Chapter 7 How about cutting your salary in half?
Damn! I was careless!
Wu Suowei wanted to slap himself in the face.
Why did I call his name?
It’s over, it’s over, it’s over!
This lunatic must be getting suspicious! What should I do?!
Cold sweat instantly soaked through the thin fabric of his costume, sticking to the cold hood and making him feel even more uncomfortable.
His eyes flickered in panic, and he didn't dare to look directly into Chi Cheng's black eyes that seemed to see through everything. His Adam's apple rolled up and down with difficulty, trying to make amends.
"Ahem...that..." He spoke dryly, his voice tense with nervousness, "Chi Cheng...you get up first...let's talk it out...okay? This...is uncomfortable..."
He twisted his body, which was numbed by the pressure, trying to show weakness.
Chi Cheng didn't move at all, but instead lowered his body a little bit, so that the tips of their noses were almost touching.
His hand that was not coiled suddenly released Wu Suowei's chest, and instead grabbed Wu Suowei's two moving wrists with incredible speed!
"Ah!" Wu Suowei screamed, feeling as if his wrist was clamped by an iron clamp, and a sharp pain came.
Chi Cheng's grip was incredibly strong, and he easily twisted his hands behind his back and pressed them tightly against the hood above his head.
This posture forced his entire chest to open, and his body was completely exposed to Chi Cheng's sight and control, making him vulnerable to any attack.
"What's your name?" Chi Cheng's voice was low and commanding, his dark eyes fixed on Wu Suwei's eyes which were watery due to struggle and pain.
name?
No, you must not tell him your real name!
Alarm bells rang in Wu Suowei's mind.
If this lunatic knew my name, wouldn't that be like being marked? How could I hide from him in the future?!
"Why should I tell you?!" Wu Suowei stiffened his neck, trying hard to put on an air of "I'm not afraid of you," even though his voice was a little distorted by his posture and fear. "You...you let me go right now! Or I'll call the police!"
"Call the police?" Chi Cheng sneered softly as if he had heard some extremely funny joke.
He gently tapped Wu Suowei's sweat-soaked forehead with the fingertips of the hand that was holding the little vinegar bag. The action seemed casual, but it was full of oppression.
The tip of the little jealous boy's tongue gently brushed across the end of Wu Suowei's eyebrow, causing Wu Suowei to shudder.
"Someone... lay down all day on the set today. How much did he earn?" He asked slowly, glancing at Wu Suowei's tattered soldier's uniform. "One hundred? One hundred and twenty?"
money!
Wu Suowei's struggling movements suddenly froze! His pupils suddenly contracted!
How did he know?! He checked me out?!
Wait... why did he ask for a salary increase?!
"What...what are you doing?" Wu Suowei's voice was a little weak.
Chi Cheng raised his lips in a malicious arc and said slowly, "I see that the leader of your crew seems to have some business dealings with my family... How about... I tell him that starting tomorrow, your wages... will be reduced by half?"
Halving?!
These two words were like a thunderclap, striking the most vulnerable nerve of the stingy actuary Wu Suowei with incredible precision!
Sixty a day?! It’s barely enough to pay for lunch!
What about rent, utilities?!
What to do if I stay away from Chi Cheng's startup capital?!
The panic caused by the huge economic losses instantly overwhelmed all other fears!
Wu Suowei shouted out with all his strength almost as a reflex.
"Wu Suowei!"
The voice was loud, with a hint of despair in its crackling voice.
He regretted it after shouting and wanted to bite off his tongue.
Wu Suowei, you idiot! Where's your backbone?!
Bought for sixty dollars?!
Chi Cheng was obviously slightly stunned by his overly straightforward and even somewhat tragic "confession".
He raised an eyebrow and repeated, "Oh? Fearless?" He deliberately prolonged the tone, and the playful look in his eyes became more intense. "You have backbone, then just..."
"No, no! Brother! Brother!" When Wu Suowei heard the word "just do it", he knew that something bad was going to happen. He was so scared that he didn't care about his backbone anymore. He interrupted him quickly, and his voice softened eight degrees in an instant, with a strong sense of flattery and pleading.
"My real name is Wu Suowei! It's genuine! Brother! Please! Don't deduct money! I was wrong, brother! Let me go first, I'll show you my ID card! It's in my trouser pocket! Really! Look! Look! It hurts... My wrist is going to break, brother..."
While begging for mercy, he twisted his body hard, trying to show Chi Cheng the location of his trouser pockets. His movements were funny and awkward, and his face showed genuine anxiety and pain.
Looking at him, who was willing to bend and stretch for money without any moral integrity, Chi Cheng's eyes flashed with an extremely complicated light, including astonishment, amusement, and a barely perceptible... interest?
He loosened his grip on Wu Suowei's wrist, but his body was still pressing on him, with no intention of moving away.
As soon as Wu Suowei was free, he immediately frantically searched the pockets of his washed-out jeans like a frightened rabbit.
Because of nervousness and wrist pain, he took several tries to pull out the thin, cheap plastic ID card holder with worn edges, and held it tremblingly in front of Chi Cheng.
"Here! Look! Name: Wu Suowei! Gender: Male! ID number: XXXXXXXXXXX... Address: No. XX, XX Road, XX District! Guaranteed genuine! No cheating!" He pointed at the information on the ID card anxiously, fearing that Chi Cheng could not see it clearly.
I’m so worried. It was like this in my previous life, why is it like this again in this life!
Chi Cheng's eyes fell on the slightly immature ID photo on the identity card, and then swept over the dusty and "blood-stained" face in front of him, which was now full of anxious words saying "Please write to me quickly so that I don't deduct money."
The information matches perfectly.
"..." Chi Cheng was silent for three full seconds, his eyes scanning back and forth between the ID card and Wu Suowei's face, finally fixed on Wu Suowei's eyes that seemed particularly bright because of his eagerness.
"You're really called Wu Suowei?" Chi Cheng seemed to find the name amusing, his fingertips unconsciously stroking the smooth scales of the little vinegar bag. "You like acting? You work so hard?"
He glanced meaningfully at Wu Suowei's disheveled appearance.
"What's it to you!" Wu Suowei rubbed his wrist and retorted unhappily.
Although I was a little timid, the crisis of having my money deducted was temporarily resolved, and my temper started to flare up again.
He tried to push away Chi Cheng's hand that was pressing on his chest, but it didn't move at all.
Chi Cheng was not annoyed, but seemed to appreciate his "cowardly but thorny" reaction.
He leaned forward slightly, leaning close to Wu Suowei's ear, and said in a low, almost whispering voice that only the two of them could hear, "I don't have time to come to this dusty place every day... Aren't you afraid that that old lady, or some other 'Sister Li' or 'Sister Liu', will bother you again?"
The warm breath sprayed on the earlobe, bringing with it a tingling sensation, and the tip of Wu Suowei's ear suddenly turned red!
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