Jiang Shiyu stared for a long time before she reacted, her almond eyes wide, her fists clenched, her small face flushed with anger as she glared at the man beside her. "No! You called me ugly?!"
So angry was Jiang Shiyu that she abandoned her ice cream. She swung her small fist towards Murong Cheng. Murong Cheng didn't dodge. Instead, he suddenly accelerated. Jiang Shiyu lost her balance and landed squarely on the man's lap. Murong Cheng raised an eyebrow, "In the car, isn't that a bit much?"
Though she couldn't see the expression on the man's face at that moment, she could discern the teasing and playful tone in his magnetic, alluring voice.
Jiang Shiyu's small face instantly turned crimson. She wanted to get up from Murong Cheng's lap, but in her haste, her hair was pulled. Jiang Shiyu winced, trying to free her hair, only to discover that her hair...
...was caught in the man's zipper!
Upon realizing this, Jiang Shiyu felt utterly defeated. She tried several times to pull out the strand of hair but couldn't. Her only thought was a desperate wish to rip it out by the root.
Because her hair was stuck, she was forced to maintain the position of being sprawled on the man's lap.
Upon discovering Jiang Shiyu's hair caught in his zipper, Murong Cheng was first stunned, then let out a deep, uncharitable laugh.
"You're laughing!! Hurry and help me!" Jiang Shiyu was on the verge of tears. Hearing the man laugh, she angrily clenched her fists. She wanted to punch Murong Cheng but found she couldn't reach him. She could only resentfully open her mouth and viciously bite down on Murong Cheng's leg.
Damn, this man's muscles were too hard. She didn't hurt the man; instead, she nearly broke her own teeth.
"Gently, don't hurt yourself," Murong Cheng was clearly unaffected. Jiang Shiyu's action was like scratching an itch through a shoe; he didn't feel anything at all. He was only concerned whether Jiang Shiyu had hurt herself.
"Hurry and help me! This isn't important!" Her hair was stuck, she wanted to retaliate but was belittled and mocked. Jiang Shiyu simply didn't know what language could describe her current feelings. She just wanted to get her hair free quickly. Maintaining this position was too embarrassing!
"Just a moment, don't rush..." Murong Cheng patiently coaxed her, as if soothing a child. He then began to search nearby. Before he could find anything, they were stopped by a traffic police officer. Murong Cheng was forced to pull over and then stopped the car steadily.
Outside the car, the traffic police officer knocked twice on the car window. Before Jiang Shiyu could utter the words "Don't roll down the window," Murong Cheng had already lowered it.
The traffic police officer saw it at a glance...
Murong Cheng smiled and asked, "Is there something?"
Seeing this scene, the traffic police officer's old face turned red. "Be mindful of driving safety, don't do this sort of thing in the car..."
Jiang Shiyu couldn't lift her head. Although she didn't know the traffic police officer's expression at that moment, she knew what it implied. "Officer! You've misunderstood!!"
Because her teeth had been hurt, Jiang Shiyu spoke indistinctly.
The traffic police officer couldn't bear to watch. He checked Murong Cheng's ID and then let him pass. "Alas! The times are changing! Young people nowadays are too open!"
The car slowly started. After driving for a while, Jiang Shiyu heard a "click." Murong Cheng had cut off a section of her hair. Jiang Shiyu was finally freed. She breathed a long sigh of relief, then suddenly thought of something and angrily clenched her fist.
"You clearly had scissors in your car!!"
This man had actually dithered for so long... he had clearly done it on purpose!
"Finding things also takes time," Murong Cheng merely smiled, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned. Even with just a shallow curve, his sternness held a hint of allure.
Jiang Shiyu almost believed him. She felt something was off but couldn't pinpoint it. Yet, the explanations and reasons Murong Cheng gave were quite plausible. She touched her hair, which had been trimmed a little, and thought of what the traffic police officer had said. She covered her face.
She had no face to see anyone! She had lost face in the most embarrassing way possible!
That evening, after dinner, Jiang Shiyu sat cross-legged on the sofa, writing a report. Perhaps because she hadn't napped at noon, she was so tired that she slumped directly onto the table.
When Murong Cheng emerged from the bathroom, he saw Jiang Shiyu sprawled on the coffee table, sleeping soundly. She was even muttering in her sleep. He didn't know what she was dreaming about, but there was a glistening liquid at the corner of her mouth...
Amused and exasperated, Murong Cheng glanced at the still-lit computer screen. It was the report for tomorrow's meeting. Seeing that Jiang Shiyu hadn't started writing it, he took the computer. In less than ten minutes, he finished it, saved it, and then picked up the sleeping Jiang Shiyu, placing her on the bedroom bed.
Jiang Shiyu was groggy in her sleep. She only felt someone hugging her. Thinking it was her plush toy, she turned and hugged it, nuzzling against it.
So strange... why were the plush toy's legs no longer soft...
The next morning, upon arriving at the company and sitting in the conference room, Jiang Shiyu opened her laptop. She was still yawning when she heard the department manager mention sending the report. Only then did she suddenly remember. Oh no, she had accidentally fallen asleep last night and forgotten to write the report!
Jiang Shiyu opened the computer document, intending to cram and salvage the situation. To her astonishment, she found the report neatly written in her document, easy to read. Jiang Shiyu covered her mouth.
Did she write this?!
Was such a professional and fluent report something she had written herself?!
Seeing Jiang Shiyu stunned, Fang Yuan leaned over and glanced at Jiang Shiyu's computer screen. She was surprised. "Oh my god, Xia Xia, you're so amazing! Did you write this report? I knew you must have some extraordinary abilities, otherwise, you wouldn't have gotten into Ling Sheng Group. But you're too low-key! I didn't notice at all a few days ago that you were such a powerhouse."
Jiang Shiyu took a long time to recover. It wasn't until the department manager reminded her to send the email that she nervously sent the report.
She clearly remembered that she hadn't written the report last night, and this report definitely wasn't written by her. Who had written it?
Only she and Murong Cheng lived in Jing Garden. Was it Murong Cheng?
Jiang Shiyu's mind raced with thoughts. The manager had already finished reading Jiang Shiyu's report, praising it highly, and had sent it to every colleague. Jiang Shiyu felt inwardly devastated but could only force a smile.
Jiang Yurou also saw Jiang Shiyu's report. She could hardly believe her eyes.
Jiang Shiyu had only just joined Ling Sheng, and her report was so outstanding. Forget about those who had been there for one or two years; even senior executives who had worked at Ling Sheng for over a decade might not be able to write such a report.
This definitely wasn't written by Jiang Shiyu herself!
Thinking about the scene yesterday after work, and then looking at this morning's report, Jiang Yurou gritted her back teeth and shot a venomous glare at Jiang Shiyu.
At lunchtime, Jiang Shiyu had little appetite. She went to the convenience store herself to buy rice balls. As soon as she returned to the office, she saw Jiang Yurou sitting at her desk.
"What are you doing here? Get up, this is my seat!" Jiang Shiyu strode over, her tone icy.