Chapter 2 - Debt
Chapter 2 - Debt
“I didn’t…!”
Su Cenxi subconsciously turned her head to glance at the balcony door, but was afraid that Gu Hechen would notice and come out to see what was going on, so she quickly turned back and lowered her voice and said, "Why are you saying this!"
"You can't tell me the truth?" Ning Fei sneered. "Not only are you here to borrow a corpse, but the original owner of this body made a deal and promised to become a top supermodel for him, so you borrowed his 'corpse'. Otherwise, is this face yours? Is this body yours? Is the name 'Su Cenxi' yours?"
Su Cenxi’s voice was low, but her tone was urgent: “I’m working hard to become TOP!”
"It's because I came that you had to work hard. I made you work hard." Ning Fei narrowed his eyes slightly, "Before I came, you had already decided to give up your modeling career and live together with Gu Hechen, the domineering CEO."
Su Cenxi retorted: "I didn't give up! I am obviously a very popular supermodel, I just didn't understand his definition before..."
"You can lie to others, but don't lie to yourself." Ning Fei said slowly, "Top model, is it because you appear on those reality shows arranged by Gu Hechen? Is it because you often show your affection with Gu Hechen in the media? Have you read the MDC's judging criteria?"
"But becoming a TOP is too difficult. When you reach that level, you can't achieve your goal just by enduring hardships." Su Cenxi couldn't help but feel depressed when she said this. "'He' had such a hard life before, but now he can live happily as a supermodel, isn't that great..."
His tone sounded aggrieved and his expression was lost, and he looked very depressed as he leaned against the fence. If someone else saw this scene, they might be soft-hearted, but Ning Fei didn't see it, and even if he did, he wouldn't fall for it.
"Is it possible to just say 'Isn't it good' in exchange for a wish to give up one's body, identity, and life?"
Ning Fei said coldly: "If you owe someone a 'debt', you have to pay it back. Whether you don't want to pay it back, or don't know how to pay it back, or you don't have the ability to pay it back, it doesn't matter. Because I'm here.
"I am a professional in collecting the 'debt of fate'."
Su Cenxi said angrily: "You are not a debt collector, you are a life collector!"
"Look, aren't you very clear about this?" Ning Fei warned, "If you don't come back to repay your 'debt', what you have already obtained will be forcibly taken back bit by bit. What you get is 'life', followed by 'luck'. Last time you resisted my arrangement, your luck turned bad for the worse. If you run away again this time, guess what will be taken back from you?"
Su Cenxi was both scared and helpless: "But He Chen forced me to come here, and I have no say. There are bodyguards everywhere, and the plane is also his private one..."
"Interesting. If he kidnaps you by force like this, is he your boyfriend, your sponsor, or a kidnapper?" Ning Fei said coldly, "Find a way to come back once, don't always wait for someone to rescue you! Do you really think you are a princess?"
After saying that, Ning Fei hung up the phone and threw it aside.
Even though it would be of no use even if Su Cenxi rushed back now, Ning Fei just wanted to see if he had the ability to disobey Gu Hechen's decision.
In other words, do you have the determination to pay off your "debt"?
***
A day passed, night came again, and the brand's haute couture show opened on time. Fashionable people gathered in the audience, and many related hot topics quickly formed on major social platforms around the world.
Su Cenxi's fans had already heard that he would be attending this show, and they searched for direct shots, lists, revelations and other information under various hot topics, but after searching for a long time, the fans didn't even see any trace of Su Cenxi. So they all flocked to Su Cenxi's personal account and Chenxi Studio account, asking questions one after another: Where is Su Cenxi? Didn't he say he would attend this show? How come we couldn't find him at all?
And Chenxi Studio finally posted a status after the show began, rather belatedly: [@苏岑希希希 is experiencing a sudden physical discomfort and is unable to participate in this brand's haute couture show. We are very sorry. We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience this has caused to our staff members, and we sincerely apologize to all the disappointed fans. We will find out after Xixi recovers...】
Statement, apology, and future plans, the standard three-piece set of an apology post. The tone of the comment section suddenly changed, with fans asking what disease Su Cenxi had, what her current condition was, and when she would get better. Some people even started using cyber medicine to diagnose patients, holding up Su Cenxi's previous material videos and giving random instructions.
Even other assistants in the studio asked in the studio’s public group: [Brother Fei, is Xixi feeling unwell? Is he sick? 】
Ning Fei didn't reply.
This official blog was indeed posted by him, but the content was made up by him. There was no way, until the show started, Su Cenxi himself did not show up. He did send Ning Fei a few messages, which could be summed up in one sentence: "I tried hard, but Gu Hechen wouldn't let me go. I won't be able to be on that show if I go back anyway. I'll try harder next time."
Ning Fei couldn't help but sneer at this elementary school student-level sophistry.
Throwing a bunch of messes to the people below to solve, this style is definitely learned from the domineering boss Gu Hechen. The secretaries under Gu Hechen do this kind of messy work all day long. If Ning Fei didn't have to "manage" Su Cenxi's modeling career, she wouldn't have been so frustrated as to scold him and then clean up for him.
——Okay, you are just being stubborn, right? The one who owes you the debt is the boss, right?
Then let’s see what’s wrong with Su Cenxi this time.
***
The day after the brand's haute couture show, Su Cenxi did not come back.
On the third and fourth days, Su Cenxi was nowhere to be seen.
In response to this, Ning Fei remained very calm and even continued to work normally, scheduling a schedule for Su Cenxi. It was as if there was nothing he could do after the outburst that night. The assistants in the studio were discussing in a small group, saying that no matter how bad the temper of this agent who appeared out of nowhere was, he was still no match for Gu Hechen's "money ability". One day, this agent will completely accept his fate.
Until the night of the seventh day after the big show.
Ning Fei had just confirmed the clothes that Su Cenxi would wear for her next photo shoot. When she came out of the magazine office, the rush hour traffic on the street had disappeared. He walked towards the parking lot, looking at the occasional overtime worker in a suit passing by him. Somehow, he suddenly remembered the good thing that was interrupted seven days ago.
——Tsk, I forgot to ask his name and identity.
But I gave him my business card and he didn't contact me. Maybe he is not interested anymore.
Ning Fei guessed, then took out his cell phone to check if there was any place nearby where he could relax. As for “prey”, we can just find a new one. However, when he pressed the phone, there was no light. Ning Fei then remembered that the phone had been ringing wildly when he was talking to the editor-in-chief. When he saw the caller ID, it was Gu Hechen's secretary, so he turned off his phone immediately.
While he was standing there turning on his cell phone, a black car suddenly drove up and stopped directly in front of him. The front and rear doors opened, and two acquaintances - Gu Hechen's secretary and bodyguard - got out of the car and surrounded Ning Fei on the left and right.
"Mr. Ning, let's go." The secretary said without further ado, signaling the bodyguards to cooperate and keep an eye on Ning Fei, "Boss Gu wants to see you."
"They are back?" Ning Fei raised an eyebrow. "But Gu Hechen and I don't seem to have any relationship. He just wants to meet? Kidnapped in the street?"
"Do you have to waste time here?" The secretary's tone was not very good, probably because he was hung up on just now. "Mr. Su is in trouble! As his agent, why don't you keep your phone open 24 hours a day? Why do you hang up and turn off the phone?"
As he spoke, the bodyguard started pushing Ning Fei. If it weren't for the fact that this happened in a public place, the bodyguard would probably have pushed Ning Fei into the car directly.
Ning Fei sneered and glanced at the secretary before raising his foot: "I have one more thing to say——"
The secretary was annoyed: "What?"
Ning Fei pointed to the ground and said, "You guys drove against the flow and parked illegally."
***
The black car took Ning Fei all the way to a high-end private hospital in the suburbs.
The ward where Su Cenxi lives is more like a luxurious suite equipped with complete medical facilities than a ward. It is much larger than the two-bedroom, one-living room apartment Ning Fei is renting now. However, no matter how big the ward is, Su Cenxi can only sleep in one bed. When Ning Fei saw him, he was lying on the bed with an IV. The person was probably in a coma, his whole face was red, and he looked a little pitiful.
Ning Fei, however, showed no sympathy or concern, and did not even bend over to take a closer look at Su Cenxi. He only glanced at the groggy young man, then turned his gaze to the man sitting next to him, and asked with one hand in his pocket, "What's the situation now?"
"That's what you saw." Gu Hechen held Su Cenxi's other hand and frowned. "She started having a fever three days ago, and it keeps coming back. She hasn't been able to completely go away. The doctor said it would be dangerous if she continued to have a fever like this. I originally wanted to get cured overseas and then come back, but Xixi kept saying that he had to find you to solve it, and I couldn't persuade him. So, how are you going to solve it?"
Ning Fei was amused: "He wants to come back to work, you can persuade him. But he fell ill, you can't persuade him?"
Is it cheap?
Gu Hechen was so embarrassed by his retort that he suppressed his anger and said, "I didn't invite you here to listen to your nonsense. Do you have any solution? He is already unconscious due to the fever. As his manager, can you distinguish the priorities?"
Ning Fei still has a hundred things to say to him.
However, Su Cenxi's condition seemed to be a bit serious. Ning Fei and Gu Hechen were arguing beside the bed, but he didn't even open his eyes. Ning Fei thought for a moment, then took out his phone and asked, "Do you know what caused the fever?"
"...We played at the beach for a long time that day. We went into the water both during the day and at night. We also had barbecue in the evening." Gu Hechen finally responded seriously. As a big CEO, he personally answered these details, which shows that his feelings for Su Cenxi are quite real: "The doctor suspected that the fever was caused by gastroenteritis, but after examination, he said that there was no obvious problem with his stomach, nor was he infected with the epidemic virus, and there were no signs of other diseases. The current conclusion is that it is likely that he simply caught a cold.
"But it's a tropical island, and it's 25 degrees at night. How could you catch a cold? Even if you did catch a cold, why is it so difficult to lower your body temperature?"
Ning Fei listened while flipping through the information on his phone. Finally, he narrowed his eyes and said, "So, the news that Oli was selected to be the finale of the fashion week should be true. His MDC ranking must have risen..."
Originally, Ning Fei wanted to push Su Cenxi for this job, but now he has been replaced by someone else, which is expected to have a significant impact.
"It's already this hour, why are you still caring about those shitty jobs?" Gu Hechen's anger that he had just suppressed suddenly flared up again, "If you have no other choice, just get out of here. Otherwise, when Cen Xi wakes up, he'll hear that you were still exploiting him when he was seriously ill, and his bad mood will take a long time to get better."
"I haven't even bothered about his weight loss from eating too much barbecue, and he's still challenging me?" Ning Fei sneered, then changed the subject, "Baron De Silva will hold a fashion party next week. Mr. Gu should be able to get an invitation and bring me and Su Cenxi in. Is that ok?"
Gu Hechen frowned and said, "Next week? Cen Xi may not be able to fully recover..."
Ning Fei interrupted him: "Just answer, okay?"
Gu Hechen: "As long as Cen Xi can get better, I can certainly agree to this, but..."
Ning Fei: "Okay. Now please go out for a while."
Gu Hechen: “…”
The two of them stared at each other for a few seconds, and finally Gu Hechen got up and left the room reluctantly with a questioning expression that said "I want to see what else you can do".
Ning Fei watched the door of the room close, then turned back and looked at Su Cenxi lying on the bed, silently mocking: "You haven't received your reward yet, but you've already lost your luck and are taking out a loan to work..."
He finally took his hand out of his pocket and stretched it slightly towards Su Cenxi.
He snapped his fingers with a "snap" sound.
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Updates will start at 8 o'clock tomorrow night! The snap of Ning Fei’s fingers at the end was the inspiration for the cover! The cover is the beauty Ning Fei!
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