"...Are you okay?" Looking at Jiang Chen approaching, Xia Shiyu bit her lips, not knowing what to say, and finally managed to squeeze out these words.
"Something happened, I got a little injured." Jiang Chen pointed to the small cut on the side of his cheek cheekily. If Jiang Chen hadn't pointed it out, no one would have noticed such a small wound.
"I, let me help you deal with it." Xia Shiyu lowered her head guiltily. She never owed favors, but she owed this man so much at this moment.
"Here? Saliva can kill bacteria." Jiang Chen blurted out almost subconsciously, surprising himself.
Huh? Why have I become so talkative
"...I have alcohol and gauze in my room." Xia Shiyu faced Jiang Chen's teasing coldly.
"Don't look at me like that. After all, I'm your new creditor." Jiang Chen raised his hand with a smile and shook the IOU between his fingers. "Look. But I'm good at everything, but I'm a little too kind. I won’t charge you any interest.”
Is there anyone more narcissistic than this guy... Xia Shiyu looked at the triumphant Jiang Chen speechlessly. She was speechless and confused at the same time. Is this still the original Si and Si who didn't even dare to look at her? Did I take the wrong medicine...
"I will pay you back, along with the interest." Xia Shiyu lowered her head in gratitude and assured Jiang Chen with a firm tone, but immediately spoke with some hesitation, "According to the normal interest rate."
At the usurious interest rate, she really had no confidence that she would be able to pay it back.
Jiang Chen shrugged and said nothing. He knew the character of this strong woman very well, and once he determined something, he would never change it.
"Um, Xia Shiyu."
"Hey!" After hearing the shop owner's greeting, Xia Shiyu quickly turned around and responded.
"This is half a month's salary for you... I'm sorry, but I really can't afford to offend those people. Just do it... You won't come to work tomorrow." The boss said with a difficult expression. As he spoke, he gritted his teeth and said those cruel words.
It was almost a pleading tone.
After receiving the envelope containing the money, Xia Shiyu nodded blankly, looking at the closed flower shop with evasive and suspicious eyes... This place where she had been working for half a month. For some reason, she wanted to cry.
How many times has this happened today? This was the first time that Xia Shiyu felt so vulnerable.
"Getting fired?" Jiang Chen teased, seeing his boss being fired again, why does it feel so good
Xia Shiyu ignored Jiang Chen's teasing, just bit her lip and looked at him with a complicated expression, then turned and walked home. Jiang Chen followed him consciously, because Xia Shiyu had said that she would help him treat his wounds.
Although the wound may have stopped bleeding by now, the curiosity to see what the place where his former boss lived was like still took over. It’s boring to be idle anyway, isn’t it
Hehehehe, Jiang Chen snickered secretly, he felt that he was really too bad. He is almost catching up with that little girl Sun Jiao.
Stepping on the stairs covered with black moss, Jiang Chen frowned. He was really surprised that there was such an old house in Wanghai City. And the cracks in the wall don't look like a habitable place.
When Xia Shiyu took out the key and opened the rusty iron door, Jiang Chen couldn't help but smile bitterly.
This girl is really strong. If it were any other girl, she would definitely not be able to endure it.
What's more, for such a beautiful girl, if she lowers her figure and acts coquettishly, five hundred thousand won't really be a big deal.
Such a good face was ruined by that bad temper, haha.
There is personality, but there is no egg!
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There was a faint musty smell at the door, but it felt much better after entering. The smell of air freshener is very obvious, and it can be seen that this girl Xia Shiyu has sprayed a lot of this stuff. This approach of treating the symptoms rather than the root cause feels quite helpless.
The house is very small, much smaller than Jiang Chen's low-rent house. The living room and kitchen are next to each other, and there is only one bedroom that is not very spacious. There is no TV in the living room, there is only a wooden table that looks a bit old, and the chairs are also very old-fashioned. Maybe you can make some money by selling them as antiques? Forget about things like sofas and coffee tables.
There is no ceiling fan on the roof, and there is naturally no air conditioner on the wall. There is only a plugged-in fan in the corner. The most valuable appliance here is probably the stainless steel kettle. Did you bring it from home when you were escaping from debt
The laptop on the table should be hers, but there is obviously no ifi here, so what's the point of having a computer
Jiang Chen noticed the two pairs of women's shoes neatly placed at the door. It is a little impossible no matter how you think about it, for a woman to only have two pairs of shoes. It seems that she must have been in a hurry when she escaped here, and she didn't even bring a few pairs of shoes.
Although the environment is simple, it can be seen that it has been cleaned with care.
"Sorry, it's a bit rough. Sit anywhere you want." Xia Shiyu said stiffly. This is the first time Xia Shiyu has brought a man she is not very familiar with to her home.
Even if it was her ex-boyfriend, she would always stop him at the door. Being alone with a man made her feel uncomfortable all over. Perhaps it was this excessive sense of self-protection that left her with no one to rely on when she was in trouble.
After saying that, Xia Shiyu turned around and walked into the small bedroom.
Jiang Chen casually pulled out a stool and sat on it carelessly, but he almost fell down.
His mother's stool had lame legs... Jiang Chen cursed secretly and moved to another stool to sit on.
Soon, Xia Shiyu came out with a small bottle of alcohol and a cotton swab.
"Where?" He asked very robotically, both his movements and demeanor were very stiff.
"Here... you really want to..." Jiang Chen smiled bitterly. He actually just wanted to tease this former female boss, but he didn't expect that she actually took out a bottle of alcohol.
"I said I would help you take care of the wound." Xia Shiyu took a deep breath and came close to Jiang Chen's face.
On the contrary, Jiang Chen felt a little embarrassed. He seemed to move his hands back and forth not knowing where to put them, letting the iceberg beauty in front of him hold a cotton swab dipped in alcohol and smear the "injured" area.
"Don't move." Xia Shiyu frowned slightly and glared at the restless Jiang Chen.
"Okay..." Jiang Chen smiled bitterly again.
It smelled so good, the fragrance of gardenia lingered on the tip of Jiang Chen's nose. There was no jewelry on the fair neck. Jiang Chen vaguely remembered that there should be a necklace here. Because she leaned forward, the neckline of her summer dress made of cool material revealed an ambiguous ravine. Although it is estimated that it is simply not eye-catching compared to Sun Jiao's 36D, but combined with the voluptuous waist, it is overall more beautiful than the fresh one.
Both her body and face were at the level of a goddess, which was very embarrassing to say the least. Jiang Chen once fantasized about her wearing black and silk stockings... ahem.
In the impression, the black hair was tied up on the back of the head, but at this moment, the long black hair was neatly tied into a ponytail, which made Jiang Chen feel a little dazed for a moment. Is this Xia Shiyu, who looks like a female college student who just left campus, still the smart and stylish urban white-collar worker
"What are you looking at?" Noticing Jiang Chen's somewhat naked gaze, Xia Shiyu couldn't help but feel a little scared, but she still had that protective and cold expression on her face.
"No, it's nothing." Jiang Chen touched his nose awkwardly.
The wound treatment has been completed, but the two people's eyes met.
Time seems to have stood still...
so awkward...
"Okay, it smells so good. Ha, haha..." Jiang Chen scratched his head with a somewhat forced smile, breaking the silence.
Xia Shiyu was stunned for a moment, a blush appeared on her cheeks, her cold expression softened slightly, but soon her eyes became even colder.
"...It smells like gardenias. Maybe it's because I picked up pollen while working." Xia Shiyu frowned, sniffed her cuffs, spoke quickly, and then quickly put away the alcohol bottles and other items. He took the cotton swab and hurriedly returned to the bedroom.
Her heartbeat was so fast... Holding down her heaving chest, Xia Shiyu stood beside the bedside table and panted slightly, looking at herself in the mirror with a complicated expression. She didn't know what happened to her to be so out of control.
His heart was beating so fast... Jiang Chen touched his chest in surprise.
I must have fallen in love with this girl... However, Jiang Chen quickly dismissed this idea and attributed it to the natural reaction of hormones.
Compared to the kind of beauty with a cold face, he prefers the kind of beauty like Sun Jiao who is lively, has big breasts, sometimes domineering, sometimes petite... Of course, it would be better if she wasn't so domineering, cough cough .
Xia Shiyu walked out of the bedroom not long after, interrupting Jiang Chen's random thoughts. Xia Shiyu sat opposite Jiang Chen, but there was no conversation between the two. Silence lingered between the two of them. The only thing that was not peaceful was the ticking sound of the clock and the heartbeat that only each of them could hear.
"Thank you..." It was Xia Shiyu who broke the silence first.
"You're welcome, I just happened to be passing by..." Jiang Chen lied. In fact, he went to see her today with bad intentions, but after hearing the news that she had resigned, he walked away without interest. .
But speaking of it, he really didn't expect that this stubborn woman would actually express her gratitude to him.
"You," Xia Shiyu paused before speaking, biting her lower lip. After hesitating for a moment, she finally asked out her confusion, "Don't you hate me?"
This question did not surprise Jiang Chen. He was also asking himself this question: Do I still hate her
"I hated it." However, in the end, the words that had been woven in his mind for a long time were reduced to these two short words. Jiang Chen looked into Xia Shiyu's eyes with some complexity and spoke.
Then why did you save me
This sentence was not asked out loud, but Jiang Chen was surprisingly able to read the question stuck in her throat from her eyes.
Jiang Chen asked himself if he ever hated her. It was she who fired him and made him almost live on the street, almost without food. He was not stingy with the most vicious curses, and was not stingy with the most vulgar insults... However, these are all in the past.
Yes, many things become nothing after venting. Life must go on, and Jiang Chen is living well now, so there is no reason to hate her anymore.
"There aren't many reasons," Jiang Chen sighed and shook his head, "To be honest, I was quite happy when I heard that you were fired. You should have noticed that this dress was from that clothing store. Bought in the store. However... I suddenly realized that I was quite naive."
"Childish...?" Xia Shiyu chewed the word in a low voice. She was confused by what Jiang Chen said, and her cold eyes were full of confusion.
If Jiang Chen humiliated her severely or even beat her, it would actually make her feel better. However, this man who was once almost pushed into a desperate situation by her did nothing at this moment. Instead, he helped her when she was in trouble.
Why...
"Even if I take revenge on you, can I get any compensation?" Jiang Chen shook his head, "To be honest, the pleasure of revenge is very satisfying. But if you watch a beautiful woman being forced by a gangster to redeem her debt, And I have the ability to stop all this, but I just stand aside and watch with gloating. I'm afraid the guilt after the pleasure is not small... What's more, they are my acquaintances, and there is no irreconcilable hatred between us. It's just a job. That's all... Even if you give me that job back now, I'm afraid I won't like it."
It was just a job. Compared with what he had lost, Jiang Chen asked himself that he had gained a lot. If he hadn't been drinking because he lost his job, he wouldn't have passed that path drunkenly, and he wouldn't have gotten the jump bracelet that could bring him endless wealth...
A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise.
I have to say that fate is so magical.
"...After I dismissed you, I thought a lot," Xia Shiyu looked at Jiang Chen with a complex expression, "Maybe, as the facts have proved, I am not a qualified manager."
"Your ability is worthy of recognition, but you don't understand people's hearts." Jiang Chen said with a smile.
"The human heart? Do you mean psychology?"
"No, no, no, it's not the kind of thing that can be written in textbooks... No one can really understand the human heart even if it takes a lifetime... "
The two of them were like friends they hadn't seen for a long time, sitting at the table reminiscing about old times. Although there was no tea and no pleasing scenery, Jiang Chen, who was sitting here, did feel comfortable that he had never felt all day long.
Yes, it's fun to spend money, and it's fun to have a big meal... but it's still a bit lonely.
In this overwhelmingly big city, there is not even one friend with whom he can have a long conversation. Perhaps this is what Jiang Chen really longs for. The buddies who were in the same dormitory went their separate ways after graduation, the class beauty whom I had a crush on also went back to her hometown to get married, and the counselor who had a drink with her also started to deal with the new class. Everyone was like clockwork.
This simple hut brought him a rare sense of tranquility and contentment.
Perhaps this is fate's reward for kindness? ;