The Domineering CEO, but a Crybaby! - Chapter 35
Chapter 35: Exchanging Playthings
“Baby” again…
Cen Qianyi’s ear moved slightly, and her eyes deepened. She chewed on the words that followed that term with a cautious and scrutinizing attitude.
Eat her?
Hiss, pervert. He Shu had only one thought after saying her lines: disgusting!
Disgustingly greasy. She really wanted to drag the author into the book and give her a good beating, or make her say these lines herself to see if she would be embarrassed!
But right now, she had to protect herself first… Unfortunately, the plot didn’t allow it. Otherwise, she would really want to let go of the person, cover her face with both hands, and wait for Cen Qianyi to attack.
In the plot, this person had directly slapped the original host.
Now, her hand had to be around her. She could only be on high alert, ready to fall down the moment she was hit!
She hoped Cen Qianyi wouldn’t hit her too hard. She didn’t know how strong her real hand was.
This was a world from a book, not reality. What if it was an exaggerated kind of slap that could deafen a person or knock out their teeth? That would be too terrifying.
She cautiously looked at Cen Qianyi and met those pale purple eyes that seemed quite calm.
Hmm?
Two or three seconds felt very long in this kind of atmosphere. He Shu looked at Cen Qianyi, and her heart started to pound.
Why wasn’t she making a move yet?
Could it be that she was going to use some kind of special move that required her to build up her qi first…?
No, no, this wasn’t a martial arts novel. He Shu denied it to herself, looked closely, and found that Cen Qianyi seemed to be thinking about something, so much so that she was a little distracted.
When Cen Qianyi was analyzing He Shu’s sudden change and the meaning behind her words, she unconsciously pursed her lips. Before she could care about what He Shu had just done to her, the remaining cream at the corner of her mouth entered her mouth. The unique sweetness passed through her taste buds and into her mind, awakening some memories.
She remembered the first time she knew what buttercream tasted like was when she was four years old.
One day, the charity received a sponsorship from a wealthy businessman. To celebrate her child’s first birthday, the businessman sent a cake to every child in the charity.
The last time, at He Shu’s villa, when she saw the pile of lit candles, she also remembered this.
That was the first time she knew what cream tasted like. It looked like a white substance, but it was so sweet. After that, she had never had a moment where she felt it was as sweet as that time.
Maybe because of this, she always remembered that day, but now, she found that something was wrong…
She suddenly realized that she had no memory of anything before that day. All her memories seemed to have started on that day.
Although it was said that it was hard for people to remember things before the age of three or four, it wasn’t that they remembered nothing at all. If she really couldn’t remember things from that time, how could she remember that day so clearly?
She remembered it so clearly that she even remembered how many small cream flowers were on the cake that day.
Cen Qianyi’s eyes deepened. It was the first time she had found something wrong with this memory.
Why did she care so much about that day? Was it just because it was the first time she had tasted cake?
The taste of cream in her mouth gradually faded, but the more she thought about the memory, the clearer it became. She looked at the person in front of her.
This face…
He Shu’s scalp tingled from Cen Qianyi’s gaze. What was she doing? Had she not figured out how to deal with her yet?
Why didn’t she just hit her now? She was scared…
“You—”
Cen Qianyi spoke. Just as she was about to ask if she had ever had a birthday at the charity when she was a child, she was interrupted by a voice.
“Oh, it seems I’ve come at a bad time.”
When He Shu heard a clear female voice from behind her, she turned around and saw two people standing at the entrance of the booth.
The person who had just said “bad time” with a shallow smile put her arm around the other person and walked into the circular booth where He Shu and Cen Qianyi were sitting. She sat down opposite them very casually.
Her actions showed no sign of feeling like she was disturbing them. She just sat down in a very familiar and presumptuous way.
He Shu couldn’t help but frown as she looked at the two people sitting opposite her.
One was wearing a floral long dress with a neat and stylish short haircut that hugged her jawline, making her look sharp and arrogant. She looked like a formidable person.
The other woman, whom she was holding by the waist, was much simpler. She was wearing a red bikini, and she was leaning against the woman next to her, with her long, straight black hair covering half of her face. He Shu couldn’t see what she looked like.
But from a quick glance at her side profile just now, she should also be a very good-looking woman, but her demeanor was a little timid.
He Shu’s gaze fell on the black collar on her neck, and she probably knew the reason for this person’s fearful appearance.
She looked back at the other woman who was composed and at ease. She seemed to know that He Shu was sizing her up, and she waited until she was done looking before speaking again.
“Is that Ms. He? I’m Qin Mengyu from San Ya Group. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”
As she spoke, she casually extended her hand, presenting herself with the natural attitude of a superior.
Ever since He Shu had been taken advantage of with a handshake by Officer Judy, she was naturally wary of people who appeared out of nowhere and wanted to shake her hand.
She didn’t reach out her hand: “Who are you?”
Qin Mengyu’s outstretched hand was left hanging in the air. She didn’t seem to mind and retracted her hand with a smile, as if she had never extended it.
Looking at her wary eyes, she explained her purpose.
“Before, at the entrance of the restaurant, I saw someone coming from a distance and thought it might be a new member of the club. I just asked around and found out it was you, Ms. He. I’ve always wanted to meet you. Knowing you were here, I took the liberty of coming over to say hello. I hope I didn’t disturb you, Ms. He.”
When He Shu heard this, she remembered seeing someone enter the restaurant before she and Cen Qianyi did.
This restaurant was really crappy. The decor looked very private, but in reality, they could leak guest information directly. She wasn’t surprised that the staff knew who she was. They had to scan the wristbands at the entrance, so they definitely had the information.
She just hadn’t expected that they would leak the information to just anyone who asked.
This was really bad. If she could see the owner of the island, He Shu would have to talk to her about it.
For now, she had to deal with this trouble in front of her.
San Ya Group? She didn’t know it. Qin Mengyu? Why did that name sound a little familiar?
The other person continued.
Qin Mengyu pointed to the person next to her: “This is the person I brought, Yu Yun. You can call her Little Yu. What about this person next to you, Ms. He?”
After Qin Mengyu finished speaking, her gaze naturally fell on the person next to He Shu. A sharp light danced in her eyes, like a hunter looking at prey.
Even if it was someone else’s prey, she didn’t hide her desire to possess it.
He Shu instinctively felt uncomfortable, and the hand around Cen Qianyi’s waist unconsciously tightened a little.
“Do we know each other?”
He Shu didn’t answer her question and asked her in return. Just now, this person had said that she knew it was her and came to say hello, which sounded like she knew her.
Qin Mengyu smiled: “Ms. He has been very popular lately. I really wanted to be friends with you.”
He Shu didn’t know that one of her short videos had gone viral online, and Qin Mengyu, assuming she knew, didn’t explain further.
She looked at the woman next to He Shu again. In that video, He Shu was putting on shoes for this woman.
The real person was even more beautiful than in the video. She just sat there quietly, without a hint of panic. She was like a pure lily swaying in the wind and rain, making people want to take her home and nurture her.
Qin Mengyu’s tongue pressed against her sharpest tooth. For such a beauty, she could also put on shoes for her. They would have to be “glass slippers” custom-made by her, and then she would lock the person in a “castle” tailor-made for her.
A “clang” sound interrupted her thoughts.
He Shu, holding the spoon that came with the cake, tapped it on the table. The sound attracted everyone’s attention.
When she saw Qin Mengyu’s gaze, which had been glued to Cen Qianyi, return to her, she spoke.
“I’m sorry, I don’t feel like making friends today.”
Although He Shu felt it was a pity to have no friends in the book, it didn’t mean that she could be friends with just anyone who came along. Besides, this uninvited person seemed very impolite.
To make friends, she had to make friends with polite people.
Qin Mengyu smiled, as if she hadn’t understood He Shu’s words, and changed the subject.
“Ms. He, do you like cake?” She looked at the cake on the table and said with a smile: “What a coincidence. Our Little Yu is the best at making cakes. Everyone who has tried her cakes says they’re delicious.”
When Cen Qianyi heard this, she looked up at the woman who had been cowering in the person’s arms since she arrived.
He Shu did the same and subconsciously looked over, but she quickly looked away. After all, the other person was wearing a bikini. It was fine to look at from a distance on the beach, but up close, it was a little uncomfortable.
She looked at Qin Mengyu, not wanting to beat around the bush anymore.
“Is there something you need?”
Qin Mengyu had made her greetings and felt it was enough. Since He Shu had asked, she would get straight to the point.
She reached out and pinched the face of the person in her arms, turning her face toward He Shu, so she was facing her.
“Ms. He, what do you think of the person I brought?”
He Shu felt that this person might have a problem. What kind of question was this? She looked at the person who was being forced to look at her. The person’s eyes were red, and they were filled with terror. She also seemed to have a problem… What was she trembling about?
Was she that scary? If He Shu wasn’t hugging Cen Qianyi with one hand and holding a spoon with the other, she would have wanted to touch her face.
“What do you mean?”
He Shu looked at Qin Mengyu’s eyes, which looked a little sharp even when she was smiling, and didn’t answer her question.
Qin Mengyu let go of her hand and leaned back comfortably against the cushion of the booth. Then she extended her hand and bent her fingers. He Shu saw that the woman named Yu Yun quickly took out a box of cigars from her bag and nervously handed one to Qin Mengyu’s two fingers.
Qin Mengyu looked at He Shu and smiled: “Ms. He, would you like one?”
As soon as she spoke, Yu Yun also took out one to hand to He Shu.
He Shu waved her hand and didn’t take it. The person just kept holding it out.
He Shu hesitated for a moment and took it.
Cen Qianyi looked at the person. He Shu subconsciously handed it to her.
Cen Qianyi: …
He Shu: !!!
She was done for. The instinct to hand a cigarette to a boss was too ingrained. She had forgotten that the boss’s current persona was a poor little thing.
She quickly cleared her throat and casually tossed it to her: “Hold it for me.”
Fortunately, Cen Qianyi’s acting was very good, and her reaction was also very fast. She carefully took the item and held it in her palm, looking very worried about He Shu.
He Shu breathed a sigh of relief.
Qin Mengyu looked at their interaction, raised an eyebrow, but didn’t say anything. She took a puff after Yu Yun lit it for her.
As a smoke ring was slowly exhaled, she stated her purpose for being there.
“Ms. He, we are all people of the same kind. I’ll just be direct.”
People of the same kind?
He Shu was confused. In what way were she and her the same?
She had accidentally seen the number on Yu Yun’s bikini: 090. This Qin Mengyu was a new member of the club, just like her. She was 091, and this person was one spot ahead of her.
She guessed that she was probably talking about being fellow club members.
Cen Qianyi, however, was the first to understand the meaning behind Qin Mengyu’s words.
She looked at the person who had been cowering next to her after lighting the cigar. When that person heard Qin Mengyu’s words, she looked even more scared, and her eyes were red, looking pitiful.
Feeling the gaze of the person next to her also looking in that direction, a flicker of displeasure quickly passed through Cen Qianyi’s lowered eyes.
He Shu noticed that there was a glimmer of light in Yu Yun’s eyes, and she looked like she was about to cry… What was wrong with her? It was so sudden…
“Ms. He, do you want to play something different? Since we’re going to be on the island for so many days, why don’t we exchange our playthings?”
He Shu looked at the person. These words sounded so strange: “What do you mean?”
After Qin Mengyu reached out and pinched Yu Yun’s face, she put her hand on the table, lightly tapped it, and pointed to Cen Qianyi next to He Shu.
“How about we exchange these two things?”
With that one sentence, three of the four people at the table changed their expressions.
“No way.”
He Shu’s face darkened as she looked at the person who was rushing to her death. She now knew what she meant by “people of the same kind.”
She was being forced by the system to be a pervert, and now there was this person who thought she was a pervert coming to ask her to do something even more perverted!
If she were an alpaca, she would spit at her right now.
Unfortunately, she was a person, and people had to have some class.
But it was really hard to have class with someone who had none!
Just as she was about to tell her to get lost, the other person spoke again.
Qin Mengyu didn’t get angry at the refusal, but she didn’t give up either: “Does Ms. He think it’s a loss?”
She looked at Cen Qianyi: “It’s true that Ms. He’s thing looks much higher quality, but this one… Ms. He shouldn’t just look at the surface. She also has her fun parts.”
Qin Mengyu said as she patted Yu Yun’s leg: “Go over to Ms. He and let her know your good points.”
He Shu blurted out: “Don’t come over!”
As soon as the words left her mouth, she heard the woman named Yu Yun let out a scream and stand up, tightly covering her other arm with one hand!
Next to her, Qin Mengyu’s cigar was glowing with a red ember.
He Shu suddenly stood up and pulled Yu Yun over.
“What are you doing?!”
He Shu said as she went to check Yu Yun’s arm. She had just seen Qin Mengyu’s cigar burn her.
Qin Mengyu smiled: “Why are you so nervous, Ms. He? Didn’t you say you didn’t want this thing? So why do you care if it’s good or bad?”
He Shu ignored her, took Yu Yun’s hand away, and saw that her arm had already been burned!
“Come over here.”
Qin Mengyu spoke. He Shu’s hand was instantly forcefully pushed away, and Yu Yun trembled and returned to Qin Mengyu’s side.
Qin Mengyu slowly exhaled a smoke ring and smiled at He Shu: “Ms. He, you see, although my plaything is a little lacking in appearance, it’s well-trained and very obedient.”
She then gave He Shu a suggestive wink: “She’s very good. You can do whatever you want.”
He Shu just wanted to call the police. This was a psychopath. This was a crime. But she also knew that this place was lawless, and no one would care.
“Kneel down and crawl over here.”
Qin Mengyu seemed to want to show He Shu how obedient her plaything was and gave an order that would make any normal person angry.
But the woman named Yu Yun was about to kneel down without hesitation.
He Shu stepped forward, grabbed the person, and stopped her from kneeling.
“That’s enough. What do you want?”
Qin Mengyu looked at her hand holding Yu Yun’s and the corner of her mouth curved: “Since Ms. He is so reluctant to let go, why don’t you exchange with me? For these few days on the island, you can take good care of her.”
He Shu would never exchange. Not to mention it was Cen Qianyi, the matter itself was detestable. She wasn’t treating people like people at all.
Although she was angry, He Shu knew that even if she beat this person to the ground, it would be useless. This Yu Yun was brought to the island by Qin Mengyu. If she tried to forcefully take her, the people on the island probably wouldn’t help her.
“How much? How much money do you want to let her go?”
He Shu apologized to her in her heart. She wasn’t trying to buy or sell a person. She just wanted to use a simple method to solve the problem first.
This one sentence surprised the other three people present to varying degrees.
Cen Qianyi looked at the hand He Shu was holding. There was a haze in her eyes, which were hidden by her long eyelashes.
She was actually going to buy that woman.
Yu Yun turned to look at He Shu. She was a little uncertain. Was this person trying to save her, or did she also want to play with her…?
Qin Mengyu was a little surprised and then smiled: “Ms. He, did you forget? Who here is short on money?”
She then looked at Cen Qianyi: “Since Ms. He likes to use money to talk, I can also give money for this thing.”
He Shu’s face darkened, and her eyes were as cold as frost.
“She’s a person, not a plaything!”
Cen Qianyi’s eyes trembled slightly. Her eyes, which had been feigning panic, looked up at He Shu.
This person… Hadn’t she said that she was her plaything…?
He Shu was so angry that she forgot the lines she had said. They weren’t what she wanted to say anyway.
Qin Mengyu laughed at her hypocrisy. Who didn’t know her hobby? How many had she played with already?
Seeing her genuine anger, Qin Mengyu became even more interested in the person she was so reluctant to let go of.
She thought that He Shu’s actions were all for Cen Qianyi to see, just to make her even more devoted to her.
She leaned forward from her seat, propped her elbows on the table, and slowly exhaled a smoke ring in Cen Qianyi’s direction.
“Little beauty, come to me. Whatever conditions Ms. He gives you, I’ll double them.”
She then suggestively raised her chin at the person: “The same goes for in bed. I’ll make you happier.”
Cen Qianyi pulled her gaze away from He Shu and looked at the person who was offering her an “olive branch.” She usually didn’t kill for free… Maybe she should see if someone had placed a bounty.
Qin Mengyu, San Ya Group. She noted it down.
After glancing at Qin Mengyu, Cen Qianyi lowered her head and looked at the cake on the table. There was a hint of regret in her eyes.
He Shu hadn’t expected Qin Mengyu to say such suicidal things directly to Cen Qianyi. She nervously looked at Cen Qianyi, worried that she wouldn’t be able to hold back and would kill her on the spot.
“Ah!”
He Shu screamed. After Cen Qianyi pulled her hand back, she looked over. Why was she screaming? Her guts were so small.
It wasn’t He Shu’s fault. She had seen Cen Qianyi make a move and thought there was going to be bl00d everywhere. Luckily, she had just smeared cake all over her face.
Yu Yun’s reaction was a beat late, and she let out an “ah” and rushed forward.
She took a tissue from the table to wipe the person’s face. Qin Mengyu pushed her away with an elbow and wiped the cream off her face with her other hand.
“You’re ungrateful!” Qin Mengyu stood up and was about to slap Cen Qianyi.
Even though she knew Cen Qianyi couldn’t be hit, when Qin Mengyu looked like she was about to make a move, He Shu subconsciously stepped forward to protect the person before Cen Qianyi could react.
She reached out and held Qin Mengyu’s hand, holding it so tightly that Qin Mengyu couldn’t move at all.
He Shu had almost forgotten. She had a lot of strength.
She squeezed Qin Mengyu’s hand hard, making her hiss in pain.
“Ms. Qin, you can’t touch my person.”
After disgustedly throwing her hand away, He Shu pulled Cen Qianyi and started to leave. The cake was gone, so there was no point in eating anymore.
When she got to the door, He Shu heard a scream. She looked back and saw Yu Yun knocked to the side on the seat.
She quickly went back, pulled the person up, and was about to take her with them.
“Ms. He, that’s my person. Are you going to steal her?”
He Shu: “Don’t say ‘my person.’ If she wants to come with me, she’ll come willingly. If you don’t let her go, I’ll sue you for illegal confinement!”
Officer Judy had planned to sue her for that before. No one on the island would care, but she could sue her after they got back.
She looked at Yu Yun: “Do you want to come with me? Don’t be afraid. I’ll protect you.”
Cen Qianyi watched this scene from a distance, her eyes sinking. Her hand, which had been pushed away by He Shu, was hanging by her side. When she heard these words, her fingers curled up and grabbed a piece of fabric, wrinkling it.
Qin Mengyu had mostly cleaned her face. When she heard this, she started to laugh. The cream on her face spread out, making her look like a clown from a distance.
“Let’s see if she’ll come with you.”
Yu Yun looked at the tension in He Shu’s eyes. She could see that she was truly trying to save her… but she couldn’t leave. Her whole family was in Qin Mengyu’s hands. Although Qin Mengyu couldn’t directly kill them, she could make them desperate.
She couldn’t leave. It was better for her to die alone than for her entire family to be killed.
Yu Yun gave He Shu a grateful look and then pushed away her hand. She returned to Qin Mengyu’s side, trembling even more.
He Shu had received the gratitude in her eyes just now. Although she didn’t know why the person wouldn’t go with her, there must have been a reason.
Just as she was about to say something, a strange color suddenly flashed in her eyes.
She saw the air around Yu Yun slowly condense, forming a bunch of air blades.
They were different from Cen Qianyi’s. Her blades were especially small and didn’t have much of a presence.
But He Shu knew. This was killing intent. She wanted to kill Qin Mengyu.
After a moment of silence, He Shu decided to try again, between leaving and not leaving.
“What do you want to let her go? Name your price.”
As long as He Shu could do it.
Qin Mengyu had mostly cleaned up. When she heard this, her gaze once again fell on Cen Qianyi behind He Shu.
But her gaze no longer held the simple desire to possess.
Now, she wanted to destroy.
“I already told you, Ms. He. An exchange. That’s the only simple condition.”
“Why don’t you go and exchange your brain with a pig!”
He Shu turned around, grabbed Cen Qianyi, and started to leave. There was no point in talking to this pig.
She was taking her not just to save Yu Yun, but also to save herself. It would be stupid to keep someone who wanted to kill her by her side.
Qin Mengyu watched the two figures leave, and a fierce look appeared in her eyes.
“My offer is still on the table, Ms. He. If you want to exchange, come find me.”
She said as she aimed at Cen Qianyi’s back, quickly took a picture, and sent it to her top contact.
The caption: The real person is even more charming than in the video.
…
He Shu was still angry when she returned to the room.
How could there be such a stupid and evil scumbag? Just because she had some money, she didn’t treat people like people.
She didn’t even think that she was also a person. If people could not treat people like people, then there could be people who were stronger, richer, and more powerful than her who would not treat her like a person.
They were all pig brains!
No, He Shu really wanted to let it go, but she had encountered it. Thinking of Yu Yun’s grateful eyes at the end, He Shu immediately called her butler, the one named Leah, as soon as she got back to the room.
She told her about it and asked if the island could intervene.
But Leah said that the companions brought to the island were the private property of the VIPs and were not managed by the island.
Leah also reminded He Shu that she had to watch her “private property” herself. If something happened, the island wouldn’t care.
He Shu was so frustrated that she hung up the phone and rolled around on the bed.
This world was not good at all! This island was not good either. A place without legal regulations was terrible!
Cen Qianyi quietly waited for the person to finish the phone call and then quietly watched her stop rolling on the bed before slowly walking to the edge of the bed.
“Since you care so much, why didn’t you exchange me?”
He Shu sat up from the bed and looked at Cen Qianyi, who had suddenly spoken.
She had almost forgotten about her. She hadn’t said a word the whole way back.
When she heard her words, she frowned. How could she possibly exchange Cen Qianyi?
She looked at Cen Qianyi, not knowing why she had suddenly asked this question.
Looking at Cen Qianyi, a thought suddenly flashed in He Shu’s mind. She blinked. She had almost forgotten that Cen Qianyi was a powerful assassin and could also hypnotize people. If she were to be exchanged, could she hypnotize the person and then run back herself?
She didn’t know how long she could hypnotize a person for. If she just kept her hypnotized until they left the island, wouldn’t that solve the problem?
But it probably wouldn’t work… Logically, she shouldn’t know that Cen Qianyi could do these things. If she were to exchange her like this, it would be like leading a sheep into a tiger’s den and pushing her into a fire pit. She would definitely hate her.
And, He Shu thought of that Qin Mengyu. She felt that the name was a little familiar. She didn’t know the person’s real abilities. What if she had some powerful tricks that Cen Qianyi couldn’t handle? That would be a tragedy.
He Shu looked away and lowered her head.
No, this method wouldn’t work.
At the foot of the bed, one person was sitting, and the other was standing, with an arm’s length between them.
The light from the lamp above fell, and their shadows didn’t overlap at all, creating a clear boundary.
Cen Qianyi looked at the person who was looking down and seemed very disappointed.
Just now, after she had asked the question, she had clearly seen the hesitation in her eyes.
She was thinking. She was actually thinking about the question she had asked.
Whether or not to exchange her.
She had actually thought about the question.
Cen Qianyi looked at the person’s black hair. The light on it was like a wax polish, a dazzling black.
She took a step forward, and the two shadows overlapped.
He Shu looked at the darker carpet on the ground and slowly raised her head, unexpectedly meeting a pair of eyes that were as dark as the night.
He Shu blinked. What was going on? It was the first time she had seen Cen Qianyi’s pale purple eyes show such a color, almost black.
Before she could be confused, that still fair hand clasped the back of her neck.
A cold and low voice scraped past the tip of her ear and rang out in the night.
“Why are you hesitating… If you want to exchange… then exchange…”