Princess Syndrome - Chapter 103
Chapter 103: Girlfriend
Su Lingyue fidgeted as she talked on her phone. Hearing those words, she really wanted to tell Ji Zhiyi about the reception, and how ridiculous the people there were. What had they come up with? Then she thought of when Ji Zhiyi was still around, and all the things they said about her and Ji Zhiyi.
Suddenly, she thought that the things with Ji Zhiyi were normal now.
She laughed.
Ji Zhiyi, hearing her laugh, focused her thoughts. She regained some strength, and sat half-upright on the bed, leaning against the headboard, looking out of the window. The sunlight was harsh, reflecting off of the glass, creating beautiful colors.
But the temperature was too high.
It made people feel suffocated for no reason.
Ji Zhiyi asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Su Lingyue replied, "I'm laughing at you telling me to work hard."
She added, "As if I wasn't serious about work before!"
She was an expert in making witty remarks.
Ji Zhiyi asked, "Is that so? Were you serious about work before?"
Su Lingyue countered, "Wasn't I serious?"
Ji Zhiyi replied, "I don't remember."
Su Lingyue said fiercely, "Ji Zhiyi!"
Ji Zhiyi laughed. "Okay, you were serious. You were the most serious."
Why did this sound like you’re so beautiful, you're the most beautiful and doting?
Su Lingyue felt that she was going crazy.
She patted her face. "But there's something I want to tell you."
Ji Zhiyi focused her mind. She straightened up, and clenched her phone, her throat feeling tense. "What is it?"
Su Lingyue: "I want to talk about a project with Shen Yuan."
Ji Zhiyi fell silent for two seconds.
Her body relaxed, leaning against the headboard.
Su Lingyue said softly, "Is that okay?"
Ji Zhiyi asked, "Does President Qi know?"
Su Lingyue paused. She hadn’t really told Qi An about this yet. But wasn’t Qi An looking for the PV patent authorization? Then it shouldn’t matter who she collaborated with, right? Surely she wouldn't be so heartless as to make her beg Zhou Shiyu?
Oh--
It wasn’t impossible.
Su Lingyue replied, "She doesn't know."
Ji Zhiyi replied, "You should consult her first."
Su Lingyue stayed silent, her tone a little down. "Okay."
Immediately after, she asked Ji Zhiyi, "If she agrees, do you agree?"
After all, Shen Yuan had asked for Ji Zhiyi's opinion, not Qi An's.
If it had been before, Ji Zhiyi would have never agreed. She would have refused Su Lingyue’s idea, but at this moment, she replied softly, "I agree."
Su Lingyue touched her ear. "Okay, I understand."
She asked Ji Zhiyi, "Aren't you going to sleep?"
Ji Zhiyi: "Yeah, what about you?"
Su Lingyue: "I'll wait for you to sleep."
They chatted back and forth. Ji Zhiyi finally heard a steady breath on Su Lingyue's end, before she hung up the phone, looking up at the ceiling. She tossed and turned, unable to sleep. She remembered that there was still sleeping medication in her drawer. She opened the drawer.
The medication had been there for years, and it was definitely unusable now.
But she still frowned when she made that habitual movement.
Then she closed the drawer.
She lay flat on the bed, closing her eyes, trying to fall asleep, hoping she could dream of Su Lingyue.
Su Lingyue woke up startled.
Outside the window, there was thunder and lightning. Heavy rain was pouring down. She hadn't felt anything at all. She had only been startled awake by the thunder. She looked down at her phone. Ji Zhiyi had already hung up, but there was another message, and it wasn't from Ji Zhiyi. It was from Shen Yuan.
It had been sent five minutes ago.
Shen Yuan had asked: 【Is it convenient for you to come to my place?】
Oh boy.
At this late hour.
Go to her place?
To do what?
Su Lingyue frowned. Although she politely believed that Shen Yuan wasn't that type of person, they had just been caught in a 'scandal' together. Su Lingyue threw her phone onto the sofa, pretending that she hadn't seen it.
Then she got up again.
Shen Yuan wasn't one to say something like that so casually. Perhaps something had happened?
If she was really that casual, she would have been in the news a long time ago.
Thinking of this, Su Lingyue called Shen Yuan, but no one answered. She started to become a little worried. Then she changed into a long-sleeved outfit, grabbed an umbrella, and walked to Shen Yuan’s apartment door.
It wasn't that far, only a stone path that had been washed clean by the rain. The mist was heavy on either side of the path, splattering water onto her clothes. She patted the dampness off of her hair. If Shen Yuan didn't agree to collaborate with her, then she would have truly been too sorry to her!
As she was thinking, she called Shen Yuan again.
This time, the call was answered after a long time.
Su Lingyue said loudly, "Open the door!"
Afraid that Shen Yuan wouldn't be able to hear her because of the thunder, she raised her voice. Shen Yuan touched her ear. She had not been startled by the thunder, but she was deafened by Su Lingyue.
She opened the door, and saw Su Lingyue standing outside. Her expression was calm, but Su Lingyue looked like she was a little uneasy.
Shen Yuan's face was flushed. It was clear that she wasn't well. Su Lingyue asked, "Do you have a fever?"
Shen Yuan was so weak that she didn't have any strength. She had trouble even walking. She had been trying to pour herself some water earlier, but she couldn't even lift the kettle. She had discovered that she wasn't feeling well after returning home. She had taken some medication, and wanted to sleep it off. But it had only gotten worse. She was also having some trouble breathing. And more importantly, Ye Qiuyun had called her, saying that she would be there a little later.
She really didn’t want to deal with Ye Qiuyun in her current state.
That was why she had asked Su Lingyue if she was free, and asked her to come over for a while.
Su Lingyue: …
She was in awe of her reason.
To stand for a while.
Did she think she was a door god?
Su Lingyue asked, "Do you want to go to the hospital?"
Shen Yuan replied, "No need, I've already taken some medicine."
Su Lingyue looked at her. It didn't seem like she was doing any better after taking the medicine. She wondered what kind of fever she had. She was so weak. Although she had intended to avoid trouble, now that she was here, she couldn't just leave her to die. She said, "Shall I take your temperature?"
Shen Yuan replied, "I just measured it."
Su Lingyue: "How much?"
Shen Yuan: "Not quite 40."
Su Lingyue: …
That was quite high.
She looked at the few medicines spread out on the coffee table, and asked, "Are you sure that you don't want to go to the hospital?"
Shen Yuan replied, "I'm not going to die."
Su Lingyue: Okay.
She looked at her phone. "What time is your mom coming?"
Shen Yuan: "About ten minutes."
Su Lingyue was really curious. "Is your relationship with your mom that bad?"
After she said that, she felt that she had asked something stupid.
But her understanding of Shen Yuan was only limited to that. There was nothing else she could say. Shen Yuan said, "It’s fine."
She had even called her a door god, and she said that it was fine?
Su Lingyue didn’t believe her.
A bolt of lightning flashed. Su Lingyue suddenly thought of something. She asked Shen Yuan, "So who makes the decisions at Dingsheng?"
After asking, she stared at Shen Yuan, as if she was going to leave if Shen Yuan said that Ye Qiuyun was the one in charge.
Shen Yuan: …
Wasn't she very righteous when she was young?
Although they didn't seem to have any kind of righteousness between them.
She answered, "Me."
Su Lingyue relaxed, and sat down. She asked, "Do you want to drink some water?"
Her tone had suddenly become very caring.
Shen Yuan replied, "You can just sit there."
Okay then.
You’re the boss.
Su Lingyue sat down. Waiting was pointless. She looked at Shen Yuan every now and then. Shen Yuan was leaning against the sofa. She glanced at her watch, and reached for the medicine on the coffee table. She opened it, and popped one into her mouth, without any water.
Su Lingyue felt parched just from watching.
She couldn't stand to watch anymore, so she took the empty glass and went to the small kitchen in the back to get some warm water. The apartment had a similar layout to Ji Zhiyi’s, but the decoration was different. This place was simpler. There were not too many decorations. The walls were completely blank. It looked like she had just moved in and hadn't bought anything.
The living room was even more plain, with just a sofa, a coffee table, and no TV cabinet. Shen Yuan was sitting on the sofa. The environment gave off a sense of solitude.
Su Lingyue walked over and handed her the glass. Shen Yuan took it, and said, "Thank you."
She took a small sip. She didn’t know what kind of fast-acting medicine she had taken. Her flushed face was no longer as red after a few minutes, and her illness wasn't as obvious.
Su Lingyue commented, "Your medicine is very effective."
Shen Yuan replied, "You can take some back if you like it."
Su Lingyue: …
She had seen people bringing fruit and gifts, but never had she seen someone bring medicine.
She was speechless.
But she could clearly feel that Shen Yuan was much more relaxed, and her attitude towards her wasn’t as strained as it had been at the show. She was more casual now. Su Lingyue was someone who would put on an act when she was with others, but she would just give up if no one was watching.
It was not as if Shen Yuan hadn't seen her when she was being lazy.
So she leaned back on the sofa, silent, looking more like a critically ill patient than Shen Yuan.
Suddenly, the doorbell rang.
Su Lingyue reflexively looked at Shen Yuan. Shen Yuan massaged her eyebrows, saying, "I'll go open the door."
Su Lingyue straightened her posture, getting back into character.
The door opened, and Ye Qiuyun was standing outside.
She walked in wearing her high heels, without changing her shoes. She immediately asked Shen Yuan, "What's going on with you?"
Then she looked at Su Lingyue, who was sitting on the sofa in the living room.
Ye Qiuyun's eyes instantly widened, and she was filled with anger.
She had been running around because of this the entire afternoon, but Shen Yuan was still with Su Lingyue. Was she deliberately trying to anger her?
Ye Qiuyun asked, "Why is she here?"
Su Lingyue stood up, greeting her. "Auntie."
Ye Qiuyun's tone was distorted because she was angry. "Auntie?" She was furious. "Who's your auntie! Get out!"
She was openly turning hostile.
She was clearly very angry.
Shen Yuan, unflustered, replied, "Mom, Assistant Su is a guest that I invited."
"A guest?" Ye Qiuyun asked. "What kind of guest comes to your place in the middle of the night? Do you think that what happened this afternoon wasn’t embarrassing enough?" She pointed at Su Lingyue. "What? Are you going to make me take a picture to congratulate my daughter for finding a girlfriend?"
Su Lingyue: …
She was just about to speak.
When Shen Yuan interrupted, "If you're willing, I have no objections."
“You!” Ye Qiuyun raised her hand, wanting to hit her!
Su Lingyue was shocked when she saw this. She immediately walked in front of Shen Yuan. Ye Qiuyun originally didn't want to hit her, but upon seeing Su Lingyue, her anger flared and she slapped her. Slap! It was a crisp sound. It landed on Su Lingyue's face.
It was so painful!
Why did all of these people like to slap people in the face?
Zhou Shiyu liked it, Jiang Ya liked it, and now Ye Qiuyun liked it too?
Did they just like slapping people?
Su Lingyue, while holding her face, looked at Ye Qiuyun with teary eyes. Ye Qiuyun was shocked for a moment when she realized that she had hit the wrong person. Shen Yuan frowned. "Mom?"
The disbelief in her gaze was like sharp spikes, stabbing into Ye Qiuyun’s heart.
They had not fought or even argued in years. This time, she had actually raised her hand?
Ye Qiuyun's face darkened. She looked at Su Lingyue and Shen Yuan. Because of regret, she curled her hand into a fist. But she was too proud to put on a submissive face, so she simply turned and left the apartment.
The drama was over.
Before Shen Yuan could even apologize, Su Lingyue, with bared teeth said, "President Shen, remember that you owe me a slap."
Shen Yuan asked, "Why did you stand in front of me?"
Su Lingyue replied, "I can't just watch a sick person get hit, right?"
Shen Yuan: …
She muttered, "Thanks."
Su Lingyue: "You're welcome. Can I leave now?"
Shen Yuan nodded. "I'll take you."
Su Lingyue: "You should probably go to the hospital, right? You don't know how effective that medicine is. What if you get a fever in the middle of the night? It'll be too late to go to the hospital then."
Shen Yuan said, "I know, I'll have the doctor come over a little later."
Then she looked at Su Lingyue. "Thank you for tonight."
Su Lingyue: "You're welcome, but you're not entirely wrong. Don't ask me to come over this late at night. It'll look bad if people see it."
Shen Yuan lowered her head. "It doesn’t matter to me."
"Of course it doesn’t matter to you!" Su Lingyue retorted. "You're all alone, I still have a girlfriend!"
Shen Yuan was rendered speechless.
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