Chapter 8 After All, I'm Yours

Before the age of seventeen, our relationship was more than friends but less than lovers.

That kind of ambiguous and hazy feeling died when I met Chen Yixiao.

"I have a little impression, you're in love." Xu Zhengnan complained to me in a light voice, and I felt my face burning even through the phone.

At the beginning, he, like my parents, tried his best to dissuade me from being with Shen Yixiao, but I didn't take it seriously at all and even said some very hurtful words.

Now that I think about it, it's not much different from being mentally retarded.

I felt a little disappointed again. It turned out that he only had a little impression of me left, which was that I was a stupid love-brained person.

The last time we were in the hotel, he gave me a pack of tissues and left. I guess he had nothing to say to me anymore, not even to reminisce about the past.

Aunt Yang retorted to Xu Zhengnan unhappily, "What do you mean by love-brained? Xiaoyue is doing well now. Didn't you watch the show? Shen Yixiao treats her very well. Don't be so sarcastic!"

Xu Zhengnan snorted and said nothing more.

I held the phone tightly and said, "Aunt Yang, I'm a little busy recently and may not be able to go. I will come to see you next time I am free."

"Oh, okay, by the way, Xiaoyue, do you know that your parents are coming back?" Aunt Yang asked again.

My heart skipped a beat, and I became extremely emotional. Regret, guilt, and pain were like a tide swallowing my heart. Even my voice was trembling. "When... will they come back?"

In my previous life, I lost almost all contact with my parents. I devoted myself to Shen Yixiao, always fantasizing that after we became successful, we would go back to find them to prove that our youthful impulse was not wrong.

But when I returned home carrying countless valuable gifts, the house was already empty.

I didn't ask anyone around me, but left in a hurry.

Aunt Yang thought for a moment, "It seemed... it seemed like a week later, they had been living abroad for several years, and suddenly they were coming back, and they called me to tell me."

My heart was beating wildly, and my mind was filled with images of my parents caring for me.

Shen Yixiao is not even as good as one of their fingers. I was blind to think that love is more important than family affection.

"Okay, I understand. Thank you Aunt Yang for telling me." After I hung up the phone, I felt happy and timid.

Just when I was wondering whether I should go back to see my parents, my aunt brought Su Ying here.

Because of our close friendship, she has always been able to come and go freely in my house.

As soon as Su Ying came in, she sat on the sofa dejectedly, "Alas."

"What's wrong?" I asked casually, just like before.

"The last time I dated that guy, it didn't work out." Su Ying wailed, "Is it so difficult for me to find a man who treats me wholeheartedly? Yueyue, can't you share some of your good fortune with me?"

She seemed to be joking, but she was speaking the truth.

She always used Shen Yixiao as the standard when looking for a partner, but she had never been successful.

Before I could say anything, Su Ying suddenly noticed the blue dress on the sofa. She grabbed it, eyes full of envy, "Oh my God, is this your new dress? Wow, it's so beautiful!"

“Well, it’s the company’s anniversary celebration this weekend, and Shen Yixiao customized a dress for me half a year in advance.” I smiled, not missing the jealousy and resentment surging in Su Ying’s eyes.

She couldn't let go of the dress and made an excessive request, "Let me try it on and take a selfie to show off my beauty. Okay, Yueyue, you won't refuse our relationship, right?"

I have always been generous to Su Ying.

Before I get the money and identity information, I want to leave, and I can't let her know. She will definitely tell Shen Yixiao.

Before I could agree, she had already taken the dress and went to the guest bedroom on the first floor, as if she was familiar with the place.

I clenched my hands and suppressed the anger and disgust in my heart.

After a few minutes, Su Ying came out. She was fuller than me, and the zipper of her dress couldn't be zipped up at all, but she refused to give up. She sucked in her belly and barely pulled the zipper up.

"That's all. It seems that something doesn't have to be expensive to look good." She turned around in front of me, forced a complaint, then went back and took it off in shame.

After trying on the dresses, Su Ying told me the purpose of her visit. It turned out that she wanted to attend our company's anniversary celebration again this year and hoped that I could give her a spot.

I gladly agreed. I don't need to worry about this matter.

Su Ying happily hugged my arm, looking very close to me. When Shen Yixiao came back, he happened to see this scene.

"Oh, Mr. Shen, a busy man, still has time to come back?" Su Ying spoke loudly, trying to get the upper hand.

Sure enough, Shen Yixiao looked at her the first time, and I felt that the expression on her face was getting a little more excited, "I'm coming to your house for a free meal again, do you mind?"

Shen Yixiao looked at me, his eyes softened instantly, he came over and hugged me, not caring that Su Ying was next to him, and kissed me directly on the forehead, "Of course I don't mind, my wife's bestie is coming to dinner, how could I mind?"

I forced a smile, my heart calm.

Su Ying screamed, "Fuck, we were classmates after all, and now I'm just your wife's best friend?"

Shen Yixiao raised his eyebrows, smiling charmingly, “Otherwise?”

Su Ying wanted to retort, but when she met Shen Yixiao's eyes, she bit her lip shyly, snorted and said nothing.

I saw it and laughed.

At this moment, my eyes suddenly fell on Shen Yixiao's cuffs, where there was a lipstick mark.

"Yixiao, your clothes are dirty." I pointed there, and then stared at Shen Yixiao's face.

Shen Yixiao and Su Ying's eyes fell on the lipstick mark.

The white cuffs, the golden buttons, and the fiery red lipstick were so eye-catching. I haven't used such bright lipstick for a long time.

"Wife, this must be an accidental rub against Secretary Lu's lipstick. When I was working, she occasionally came in to hand over a document, and when she was taking something from the desk, she rubbed it against me." Shen Yixiao concealed his panic at that moment and explained calmly.

Secretary Lu, it’s Secretary Lu again.

The cleverness of Shen Yixiao is that he is never in a hurry to distance himself from Lu Xiaoyun. He uses the intersection of work to cover up the occasional revelations between them, which are half true and half false, making it difficult for me to judge.

"Well, is Secretary Lu in a relationship?" I asked deliberately, "She seems to like dressing up more now than before, it seems like she has a boyfriend."

Su Ying was listening on the side, staring at me.

There was amusement and mockery in his eyes.

She probably felt relieved when she saw that I was kept in the dark, looked like I was being made fun of, and was stupid and dumb like a circus monkey.

She interrupted, "Of course, women dress up to please themselves, but I don't know what kind of boyfriend the beautiful Secretary Lu found. Mr. Shen, after all, she is yours, you should keep an eye on her, right?"

What a nice sentence “After all, she is yours”. Shen Yixiao and I both looked at her.