Chapter 60

Chapter 60 – A lot of equipment.

When discovering that she was exposed, Lin Xia had just reached the hotel with Deng Mingyang. She hadn’t finished taking off her clothes when she received a call from her husband.

“Where are you at?”

Lin Xia stroked Deng Mingyang’s head. “Where else, in the office discussing—”

Ding dong!

The doorbell rang.

She heard the person on the phone say darkly, “Open the door.”

What followed was a mess akin to the soldiers panicking and the horses stampeding. Deng Mingyang was beaten up until he was running around the house, while Lin Xia screamed her heart and soul out. It was only after everything had ended, that she learnt of what happened online.

She basically escaped back to the office. She was a gold-level agent for the company, so the company wouldn’t let her go. It’s just a small deal, she’s not a celebrity, it’s not too hard to deal with it.

However, she didn’t expect to receive a retrenchment notice when she reached the office.

Her hair was a mess while she widened her eyes and said disbelievingly, “Our contract has yet to expire and I haven’t done anything wrong, you can’t fire me.”

The director was an old man. He looked down at his file, not at the person in front. “What you do, everyone is aware of! I’ve previously closed one eye, but now that such a big thing has happened I can’t protect you, go find somewhere else!”

Lin Xia knew that a gentle approach wouldn’t work and said, harshly, “If you dare fire me, I’ll dare to take my celebrities and leave.”

She had long since intended to start her own agency, but previously she was tied down by the contract. Besides, the current situation was not good for her, if she was suddenly fired it was basically an acknowledgement of what was exposed online.

“Leave?” The boss wasn’t angered, instead, he was laughing. “Sure, you go and ask, with the reputation you have now, who dares go with you. From when you have gotten into trouble tp up until now, which of your people has called you to inform you? Do you know that in the few minutes before you entered the office, the video of your husband going to the hotel to catch you in the act has already been shared online?”

It was as if lightning had struck Lin Xia. “What are you saying?!”

“See it for yourself! Deng Mingyang’s company has already gotten ready to dissolve the contract. Because of how long you’ve worked in this company I’ll not even ask you to pay the fine for violating the contract. Know what is good for you, hurry and clear out your office.”

Lin Xia left in a daze. Right then she received a call from Deng Mingyang.

His voice was filled with anxiety, like a startled deer. “Sis, have you seen the news online?”

“Yeah.”

“Then what should I do?” He said softly, “Can I still film that show?”

“Film?” Lin Xia laughed. “It’d be great if you weren’t completely taken off-screen.”

“Wait, sis, you’re not going to take care of me anymore?”

Lin Xia found it annoying and hung up at once. It was evident who caused this event. Her chat with Su Yi was still online. She turned around, doing her best to ignore the disdainful gazes around her and strode out of the office.

Su Yi took a few deep breaths.

Chu Ying stood beside her, holding a cup of coffee. Handing it to her, he said, “Take a sip and relax.”

Su Yi shook her head. “No.”

“Don’t worry, it won’t be too bad.”

“You only know to comfort me.” Su Yi had on a bitter face. “Go away.”

Chu Ying listened to her and took a few steps backwards.

“Turn your head!”

The guy obediently did as he was told.

Su Yi leant against the wall, closed her eyes, then carefully... stepped onto the weighing scale in front of her.

Chu Ying said, “Are you done?”

“No, no! Don’t look!” Su Yi hurriedly stopped him.

The guy tried hard not to laugh. “Yeah, I won’t look.”

Su Yi slowly, slowly looked downwards.

57.01 KG.

57??!!!!

The bat hitting her head had hit so hard she was completely dizzy and seeing stars. Disbelieving, she ran off the weighing scale, shaking her head and mumbling, “I must have seen wrong, I must have seen wrong!”

Then she stepped on once more.

“You...!” Wu Xue finally couldn’t help cursing. “Really living the life!”

Su Yi laughed. “What is it, hurry up and speak, we’re rushing.”

“Lin Xia found me and asked me to give her my terms.”

“What terms, I’m not making any.”

“The price she offered was quite good. It’s about enough for two of your shows, so I came to let you know.”

“Then I’d rather take two more shows.”

“Okay.” Wu Xue tsked. “Hope you have a good time.”

After hanging up she turned around and saw Chu Ying retrieve a black paper bag from his trunk. He walked over to the car and naturally encircled Su Yi’s neck, pulled her into his embrace and took her inside.

Chu Ying’s house contained some unexpected furniture. It wasn’t cold or overfilling, giving one a comfortable feel. The sofa and the floor mat were some greyish colours, and from the material, it was possible to see that they were pretty high class. It could be seen that the person who picked them out had invested some thoughts into this.

She hadn’t yet gotten the chance to examine it closely before the guy had already taken her to a certain room.

This scene – she couldn’t help thinking of 《Fifty Shades of Gray》 she’d watched before, her heartbeat quickened.

She said, “Captain Ying, I-I-I really am a little nervous.”

Chu Ying couldn’t help laughing. “What is there to be nervous about?” Saying so, he opened the door himself.

Su Yi was at once hopeful and a little scared.

... Then she saw that in the room, there was exercise equipment all over the place.

Dumb-bells, bench presses, treadmill, all-in-one training equipment, even a yoga mat and a yoga ball.

“First, fifteen minutes of warm-up, then twenty minutes on the press, before forty minutes of brisk walking.” The guy cleanly said, “You haven’t exercised for too long, you can’t do something too vigorous at once.”

Su Yi said, “– This is what you said about the prepared equipment?”

“Yeah, see if anything’s missing. I don’t quite know what girls need to use.” He opened the paper bag in his hand and handed her what was in it. “Sports bra and pants.”

“—”

Su Yi felt that exercising with her boyfriend was a very torturous thing. Not only was she tired but she also had to take care to make sure that she was looking good – that her sports bra was arranged well, her butt was perky.

Three hours later, she gave up.

She dropped her arms on the treadmill’s armrests, her head hanging low. Her legs were sore as they continued moving with the machine while she yowled, “Is it not time yet?”

The guy supported her waist. “Straighten up, there’s still another twenty minutes.”

“Twenty more minutes?! Can I take a break?”

“Hold on, be obedient.” Chu Ying rubbed her waist as if soothing her.

Twenty minutes later, Su Yi collapsed into a puddle. She lay on the ground, letting Chu Ying dry her sweat for her.

“You really haven’t exercised for too long. In the future come over more often, not exercising enough is not good for you.”

Su Yi was busy huffing and didn’t reply to him. In the room, the woman’s heavy breathing caused Chu Ying to be a little distracted. He suddenly felt that he should exercise too.

After leaving the gym, Su Yi’s legs were so sore she felt that she’d fall over just taking a few steps. She spread her arms and acted cute. “Take me there.”

Chu Ying didn’t dawdle, bending over he easily picked her up.

After that, he bounced her a little and said, “You’re lighter.”

Su Yi laughed. She reached out to pinch his face. “I’m all covered in sweat; just my clothes are already too heavy, you only know how to coax people.”

Walking out of the corridor, just when they reached the living room, they heard a clear ‘Di’ – the sound of the door password being unlocked.

The two paused at once and looked in unison towards the door.

Mother Chu and Chu Xi, holding two big plastic bags each, walked in. Once inside, Mother Chu even was turning around to say, “I really have to lecture your brother properly this time. He really is too much, even after he has impregnated the girl he daren’t come home to tell us! You shouldn’t find someone like this in the future!”

Chu Xi was only bothered about taking off her shoes. “Ma, you’re right... why is there a pair of girl’s shoes here?”

“—” Su Yi first stilled, then immediately struggled to get down, but was unable to move because of the guy’s strength.

Chu Ying hugged her tight and, very calmly, greeted, “Ma.”

The pair of mother-daughter looked up.

Eight eyes met and, for a while, there was silence.

edited by larkspur as always ~~~