Princess Syndrome - Chapter 70

Chapter 70: Breakfast

Su Lingyue had often been told by Chu Yi that she lacked emotional fluctuations, that she was lukewarm towards interpersonal relationships, neither cold nor enthusiastic. Chu Yi worried that she had been hurt too many times when trying to form relationships and make friends, so much so that she was now unenthusiastic towards everyone. Su Lingyue thought she was right, but she didn't think it was a bad thing. She liked this kind of tranquility.

Then Ji Zhiyi appeared, like a pebble thrown into her calm lake, initially thought to be just a small ripple, but unexpectedly it would stir up waves.

And the waves were getting bigger and bigger, engulfing Su Lingyue.

She was immersed in the sweet kiss, never imagining that the feeling of kissing someone could be so blissful. Her arms were around Ji Zhiyi, and when they parted for breath, her thin lips moved down, tracing the lines of Ji Zhiyi's jaw, and she bit Ji Zhiyi's neck.

A gentle bite.

Her tongue traced patterns on her skin. Ji Zhiyi stood still, allowing Su Lingyue to indulge. When Ji Zhiyi's voice came from her throat, the lines of her neck were taut. She tilted her head slightly, and Su Lingyue's hair brushed against her jaw, tickling her slightly. She called out, "Lingyue?"

Her voice, still husky from the kiss, was low.

Su Lingyue let go of her, thinking that her voice was so sexy!

She clung to Ji Zhiyi, "Did you call me?"

Ji Zhiyi said, "Yes."

So gentle and yet so sexy!

Su Lingyue said, "Wait for me."

Saying this, she was about to leave. Ji Zhiyi asked, "What are you going to do?"

Su Lingyue said, "Your voice was too sexy just now, I'm going to record it."

Ji Zhiyi: …

She didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

The amorous atmosphere was completely ruined by her. Ji Zhiyi calmed her emotions, held Su Lingyue's hand, and looked at her bright eyes with a hint of helplessness, "Get some rest."

Su Lingyue said "oh."

She looked at her.

The belated embarrassment finally made her struggle free. She quickly picked up the plastic bag from the floor, turned around, and went back to her room. Just as she entered, Ji Zhiyi said, "The suitcase."

She smiled, walked to the door, and took the suitcase.

Without turning her head, she said, "Good night!"

Ji Zhiyi said from behind her, "Good night."

Su Lingyue packed her suitcase and placed it to one side. Xiao Mafan jumped in, and just as it was about to leave, she caught it and buried it under the covers. Xiao Mafan meowed in protest. Su Lingyue let it go, seeing it jumping around the room, not annoyed, but rather joyful.

Her surging emotions only calmed down a little at this moment. Su Lingyue hugged her quilt and smiled contentedly.

She reached for her phone, wanting to share this feeling with someone for the first time.

But it felt strange to share it with anyone.

She could only open Chu Yi's chat.

Su Lingyue: [Asleep?]

Chu Yi: [Not yet, what's up?]

Su Lingyue: [Nothing.] Her mind raced: [How's the company lately?]

Chu Yi: [Sigh, not doing well, several projects have been withdrawn, and a project department has been shut down. Haven't seen Zhou Yan lately, heard he's in the hospital. I wonder who did the good deed, the air in the office is fresher now.]

Su Lingyue then remembered Zhou Yan and the incident where she smashed a wine bottle over his head.

Then Ji Zhiyi appeared.

Why did she think of Ji Zhiyi again?

She shook her head: [Sounds good.]

Chu Yi: [Isn't it? Even those who were planning to resign are thinking of staying for a couple more days.]

He really was universally disliked.

Su Lingyue didn't want to hear news about Zhou Yan and brushed it off. Chu Yi: [Why are you looking for me so late? Is something wrong?]

Su Lingyue tensed up: [Nothing.]

Chu Yi: [Nothing? If nothing's wrong, shouldn't you be sleeping with Ji Zhiyi by now?]

Su Lingyue: …

Sleeping together?

Not yet, can't do that.

Chu Yi asked: [Did you guys argue?]

No.

We kissed.

Su Lingyue couldn't tell the truth and held it in.

After holding it in for a while: [No, she's working overtime.]

Chu Yi: [Oh—you're left all alone in your empty room.]

Su Lingyue: …

Sleeping alone was similar to being left in an empty room.

She felt a little guilty: [Yeah.]

Chu Yi: [Tsk, Lingyue, you've changed.]

Su Lingyue typed: [How have I changed?]

Chu Yi: [You wouldn't have messaged me about something like this before!]

However, seeing Su Lingyue's change, Chu Yi was quite happy. She had always felt that Su Lingyue was too closed off. Before she moved in with Ji Zhiyi, she was worried that Su Lingyue would be bullied.

Unexpected, so unexpected.

Chu Yi smiled: [It's a good thing.]

Su Lingyue also felt that she had changed.

She had become awkward.

And dramatic.

She buried her face in the pillow.

After thinking for a few seconds, she replied to Chu Yi: [Yeah, I've changed.]

Oh my!

Such a blatant admission!

It seemed that things were progressing smoothly with Ji Zhiyi.

Chu Yi was delighted and couldn't help but become curious: [Between you two, who's more proactive usually?]

Who's more proactive?

Seeing this question, Su Lingyue was stunned for a moment.

Then she replied to Chu Yi: [We're both quite proactive.]

Like tinder meeting a flame!

Chu Yi understood.

She asked again: [How's her technique?]

Technique?

Su Lingyue learned a new word and took a while to realize what it meant.

But she hadn't experienced it yet.

So she gave a vague reply: [It's alright.]

After sending it, she saw the emoji Chu Yi sent and pondered for a few seconds: [Why don't you ask if my technique is good?]

Chu Yi: [Huh?]

Su Lingyue: [What huh?]

Chu Yi: [You have technique?]

Su Lingyue: …

Of course, she did!

She just didn't have any experience yet.

But she was very confident in herself.

Chu Yi seemed to understand something from her silence and sent a message: [I'll send you a file later, have a look.]

Su Lingyue gritted her teeth as she looked at the screen.

She pretended not to be there.

After the file was sent, Chu Yi sent: [I can't hold on anymore, going to rest, good night.]

She hesitantly replied: [Good night.]

Then she opened the file.

Such comprehensive—learning materials.

Su Lingyue spent half the night reading it, and the other half dreaming. In her dreams, she and Ji Zhiyi tried every scenario. She woke up still a bit dazed, sitting on the bed in a trance. The sound of footsteps outside the door startled her. She turned her head and saw Ji Zhiyi passing by her door, then backing up to her doorway, "Awake?"

Because of Xiao Mafan, she couldn't close her door to sleep, so Ji Zhiyi stood at the door watching her sitting on the bed in a daze.

She said, "Yeah, I'm awake."

Ji Zhiyi asked, "Then get ready to come out for breakfast."

Su Lingyue: "Okay."

She felt a little awkward, patted her cheeks, and went to the bathroom to wash up. When she came out, Ji Zhiyi had already prepared breakfast. She increasingly felt that this person was perfect, the first choice for a relationship.

Yet she had never been in a relationship before.

Su Lingyue found it incredible. While Ji Zhiyi was holding an omelet and sitting across from her, she said, "I heard from Zhang Xian that you never had anyone you liked when you were abroad?"

Ji Zhiyi took a sip of milk, looked at her, not quite understanding how the topic had jumped to this, but she nodded, "Yeah."

Su Lingyue said, "Then your standards must be quite high?"

Ji Zhiyi glanced at her, "Not high."

"How is that possible?" Su Lingyue said, "How could you not have someone you liked if your standards weren't high?"

Ji Zhiyi continued to look at her.

Su Lingyue belatedly realized her current relationship with Ji Zhiyi.

Her conditions.

Su Lingyue laughed, "I guess they're not high."

Ji Zhiyi: …

She had never seen someone put themselves down like this.

Then Su Lingyue realized, "That's not right, isn't it my face you like? Then your standards are still quite high."

Ji Zhiyi: …

This breakfast was impossible to eat peacefully.

Su Lingyue ate happily. After finishing, she added food for Xiao Mafan. When it was time to leave, she asked Ji Zhiyi, "What about Xiao Mafan for these two days?"

Ji Zhiyi said, "The housekeeper will come."

Su Lingyue nodded, relieved. She hugged Xiao Mafan and kissed it, thinking she wouldn't see it for two days.

Ji Zhiyi glanced at them and said, "Let's go."

Su Lingyue said, "It's still early..."

Seeing that Ji Zhiyi had already changed her shoes and was ready to leave, she let go of Xiao Mafan, waved her hand, and walked out the door with her suitcase.

Arriving at the company, it was indeed a bit earlier than usual. There weren't many people in the office. Su Lingyue had just sat down when Secretary Li arrived. She was halfway through looking in the mirror when she saw Secretary Li and inexplicably felt a little guilty, so she lowered her head.

Secretary Li said, "Good morning, Assistant Su."

She nodded, "Good morning."

Others came in one after another, bringing breakfast and coffee. The office became lively. Wu Meiyan was busy rushing around. Su Lingyue found it strange that she was so busy, "What's wrong with her?"

Zhang Ting said, "Two meetings are scheduled at the same time."

Su Lingyue said, "Why schedule them at the same time?"

Zhang Ting explained, "The other meeting was rescheduled, and they're a long-time client of Yilin, we can't afford to offend them, so Sister Wu is busy coordinating."

Su Lingyue nodded.

She looked towards Ji Zhiyi's office and saw her on the phone while looking at her computer and typing, clearly very busy. Just as she lowered her head, Zhang Ting said, "By the way, Assistant Su, is President Ji going to the Arno Autumn Exhibition this afternoon?"

Su Lingyue nodded.

Secretary Li said, "Xie Lan is going too, right?"

Su Lingyue said, "Yeah."

Secretary Li said, "The design department has been getting a lot of flak lately."

Su Lingyue looked at her. Secretary Li said, "You don't know? It's about the team-building event. The design department is still being blamed. I heard Chen Zhiyao couldn't handle the pressure and is planning to resign."

Zhang Ting was surprised, "She's going to resign?"

Secretary Li said, "Yeah, that's what I heard from the people in the design department. I even saw her talking to HR this morning."

Su Lingyue never expected Chen Zhiyao to resign. She had once said that she wouldn't leave as long as Su Qi didn't fall. Was this another way of fulfilling that?

While she was thinking, Wu Meiyan walked into the office, rubbing her neck, and said to Zhang Ting, "Can you pour me a cup of coffee?"

Zhang Ting said, "Sure, have a seat for a bit."

Wu Meiyan sat in her seat. Secretary Li asked, "Solved, Sister Wu?"

Wu Meiyan nodded, "Solved."

Secretary Li gave a thumbs up, "As expected of Sister Wu, amazing. What time does the meeting start?"

Wu Meiyan said, "In twenty minutes." After saying that, she looked at Su Lingyue, "Oh, Assistant Su, please inform everyone later that President Ji is not to be disturbed during the meeting."

Su Lingyue nodded, "Okay, Sister Wu."

Wu Meiyan looked at her.

Then looked at her colleagues around her, "Did you all hear that?"

Secretary Li was confused, "Hear what?"

Wu Meiyan said, "Assistant Su called me Sister Wu."

Su Lingyue looked at her.

Didn't everyone call her that?

It's just that she had never called her that, always "Secretary Wu, Secretary Wu," so Wu Meiyan wasn't used to it the first time she heard it. Secretary Li realized, "Of course, our Assistant Su is in a good mood lately."

Wu Meiyan gossiped for once, "Because she's in love?"

Su Lingyue was being stared at by everyone. She was silent for two seconds, then nodded and smiled.

Ji Zhiyi hung up the phone and saw Su Lingyue sitting at her computer, with two people leaning over to look at her. She smiled.

She reached for her phone and sent a message to Su Lingyue: [What are you chatting about, looking so happy?]

Su Lingyue's hand trembled when she saw the message. She glanced at her colleagues beside her, who tactfully dispersed. Only then did Su Lingyue reply to Ji Zhiyi's message: [They're asking me about being in love.]

Ji Zhiyi's lips curved up, her gaze tender: [What did they ask you?]

Su Lingyue: [They asked me what it feels like to be in love. I said it feels pretty good.]

Before Ji Zhiyi could type a response.

Su Lingyue sent another message: [If I had known it was this good, I should have fallen in love sooner.]

Ji Zhiyi: …

Suddenly, she didn't feel like smiling anymore.

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