After My Flash Marriage with the Sick Beauty, I Reached the Pinnacle of My Life - Chapter 26.2

Fortunately, the room was well soundproofed.

No matter how loudly Xia Shishi shouted, it wouldn’t disturb anyone else in the villa.

But why would Xia Shishi have such a dream?

Wen Jiao took Xia Shishi’s hand, and Xia Shishi gripped it back with immense force, like a drowning person clutching a straw.

She didn’t know the specifics of Xia Shishi’s dream, only that Xia Shishi called out her name over and over, with great intensity.

This made Wen Jiao feel confused yet pleasantly surprised, followed by a deep sense of heartache.

She stayed by the side of the nightmaring Xia Shishi for the entire night.

She didn’t even feel sleepy.

Until Xia Shishi woke up, and the first person she saw was her.

Then, she was coaxed back into bed by Xia Shishi. Wen Jiao actually drifted into a hazy sleep, waking up to find it was already past seven-ten. She thought Xia Shishi should have left for work by now.

Wen Jiao rubbed her forehead, feeling slightly feverish.

She knew Zheng He would scold her if he found out.

Then Wen Jiao heard the door open.

Xia Shishi pushed the door open, carrying breakfast. Her movements were very careful, seemingly afraid of waking Wen Jiao. Seeing that Wen Jiao was already awake, a shy smile blossomed on her face—a smile like a flower in the morning, dewy, vibrant, and alluring.

Xia Shishi smiled brightly: “Wife, you’re awake! Time for breakfast.”

Wen Jiao’s gaze dropped, seeing the milk and slightly burnt toast Xia Shishi was carrying.

Xia Shishi took a deep breath: “Although it looks a little burnt, it’s crunchy when you eat it.”

Uncle Zhang peered out from behind Xia Shishi: “Miss, you should go wash up!” Don’t eat it! Something bad will happen!

Xia Shishi instinctively wanted to say let me do it, but Uncle Zhang took the tray from her hands and reminded her, “It’s already seven-thirty, you still have time to get to the company. Miss Xia, your intention has been delivered, please leave the rest to me!”

Hesitating for a few seconds between watching Wen Jiao eat breakfast and working hard to earn money to support her wife, Xia Shishi sighed and chose the latter.

After Xia Shishi left, Wen Jiao asked, “What’s going on?”

Uncle Zhang presented the milk to Wen Jiao; at least hot milk couldn’t go wrong: “Miss Xia said she wanted to make a love-filled breakfast for you early this morning. I thought it was a sign of concern, so I didn’t stop her.”

Wen Jiao’s gaze rested on the burnt toast: “Just leave it there for now.”

Uncle Zhang frowned.

“It’s only slightly burnt on the surface, nothing serious,” she said. Uncle Zhang was thinking of her as too fragile.

Uncle Zhang mentally countered: That’s because you didn’t see the failed attempts in the kitchen.

But he didn’t argue.

There were many failed attempts in the kitchen.

Scrambled eggs that were a mess, ham, and toast that was so over-toasted it crumbled at a touch.

Compared to those, this toast was indeed a success, perfectly matching Xia Shishi’s description of “a little burnt, but crunchy.”

Xia Shishi also had a sense of proportion, downgrading from the original plan of a sandwich to just toast and milk.

She was striving for Wen Jiao to feel her love without getting sick.

However, Uncle Zhang knew that Wen Jiao’s stomach was particularly sensitive; a chef would certainly never present a breakfast like this to her.

Xia Shishi was a different case.

The Xia Group is located in the most prosperous area of the city.

Xia Shishi arrived at the main entrance of the building. She looked up at the entire tower, her mood low, while her thoughts became increasingly clear, as she recalled the infuriating incidents of her previous life, one after another, all sources of shame.

Thinking of her father’s hair turning white overnight, surrendering his life’s work, anger flared in Xia Shishi’s eyes.

Who would have thought that the one relentlessly targeting the Xia Group was the Fu family, who had been their friends for many years?

They say there’s no friendship in business, but someone like Fu Yunhan is truly rare in this world!

His so-called business empire was built using such underhanded tactics to achieve his life’s highlight!

Pah, in this life, she would never hand the Xia Group over to that bastard.

Xia Shishi took a deep breath and walked into the company building in her high heels.

Xia Shishi suppressed her smile. When she arrived at the R&D department, she nearly scared the manager half to death.

“Ahem, Miss Xia, you’re here so early?”

Xia Shishi smiled, glancing at the manager’s name tag: “I’m just an intern here. I’ll be gone after two months, no need to be so nervous.”

The manager chuckled along: “Yes, Miss Xia, I admire your approach.”

“I told you, you don’t need to call me Miss Xia.”

“Haha, look at my memory.”

Xia Shishi chatted casually with the manager as they walked toward her workstation.

After some interaction, the manager finally stopped calling her Miss Xia and treated her as a normal intern.

Xia Shishi was very clear: there was nothing wrong with her father’s management; the company’s downfall was likely due to other reasons.

If Zhou Xiaojiang could bribe Qi Xue, there’s no reason why Fu Yunhan wouldn’t plant a mole internally.

Unfortunately, Xia Shishi didn’t know who the mole was, nor could she fire them, so she planned to use her own methods to find out.

The manager introduced Xia Shishi to the others: “This is our new intern. Who’s going to mentor her?”

“You do it, Ji Yan.”

Ji Yan, who was singled out by the manager, looked very reluctant: “I’m already mentoring one newbie.”

Manager: “Mentoring two is even better.”

Ji Yan wanted to argue further with the manager.

Xia Shishi and Ye Murou locked eyes.

She had advised Ye Murou to find a decent job, true, but she hadn’t expected Ye Murou to apply to her own family’s company, and also land in the R&D department.

Ye Murou looked terribly flustered.

After learning Xia Shishi’s identity, she knew the Xia Group belonged to her family.

However, Ye Murou had already submitted her resume to the company earlier. After finding out Xia Shishi was the kind person who helped her, she had no ulterior motives, simply thinking that since she couldn’t properly repay the kindness, she should join the Xia Group and contribute to the company.

She had thought they might meet again in the future.

She hadn’t expected it to be so soon.

Now they were colleagues, and they were even being mentored by the same person.

This feeling was something one had to experience to understand. Ye Murou was about to call out to Xia Shishi when Xia Shishi greeted her first: “What a coincidence.”

The manager looked at the two of them: “You two know each other?”

“We met yesterday.”

“Is that so?” The manager didn’t think much of it. Xia Shishi had specifically instructed him, so he wasn’t giving her any special treatment now. After emphasizing that she should work hard, he left Xia Shishi there.

Xia Shishi looked at Ji Yan and nodded: “Hello.”

Ji Yan became even more displeased: “Is this how a newbie behaves?”

Ye Murou had respectfully greeted him, but Xia Shishi’s demeanor suggested they were equals.

He already didn’t want to mentor a new person, and this comparison made Ye Murou look much more agreeable. So, he just left Xia Shishi standing there, letting her experience the cold reality of losing her privileged status.

But Xia Shishi had already experienced this before.

She shrugged, not taking it too seriously, and diligently immersed herself in her work.

Lunch break.

Xia Shishi didn’t have time to go back and eat with her wife, so she just went to the company cafeteria with everyone else.

She had been busy all morning and finally had a moment to text Wen Jiao: “Wife, was the breakfast tasty?”

Xia Shishi kept looking at her phone while queuing.

Wen Jiao hadn’t replied to her previous messages, so she didn’t have high hopes this time, but she still waited.

Surprisingly, she got a reply.

“It was very good.”

Xia Shishi was stunned, and quickly sent another message: “I’m so flattered! I thought the highest rating I could get was ‘not bad.’ Should I make it again tomorrow then?”

Her phone chimed.

“We have a chef at home.”

“A chef’s meal is not as sweet as a loving wife’s packed lunch! Angry.jpg.”

Wen Jiao didn’t reply again. Xia Shishi didn’t feel ignored. She took a picture of the cafeteria with her phone and typed out word by word: “I want to eat something delicious.”

Wen Jiao replied again: “I’ve already told the chef.”

Xia Shishi laughed helplessly at her phone, realizing Wen Jiao was subtly telling her to stop cooking.

Well, she supposed she really wasn’t cut out for the kitchen.

She had wanted to tentatively ask if she could eat a fried egg made by her wife, but that seemed too pushy.

Xia Shishi continued to queue when she suddenly felt someone calling her.

She looked carefully and saw Ye Murou in the other line, further ahead, waving her over.

Xia Shishi wouldn’t cut in line.

But she could ask Ye Murou to buy her portion.

Xia Shishi had done this kind of task outsourcing many times. She immediately left her line and walked over, quickly rattling off a few dish names to Ye Murou, earning a confused look from her.

Xia Shishi frowned: “You called me over not to help me get food?”

If not, wouldn’t she have to queue all over again?

Ye Murou blushed: “I wanted to ask if you wanted to eat together.”

Because Xia Shishi looked all alone.

Xia Shishi stared speechlessly at Ye Murou: “Help me buy it, I’ll transfer the money later. Let’s eat together, I just happen to have a few questions for you. Any objections?”

Ye Murou weakly replied, “No.”

Looking at her, Xia Shishi’s interest piqued.

Xia Shishi folded her arms. She hadn’t planned to get involved, but since the coincidence was so strong, why shouldn’t she take advantage of it?