The Domineering CEO, but a Crybaby! - Chapter 46
Chapter 46: Closely Pressed Lips
At night, the wind picked up.
The waves surged in the waters near Yi Wang Island, one after another.
Any experienced captain would know that on a windy night like this, going out to sea was an adventure.
Especially for small boats that were only used for recreation, they couldn’t withstand big winds and waves.
But there were people who, even though they knew the danger, still took the risk.
In the darkness of the night, a yacht slowly approached Yi Wang Island in the wind and waves.
Tu Xuan checked Su Ming’s equipment for the last time. After making sure there were no problems, she asked the same question she had asked when they left.
“Are you really going?”
Su Ming nodded without any hesitation: “Yes, the boss might be in danger.”
For the past two days, she had been almost completely out of contact with the boss. At first, she thought it was a signal problem, but she had tried it, and her contact with other people was fine.
She had originally thought it was because of the signal on Yi Wang Island, but because she was worried, she managed to contact the assistant of the president of Qiyue Group, who was also on the island this time. The other party said that her contact with her boss was completely fine.
At this point, Su Ming was sure that something was wrong with the boss.
She had to go and see to be at ease.
Tu Xuan looked at the determined person and was not surprised by her answer at all. She nodded: “Okay.”
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to stop Su Ming from taking the risk, but since yesterday, this person had not been eating well. She was staring at her phone all day and night and didn’t sleep. Even when she did sleep, she would wake up with a start. Instead of this, it was better to let her go and see for herself.
After making sure the equipment was fine, Tu Xuan led Su Ming to warm up.
After Su Ming warmed up, she saw that Tu Xuan was about to go into the sea first. She hesitated and stopped her.
“How about I go by myself? What if…”
What if there was danger? If Tu Xuan went, it would be sending another person to their death.
Tu Xuan turned around and looked at the person who was finally a little hesitant. At this time, she was finally hesitating for her.
She thought she only had her boss in her heart.
Tu Xuan finished her sentence: “What if you die on this trip… then… will you regret it?”
Su Ming shook her head again without any hesitation. She wouldn’t regret dying for the boss.
Tu Xuan turned around and walked back to Su Ming, smiling: “What if I die… will you regret it?”
Su Ming was surprised by her question, but she thought about it and replied: “I’ll be sad.”
Tu Xuan understood. Sad, but not regretful.
She had known the answer would be like this for a long time.
She looked at Su Ming, her smile gone. In the darkness of the night, there were surging waves in her ink-like eyes.
“If I die on this trip, I’ll regret it.”
Su Ming immediately replied: “Don’t go. I’ll go by myself. You wait here—”
Before the word ‘I’ could come out, her vision went dark, and the tall figure quickly pressed closer in her eyes.
There was a little more warmth on her lips, which had long lost their temperature in the sea breeze.
It was a very light kiss, a touch and a separation.
Tu Xuan lowered her head and looked at the person who was confused.
“I’ll regret it. I’ll regret that someone doesn’t know why I’m willing to take the risk.”
Su Ming touched her lips with one hand and looked at the person who had spoken in surprise.
Tu Xuan smiled: “Now, there’s nothing to regret.”
After she said that, she quickly backed away. Before Su Ming could react, she jumped into the pitch-black sea.
Su Ming quickly ran to the side of the boat and looked down. The splashing water quickly disappeared in the wind and waves.
The person who had just jumped into the sea was also gone. Su Ming’s heart leaped into her throat. Fortunately, after a while, the surface of the water broke, and the person who had jumped down surfaced.
“It’s okay, jump.”
Su Ming let out a long sigh of relief. She belatedly felt a splash of water in her heart, but she didn’t have time to think about it.
Feeling the gaze from her side, she looked back and saw that the other two bodyguards who had come with them had their eyes wide like copper bells, which were unusually conspicuous in the darkness of the night.
Su Ming’s expression became serious: “Forget what you just saw. Act according to the plan!”
After she said that, she leaped and jumped into the pitch-black sea.
Darkness could always hide a lot of danger, but a sudden light could sometimes also catch people off guard.
The sudden light fell into He Shu’s eyes. Along with the sudden enlargement of her pupils, it seemed to be flashing.
Cen Qianyi had completely confused her!
What was she doing?!
She couldn’t make a sound with her mouth blocked. He Shu’s eyelashes fluttered rapidly. She reached out to push away this woman who had suddenly gone crazy!
But the person made a move first, pushing her back step by step!
Soon, there was no way to retreat!
He Shu’s entire body hit the wall behind her. Her body was chilled by the tiles on the wall, and she couldn’t help but gasp.
The people in the monitoring room also gasped in unison at this moment, and a hint of frustration flashed in their eyes.
Why was the camera blocked at this crucial moment!
The monitoring staff member, who was responsible for tracking any anomalies of 091, adjusted the camera left and right, trying to restore the picture, but the back of 091’s head completely and perfectly blocked the camera.
She tried, but she could only see a few strands of hair with a little light in the pitch-black screen.
The supervisor patted her on the head: “Okay, this group is not abnormal. Switch back to the small screen and track 097.”
“Received.”
As the words fell, the surveillance of the restroom where He Shu was located was switched back to the small screen, and 097 took up the entire 65-inch big screen.
He Shu didn’t know that the back of her head was on a 12-inch small screen, and many people were hoping for it to move away.
She also wanted to move away, but she couldn’t. Cen Qianyi was pressing on her very hard. He Shu didn’t know why the person had suddenly done this, and she didn’t dare to struggle with all her strength.
Cen Qianyi looked over He Shu’s shoulder at the special ’tile’ that was blocked behind her. From a distance, it looked well-camouflaged, but up close, it was very out of place.
But normal people wouldn’t look closely at this small piece of tile in the corner.
These surveillance cameras weren’t there last night. They were installed temporarily today. Hiding them like this was pretty good.
After making sure they were covered, Cen Qianyi moved back a little to look at the ‘cooperative’ He Shu.
The other party’s eyes were wide to the limit, staring straight at her.
There were many emotions in her eyes—confusion, accusation, embarrassment, and fear. It was very vivid.
Cen Qianyi suppressed her smile and slightly loosened her hand that was cupping her cheeks. Her thumb moved outward, from her lips to the corners of her mouth.
He Shu felt the pressure on her lips disappear and immediately spoke: “What are you doing?!”
What was she thinking? Pressing her hand on her mouth! And getting so close!
If it weren’t for those two thumbs blocking the way, the two of them would have kissed!
It scared her to death. She really thought Cen Qianyi was going to kiss her just now. She cupped her face and pressed on!
Cen Qianyi’s lowered gaze fell on He Shu’s opening and closing lips. Her lips were much redder than usual from being rubbed by her thumb, like ripe cherries. After looking at them for a long time, she actually had the urge to taste them…
Just now, she didn’t mind kissing her, which was why she put her finger in the way. She just wasn’t interested in kissing her for others to watch.
Her gaze glanced behind He Shu, especially at the people hiding ‘behind’ her.
“Hmm? Why aren’t you talking?”
He Shu was really confused. This person was crazy! Let her think. From the door, she suddenly hugged her, and then without a word, she pushed her into the lounge!
She said she was scared and asked if she would treat her like the person next door. Now she was inexplicably pushing her into the restroom!
She inexplicably hugged her, blocked her mouth, and pushed her into this corner!
What was this person going to do?
He Shu moved left and right. The picture on the small surveillance screen flickered, and many monitoring staff members were attracted again, but the back of her head still didn’t move away.
Cen Qianyi tightened her hand hard, pressed against He Shu’s face, and held her head still.
He Shu didn’t want to be controlled so inexplicably anymore and wanted to break free, but the next second, she was bitten.
She widened her eyes and looked at the person who bit her.
But before she could question her, she felt a dizziness.
Before losing consciousness, He Shu wanted to go berserk. She never expected Cen Qianyi to hypnotize her at this time!
And in the restroom, no less. What was she going to do?!
Before the feeling of fear could spread, she lost consciousness.
Cen Qianyi looked at the pair of eyes that had suddenly widened in horror and gradually returned to normal, becoming calm and expressionless.
“Wait for me for a while.”
The things she was going to do next couldn’t be seen by the people behind them, and He Shu couldn’t see them either.
She was afraid of scaring her.
She reached out and gently patted He Shu’s face, giving her instructions.
“Count to three, and then stand on your tiptoes once. Keep repeating.”
He Shu, who had no self-awareness, obediently began to follow the instructions.
“One, two, three.”
She counted to three and then stood on her tiptoes once, her body moving up and down.
In the surveillance camera, her hair swayed. The monitoring staff member who was secretly glancing at them raised her eyebrows. It was still going on… This kiss was really passionate.
Cen Qianyi watched the person obediently follow the instructions. She gently brushed her finger over the spot on her cheek that she had just bitten, wiping away the moisture: “Wait for me, I’ll be quick.”
She quickly went to get the things she had hidden under the sink beforehand.
She lifted her dress and secured the things to her leg. These were things she was used to doing. Cen Qianyi’s movements were fast but very organized.
If He Shu were awake, she would probably be amazed. It was just like the spies in the action movies she had watched before.
The only difference was that Cen Qianyi looked more nimble, professional, and beautiful than any of them.
Time passed by, second by second. Cen Qianyi knew that if too much time passed, He Shu’s behavior of blocking the camera would seem a bit abnormal.
After she quickly got her equipment ready, she picked up a disposable phone from the side, unlocked it, and looked at the message.
“The person on the sea has been rescued.”
There was a picture with the message, a milky white hair, rolled into a circle, held in a dark hand.
Cen Qianyi replied with an “X.”
After quickly paying the remaining balance, Cen Qianyi crushed the phone, threw it into the toilet, and pressed the flush button.
The sound of rushing water rang out. Cen Qianyi looked at herself in the mirror, smoothed her hair, and went back to He Shu in the corner.
Thinking of the money she had just given away, she gently patted her face.
“Your emotional damage compensation is gone.”
She only had the ’emotional damage compensation’ that she had deducted from [Xi] because He Shu was scared before. She had given it all away.
Now, she had no money.
Cen Qianyi thought of what the person had said about supporting her. If she couldn’t solve this order, she really wouldn’t have any money on her account.
She would have to support her.
He Shu’s eyes were blank, staring ahead. For Cen Qianyi’s words, she only hesitated for a moment, like a robot that had encountered a problem it couldn’t handle. After skipping it, she returned to the instruction she was originally executing, continuing to ‘one, two, three’ and then stood on her tiptoes.
Cen Qianyi looked at the person who was obediently saying ‘one, two, three’ and then standing on her tiptoes. She lowered her head and let out a soft laugh.
She didn’t know why, but before, she had thought that this person was lifeless and uninteresting when hypnotized. But now, looking at the person like this… she didn’t think it was completely uninteresting.
Her dazed look was actually a little… cute.
Cen Qianyi didn’t know how that word had popped into her head.
She looked at the person, listening as she repeated ‘one, two, three’ again.
At the beginning of the next ‘one,’ Cen Qianyi spoke, following the rhythm.
Two voices together.
One… two… three.
As the last syllable fell, at the same time He Shu stood on her tiptoes, Cen Qianyi also stood on her tiptoes.
Her insteps were straightened, her body leaned forward, her hair swayed, and her gaze was level.
And, her lips were close.
Cen Qianyi put her hand on He Shu’s shoulder. As she descended with the person, she eliminated the last bit of distance between their lips.
With a gentle and slow fusion, Cen Qianyi closed her eyes. A wave of heat swept over her, and even the corners of her eyes were hot.
Her heart was beating so fast that it didn’t feel like her own.
Her palm fell, and it was only when she touched He Shu’s steady chest that Cen Qianyi confirmed that it was her own heartbeat.
She opened her eyes and looked at the woman in front of her who was completely unmoved from the inside out. A hint of displeasure flashed in her eyes.
It was only when she heard a whimpering sound from the person’s mouth that her eyes regained their smile.
She was so cute. Her mouth was blocked, so she couldn’t make a sound, and she was saying it with her throat.
Cen Qianyi probably forgot that this was an instruction she had given after hypnotizing her. If it were anyone else in front of her, they would have done the same thing.
She let go of the person. He Shu continued to ‘one, two, three,’ and then stood on her tiptoes.
Cen Qianyi found that every time He Shu said ‘one,’ her heart would beat three times.
She bit her lip, feeling a little uncomfortable. She remembered the last time, which was last night. In fact, when she bit her then, she didn’t want to admit it, but she was indeed nervous.
It was the same as the first time she killed someone… This heartbeat, Cen Qianyi looked at He Shu. It was probably the same as killing someone. She would get used to it.
She was a little better now than she was last night.
She reached out and touched the wound on He Shu’s lip that was almost healed… After tonight was over… she would try again. She should be able to perform better.
Cen Qianyi let out a soft laugh and snapped her fingers next to He Shu’s ear.
The pair of unfocused, confused eyes gradually began to regain their light with this sound.
He Shu blinked. Her gaze returned to clarity, but her mind was very sluggish.
She looked at the smiling face in front of her and habitually frowned.
What was going on? Why was Cen Qianyi smiling at her again?