Chapter 58
She looked at her two childish friends and sighed, rubbing her forehead in exasperation.
She was about to speak when the two screamed at the same time, which almost gave her a heart attack.
"Aa ...
"Aaaaaah—Aaaaah—A ghost!!!!"
'Ghost? What the hell?!'
'These two people didn't go back to their own rooms, they ran into her room yelling, and they even had the nerve to call her a ghost.'
Xiang Wan pursed her lips, covered her eardrums with both hands, and only slowly lowered her hands after they stopped screaming, then crossed her arms and looked at them coolly.
She was just about to give the two of them a good talking-to when the lights in the room suddenly went out.
Xiang Wan didn't react to this yet, but the two people on the bed continued to scream like madmen.
"It's a vampire!!!!!!!!!"
"I've transformed into Wanwan's body!!!!"
Xiang Wan: "..."
Although Che Nanbei likes to tell ghost stories, he's not much braver than Shen Feiyang.
The lights suddenly went out, which startled her.
The two people were throwing pillows around, clearly not distinguishing between friend and foe, attacking indiscriminately.
The bedroom was pitch black. Shen Feiyang felt someone hitting him. He didn't know if it was a person or a ghost, so he hit back at the person opposite him.
Xiang Wan originally intended to hold the two down to calm them down, but the two panicked girls mistook her for a vampire and hit her with several pillows.
Although the pillow hitting her face didn't hurt at all, after being hit countless times, she finally couldn't take it anymore, so she picked up another pillow from the bed and swung it in the direction of the two of them.
The bedroom was completely dark, and with Che Nanbei telling ghost stories, the two of them were so scared they almost peed themselves.
"Who hit me???"
"Nanbei, why do I feel like there's a third person hitting me?"
"Could it be a vampire?" Che Nanbei's voice even sounded a little like he was crying.
"It's all your fault!!! Who told you to chant the spell and attract the vampires?! Che Nanbei, you piece of shit—"
The thought of reaping the consequences of his own actions terrified Che Nanbei even more than Shen Feiyang. The two screamed at each other, and Xiang Wan felt as if their screams were about to pierce her eardrums.
In the Nordic countries, villas often experience power outages due to frequent heavy snowfalls, but these outages only last a few minutes and are quickly restored.
Xiang Wan knew in her heart that there was a power outage, but she maliciously didn't say a word and just kept hitting the two of them with pillows.
Che Nanbei thought the legend he made up was true, and he almost knelt down to the vampire: "Big brother vampire, please spare us two little women."
"..." Xiang Wan paused, holding the pillow, and actually considered whether or not to let the two go.
Unexpectedly, Shen Feiyang, who was usually gentle, became unusually assertive: "Che Nanbei, he won't let us go. The other party is a vampire, let's go—"
Xiang Wan: "..."
In the darkness, her expression was indescribable. She couldn't believe that these two people actually thought that if a vampire came, they could hurt each other by throwing pillows at each other.
Two minutes later, the villa lights came back on, and Xiang Wan saw the terrified faces of the two people.
"Wanwan?"
"Wanwan?"
Shen Feiyang nudged Che Nanbei with his elbow. Che Nanbei immediately understood and, mustering his courage, gently touched Xiang Wan's arm with his finger.
"It's hot."
After confirming that it was Xiang Wan herself, the two of them remembered the stupid thing they had just done, and their expressions became somewhat embarrassed.
Especially Che Nanbei, she scratched the back of her head, looking a little embarrassed: "Wanwan, what brings you here..."
She chuckled twice after she finished speaking.
Xiang Wan laughed in exasperation: "This is my room."
Shen Feiyang & Che Nanbei: "..."
The two women looked around awkwardly, and when they saw goose feathers scattered all over the floor from the pillowcase, they felt even more embarrassed.
Che Nanbei: "Then I'll go back to sleep first."
Shen Feiyang: "I suddenly feel really sleepy too."
Xiang Wan: "..."
The two walked out side by side, and Xiang Wan did not stop them. Just as they reached the door and were about to leave, they stopped one after the other.
Shen Feiyang was the first to speak: "Wanwan, shall we sleep together tonight since it's a rare occasion?"
Che Nanbei also put on a crying face: "Wanwan, I'm scared too. I don't want to sleep alone..."
"..." Xiang Wan's heartstrings had been stretched taut all day, and now they finally snapped.
She looked at the two of them and wanted to refuse, but she knew that if she didn't agree, the two of them would definitely cause some trouble later.
After only a moment's thought, she made her choice. She first laid down three rules with the two of them: "Che Nanbei is not allowed to tell ghost stories, and Shen Feiyang is not allowed to steal the blanket while sleeping."
"good!"
"good!"
After the pillow fight, the three pillows were smashed to pieces. The two of them went back to their rooms to get a few more pillows. When the three of them lay down on the bed together, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Shen Feiyang and Che Nanbei felt relieved, while Xiang Wan felt that the farce was finally over and they could finally have some peace and quiet.
Although it was late at night, the three of them were not sleepy at all after their pillow fight. Che Nan turned to look at her and asked, "Wanwan, where did you go just now?"
"...went to see the snow."
"All right."
After fifteen minutes of silence, just as Xiang Wan was about to fall asleep, Shen Feiyang suddenly sat up as if he had risen from the dead and started rambling on to the two of them.
"We haven't made any wishes for the new year yet!"
Xiang Wan opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling, realizing she probably wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.
The three of them chatted about the past for a very long time, until dawn was approaching, when they finally fell asleep...
*
About a week after celebrating the New Year in Northern Europe, the group flew back to Northern Ireland.
The group parted ways at the airport and went their separate ways home.
However, they didn't stay at home for long, because Beiyi University started soon after.
Xiang Wan guessed that Zhou Chengze might pester her for a while, but she didn't expect his pestering to be so intense...
He was there when she was looking for literature in the library to write her thesis, and he was also there when she went to the auditorium to listen to a lecture in the afternoon.
The professor was still speaking eloquently into the microphone in the auditorium. Xiang Wan looked at the persistent person beside her. Although she was already a little annoyed, she still didn't say anything.
After all, he was indeed her savior in this life during the avalanche.
Without the blessing of being chosen by fate, she thought she might not have been able to find a small cave where they could take shelter during the avalanche.
Therefore, in a sense, Zhou Chengze in this life did save her twice, and can be considered her savior.
"Senior Sister Xiang Wan, shall we have dinner together later?"
Zhou Chengze tilted his head to look at her. Xiang Wan looked at his handsome peach blossom eyes and shook her head: "I have to go back to my apartment later."
Upon hearing this, he said, "Then I'll take you, senior sister."
"If I remember correctly, you freshmen have evening self-study sessions, right?" Xiang Wan paused. "If you skip evening self-study, your scholarship this year will probably be gone."
Knowing that Zhou Chengze's family was struggling financially, she knew he would work part-time to ease Li Taohua's burden.
He was a very filial person, and not blindly so, which was one of the reasons Xiang Wan admired him in her previous life.
Zhou Chengze looked somewhat disappointed, but quickly recovered: "See you tomorrow, Senior Sister."
"..."
Xiang Wan didn't reply to his words. After the lecture, she picked up her handbag and left.
Tomorrow is Friday. Although there are no evening self-study sessions at Beiyi University on Fridays, Zhou Chengze will probably go to work-study programs.
Therefore, she didn't take his "see you tomorrow" seriously.
Besides, she has to go to the company tomorrow. Although she has video conferences with her secretary on the computer every day, she still spends two days a week at the company.
Moreover, she is now a junior in college, has basically completed all her credits, and has shifted her focus back to the company from school.
However, when Xiang Wan arrived at the company early the next morning, she saw Zhou Chengze wearing an intern badge while waiting for the elevator.
Xiang Wan: "..."
He was also very tactful; he didn't call her "senior sister" at the company, but rather "General Manager Xiang."
"Hello, Mr. Xiang!"
Good morning, Mr. Xiang.
Good morning, Mr. Xiang.
Among the employees' voices, Zhou Chengze's voice was not particularly prominent, but his exceptionally outstanding appearance and physique made him stand out from the crowd, so much so that Xiang Wan spotted him at a glance.
The elevator arrived quickly, and Xiang Wan and Secretary Huang entered together. The surrounding employees, seeing them enter the elevator, tactfully refrained from disturbing them and waited for the next elevator.
Quite a few newly arrived employees came to wait for the elevator, and when they saw Xiang Wan, they all greeted her one after another.
Instead of replying to each of them individually, Xiang Wan nodded to all of them, indicating that she would also like to say good morning.
Secretary Huang pressed the close button on the elevator. As the elevator doors slowly closed, Xiang Wan looked at Zhou Chengze standing at the back of the crowd. She held back for a moment until the elevator doors closed before asking Secretary Huang, "Which department was that intern from?"
Secretary Huang naturally guessed which one she was referring to. Without much research, he replied, "She was recruited by the publicity department, and it seems she is also a student from Beiyi University."
There were only Xiang Wan and Secretary Huang in the elevator, so Xiang Wan didn't beat around the bush: "Not only from Beiyi University, but also freshmen."
Secretary Huang understood that President Xiang knew the intern and was asking him why the intern, who was only a freshman, was already doing an internship.
Secretary Huang looked into her eyes and explained succinctly, "It was the deputy director of the publicity department who suggested that they wanted to train management trainees from scratch, so they found a group of interns from the freshmen. The one you just saw should be one of them."
"Since it was a minor matter, I agreed immediately without bothering you." He paused, then added, "Does Mr. Xiang have any instructions for those interns?"
Xiang Wan sneered inwardly. In her previous life, she had never heard the propaganda department make such a suggestion.
What may seem like a trivial suggestion is undoubtedly the work of an invisible force behind the scenes.
If Zhou Chengze wasn't among those interns, it would indeed be a minor matter, and Secretary Huang's decision would be correct.
Xiang Wan did not hold a grudge against him, nor did she ask him to fire Zhou Chengze directly, nor did she ask him to do anything.
Putting aside the question of whether dismissing an intern without cause would damage the company's image, Xiang Wan herself is not such a petty person.
What really annoyed her was that the mastermind behind it all was able to plant Zhou Chengze in her company, right under her nose.
If she hadn't seen Zhou Chengze today, she might have been kept in the dark the whole time.
What angered her was that the other party not only operated in the shadows, but also had the power to control everything, which was what Xiang Wan truly cared about.
Xiang Wan took the elevator upstairs, completely unaware that during those few minutes of elevator ascent, the surprised look she gave Zhou Chengze earlier had sparked a lot of speculation among the employees.
Rumors have even started circulating about her and Zhou Chengze...
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