The Domineering CEO, but a Crybaby! - Chapter 36
Chapter 36: Half of the Bed
Cen Qianyi’s voice was originally cold, and when she deliberately lowered it, it became even more eerie.
In this instant, He Shu felt a chill gather by her ear. The temperature dropped sharply, and a thin layer of ice quickly formed on her ear.
She seemed to be unable to hear any other sound in the world. She only heard Cen Qianyi’s breath after she finished speaking.
She seemed to be holding her breath, and her breathing was a little heavy.
The hand on her neck began to tighten. He Shu clearly felt those slender fingers pressing against her skin, like cold snakes crawling over her.
He Shu’s neck and spine felt a chill!
W-what’s going on?!
She didn’t know how all this had happened so suddenly, and she didn’t know what kind of madness Cen Qianyi was having. In He Shu’s violently trembling eyes, it was as if she saw the air around her change.
She was going to kill her!
Cen Qianyi was going to kill her!
When He Shu realized this, her entire scalp tingled as if it were about to explode!
Help!
Her instinctive will to survive made her use all her strength to fight for her life, even though she knew she was facing Cen Qianyi!
It was at this moment that He Shu realized how much she didn’t want to die!
She struggled to push away Cen Qianyi’s hand on her neck and then used all her strength to hug the person. She flipped over and pinned the person tightly to the bed.
There was no skill involved, just pure strength! She used almost all her strength to pin the person down tightly in an instant, making sure she couldn’t move!
After a moment of heavy breathing and a pounding heart, the silent world was restored to sound. She thought she heard Cen Qianyi calling her.
She didn’t listen! She didn’t care!
She tightly held Cen Qianyi’s hands, trying to put them together and pin them down with one of her hands.
She needed to free up a hand to get something out of her pocket!
“100,000 volts, 100,000 volts! System, come out! Give me 100,000 volts quickly!”
A sharp electronic voice pierced the silence in her mind.
“System rewards can be taken from any pocket. Host, calm down. No killing intent detected! Ding ding ding, no killing intent detected. The Host’s heart rate is too fast. Please remain calm!”
As if afraid that He Shu couldn’t hear, the electronic voice repeated three times: no killing intent detected.
Its reminder worked, and He Shu came back to her senses just as she put her hand in her pocket to get the item!
No killing intent?
He Shu was a little incredulous, but in just half a second, she was sure. It was true. There was no killing intent!
The air around her was normal. She didn’t know if it was because of her actions just now, but her cold back was now very hot!
What was going on? No killing intent? He Shu’s heart rate was still not slowing down, and her breathing was heavy.
She cautiously lifted her head a little. She had been worried that Cen Qianyi would attack her with her head, so she had turned her head to the side and pressed her own head tightly against the other person’s.
After she let go, Cen Qianyi’s head could finally move. She turned her gaze and met He Shu’s, who had lifted her head to look at her.
Their eyes met, each with their own surprise. Their heavy breathing seemed to be mixed together, making it impossible to tell whose was whose.
No one moved. Only a wind from who knows where blew the strands of He Shu’s hair that were hanging by Cen Qianyi’s face.
The strands of hair brushed against Cen Qianyi’s cheek. It was only then that He Shu noticed that there was an abnormal red patch on the fair and white cheek.
He Shu blinked. It seemed like she had pressed it there with her head just now…
“How much longer are you going to pin me down?”
A cold voice broke the somewhat inexplicable and strange silence.
Cen Qianyi looked at the person on top of her. They were so close that every time the other person blinked, it felt like she was brushing against her, causing ripples in her eyes and making her heart skip a beat.
He Shu suddenly came back to her senses and remembered that she was still on top of the other person. She looked at Cen Qianyi’s hands that she was holding. Her wrists were so slender. She could firmly hold both of her intertwined wrists with just one hand.
Could such a hand really kill someone?
The answer was yes.
She looked at the hands and felt a little hesitant. She hadn’t completely recovered from the panic just now. Although she didn’t feel any killing intent, she couldn’t be completely sure that she didn’t want to kill her.
Or maybe she wasn’t planning on killing her, but she could still torture her.
The fact that she had been grabbing her neck just now was not an illusion.
However, He Shu was a little slow to realize that something was wrong.
It was a little too easy for her to subdue Cen Qianyi. She didn’t seem to be using any strength. There was no abnormal feeling on her neck. When she hugged her and pressed her to the bed, she didn’t even struggle.
She seemed to have made a mistake…
Cen Qianyi really didn’t struggle. When He Shu made her move, she let go of her hand. She also didn’t resist when the person hugged her…
She had plenty of opportunities to make a move… but she didn’t…
Cen Qianyi blinked, feeling her heart pounding in her chest. Her voice, which was even hoarser than before, spoke again.
“Let go of me.”
She said as she moved her hands, signaling He Shu to let go.
He Shu let go this time after some hesitation, but she was still a little wary, her gaze firmly fixed on her hands.
She watched as those hands brushed away the entangled hair on her face, and a complete face was revealed.
Cen Qianyi’s face was very small. Even looking at it this close, He Shu felt that this face was so delicate that she couldn’t find anything wrong with it.
Suddenly, the hand in her line of sight moved. Seeing it approach, He Shu turned her head abruptly and grabbed the hand again.
“What are you doing?”
Cen Qianyi frowned at the panic in He Shu’s eyes: “What do you think I’m going to do?”
“How would I know what you’re going to do?”
“If you don’t know what I’m going to do, why are you nervous?”
“If I don’t know what you’re going to do, of course I’ll be nervous.”
“If you don’t know what I’m going to do but you’re nervous, it means you’ve categorized this unknown thing as a threat.” Cen Qianyi looked at the person and concluded: “You think I’m going to hurt you.”
“This is a person’s instinct for self-preservation!”
Although everything Cen Qianyi said was right, He Shu would definitely not admit it. She couldn’t expose the fact that she knew who she was.
Cen Qianyi looked at the person and repeated her words: “Self-preservation?”
He Shu nodded: “Yes. It’s a person’s instinct to be wary of the unknown. It’s a good habit.”
“How long will this wariness last?”
“Hmm?”
“Can you get off me now?”
He Shu was sure that this person didn’t seem to be about to do anything to her. She got off the person and also pulled her up.
“Just say what you have to say. Don’t use your hands and feet.”
She knew now that what had happened just now was her overreacting. Cen Qianyi didn’t seem to have wanted to do anything to her. But she couldn’t be blamed for that. It was Cen Qianyi, after all.
After confirming that she was fine, He Shu sat at the foot of the bed, let out a long sigh, and looked at the person next to her who was tidying her clothes.
Cen Qianyi smoothed out her wrinkled clothes. When she heard this, she turned to look at He Shu and rubbed the red mark on her wrist, making it clear who had been using their hands and feet.
He Shu saw the mark on her hand. She couldn’t be blamed for that… she wasn’t the one who had made a move first.
Cen Qianyi saw the meaning in her eyes. Was that considered making a move? She had just put her hand on her neck, wanting to hear one sentence from her.
She didn’t know why this person’s reaction was so violent… Thinking of this, Cen Qianyi once again felt that something was wrong with this person.
She was genuinely afraid of her…
But she had never done anything to hurt her.
The two of them sat side by side at the foot of the bed. The light from the lamp above fell, and the two shadows on the ground were not far apart, but the light didn’t tolerate the darkness, and its presence was very strong.
He Shu turned her body to the side, and her shadow shifted slightly, eating away a little bit of the light on the ground. The two shadows moved a little closer.
“Oh, right. What did you say before? What about exchanging people? You wanted to exchange with someone?”
He Shu was still a little surprised when she remembered this. This person wanted to exchange with someone? She wanted to go to Qin Mengyu’s place? Could it be that she had some new plan to kill her?
Cen Qianyi looked at the person who was now blaming her and let out a cold laugh.
“Weren’t you the one who cared so much and wanted to exchange? What, you don’t care anymore?”
He Shu was confused: “Care about what? Care about who?”
Cen Qianyi grunted with a lack of understanding.
He Shu: “You mean that Yu Yun?”
Cen Qianyi: “You remember her name very quickly.”
He Shu frowned: “I was just helping her out. It’s a good deed.”
Cen Qianyi obviously didn’t believe her: “I can’t tell that you’re a good person.”
He Shu: “Your eyesight isn’t good. I don’t blame you.”
Cen Qianyi: …
He Shu looked at the person’s stunned expression and felt a little belated regret. What was she doing? Why was she being so casual with Cen Qianyi? Her mouth was faster than her brain again.
Worried that Cen Qianyi thought she was insulting her, He Shu quickly explained: “What I mean is, you’ve got it wrong. It’s not like I have heart disease and always feel sorry for people.”
There were so many pitiful people. She couldn’t feel sorry for everyone she met. She just happened to run into it, so she helped if she could.
Cen Qianyi looked at the person and grunted again with a lack of understanding.
He Shu looked at Cen Qianyi. She had been slammed onto the bed, and she had fixed her clothes but not her collar. Now, half of her collar was stuck inside the collar.
A part of the collar was directly against her skin, which was a little dangerous.
“Turn around. I’ll undo it for you.”
He Shu pointed to her neck.
Cen Qianyi slowly turned around. He Shu verified it and opened the lock. Looking at the person sitting quietly with her back to her, the idea she had had before popped up again.
She looked so obedient like this… But she wouldn’t dare to say she was like Qianqian again.
After taking off the collar, He Shu saw the scar behind Cen Qianyi’s ear that was very similar to Qianqian’s. Out of curiosity, she asked: “What happened to the back of your ear? There’s a scar that looks like it was poked by a needle.”
She said as she poked it with her finger.
Cen Qianyi’s body trembled, and she turned her head.
He Shu met the person’s gaze and thought to herself that she seemed to have done something stupid again. Why did she ask about this? A scar usually corresponded to a story or an experience.
These were all very personal things. He Shu wanted to say that she had just asked casually and told the person not to say anything, but she heard the person speak.
“Is this also a good deed?”
“Hmm?”
“Otherwise, why would you care about this?”
He Shu shook her head: “I just care because—”
He Shu stopped speaking. Because what? What was their relationship?
She was suddenly at a loss for words.
Fortunately, Cen Qianyi moved on from the topic, but what she said next made her even more speechless.
“Are you going to continue what you were going to do at the restaurant?”
He Shu was confused. What was she going to do? Was she talking about saving Yu Yun? What did Cen Qianyi mean? Was she offering to help?
She looked at the person, wanting to hear what she would say next.
But Cen Qianyi asked another question.
“Are you full?”
He Shu shook her head, not understanding why she was suddenly asking this.
Cen Qianyi looked at the person and smiled.
“Oh, you said you wanted to eat me. How do you plan to eat me?”
When she heard this, He Shu almost fell off the bed: “Huh?”
She remembered. It was the last line of the script!
She had said she wasn’t full and wanted to eat her. Then Qin Mengyu and her group had come and interrupted the plot.
In the original novel, she had really “eaten” a few bites. The cake that Cen Qianyi had thrown at Qin Mengyu would have been finished in an extremely greasy way by He Shu and Cen Qianyi.
Thinking of those plot points, He Shu suddenly got up from the bed: “I’m full, very full. I have things to do. You… you do your own thing!”
He Shu said as she went to the sofa, picked up her phone, and looked busy, as if she had a lot of things to deal with.
Cen Qianyi looked at the slightly dented empty space on the mattress and looked up at the person who had run away.
She wasn’t going to eat anymore?
Looking at the person’s back on the sofa, those pale purple eyes once again deepened.
She was a little curious.
How does one “eat” a person?
Some images appeared in her mind, and Cen Qianyi suddenly got up and went to the bathroom.
After closing the door, she propped her hands on the sink and looked at her flushed face in the mirror.
What was she thinking? Why had she become so strange too… Why was she asking those questions…?
…
He Shu let out a big sigh of relief when she heard the sound of water in the bathroom. Her stiff back finally relaxed, and she lay down on the sofa completely.
She had been pretending to be busy just now, but she was actually pressing a calculator.
After lying on the sofa for a while, she still couldn’t figure out why Cen Qianyi had suddenly asked those questions.
And why she was so strange today.
She had been acting abnormally since the restaurant.
Thinking of the bite of cake she had licked, her heart was in turmoil.
She must have remembered all of this, and also how she had pinned her down on the bed just now because she thought she was going to kill her.
Was she not dealing with her now because she was still useful, and she would settle the score later?
This was most likely the case. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have died so miserably in the original novel.
This was temporarily unsolvable. He Shu picked up her phone and sent a message to Su Ming, doing what she could.
Seriously, doing good deeds might accumulate virtue. If she accumulated enough virtue, maybe the gods would bless her, and she could live a little longer.
He Shu asked Su Ming to investigate Qin Mengyu. The more detailed the information, the better, and preferably with some facts about her crimes.
Su Ming immediately replied with “OK.” Before she sent the information, He Shu felt that she should start reading the original novel.
She only regretted not having read the book when she needed it. The main reason was that things had been happening one after another these past few days, and she hadn’t had any time to read it.
She felt that the name Qin Mengyu was a little familiar, and she suspected that she had seen it in the book before, but she kept reading and didn’t see any plot about her.
In the original novel, they had no interaction on this island.
He Shu flipped through the book quickly, looking for the name. She kept flipping until much later in the book and finally saw some plot related to the name.
It was related to the protagonist. A case of arms smuggling that Nie Wenyu was investigating was related to this Qin Mengyu. When the evidence was conclusive, the person escaped when she was about to be arrested.
He Shu looked at the dialogue in the plot.
It was one of Nie Wenyu’s subordinates who wanted to take on this task. Nie Wenyu warned her.
Nie Wenyu: “I know there’s a personal vendetta between you two, but don’t forget our identities. Our job is to hand her over to the law.”
Shark: “Don’t worry, boss. I know. I just want to bring her back myself. Don’t worry, I won’t do anything to her.”
Nie Wenyu: “As long as you know what you’re doing, I’ll leave this to you.”
Shark: “Okay.”
He Shu flipped back and forth. This person with the codename Shark was a member of the protagonist’s team. Qin Mengyu had a grudge against a member of the protagonist’s team.
Thinking of the protagonist’s team, He Shu remembered what the system had told her when she first transmigrated. The members of the protagonist’s team were all very capable, each with their own strengths. They were the partners that the protagonist, Nie Wenyu, had sought out along the way. They had been through life and death together and were not only capable but also had strong beliefs.
However, all these capable people were eventually killed by Cen Qianyi.
Thinking about it this way, she was the most powerful.
He Shu flipped through the book back and forth. This Qin Mengyu had nothing to do with her. But what was certain was that this person was trash.
She didn’t know where the protagonist was now. She should come and arrest this trash directly. Bring her “Shark.” That name sounded very imposing. He Shu immediately pictured a fierce woman with a heavy-duty sniper rifle.
“This gun is good.”
Ye Qi looked at the gun that Nie Wenyu had prepared, and her eyes were full of stars.
Lisa was very nervous on the side: “Boss, are you really going? That’s a lawless zone.”
Nie Wenyu checked the weapons, closed the trunk, and went to the driver’s seat. Ye Qi quickly got in the passenger seat.
Before starting the car, Nie Wenyu looked at the worried Lisa outside the window. She didn’t say any words of comfort, only: “I’m leaving this to you. Thank you for your hard work.”
She had a lead on her original case, and it just so happened that Yi Wang Island was where He Shu’s location was. Thinking of the poor little thing she had brought with her, Nie Wenyu felt that she had to go on this trip, both for personal and professional reasons.
Ye Qi shouted to Lisa outside the driver’s window: “Don’t worry, I’ll take care of your boss.”
She then looked at Nie Wenyu: “Right, my plaything.”
After saying that, she couldn’t stop laughing: “I really didn’t expect you to make such a big sacrifice to investigate a case.”
Her gaze went back and forth over Nie Wenyu’s body: “Oh, right. Did you take care of… some things on your body? I don’t want to see you in a bikini with some hairy stuff.”
Nie Wenyu looked back at her: “If you don’t behave, I’ll shave your head.”
“Hmph, I’m just giving you a friendly reminder. Otherwise, you’ll be the center of attention on the island. And also, who am I doing this for? That club… If it weren’t for you, would I go? My sister would say I’m an embarrassment to the Ye family. That Yao Bing… our family is not worse than hers. Joining her club is like bowing down to her. It’s embarrassing.”
Nie Wenyu couldn’t be bothered to listen to her nonsense. She stepped on the gas, and the car sped toward the airport.
“If you talk anymore, I’ll tell your sister that you signed up for the military school exam.”
Ye Qi was annoyed: “Are you even human? I’m doing this to maintain world peace. Just you wait. I’ll shoot you one day.”
Nie Wenyu looked back at her. She immediately shut up. She was determined to be a sniper. She had just managed to pass the military school’s preliminary exam this year, and this person was using that to control her. It was her fault for being so happy that she had let it slip.
“Oh, right. I heard you’re going to set up a new department with more authority than the special case department. You’re recruiting people, right? Look at me. You know my skills. Your team also needs a sniper, right?”
“Pass the final exam first.”
“The way you say that… How could I not pass?”
“Think about your terrible geography knowledge.”
“Speaking of which, didn’t you say you had a top student from the police academy who could tutor me? Where is she?”
Nie Wenyu’s hands on the steering wheel paused for a moment. After a second of silence, she spat out two words: “She’s dead.”
She was also a person that she had wanted to recruit for her team, but she had died at He Shu’s villa.
The number one suspect had also left the country with He Shu. On this trip, she had to bring the person back.
The procedures were all completed.
Tu Xuan didn’t know that she had become the number one suspect in Fang Nian’s murder, and the person who was going to arrest her was on her way.
She came out after taking a shower and saw that Su Ming was still holding a laptop, staring at it intently.
She walked up to the person, but the person didn’t react.
Tu Xuan threw the towel from her neck over her head, covering her completely.
Su Ming’s vision was blocked. She blinked and pulled off the thing that was blocking her sight, and she saw Tu Xuan standing in front of her.
She had just showered and was covered in steam, wearing only a light gray tank top and a pair of dark gray shorts.
Her toned arms and legs were exposed, and there were still some water droplets on them.
It was rare to see her so casual. Su Ming looked at her hair, which was also dripping with water, and handed the towel back to her: “Dry your hair before you sleep.”
Tu Xuan took the towel and said “Hmm” before asking: “What are you doing?”
Su Ming: “The boss needs me for something.”
Tu Xuan had guessed: “Take a break and shower first.”
Su Ming: “Later. If I’m bothering you, I can go outside.”
Tu Xuan was helpless and lay back on the bed: “You’re not bothering me. Continue.”
Su Ming saw the person lie down and looked at the legs propped up on the bed, feeling a little awkward.
It was all because the boss had said that this person would protect her, and she had said that they had to stay in the same room to follow the boss’s order.
Su Ming looked away, tried her best to pretend the person wasn’t there, and continued to check the information on San Ya Group and Qin Mengyu.
Tu Xuan took the book she had brought and started reading. The atmosphere was harmonious for a while.
After sending all the collected information, Su Ming pinched her eyebrows and closed her laptop.
She found that Tu Xuan was still awake and looked at the book in her hand.
From 0 to 7 Days: Learn to Make a Bomb
“You can learn to make a bomb in seven days?”
Su Ming was surprised.
Tu Xuan didn’t know either. She hadn’t turned a single page in an hour and had only been looking at the person. When the person was working seriously, she had a very different feeling.
It was like a small spider, silently weaving its web in a corner. The wind, people, and cats passing by didn’t matter to it. It just weaved its web there, and by the time you realized it, it had already finished weaving it.
By the time the person watching realized it, they were already caught in the web.
“Do you want to learn?” she asked Su Ming.
Su Ming thought for a moment: “Is there a book on how to defuse a bomb in seven days?”
She thought of the time when the company encountered a bomb. It had scared the boss. If she learned how, it might be useful in the future.
Tu Xuan immediately understood from her words that she was thinking of saving her boss… She even wanted to learn how to defuse bombs. She might as well be the bodyguard captain.
She turned a page: “I’ll learn to make one first.”
Su Ming smiled and agreed. She glanced at her phone. The boss hadn’t replied to her message yet.
He Shu wanted to reply, but her phone had fallen to the floor!
It had fallen because her hand had slipped out of fear.
She was lying on her side on the sofa, facing the bathroom to know Cen Qianyi’s movements as soon as possible.
Looking at the person who came out of the bathroom, He Shu’s eye twitched. Cen Qianyi had just come out like that…
Cen Qianyi was wrapped in a towel, the length of which went from below her collarbone to the top of her thighs. After covering this part, the rest of her was completely exposed to the air.
Her wet hair was draped over her shoulders. When He Shu looked, she saw a vast expanse of white.
Only her small and delicate face was a little pink, as if it had been steamed by the hot water.
In this state, He Shu thought for a long time for a word to describe her and finally used the simplest one: cute. She was like an elf from a comic book. Especially her skin, which had been soaked in steam, seemed to have been washed of its coldness, and even the aloofness that kept people at a distance was much less.
He Shu swallowed hard and quickly looked away, trying to grab her phone from the floor while her heart was pounding.
Just as she got her phone, a shadow appeared in her line of sight. She looked up and saw that Cen Qianyi had walked up to her—and then walked a few steps forward, to the corner where her suitcase was placed.
He Shu’s heart, which had just risen, fell again, and then rose again when she saw the person’s movements.
This person was getting clothes from her suitcase. Looking at the intimate clothing she was holding, He Shu suddenly stood up.
“I’m going to take a shower.”
He Shu quickly grabbed a change of clothes from her suitcase and went to the bathroom, leaving the bedroom.
But after she entered the bathroom, when the lingering heat inside steamed her, He Shu realized that she had been stupid again. Cen Qianyi hadn’t said she was going to change in the bedroom. Normally, she should have taken her clothes to the bathroom to change.
Why was she so nervous? Why did she think the person was going to change in front of her?
She had been a little abnormal all day today. He Shu looked at her flushed face in the mirror. She seemed to have been acting foolishly all day!
Outside the door, Cen Qianyi picked up He Shu’s phone that was on the sofa. After a quick look, she found that the person was only in contact with her assistant.
She looked at the content of their conversation. She had asked her to investigate the person with the surname Qin.
She really did… want to save that person.
A good deed. Cen Qianyi grunted. What a strange thing to say.
She suddenly thought of what she had heard at He Shu’s company before. She was the seventh. So, since she wasn’t going to exchange her, did she want an eighth?
After quickly inputting a set of commands, Cen Qianyi turned off the phone with cold eyes and threw it back on the sofa.
When He Shu came out, only a floor lamp in the corner was left on in the room.
In the dim yellow light, she saw a lump under the covers on the bed.
Cen Qianyi had already gone to bed… She looked at the half of the bed that was empty and blinked.
It seemed like it was left for her…
He Shu glanced at it and decisively went to the sofa.
She had never willingly slept with Cen Qianyi before. Now that she had a choice, she didn’t want to sleep with her.
She lay down on the sofa and picked up her phone. She remembered that she hadn’t replied to Su Ming’s message yet.
But she sent several messages, and none of them went through.
It seemed like the signal was bad. The signal was fine during the day, so why was it not working at night?
After trying a few times and failing to send them, He Shu gave up. She had originally wanted to call the front desk, but seeing that Cen Qianyi was asleep, she decided against it and would ask tomorrow.
Since she couldn’t send messages, she would read the information that Su Ming had sent her.
She was lying on her side, reading the information seriously, not noticing that the person on the bed had opened her eyes.
Cen Qianyi looked at the empty half of the bed and then at the person lying on the sofa. A hint of displeasure flashed in her eyes.
He Shu was amazed at Su Ming’s efficiency. She had managed to find so much information in such a short amount of time.
She was carefully reading it, trying to find something useful, when suddenly, the light in front of her dimmed.
A shadow loomed over her. She looked up and met a pair of pale purple eyes.
He Shu’s heart skipped a beat.
“What—”
She had just sat up, and before she could finish her sentence, she lost consciousness…
It was too sudden. So sudden that He Shu couldn’t figure it out at all.
What was Cen Qianyi going to do by hypnotizing her?!
Huh? Why? Why did she hypnotize her?
This was too scary!