focused on the hair, wanting to figure out what change had given her this strange feeling.

Cen Qianyi had noticed He Shu’s gaze as soon as she came out of the break room. She was surprised by the unconscious surprise in her eyes.

She didn’t move, waiting for He Shu to say something, but the person didn’t say anything and started blowing her nose with a tissue.

To be precise, she was pretending to blow her nose. A tissue covered most of her face, and she would occasionally blow air forcefully through her nose.

Time passed by, second by second, and neither of them spoke.

Cen Qianyi estimated that a minute had passed. Unless He Shu had a nose as long as an elephant’s, her snot should have fallen to the ground by now.

Looking at those serious eyes, it was clear that she was observing her.

Thinking of her initial surprise and the confusion in her eyes, Cen Qianyi’s hands, which were clasped in front of her, slowly intertwined.

Had she been discovered?

As soon as this thought popped into her head, Cen Qianyi immediately suppressed it herself. It was impossible. This fool was so unobservant that she had brought her home, so how could she possibly see through her “disguise”?

She didn’t want to continue staring at her like this, and she didn’t want to waste time guessing what this person was thinking.

She hadn’t been in contact with this person for long, but she already had a basic understanding of her—she couldn’t be thought of with normal human logic.

She was just like her name, very special.

“Hmm?” Cen Qianyi was the first to speak. “What are you looking at?”

This sudden sound in the quiet office directly startled He Shu, and she gasped. The tissue was pressed tightly against her nose. She quickly moved it away and found herself looking into those pale purple eyes.

“What?” He Shu answered subconsciously.

Cen Qianyi repeated: “What are you looking at?”

He Shu was embarrassed. She was secretly observing the person and had been discovered…

If Cen Qianyi knew what she was thinking, she would really want to put a mirror in front of her and let her see how deliberate she had looked just now.

And she had been doing it for so long.

He Shu really didn’t know that she had been looking for over a minute. She thought she had just glanced at her and been discovered…

Her mind raced, and her eyes uncontrollably scanned Cen Qianyi’s body, wanting to pick a suitable spot to answer Cen Qianyi’s question.

What was she looking at? She couldn’t say that she noticed her hair had gotten thicker… But she actually wanted to ask what had happened that would make a person’s hair get thicker after a trip to the restroom.

However, He Shu knew that this question could be deadly.

She wanted to live for a couple more days, so it was better to pretend she didn’t know.

After a quick scan from top to bottom, He Shu stopped at Cen Qianyi’s feet, and her eyes suddenly lit up.

“Why haven’t you changed your shoes?”

Her shoes were in the break room. She had already gone in, so why hadn’t she changed out of these ill-fitting shoes?

Did she think they were pretty?

Cen Qianyi followed her gaze and looked down, realizing that she was still wearing He Shu’s shoes… Her clasped fingers pinched each other. She had forgotten to change.

Looking at the shoes, she remembered the things she had heard downstairs and the possibility that more than one person had worn these shoes… She lifted her foot and slipped out of the shoe.

The shoes were one size too big, so she didn’t have to try. She just kicked them off and walked back into the break room.

He Shu: …

What was going on? Why did Cen Qianyi look like she was disgusted by her shoes… She didn’t have athlete’s foot…

And this was too ungrateful. She had given her the shoes downstairs because she was worried she would hurt her feet if she didn’t have any.

What was this? Crossing the river and tearing down the bridge, throwing away the shoes after climbing the stairs?

Thinking about her previous actions, He Shu slapped her forehead hard. Did her athlete’s foot go to her brain?

She must be crazy to worry about whether Cen Qianyi was getting hurt! She was an assassin, the person who was going to kill her in the end!

He Shu slapped her forehead again and again, trying to get rid of the dream she had after being electrocuted. It was all the dream’s fault.

Speaking of which, could this strange dream have something to do with this one-hundred-thousand-volt stun baton?

“System, come out. This one-hundred-thousand volts can’t kill a person, but can it make a person stupid?”

“Don’t worry, Host. Besides knocking a person out, there are no other side effects.”

He Shu couldn’t stop worrying. She only dared to believe half of what this system said.

“What’s the deal with this bomb? Do you know?”

“It’s an extended development outside the plot. The system is also not clear.”

What a useless system. He Shu gave up on trying to communicate and lay back down. She was so tired, and her eyes hurt a little.

Just now, she was looking for changes in Cen Qianyi, like finding small differences between two pictures. She had overused her eyes.

Just as she closed her eyes, she heard a knock on the door.

Su Ming knocked on the door, which was already open, before walking in.

Seeing that it was Su Ming, He Shu sat up on the sofa.

“How is it? What’s the specific situation?”

Compared to the system, her assistant was more reliable.

Su Ming reported all the information she had gathered to He Shu.

When she heard that the surveillance system had been hacked and nothing was captured, He Shu immediately thought of what had happened the night before. The woman whose name she didn’t know, only that she was a detective, had also hacked the surveillance system before trying to kill her at the villa.

Could they be from the same organization? Why were they all so capable? Or was her surveillance system just too bad?

No, she had to upgrade it, absolutely!

Su Ming wanted to say something when she heard He Shu say she wanted to upgrade the surveillance system… This was already the most expensive and most secure surveillance software on the market.

But she never went against her boss’s requests. She thought about it. Although they were already using the best on the market, wasn’t there also the “black market”?

“Okay, boss, I’ll contact them right away.”

He Shu nodded: “Remember to upgrade the ones at the Western Hills Villa as well.”

“Okay.”

After agreeing, Su Ming continued to report: “This explosion didn’t cause any injuries, only a few windows in the operations and marketing departments were shattered.”

Hearing that no one was hurt, He Shu was relieved, but at the same time, the strange feeling in her heart grew stronger. They caused such a big commotion just to shatter a few of her windows?

Was it really just a simple prank? Or was this just a prelude? Were they going to do something big later?

As He Shu was thinking, she unconsciously looked at the door of the break room. She was just a cannon fodder. It wouldn’t be a big deal if she got blown up… If they were going to blow up something big, it would have to be the villain.

Could this matter be aimed at Cen Qianyi?

But that didn’t make sense… The book said that no one knew Cen Qianyi was [Yi]. Her current identity was just an ordinary, even somewhat pitiful person.

If it wasn’t aimed at her, then… He Shu hesitated and thought of another possibility. Could she have done it herself?

After all, she was a big villain. According to normal logic, if no one could be found, it was the big boss behind the scenes.

But that wasn’t right either… It would be so easy for Cen Qianyi to kill her. Why would she need to find someone to hack the system and sneak into the villa? It would be much simpler for her to do it herself.

And this bomb. She had been with her in the break room the whole time… Uh, playing… Even though she had been electrocuted later, according to Tu Xuan, she had stayed in the break room.

It probably wasn’t her, and she didn’t seem that bored to just plant a bomb to scare her.

But she really was scared… In her original world, a normal person would never encounter a bomb in their lifetime. She had thought the building was going to explode and was so scared that she carried the person and ran down forty-plus floors… Now her legs were weak…

Hearing Su Ming calculate the losses and wanting to report it to the police to be able to claim compensation once the person was caught, He Shu angrily added: “Include the emotional distress fee!”

Her voice was so loud that it drowned out the “clack” sound of the break room door opening.

Cen Qianyi heard He Shu’s angry words, paused her footsteps, and also slightly raised an eyebrow.

There were some complex emotions in her eyes.

He Shu saw the person come out, slammed on the brakes, and swallowed the words “They have to pay, pay until they go bankrupt” that were on the tip of her tongue.

She almost forgot. She was a CEO now, after all. Her status was at stake. Shouting for people to pay like that would be a little undignified.

She gave Su Ming a look, hoping she would understand her meaning and calculate the money carefully, including things like the garbage removal fee!

Even if Su Ming didn’t understand He Shu’s look, she was planning to do that anyway. She was a little surprised that He Shu would even give such an instruction…

Emotional distress fee…

She looked at the person who had come out of the break room. To be honest, there weren’t many people who were really scared.

This person was probably one of them. She was so scared… She couldn’t even run by herself when going downstairs and hid in the restroom after coming upstairs.

Su Ming frowned slightly. She thought about how she would be the only one accompanying her boss to the island… If there was any danger, this person would definitely be a liability.

Su Ming was very worried. She looked back at He Shu.

“Boss, are we still going to Forget Island?”

The question was asked. She wanted to say no, but the system wouldn’t agree. He Shu looked at Cen Qianyi. The Forget Island part was an important plot point.

It was also the starting point of her path to death…

“Yes.”

To hell with it! He Shu cursed in her heart impatiently.

Su Ming nodded after hearing her: “Then, boss, it’s almost time. Should we leave?”

He Shu took a deep breath, resigned herself to her fate, and stood up: “Let’s go.”

The two of them walked out side by side. When they were about to reach the office door, He Shu suddenly stopped and turned to look at the person who was still standing at the door of the break room.

What was this person doing, just standing there?

Didn’t she know the next part of the itinerary clearly? In the original story, she stayed with the original owner to get on the island so she could deal with the owner of the island.

Was she still acting… He Shu had no choice but to play along and waved at the person.

“Come here.”

Cen Qianyi looked at the two people standing side by side at the door and didn’t move.

He Shu was surprised. Did she not want to go?

That wouldn’t do. Even if she didn’t want to go, she had to take her… The original story said that she had forced her to go to the island…

He Shu turned around, walked to Cen Qianyi’s side, and held out her hand.

“Come with me.”

Cen Qianyi looked at the hand that was offered to her. A strand of her hair was blown by the wind and brushed across her face, stinging her eye.

She slowly brushed away the strand of hair and then deflected the hand in front of her.

Then, under He Shu’s surprised gaze, she took a step and walked out.

He Shu: ???

What was wrong with her?

…

On the other side, at the hospital, Nie Wenyu’s face darkened after another empty trip.

When she returned to N City, she would have Lisa apply for a special inter-city personnel investigation warrant. With this warrant, she could use military technology to pinpoint He Shu’s location and have absolute surveillance authority.

Lisa was a little hesitant: “It’s probably not going to be approved, right?”

Nie Wenyu: “I now have sufficient reason to suspect that the deaths of Fang Nian and Pei Congxin are related to He Shu. Also, there was a bombing incident at her company today. For her own safety, I believe this application is reasonable and justified.”

Lisa immediately nodded: “Okay, I’ll go apply for it now.”

…

The sun went down, and the moon rose.

At night, most of the regular employees had already gone home, but the special case investigation department was still brightly lit.

The investigation warrant for He Shu had been approved. Nie Wenyu looked at the location on the system… The location showed that the person was currently ten thousand meters in the air… and had already crossed the national border…

Seeing that her boss’s face was darker than the black coffee on the table, Lisa hesitated whether to show her the video she had just received.

But Nie Wenyu noticed her unusual behavior in just a moment: “Did you find something new?”

Lisa wasn’t sure if it counted as a new discovery…

He Shu had been tagged as a special investigation subject by them, so all information about her, whether on official or unofficial websites, would be integrated into a dedicated database for her once it was detected to be related to her.

A red-flagged message had just come in, showing that it had a certain level of popularity on several social media sites.

She hesitated for a moment and then turned the computer around for Nie Wenyu to see. Several colleagues next to her thought there was a new discovery and all gathered to look.

The beginning of the video was a regular building, and the camera panned down to show people rushing out of the building.

Nie Wenyu immediately recognized that this was what had happened at He Shu’s building today.

She just didn’t expect that in the next moment, the camera would pan, and her poor little darling would appear in her sight…

Against the chaotic background, she was in a white dress, standing still as if she had been scared silly. The light fell on her hair, making it look like her white hair was dyed with a golden light. In those pale purple eyes, the light flickered, and there was a look of daze mixed with surprise.

Lisa and the others were also very surprised. The person kneeling in the video was the subject of the investigation, He Shu. She was actually putting a shoe on Cen Qianyi… and she looked very careful and attentive.

What was going on? Wasn’t she the type to treat people as less than human? She had “played” with the person like that just the day before…

She voiced her confusion: “General He doesn’t seem to be treating that woman badly.”

Nie Wenyu looked at the video, frowning. She was certain that this video was not a composite or AI. What was going on? Was the relationship between these two different from what she had previously understood?

Gu Feng had a different opinion: “Perhaps, this ‘goodness’ is even worse.”

Seeing everyone look at her, she shared her thoughts: “Sometimes, to completely destroy a person, simply beating and tormenting them is not enough. That might make the other person hate you completely or just lose all hope and want to die. So, since ancient times, to destroy a person and also keep them by your side, the most common method is to hit them with one hand and give them a candy with the other.”

She said it simply. It was just a point of view. The professional knowledge involved was beyond her expertise, so she couldn’t say much more.

Nie Wenyu understood. She looked at the poor little darling in the video who seemed to be moved… What a good tactic. This He person really had some good tactics.

“Investigate, investigate this He person from all angles.”

Ten thousand meters in the air, He Shu let out a huge sneeze.

The sneeze instantly cleared the ringing in her ears.

The flight attendant asked anxiously: “General He, do you need a blanket?”

He Shu shook her head. She pointed at the dessert in front of her: “Another one of these, please.”

It was so delicious. This was the first time she had eaten such a delicious airplane meal. She was so excited that she sneezed!

He Shu tried her best to suppress her excitement, not wanting the people next to her to see her abnormality.

This wasn’t her first time on a plane. She had once thought that when she became rich and went on a trip, she would fly first class. At that time, she never imagined that she would have a day when she could charter a private plane!

Why was being rich so awesome?!

He Shu looked out the window. The corners of her lips, which she couldn’t keep from turning up, were almost level with her ears. This kind of plot that she had only seen in movies was now her daily life.

Soon, the flight attendant brought another dessert. The presentation was as exquisite as a Michelin-starred restaurant.

It was one of those where the portion was small, the plate was big, and there were a bunch of other things that made it look good.

He Shu ate while thinking about what else she had eaten that wouldn’t make her too full. The food on the plane was unlimited, and He Shu felt like it was an all-you-can-eat buffet. If she didn’t eat her fill, she would feel like she wasn’t getting her money’s worth.

“Another serving of the fruit from before, please.”

He Shu thought about it. She was going to sleep soon, so eating too much would be uncomfortable, but she could probably eat a little more fruit.

She said this and looked at Su Ming: “Aren’t you guys eating anymore?”

Why did these people get so full after eating so little, even Tu Xuan?

One shook her head, and the other nodded.

The flight attendant smiled and said to wait a moment. When she passed by Cen Qianyi, she also politely asked her if she wanted anything.

Cen Qianyi didn’t respond. She just looked at He Shu. He Shu felt something was wrong and looked up from her dessert.

Why was she looking at her? If she wanted to eat, why didn’t she just ask? She was really taking her acting to the skies.

He Shu looked at the flight attendant: “Give her a serving of fruit as well.”

After saying that, she lowered her head and continued to eat.

Su Ming was a little confused by He Shu’s sudden good appetite, but she thought about it and decided it was reasonable. The boss had used up a lot of energy today.

Tu Xuan also found it strange. He Shu wasn’t the first rich person she had served. From what she had seen, rich people all had a common problem: they were picky eaters.

He Shu used to be the same. There were three groups of chefs at the villa, with three people in each group. All nine chefs were former head chefs from Michelin-starred restaurants, and they would constantly make new and delicious food for He Shu.

But He Shu never had anything she particularly liked or ate a lot of.

In the last few days, things had changed. He Shu suddenly seemed to think that the food they made was delicious.

She had even eaten so much at dinner two days ago that she was burping and taking a walk in the garden.

Now it was even stranger… She was eating this semi-prepared food on the plane with such a happy expression…

It was too strange. She looked at Su Ming, trying to get her to agree, but the other person had also asked for fruit, and as she ate, she was praising He Shu, saying the fruit was very sweet.

Fine. In her eyes, her boss would never have any problems. Everything she did made sense.

After eating her fill, He Shu went back to her room.

This was the first time she had known that a plane could have a room!

Even when she had seen some vlogs shared by rich women on social media, she had only seen first-class cabins that could have doors pulled shut to create small, separate rooms.

This was completely different from a normal hotel room. It was a spacious room with all the facilities she needed, and there was even a bathtub in the restroom!

He Shu enjoyed a beautiful bath ten thousand meters in the air. The warm water soaked into her skin, making her want to sing with joy. She was just unsure about the soundproofing of the room. She was a little worried that her secret of being tone-deaf would be exposed.

In the end, she just hummed a tune softly, humming a couple of notes and then laughing.

This life was truly like a dream.

If she didn’t have to go through those perverse plotlines and if she wasn’t cannon fodder, how happy would she be if she just lived like this?

The happier she was, the more she didn’t want to die. For the first time, He Shu started reading the book while she was in the bath. She skipped the plotlines on the island and tried to read ahead to see the plotline where she would eventually find her death.

She had no room to maneuver around the plotline of giving Cen Qianyi away. It was a required plotline, and there was no room for her to change it, unlike hitting someone, where there were different ways and intensities to hit them.

She couldn’t just give half of the person away.

Thinking that the water was getting cold, He Shu couldn’t come up with a solution.

Fine, she would deal with her worries tomorrow. He Shu put on her bathrobe, tied the sash, and walked out of the bathroom.

“You, why are you here?!”

As soon as she opened the door, she saw a person leaning against the bed, and He Shu’s grip on her sash tightened immediately!

Cen Qianyi looked at the two sashes on the bathrobe that were pulled so tightly and raised an eyebrow when she heard what she said.

“Shouldn’t I be here?”

Their eyes met. He Shu’s eyes, which were not yet free of steam, were filled with surprise and panic. What did she mean? Why should she be here?

This was her room, her bed!

“You, you go sleep outside.”

There was no plot tonight. She had finally gotten a chance to have a peaceful night, and she definitely didn’t want to sleep with Cen Qianyi.

What was wrong with Su Ming? And what was wrong with Tu Xuan?! How did they let her in?!

She quietly took a step back into the bathroom, hesitating whether to call for help.

Actually, she really couldn’t blame Su Ming and Tu Xuan… In their eyes, with Cen Qianyi’s identity, she was supposed to sleep with He Shu.

Especially since He Shu hadn’t given any special instructions.

So, when Cen Qianyi got up and went into He Shu’s room, the two of them didn’t say a word to each other in a show of unspoken understanding. They even put on their headphones and turned up the music in unison, just in case they heard something they shouldn’t.

He Shu didn’t know that even if she called out now, the two people outside might not hear her. She looked at Cen Qianyi nervously, hoping that she would go out quickly.

But Cen Qianyi seemed to be deliberately going against her. She lay on the bed without moving.

Cen Qianyi looked at the ends of He Shu’s black hair that were falling on her shoulder. She watched as the glistening water droplets on them, affected by gravity, fell one after another, trickling down her collarbone and disappearing into the neckline of her robe.

She smiled slightly and looked up at He Shu.

“I want to sleep with you.”