Chapter 37

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“Let’s talk about it a little more.” Shu Yian didn’t give her a direct answer as she replied.

She couldn’t understand the reason behind the discomfort in her heart. It stands to reason that since she and Su Wen have been at odds with each other from the very beginning that they should both wish to stay far away from each other. With Su Wen saying they’ll cancel the engagement, she should be happy as this is a good thing for her.

However, that happiness was nowhere to be found in her heart.

When she can’t seem to make up her mind, she has a habit of fiddling with something in her hands. At this moment, that happens to be a cup of coffee that she’s currently holding on tightly with both hands. With the feeling of something solid underneath her touch, she calmed down and thought more logically.

“I don’t have anyone I want to pursue right now. And there are many different kinds of likes.” She unexpectedly spat out these words, as if she was trying to explain herself. Shu Yian felt her words were weird and continued.

“Of course, someone like you who has no friends or lovers will not understand.”

Although Shu Yian had insulted her again, Su Wen’s mood immediately lifted and her furrowed brows smoothed out.

When Su Wen is in a bad mood, she is actually more considerate of others. In fact, she was thinking that as long as Shu Yian was happy then she would let her go.

But when she’s in a good mood, she always wants to pick on Shu Yian.

“It seems you just want to have a beauty on both arms!” The words were said with firm certainty.

Shu Yian knew this person wouldn’t have anything good to say the moment she opened her mouth.

“Do you have something you want to say?”

“Nope, actually I want to take you somewhere!”

【From my observations of Shu Yian’s behavior, whether it be for friendship or for love, she seems to heavily lean towards women.】

【Therefore I can draw the conclusion that Shu Yian likes women.】

【So if I go take her to meet some beautiful men, let’s see if she dares hug them on both arms.】

【If she really dares to hug, then I will….】

Su Wen couldn’t think about a punishment, and her heart grew uneasy as her face remained calm.

【If Shu Yian really does dare to, what can I do to her?】

【Forget it, let’s not do this. I can’t beat her and I can’t scold her, and if I try to lock her up and stop her from going out, I might be called a pervert. 】

It wasn’t until she heard Su Wen voluntarily give up on her evil scheme that Shu Yian pretended to be innocent and ask, “Where do you want to take me?”

“To the company!”

“Oh.”

Su Wen: “……”

【An “Oh?” That’s it?】

【This woman isn’t even asking me about the connection between my company and hugging beauties?】

【Why is the attitude so indifferent? There is no curiosity at all!】

Shu Yian had plugged her earbuds in when Su Wen was busy thinking useless things. Only a fool would ask more questions on this nonsense and she already knew that it was a random excuse Su Wen made up to cover herself, so why would she ask?

Although, after hearing Su Wen insult her, she really is curious about how she will answer.

So she took out her earbuds and she asked calmly, “So what is the connection between returning to the company and hugging a beauty with both arms?”

“Look around you, what’s on your left and right?”

Shu Yian thought about her question for a moment before answering uncertainty, “Walls?”

Su Wen nodded, “Yes!”

【Go hug some walls, so it will be impossible for other people to hug you!】

Shu Yian: “….”

“Can you really not stand insulting me for a day? Will you die if you don’t?”

【I really can’t stop!】Su Wen didn’t answer her out loud, but she did in her thoughts.

【I’m so used to quarreling with Shu Yian, so I feel uncomfortable in my heart if I don’t argue with her everyday. 】

Shu Yian looked down at the bluetooth earbuds in her hands. It would be so great if there was a headphone cable connecting them, then she could strangle Su Wen where she stands, right?

She was too lazy to continue along this topic and so she changed the subject, “I need your help with something. I need you to investigate Gu Liyuan.”

Su Wen doesn’t know Gu Liyuan but she has heard of that name before. Her disappearance was once a very popular topic among some gossiping women so the news naturally fell into her ears.

“Why do you want to investigate her?”

“I’ll tell you later.” Since she’s asking Su Wen for help, Shu Yian felt that she did have a right to know but she can’t exactly say she’s trying to see if this world is connected to her book somehow and so she could only answer vaguely.

Compared to the previous sentence of “Does it have anything to do with you?” so Su Wen didn’t get upset over her vagueness.

“Even if I investigate, I won’t be able to find her. The Gu Family is a big and rich family and they have spent a lot of money to find her, but so far they have not found anything about her, dead or alive. If you wish for me to find her, it will be a slim chance.”

“En!” Shu Yian agreed with what Su Wen said. It is understandable that if a daughter went missing than as her family they would try to find her more than anyone else so if there is still no news of her then it shows that it will indeed be difficult to even find a trace of Gu Linyan.

“You can try your best first, and if you really can’t find anything, you can help me investigate her past involvements instead. I want to know her personality, hobbies, relationships, and who she has had contact with and where she went before she disappeared.”

“Very well.” This was not a difficult matter so Su Wen readily promised her, “But….”

She hesitated as she didn’t know how to say the next few words.

Speaking of investigations, on the night of Yan Ruxue’s birthday she had gotten angry and left Shu Yian by herself, which resulted in her almost getting killed by those hooligans. So she had sworn to herself that she would find the real mastermind behind the scheme, but the current investigation has stalled.

Hearing her thoughts, Shu Yian understood that things were not that simple. In order to not let Su Wen feel guilty, she spoke up first, “What happened to the matter you were investigating last time?”

As soon as she asked, Su Wen couldn’t not say anything.

“There was no call log on the phone of the hooligans and it was the type of phone that is thrown away after one use. I had someone check the records of the communication company and the IP address indicates the location where the call was made was indeed at the banquet venue.”

And that was all she could find for now.

Shu Yian had done some reckless things half a year ago and so unintentionally offended many people. Although she also checked the information on those people, all the leads ended up nowhere and she couldn’t find anything in the end.

“Thanks for telling me, but I’m in no hurry to find out. If that person really has such a deep hatred against me, since their first scheme was unsuccessful, they may try a second time and so next time we will definitely－”

“There will be no next time!” Su Wen remotely interrupted her with a solemn expression and unconsciously reached out to hold Shu Yian’s hand.

She will never allow something like that to happen again. There are many ways to find someone, but she will not choose the one that puts Shu Yian at risk.

Shu Yian’s eyes landed on Su Wen’s hand over her own hand. The other party didn’t seem to have noticed her subconscious movement.

Her heart gradually warmed and her inner temperature rose, making her face blush red.

“Thank you.”

Even though she is used to Su Wen’s occasionally good deeds, her heart still couldn’t help but stir up into a mess.

No matter what kind of woman you are, even if you are a tomboy, every woman has had a dream of being treated like a princess. Everyone has longed to be cherished and protected by a special someone. The women who act strong and fierce in front of others often do that because they don’t have that special someone and so they put on armor to protect themselves.

But once they meet that special someone, their hearts will melt and they will gradually begin to rely on that person. It is not a one-sided dependence, but more of a mutual give and take, a companionship of warmth between both parties.

They walked back to the company still holding hands and inadvertently passed by the milk tea place that she went with Zhou Yu last time. Shu Yian suddenly remembered Su Wen’s weird hangups from last time, and stopped as she asked, “Do you want any boba?”

“I want milk tea, not pomelo tea!” Su Wen was still haunted by that time when Zhou Yu and Shu Yian got pomelo tea together.

Shu Yian smiled goodheartedly, “And do you also want strawberry-flavored milk tea?”

“That’s right!”

【You will return to me that strawberry-flavored milk tea you rejected last time!】

Shu Yian shook her head and sighed helplessly.

Naive and likes to hold grudges, how is this person a CEO?

She let go of Su Wen’s hand and went up to the counter to place their orders. It was only then that Su Wen noticed that she had been holding Shu Yian’s hand the entire time.

She rubbed her nose uncomfortably and panicked in her heart.

【Ermmmm, we were holding hands this whole time?】

【Why didn’t I notice?】

【It must be because I got caught up with the conversation and didn’t pay attention. Did Shu Yian notice?】

She didn’t dare see what expression Shu Yian, who was facing away from her, was wearing and only dared to stare at her back in a trance.

【Shu Yian shouldn’t have noticed, otherwise, she will definitely would have shaken my hand off by now!】

Shu Yian: “…..”

This sentence also brought her back to reality.

Is she really starving for love so much, feeling so lonely because she is all alone in this world, that she is actually clinging to that fleeting tenderness from Su Wen?

Regardless, in the future, she won’t act so stupid anymore.

She thanked the worker at the register as they handed the milk tea over and she handed a cup to Su Wen. She then said teasingly, “I couldn’t tell, but President Su has such a girly side to her. You actually like strawberry-flavored things!”

Su Wen gave her a look.

She’s the one who likes strawberry-flavored things?

She thought that Shu Yian was the one who liked strawberry flavors!

Don’t all those young women who chase after her like this flavor?

“W-Why do you ask? Do you not like it?” Su Wen asked without answering.

Shu Yian was dumbfounded for a moment, “I’m not sure.”

“You’re not sure what you like?”

“Yes.” Shu Yian nodded silently. Her memories are blurry, and she sometimes really couldn’t figure out what she liked or didn’t like.

For example, her favorite food is seafood and she likes it a lot, but her old family said she didn’t touch seafood at all when she was a child.

After her head injury, she would have a lot of blanks in her memories. Her doctor said these were post-injury complications due to her concussion. So she did not know if it was because of errors in her memory or if it was simply because her tastes changed as she grew up.

Su Wen then asked casually, not knowing about the conflicted thoughts going on in Shu Yian’s head, “Well it doesn’t matter what you used to like, what you like now is what you like!”

Shu Yian held up her milk tea and laughed in relief, “Then I guess I like it now.”

Su Wen laughed with her. Although she didn’t have any opinion before, now she likes it too.

After they returned to the company, Su Wen stopped wasting time talking with Shu Yian and returned to her work.

Naturally, Shu Yian wasn’t idle either.

She carefully read her book over and over again. Although the plot in her story didn’t happen at all, the names of the main characters have begun to appear in this world with only the character, Shu Ya, nowhere to be found.

Since she herself has transmigrated into a novel, she naturally believes that her writing may have built a world as well. However she really didn’t like the idea that she may be writing the fate of others.

If a book is interesting then there must be conflicts and so a villain is indispensable. And it seems very unfair if a living, breathing person was forced into the villain role because of a few words she wrote.

So if she was to write something in her book that can never happen, then will it never happen?

Shu Yian decided to give it a try.

She added her mother’s name to the book.

—Lin Qinghan!

(*T/N: Friendly reminder that wives in China don’t change their last names so they often have different last names than their children)

And made up an identity for her.

—As Shu Ya’s mother!

Lin Qinghan is Shu Yian’s mother from her world and thus cannot possibly be Shu Ya’s mother, so this character cannot be created by this book.

So, in the future, a Lin Qinghan won’t show up, right?

After some editing of her new chapter, Shu Yian pressed the publish button. At the same time, her phone rang and the word “Mother” lit up on her screen.

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