Chapter 34

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Shu Yian watched as Su Wen ate the noodles. The person in question chewed slowly, taking small bites as she rolled up the noodles with her chopsticks while not making a single sound.

Shu Yian suddenly thought about the time when she used to work overtime and was worked to the bone like a dog. With no time to make food, she ate instant noodles all nighter with white plastic fork. She’ll scoop up large mouthfuls and simply blow a little air on it before stuffing the hot food into her mouth. While eating, she’ll also stare at her screen and work on the presentations while fearing that she would not meet the deadline. She was unlike Su Wen, who looked so confident and at ease as she ate her noodles and even gave off a sense of elegance.

The education the wealthy receive is indeed different all the way from the beginning. Even if they were not born with an elegant temperament, it would be cultivated eventually in their childhood.

Ever since she has arrived here, she fought with Su Wen every day and thus have regarded her as a stupid idiot. She has forgotten that not only are they from different worlds, but also different social classes.

Shu Yian scrolled through her mobile phone silently as she sat up on the bed while Su Wen, who had already finished her breakfast, was working hard at the nearby desk. With nothing to do, Shu Yian checked the statistics of her website.

The daily income rose from 30 yuan to 31 yuan and then after refreshing it again, to 31.5 yuan. This income is only from what she posted less than an hour ago. Even if it was only a 0.5 yuan increase, she would feel happy. As an ordinary person, this simple thing gave her much joy.

However if it was someone like Su Wen, she probably wouldn’t have noticed nor paid any attention to this increase at all.

It’s not that Shu Yian is envious of her, instead it’s because she is suddenly caring about the differences between them. Although she is not quite sure why she cares all of a sudden.

After some melancholic pondering, she suddenly realized something. Why was she comparing herself with a fair skinned, rich beauty? Is there a pit in her brain? Su Wen’s starting point may be something she can’t reach in her entire life, so why bother comparing?

She really has stayed with Su Wen for too long, even the masochistic tendencies of the female lead have started coming out.

Shu Yian sullenly took away the bowl that Su Wen put aside and directly went downstairs.

The housekeeper downstairs was preparing breakfast, mincing meat and rolling dough. Since she got up early today, she had plenty of time to make tastier dishes.

Shu Yian stretched her neck and glanced over her work. Even though she was an adult now, she still couldn’t tell the difference between dumplings, suanla chaoshou, and regular wontons. All of them had the same dough and the same meat filling, but were called different names.

She had thought it was because different provinces had different names for them, but when she asked her grandmother she told her that there were differences between the different types instead.

She didn’t remember her original words, but she remembered that every time she spoke to her, her grandmother would smile gently. There was a scar at the corner of her eye that occurred during an accident she caused as a child, but even then her grandmother didn’t say a single harsh word to her.

Although she doesn’t remember this accident she had apparently caused and heard it secondhand from her mother. She had suffered a head injury that caused her to forget lots of her memories from the past, affecting not only her memories from childhood but even blurring her memories from her college days.

Her clearest memories only came from the half year after she was discharged from the hospital.

Instead of thinking about the past, Shu Yian busied herself with putting the clean dishes into the dishwasher and leaned over the housekeeper’s shoulder as she asked, “Auntie, what are you making?”

“Dumplings!”

“Mind if I help you?”

“Miss Shu, you are as precious as gold and as noble as jade. How can I allow you to do such a menial task?” As she spoke, her movements never stopped for even a single second.

【These rich young ladies of wealthy families may be able to learn flower arrangement but as for wrapping dumplings….they often get too annoyed at having to wash their hands every few seconds. 】

She has watched these privileged young ladies learn how to make dumplings before. Every time they touch the dough for a second and then go wash their hands. Touch the dough again, and then wash their hands again. If they think it’s dirty then just don’t touch it, stop wasting everyone’s time! She really couldn’t bear to watch any longer after that.

Shu Yian had not experienced the excitement of making dumplings with another person for a long time, and wanted to help, but after hearing the housekeeper’s words she reluctantly left.

Although she says she can make dumplings, her skills are mediocre at best and her dumplings cannot be compared to the beautiful shapes of the housekeeper. In order to avoid getting insulted, she decided to not get in the way.

Shu Yian then returned to the living room and hunkered down on the sofa. With nothing else to do, she turned on the TV and chose a movie to watch.

Halfway through her two hour long movie, the housekeeper’s dumplings were ready. Streaming and fragrant, the dumplings were placed onto a plate with a special spicy dipping sauce just for Shu Yian.

“Oh, by the way, Su Wen won’t be eating breakfast today. In the future, you only need to cook meals for me and you. Instead, I’ll be responsible for her meals!”

Su Wen hadn’t come downstairs yet so the housekeeper had prepared Shu Yian’s share first and was about to prepare Su Wen’s when Shu Yian stopped her.

“Oh, ok!” The housekeeper didn’t understand.

【Although the idea of a breakfast made with “love” is nice, there’s something strange about it. Usually these meals are made with two portions? Since you went through all that trouble to prepare food for President Su, wouldn’t you want at least a single bite? 】

【I really don’t understand young people these days.】

The housekeeper returned to the kitchen with a suspicious heart.

Su Wen was making her way downstairs when she saw Shu Yian eating the dumpling breakfast.

【This evil woman! 】

【If you have the guts to make me eat instant noodles, then why not also have the guts to eat them with me? 】

“Miss Su!”

Shu Yian didn’t even bother looking back and simply waved a hand before patting her shoulders, “Come and massage my shoulders!”

【Massage? Why not ask to go to heaven instead?】

Hearing no footsteps, Shu Yian knew Su Wen hadn’t moved yet, “President Su, are you going back on the promise you made to me last night? So it turns out that President Su is this type of person, someone who after getting what she wants goes back on her words. Alas, my pure and kind heart has been cut into pieces by your dishonest practices. In the future, I will never trust others as easily ever again.”

“If I become a cynical and scheming woman, it will be all your fault and at that time you will be sorry for ever doing this to me….”

“Enough!” Su Wen interrupted her. Who knows what else Shu Yian will say if she lets her continue. How come she never knew that this woman could be so talkative?

【So you want me to massage you? Then let me crush your bones for you!】

“Wait!” Just as Su Wen was about to touch her shoulders, Shu Yian, afraid of retaliation, quickly continued, “If the technique is not good and I’m not satisfied, you will have to go to the massage parlor in the afternoon and stay there until you learn the techniques perfectly!”

Su Wen: “????”

【Me? Go study at a massage parlor?】

【Are you kidding me?】

“So,” Shu Yian took a quick sip or soup and warmed her stomach, “If you don’t want to go to the massage parlor then you should do this well!”

Only after being threatened did Su Wen reluctantly lessen her strength and try to make SHu Yian feel comfortable, but she still cried out resentfully in her heart.

【Just you wait! You better hope you don’t fall into my hands!】

【Otherwise I will let you die without an intact corpse!】

“You must be hating me quite a bit in your heart right now, aren’t you?”

Shu Yian then instructed her, “Lower your hands, and use your fists against my back. President Su, if you really hate me you should just say it. Even an elementary school student wouldn’t bottle up their unpleasant feelings, and you shouldn’t be worse than an elementary school student!”

“Just eat your food!” Su Wen had the sudden urge to grab the food and shut Shu Yian’s mouth up with it.

Does this woman really think she can’t understand her meaning?

If she doesn’t say anything, then she’s worse than an elementary school student but if she does say something she is the same as an elementary school student. No matter what she does, Shu Yian would dig a hole for her to jump into.

【Smug, go ahead and be smug about it, but sooner or later these 7 days will end.】

She has plenty of time to enact her revenge.

Su Wen’s massage service continued until Shu Yian finished breakfast and the two were ready to go out.

Shu Yian at least gave her face in front of others, but as soon as they entered her office she became a vicious old hag again.

“Little Wenwen, I’m thirsty. I want to drink some water and I want you to personally pour it!”

“Little Wenwen, I’m hungry. I want to eat snacks and I want you to personally buy it!”

“Little Wenwen, my legs are a little numb, come help and rub them for me…”

She doesn’t know why, but calling Su Wen by this nickname was very satisfying now compared to the last few times she was forced to do it.

Meanwhile, Su Wen didn’t verbally say anything but held a deep resentment in her heart. She didn’t say anything until Shu Yian was about to get up to go to the bathroom, “Would you like me to help you even go to the bathroom?”

“That’s not necessary, but if you can’t leave me for a moment now and want to wait for me at the door, I don’t mind!”

“Beat it!”

【This stinky bastard.】Su Wen wanted to one-up her but once again was unable to and instead was made a fool by Shu Yian again.

When Zhou Yu saw Shu Yian coming out alone, she quickly waved at her and whispered, “Miss Shu, I have something I want to discuss with you.”

“Then just say it.” Shu Yian stopped and stood to the side to listen.

Zhou Yu squirmed and seemed a little embarrassed as she said, “I have a friend, don’t think too much about it as it really is for a friend and is definitely not me….”

“En, I understand, just spit it out already!”

“T-Then, t-this you really believe it’s not me?”

Zhou Yu also knows that she’s saying too much, but isn’t this extra caution caused by that one book that is really popular on the internet lately, 《Does the Domineering President Have to Fall in Love with Me?》

【In that book, President Su, who for some reason has the same first and last name as our President Su, would always start with a “I have a friend–” whenever she wanted to chase after the heroine and find out what others think. Recently this trope has become popular online, and now everyone has second thoughts when someone says “I have a friend-”】

So how can she not be worried about Miss Shu also following this novel and doubting her intentions?

Shu Yian: “…..”

Eh? Has her book really become that popular?

Seeing Shu Yian looking at her with a suspicious face, Zhou Yu thought Shu Yian was beginning to think she was strange because she had been delaying the subject for too long. So she quickly went back on track.

“So I have a friend who has a boyfriend and she said her boyfriend usually treats her well, but recently her 6th sense has been telling her that her boyfriend had cheated. However, she hasn’t found any evidence of this.”

“When she told me this, I thought about you. Miss Shu, are you good at divination? Could you perhaps help her take a look?”

“So relationship problems?” Shu Yian didn’t really want to meddle with this kind of business. If she doesn’t handle this carefully, she could end up being the hated target instead.

“Ah, how about we just forget about this? After all, this is a personal matter and I think it’ll be better if they solve it themselves.

“Ah?” Zhou Yu sighed with regret, “What a shame. She had originally transferred 100,000 yuan to my card, saying that as long as you are willing to try it and are able to accurately read their mind, this money will be equivalent to a referral commission for me. Alas, it seems I will never be able to earn this money.”

100,000 yuan as a referral fee?

This friend seems to be quite rich!

If Zhou Yu can get 100,000, then she can get at least double, no, triple that amount!

“Actually, why don’t I give it a try!” Shu Yian could not resist the temptation of money, and smiled at Zhou Yu, “It really is a shame if you can’t make that 100,000 yuan. Tell you friend I’ll go. When should we meet up?”

Zhou Yu immediately started grinning, “Noon, today. Miss Shu, if you don’t mind, I’ll treat you to dinner this evening as thanks for giving me this opportunity to earn extra money.”

“No!” Shu Yian placed her hands on her shoulders and then said sincerely, “Zhou-Zhou, I have to thank you instead so I should treat you to dinner. If opportunities like this happen again in the future, feel free to contact me.”

“Miss Shu, your sense of justice is so strong!” Stars appeared in Zhou Yu’s eyes as she began to slightly admire her a little more.

Shu Yian felt guilty at receiving such admiration and couldn’t bear to deceive her. As a “good” person, she must tell the truth, “No, the truth is I just love money.”

Zhou Yu didn’t believe her, “Oh you’re so funny, Miss Shu. With your family background, how could this little amount of money even enter your eyes?”

“Although everyone in this world loves money, in your eyes the only thing worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions is worth looking at. You are not as hopelessly poor as me.”

Shu Yian swallowed the rest of her words after that.

This girl has put her way too high of a pedestal. She suddenly felt a little vain and didn’t want to break this girl’s illusion. If she told Zhou Yu about how happy she was because she earned more than 30 yuan this morning, then Zhou Yu would probably stop being friends with her.

Think about it, someone you always worshiped as a rich beauty turns out to be nothing but a poor girl wearing a fake shell….Zhou Yu would probably collapse if she knew the truth.

Forget it, it’s better to just leave it be now.

Shu Yian and Zhou Yu ended their conversation there and left to do their respective tasks. After coming back from the bathroom, she returned to her writing but about five minutes before lunch the alarm she had specially set up went off. She quickly got up and went to make another bowl of instant noodles for Su Wen, adding a ham sausage before bringing it in front of Su Wen.

“Here’s your nutritious meal. You should eat up, I’m heading to the cafeteria first.”

She didn’t dare to tell Su Wen that she and Zhou Yu were going to see someone, for fear that the person would think too much and find an excuse to pull Zhou Yu away. So she hurriedly left after that.

“Zhou-Zhou, tell your friend to bring her boyfriend with her. Then tell her that no matter what I say, she must cooperate with me.”

“Ok. She was already going to bring her boyfriend under the guise of reading a love fortune together. But I’ll send her a message right now about cooperating with you.”

Shu Yian: “….”

“Shouldn’t these things be kept secret? Your friend seems to have a lot of courage to be able to do this so openly?”

“There’s no other choice. Miss Shu, you have such a big crystal ball so even if we don’t say anything wouldn’t your intentions be revealed after seeing it? It’s better to just tell the boyfriend in advance, right?” After the message was sent, Zhou Yu looked up at Shu Yian , only to find out that she didn’t bring anything, including her crystal ball.

“Miss Shu, where is your crystal ball?”

The two had already reached the first floor, and Shu Yian was too lazy to go back to get it. Plus, once she goes back, Su Wen would definitely ask her more questions, so she simply lied: “I brought a miniature crystal ball this time, and it’s in my bag.”

“Can you really divine clearly with such a small ball?”

【I heard that divination requires lots of mental energy. If the ball is not clear enough, it will take more mental energy. What if Miss Shu can’t generate enough energy? If something happened on her end, I would be implicated too.】

“Don’t worry, don’t worry. Everything will be alright.” Shu Yian comforted her.

Zhou Yu smiled brightly, “Miss Shu, you are such a good person.”

【My favorite person is still Miss Shu! 】

Shu Yian laughed stiffly, “Haha.”

It’s a pity that the side of me you like is all an illusion.

The meetup was scheduled to happen at a Japanese restaurant near the company. When Shu Yian and Zhou Yu arrived, the couple were already waiting there for them.

The man wore a nice suit. With his handsome face and good figure, he definitely was someone who attracted many girls. Meanwhile, the woman was slightly chubby, but with an oval face and cute appearance. The two seemed to be a good match for each other.

As soon as she saw them, the woman greeted them, “Hello, my surname is Yao and my first name is also Yao. The single-character Yao.” (T/N: 姚遥 is technically two different Yao characters on paper but similar pronunciations)

The man then added intimately, “Also the Yao that means distant or far away.”

“I am surnamed Shu, my full name is Shu Yian.” Shu Yian shook hands with the girl.

As the two of them sat down, Yao Yao smiled at them and said, “Zhou-Zhou here mentioned you because we need your help in reading some love fortunes for us. We are going to get married soon, and we wish to choose a good and auspicious day.”

From the looks of it, the man has no idea of the woman’s real purpose.

Shu Yian cooperated with a smile, “Alright.”

Then she changed the subject by turning to the man, “Sir, you must like your girlfriend very much.”

“Of course.” The man placed his arm around his partner’s shoulders and spoke affectionately, “My feelings for Yao Yao have reached both heaven and earth!”

【Like? If it weren’t for her family’s properties, why would I like a fatty like her?】

【How is my sweetie’s body not hot enough, sweet enough, or better than hers?】(T/N: His “sweetie” here is his mistress)

【Once this lord cheats her out of her properties, I will kick her out immediately!】

Shu Yian immediately felt disgusted.

Damn this scumbag! Just you wait!

“Miss Shu, let’s start now!”

Yao Yao urged Shu Yian and quietly shrugged off the man’s arm.

Once a person has a grudge against another, even if they were once in love, they will now feel disgusted by even the slightest of touches until the grudge is satisfied.

“We’ve already started.” Shu Yian said seriously, “I’ve been trying to sense the energy of the arcane with my crystal ball, but I don’t even need my crystal ball to see that this gentleman…..”

Shu Yian deliberately paused before smiling, “Really love Miss Yao!”

【Hah, she really is a fake. She says she can sense mystic energy, I’m going to laugh myself to death.】The man sneered in his heart, but his face was full of joy, and he praised Shu Yian, “Miss Shu’s vision truly is clear. I will marry Yao Yao some day, and by then I will definitely give you an invitation.”

Yao Yao didn’t speak, but a disappointed look flashed across her face for a moment before she smiled, “Thank you Miss Shu, here’s a little gift for your help. I hope you accept it.”

Shen then took out a check for 500,000 yuan from her bag and handed it to Shu Yian while sighing in her heart.

【Ugh! He clearly said that he loves me, but why don’t I feel happy? 】

【Whenever I think about his recent alienation towards me, how often he returns late, and how he’s always quietly checking his phone in the middle of the night, I feel suspicious.】

“Where did Miss Yao buy this dress?” Shu Yian suddenly asked as she received the check.

Yao Yao returned to her senses and said in a dejected boice, “At the mall. If Miss Shu likes it, I can take you to the shop there.”

“Then I will really have to thank Miss Yao. How about this, I just so happen to be having a party at my house tonight. If Miss Yao and your boyfriend don’t mind, why don’t you come over together?”

As Shu Yian spoke, she lightly kicked Yao Yao with her foot. Yao Yao immediately understood, “Oh, ok, great! It just so happened that I haven’t had fun in a long while. However, won’t the party go on pretty late?”

“Yes, , but don’t worry, you can stay at my house tonight.”

“Great!” Yao Yao said, and asked her boyfriend sitting beside her, “Are you coming tonight?”

The man sighed, “If it’s all girls there, I don’t want to make trouble and ruin your fun. You should have fun and be happy tonight without me.”

【This lord also wants to have fun with my little sweetie! Hehehe. 】

The waiter served them their food and Shu Yian sent a private message to Zhou Yu, “Take Yao Yao to the bathroom.”

Zhou Yu immediately got up and asked, “Yao Yao, can you accompany me to the bathroom?”

Shu Yian kicked the other girl’s leg again and the girl immediately replied, “Alright. You two should eat first, we’ll be right back.”

“En.” Shu Yian nodded and lowered her head to concentrate on eating.

The man quickly took out her phone as she looked away and sent a message, 【Three o’clock in the afternoon at the Kerry Hotel in Room 520. Wait for this ge-ge to feed you well tonight!】

Kerry Hotel?

Shu Yian frowned. Isn’t that one of Su Wen’s properties…..

She remembered from the business reports she accidentally glanced at that Su Wen had a hotel under her list of businesses.

But she doesn’t have a good memory, and she’s not too sure at the moment, so she’ll check it out later.

Shu Yian took a bite of her sashimi, but she didnt;t have any appetite so she placed her chopsticks down and rang the bell beside her. Immediately, a waiter came in and asked, “Is there anything you need?”

“Please bring me a glass of boiled water. Thanks.”

Shu Yian is not sure when this scumbag will go to the hotel. If this person goes right after this meal, she can’t plan anything in advance. So she must do something in advance and delay him.

The waiter came in with the water, and Shu Yain stretched out a foot and eleivertly tripped the waiter. The glass spilled onto the man instead.

The waiter kept apologizing repeatedly. The man looked like he was about to explode in anger, so Shu Yian quickly interrupted, “It’s alright, you should leave first!”

Seeing Shu Yian acting this way, the man can only hold his anger in, “Go!”

【Damn it, now I have to go back and change clothes after this meal!】

Shu Yian listened while eating her sushi. It seemed that the man was quite impatient, so they must move fast as well.

She sent another message to Zhou Yu, “Little Zhou, say that you have something urgent to do at the company and need to leave first. Then go out and buy a pocket camera and wait for us at the Kerry Hotel.”

The man was still cursing at the waiter in his heart, Shu Yian was starting to get annoyed at listening to him, but fortunately Yao Yao came back in time.

She and Shu Yian shared a glance. Although she didn’t know what Shu Yian was thinking, she still chose to believe in her.

The man asked: “Where’s Zhou Yu?”

Yao Yao sat down and took a sip of the soup, but she had no appetite as she put it back down, “An urgent matter came up and her boss told her to return to the company. By the way, why are your pants wet?”

“It’s because of that stupid waiter!” The man said, his face turning angry again.

“Then if you’re done eating, you should go back and change first.”

“Alright!” The man kissed her on the cheek, “I hope you have a good time.”

“En.”

After watching him leave, Yao Yao asked Shu Yian, “Did you see something?”

“He is cheating on you.”

Just as she expected. Yao Yao felt as if a stone finally fell. Although she felt hurt and bitter, at least she was finally able to hear the truth.

“It seems your divination is quite accurate. Since it’s so accurate, can you find someone who disappeared half a year ago?”

Shu Yian wanted to say no, but when she heard the “half a year” timeline, she felt something was not right.

“Who is this person?”

“Her name is Gu Liyuan. My older cousin.”

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