Chapter 1.2: I Have a Boyfriend

Chapter 1.2: I Have a Boyfriend

The address that Chen Sheng gave was the Warner Mansion in the western suburbs.

It was the normal workday rush hour. On the way there, Zheng Shuyi was struggling with her abdominal pain while moving from subway to bus to taxi. After more than an hour of traveling, she finally reached her destination.

It would be a lie if she said that she was not upset. Along the way, she quietly cursed Shi Yan countless times.

The place Chen Sheng arranged for her was the resting area directly upstairs of the banquet hall. The area was spacious and gorgeous, but no one was there, enough to magnify her loneliness by a hundredfold.

Zheng Shuyi sat on the sofa, her legs swinging in sync with the ticking from the clock on the wall. She looked around for anything that was possibly interesting to keep herself awake.

Still, the waiting time was too long and boring. She dropped her head like a chicken pecking rice from the floor several times and almost fell asleep sitting up. Suddenly, the door pushed open, and Zheng Shuyi instantly sat up straight while looking toward the doorway.

Under the bright light, a man walked in.

Zheng Shuyi looked carefully and became discouraged again.

The man was not Shi Yan, but his brother-in-law Qin Xiaoming, the second in command of Mingyu Corp.

Zheng Shuyi interviewed the person several times before, so she knew him quite well.

Qin Xiaoming also saw Zheng Shuyi as he walked in.

At first, he saw that she had her back straight and her eyes sparkling in excitement.

But after their eyes met, her mood dimmed down again. She seemed a little bit depressed.

Qin Xiaoming paused there, covered up the phone he was calling on, and asked, "Why are you here?"

Zheng Shuyi answered truthfully, "I'm waiting for Mr. Shi. We have an interview today."

Qin Xiaoming glanced at her and noticed her pale face. Without saying much more to her, he left while muttering, "it's so late already."

Zheng Shuyi sat there for another two hours, which felt longer than two days.

Outside the window, it began to rain, and the leaves rustled wretchedly in the wind.

Occasionally, she could hear some sounds from the banquet downstairs. Although she only heard a little, the banquet certainly seemed lively.

Comparing that to her situation right now, Zheng Shuyi felt even worse. for new novels

Finally, she couldn't fight against her sleepiness anymore. As she was about to close her eyelids to sleep, her phone rang.

The crisp ringtone echoed in the spacious room and gave her an ominous vibe.

"Ms. Zheng, I'm sorry, but the banquet here is over. Mr. Shi has a few more things to attend to, so"

Of course.

Zheng Shuyi was silent for a while, and after a few seconds, she finally replied, "Okay, I got it. Thank you."

Hearing the word "boyfriend", the man stepped back and looked at Zheng Shuyi. After realizing that she was probably not faking it, he turned around without saying another word.

Next, another young man said the same thing to her.

He was also a person that she worked with, but Zheng Shuyi knew that he was the son of a wealthy family and was up to no good.

Looks like today must've been an informal banquet.

After she sent this person away with the word "boyfriend", Zheng Shuyi walked to a corner.

She was already feeling down after Shi Yan didn't show up, but now she was angered by these unpleasant things happening to her one by one.

As she was standing there in the cold wind, Qin Xiaoming saw her difficult situation.

Qin Xiaoming was moved by her dedication and said to Shi Yan beside him, "Isn't this Zheng Shuyi? The girl has been waiting for you for the whole night already. There are still quite a few people that I have to send away, how about you go send her home.

When Shi Yan looked towards her, he saw that the woman's cashmere scarf was wrapped to her chin and only a palm-sized face was left outside.

Under the light hanging from above, her face looked a little pale, and her nose was red from the cold. However, her elegant and charming appearance was not hindered by these. From far away, she looked like a cute doll.

When Zheng Shuyi looked up from her phone, a black Bentley slowly stopped in front of her.

At the same time, the sound of footsteps came from behind her.

Zheng Shuyi turned her head and looked at the man approaching her.

Their eyes met for a brief moment. A crystal chandelier above their head cast an icy light on his gold wire-framed glasses, and the chain attached to his glasses swayed slightly beside his cheeks.

"Reporter Zheng?" He stopped. The suit outline on his arms seemed a bit unnatural for him. "May I offer you a ride?"

Zheng Shuyi has never seen this man before.

But the only thing that went across her mind was why the rich nowadays are all so informal.

"No, thank you."

The vision coming from behind the lenses seemed brighter than the dazzling lights. His eyebrows lifted upward, and he revealed a sense of pressure impossible to ignore.

So, under the painfully cold wind, Zheng Shuyi stared back into his eyes and added, "My boyfriend is going to pick me up soon."

Word by word, she emphasized especially on "boyfriend", hinting: I already have a boyfriend, please go away.

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The corners of Shi Yan's mouth made a cold smile. He calmly placed one of his hands into his pocket and walked away.

The valet opened the door for him. He bent down, stepped into the car, and quickly rode away.

1OL is a popular abbreviation for office lady.2A social media/messaging app that is extremely prevalent in China. Almost everyone uses it daily.