Episode 50 Warm water
Xu Yiwei yelled reflexively: "What's going on!"
When the screen went out, Cen Shuo was still in the dark. But after Xu Yiwei's surprise, he regained consciousness and said calmly, "It must have been a power outage."
He took his cell phone, turned on the flashlight, walked to the door to find the motor, and turned the switch back to its original position with ease.
The room became bright again.
As soon as he calmed down, Xu Yiwei was about to turn on the hair dryer again, but Cen Shuo quickly stopped him this time.
"Don't use it. The power cord is rotten. It must be the one that caused the circuit breaker to trip."
Seeing that the end of the hair dryer's power cord was indeed damaged, Xu Yiwei unplugged it, wrapped the body, and tested it bluntly:
"So I just threw it away?"
Cen Shuo sat back at his desk and restarted his computer. He paused for a few seconds before uttering a "hmm." As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud thud... The trash can at his feet was slammed down, causing the freshly replaced plastic bag to bulge.
"Then I'll open the window for a while to let my hair dry and have a cigarette?"
Cen Shuo tacitly agreed, and Xu Yiwei immediately took out a cigarette lighter from her bag, smoothed her hair, opened the window with a snap, and stuck her head out to puff out a cigarette.
The last inch of sunset glow burned the edge of the skyline, and the air seemed to boil, flowing into the room like magma through the opened gap, just like the cigarette between her fingers, burning briefly and then turning into ashes.
The cigarette quickly burned out, and even his half-wet hair couldn't withstand the heat. His skin became sticky again. Xu Yiwei felt bored standing there, so he turned back to take two more cigarettes from the box to pass the time. But when he turned around, he saw Cen Shuo who had just returned from outside, holding a hair dryer...
"I borrowed one from next door. You closed the window and it was so hot."
I couldn't stand it even for a moment. Back then, the two of them often didn't turn on the air conditioner to save money.
She pretended to put the cigarette back, but Cen Shuo asked again, "Go to the sink and blow it out, so the bed won't be covered with your hair."
He has little ability but a bad temper, Xu Yiwei secretly complained about it.
She walked over and took the hair dryer. Before she went into the bathroom, Cen Shuo scolded her: "You should smoke less."
"It's none of your business."
She rolled her eyes at him and closed the door. The hair dryer hummed through the door and wall, making Cen Shuo uneasy.
He opened the webpage again and carefully studied the offer details of the new company.
The gaming company I'm about to join is headquartered in Shenzhen and expanded its branch in Shanghai three years ago. The largest investor behind its expansion in Shanghai is Jianglin Group.
The position he joined was UI designer. He had a good academic background and impressive project experience. With the support of the international exchange exhibition that year and his previous internship results at Tengchun, his resume was very impressive, so it was not surprising that he found a job.
But whenever he mentioned Teng Chun, he always felt a sense of injustice. Initially, it was because of Lin Ying's cold war, but then, on the day they said goodbye, Cen Shuo finally saw through this woman—thirty years old, single and raising a child, with a glittering career, but in reality, she was just relying on others to support her. Before, she relied on her family's influence, after marriage, she relied on her husband, her parents-in-law, and even her stepbrother. Later, she claimed to be raising the child independently, but she was just taking advantage of her family and pre-marital property. Even the rapid promotion she received in her next job was because a big boss had taken a liking to her—and the reason he chose her was still because of the emotional bonus of sex.
Hadn't he fallen in love with her at first sight because of her background and family background? Although she was his superior, she was quite patient with others, not deliberately putting on airs like a rich person. She even showed more patience and consideration to him, an intern... intentionally or unintentionally.
She always has a smile on her face in front of people, and a calm expression behind their backs, like a cup of warm water. She is approachable when you first meet her, but you won't get tired of her the more you get to know her, and instead, you'll find she's inseparable from you.
From time to time, he heard Sister Zhang and some old employees gossiping about her - he knew that the big boss Wang Duo had been interested in her for a long time, and he always took special care of her every time he worked with her. The two of them would even make private appointments to go to exhibitions, but she always had an ambiguous and equivocal attitude, neither saying yes nor refusing.
And she did not refuse his intention to get closer to her.
They were drunk that day and were very passionate about each other. He suddenly saw another side of her. She was not like warm water at all, but like hot pot, and she tasted good with anything.
After the first time, he was completely hooked. He didn't care about the woman his boss liked, as long as she was single and she didn't refuse to be with him.
Until Jiang Shu appeared, the man she kept calling "the child's uncle," she seemed unmoved, but she always found time to feel lost when he was around. She even lost her composure when he tried to find out who Ruxing's child was...
He suddenly felt that he was ridiculous, and she was even more ridiculous.
So that time, he wanted to possess her fiercely, like a leopard that hadn't hunted for a long time. It was hard to eat her prey immediately, but he didn't want to save it for another time, so he could only kiss her lips without any method...
He couldn't help but think, how many people had kissed these lips? Her ex-boyfriends had kissed them, her ex-husband had kissed them, Jiang Shu had kissed them too...
But he didn't know any other men, only Jiang Shu, and just this alone made him jealous.
Especially after that, he completely understood that she and Jiang Shu had a past and might even have had a child... His possessiveness was like a volcanic eruption, irreversible.
But she didn't like this, so he forced himself to become a dormant volcano, but still couldn't contain her cup of warm water.
He thought that as long as he kept coaxing her, he would be able to change her mind. Could it be that she and Jiang Shu could really rekindle their old love?
Until a phone call from Wang Duo completely shattered his innocent dream...
At this point, he regretted agreeing to that plan. He knew full well that he was being used, but when he saw that Xu Yiwei was among those being used, he suddenly understood that Cen Shuo, who had always urged her to "be good" in the past, had already lost himself in the chaos of jealousy.
Why is Jiang Shu again?
Why is Xu Yiwei with him?
Yes, a man like him, what kind of woman would he not want? He even refused to let his own stepsister go, he deserved to be plotted against.
But why, the two women he treated with all his heart were easily played around by him - one was bewitched, the other was seduced.
He was unwilling to accept it, but given his current situation, he could do nothing and deserved to be manipulated.
Xu Yiwei was right back then; the watershed of fate was amniotic fluid. He had previously scoffed at this, believing that he had earned admission to a prestigious university based on his own merit and left his hometown in a second- or third-tier city. He had good grades, a lively personality, and a pretty face, and the glory of the rest of his life was destined to be his.
He believed all this so much that he was drawn to the eighteen-year-old Xu Yiwei back then. They were more or less similar back then: similar looks, similar personalities, and both were newcomers to this city... Even though Xu Yiwei's natural conditions were slightly inferior to his, he didn't care—at least, he thought he didn't care until he accompanied her mother to the Oriental Pearl Tower.
He always felt that everything was possible and everything could be earned through joint efforts, so Xu Yiwei was infected by his encouragement, and he was also inspired by Xu Yiwei's persistence. Even if they were squeezed in a small house of 30 square meters, he was happy with it.
He had promised the girl that they would live in a bigger house in the future. The girl looked at him with admiration, and in the end she came over to kiss him, smiling and comforting him.
"The little house is nice too. I can kiss it whenever I want."
Squeak——
The spring of the bathroom door was broken, and Xu Yiwei had to hit the outer wall hard every time he opened it.
Cen Shuo found it harsh, as if a needle had been inserted into his memory and then pulled out without any warning.
He came back to his senses and frowned, looking at the house which was still 30 square meters. The same people were there, but their faces looked more and more unfamiliar.
"This hair dryer is much better. I'll return it to you."
Cen Shuo hesitated for a moment, but decided to return it in person - although some noise was inevitable, he didn't want his neighbors to know that he was living with the girl.
Xu Yiwei took advantage of this break to casually take off his bathrobe, put on his pajamas, and lay down on the bed, continuing to browse his phone to see if there was a suitable restaurant...
When Cen Shuo opened the door and came in again, he saw her lying lazily on the bed, with her two well-proportioned white legs resting on the head of the bed - as if she was doing some leg slimming exercises.
Seeing him walk in, she casually asked, "Hey, didn't you do an internship around here before? Are there any good restaurants nearby?"
"Chinese and Western food around here is not cheap. I don't eat there often. I usually order takeout."
"Well, I was thinking you could give me some advice."
Xu Yiwei pouted and said that he wanted to find a restaurant with suitable taste, price and location that could be used for group meals...
Cen Shuo couldn't help but think about it. He knew that her company was also nearby. It must be a vintage management team. It should not be short of money. So he thought of that local cuisine restaurant - it was the restaurant where she invited him to dinner on the day he confessed to Lin Ying. It was said that the owner was also friends with Jiang Shu.
He couldn't help but frown when he saw these two people. He saw Xu Yiwei's legs on the bed, folding and unfolding from time to time. He knew that was just her little habit when she was worried, but at first, he was always aroused by these little movements...
He suggested: "There's a local restaurant nearby that I've eaten at before. The food is pretty good and the environment is clean."
After saying that, he forwarded the address of the store to her.
Xu Yiwei clicked on the comments and pictures of this store on the social platform. It seemed really good. He decided to go and ask about it tomorrow.
When she saw the average price, she turned around, lay down on the bed, propped up her chin and asked, "This restaurant looks so cheap. Who did you go there with? Your ex-girlfriend?"
Her eyes were intimate, her figure was charming, and her tender white legs swayed in the air without any scruples. Knowing that she was deliberately provoking him, Cen Shuo did not indulge her.
"What does it have to do with you?"
But she sneered, her eyes passing over his lower abdomen, deliberately teasing him, "It's hard already?"
Cen Shuo immediately turned his chair back, facing the unlocked computer screen, and threw a sentence at her -
"If you don't want to be bullied, put your legs away."
Three days later, Xu Yiwei arrived at the company and applied to Lin Ying—
"Boss Lin, I'd like to apply for a day of field work to compare the environment of offline restaurants."
Lin Ying said, "Of course you should. Remember to send me the exact location so that I can have an idea and locate you if anything happens."
This makes sense. The director is very thoughtful after all.
Going out for field work in the summer is a miserable thing, and going out for field work without a four-wheeled vehicle is obviously the most miserable of all.
These stores are all nearby, and there is no need to ride a shared bike. You can only wear a hat and walk step by step to get there.
The restaurants she picked all had their merits. The cheapest one only did takeout, but when she went there, she saw flies flying around the soup pot in the kitchen and immediately passed it up. The other two had good food and environment, and the prices were reasonable, but the running fees for group meals were exorbitant, which immediately put a dent in her budget.
The shop with the best value for money had a great reputation, but the owner was quite mean. Seeing how young she was, he refused to shake off the cigarette he was holding during the conversation, and blatantly asked her to smoke a used cigarette. His words were filled with arrogance and entanglement. Xu Yiwei immediately thought, if she worked with him, he would definitely pick on her every few days...
So, after screening through, she placed her greatest hope on the "Small Capital Cuisine" restaurant recommended by Cen Shuo.
The shop's decor was simple and elegant, and the owner had a great sense of aesthetics. Although it had two floors, it didn't feel cramped or noisy. She explained her intentions to the front desk attendant, who said—
"Oh, Miss Xu, right? Our boss is having tea with his friends on the second floor. There are a lot of customers on the first floor right now. Would it be convenient for you to go up and find him yourself?"
She followed the waiter's instructions and went up to the second floor. She saw a simple tea table in the southeast corner. Boss Wei, whom she had met the day before, was sorting tea leaves, with a teapot still unboiled at his side. Her friend sitting across from her, judging from his back, possessed a distinguished demeanor. However, she wasn't here to feast her eyes today; she had business to attend to.
"Hello, Boss Wei, I'm Xu Yiwei, who contacted you the day before yesterday..."
Before Boss Wei could greet him, the man opposite him turned around upon hearing the voice. After seeing the other person's face clearly, Xu Yiwei couldn't help but widen his eyes——
"Mr. Jiang?!"
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