If she can't get what she wants from men, then she can only pursue her career.
After Song Yunxi finished treating the injury on her arm in the infirmary, she returned to the lobby and was stopped by the receptionist who handed her a delicate handmade card, saying it was left by the customer who lost the stone carving that morning.
When the guest checked out, he gestured and talked for a while at the front desk, and then handed over this small card. Although the girls at the front desk still didn't understand what the guest was saying, they could roughly guess from his gestures that he wanted to leave the card for Song Yunxi.
Song Yunxi smiled as she took the card. It read in both Chinese and English: "Long live the friendship between China and Serbia."
After thanking him, she took the small card and walked briskly towards her office. As she approached, she saw Lin Xiaoran standing at the office door, gazing in the direction of the lobby bar with a lovesick expression.
Following Lin Xiaoran's gaze, Song Yunxi asked, "What are you looking at?"
"The rising star Mu Xian is so beautiful."
As Lin Xiaoran finished speaking, Song Yunxi saw a face that was stunningly beautiful even without makeup, a face she would never forget after seeing it once.
That beautiful face was now adorned with a smile as radiant as a peach blossom as she sat opposite Mu Chen.
Song Yunxi asked, "A popular young actress? A celebrity?"
Lin Xiaoran explained, "Yes. You've just come to China, so you might not know, but she's currently the most popular young actress in the country."
"It's really beautiful." After saying that, Song Yunxi turned around and sat back down at her desk, taking out a document and looking at it.
Half a minute later, when she looked up at the lobby bar again, she saw a slightly shorter girl come in through the revolving door, walk straight to Mu Chen and Mu Xian's table, say something to them, then help Mu Xian with her backpack and stand by her side waiting for her to get up.
Mu Xian took the sunglasses that were placed next to her, put them on, and took Mu Chen's outstretched hand. The two of them escorted her to the hotel exit.
Wearing a loose, long dress, without makeup, and flat shoes, even Song Yunxi, who has never had any dealings with the entertainment industry, could tell that a popular young actress dressed like this usually means she is pregnant.
Her mind was preoccupied with other things, and she couldn't pay attention to anything else. The edge of the white paper she was turning in her hand grazed her fingertip like the most imperceptible yet sharpest hidden weapon, and bright red blood seeped from the thin, long wound.
Song Yunxi quickly grabbed a tissue to wipe it off, and asked Lin Xiaoran if she had any band-aids.
Lin Xiaoran exclaimed and took out a band-aid from the drawer and handed it over, then was surprised to find that Song Yunxi's arm was wrapped in a thick medical bandage.
"What...what happened to your arm?"
As Song Yunxi tore off a bandage and wrapped it around her finger, she replied, "It's nothing, just a cut. The doctor at the infirmary insisted on putting so many bandages on me."
Just now, Song Yunxi went to the infirmary with Pan Zhe, and then made Pan Zhe wait outside the door, saying that it was inconvenient for boys to watch girls treat their wounds.
Dr. Zhang said that Song Yunxi's injuries were not serious; there were only a few scratches from fingernails. He said that after disinfecting and applying some medicine, she would be fine in two or three days.
The reason it looks so red and swollen is simply because Song Yunxi's skin is quite sensitive; it turns red easily when exposed to even a little external stimulation, and the redness will disappear naturally after a while.
Song Yunxi stared straight at the young male doctor, puffing out her cheeks slightly, and spoke in a soft tone, as gentle as a feather brushing against her fingertips.
"Doctor, there are so many people coming and going in the hotel, I'm worried about bacterial infection. Could you please bandage my arm more carefully? You know, girls are most afraid of scars, not even the slightest one."
Then, just as she wished, her wrists and elbows were wrapped in white bandages. Anyone who didn't know better would have thought she had suffered some terrible injury.
Mu Chen helped Mu Xian into the nanny van parked at the hotel entrance.
"Go home and rest well, and don't cause any more trouble." After saying this to Mu Xian, Mu Chen turned around and instructed Mu Xian's assistant, Xiao Fan: "Keep an eye on her, and call me if anything happens."
"Don't worry, brother," Xiao Fan replied with a smile, then sat down in the seat closest to the car door.
After watching them close the car door and drive out of the hotel's sight, Mu Chen turned around and went into the hotel.
I walked through the lobby and turned to look in the direction of Song Yunxi's office. She was sitting behind her desk, looking down as she pulled at the white bandages on her arm, carefully removing them one by one.
When Song Yunxi went to the front desk earlier, Mu Chen noticed her. The bright white medical bandage on her arm was impossible to ignore. He was thinking of asking Pan Zhe after seeing Mu Xian off how serious Song Yunxi's injury was.
Unexpectedly, she started removing the bandages a few minutes later.
While pulling off the bandages, Song Yunxi asked Lin Xiaoran, "Is she pregnant?"
"Who?" Lin Xiaoran was thinking about how to stop Song Yunxi from removing the bandages and didn't understand who she was asking about.
"A rising starlet."
"Mm." Lin Xiaoran nodded. "She just announced on Weibo today that she's three months pregnant. They say the media and fans are besieging her company right now. She probably came to our hotel to escape them." After saying that, Lin Xiaoran quickly pressed down on Song Yunxi's hand, "Unnie, you can't take it off anymore, the wound will get infected."
Song Yunxi ignored her and continued to unwrap the remaining bandages. She wasn't really injured; wrapping herself in such exaggerated bandages was just to get someone's attention and pity, but it seemed there was no need for that now.
Song Yunxi held up her arm in front of Lin Xiaoran so she could see that the redness and swelling had subsided and the wounds were indeed not serious at all.
If you saw Song Yunxi's previously swollen and bleeding arm, and then looked at her now with only a few scratches on her fair arm, you would probably exclaim: "Her healing ability is truly amazing!"
Song Yunxi continued the previous topic: "Then I really have to congratulate him."
He refers to Mu Chen.
"Yes, I immediately went to her Weibo to congratulate her, and now she has more than 200 likes."
The "she" that Lin Xiaoran was referring to was naturally Mu Xian.
After that, Song Yunxi stopped talking, and Lin Xiaoran stopped gossiping. The two of them quietly went about their work.
*
The next morning, Mu Chen went for his usual morning run along the lakeside avenue, and then went to the small park to stretch and watch the elderly practice their exercises.
The most prominent characteristic of self-disciplined people is that their lives and exercise are very regular. The elderly people finished practicing a set of Tai Chi sword at almost the same time as yesterday and sat on the stone platform to rest.
Upon seeing Mu Chen, he greeted him warmly: "Young man, didn't that young lady come with you?"
Mu Chen said, "She'll be here soon."
However, this concept of "a while" was different from his previous understanding, because he waited for a long time but did not see Song Yunxi.
Song Yunxi didn't appear in the small park until the elderly people practicing swordplay gradually left and the young people playing shuttlecock dispersed with laughter. She had promised yesterday that she would come to play shuttlecock again today.
When Mu Chen returned to the hotel, he saw that Song Yunxi was already sitting in her office and working.
She wore a white chiffon blouse with a bow at the neckline, paired with a dark red crocheted mini skirt. Her shoulder-length hair was tied into a low ponytail at the back of her head, and her lipstick was a dark red that was almost the same color as the mini skirt.
It looks like he's about to turn evil and return to his former self.
Song Yunxi ignored the people coming and going outside; she was focused on looking at the stack of documents that Tantai Yi had given her.
If she can't get a man, she can only focus on her career, since she only has a year left.
Although Chairman Lee agreed to let her come to Platinum Hotel as the Korean representative and promised not to force her to lose her job, it was still a kind of gamble between them.
ST Group will do everything it can to help her, and she must achieve the agreed profit target within one year so that ST Group can successfully invest in Platinum Hotel.
Mu Chen suddenly realized that Jiang Hailang's words were not without reason. Song Yunxi might have really developed a stronger interest in Tantai Yi, which was why she had gone from being enthusiastic and flirtatious to ignoring him.
Because after that day, he never saw Song Yunxi in the small park along the lake again. He didn't even see her pass by that road in the morning, as if she had deliberately taken a detour to work at the hotel to avoid that place.
This practice of pretending not to know someone, avoiding meeting them, and even if they do meet, keeping a safe distance is exactly the same as that person's behavior six years ago.
However, a few days later, Mu Chen discovered that Song Yunxi might not have given up on him because of Tantai Yi. It seemed that Song Yunxi had started to show interest in Baozi again in the past few days.
*
Before leaving get off work, Song Yunxi picked up her phone and scrolled through her WeChat Moments. She saw a post that Chi Li had made ten minutes earlier: The twilight shone through the French windows, and Chi Li, wearing a mint green solid-color dress, was holding the two front paws of the little white cat called "Mooncake" and smiling at the camera.
Song Yunxi casually gave it a thumbs up.
A week has passed since Chi Li added Song Yunxi on WeChat at the party and said she would talk to her another day, but Chi Li has not contacted her again.
Song Yunxi didn't proactively contact Chi Li, otherwise it would seem like she was too obsequious and had too much ulterior motive. However, she paid close attention to Chi Li's WeChat Moments, occasionally liking the peaceful and serene posts Chi Li made. This way, she could become a familiar face on WeChat Moments without appearing too opportunistic.
But Song Yunxi felt that she was actually very materialistic, and she blocked the WeChat Moments of people who couldn't help her. She wanted her WeChat Moments to be quieter so that she could see the people she wanted to see as soon as possible.
Since Chi Li doesn't plan to have any interaction with her for the time being, she has to create opportunities for herself. And Bao Yi is her most likely opportunity.
However, she couldn't use her usual flirtatious and teasing tactics to get close to Bao Zi.
Not only because Bao Yi was Chi Li's boyfriend, and she was afraid of making things worse, but also because she discovered that a man like Bao Yi was like a cold-blooded killer, completely unmoved by her charms.
Having changed into flat shoes and preparing to walk home, Song Yunxi had just stepped out of the hotel when she heard a commotion behind her. Then, a blond boy ran past her quickly.
She turned around and saw several security guards chasing after her, with the security manager, Bao Yi, leading the pack.
Song Yunxi didn't have time to ask anyone what had happened; she simply turned around and chased after the blond boy in the direction he had run.
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