The Domineering CEO, but a Crybaby! - Chapter 9

Chapter 9: Wild Enough to Play

Cen Qianyi knew this person played wild enough, but she hadn’t expected her to play out in the wilderness, and so early in the morning.

In a moment of desperation, He Shu unleashed boundless potential, steadying her forward-tilting body while simultaneously grabbing the leg of the person she had thrown!

With a yank, she pulled off the other’s shoe…

With a ‘thud,’ bare skin directly hit the ground, making quite a noise and startling the birds resting in the surrounding jungle.

It also scared He Shu quite a bit!

In that instant, her mind flashed with the way she died in the original novel.

Looking at the person on the ground, she felt her death might be about to escalate…

The pain radiating from Cen Qianyi’s back, intensified by the sensory enhancer, spread throughout her body, causing a physiological tear to well up in the corner of her eye.

Years of training had made her extremely tolerant of pain.

But it was only tolerance, not an absence of pain…

This damned sensory enhancer!

He Shu hurried forward and saw Cen Qianyi biting her lip fiercely, creating pale tooth marks on her crimson lips, and a tear was sliding down her taut cheek.

She looked as pitiful as could be.

This appearance also made it very difficult to associate her with the major villain in the original novel, who killed without batting an eye.

She just looked like an ordinary girl who would hurt and cry if she fell.

He Shu couldn’t say “I’m sorry,” so she apologized silently in her heart while confirming with the system in her mind.

“System, come out, are you mistaken? Are you sure this Cen Qianyi is some top assassin of the alliance? Look, she can’t even save herself from falling.”

She herself had been able to steady her fall at the critical moment.

Host, please look at Cen Qianyi’s clothes.

Clothes, what about the clothes?

He Shu looked down and immediately understood the key point… Earlier at the foot of the mountain, she saw Cen Qianyi in just a thin nightgown, and she would definitely get hot carrying someone up the mountain.

So she took off her jacket and gave it to the other person, and because time was tight, she couldn’t properly put it on her. She just wrapped her up like a tamale and zipped it up…

Cen Qianyi was under the influence of a muscle relaxant, her hands were bound, so it was indeed difficult for her to control her balance.

He Shu felt that her death was likely to be escalated, but she couldn’t worry about it now. Out of guilt, He Shu endured her fear and checked Cen Qianyi’s condition.

She unzipped the jacket covering her, not looking at the front, only the back. Fortunately, there was only some redness and swelling on her back.

As He Shu moved, Cen Qianyi opened her eyes, which were blurry with tears.

She glanced at the thin camisole nightgown that didn’t cover much skin, and the jacket that had been taken off and lay on the ground, as if used as a blanket. Her pale face quickly darkened.

She had anticipated that this woman taking her to this uninhabited mountaintop wouldn’t just be for what she said, watching the sunrise.

But she hadn’t expected this person to be so ‘eager,’ throwing her to the ground as soon as they reached the summit… and stripping her clothes…

Feeling the hands roaming on her back, Cen Qianyi’s eyes were cold enough to freeze.

She knew this person played wild enough, but she hadn’t expected her to play out in the wilderness, and so early in the morning.

The ground beneath her was even a bit damp.

Cen Qianyi looked at He Shu’s kneeling knees, her pants covered in dirt.

This woman certainly wasn’t a clean freak.

Well, what did she expect? She was already a dirty thing; what cleanliness did she need?

Only dead was clean.

Cen Qianyi endured the lingering pain in her body, curled her hand, and was about to grasp the other person’s neck when her body was suddenly pulled forward into a scorching embrace.

After He Shu discovered that Cen Qianyi’s back wasn’t seriously injured from the fall, she wondered why she was crying so pitifully, suspecting she had hit her head. She quickly pulled the person closer to check the back of her head.

He Shu carefully parted Cen Qianyi’s white hair, which was tangled with quite a few leaves and weeds. Thankfully, there was no bl00d.

Just as He Shu was about to breathe a sigh of relief, suddenly, she felt a cold gust of wind behind her. Just as she was about to turn around, a sudden warmth enveloped her.

Looking down, the sunlight had quietly arrived at some point, spreading over them.

A scattering of light lit up Cen Qianyi’s moist eyes, and her hand movements paused.

Both looked towards the distant horizon.

The sun had risen.

Brilliant rays of light declared the sun’s liberation from the shackles of night once again.

The world suddenly brightened, and the sunlight was wantonly radiant.

He Shu felt a part of her heart brighten along with it. She thought about how, after becoming a corporate slave, she would leave early and return late every day. The city sun seemed to punch in for work just like everyone else. Although it was warm, it was completely different from the scene she was witnessing now.

The sight before them, no matter who it was or what they were doing, would make anyone stop and quietly appreciate it.

Majestic green mountains, fresh breezes rustling the leaves, even the silently standing rocks seemed to cheer the arrival of light. The sun, as if sensing this, generously spread layer upon layer of golden light over them.

This scene actually showed He Shu a kind of natural power, a power that could smooth out the wrinkles in her heart.

She watched quietly, wanting to absorb more.

Cen Qianyi had also never seen such a sunrise.

It reminded her of the sunlight she saw when she first escaped the lab…

It was that ray of sunlight that made her want to live…

The pain in her body gradually subsided under this light. Suddenly, a touch appeared on her shoulder.

Cen Qianyi turned her head and saw that it was the jacket that had been taken off earlier.

He Shu finished watching the sunrise, her heart warm. Seeing Cen Qianyi in only that thin nightgown, and remembering that she had caused her to fall earlier, she decided to make amends by picking up the clothes from the ground and dusting them off.

The thin chain connected to the collar had accidentally slipped inside her nightgown. He Shu hesitated for a moment, didn’t pull it out, and didn’t dare to look further, quickly putting the clothes back on the person.

This time, she put the sleeves on before zipping it up.

There was also the shoe she had pulled off earlier. He Shu knelt on one knee, bent Cen Qianyi’s leg, held her ankle, and intended to put the shoe back on.

During the action, she noticed something unusual. There was a red mark around Cen Qianyi’s pinky toe, she wasn’t sure if it was a scratch. She held the slender ankle closer to her eyes, wanting to see it clearly.

But the foot in her hand uncooperatively tried to pull back.

He Shu realized that her actions might be misunderstood, so she quickly put the shoe back on.

In her mind, the system was already reminding her to say the last line.

He Shu wiped her hands on her clothes before randomly wiping the other’s face.

“The sunrise on West Mountain is beautiful, as beautiful as you.”

As the words fell, she heard the system remind her that this ‘dog-walking’ sunrise plot had been successfully completed.

He Shu let out a heavy sigh of relief. She could go off duty!

Fortunately, it was a transmigration novel. A book couldn’t write every detail. Often, when one scene ended, the next scene was a direct transition.

For example, He Shu’s next plot would be back at the villa.

The time in between was blank.

Meanwhile, after the sunrise, Nie Wenyu received a case: a doctor at a hospital had died from an overdose of hallucinogens.

The hallucinogens found at the scene were similar to a new type of drug she had been investigating recently.

This was an important clue. She had to go to City H.

He Shu didn’t yet know that the person she wanted to find was coming to find her.

After saying that line, which sounded like pure praise but was actually a bit perverted, she kept her distance from the person, negotiating with the system about what she could or couldn’t do during the blank time in the plot.

The system still gave the same answer: [Improvise freely], but it required her not to say ‘what shouldn’t be said’ or do anything that would affect the subsequent plot, otherwise, erasure.

It only knew how to use this threat, and He Shu was almost numb to it.

He Shu looked at Cen Qianyi, wondering what to say. She didn’t dare to improvise now; what if she offended her more severely…?

After all, she had just made her fall… And now, with Cen Qianyi looking at her like that, she felt uneasy, as if the other party could see her.

Cen Qianyi looked at the person in front of her. The sunlight fell on her eyelashes, which were constantly trembling, like startled butterflies.

She wasn’t crying anymore…

But it made her even more confused.

Thinking of the information she had found last night, Cen Qianyi always felt that the person in front of her was not the same person.

“Who are you?”

He Shu was hesitating about what to say, but unexpectedly, the other party spoke first.

Normally, this question would be asked upon a first meeting, but the person in front of her clearly had her own personality.

Before He Shu could speak, the system issued another warning, telling her not to say what shouldn’t be said.

He Shu didn’t plan to say much anyway; the more she said, the more mistakes she might make.

Besides, she was a domineering CEO, a woman of few words. However, she could still state her name.

“He Shu, I am He Shu.”

Cen Qianyi looked at the person and repeated: “He Shu.”

“Yes, Shu from ‘special’ (特殊).”

Cen Qianyi looked at the person; she was indeed quite special.

He Shu didn’t want to talk to the person; there were too many restrictions. She couldn’t kneel and beg the person, so what was there to talk about? She just wanted to return to the villa quickly.

“Let’s go, home.”

He Shu stood up to pull the person from the ground, but seeing her bewildered expression, she suddenly thought of something.

Cen Qianyi was somewhat surprised by her words and actions. Home? They were going back already?

When the clothes were put on her, she was confused… Was this, not playing anymore?

In her daze, Cen Qianyi saw the person in front of her pull something out from behind her back.

He Shu redeemed a reward from the system. She pulled it out of her pants pocket and with a flick, the folding blind cane automatically extended.

She put the item in the other person’s hand and asked, “Can you use it?”

Cen Qianyi looked at the item in her hand and didn’t move…

This thing, this size… she had just seen the person pull it out from behind her back… her pants… Cen Qianyi glanced at them, were the pockets really that big?

He Shu saw the person didn’t move, and remembering that the other party couldn’t see, she explained: “It’s a blind cane.”

After saying it, she felt even more like a pervert. Blinding someone, then giving them a blind cane… And this reward, thinking about it, something felt off. How was it both useful and useless at the same time…?

It also made her seem more like a pervert.

He Shu wanted to explain but worried about counter-effects, so she thought about it and decided to just keep quiet.

She turned to look at the stairs leading down the mountain. Although they were gentle, how could someone who had just been blinded for a day possibly descend them alone with a blind cane?

She was being foolish. He Shu took the blind cane back and folded it up. It couldn’t be put back in her pocket.

The blind cane came with a lanyard. She thought about it and hung it on Cen Qianyi’s wrist. Then she walked to the person, bent down, bent her knees, and without any more nonsense, directly carried the person on her back.

Fortunately, she had a lot of strength.

Cen Qianyi didn’t realize until the person stepped onto the stairs descending the mountain that the other party had truly just stopped playing…

So, she had genuinely just come to take her to watch the sunrise?

What a strange person…

He Shu carried the person down to the foot of the mountain in one go, then immediately put her down.

Even with good stamina, she couldn’t keep that up.

Unable to carry her anymore, she leaned on her knees and took a few breaths. He Shu then took the blind cane from Cen Qianyi’s hand, opened it, let Cen Qianyi hold one end, and He Shu held the other, leading the person towards the villa.

Seeing Su Ming jogging over from a distance, He Shu handed the blind cane to her. She was too tired; she needed to lie down for a while.

Hurrying back to the villa, He Shu saw the sofa and collapsed onto it, lying perfectly still.

Su Ming arrived a little later with Cen Qianyi.

Seeing He Shu looking exhausted, she asked with some concern: “Boss, are you okay?”

He Shu was too tired to speak and just waved a hand.

Su Ming looked back at Cen Qianyi. Seeing the other party’s relaxed expression, she was a bit displeased.

In the past, when Boss ‘walked the dog,’ it was always the ‘dog’ that got tired… This one was truly special.

But no matter how special, she was still just a pet.

After leading the person to where the ‘pet’ should be, Su Ming walked back to He Shu. After some thought, she didn’t directly relay the news from the hospital, but first asked another question.

“Boss, would you like breakfast?”

Of course. He Shu struggled to lift her head a little, revealing her face from the sofa: “Yes, I’m starving.”

Su Ming nodded: “Okay, I’ll go arrange it now.”

She took a step, then remembered something, suddenly stopped, turned around, and asked: “Boss, what about the pet?”

Pet?

He Shu struggled to lift her head, and following Su Ming’s gaze, she saw Cen Qianyi by the door… After a moment, she understood the meaning of the question…

She was asking if Cen Qianyi, this ‘pet,’ should be given breakfast…

Why did she call her that… He Shu suddenly remembered the room name she had changed: ‘dog room’ to ‘pet room.’

Then Cen Qianyi, living there, was indeed a pet, wasn’t she…?

Wait, what if she hadn’t changed it?

What she was asking now, shouldn’t it be…

Indeed, Su Ming had always referred to her as a dog. This was the first time she used the word ‘pet.’ Seeing Boss hesitate, she wondered if she had said something wrong and was about to rephrase her question when He Shu spoke.

“Yes, everyone eats breakfast. Have you eaten?”

Su Ming smiled somewhat gratefully. Boss was so good, caring about her.

“I have. Then I’ll go arrange it.”

He Shu relaxed back onto the sofa. It was good to have a thoughtful assistant. She would give her a raise later!

She now had a lot of money; she was worth tens of billions!

The closest she had ever been to that term before was buying a phone case during a ‘ten billion subsidy’ event.

She chuckled to herself for a moment, then suddenly felt a chill down her back. The back of her head suddenly felt like it had been put in a refrigerator!

He Shu looked up in confusion and saw the killing intent knives aimed directly at her eyes!

It scared her so much she almost fell off the sofa!

What was going on? Such strong killing intent!

She had painstakingly carried Cen Qianyi up the mountain and down the mountain, just because she accidentally made her fall, and now she wanted to kill her?!

As expected of a major villain, she was too inhumane to kill for something like this!

And hadn’t everything been fine just now? Now she’s remembered and holds a grudge?

Is she that slow?!

He Shu, both startled and panicked, sat up and looked at Cen Qianyi.

In the dining room, by the large round table, Cen Qianyi was kneeling on a small cushion.

In front of her was a very low, square table, only reaching her calves.

On it was a bowl… The description might not be entirely appropriate.

It should be a basin.

From a distance, it looked like stainless steel.

Stainless steel… basin…

He Shu’s eyes widened, and then she watched in wide-eyed horror as her good assistant, whom she had just praised and planned to give a raise!

Poured a bowl of dog food into it!