He was the first one to jump into the water, even Jian Yi was a step slower (to be continued)

  But she didn't dare, she wasn't as lucky as Song Yu, and didn't have a boyfriend like Qi Chengzhi.

  If she also has... If Qi Chengzhi is her boyfriend, what else does she have to be afraid of?

  But she didn't, Yang Yunshu could only grit her teeth and swallow her tears, shamefully wiping away her tears while packing up her things.

  When she was about to leave after packing up her things, she always felt that everyone in the entire office was laughing at her.

  Those who used to laugh and joke with her, whose relationship was still pretty good, now looked at her with a gaze that seemed to be full of disdain.

  Yang Yunshu clenched her teeth and silently cried as she left the office.

  Director Zhao sighed and asked anxiously: "Song Yu, are you okay?"

  Song Yu shook his head and said wearily, "It's nothing."

  "Qi Lin just called and asked you to go to their engineering department to discuss the follow-up matters. If you don't want to go now, I can help you postpone it and reschedule for another time." Zhao said with a sympathetic tone.

  Song Yu sneered and curled her lip, just like Zhao had been rude to her at first, just as he was being to Yang Yunshu today.

  Yang Yunshu was asking for it, while she was forced by Wang Liwei.

  At first, Director Zhao could say to Wang Liwei "do it if you love it, get out if you don't" but now he's being extremely careful around her, as if she were the company's boss.

  She shook her head, "I'm fine, it's over."

  ……

  ……

  Song Yu arrived at the floor where Qi Lin's engineering department was located and suddenly remembered that Jian Yi was the manager of the engineering department.

  She should have remembered it long ago, but she was disturbed by Yang Yunshu and her mind was particularly messy, so she forgot about this matter.

  People have already arrived, and it's too late to cancel now.

  Just hope this time it's not Jian Yi who comes to talk to her in person.

  Unfortunately, when she arrived at the Engineering Department and explained her intention, the people in the department directly took her to Jianyi's office.

  Jian Yi saw her come in, and his eyes seemed to be nailed to her face.

  Even if he sent his assistant away, his eyes were still on Song Yu.

  Song Yu furrowed her brow, feeling that Jian Yi's summons had nothing to do with work.

  "Director Zhao said you wanted to talk to me about the project, I don't know what's going on?" Song Yu stood in the middle of the office and didn't move forward. "I've been following up on the hotel project all along, and I'm always communicating with our engineering department manager Wang. I haven't found any problems yet."

  His eyes were fixed on her as if he feared she would suddenly disappear, without even blinking, his head raised to look at her, while his hands gestured in front of him, "You sit down first."

  Song Yu pressed her lips together and sat down silently across from his office desk.

  "What do you want to drink, I'll have my assistant prepare it for you." Jian Yi pressed the hands-free button and was about to press the internal contact button, his gaze still fixed on Song Yu's face, making her increasingly uncomfortable.

  "It's okay," Song Yu said lightly. "I'm here on official business, let's get it over with as soon as possible so I can go take care of things."

  Jian Yi's bitter smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, his voice a little hoarse, "Song Song——"

  He smiled wryly, "Haha, it's been a long time since I've called you that, really miss it. Can't we be friends now? Do you have to be so cold and formal with me?"

  He raised his hand, stretching across the office desk, already halfway across the distance, as if he wanted to reach out and take Song Yu's hand, but stopped midway. "Am I right in understanding that you still have feelings for me? Isn't it said that when you love someone deeply, you also hate them just as deeply? You're being so cold towards me now, not even pretending to be polite, seeing me without a smile or even a good expression - is it precisely because you still care about me, and because you care, that's why you're even more angry with me?"

  Song Yu did not expect Jian Yi's face to be so thick.

  She stood up, let out a cold snort: "You're wrong, I'm not angry with you, it's just that your character makes me look down on you, this isn't about caring, it's simply contempt for someone. If I hated you because I cared about you, my behavior wouldn't be like this. My indifference to you is the same as my attitude towards ordinary strangers, now you're the manager of my client company, can't we just handle things professionally? If my coldness makes you uncomfortable, sorry, I won't change, because I care about Qi Chengzhi, and I don't want to make him uncomfortable by being nice to you."

  "If you've brought me all the way here just to discuss my attitude towards you, then I'm leaving." Song Yu turned to leave, but Jian Yi suddenly stood up, his chair knocked backwards by his legs, and he leaned forward over the desk to grab Song Yu's arm.

  “

  "Tang Songyu!" Jian Yi grabbed her, "Don't go first, okay, you don't want to listen, I won't say these words, sit down first, I really have something very important to tell you."

  Song Yu furrowed her brow, always feeling that Jian Yi had found her for something other than official business.

  His words reminded her of what Jian Yi had said in the backyard of the Qi family's old mansion.

  At that time, he also said so.

  Song Yu pressed her lips together, "If what you're saying is very important and has nothing to do with official business, then don't tell me."

  Jian Yiton relaxed a bit, slowly releasing her hand, and quickly walked around the office desk to stand in front of her, blocking her way.

  "Song Yu, did you tell Qi Chengzhi what I said to you that day in the backyard of the Qi's old house?"

  Song Yu ignored him and moved a few steps away, about to leave.

  "Song Yu, Qi Chengzhi wants to transfer me to the French branch." Jian Yi pulled her wrist from behind, stopping Song Yu in her tracks, then walked around to stand in front of her.

  "Don't you think this is too coincidental? I just told you about my suspicions, telling you that Qi Chengzhi did something wrong to you and hid it from you. Then he went and told Qi Chengyue to transfer me to France, and even wanted me to become the general manager."

  "I have that self-awareness, I've only been the head of the engineering department for a short time, and my experience is far from sufficient to take on the role of general manager, even if it's just a branch. The scale in France is much smaller than in China, but I'm still not qualified. With Qi Chengzhi's character, among so many suitable talents in the company, why would he choose me, an inexperienced person, to be the general manager?"

  "If Qi Chengzhi is a person who only promotes those close to him, then I would have been promoted long ago and not stuck in this small department manager position for the past two years. Now, he suddenly wants to transfer me to France, which is just a sign of his guilty conscience. He's afraid that I really did uncover something, so he wants to get rid of me and keep me far away from you, lest it be detrimental to him."

  "Are you finished?" Song Yu asked coldly.

  "Song Yu, don't you still believe me? Do you think there's such a coincidence? If he wasn't guilty, why did he transfer me away right after I told you my suspicions? He's just afraid! What does this mean? This means he really did something wrong to you and is desperately hiding it from you, fearing that if you find out, you'll leave him."

  Jian Yi grasped Song Yu's shoulders with both hands, "Song Yu, wake up and be rational about this matter. Why can't you see what I see? Qi Chengzhi is hiding something from you, he's afraid, that's why he wants to transfer me away, he's guilty!"

  "Let me go!" Song Yu said in a low voice.

  Jian Yi didn't let it go, "Otherwise, you tell me, what other reason would make him suddenly want to transfer me to France?"

  "Perhaps it's because you've always been entangling me like this." Song Yu said coldly, "Maybe it's Qi Chengyue going to find him and asking him to promote you."

  She coldly snorted, "Isn't this the purpose of you entering the Qi family? You wanted to get promoted and have a better future. Now that you've gotten what you wanted, you're still coming up with conspiracy theories. Aren't you tired?"

  "Jian Yi, since he's already promoted you, why are you still bothering me like this? Now, please let me go."

  Jian Yi gritted his teeth tightly, but refused to let go, "Song Yu, what do you need me to do for you to believe me?"

  "Just because you deceived me so much in the past, why should I believe you?" Song Yu gave him a disgusted glance. "This is a company, please mind your own identity."

  Song Yu wanted to shake off Jian Yi's hand that was grasping her shoulder, but he wouldn't let go and instead pulled her into his arms.

  Song Yu was shocked and hastily dodged outside, gritting his teeth, lifted his foot, and kicked the other's calf with force.

  The flesh in front of his calf was particularly thin, almost just skin wrapped around the bone. Song Yu kicked it hard and Jian Yi's leg hurt so much that he let go with a tremble.

  "Jian Yi, don't use work as an excuse to bother me with such boring things again!" Song Yu looked down and saw Jian Yi squatting down in pain, covering his sore leg with both hands. "No matter what you say, I won't believe it, so don't waste your energy. Instead, focus on living a good life with Qi Chengyue."

  Song Yu walked past him and opened the office door. He had just turned around and taken two steps when he bumped into Qi Chengyue who was walking towards him.

  She should have been looking for Jian Yi, but after seeing Song Yu, she stopped in her tracks. Her originally sweet face sank, and her expression changed as she cast a gloomy glance at Jian Yi's office.

  Song Yu knew she must have misunderstood again, thinking she had come to pester Jian Yi.

  She didn't bother to entangle with Qi Chengyue, wasting some words, and nodded lightly before passing by.

  Song Yu, I

  "I have something to say to you." Qi Chengyue said as she turned her head towards Song Yu's profile when he walked up beside her.

  Song Yu stopped and turned to look at Qi Chengyue. Since there was no one in the corridor, she said: "If you want to accuse me of entangling Jian Yi again, then don't say anything. I don't want to hear your conjectures."

  Zi Chengyue turned to face her, surprisingly not yelling at Song Yu, but instead said calmly: "It's indeed related to Jian Yi, but it's also related to you and my brother. What I want to say is not what you think."

  Zi Chengyue glanced at the expensive watch on his hand and said, "It won't take long, let's go to the coffee shop downstairs in the company building."

  Song Yu thought for a moment and finally agreed to go talk with Qi Chengyue.

  Originally leaving Jian Yi's office was going to find Qi Cheng Zhi.

  ……

  ……

  Followed Qi Chengyue to the coffee shop under Qilin Building, Qi Chengyue ordered a cappuccino, Song Yu didn't plan to chat with her for too long here, so she didn't order anything.

  Before the coffee arrived, Qi Chengyue didn't speak, and Song Yu had nothing to say to her either, so they just stared at each other like this.

  Song Yu didn't want to look at her either, so he lowered his head.

  Until the aroma of coffee floated onto the table, the waiter brought over the coffee and left. Only then did Song Yu lift his head.

  "What did you want to say to me?" she asked.

  Qī Chéng Yuè took a sip of coffee, and then carefully dabbed away the foam on her lips with a tissue, making sure not to ruin her delicate lip makeup.

  "I remember that you almost drowned when you were a teenager, right?" Qi Chengyue put down the tissue and asked.

  Song Yu didn't answer her, of course she remembered, her only time falling into the water was when she was thirteen years old.

  Qī Chéng Yuè tugged at the corner of her mouth, "I remember, back then my older brother was still studying in America. He took advantage of the holiday to come back and visit, booking a ticket to return to America two days before the end of the break. On the day before he left, you went fishing by the lake with Jiǎn Yì and Guān Xiǎo Lín, while my older brother followed Yàn Běi Chéng and those others to go have fun there."

  "At the time, I thought it was a coincidence, but now that I think about it, I'm afraid my brother was actually following you. The places in Yannbei City that were said to be for him to practice, were all chosen by my brother, but there are many places to practice, why did he have to go to the lake on a cold day?" Qi Chengyue said sarcastically, curling her lip.

  "I wasn't there at the time, so I don't know how you ended up falling into the lake. Although the lake hadn't frozen over yet, the water was already as cold as ice at that time of year. You can't swim, and my older brother and others were on a Shengyue boat on the lake, having dinner in the enclosed cabin. My brother was by the window and saw you fall into the water - he was the first one to jump in. Even Jian Yi was a step slower."

  "It was probably when my older brother jumped down to save you, I don't know if he thought it would be more redundant for him to jump again or if he was afraid. At that time, it was my older brother who pulled you up, Jian Yi just lent a hand."

  "At that time, my elder brother sent you to the hospital and he himself fell ill. Our family rushed to the hospital to see him. At that time, he had a high fever and was unconscious. He slept for one night in another ward. These things were told to our family by Yan Beicheng when my elder brother was having a high fever and was unconscious."

  "Guan Xiaolin once told me that it was Jian Yi who saved you, but I know it's not true. I don't know how Jian Yi talked to you, making you think he was the one who saved you."

  "In fact, from the time you were rescued to the hospital, it was my older brother who accompanied you. At that time, you were unconscious in bed, and my older brother was by your side until he couldn't hold on anymore. The next day, as soon as my older brother woke up, he had to rush to catch a plane, so he didn't have time to see you. When I passed by your ward at the time, I indeed saw Jian Yi accompanying you."

  Song Yu's hands were placed on his legs, his right hand slightly moved and grasped the edge of the sofa seat, tightly clenched.

  She didn't think that it was Qi Chengzhi who saved her that time.

  Actually, if she calmed down and thought carefully, she would have liked Jian Yi too. It was that time when she fell into the water, and heard Guan Xiaolin say that it was Jian Yi who saved her and stayed with her for a night, even getting sick for her sake.

  She was moved and couldn't help but put more and more of her thoughts on Jian Yi.

  After all, she was only thirteen years old at that time, and it was the age when she first fell in love. Once she fell in love with someone, that person would take root in her heart and it wouldn't be easy to pull out.

  It will even beautify each other invisibly and overlook each other's shortcomings that are not visible.

  Until Ziqi walked into her heart, Song Yu finally saw Jian Yi clearly.

  If it were in the past, even if Qi Chengyue came and told her these words, she probably wouldn't have believed him either.

  Song Yu is a stubborn girl who likes someone and will trust them wholeheartedly, no matter what others say about it.

  If it's not good, she won't believe it, and will only believe in the goodness of others towards her that she sees for herself.

  "Why are you telling me this?" Song Yu asked, "I thought you always wanted me and your brother to break up."

  "I really don't like you entering our Qi family home, seeing you makes me uncomfortable." Qi Chengyue curled her lips and sneered, "Even now, I still hope you can break up with my older brother. But I also hope you won't entangle Jian Yi again, and won't have any illusions about him."

  "He's not perfect, he has many flaws, I know, but I still love him, I can love him to the point where I don't care about these things, can you? All I want is for you to know that before he was with me, he wasn't as into you as you thought."

  Song Yu nodded calmly, beyond Qi Chengyue's expectation, and said faintly: "I know that before I was with Qi Chengzhi, I didn't like him as much as you thought, or even as much as I thought myself. When I knew he was with you, I wasn't heartbroken, only angry at being deceived by myself. It was also because of Qi Chengzhi's appearance that I realized this."

  "This is the last time I'm telling you this, I don't like Jian Yi, I'm doing great with Qi Cheng Zhi now, why still care about Jian Yi? If you still won't listen, then say whatever you want in the future, but don't come bother me again." Song Yu stood up and walked out of the sofa, pausing for a moment.

  She looked down at Qi Chengyue and couldn't help but say, "Actually, have you ever thought that he loves himself the most, and actually doesn't like you that much? You've always been blaming me, but in fact, it's just an excuse for his lack of attention towards you."

  Qī Chéng Yuè's face suddenly changed, her palm slapped the table with a loud "bang", and she shouted: "Sòng Yǔ, you——"

  Although there were not many customers in the cafe, there were some, and they all looked over at her sharp cry.

  Qī Chéng Yuè's face flushed with embarrassment, her hand pressed on the table, but she didn't dare to speak again, her expression stiffly glaring at Sòng Yuè.

  How dare she, accusing Jian Yi of not loving her like this!

  She was unwilling to admit that a certain point deep in her heart had been struck by Song Yu, and she blushed with anger.

  Song Yu lightly shook his head and turned around to leave.

  She turned back to Qi Lin, somewhat surprised to find that Qi Cheng Yue hadn't followed her.

  No matter what purpose Qi Chengyue had in telling her the truth about falling into the water, at this point she was indeed grateful to Qi Chengyue for letting her know.

  She especially wants to see Qi Cheng Zhi now and ask him why he has never mentioned it to her.

  She felt especially sorry for the man, who at that time didn't even hear her say thank you and just walked away. Until now, after so many years have passed, she still doesn't know that he was the one who really saved her.

  She couldn't help but think, if she had known it was him who saved her back then, would the person she liked have become him?

  Song Yu shook his head and smiled wryly.

  It's unlikely that she would have thought of it, as she had always only revered him, and at the time she was 13 years old, while Qi Chengzhi was already 22 years old, which made him a grown-up in her eyes, someone from a distant age.

  She remembered when she was young, she wasn't so afraid of Qi Chengzhi. Maybe it was because of the saying "a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger" that she wasn't afraid of him at all, and instead often pestered him.

  As I gradually came to understand things, I saw that Cheng Zhi always had an air of mystery about him, and only then did I feel afraid and not dare to get close to him again.

  As for what happened when she was with Qi Chengzhi as a child, she doesn't remember much, after all, she was too young at the time, some memories are deeply buried in her heart, existing but not necessarily remembered.

  Perhaps an opportunity can awaken the memories that have been sealed away.

  Before she knew it, she had walked to the front desk. Song Yu was still lost in her own thoughts when she heard someone call out: "Madam President!"

  Song Yu blinked, came back to herself, and looked over in surprise, only to see the receptionist's face flush with embarrassment as he muttered awkwardly: "Uh... not... Miss Song..."

  Song Yu's mouth curled up into a gentle smile, trying to ease the tension at the front desk. "I don't know if the president is busy right now."

  "I'm not sure, I'll make a call to ask. But Ms. Song, the president has already instructed that as long as you come, no matter what time it is, you can go up directly." While saying this, the receptionist was about to call Cheng Dongge.

  Song Yu suddenly stopped her and thought to himself that he had come too suddenly, what if he really disturbed his work?

  "Never mind." Song Yu said softly, and was about to return to the mortal world.

  Song Yu?

  Song Yu heard the voice behind him and turned around to see Luo Yushu's belly shaking as he jogged towards him.

  "Want to see our president? How come you came and went?" Luo Yushu ran in front of her.

  Nothing much

  "I'm here to discuss something, and after we're done, I should head back to the city." Song Yu said, without giving Luo Yushu a detailed explanation.

  "You wanted to see the president just now, didn't you?" asked Luo Yushu.

  "Is he busy now?" Song Yu asked at this time.

  "Never mind, we just finished the department head meeting. I came down to buy a cup of coffee. The CEO's side should be fine now. Let's go, I'll take you up."

  Luoyushu didn't dare touch her really, and virtually supported Song Yu's back, urging her on, so she couldn't leave either.

  Song Yu was brought by Luo Yushu to Qi Chengzhi's office, and she couldn't leave even if she wanted to.

  Cheng Dongge quickly helped Song Yu knock on the door. Upon hearing Qi Chengzhi's voice, he opened the door and said, "Young Master Qi, Miss Song has arrived."

  Song Yu felt embarrassed and awkward, afraid that he would think she was being too casual and inconsiderate by showing up at his workplace without even a phone call.

  She steeled herself and walked in, the door closing behind her.

  "How did you get here?" Qi Cheng raised his head and saw that it was her, somewhat surprised, with joy barely concealed on his handsome face.

  "Come over and talk about something. I thought you'd already arrived, so I came to see if I was disturbing you?" she asked, standing still, feeling a bit awkward for some reason.

  Looking at him from afar with his handsome and dignified appearance, I couldn't help but think of what he was like when he was 22 years old.

  At this moment, it's as if I've re-recognized him again. Thinking about 22 years old, he was at the age of being vigorous and carefree, with a picture of holding her in his arms at 13 years old, my heart beats uncontrollably faster. Suddenly, I'm a bit angry at myself for not being aware of the feeling when I was held by him back then.

  Zi Chengzhi didn't answer her question, but instead lazily leaned back against the chair and said lightly: "Come over."

  Song Yu hesitated for a moment, then slowly walked to the front of the office desk.

  "What are you doing across from me?" Qi Cheng raised an eyebrow, clearly displeased with the wide office desk between them.

  Song Yu twisted and turned, lowering her head to look at the faint smile on Qi Chengzhi's lips, before walking around the office desk to stand in front of him.

  His face was right next to her small forehead, and his soft hand was just beside her arm.

  Chi Cheng raised his hand and grasped hers, kneading from the soft palm to each of her fingers. Song Yu trembled, feeling a fine electric current flowing from her fingertips to her wrist, shoulder, and waist.

  Qī Chéngzhī swiftly turned the chair to face her, one hand gently pinching hers, while the other arm lightly wrapped around her waist from behind, pulling her into his embrace.

  He separated her legs, letting her nestle into his crotch, the other hand brought her hand to his back, gently pinching, his face stuck to her lower abdomen, kissing through her thin camisole.

  "I'm not busy at all." He pressed against her lower abdomen, speaking in a low and husky voice, his tongue tip teasing the collar of her shirt, slipping through the gap between the buttons of her blouse, licking her navel, lightly drawing circles.

  Song Yu's small belly was shrinking violently one after another, and he couldn't help but tremble under his licking.

  "Zi Chengzhi, this is in your office." She didn't have the hand that he wasn't holding to gently press on his shoulder, and for a moment she wanted to push him but didn't have the strength, instead grasping his shoulder tightly.

  "Now that you're here, no one will come in. Cheng Dongge is guarding outside, I'm at ease." He muttered, his mouth busy printing kisses on her skin, slowly crawling up, and his three long fingers followed, unbuttoning her blouse.

  Song Yu's face turned red, could it be that Dong Ge had expected her to come, and the two of them wouldn't do anything good in this office?

  By the time Song Yu reacted, he lowered his head and saw that his buttons were unbuttoned one by one.

  He leaned against her back and kissed her chest, his palm gently pressed down, and she sat on his lap.

  "Qí Chéng zhī, bié nào." Sòng Yǔ bèi tā qīn de dōu suō le yī xià.

  Translation:

  "Stop it, Qicheng," Song Yu was scolded by his father.

  "Not a sound, from the moment I left this morning, just thinking of you." He was still rubbing her soft skin, his low and hoarse muttering sounded like the low-pitched strings of a violin, plucking her skin one by one.

  "If it weren't for the wrong place, I would have taken care of you in the car this morning." His scorching lips grazed her neck and searched upwards for her sweet-scented mouth. "Luckily, Chang Ye came to pick me up, or that flame would still be burning until he arrived. Even if you didn't come now, I was thinking of going to find you at noon."

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