Chapter 360 - You've Already Got a Boyfriend

The next day, Xia Yu went to Cai Yanyan’s residence again on the pretext of sending her the pay that hadn’t been settled before her resignation. On walking out of the elevator, Xia Yu just heard a bitter quarrel come from Cai Yanyan’s home.

Cai Yanyan pulled the door open with all her strength and then pushed Wu Xiaogang out while yelling. “We have broken up, and you should stop pestering me.”

Wu Xiaogang’s eyes were red, and his face was pale. He looked at Cai Yanyan inside the door with both love and hatred. He gritted his teeth and said, “Fine, I will never pester you in the future.”

After saying that, he just turned around and left. When he reached the elevator, he took out a key from his trouser pocket and threw it into the trash can heavily as if he was venting his fury. As Wu Xiaogang walked into the elevator car and it descended, Cai Yanyan burst into tears. She crouched down with her hands around her head, crying her eyes out.

Although Cai Yanyan had been crying for so long that her voice became hoarse at last, Xia Yu didn’t persuade her for she thought it would be better for Cai Yanyan to let out her emotion rather than to keep it within.

“Auntie Yanyan, here are some little bear cookies. My mom made them herself, and they taste so good. Eat some and then don’t cry.” Cai Yanyan’s cry disturbed the neighbors, and the little boy of her neighbors took two cookies in the shape of a little bear and walked to the side of her. He handed over the cookies to her and said like an adult but in his child’s tone.

Cai Yanyan took the cookies, and her tears were still flowing but without any sound. She didn’t mention Wu Xiaogang to Xia Yu even in the end. Xia Yu didn’t dare to mention as well in case Cai Yanyan started crying again once she mentioned it.

A few days later, Cai Yanyan was much better when Xia Yu met her and said happily to Xia Yu, “Xia Yu, the TV series which I act in will be on in the middle of next month. Remember to watch it at that time.”

“OK! At that time, I will watch it on time.” Xia Yu responded with a smile.

“By the way, let’s have dinner together! There will be something good for you. Let me keep it as a secret first.” She winkled to Xia Yu and then rushed away like a storm on her stiletto heels.

In the evening, before Xia Yu was about to go off work, Cai Yanyan started to keep calling Xia Yu. She asked Xia Yu to come early.

“Has Cai Yanyan made a fortune recently? Why does she always treat you?” Shen Yan asked smiling on the side.

“It seems like so.” Xia Yu tidied up her desk quickly and kissed Shen Yan on his cheek. “I’m leaving now. Bye-bye!”

Shen Yan put his hands around her waist to prevent her from leaving. “You’ve been with your friend these days. Don’t forget that you’ve already got a boyfriend. Do you think it proper to leave me alone?” Shen Yan said with discontent.

“Well! Then I will be back early in the evening.” Xia Yu wasn’t set free until she gave another kiss on his lips.

When Xia Yu arrived there, Cai Yanyan had already been there together with a man beside her. It was Manager Sun, who had given his business card to Xia Yu. Xia Yu greeted him with a smile but was a little puzzled in her heart. Why did Cai Yanyan ask him out? What was exactly something good which she mentioned?

Not long after she sat down, all her doubts were answered. Xia Yu looked in amazement at Manager Sun across from her and asked without certainty, “Do you want to sign a contract with me and make me an actress in your company?”

Manager Sun smiled and said “yes”. Without further explaining, he lifted his glass and took a drink. It seemed that he was in the bag and he thought Xia Yu would definitely agree to this.

“Xia Yu, our company is very powerful. Your beautiful look is a strength whether in shooting commercials or acting. This is a great chance for you, which can’t be got easily. And if you become very famous, you will get both fame and fortune.” Cai Yanyan persuaded Xia Yu in her ear on the side. When she uttered the last sentence, an enthusiastic look emerged on her face.

“Thank you so much, Manager Sun. But I’m quite satisfied with my current job and don’t want to change it.” Xia Yu said cautiously. She had never thought of being an actress.

When they left the restaurant and sat in the car to go back, Cai Yanyan was still persuading her. She said, “Xia Yu, don’t miss such a good chance.”

“But I have never learned how to act.” Xia Yu didn’t hate to be an actress, but there was a saying that difference in profession made one feel worlds apart. She also thought of how Li Yan made fun of Zeng Mina.

A minor celebrity like Zeng Mina also had something that she couldn’t handle, let alone an amateur like Xia Yu. So, as she thought further, she felt it impossible to be an actress for her and kept shaking her head.

“Xia Yu, forgive me to be straightforward. Although you are dating Young Master Yan now, as a woman, you still need a career to gain respect, especially from her family.” Cai Yanyan knew well about the attitude of Old Madame and Second Madame, so she hoped that Xia Yu could think about it again.

Xia Yu let out a long breath and said, “I know you did this for me, but you also know that my cousin is a model. Therefore, I understand how difficult it is to be a good actress. I really have no confidence in this.”

Hearing what Xia Yu said, Cai Yanyan had no choice but to look at her helplessly. After a sigh, she did not speak anymore.

When Xia Yu was back home, Aunt Ma had gone to sleep. Shen Yan was still sitting in the living room and watching TV. She knew he was waiting for her.

“Did you have a drink?” Shen Yan held her in his arms and said, kissing her on her lips.

“Just a little. Cai Yanyan’s leader was also there, and he kept proposing a toast, so I had to drink a bit in return for the sake of his face.” Xia Yu lay down on the couch and put her head on his legs. Then she said, “I’m so tired.”

“Let me give you a massage.” Shen Yan stretched out his hands to give her a massage and said while kneading. “I serve you first, and you serve me later.”

“We will sleep separately tonight.” Xia Yu gritted her teeth and said with hatred to the man who was massaging her. In this way, her waist would be broken. Luckily, it was becoming colder now so that the marks of sucking and biting on her neck could be covered by her scarf and turtleneck. If it was in summer, she would not dare to go out.

Shen Yan turned her body over immediately and looked at her with a whiny and wronged face. “I will restrain myself and be gentler tonight.”

Xia Yu was not persuaded at all. Though Shen Yan always kept his promise in other aspects, but in this aspect, he was a liar totally. She could not believe him at all. Yesterday, she asked him to be gentler, but he still put her under him on the washstand. He almost broke her waist with his heavy force.

“No. Tonight we must sleep separately.” Xia Yu was firm in her attitude and looked away from his wronged eyes in case she would give in to him for it.

She even rejected his massage and stood up to walk to her bedroom. She slammed the door heavily and locked it. Shen Yan was so angry at it that he kept gritting his teeth.

The result of this was that the next day Shen Yan was in a bad mood all day long. Whenever he saw Xia Yu, the look on his face was whiny and wronged.

Xiao Tang pulled Xia Yu aside and asked secretly, “Xia Yu, did you bully Young Master Yan?”

Since Cai Yanyan left, Xiao Tang took over her place at the Secretary Department. She got along well with Xia Yu before, so she could ask whatever she wanted to know.

Xia Yu was drinking water at that time. Hearing what Xiao Tang said, she almost choked on the mouthful of water.

“I didn’t bully him. It was him who bullied me.” Xia Yu didn’t say the last sentence but murmured it in her mind. Thinking of his fierceness and craziness, she felt her waist seemed to ache again.

“Then why did I see that Young Master Yan’s face was full of hatred and sadness today? His desire seemed to be unsatisfied.”

Xiao Tang put on an ambiguous grin. She poked Xia Yu’s shoulder with her finger and showed a snoopy look. “Xia Yu, you didn’t meet Young Master Yan’s desire, right?”

Xia Yu thought it lucky that the mouthful of water had been already swallowed, or else she would have been choked. What kind of brain circuit did Xiao Tang have? How could she think of that on earth? Was Shen Yan’s desire unsatisfied?

“Xiao Tang, I have to be back to work.” Xia Yu ran away in a hurry, feeling ashamed and embarrassed. She didn’t stop even though Xiao Tang was calling her behind.

In the evening, Xia Yu didn’t take a look at Shen Yan and walked directly to her own room.

“Xia Yu, without you in my arms, I can’t fall asleep.” Shen Yan squatted beside her bed and stared at her with his deep eyes blinking.

“Here is a pillow for you, and you just think of it as me tonight.” Xia Yu gave the pillow beside her to Shen Yan’s arms and grinned at him.

Shen Yan looked at the pillow with disgust. But seeing her firm attitude, he had to leave her room and went back to his own room at last.

Xia Yu thought he would stop trying, but she was wrong. In the midnight, he sneaked into her room and held her carefully in his arms. Actually, Xia Yu was in half sleep at that time. But she was in a daze and accustomed to being held by him, so she didn’t wake up then.

When she woke up the next day, there was no one by her side. She touched the sheet beside her, and it was a little cold. Xia Yu was a little confused. Was that a dream yesterday? Did she dream that Shen Yan sneaked in and held her in his arms to fall asleep?

Later, she thought it was probably not a dream. He might have left very early in the morning for fear that Xia Yu should discover him there. She could not but smile and decided to sleep with him tonight.

She didn’t mention what happened the night before when she saw Shen Yan. At first, he looked at her cautiously. Later, Xia Yu did not mention that he sneaked into her room last night. He finally felt relieved and thought it was because Xia Yu was sound asleep that she didn’t find him there.

“Xia Yu, shall we stop sleeping separately? I didn’t fall into sleep last night. Look! I even have dark eye circles now.” He hugged Xia Yu and said with many grievances. He even moved his face closer to her to show his dark eye circles.

This man was really… He even used some means of acting like a child and displaying his grievances.

Xia Yu refrained from smiling and didn’t debunk him.

“Fine, we won’t sleep separately.” Seeing him like this, Xia Yu couldn’t refuse him cruelly. Besides, even if she refused, he would sneak into her room again. Then it was better for her to agree.

“Smacker…” Shen Yan was so happy that he kissed Xia Yu heavily on her face.

Then the two people went to the company together. After about one hour of work, Cai Yanyan came to ask Xia Yu to go to her company and see how great it was.

Xia Yu didn’t want to go at first, but under Cai Yanyan’s kind invitation, she felt it improper to refuse. She just went there and saw how it was going there. No one would force her if she did not want. So, she agreed to go with Cai Yanyan.

The receptionist of the company greeted them enthusiastically on seeing Cai Yanyan. But Cai Yanyan only gave an indifferent glance with a bit arrogance in her expression.

When they went into the elevator, she snorted and said, “When I first came to the company, that receptionist always gave me a long face. Now I am a little bit famous, she has just changed her face. How disgusting!”

Xia Yu smiled without saying anything. She heard about the reality of the entertainment industry from her cousin and didn’t wonder at it.

After the elevator went up to the second floor, a man and a woman came in. The woman showed a proud posture and was dressed in designer clothes. The sunglass which she wore almost covered half her face. The man was carrying a purse in his hand and was talking on the phone.

“Sister Qing!”

On seeing this woman who just came in, the eyes of Cai Yanyan who was next to her lit up and came forward to give her a warm greet immediately. Her smile was somewhat similar to that of the receptionist just now.

The woman responded with an indifferent hum but fixed her eyes on the face of Xia Yu. Then she just frowned.

“Sister Qing, this is my…”

“I am not interested in your words.”

The woman interrupted Cai Yanyan with an extremely arrogant attitude.

Cai Yanyan’s face became very pale and green with embarrassment, but she still kept her smile at the corners of her mouth.