Chapter 306 - Cold War

Chapter 306 Cold War

Did your hand get hurt? Suddenly, Xia Yu felt this sentence was like a breeze coming through the land of her heart, where she seemingly heard the blooming sound of flowers. She felt a little warmth in her eyes.

After comforting Xia Yu, Shen Yan came out and asked Aunt Ma. "Did my mother say anything today?"

"Madame said that if Young Master Yan had dated Ke'er, there would have been no more trouble." Aunt Ma got along well with Xia Yu so that she didn't conceal anything.

Lying in the bed, Xia Yu was a little guilty when recalling what she did today. Why should she behave willfully and vent her anger at Shen Yan? It was true that she accepted him as her wooer, but was it proper for her to behave willfully to him so soon?

Shen Yan must have thought her as a jealous person in his heart. Alas, how humiliated she was! Xia Yu covered her head with the quilt. The more she thought of it, the more embarrassed she felt.

Then she recalled that Yang Ke'er said they (Shen Yan and Xia Yu) had already slept together. Was she, Xia Yu so easy to get? She decided that she couldn't live here anymore in case of the gossip of others, especially Second Madame who might assume that she seduced her son so that he was determined to marry her.

Harassed by those thoughts, Xia Yu was kept awake in the bed and didn't fall asleep until midnight. The next morning, when she was still sleeping, Shen Yan came to her and pinched her nose to wake her up.

"Get up, my lazy kitten." It seemed that he was in a good mood for he wore a smile on his face.

"So early?" Xia Yu yawned while glancing at the alarm clock aside. It was eight o'clock, the time to get up. But she felt sluggish and didn't want to move. The day before yesterday she accompanied him the whole night, watching the night scene. So she had planned to have a good rest yesterday. However, Second Madame and Yang Ke'er came here and made a scene for the whole day. Besides, Yang Ke'er forcibly occupied her room, under which circumstance Xia Yu had no place to rest. Now she was really reluctant to get up. "Let me take a nap."

Being wrapped with her quilt, Xia Yu turned over her body and fell asleep again.

But after a while, she was dragged by Shen Yan again. Reluctantly, Xia Yu went into the bathroom to wash her face with her sleepy eyes. When she came out, she looked more refreshed than before.

After the two of them had breakfast together, Xia Yu began viewing the house prices, sitting on the sofa. She wanted to find a house which was cheap and near her company.

Shen Yan sat down beside her. Seeing that she was viewing the housing information, he said. "Do you want to buy a house? Which one do you prefer? I'll buy for you as a gift."

Did he believe that she pretended to view the housing information in front of him because she wanted him to buy a house for her? Was she a snobbish woman in his eyes? Xia Yu felt a little annoyed in her heart.

But she didn't show her annoyance because she believed that a clean hand needed no washing. "You know that my salary is not much. And I need to pay your money back. Then I can barely afford my meals with the rest of my salary. As for buying a house, if the house price becomes as cheap as a cabbage, I will think about buying one."

This girl implied that Shen Yan exploited his girlfriend. But it was the past. Doing this was just to keep her staying with him. Now that they officially began their relationship, he wouldn't ask her to pay his money back anymore.

Shen Yan smiled and said, "It sounds right. I have never given my girlfriend any money to spend. It's not reasonable indeed." Then Shen Yan took out a card and handed it to Xia Yu's hand.

"What do you mean?" Xia Yu withdrew her hand reflectively.

"The money you paid me back for the repair of my car, and my salary is all in this card. Now I let you keep it." Shen Yan was in a good mood today. Last night, he thought thoroughly about the reason why Xia Yu was so jealous regardless of elegance and reserve. What did she mean? It showed clearly that she had fully regarded him as her boyfriend.

He was supposed to show his attitude, right?

"That's because I owe you. It's what I should do to pay your money back." Xia Yu felt that no matter how she explained it, he would misunderstand her all the same.

"Xia Yu, I'm already your boyfriend. If I let you pay the debt back to me, I am not different from a bastard." Shen Yan got a bit angry. Why should this girl make everything so black and white in front of him? So the reason why she viewed the housing information was not that she wanted him to buy one for her.

People all called him the little fox. He immediately figured it out. "You view the housing information because you want to move out, right?"

"I do have this plan. You know that we are in a relationship. If I live here, people may think it is improper and gossip with us." Seeing that Shen Yan recognized her intention, Xia Yu took the opportunity to tell him her plan.

"Xia Yu, we're in a relationship and my mother is not against it. Why should you think it is improper?" Shen Yan got annoyed with Xia Yu.

"Haven't you heard what Yang Ke'er said yesterday? She took it for granted that we had already got laid. How embarrassing it is! Don't you think so?" Since Yang Ke'er thought like this, others had to think like this. Xia Yu didn't want to be misunderstood as an easy girl.

"Xia Yu, are you OK? It's natural for people in a relationship to live together. Even though we have got laid, so what?" Shen Yan really got mad. He didn't believe that she had never got laid with her ex-boyfriend.

Thinking of this, Shen Yan recalled the annoying face of Chen Wenxuan. Why should her ex-boyfriend be Chen Wenxuan, not anyone else?

"Shen Yan, are you OK? It is improper to live together as soon as people get in a relationship. Isn't it too fast?" No matter how others think of it, Xia Yu just couldn't follow their way.

"Did I do anything to you against your will? It's your pretext!" Shen Yan was so angry that he stood up and was about to leave.

"Wait!" Why was he so angry? Seeing that he was about to leave, Xia Yu called him behind. Shen Yan turned around and he didn't look well. Xia Yu smiled and handed the card to him. "You'd better keep it by yourself. It's improper to let me keep it."

Did she call him for this? Shen Yan grabbed the card and headed for the study without looking back. He didn't come out until lunch. When Aunt Ma went to ask him to have lunch, his answer was letting them eat first.

How could a man be so fond of getting angry? She thought that she just expressed her intention, but she didn't take any action yet. Xia Yu decided to leave him alone and eat first.

After lunch, Xia Yu went back to her room to have a rest, not knowing whether he would go out of his room to have lunch.

However, when it was time for supper, she still didn't see him. Seeing that Xia Yu looked to the direction of the study, Aunt Ma said in a hurry. "Young Master Yan has gone for business."

Xia Yu got the answer and then had supper in low spirits.

After resting for two days, Xia Yu's legs recovered. It happened to be Monday today. Xia Yu put away her things and went to the dining room, only to find Liu Sijie sitting alone to eat breakfast. "You're so early!" Xia Yu said to him.

"Not early. Young Master Yan has left." Liu Sijie put down the bowl in his hand and scooped up a bowl of porridge for Xia Yu.

After breakfast, Liu Sijie drove to the company with Xia Yu sitting in his car. On the way, Liu Sijie asked. "Xia Yu, did you have a quarrel with Young Master Yan?"

"No, I didn't." Xia Yu replied.

"No? If you didn't have a quarrel, why should he refuse to eat breakfast and go to work without waiting for you?" Liu Sijie had never seen Shen Yan got angry for so long. From yesterday afternoon to midnight when he came back, he had been wearing such a terrifying look, which made Liu Sijie feel fearsome.

"I just think that if I keep living here, people may gossip with us. So I'm going to move out. Is he angry at this? If so, I can't do anything to help." Xia Yu thought his anger was unreasonable for he must have heard what Yang Ke'er said. The reason why she decided to move out was that she didn't want others to gossip with them.

No wonder someone was so angry like this. Liu Sijie felt like laughing. Not only he wanted to laugh, but also others would be amused if they knew the reason behind it. He was Young Master Yan. So many women dreamt of living with him. But this one wanted to move out.

Although Liu Sijie felt like laughing, he didn't want to see Xia Yu move out really. Otherwise, he would be the first one for Shen Yan to blame on. Liu Sijie said, "Xia Yu, I don't understand. How can you have such a weird idea? Not only Young Master Yan who used to live abroad for so many years, but also I think you're overreacting. You're not the only one living here. According to your logic, I should move out earlier than you."

"I just said it in a casual way. I didn't expect that he would get so angry." Xia Yu thought that what Liu Sijie said was reasonable. Liu Sijie, Shen Qiang and Aunt Ma also lived in the house. And they could prove that Shen Yan and she were innocent.

She might forget the fact that he was Young Master Yan. What she did was not different from making him feel embarrassed in public. But Liu Sijie didn't tell Xia Yu this. As long as Xia Yu stayed here, Shen Yan's anger would disappear soon.

If Shen Yan was only angry at this staff, the problem would be solved soon as Liu Sijie expected. But if it was also related to Xia Yu's insistence on paying her debt back to him, it would be tricky. Moving out to dispel the gossip might sound reasonable.

But if she insisted on paying her debt and making everything so clear when they were in a relationship, it seemed that she didn't treat him as her boyfriend.

So, Shen Yan had been angry for two days. Now he still looked gloomy. He seldom talked to Xia Yu, except the work. However, on the third day when it was time for work, he finally said something to Xia Yu besides work. "Today is the first day for Ke'er's store to open. Let's go and send our congratulations to her."

"Miss Yang is a boss now?" Xia Yu asked.

"Yes. Hurry up. They are waiting for us downstairs." Shen Yan said while walking to the elevator.

Xia Yu put away her things slightly and went downstairs. Zhang Peng waved to her. "Hurry up, Sister Xia. We're all waiting for you."

Seeing her approaching, Shen Yan opened the door and sat into the car. Liu Sijie sat on the driver's seat. Xia Yu greeted Zhang Peng with a smile and glanced at Shen Yan. Then she sat with Shen Yan in the back of the car.

They barely talked to each other in the car. Xia Yu was lack of sleep these days. She decided to seize this opportunity to take a nap. So, she closed her eyes to sleep directly.

Shen Yan thought that she ignored him deliberately. He got angry again and closed his eyes as well. Out of sight was out of mind. These two people all closed their eyes for totally different reasons. The former was too tired to fall asleep while the latter was too angry to close his eyes.

One was bending over while the other was leaning against the seat. They all stayed in their own space, with their eyes closed.

Xia Yu had been sleeping all the way. When the car stopped finally, she sat up with the support of her sore arms. There were two light and dark red marks on her cheek, which were caused by the pressure from her arms when she was sleeping.

She turned right and looked at Shen Yan who had woken up and was concentrating on his phone.

"So, will we directly drive to Miss Yang's new store?" Xia Yu was so innocent that she thought they had begun talking to each other and the cold war between them had ended.

However, someone didn't think so. And the silence in the car just now made it worse. Luckily, Xia Yu took the initiative to talk to him. So, Shen Yan at least answered her with a simple yes, even though his attitude was indifferent.

Xia Yu didn't expect that he would be hospitable to her. He talked sarcastically to her these days so that she was satisfied with his simple reply this time.

"By the way, since it is the opening day of Miss Yang's new store, do you prepare any gift for her?" Xia Yu looked at Shen Yan and said simply, "I didn't expect that you would ask me to go with you. So I had no time to buy a gift for her. But it's improper to visit her with empty hands."

Shen Yan pursed his lips, not saying anything. But Liu Sijie sitting on the other side of the aisle heard what she said so that he turned his head back and said. "Young Master Yan and I booked flower baskets. We also booked one for you. Don't worry."

Xia Yu's eyes looked past Shen Yan to Liu Sijie and she said with a smile. "Thanks a lot. I'll treat you the next time."

Liu Sijie also answered with a smile and said. "I do not dare to take Young Master Yan's credit. He booked it for you. You should thank him."

Xia Yu turned back and looked at Shen Yan, only to see that he was still concentrating on his phone, as if there were some flowers on it.

Xia Yu moved her lips and said with a smile. "Thanks for booking one for me." It looked like she had a suspicious heart. She thought that Shen Yan was still angry at her and wouldn't help her.

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Chapter 307 I Will Fall In Love With You Really

"You are supposed to thank me. Remember to pay back the money of the flower basket to me later." Shen Yan cast a look at her while saying. Then he continued to say expressionlessly. "That's a horse of a different color. Your thank can only offset my help for booking a flower basket for you this time. Considering our relationship, we'd better deal with different things separately."

Was this man so narrow-minded? A few days had passed, but why did he still remember the grudge between them? Xia Yu's eyes met with his. Although his tone and attitude were milder than before, she still felt the chillness lingering on in the air.

Perhaps the expression in his eyes was so calm and so indifferent that she seemingly felt that they were just the boss and the secretary without any personal interactions between them.

When Shen Yan finished his words, he turned his eyes away from her and picked up his phone to make a call.

Xia Yu heard him saying on the phone. "I've arrived. You come to find me after you finish your work. How about letting Liu Sijie pick you up?"

Seeing him laugh so licentiously, Xia Yu thought he must be talking to a beautiful actor. She curled her lip.

At the moment, Xia Yu's phone rang, too. She took it out and found the call was from Yang Xu. "Hello, why do you now think of your old classmate?"

"Don't say that. When didn't I put you in my heart?" Yang Xu's mouth was as sweet as honey.

Xia Yu could not withstand his sweet words so that she smiled and said. "I'm so moved. I almost fall in love with you."

"How sad I should be when you say this! Don't you know that I've loved you for so many years? God can prove my sincerity." No wonder people said that salesmen were so talkative that they could describe a dead person as alive. What Yang Xu said would probably make those who didn't know him feel very moved.

Xia Yu couldn't help laughing. "If you keep saying that, I will definitely fall in love with you."

Yang Xu answered immediately. "Of course, you will."

However, Xia Yu's words were heard by Shen Yan, which made his heart stirred. And then he was at a loss for a few seconds, not caring about the conversation on his own phone anymore.

Xia Yu knew well that if she began talking to him, he would keep chatting without a stop. So she stopped to say. "No more, bye!" She hung up in a hurry while Yang Xu was astonished that he didn't have time to turn to the main topic yet.

Looking at his phone, Yang Xu was so regretful that he stamped his foot again and again.

As for Shen Yan, he almost finished his conversation on the phone. "OK, see you later!"

Xia Yu secretly wrinkled her nose and glowered, turning her head to the left. See you later? How disgusting!

At this moment, Yang Xu suddenly showed up in front of Xia Yu, which made her stunned. "Why are you here?"

"Xiao Yu, I will get mad when you say this. I'm here because I'm waiting for you in particular. Otherwise, why should I goof around here and travel a long distance to come here?" Yang Xu was not satisfied with the question from Xia Yu. So he curled his lip.

Xia Yu smiled and realized that he possibly saw her first. That was why he called her then. Otherwise, he wouldn't call her out of no reason.

"What's the matter? Just tell me straightly." Xia Yu didn't want to hear him nagging.

Yang Xu went near Xia Yu and whispered to her ear. "It's not convenient to talk here."

"What do you mean?" Xia Yu stared at him. Didn't he just want to sell the insurance? Why so mysterious?

"Anyway, you just come with me later. I promise I won't let you down." Yang Xu approached her again and said.

"Well, you'd better hurry up. I have to attend the opening ceremony of Yang Ke'er's new store after a while." Xia Yu said while taking a glance at Shen Yan.

"I'm going to attend it, too." Yang Xu also received the invitation card and came here.

"Fine." Then Xia Yu turned around and said to Shen Yan. "I have to deal with something with Yang Xu. I'll come with him to meet you later. So you just go first."

Other men present didn't say anything when they heard Xia Yu's words. Since Xia Yu said she had something to deal with, Liu Sijie thought it was improper for him to express any opinions. He secretly observed Shen Yan's expression, but Shen Yan had put on his sunglasses, which concealed his eye. There was no expression on his handsome face.

On the way here, Xia Yu had few interactions with Shen Yan and they slept all the way as if they had never slept before, which made Liu Sijie feel very angry. After Shen Yan quarreled with Xia Yu, his temper became bad as if he were a woman who had serious endocrine disorders. He vented his anger on anyone he met.

Shen Yan was going to pick up Shen Qiang. But he concealed this fact on the phone just now and pretended that he was going to pick up a girl. Did he want to provoke Xia Yu or get angry at himself?

Liu Sijie had intended to persuade him, but Shen Yan was such an awkward and conceited person that he never told anyone what he really wanted. What he did was waiting for others to pander to him. If others didn't get his point and failed to pander to him, there would be a disaster.

Now since Yang Xu wanted to have a word with Xia Yu and didn't want others to hear, Xia Yu left in a hurry. But in Shen Yan's eye, her haste clearly showed her eagerness.

Shen Yan ignored Xia Yu and then went into Zhang Peng's car because Liu Sijie needed to pick up Shen Qiang.

"Let's hurry up and take a taxi to catch up with them." Xia Yu tried to hail a taxi, thinking that it was the same for them to talk on the way.

Yang Xu lifted his eyebrow and said. "Why should we take a taxi? Your brother, I, drive here." Then he shook the car key of Maserati in his hand.

Xia Yu widened her beautiful eyes. "Wow, a luxury car! No wonder Li Dachuan and other classmates said you liked to pretend to be poor. I think their words really make sense.

Yang Xu glared at her. "No, I didn't. This is my girlfriend's car."

Hearing his words, Xia Yu laughed more happily. "Oh... You just hooked up with a rich woman. How do you feel being kept as a lover? Do you live a carefree life?"

They continued to walk while chatting. And now they stood beside the wine red Maserati. Xia Yu sat on the passenger's seat in the front while Yang Xu sat on the driver's seat.

He then pushed a bundle of roses into Xia Yu's hands. She lowered her head, sniffing the roses and frowning. "Are you insane? Why do you buy me roses?"

Yang Xu took a glance and answered. "Don't you love them? My girlfriend gave them to me yesterday. I'm afraid that if I leave them at home, they will wither. So I think it's better to give them to you. Do you misunderstand that they are brought by me?"

"Shit, they are second-hand." Xia Yu wore a disdainful look.

"Don't be particular. Isn't it nice to receive flowers?" Yang Xu rolled his eyes at Xia Yu. He said while starting the car. "Don't talk about me. I haven't asked who those people are with you."

"Didn't you see them before? My boss and his friend." Xia Yu was in a cold war with Shen Yan so that she addressed him as her boss.

Yang Xu said, "I won't believe it. Last time he said you were his girlfriend."

Suddenly, Xia Yu stopped smiling and answered coldly. "Last time he was angry at his girlfriend, so he used me to provoke her."

Yang Xu smiled. "That's it. I guess so. How can Young Master Yan be attracted by you so easily?" He continued to say. "That's why he didn't pay any attention to you just now when he came out of the car. If I didn't see him before, I would misunderstand that you were a stranger to them."

Xia Yu exhaled and said. "I really envy you. You don't have to put up with your boss."

Yang Xu laughed and said. "It's not like what you think. You just need to put up with one boss, but I have to put up with a group of them. See? That's why I come here today. Compared with me, you're as good as living in heaven. You work for Young Master Yan. Under the protection of a man with power and influence, you can be profited. You can get whatever you want from him."

Xia Yu turned to Yang Xu to look at him and said seriously. "Are you talking about a superman?"

Yang Xu burst into laughter. "Look at your resentful eyes. Are you scolded by Young Master Yan?"

Leaning against the leather seat, Xia Yu enjoyed the cool sea wind stroking her face. Then she let out a sigh and said. "Well, how to say...? When you work for someone and depend on the salary given by him, you can't live at your will completely."

Yang Xu curled his lip. "Wow, even you have to give in sometimes."

Xia Yu patted her thigh helplessly. "Better to bend than break."

Yang Xu looked disappointed, and then he said. "What you say makes me feel that my efforts come to naught today. I have thought you get along well with Young Master Yan. So you can persuade his cousin to sign an insurance policy."

"You've hooked up with a rich woman. It does no harm if you don't get one or two insurance policies signed." Xia Yu had foreseen that he came here for insurance policies, but she didn't expect his target was Yang Ke'er.

"Sometimes money is more reliable than one's own son, let alone a lover. If one day she discards me, what can I live on?" Yang Xu said with a smile.

"You are very frank." Xia Yu smiled.

Then Yang Xu laughed, too.

At this moment, they were driving into a roundabout. And there had been a car between the Mulsanne and the wine red Maserati. But the Mulsanne entered the circle first so that their flirting happened to be seen by Shen Yan who was in the Mulsanne from the rearview mirror with an optional glance.

Yang Xu held the steering wheel with one hand while keeping off Xia Yu's arm which was reaching for him by the other hand.

How happy she was! Did she come across her ex-boyfriend or new lover? She was absolutely in ecstasy.

Luckily, the duration of his unblocked view was only a few seconds because the two cars drove in the same direction in a line again. The scene was finally out of Shen Yan's sight, but it didn't mean it was out of his mind.

Was she so unscrupulous? How could he let himself be at the mercy of her?

Didn't like?

Didn't like him?

Was he willing to like her?

Well, let's wait and see!

Five minutes later, the car entered a region with scenic beauty, surrounded by villas and a shopping mall. It was roughly estimated that there was also a flat building of at least fifty stories. On the right side, the sea was in sight. Xia Yu could not help sighing with emotion. "So these are the villas and flats with views of the ocean. What's the price of it per square meter?"

Yang Xu answered. "My girlfriend bought a new flat in that opposite building. Exactly 15 million yuan for 160 square meters without interior decoration."

Xia Yu was astonished and she said. "Wow, almost ten thousand yuan per square meter."

Yang Xu explained. "This region contains a shopping mall, flat buildings and a tourist resort in the front. It is said to be completely contracted by one real estate company. Every inch of the region is worth much gold. Miss Yang's new store is located here. Even though the annual rental for a 30-square-meter store is over three million yuan, the demand still surpasses the supply. It seems that the rich all over the country gather here to show off their wealth. Sometimes, when I see them spend money, I have a feeling that they don't treat it as money. But for my worldview value was solid, I would be reduced to a toy boy of some rich women."

Xia Yu smiled. "Aren't you a toy boy now?"

Yang Xu answered seriously. "No way. My girlfriend is only 19 this year."

Xia Yu lifted her eyebrow at once and said with astonishment. "Are you robbing the cradle?"

Yang Xu said elatedly. "But she is willing to."

That was true. One was willing to sell, and the other was willing to buy. One of the two was willing to spend money on him, and the other was willing to be her companion. What a match!

Yang Xu continued to say. "Your companion is the wealthiest man of S city. If you hook up with him, you are able to buy the house in Nan'an Residence, let alone the flat here."

"Good idea. Let me think about how to hook up with him. Even though he won't buy me a house of Nan'an Residence, he will at least give me a car like your girlfriend." Xia Yu kept nodding.

"Xiao Yu, how silly you are! He is Young Master Yan! You just want a car from him? You don't aim high!" Yang Xu sneered at her silly thoughts. Did she want to embarrass Young Master Yan? A car from him? It was scornful to say that. She underestimated the wealth and ability of the second son of Shen Family.