Chapter 75: Pt.2

"Tang Xin."

Ange?

Xu Chuanchuan thought she had misheard. After a slight pause, she said, "What are you talking about? I already told you many times that she and I are just good friends."

"You might not like her that way, but she likes you."

"..." Xu Chuanchuan was greatly shocked. "She doesn't like me, either. You must've misunderstood her."

However, Murong Shi calmly replied, "I have eyes. I can tell."

"She was only putting on an act to trick you last time," Xu Chuanchuan said, laughing nonchalantly.

"You're too innocent."

"What?"

Murong Shi did not reveal any emotions on her face. However, her dark eyes appeared to be hiding a certain kind of emotion. After remaining silent for a moment, she suddenly smiled and said, "It's nothing. It's not important anymore. Now that she's so far away, she won't have a chance to steal you from me even if she wants to."

Xu Chuanchuan chose to remain silent. She had already explained to Murong Shi many times regarding her relationship with Ange. However, Murong Shi refused to believe her every time. As a result, Ange became a sensitive topic among them, and she would try to avoid bringing up Ange whenever possible.

Suddenly, spurred by her jealousy, Murong Shi held onto Xu Chuanchuan's head and gave the latter another "stamp" on her face.

Apart from the face and neck, Murong Shi also stripped Xu Chuanchuan of her clothing and planted kisses on all sorts of places. Even after her lipstick had been rubbed off completely, she still did not spare Xu Chuanchuan.

In the end, Xu Chuanchuan became covered in hickeys. If not for her period, Murong Shi might've even stripped her of her underwear.

To make matters worse, with nowhere to vent the flames of lust burning within her, Xu Chuanchuan felt like she was being put through hell that night.

…

"It's over! It's over! There's even one on my neck! How am I supposed to go to work like this?!"

Early the next morning, Xu Chuanchuan fell into a panic when she looked at herself in the mirror.

Meanwhile, Murong Shi lazily got out of bed and said, "Let me see."

The mark in question was located on the right side of Xu Chuanchuan's neck. Although Xu Chuanchuan had tried covering it up with her hair, her hair was too short to hide it completely. She would expose the mark with even the slightest of movements.

After hearing Murong Shi's words, Xu Chuanchuan turned around and resentfully glared at the taller woman.

Murong Shi lifted Xu Chuanchuan's hair and took a look at the hickey. Then, without even frowning, she said, "That's simple. I'll help you cover it up with some concealer."

Xu Chuanchuan put on a miserable look as Murong Shi sat her down in front of the mirror. Then, she asked, "What if you can't hide it?"

Facts had later proven that the concealer was indeed incapable of hiding the hickey.

The hickey's coloration was too intense, and no matter how much concealer Murong Shi applied, one could still notice a difference in color around that area. Finally, Murong Shi put down the concealer in her hand and said, "Take the day off, then."

"What if it's still there tomorrow?"

Smiling, Murong Shi said, "Continue taking leave until it disappears, then."

Wouldn't I look silly to take leave for such a small matter? Xu Chuanchuan shook her head. Then, she picked up a tube of lipstick on the table and said, "If all else fails, just color my entire neck red. If anyone asks, I'll just say I had an allergic reaction."

"What kind of stupid idea is this?" Murong Shi couldn't help but laugh at her lover's suggestion. Then, she patted Xu Chuanchuan on the shoulder and said, "I think I have an idea."

…

—"Did we get a new hire?"

—"I didn't hear anything about it."

—"Who's that long-haired beauty in front, then? I don't think I've ever seen her before."

—"Wow! Her legs look so thin, and her back profile looks nice as well. I wonder what her face looks like?"

—"Why don't you go take a look?"

—"You go."

—"Me?"

—"Hurry up. I think she's going to the pantry. You're going to miss your chance if you don't go now."

—"Fine, fine, fine. I'll pretend to go greet her."

…

After a quiet discussion between the two men in the corridor, one of them decided to chase after the distancing lithe figure.

However, the person in front suddenly hastened her footsteps.

Seeing this, the man panicked and similarly hastened his footsteps. Then, he called out, "Beauty, you dropped something."

Hearing this, the "beauty" stopped walking.

When the man caught up to the woman and saw her face, he was first stunned. Then, he revealed a disappointed look as he said, "What the heck, why is it you, Little Xu?"

Indeed, the "beauty" with the graceful back, slim figure, and long, curly hair was none other than Xu Chuanchuan.

After stating that she had an idea this morning, Murong Shi left the dormitory for some time and returned with a wig for Xu Chuanchuan. The wig was sufficiently long and was styled to have loose curls. After moving parts of the wig to the front, it had perfectly covered up the hickey on Xu Chuanchuan's neck.

"Mhm, not bad," Murong Shi said while admiring her "creation." Then, she said, "You should stop trimming your hair from now on. Once it grows out, switch to this hairstyle. It makes your face look smaller and nicer."

Xu Chuanchuan was a lazy person. In her 25 years of life, she had never grown her hair beyond her shoulders. She would always have it cut whenever it started to get troublesome to manage, so she had never seen how she looked with long, curly hair.

The more Xu Chuanchuan looked at herself in the mirror, the more she liked Murong Shi's suggestion. Then, she said, "I won't cut it anymore from today onward."

To make her lover look even more perfect, Murong Shi put on light-pink makeup for Xu Chuanchuan. Before putting on the lipstick, she even took advantage of the opportunity to kiss Xu Chuanchuan and said, "My girlfriend is so beautiful."

Xu Chuanchuan felt her heart fluttering from the praise.

However, after her happiness subsided, another problem cropped up.

To avoid suspicion, the two of them would always leave the apartment at different times. Today was no exception, and Xu Chuanchuan left the apartment five minutes after Murong Shi left.

When Xu Chuanchuan went to the front desk to clock in for work, she came across Xu Xiaomei. Then, the latter stopped her and asked, "Excuse me, but may I know who you're looking— What the? You're Little Xu???"

"Morning," Xu Chuanchuan replied with an awkward smile.

Immediately, Xu Xiaomei's eyes widened as she asked, "Since when did your hair grow so long? Did you get an extension?"

"Uh, this is a wig."

"Let me touch it!" Xu Xiaomei cried out excitedly.

Initially, Xu Chuanchuan panicked when she thought Xu Xiaomei would pull away the loose hair covering her hickey.

Fortunately, Xu Xiaomei only gently caressed it and said, "It feels so real! Where did you buy it?"

"Someone gifted it to me."

Then, Xu Xiaomei grinned and asked, "Don't tell me your boyfriend gave it to you?"

Going with the flow, Xu Chuanchuan nodded and said, "That's right."

Puffing up her cheeks a little, Xu Xiaomei said, "Your boyfriend treats you so well. He gave you flowers from Roseonly last time. Now, he's given you a wig. How enviable."

Taking Xu Xiaomei's words as praise for Murong Shi, Xu Chuanchuan revealed a happy smile.

Then, when Xu Xiaomei's sight shifted downward and noticed the handbag Xu Chuanchuan was carrying, her eyes glowed as she exclaimed, "Isn't this one of Chanel's latest models?! I saw it on display the last time I went out shopping. I liked it a lot, but it was too expensive, so my husband wouldn't buy it for me. Don't tell me your boyfriend gave this to you as well?"

The handbag belonged to Murong Shi, and she had stated that its style and color matched Xu Chuanchuan's outfit today. Initially, Xu Chuanchuan had tried refusing it, seeing as her outfit didn't even come close to matching the handbag's price. However, Murong Shi had insisted that she use the bag for today.

Xu Chuanchuan also expected that someone was bound to recognize the bag, so she was already prepared for Xu Xiaomei's question. Without even thinking, she said, "This? It's an imitation. I bought it on Taobao."

"Imitation??? Doesn't it look a little too real?! Is it expensive?"

"It shouldn't be too expensive…"

"In that case, send me the link later. I'm going to buy one as well."

"..." Xu Chuanchuan suddenly felt like she had shot herself in the foot.

After giving a few excuses, Xu Chuanchuan finally managed to pry herself free from Xu Xiaomei's pestering. Then, she promptly fled from the front desk.

Xu Chuanchuan had come to work early, so the other people in the Engineering Department had yet to arrive. Seeing this, she decided to fetch herself a cup of water. And as luck would have it, she came across two male colleagues that had just arrived for work.

Meanwhile, the man who called out to her was one of the salespeople newly recruited this year. After getting called out, Xu Chuanchuan greeted the other person, saying, "Morning."

"Morning," the male colleague said before scrutinizing Xu Chuanchuan. Then, he suddenly laughed and said, "I thought we were getting a new beauty in the company. I didn't think it would be you, Little Xu. Hah, what a pity."

"...A pity?"

Shrugging, the male colleague said, "I didn't think you were so pretty before. But everyone knows that you're a flower with an owner now, so isn't that a pity?"

Xu Chuanchuan let out a dry laugh but did not follow up with the male colleague's words.

While Xu Chuanchuan was in the pantry filling up her mug, she came across a few other male colleagues. Meanwhile, every one of them had the same reaction when they saw her. After this situation repeated several times, Xu Chuanchuan's face had gotten stiff from all the smiling.

Just as Xu Chuanchuan was about to walk back into the Engineering Department's office, she heard a strange "hissing" sound coming from behind her. Immediately, she turned around to look at the source.

Before Xu Chuanchuan realized it, the door to the general manager's office had opened, and Murong Shi was leaning against the door with her legs crossed. After seeing Xu Chuanchuan turn around, Murong Shi hooked her finger at the shorter woman.

Xu Chuanchuan quickly looked around. After making sure that nobody else was around, she skipped over to Murong Shi and asked, "Want some water?"

In response, Murong Shi lifted the mug in Xu Chuanchuan's hand and took a gulp out of it without hesitation. Then, she signaled Xu Chuanchuan to enter her office.

"I still have a lot of work waiting for me," Xu Chuanchuan said. However, despite her words, she still obediently entered the office.

After Murong Shi locked the door behind her, her eyes thoroughly scanned Xu Chuanchuan's body before she said, "It's been less than ten minutes since you came to work, yet I've already seen more than ten men pestering you."

"There are women as well… They're all curious how I managed to grow out my hair so suddenly," Xu Chuanchuan said, sticking out her tongue. Then, she put on a bright smile and continued, "They also praised me for my looks today. Your makeup skills are truly amazing."

Murong Shi quietly observed Xu Chuanchuan for a moment. Then, she took away the cup in Xu Chuanchuan's hand, walked to the back of her desk, and started rummaging through her handbag.

"What are you doing?" Xu Chuanchuan saw Murong Shi taking two items out of the bag but failed to see what those items were.

Then, Murong Shi sat down in her oversized office chair, patted her thighs, and said, "Come here."

"I still need to go back to work."

"It'll only take a few minutes. Hurry up."

Confused, Xu Chuanchuan walked over and sat down on Murong Shi's lap. "Hey, It's working hours now."

"I called you here because of work."

Before Xu Chuanchuan could figure out how sitting on her boss's lap constituted work, she finally got a clear look at the items in Murong Shi's hands.

It was a bottle of cleansing oil and a box of cotton pads.

Xu Chuanchuan grew even more confused. "What are you trying to do?"

While leisurely squeezing some cleansing oil onto a cotton pad, Murong Shi said, "I'm helping you remove your makeup."

"Huh? Why?"

Instead of giving an immediate reply, Murong Shi pinched Xu Chuanchuan's chin and slightly lifted her lover's face. Then, she pressed the cotton pad on Xu Chuanchuan's lips before saying, "It's not a good thing for my girlfriend to look too good, either."

Xu Chuanchuan: "..."

It would seem that a certain jealous bug was acting up again.