SMSJ Chapter 08

Chapter 8 – Can you let me relax after work? Just call me Jingshi.

Gu Su looked at him, and coolness seeped through her body from her fingertips.

Not worthy of saying like.

Who was he to say that? On what basis did he condemn her with his subjective judgment?

She giggled, almost falling on the table and gasping for air, causing the two waiters next to her to look over in shock.

“It’s been hard for you, putting up with me for two years.” Gu Su wiped the tears of laughter from the corners of her eyes.

“Alright, let’s call it a mishap,” Zhang Cheng Yu’s look of patience, “This matter is considered in the past, since my family has recognized your identity, I have no intention of making any changes, just don’t get your head around it in the future… …”

“Zhang Cheng Yu!” Gu Su suddenly interrupted him, half tilting her head to look at him, “If I say that I didn’t do that thing you said, do you believe me?”

Gu Su’s ink-like pupils were drenched in watery light, and the soft light of the half-summer rendered her face so slightly mesmerizing.

Zhang Cheng Yu’s heart inexplicably trembled.

The cell phone rang suddenly, and Zhang Cheng Yu instantly came to his senses, lowering his head in a slightly wretched manner to pick up the phone.

“What is it …… you don’t cry …… where are you …… I’ll be there in half an hour.”

He collected the phone and said in a deep voice, “This matter will be discussed later, I have some urgent matters now, don’t eat, I will send you home first.”

Gu Su lowered her eyelids, slowly stirring the milk in the bowl, the black glutinous rice balls had already spread out, mixed in the milk without the black and white stunning color at the beginning.

“Shi Xia Rui?”

Zhang Cheng Yu nodded.

“I’m not leaving, you can leave if you want to.” Gu Su’s voice was barely audible.

“What are you suspecting? Don’t be irrational.” Zhang Cheng Yu’s brows furrowed, and he raised his hand to pull her wrist, “She has something urgent looking for me, and I’m afraid something will happen if I’m late.”

The moment her skin touched, Gu Su shrieked, breaking free with all her might and falling backwards, almost knocking over the chair.

The store manager next to him ran over with trepidation, “What’s wrong? Miss, do you want me to call the police?”

Zhang Cheng Yu’s face turned dark: “Gu Su, are you leaving or not?”

Gu Su desperately shook her head, her lips were tightly bitten, she was afraid that if she opened her mouth, she would cry out.

With a “clang” sound, Zhang Chengyu walked out of the store door in big strides, a cold wind came, Gu Su couldn’t help but shiver.

“Miss …… are you okay?” The store manager hurriedly poured a cup of hot water.

“ It’s okay …….” Gu Su squeezed out two words with difficulty.

“You sit for a while longer and leave later.” The store manager said with concern.

Gu Su finished the black glutinous rice and the milk one spoonful at a time, finished the order and walked out of the half-summer, forcing herself to ignore the sympathy that filled the store manager’s eyes.

The dessert you chose yourself, no matter what, you have to swallow it with a smile.

The road chosen by yourself, no matter what, you have to walk through with your head held high.

At this moment, the last thing she needed was sympathy.

Gu Su didn’t want to go home, but just tightened her down jacket and walked aimlessly forward. On the road sporadic passers-by walked by, one by one are in a hurry, the street lamps stood quietly on both sides, looking at this human condition.

How ridiculous, her husband did not believe her, her father betrayed her.

The two closest men in this world, gave her the deepest two bloody cuts.

Her cell phone rang, she looked at it, it was her home number, she casually pressed off, and turned off her cell phone.

At this moment, she suppressed the desire to hear Gu Changqing’s voice, she was afraid that she would not be able to resist asking, is she Gu Changqing’s own?

Don’t know how long she walked, she looked around blankly, and found herself walking on the Mingan Bridge, which is a newly widened bridge in the center of the city, the cold wind whistling past the bridge, under the bridge is the mother river of N city, the three rivers converge, rushing into the sea.

The large eight-lane bridge is cold and quiet, Gu Su took off her high heels and leaned on the railing.

A car sped past in front of her, accompanied by the sound of brakes stopped not far away, someone walked down from above, surprised and waved at her, “Gu Su?”

Gu Su turned her head to stare at him for a moment and nodded mechanically, “Mr. Cheng.”

Cheng Jingshi walked quickly to her side, sizing her up and couldn’t help but chide her, “What are you doing here on such a cold day? I’ll send you home.”

“No need, I’ll look at the scenery here for a while.” Gu Su indifferently looked towards the river under the bridge.

Cheng Jingshi vaguely felt that something was wrong in his heart, so he simply followed and lay down on the railing, saying with a smile, “Watching the great river go east? Don’t you say, this view of N City is still quite chic. In the beginning, the people of N City didn’t even discover this feature, and wasted years of municipal construction for nothing.”

Gu Su’s head was a bit stiff, she wanted to be alone for a while, but she was too embarrassed to kick people out anymore, so she reluctantly answered, “What kind of specialties?”

Cheng Jingshi pointed to the open river in front of her, “N City has many rivers, cutting the entire downtown area into scattered pieces, when the leaders at the top were very troubled, they spent a lot of money to hire a municipal expert to take it’s pulse.”

Cheng Jingshi’s voice was clear and bright, with a few hints of mystery in its subdued tone, and Gu Su’s attention gradually focused.

“The expert spent a few days visiting, and finally said to the leaders, you are holding the golden bowl and begging for bread, more rivers and water happens to be the most characteristic feature of your city’s municipal government, and by building along the three rivers and six banks, N City will become a beautiful international city.”

Gu Su’s eyes looked into the distance, the lights on the riverside were dotted with stars, as if a ribbon wrapped up the entire N city, surrounded by tall buildings, neon flashing, N city indeed in the river’s reflection exudes a fascinating luster.

“Isn’t it beautiful? So, many times it is not a dead end. There is a bright future in the dark, and there is life in a desperate situation. When you walk past it, you will find another world.” Cheng Jingshi stared at her.

Gu Su suddenly woke up and murmured: “Thank you…”

“Let’s go, I’ll take you home.” Cheng Jingshi said with a smile.

Gu Su raised her legs and took a step forward. Only then did she realize that she was not wearing any shoes, so she bent down awkwardly. However, she had stood in the cold wind for too long, and her whole body was a little stiff. The bag on her shoulders suddenly fell off. The contents were scattered all over the floor.

Cheng Jingshi immediately squatted down and helped her pick up things while teasing: “A woman’s bag is like Doraemon’s pocket. It has everything. Why did you put it away…”

His voice paused for a moment, and with slight surprise, he picked up the share transfer letter and looked at it, then put it back into Gu Su’s bag.

Gu Su took the bag in embarrassment, and said in a hasty manner, “I won’t trouble you, I’ll just take a cab.”

“Do you think there are still cars at this hour? Everyone’s gone for the New Year. Let’s go, if Xiao An finds out I left you alone on the side of the road, I won’t be able to live in peace for a day tomorrow.”

The air conditioning in the car was turned up, warm air poured in, Gu Su put her frozen hand on the air vent, the alternation of heat and cold made her sneeze several times in a row.

The car drove smoothly off the Ming’an Bridge toward the west, the scenery outside the window flickering on and off.

Soothing music flowed in the small car, Gu Su leaned on the back of the seat and gradually became disoriented, and when she woke up, the car was already parked in front of the neighborhood.

Gu Su just woke up and looked around blankly, her long eyelashes flickered a few times before fixing the focus in her eyes, and she wanted to speak before realizing that her throat was already hoarse.

Cheng Jingshi looked at her with concern: “Relax in the car, or you’ll definitely get a fever when you go out into the cold wind.”

Just now, when she fell asleep, she didn’t feel it, but now when she woke up, Gu Su was simply ashamed of herself, the most wretched appearance in her life was clearly seen by this man who she had only met a few times.

“Thank you, Mr. Cheng.” She sniffled and spoke with a heavy nasal tone.

Cheng Jingshi smiled and said, “You’re not happy in your heart, I have a suggestion.”

“What?” Gu Su asked stupidly.

“Tomorrow I’ll increase the workload for you, when you’re busy and tired, you won’t think about messy things.”

Gu Su snorted and laughed, “No wonder you can be the old boss, you’re so good at squeezing your employees.”

“Always smile,” Cheng Jingshi sighed, “Looks like I can go be a spiritual mentor when I quit this business in the future.”

“That would make the entire staff of the Liu An Group cry.”

“Wrong, you know what those employees at the head office call me behind my back? Director of Coaching. If I’m gone, maybe they’ll clap their hands.”

Gu Su laughed out loud, remembering Manager Wang’s cautious demeanor at that moment when he was deeply afraid of making a wrong move, “You must have punished a lot of people, in the future, if I’m caught skipping work, can I beg you to give me a break?”

Her eyebrows were arched, her face was lightly flushed, and she was smiling brightly.

Cheng Jingshi was lost in thought for a moment, and the small space was silent for a moment.

Gu Su sniffled and looked at him suspiciously, “Mr. Cheng, you won’t be so petty, right?”

“Of course I won’t, but there’s a premise,” Cheng Jingshi looked at her sincerely, ”I have a conditioned reflex to hear this title after work, can you let me completely relax? Just call me Jing Shi.”

Gu Su pursed her lips and was happy.

Cheng Jingshi urged her to go back and drink some ginger soup to drive away the cold, and after the two chatted casually for a few more moments, Gu Su got off the car and went home.

The house was dark, Zhang Chengyu hadn’t returned yet.

Gu Su looked at her watch, it was already eleven o’clock. She let out a bitter laugh and leaned against the wall for a moment.

Her head hurt and her body ached, as if it was a prelude to a fever. There was no ginger tea in the house as Cheng Jingshi said, Gu Su ate a piece of cold medicine haphazardly, and just wanted to go into the bedroom to sleep, when she inadvertently looked up and saw that there were red dots on the balcony flickering on and off, and a black shadow was standing there.

“Who ……” Gu Su was startled and barely managed to scream out.

Zhang Cheng Yu walked out from the balcony, looked at her indifferently, and walked into the bathroom.

Gu Su had a headache, much less the mood to speculate on his mood anymore, and went straight to bed.

Maybe it was the effect of the medicine, Gu Su quickly got sleepy, she didn’t know how long it had been, in a daze she felt Zhang Cheng Yu getting into bed, after a while, she felt a pain coming on, she opened her eyes and saw that Zhang Cheng Yu was wiping her lips hard with a piece of handkerchief.

She ducked back in pain, hoarsely asking, “What are you doing!”

The corner of Zhang Cheng Yu’s mouth hung a cold smile, but his eyes were gloomy and somber as he forcefully clasped her head, “What were you doing with Cheng Jing Shi just now?”

Gu Su was shocked and angry, sneering back, “I didn’t even ask you what you went to see Shi Xiaorui for, who are you to question me?”

“Rui she was tracked and blocked by the paparazzi, I came to look for you after I dealt with it, and drove back and forth for a full hour, deeply afraid that something would happen to you, but it turned out that you were great, and came back with Cheng Jingshi with a smile on your face, Gu Su, you’re really an eye-opener for me.”

A heat came, Gu Su tugged at her collar, her throat was on the verge of smoking, she was too groggy and powerless to defend herself, she just shook her head and mumbled, “Don’t you accuse people ……”

Her face was abnormally red, her lips were even more delicate, and her dark ink pupils seemed to be steamrolled by water vapor, which could drip out of the water.

Zhang Cheng Yu devilishly leaned down and for the first time contained those red lips.

T/N: My first language isn’t English, and there may be some grammatical errors. But I try not to deviate from the author’s narrative. If there are any errors or nonsensical sentences, feel free to comment.