CH 5

Everything that happened just now was beyond the expectations of Xu Chao. Who is Shen Ming ? Although he is very gentlemanly and rarely loses his temper, he is also very arrogant which may even be his one personality flaw.

However, Xu Chao thinks that this is only a temporary obstacle. How long can she really ignore Shen Ming, even if there is a problem? She won’t last long.  

It is just that in the next few days, Xu Chao got to see what is called true stubbornness.

Since becoming Shen Ming’s assistant, he has always kept his head high. It is always him rejecting people. So, why is it that he is being repeatedly rejected like this?!

Jiang Nian, this little ancestor is really something else!

However, he wasn’t down for long. After all, him being insulted is the same as his boss being insulted. He gets to share half of the pain even. Even if a man is sensible and cold, he can only be helpless when he encounters an unreasonable woman. Upon returning, he saw his always “stone faced” boss deeply scowling.

Xu Chao: “Cough! Boss, Miss Jiang, told me to not go back in the future, she said that she is going to be preparing for the final exam. She is very busy. She said that you should not bother her…..” (T/N: I love how this time it is him telling the boss that the gf is “too busy”.)

At the end, he trailed off. He didn’t dare to say anymore.

“…”

Shen Ming threw his pen away. It seems that this time his girlfriend is really angry.

Jiang Nian is really busy, busy not only preparing for the exams, and the new summer internship during break, but also busy daydreaming how to eat and drink after getting that five million in her hands…

Although Jiang Nian is very busy, she has not forgotten to call her parents. Jiang Nian’s family is ordinary. Her father is getting old. Currently, he is a teacher at a primary school in their hometown. He may even retire in a few years.  

Her parents are good people. When she calls, they ask her about what she has been studying and eating, if she needs more money and tells her to always pay attention to safety. She informed them that after the exams, she will go back home to stay for a few days then return to the city for the internship.

Jiang mother smiled and asked her: “Daughter, do you have a boyfriend?”

Jiang Nian gave a low laugh and said, “No, mother. I am a very serious student. I don’t want to waste time on any messy relationships.”

“???? Oh. Isn’t there any boy that likes you?? Are the boys in the city blind? Do not worry, my daughter is so pretty. How can not even one boy like you? ”

Jiang Nian: “……”

On her side of the phone, she rolled her eyes: “Okay”

And just like that, they talked for more than half an hour before finally hanging up

Lin Xiaoyu: “Why don’t you tell her about Shen Ming?”

Jiang Nian said with a sad face: “Since I talked to him about life, I found out that Shen Ming and I are not suitable. Our future together may not even exist.”

Lin Xiaoyue paused and excitedly hugged her: “Have you finally found out?!”

Jiang Nian: … Are you the devil?

However, in that afternoon, Xu Chao came back again. When she had just finished class, he sneaked up behind her and excitedly said that Shen Ming was waiting for her outside: “Miss Jiang, don’t you see that the boss personally came looking for you. Don’t be so stubborn, okay? Just go and talk to him.”

Jiang Nian was surprised: “Shen Ming came? But I told him that I didn’t want to talk to him before the final exams. I am easily distracted and need some peace and quiet. Moreover, I don’t want to climb a high branch[1].”

Xu Chao: “… Do you think that it is easy to concentrate on doing something else after getting into a fight with your boyfriend?”

Jiang Nian has never had such a problem! Her ability to concentrate is very strong.

Xu Chao saw that Jiang Nian was unmoved. He worriedly said: “If you won’t go out, then should the boss come in?”

Then she would become a celebrity in the school and would be exhausted from all the envy and love!

Right after imagining that, Jiang Nian decided to not take chances.

When she saw Shen Ming, he had just finished smoking a cigarette. The car was filled with the smell of tobacco. He looked imposing and dangerous in the black suit he had previously worn to a meeting.  

He gave her a flickering look. Jiang Nian’s heart felt a bit shaken.

She got into the car and said with some anger: “Why are you looking for me? Do you even know what you have done wrong?”

Shen Ming: “…”

Xu Chao, who just sat in the driver ’s seat, became a statue: “……”

This melon[2] is delicious.

Shen Ming still looked calm, not even the slightest discomfort could be seen on his face. He waved his hand directly at Xu Chao to shoo him away. Xu Chao had to reluctantly get out. He felt discontent with not being able to eat this melon till the end.

When Xu Chao left, Jiang Nian couldn’t help but want to go with him. Who knew that when she had just opened the door, she was pulled back in by Shen Ming. He held her wrist tightly: “What are you running for? Did you do anything wrong?”

Jiang Nian: “I wasn’t running. I didn’t do anything wrong.”

“Then sit back down.”

“No!”

He raised his eyebrows and smiled. “Are you still angry? I have missed you. I didn’t want to hide anything from you. Firstly, for me, Yang Huiling is not a problem at all. Secondly, you are too young and naive. I thought that it would be better for you to not think too much.”

Jiang Nian said: “How is Yang Huiling not a problem? And, am I really so fragile in your opinion?”

“Because if it is not Yang Huiling, my grandfather will find another woman that he thinks is suitable for me to marry.” Shen Ming said decisively, “Jiang, you are not fragile, but you can’t face some problems; you are still too young.”

Jiang Nian is not stupid, of course she understands  what Shen Ming means. She does not have a strong family to support; she is just an ordinary college student. Compared to the big Shen Jia tree in the forest, she is a weak plant found anywhere; there is no comparable.

“So, because you think that I am very weak, you made all the decisions on your own. You come and go whenever you want, without telling me anything? Because you think that it isn’t necessary?”

Shen Ming: “…?” (T/N: When you are a big boss but your gf is too on point)

“Of course not.” He rubbed his forehead. “I just don’t want you to worry.”

“The one who is giving me the most trouble is you!” She got a little excited. “I don’t care what the outsiders do. I only care about how you treat me, but you have let me down so far!”

She got so angry that she was about to get off the car immediately but Shen Ming pulled her into his arms: “I was wrong.”

Jiang Nian who felt surrounded by his smell, was feeling dizzy: “…how are you wrong?”

“I will tell you later. Do not make trouble.”

“You…”

“I now think that as we are dating, we should be honest with each other. I used to think wrong before. I miss you. You are right.”

“………” Are you the devil?

He hugged her and smelled the faint fragrance of a girl’s shampoo, only then he stopped feeling agitated.

As an overbearing president, aren’t you supposed to be cold and indifferent? Never give up your pride? How come the script is wrong? Jiang Nian felt very uncomfortable and could only bitterly cry on the inside.  The female aura is still at 60 at that!

After dinner, Shen Ming sent her back to school. He kissed her on the forehead softly. She had some red wine so her cheeks were rosy. Shen Ming held her cheeks and gently kissed her lips.

The man was cold, and even the kiss was restrained, but his lips were hot.

Jiang Nian ran to her dorm room. Lin Xiaoyue was wearing a mask, saw that Jiang Nian’s face was red.

She asked: “What is wrong?”

Jiang Nian said: “…Had Shen Ming been brainwashed? Hypnotised, perhaps?”

Lin Xiaoyue didn’t understand: “…wut?”

Jiang Nian covered her face and hid under the quilt.

However, she could not be happy for a long time.

Someone gave a post on the college’s forum that a flower[3] of a certain department was taken care of[4]. Some people saw her sneaking out of a luxury car several times. However, her family is very general and they have never heard of her having a boyfriend. There were even some vague and misleading pictures attached. Although it was quite dark in the pictures, it could be seen that the cars were very expensive at a glance and the outline of Jiang Nian could even be seen clearly.

Jiang Nian looked this with surprise. Isn’t this the scene from when Shen Ming sent her to the dormitory downstairs last night? At that time, it was quite dark and she even cautiously picked a place with no people around. How did it get photographed?

Why is it that she tried so hard to hide and yet this turned out to be the result ? ? ?

[1]Climb a high branch: Marry a rich dude to get hella rich.

[2]Melon: An entertaining scene, usually at another person’s expense.

[3]flower: In this context, it is a very beautiful and popular girl. Kind of like the “it” girl.

[4]Taken care of: In this context, it means that she is banging a hella rich man who has a 50% chance of being ugly or old or both for money or certain benefits, depending on what role she got in the story. In real life though? The dude would 100% be ugly and old and only kind of rich.