Chapter 11 Xia Yu stared blankly at Chen Zheng, who was dressed in black and had black hair. His every move silenced the entire second floor.
Xia Yu stared blankly at Chen Zheng, a man in black clothes and black hair, whose every move made the entire second floor silent. His eyelashes fluttered and his heart skipped a beat.
The narrow eyes were like two beams of blazing flames, dancing and jumping, reflecting on her bloodstained face, outlining her outline even more clearly. She raised the corners of her lips slightly, and her long hair danced in the wind.
Even though she had seen this desire for power and ambition in her countless times, she couldn't help but sigh with emotion and praise this kind of beauty. This kind of beauty that moved the heart and was irresistible.
Seeing that the matter had come to an end, the system slowly sighed: "This is the villain in the novel, ruthless, resolute, and self-centered."
Xiao Xia Yu jumped up in her mind and punched the little blue ball of light. She was not a villain, she just did what they would do.
However, the idiom was used well and she liked it.
Chen Zheng picked up the wine glass and toasted everyone on the second floor, saying calmly: "Today is the birthday of the Shen family master, everyone, eat and drink well, Chen Zheng will take his leave first."
After saying that, she strode out the door. The moment she pushed the door open, she turned her head and smiled at Xia Yu, as if to say, Xia Yu, this is the real me. Are you still willing...
In public, Xia Yu rushed forward, held Chen Zheng's slightly cold hand tightly, and walked out with her.
Chen Zheng's hand suddenly tightened, and she squeezed Xia Yu tightly. Then, as if she remembered something, she slowed down her grip, turned her palm in another direction, and forcefully inserted it through the gap between the fingers, interlocking their fingers.
Seeing the mastermind behind this drama leave, many members of the Shen family looked at each other, at a loss as to what to do.
Shen Yu glanced at her father, whose chest was rising and falling rapidly, and the elder, who was scolding loudly with a red face, pursed her lips, stood up first, and followed Shen Zheng.
Like dominoes, people at the other tables followed the crowd and walked out silently. A few people at the main table bowed to the head of the Shen family and left decisively. People left one after another, and most of the people on the second floor had left.
Similar to the situation of the women of the Shen family, the collateral descendants of the Shen family had to serve the main family since birth. According to the clan rules, everything they had belonged to the family, and their property, their thoughts, and the decisions they made after careful consideration could be changed overnight by the clan elders.
Living in such a pedantic and strictly hierarchical family, how could they, who are not vested interests, truly support such a family?
The breeze was blowing gently, and the cool air passed through her hair. Chen Zheng held Xia Yu's hand tightly, and the two of them walked aimlessly in the Shen family courtyard.
Qin Ying, who was following behind them not too far away, hesitated to speak, and finally did not go forward to disturb them. It was not a big deal, and Mr. Shen would deal with it the same way tomorrow morning.
Then, Qin Ying frowned and looked at the dead noise from afar, shouting in her mind: "Dead brain, wake up, wake up quickly. Even one person will do."
If Chen Zheng had used half of her wisdom in opening up the Shen family's brains here, she, as an assistant and friend, wouldn't have to worry so much. Looking at this project that had made no progress, she was really afraid that Chen Zheng would end up alone.
Ever since Qin Ying met Chen Zheng in college, she has been alone. In the first eight years of her life, her brothers blocked her from the limelight, and she huddled in a corner, watching the father and son get along in the dark. In the next ten years, she grew up like a weed, and learned to resist without any guidance. So she broke all the clan rules that could be broken, was beaten and bloodied, and locked in a small dark room, and stubbornly carved the word "positive" on the wall with stones.
Twelve years have passed since she became an adult at the age of eighteen. At the age of thirty, Chen Zheng is as steady as a mountain, in a high position and powerful. With a wave of her hand, she can easily overturn the mountains that weighed on her when she was young. She has become the person she most yearned for and envied when she was young.
Her anger, her unwillingness, her ambition, her desire, everything she had for the past thirty years was spent on the Shen family.
She sincerely hopes that she can find someone to spend her life with, regardless of whether it is a man or a woman, as long as she likes him or her and she is happy.
Alas, Qin Ying sighed heavily as she thought about it. It was really the emperor who was not anxious, but the eunuch was. If it really worked out, she would have to get a raise.
As for whether he should go forward and enlighten her, Qin Ying thought about it for a while and then rejected it. Love is something that is hard to understand and explain. Everyone's feelings are different. If the first experience of life is enlightened by others, then there will be less ups and downs. This road must be walked by oneself.
Xia Yu pursed her lips and secretly glanced at Chen Zheng's profile. Her bright eyes curved, and her smile overflowed from her eyes and eyebrows like a spring that could not be hidden. She stepped on her own shadow and swung their clasped hands a few times.
"Chen Zheng!" The girl stopped where she was and called her name crisply.
Chen Zheng stopped walking upon hearing this and raised her eyebrows, as if asking her what was wrong?
Xia Yu stood on tiptoe, stretched out her free hand, and used her fingertips to wipe away the blood on Chen Zheng's face bit by bit. She did not withdraw her hand until there was no trace of blood on Chen Zheng's face, turned around, and continued to walk forward while holding Chen Zheng's hand.
Chen Zheng looked at Xia Yu's back, blinked gently, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of her lips.
Unknown pink bubbles were floating around the two of them. The system popped up in a very unpleasant way and anxiously shouted from Xia Yu:
"Host, host, don't forget the mission. You slapped the protagonist in the face this time, and you must not forget the villain, otherwise you will lose a lot of points. Hurry up and curse a few times, and I can add some points to you to 50."
"Yeah, got it." Xia Yu flipped over the general plot in his mind and responded to the system perfunctorily.
He pointed at Chen Zheng's nose and yelled at her in public, intending to hit her in the face.
Hey, slap in the face, didn't she just slap him? Xia Yu's eyes suddenly lit up, and little Xia Yu excitedly pointed at this passage in the book and read it word by word to the system.
The system was stunned for a moment, the little blue circle spinning rapidly, searching the previous database. It murmured quietly: "There is no precedent for this, can it be counted?"
"Why not? I just used my hand to gently hit Chen Zheng's face a few times. Didn't you see it? Even if you show up now and ask Chen Zheng, she will admit it." Xia Yu replied righteously.
"Forget it then. Host, don't forget that there is one more task." The system hesitated for a while and then stopped, urging Xia Yu to do another task.
Seeing that one problem had been solved, Xia Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and did not immediately answer the system, and continued to walk to a secluded place with Chen Zheng. The servants cleaning around became fewer and fewer, until there was no one left, Xia Yu secretly nodded.
In public, it doesn't say how many people are considered in public. Twenty people are in public, but three or two people are not?
She had already made her selection. Assistant Qin had been following her closely, but not too close. It was her.
"Chen Zheng, wait." Xia Yu stopped, looked up and called out crisply.
Chen Zheng paused for a moment, then immediately stopped. "What happened again?"
Having said that, there was no impatience at all, and a helpless smile on his face, which was blatant indulgence.
Even though she had just witnessed the fate of the last person who pointed at Chen Zheng's nose not long ago, Xia Yu was not afraid at all for some reason. She seemed to be particularly sure that Chen Zheng would not do anything to her. It was obvious that she had nothing to fear.
Besides, she really wanted to say these words to Shen Zheng.
Xia Yu's face puffed up slightly, and she struggled hard to break free from Chen Zheng's hand. Her dark almond eyes opened wide, burning with bright flames.
She pointed at Chen Zheng's nose and shouted:
"Chen Zheng, why didn't you tell me anything? What happened at the banquet, and what happened to my father. I was kept in the dark from beginning to end. I am not a beautifully dressed doll placed in your window. I can run, jump, and fight back. I can fight alongside you.
Even though I am not very good at academics now, you should at least let me know so that I don’t end up like this…”
As Xia Yu cursed, her voice became lower and lower. She pursed her lips, glared at Chen Zheng hatefully, then lowered her head to kick a small stone beside her.
She said the last sentence so quietly that it was almost muffled in her throat.
"I'd be worried, too."
Chen Zheng looked at Xia Yu who was hanging her head and blinked lightly. Wisps of warmth spread from the deepest part of her heart, breaking out without any warning. She carefully poked her head out and danced with the wind.
It felt crisp and numb, with a layer of warmth, just like the marshmallow she snatched from her third brother when she first beat him as a child, so sweet.
She actually liked it very much.
Chen Zheng chuckled, put one hand on Xia Yu's cheek, gently lifted her face up, and with the other hand grabbed her retracted fingertips and pressed them against her chest.
Under the softness, Xia Yu felt Chen Zheng's vigorous beating heart. Boom, boom, boom, it conveyed an indescribable intimacy, and a wonderful feeling quickly spread from the palm of his hand to his whole body.
At that moment, she seemed to be in resonance with Shen Zheng.
"My bad. Xia Yu, you're great."
Chen Zheng paused and sorted out his words: "I'm just used to it."
She is used to coordinating all the things by herself, thinking clearly about all the risks and opportunities. She is used to protecting the people she cares about under her wings, letting them grow wildly in a carefree place. She is used to hiding her emotions in her heart, and she will not change her expression even if the sky collapses and the earth breaks...
"Chen Zheng, give me five years and I will stand shoulder to shoulder with you." Xia Yu raised his chin slightly and said in a resounding voice.
The proud little phoenix raised its flaming feathers and made a serious promise.
"Okay, I'll wait for that day."
The system looked at their deadly movements, cursed, and shut down the screen, scolding in a low voice:
"At least let Tongzi know and ask him to turn off the screen before you start talking to me. Otherwise, the screen is being recorded right here, so how can I open a backdoor for the host and secretly add points?"
"Really, it increases Tongzi's workload."
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