Chapter 28 You Are Mine
Chapter 28
Considering that the anniversary celebration would take up three days at both ends, Wen Xi went to the kindergarten to play with Wen Ran for a while. He asked the teacher to take good care of Wen Ran. After refusing to see anyone, he explained to his sister that he had to go on a business trip recently and could not visit her in time. After finishing everything, Wen Xi rushed to the Ni Ye Club.
City A is close to the sea and is a hub for sea, land and air transportation. Its coastal area has the busiest port in the country.
"These birds are not afraid of people." Fang Qingyang, a colleague sitting next to Wen Xi, looked at the flying seagulls in surprise and spoke excitedly.
Wenxi looked out the window upon hearing that. The platinum-colored ship was sparkling in the sun, the sea breeze was blowing, the cruise ship flag was fluttering in the wind, a group of seagulls were circling hoarsely, flying past Wenxi and their ferry bus in the face of the rising sun, and finally flew away towards the sea.
“This is the first time I’ve seen a seagull.”
"It's really free. I can fly when I want to fly and stop when I want to stop. I'm free."
Wen Xi raised her hand to take a picture of this scene, sent it to Yan Jue, then pursed her lips and said, "Indeed."
Fang Qingyang is a sunny and cheerful curly-haired boy. He leaned on Wen Xi's arm affectionately and said, "Can you take a picture for me later? This is my first time on a cruise ship, and I need to take good pictures."
In addition to having a good relationship with Ming Yao at Ni Ye Club, Wen Xi also has a good relationship with Fang Qingyang, who is also a waiter. He is a friend who can have 80% browsing privileges on the Moments.
Wen Xi shook her phone and said patiently, "Of course."
"Great," Fang Qingyang noticed Wen Xi's mobile phone pendant and took a closer look. "Is this the new sunflower pendant you bought? It's very well made. Do you have a link? Share it with me."
Wen Xi moved his right hand back, and the pendant slipped out of Fang Qingyang's hand. The small bells on the edge of the sunflower jingled.
"My sister made it. There's a big woolen flower, but it's hard to hold, so she made me a small pendant for me to carry with me on a daily basis."
The sunlight shone lovingly on Wenxi's soft hair through the shuttle bus window. Fang Qingyang saw that Wenxi's narrow eyebrows were curved, and the corners of her lips were slightly pursed, and her whole body looked bright and soft.
Wen Xi shook the sunflower pendant, a proud and slightly complacent smile on his face, and spoke in a drawling tone: "So - there is no link."
Fang Qingyang was stunned for a moment, then he covered his chest and looked like he was about to faint: "Damn it, it was actually made by my lovely sister. Don't show off in front of me, or I will steal your sister and make her mine."
The car arrived at the pier and everyone got off.
Cruise ship is a word with very little concept. Before this, Wenxi knew that it would be very big, but when he stood at the dock and looked up at this behemoth, the words "giant ship breaking through the waves" immediately popped into his mind, and it was a shock different from that of a skyscraper.
"It's so big—" Fang Qingyang and Wen Xi whispered to each other: "Oh my God, how many floors are there?"
"More than ten floors," Wen Xi looked up and thought, "From above, we all look like little ants, all with black heads."
Fang Qingyang pointed at himself and Wen Xi, and muttered with a smile: "Two worker ants."
As the crowd gathered, a man in uniform stood on a high place holding a microphone and said, "Welcome to the Hedonie, I am Lin Yang, the captain of this cruise ship."
"Let me briefly introduce the Hedonie behind us..."
With the introduction by the manager and the captain, everyone gradually got to know more about this ship that would operate for two days and one night.
The Hedonie is the cruise ship chartered by the Niye Club for its 10th anniversary celebration. It belongs to Jiaoyue Ferry Company and is a 19-story large luxury cruise ship that can carry up to 6,000 people. It has three outdoor swimming pools and one indoor swimming pool, luxury duty-free shops, opera houses, beauty salons, chess and card halls, video game centers, bowling alleys, outdoor stadiums and other entertainment venues that can be imagined. Standing on the top floor of the cruise ship, overlooking the panoramic view from a high vantage point, the concept of "living in drunkenness and dreaming" has become substantial.
In Wenxi's original plan, he wanted to stand on the deck in the evening to watch a magnificent and gorgeous city sunset, but the reality was that the club attached great importance to this anniversary celebration, and various high-standard trainings were carried out. The process was repeated again and again, and the pre-processing of various emergencies was simulated. In addition to the outsourced company employees and crew members, the service team of nearly a thousand people did not practice all the details until late at night.
By the time the general manager told everyone to have a good rest so that they could welcome guests in high spirits the next day, it was already ten o'clock in the evening.
Colleagues were exhausted and walked in groups of three or four to rest, occasionally complaining along the way.
"Wenxi, are you going back to your room?" Fang Qingyang patted Wenxi's shoulder. "I'm all sweaty. I need to take a shower."
Wen Xi picked up the phone on the table, opened it and took a look. There were many unread messages on the screen. He shook his head and said, "I want to go to the deck to take a look. Do you want to come with me?"
Fang Qingyang stretched lazily and said listlessly, "No, I'm dying of exhaustion."
He leaned close to Wen Xi's face, breathing steadily and with a rosy complexion, and found that the other person didn't look tired at all: "I used to think I was quite energetic, but now I find that you are more powerful than me. How come your skin is so good despite living a life of day and night reversal? Do you have any secret recipe for beauty and skin care?"
"Does liking to eat fruit count?"
“I eat it every day.”
Wen Xi thought for a moment and said seriously, "I often buy vegetables, but I never have time to process them, so I squeeze them into juice and drink it. If I add bitter melon, the taste is not very good, but I can make a cup of black coffee to get rid of the taste. It's healthy and refreshing."
"What? Black coffee mixed with bitter melon juice! Fighting poison with poison? Is there any difference between the two?" Fang Qingyang was shocked.
"Ah..." Wen Xi was stunned for a moment, thought about it carefully, blinked and said: "It seems that there is no difference, but the bitterness of coffee is the sour bitterness that can cover the astringent taste of the bitter melon juice."
"If you need, you can try it." Wen Xi turned on his phone, "I have a recipe for vegetable juicing. Can I send you a copy?"
Fang Qingyang bared his teeth, waved his hands quickly, and smiled bitterly: "Thank you, Wenxi, you are simply a miracle doctor. I am not tired anymore."
"I suddenly feel that I am not yet at the stage of maintaining good health, so I'd better not torture my taste buds."
"Okay then." Wen Xi didn't force it, pointed in the direction of the lower deck, and said softly: "I'm going to go up there for a while and get some fresh air. You go back to your room first. Can you leave the door open for me?"
The waiters shared a room with four people. Wen Xi and Fang Qingyang took advantage and were assigned to the last room, which was not big enough for everyone, so there were only two of them in the room. The location was also good, and they could see the sea by the window.
Fang Qingyang made an "OK" gesture: "Okay, I'll go take a shower and rest for a while."
The two parted at the stairs, and Wen Xi walked down the stairs all the way to the highest deck.
The sea was pitch black at night, there was no moon, and there were only a few sparse stars in the sky. When I walked onto the deck, the evening breeze blew from behind, making Wenxi's shirt rustle.
Wen Xi turned back, the wind blew his hair into a mess. Wen Xi did not close his eyes. He reached out and pushed his hair behind his head, letting the night wind blow on his cheeks.
Wen Xi lazily leaned against the guardrail, stretched his arms and body, closed his eyes and relaxed: "It's so comfortable."
“Ding-ling-ling——”
The phone screen lit up, and it was the news of the banquet.
At the top is the man's response to Wenxi's photo of seagulls heading towards the Herdonie today, and below is the new news.
[Y.]: Did you take a break?
Wen Xi turned around and climbed on the guardrail, swinging his legs and replying to the message lazily.
[Stream Becomes the Sea]: Just finished the training.
[Stream Becomes the Sea]: Brother, why haven’t you rested yet?
[Y.]: Playing with the kitten.
Wen Xi was stunned when she saw the message, her heart skipped a beat. She couldn't figure out whether this was a flirtation or a statement of fact, so she pursed her lips and asked cautiously.
[Streams Become Seas]: What kind?
[Y.]: Maine.
Wen Xi breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had not taken it for granted, and after his extraordinary test, he successfully avoided danger.
The CEO has a cat, which creates a sense of contrast no matter how you look at it. Wen Xi tried to imagine the cold and indifferent Yan Jue holding the kitten and stroking its fur, but after trying for a long time, he couldn't bring his cold and emotionless face into the picture.
[Y.]: Do you want to see it?
[Streams become seas]: Okay.
Wen Xi made a video call and was picked up in less than two seconds. The light on Yanjue's end was a little dim, and it was pitch black and he couldn't see clearly what the light was shining on.
Wenxi lay on the guardrail, supporting his head and waiting quietly. The camera shook a few times and finally stabilized.
"Pearl." The man's voice was deep and magnetic. "Be honest."
The words were cold but with a hint of partiality for intimacy. Following Yan Jue's scolding, Wen Xi finally saw the situation on the opposite side clearly.
The study environment is in cool colors, warm yet luxurious. A glance at the giant floor-to-ceiling bookcase shows all of it filled with English versions of economics. Yan Jue is sitting on a single sofa, a warm yellow floor lamp quietly casting a layer of soft light on him, while Maine, known as "Pearl", is nestling unpeacefully in Yan Jue's arms, with her body resting on the man's thighs, her two front paws clinging to Yan Jue's left arm.
"Pearl?" Wen Xi called out tentatively.
The moment Wenxi opened her mouth, Maine, who had been burying her head in the man's arms, suddenly turned around and looked at Wenxi. Her pearl amber cat eyes stared straight at Wenxi, and her layered black, white and gray hair was slightly puffed up, like a lion's mane.
Although it is a cat, when it stares at people, it gives people the feeling of a ferocious beast in the forest.
"What a fierce kitten."
Zhenzhu, nestling in Yanjue's arms, swung her tail and hummed twice, seeming to be very satisfied with Wenxi's evaluation.
"Can it understand?" Wen Xi asked in surprise, "It seems to be happy when I praise it for being fierce."
"Pearl has a bad temper, but when she gets angry, as long as you praise her for being fierce and powerful and saying that no other cat can compare to her, Pearl will be very proud for a long time."
Yan Jue rubbed Zhenzhu's chin and skillfully stroked the fur in his arms. In just one minute, the fierce Maine Coon was snoring comfortably after being served.
Wen Xi's eyes slowly moved from the cat to the man. Yan Jue was casually wearing a pure black pajamas, with the cuffs rolled up to his wrists. His knuckles were clearly knitted in the gray-white and black hair, and the veins on the back of his hands were slightly protruding. His movements were gentle and soft. The man lowered his eyes, his hair half-covered his cold eyebrows, and the black-framed glasses on his nose weakened his natural aggressiveness.
“It feels a little weird, but also wonderful.”
Yan Jue raised his eyes, his pair of black eyes were calm and focused: "What's strange about that?"
Wen Xi tilted her head and spoke to him: "I feel like you raising pearls doesn't fit your personality."
"My character?" Yan Jue snorted and laughed, "A domineering CEO? Is it because he is not easy to mess with? I feel that a cold-blooded animal may be more in line with the character's image?"
Wen Xi's face turned red when his thoughts were figured out. He held his phone closer to him, and the tablet used for the banquet and Wen Xi's video, in his sight, the huge screen was filled with Wen Xi's bright face.
Wen Xi argued quietly, her cold voice softened by the evening breeze: "It's just that you look tough. You and Zhenzhu both look fierce, but you're actually very nice people at heart."
Yan Jue stared at him quietly: "You think so highly of me?"
He gave him a tip of 190,000 yuan when they first met, asked about his well-being, took him racing to see the stars for his birthday party, and gave him a diamond necklace. In fact, whether from the perspective of a guest or an elder, Yan was too nice to him.
Wen Xi looked at Yan Jue intently and nodded slightly.
The light around the boy was very low and the sky was pitch black. The screen of the mobile phone was shining closely on his face, making his skin look cold and pale. His pair of fox eyes as bright as stars were particularly eye-catching.
Yan Jue paused in his movements, and Zhenzhu, who was feeling comfortable in his arms, gave him a paw in dissatisfaction. The man's throat rolled, and his hands continued to move. Zhenzhu shook her tail in satisfaction.
"Not in the room?"
The topic changed so quickly that Wen Xi was stunned.
"I had planned to watch the sunset today. Watching the sunset in the city from the deck, the clouds of fire burned the tall buildings, spreading from the center of the skyline to both sides. The sun set in the center, and the light was the most blazing, as if a natural fire had been set in the city."
Wen Xi raised his phone and pointed it around, then at himself, with a distressed expression and a regretful tone: "But our training didn't end until 10 o'clock, so we didn't see the sunset. We have to go to work tomorrow, so we need to rest well tonight, so we won't be able to see the sunrise."
"It ends at ten? You sent me the photo at two o'clock."
Wen Xi sighed softly: "Mature workers have to be busy for eight hours."
"You don't look tired?"
"Of course. I just stood aside and listened today, and didn't do anything." Wen Xi didn't feel anything when Fang Qingyang praised her for being full of energy today, but now that Yan Jue was saying that she was full of energy, she was actually a little excited: "Eight hours is very common. My highest record is 36 hours of non-stop work."
The evening breeze blew Wenxi's hair, making it fly toward the sky. He said that during the 36 hours, he was like a squad of soldiers fighting on the battlefield, showing off his exploits in front of the camera. He looked quite proud, and couldn't hide his youthful arrogance.
Yan Jue's throat moved, his voice was a little hoarse, and he asked softly: "You are so powerful, aren't you tired?"
Wen Xi shook her head at the camera and stated the facts in a calm and boastful tone: "I am very strong."
Eyes met.
Yan Jue lowered his eyelids, held Maine's paw and waved it at the camera, speaking as if to coax Pearl: "Hard-working teacher Xiaozhu, you have worked hard today. Pearl said, I will perform a backflip for you, do you want to see it?"
Wen Xi was stunned. He looked at Zhenzhu. The kitten had changed from its lazy lying posture to sitting on the man's lap, looking at him intently.
In those amber cat eyes, Wen Xi seemed to feel that Pearl was asking, "Hey, stupid human on the other side of the camera, please beg me, and I will do a somersault to open your eyes."
"Are you serious?" Wen Xi looked at Yan Jue with sparkling eyes and spoke softly, fearing that her voice would scare the cat king across from her. "I've seen videos of kittens doing backflips. Can Pearl do the same?"
"It can." Yan Jue supported his chin with one hand and said cat. His eyes were indeed staring at the young man opposite him without blinking. His beautiful fox eyes were twinkling, more like a cat in human form than Pearl.
"But Pearl is very reserved and won't easily perform for strangers. Now she doesn't bother to pay attention to me and doesn't want to perform for me."
"Ah." Wen Xi sighed in disappointment, as if he had lost a lottery ticket worth one hundred thousand yuan.
Yanjue seemed to see Wenwen Cat's ears drooping down, his little face drooping, and he spoke pitifully: "Yanjue, are you lying to me again?"
"No," Yan Jue lowered his head slightly, his expression hidden by his hair and eyes. The man pinched Pearl's cat ears nonchalantly and spoke slowly, "As long as you feed Pearl with your own hands and stay with him for a while, he will include you in his territory. Humans who are labeled as his younger brothers can be rewarded by the King of Cats with somersault performances."
Although Wen Xi knew that the man on the other side was deliberately saying something to bait him, he still couldn't suppress his curiosity. Perhaps because he knew that the man would not really hurt him, Wen Xi mustered up the courage to speak: "Yan Jue."
"Um?"
Wen Xi learned how to beg for mercy and act like a spoiled child without any instruction. She faced the camera with her nose and mouth red and her eyes sincere, with the four characters of "pitiful" written all over them: "So can you please bring me some pearls to feed me when we meet again after we get off the boat?"
"I really want to see Pearl do a somersault."
"What if you don't turn it over after feeding it once?"
"Then feed it twice, three times, many times. Anyway, you are by my side. Sooner or later, Pearl will recognize me as her little brother and perform somersaults for me."
The boy spoke with a somewhat arrogant and self-righteous tone, and the cat's tail behind him wagged back and forth, making people feel itchy.
"Can I, Banquet?"
Pearl suddenly meowed and jumped off Yan Jue's legs. The man chuckled softly, "Of course."
"Did Teacher Wenxi dream about me last night?"
The question came unexpectedly, and Wen Xi's mind suddenly flooded with the feeling of spiritual fusion and the embarrassment of being approached by a passerby this morning. He hurriedly took the phone away from his face, and realized that his action was too deliberate. Wen Xi coughed twice in a pretentious manner to cover up the embarrassment.
His movements were so big that the old man, who was very smart, could sense Wen Xi's guilty conscience without even looking or hearing anything.
In order to seize the initiative, Wen Xi decided to strike first: "Of course I dreamed about you. I tried my best to do what I promised you."
"I don't know if you've read novels, but in my dreams, I'm a super awesome researcher and a senior guide, and you're a little sentinel suffering from psychotic disorder. In fact, according to your position, it's impossible for me to treat you, but one day I found you on your way home from get off work when you were sick. I was soft-hearted and generous enough to lend a hand and help you get rid of your mental pain."
Yan Jue only had a vague understanding of the words "sentinel", "guide" and "mental power", but his lack of understanding of the worldview did not prevent him from detecting from Wen Xi's slightly guilty expression and red nose and ears that the boy's dream was not what he said.
"Is this true?" Yan Jue looked at Wen Xi with a half-smile.
In addition to reversing the positions and blurring out the treatment methods, Yan Jue could tell at a glance that he didn't understand the Sentinel Guide settings, so there was no need to explain it to him in detail.
Thinking of this, Wen Xi, who was feeling guilty, suddenly became confident and said seriously with a stern face: "My integrity is beyond doubt."
He spoke in a serious manner, like a solemn tin soldier.
"Then Wenxi, the guide who saved the unfortunate sentinel, should have a good rest tonight. I will take you to watch the sunset and sunrise over the sea tomorrow."
"Paid slacking off?"
"It could be."
"But I've been assigned to serve at the main venue." Although the guests who received the golden invitation had the right to designate every staff member on the Hedonie to serve him, Wen Xi deliberately asked, "What if the supervisor won't let me go?"
Yan Jue reached out, hooked the glasses with his bony fingertips and took them off, revealing the man's dark and deep eyebrows. The floor lamp illuminated half of his cold face, a mixture of light and dark.
"Don't release them. That's easy to do."
The man leaned forward slightly, and Wen Xi met his determined eyes.
The phone was picked up, and Yan Jue's extremely aggressive eyebrows gradually widened. Yan Jue raised his eyebrows, lifted his eyelids, and stared straight at Wen Xi, with possessiveness revealed in his eyes. He curled the corners of his lips and said nonchalantly.
"Get you out, and you'll be mine."
Wen Xi's pupils suddenly contracted.
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