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One o'clock in the morning.
In the dimly lit bedroom, only the desk lamp in one corner emitted a faint glow. Cheng Qiuyi casually tied up her long hair and wore nothing but a silk nightgown as she sat at the desk, reviewing the documents brought back by Liu Shuhan.
Liu Shuhan, exhausted after being "punished" by Cheng Qiuyi, lay curled up in bed under the covers, sleeping soundly. After finishing the last page of the documents, Cheng Qiuyi pinched her nose and took her cup to leave the bedroom, planning to pour herself a glass of water. As she passed Liu Shuhan, she gently pulled out the cup that had been wrapped up in Liu Shuhan's embrace and carefully placed it on top of her.
"Qiu Yi?" Liu Shuhan murmured sleepily, lifting the covers as if to sit up. "How did I fall asleep? What time is it?"
Cheng Qiuyi pressed her back down onto the bed and tucked her in. "Just sleep. I've finished reading those documents. You just need to sign them tomorrow, so don't worry."
"Have you slept?"
"I'm just going to get a glass of water and I'll be right back."
Liu Shuhan closed her eyes contentedly and mumbled, "You can only drink a little; otherwise, your eyes will be puffy in the morning. Don't drink tea; you won't be able to sleep..."
"Got it, little manager." Cheng Qiuyi bent down and kissed Liu Shuhan's forehead. "Sleep now."
Cheng Qiuyi could help Liu Shuhan for a moment but not for a lifetime. Liu Shuhan might not excel in many areas, but she had one good quality: she wasn't ashamed to ask questions. Although this process had allowed Cheng Qiuyi to take advantage of her quite a bit, after more than half a month of intensive work, there were finally some results. At least it looked somewhat decent now, and with Cheng Qiuyi's support, their work was finally on track.
The past half month had been calm and uneventful; Cheng Qiuyi still occasionally appeared like a dragon that was hard to find. Liu Shuhan had long gotten used to it. However, on this particular day, an incident occurred at their company.
One day, Xiao Wang came to work with a swollen face and bruises all over. He was usually very friendly and would greet everyone he saw, but that day he wore a sour expression and buried himself in work as if everyone owed him money.
Several coworkers noticed this and tried to cheer him up but to no avail. Thinking that Xiao Wang had a good relationship with Liu Shuhan, they called over the newly appointed manager.
Since the last time Liu Shuhan got drunk, she had been trying to maintain some distance from Xiao Wang and his colleagues; after all, there were boundaries between men and women. In the past, when she was single, she didn't care what others said about her; now that she was with Cheng Qiuyi, she couldn't act so recklessly anymore. However, since Xiao Wang was injured, it was a serious matter. Upon hearing about it from her coworkers, Liu Shuhan immediately sought out Xiao Wang.
Xiao Wang was loading goods onto his electric vehicle with a dark expression on his face when Liu Shuhan deliberately approached him to strike up a conversation. "Brother Wang, what's wrong? Did you eat gunpowder?"
Xiao Wang glanced at her without saying a word.
Liu Shuhan then said, "Look at those injuries on your face. Did your girlfriend hit you? You must have been out flirting!"
Xiao Wang huffed, "It would be better if it were my girlfriend who did this."
"Not your girlfriend? Then who? Come on, you're a grown man; wouldn't you run away if someone was hitting you? Just standing there waiting to get hit?"
Xiao Wang was so angry that he couldn't hold back, throwing the Courier package in his hand and shouting with a flushed face, "I must have run into the worst luck ever to meet such a scumbag!"
"What happened?"
Now that he had opened up, Xiao Wang didn't hold back anymore. He spat on the ground and said angrily, "Yesterday I ran into a Fat Guy who insisted that I delivered his fruit late and demanded five times the compensation, or he would complain about me. The fruit looked perfectly fine to me! He was just trying to scam me!"
"And then you two got into a fight?"
"Xiao Liu, Manager Liu! It's really not my fault; I didn't mean to cause trouble. That Fat Guy kept pushing it further, and he was the one who threw the first punch!"
Just as he finished speaking, the front desk called Liu Shuhan on the internal line, "Manager, there's trouble! Someone brought a group of people to cause a scene! They've injured the security guards!"
Liu Shuhan was startled and quickly forgot about Xiao Wang's issue, calling for people to follow her to the lobby.
The leader of the troublemakers was a middle-aged man with a bulging figure and a prominent belly. His face was full of flesh, and Liu Shuhan thought he looked somewhat familiar but couldn't recall where she had seen him before.
As soon as Xiao Wang saw the middle-aged man, his eyes turned red with anger. He rushed forward to hit him but was stopped by several people.
"You bastard, how dare you come here! Just wait until I get my hands on you!" Xiao Wang struggled to break free from those holding him back.
The middle-aged man instinctively shrank back but felt embarrassed and cleared his throat, saying, "Where's your Boss? Bring him out to see me. Your people injured me, and I'm here to demand an explanation!"
Liu Shuhan signaled for Xiao Wang to calm down and stepped forward with a smile, "Hello, sir. I'm the person in charge here. If you have any issues, you can talk to me."
"Just you?" The man laughed disdainfully, turned to glance at Liu Shuhan, and his expression changed dramatically, stumbling over his words, "Y-yes... it's you?"
Liu Shuhan was puzzled, "Do you know me?"
The man sized her up for a moment, "Today you're lucky, we're leaving!"
A group of them left in a grand manner, and Xiao Wang spat at their backs, "What a bunch of losers, don't let your grandfather see you again!"
That night, Liu Shuhan shared the incident as a joke with Cheng Qiuyi. Cheng Qiuyi asked, "What happened next?"
"What happened next? They just left, but I keep feeling like I've seen that fat guy somewhere before; I just can't remember."
"If you can't remember, then don't think about it," Cheng Qiuyi said, giving Liu Shuhan a light tap on the back of her head. "Next time something like this happens, just call the police; don't try to be a hero."
While taking a shower, Liu Shuhan racked her brain and finally had a sudden realization. She poked her head out while still naked and exclaimed, "Qiu Yi, I know where I've seen him!"
"Put some clothes on first," Cheng Qiuyi replied.
Liu Shuhan excitedly got dressed and sat down next to Cheng Qiuyi. "He’s the driver who hit me last time!"
"Mm." Cheng Qiuyi remained unfazed.
Liu Shuhan sensed something was off. "Did you already know? I thought that fat guy looked like a mouse seeing a cat when he saw me. Tell me! Did you go teach him a lesson behind my back?"
"It was me. What's wrong with that? He dared to hit my wife; shouldn't I give him a taste of his own medicine?" Cheng Qiuyi had indeed dealt with that driver privately but felt justified in doing so. Considering the injuries Liu Shuhan had sustained at the time, she thought her actions were quite lenient.
Liu Shuhan couldn't imagine how Cheng Qiuyi had dealt with him but was extremely excited. "Qiu Yi, you're so cool! You're amazing! You're basically my idol!"
Cheng Qiuyi thought Liu Shuhan would lecture her about being diplomatic or something similar but was surprised by her reaction. "You’re not mad at me?"
"Why would I be mad at you?" Liu Shuhan replied in confusion. "You didn't see how that fat guy acted when he saw me today; it was so satisfying!"
“……”
A little later, A-Zhi contacted Cheng Qiuyi, “Miss, the baby's Full Moon Celebration is set for the fifth at Yangfeng Restaurant. Are you coming?”
“Of course I am; she is my goddaughter.” Cheng Qiuyi glanced at Liu Shuhan, who was lying on the sofa with a face mask on, and whispered, “Do you remember that driver from a few months ago?”
“Him? Is he causing trouble again?”
“He caused a scene at Shu Han's company.” Cheng Qiuyi's expression darkened. “Get a few people to have a good talk with him.”
“Got it.”
Liu Shuhan finished her face mask and asked, “Who was that just now?”
“A-Zhi.” Cheng Qiuyi pinched Liu Shuhan's fresh and tender face. “The baby is having her Full Moon Celebration on the fifth of next month and invited us.”
“Let’s go, let’s go!” Liu Shuhan exclaimed excitedly. “The last time I saw the baby, she was like a little monkey. I wonder if she has grown up now. And that sister-in-law you mentioned, always saying she’s a great beauty—I haven’t seen her yet! By the way, do we need to bring a big gift for the baby's full moon? Oh no, I should have saved some of my salary from last month. What should I do now…”
Liu Shuhan kept rambling on, and Cheng Qiuyi found it amusing. “What about me? Why are you in such a hurry?”
Liu Shuhan thought for a moment and felt it made sense.
Yangfeng Restaurant was located in the city center. That day, the main road in C City was jammed with traffic, all heading to Yangfeng Restaurant. Although A-Zhi was secretly Cheng Qiuyi's right-hand man, he had already established himself as part of C City's emerging noble families. After the decline of the Cheng Family, they seemed poised to rival the Ye Family. Businessmen seek profit, so they naturally needed to curry favor.
The guests were either wealthy or influential, and several streets near the restaurant were under strict control; only those with invitations were allowed entry. There weren't enough parking spaces, and luxury cars worth millions were parked haphazardly along the roadside, making it livelier than a car show.
In contrast, Cheng Qiuyi and her group appeared much more modest with their little Audi worth just over a hundred thousand. They were stopped by security for thorough checks several times before confirming their invitation was genuine and allowing them inside.
Much later, Liu Shuhan occasionally brought this up when Yuan Ying and her husband were present, laughing uncontrollably. “I told you, Cheng Qiuyi, that old clunker of yours is from years ago! No wonder it's so worn out; it's older than your goddaughter! It should have been scrapped long ago! Are you going bankrupt now?”
Cheng Qiuyi just smiled.
Back to the present.
Cheng Qiuyi, dressed in a formal gown, found it inconvenient to drive, so she called a trusted person to act as her temporary driver. As soon as the car stopped, A-Zhi, with keen eyes, rushed over.
Cheng Qiuyi got out of the car first. She wore a strapless mermaid gown in a nude pink color, her long hair styled up to reveal her smooth forehead. The black eyeliner slightly lifted at the corners of her eyes, and even a casual glance seemed like a deadly seduction.
"Miss, you finally made it," A-Zhi said happily.
"Were you afraid I would stand you up?" Cheng Qiuyi replied with a smile as she quickly walked to the other side of the car, opened the door, bent down, and extended her hand palm-up towards the person inside. "Wooden Princess, your knight is here to escort you."
Liu Shuhan felt anxious. "Qiu Yi, you didn't mention... there would be so many people."
"How would I know?" Cheng Qiuyi pulled her down by the wrist. "Come on, get out. Don't you want to meet my beautiful sister-in-law?"
Liu Shuhan was forcibly pulled out of the car by Cheng Qiuyi and awkwardly smiled at A-Zhi. "Congratulations."
She wore a gown in the same color scheme as Cheng Qiuyi's, but it was a strapless tulle dress that draped elegantly. The skirt had a textured fall adorned with embroidered flowers. Her hair was half-up and cascading down her back. With her round eyes, she looked graceful in the formal dress without appearing stiff; instead, it exuded a playful charm. A-Zhi sincerely praised her, "Miss Shu Han, you look stunning today."
Liu Shuhan felt shy under his gaze and instinctively moved behind Cheng Qiuyi. "Please don't tease me." It was her first time attending such an event and wearing a strapless dress. Before coming, she had only heard gossip online about celebrities having wardrobe malfunctions, so she nervously kept checking the zipper at the back, afraid of any embarrassing mishaps.
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