Savage Kiss - Chapter 64

Shen Yanzhou’s expression was casual. “I don’t like saving money, and I don’t really have any plans. You know that. Just keep it.”

Just as she was about to refuse, he clearly had already prepared a reason: “Consider it as payment for that painting of yours.”

Mentioning that painting, Xu Qingyi immediately protested.

“If you’re going to say that, then I’d rather have the painting back, not this!”

Shen Yanzhou raised an eyebrow slightly. “Sure, then return the two paintings of me as well.”

She tactfully took a step back. “Why should I?”

Those two paintings were the result of her hard work that day, they were her source of inspiration.

Shen Yanzhou had anticipated this reaction. When it came to her liking for his physique, he had it all figured out.

“Then it’s settled, isn’t it?”

He didn’t linger any longer, pointing to the dinner he had brought over. “Eat while it’s hot. I have to go.”

As Xu Qingyi ate, she glanced at the Zhou Dasheng shopping bag beside her and slowly realized something.

It seemed like Shen Yanzhou had talked her into accepting such an expensive item.

She could only keep it for now and return it to him after her deal with the boss was over.

After all, there would inevitably come a day when they settled accounts and cut ties.

Over the next couple of days, Xu Qingyi was busy completing the product upgrade designs and only found some time to log into the game in the evenings.

As soon as she entered, she noticed that Mi Lian had applied to unbind their CP?

Their couple level was already very high, why would she suddenly unbind?

Xu Qingyi asked Mi Lian on WeChat: Applied to unbind? Babe, did you find someone else?

Mi Lian replied almost instantly: Clicked the wrong button.

Xu Qingyi didn’t doubt it, given Mi Lian’s quirky personality.

Maybe she got overly excited while trying to unbind from someone else and genuinely clicked the wrong button.

Haven’t played much lately, did you manage to win over your crush? Xu Qingyi asked.

Mi Lian’s status showed “typing” for quite a while.

It made Xu Qingyi think of Shen Yanzhou involuntarily.

Finally, a message came through: Didn’t get his contact info, but does it count if I saw him kissing another woman?

Xu Qingyi frowned slightly. So, he wasn’t single?

If it were her, she wouldn’t even consider pursuing him further.

But Mi Lian sent a smiling emoji: It’s just dating, not marriage. Fair competition, right?

Xu Qingyi didn’t know how to respond.

Mi Lian asked her: Do you think I’m despicable and immoral?

Mi Lian: Never mind, I won’t put you on the spot. Let’s go, game!

Well, Xu Qingyi’s role was just to play games with her and collect the commission, she couldn’t meddle in her love life.

After the game ended, Mi Lian asked her again: If you liked a guy, and I liked him too, what would you do?

Xu Qingyi chuckled.

Without a second thought, she replied: Impossible.

Xu Qingyi: I don’t do relationships with men. Maybe just for fun.

Xu Qingyi: Besides, last time you liked Shi Qing and handed him over to me. If I really had someone, of course I’d give him to you!

Xu Qingyi mimicked Mi Lian’s usual tone: Between us sisters, what are men worth?

Mi Lian fell silent for a long time.

After a while, she said she had accidentally fallen asleep, she’d been too tired lately.

They wished each other goodnight and went to sleep.

The next day.

As usual, Xu Qingyi woke up late. By the time she washed her face and drank her milk, it was already 10 a.m.

She casually opened the platform account she had registered long ago and used regularly. Fellow sufferers of sexual addiction often DM’ed her, and she hadn’t checked in several days.

As soon as she logged in, while scanning the homepage, she abruptly saw the photo of her kissing Shen Yanzhou.

It was taken behind that hotel, the angle wasn’t too close, but it was already very clear.

The only relief was that neither her nor Shen Yanzhou’s full faces were captured.

The photo was taken from her side and back, while Shen Yanzhou was captured from the side and front. However, since he was tall, only his forehead and a partial side of his face were visible as he leaned down to kiss her.

The feeling Xu Qingyi had experienced during the online bullying by her alumni surged back instantly, her fingers going numb.

She clicked into the post, the caption was extremely short: Does anyone recognize them?

At that moment, her heart raced wildly.

She couldn’t understand why such a photo had been leaked. Who took it?

Shen Yanzhou?

She couldn’t think of any reason for Shen Yanzhou to do this.

Xu Qingyi didn’t have time to dwell on it further. She was afraid the photo would spread and be seen by someone who knew her.

The first person she could think of to resolve this matter was actually the boss with the silver ring.

She dialed his number.

The man on the other end answered extremely slowly.

The call had already ended, and after another two minutes, just as Xu Qingyi was hesitating whether to call again, he finally called back.

“Speak,” the man’s tone was extremely indifferent.

Xu Qingyi, used to it, got straight to the point: “I was secretly photographed kissing someone. Can you help get it taken down?”

There was silence on the other end for a moment.

Then he asked, “Aside from Shen Yanzhou, do you have another man?”

Xu Qingyi: “…It was Shen Yanzhou.”

A faint, cold laugh seemed to come from the other end.

In his view, her smooth progress with Shen Yanzhou was a good thing, he was happy to see it and even more willing to give it a push.

Xu Qingyi was so flustered she wasn’t thinking clearly. If she had been secretly photographed with someone else, the boss would have simply taken it down; otherwise, Shen Yanzhou would look down on her.

But it just had to be with Shen Yanzhou.

That day, she had really been driven by lust, how could she have entangled with Shen Yanzhou for so long in such a place?

Xu Qingyi gritted her teeth. “You’ve definitely investigated me and know I’ve been cyberbullied and personally attacked before. If this photo is seen by someone who knows me, I’ll go through it all over again.”

“If I end up with depression or something, who’s going to help you seduce Shen Yanzhou then?”

That was a good point.

Shen Yuqiao tapped his pen slowly against the documents.

After a long while, he finally said, “I won’t step in personally. It’s best if you handle it yourself.”

“Shen Yanzhou can deal with this kind of thing. Go to him, accuse him outright, say he had someone take the photo without your permission. Make a scene with him. A little quarrel can spice things up.”

Xu Qingyi: “…”

She fell into a long silence.

Partly because this was the longest the boss had ever spoken to her at once.

And partly because she truly had no experience in this area and didn’t know if it was genuine advice.

How could a man speak so confidently? Did he have experience?

Or was it that he actually understood his rival well and knew this tactic would really work on Shen Yanzhou?

It must be the latter.

Aside from trusting him, Xu Qingyi really had no better option. At the very least, she needed to get that photo taken down.

At noon, she drove from her apartment to Shen Yanzhou’s auto repair shop.

Liang Fanglin still greeted her with a boyish smile, saying, “Brother Zhou is inside.”

She wasn’t particularly avoiding the people at the repair shop anymore. After all, they had all seen her and even gone on a trip to the island together.

Xu Qingyi replied, “You go ahead with your work. I’ll go in and find him myself, I need to talk to him about something.”