The Female Lead of the Abusive Novel Can Hear My Heart's Voice - Chapter 43

East of Binhai Airport, the crowd was dense and bustling, like a massive migration an impressive scene. Out of necessity, the airport had deployed dozens of security guards to protect the famous guests arriving in Jiangcheng.

“I told you to come earlier. Look at all these people; you can’t see a thing from the back,” Yu Yinyin complained, squeezing in at the front row with Xia Mucai and Liao Jia. She was still dissatisfied the front was blocked by two rows of people. She was determined to push forward.

Xia Mucai held Yu Yinyin’s hand to stop the crazy fan who wanted to get close to her idol. Being this close was great she hadn’t seen Xia Chi in real life for a long time, but with so many people, Xia Chi probably wouldn’t even notice her.

Worried about Yu Yinyin, she said, “Stop pushing. You can stand on your tiptoes to take pictures.”

“No, it’s hard to take good photos that way.”

There were just two rows of girls in front, and a shorter girl in front of Yu Yinyin. To be honest, Yu Yinyin wanted to rush up and shake hands with Xia Chi.

With one hand, she grabbed the collar of a wild horse nearby and shouted, “Stand still!”

It was like hearing the neigh of a horse. After her shout, Yu Yinyin stopped pushing forward.

She muttered, “I just want to get a little closer to President Xia.”

Xia Chi was very popular more than she had expected. Right in front of her were the little fans, so crazy. How could she disappoint them?

She patted Yu Yinyin’s shoulder. The fan still looked dazed and didn’t understand. Xia Chi shook her head, “After all this time, not a bit of tacit understanding.”

“I’ll help you take pictures. You just enjoy watching your idol. I guarantee good photos.”

“Wuwuwu.” Xia Mucai was overwhelmed with gratitude. “You’re so nice, our almost one-year co-renting relationship wasn’t for nothing.”

Pushing away the tearful girl, her face wrote ‘disgust’. Yu Yinyin wiped away nonexistent tears and muttered a thanks.

She took out her phone and tested the camera pixels. Suddenly, a shadow appeared in the nine-grid frame on the screen.

Black hair like a waterfall flowed down her back. A little finger lightly tucked hair behind the ear, revealing a silver earring on the earlobe.

The media wasn’t wrong the lucky cat was her most precious treasure, always carried wherever she went.

Whether it was some mutual connection with her real self or seeing Xia Chi after a year, her heart seemed to skip a beat.

A sharp scream broke out in the airport. The fans, who had woken up early and were pushed nearly to their limits, suddenly came alive, their voices loud enough to shake the ground.

Xia Chi rubbed her temples and glanced around. She walked confidently and quickly, so as not to hold up others at the airport.

As a celebrity, her cold attitude would be criticized. But as the CEO of a company, it was just right coldness only made people want to see her smile, to see more than just the coldness.

Her indifferent eyes glanced over, and those in Xia Mucai’s direction cheered excitedly, waving their hands.

The people in front jumped up, hugging each other. “Ahhh, President Xia looked this way! I made eye contact with her!!!”

“No, President Xia made eye contact with me!”

Two girls argued and accidentally knocked Xia Mucai’s phone out of her hands. She watched helplessly as it flew through the air. Ignoring the people ahead, she pushed forward and reached out to catch the flying phone.

The others didn’t know what had happened and were about to complain about the pushing, but then they saw Xia Chi walking towards them.

Xia Mucai rushed past the security line, nearly letting the phone hit the ground. That was Yu Yinyin’s phone. In a second, she thought about how much a new back cover and screen would cost almost a month’s salary.

Her heart sank. Luckily, a hand faster than hers caught the phone. Relief flooded through her her monthly salary was saved.

Looking up to take the phone back and say thanks, the person raised an eyebrow, intrigued by her.

“Xia… Chi…”

A bit awkward old acquaintances meeting with jealousy and the other doing better.

“Your phone.” Xia Chi returned the phone. She expected some words but, after handing it back, turned and walked away as if they didn’t know each other.

[This is fine, this is fine.]

Xia Mucai’s heart shivered. The more she pretended to be indifferent and casual, the more painful it was inside. Xia Chi seemed to have forgotten her.

Watching the fading figure, her nose twitched, and she wanted to cry.

Yu Yinyin and Liao Jia were startled and hurried past the security line to check on Xia Mucai. They saw President Xia unconsciously curl the corner of her lips into a smile, which she suppressed as Xia Mucai looked up.

The cold CEO image collapsed instantly but became a bit more human.

Xia Chi’s smile melted even the icebergs.

Yu Yinyin excitedly hugged Xia Mucai, shaking her so much her brain felt shaken. “Xia Mucai, what did it feel like to get so close to President Xia just now? Is she really fragrant? Ahhh, she touched my phone! I’m going to use this phone forever!”

Many eyes were on them. There were many jealous people and many who felt lucky.

Xia Chi got into a business car arranged by Mo Qi. She took the documents handed to her and flipped through them page by page, her eyes seemingly only on the files. No one dared disturb her in the car.

But in her mind, she kept thinking how excited and happy she was to finally see Xia Mucai.

She could hear Xia Mucai’s heart voice and had heard her inner words: “Does Xia Chi really not care about me anymore?”

She cared a lot very much! The reason she came to Binhai City was to see Xia Mucai.

Hearing this, her heart, which had been hanging, finally relaxed. It wasn’t one-sided after all.

Everyone respected and admired her. She didn’t know if this was the so-called high position Xia Mucai mentioned. She was impatient, her mind yelling daily to see Xia Mucai.

She followed her heart to this place and saw the person she had been longing for.

“President Xia, the technical staff all know you’re here.”

“I know. Don’t rush the project; slow work produces fine work.”

Mo Qi hesitated. She wasn’t unfamiliar with her CEO’s fame, comparable to a top-tier celebrity, who personally came to the branch to urge the technical staff to speed up.

Their CEO was so inspiring.

Just kidding.

When she came to other cities, it was work inspiration. Coming to Binhai City was all about love.

“Next week, Teng’s company will launch the hologram first in Binhai City. You should tell them not to use it and warn them about the dangers.”

“President Xia, that…”

Mo Qi wanted to say it wasn’t a good idea, but thinking of Gu Bai’an being tied up by Teng’s company, she knew it would cause suspicion.

So she changed her tone and nodded, “Understood.”

Xia Chi handed the files to Mo Qi, glanced at her, hoping Mo Qi would soon confess and receive leniency.

By mid-September, people in Binhai City started using holographic technology, making news and sparking envy nationwide.

The first was a game a basic farming game paired with a hologram pod. The gameplay was limited, but it emphasized realism. The NPCs seemed like real people. If not for remembering it was a game, one might think they had traveled through time.

Many streamers recorded videos, and viewers couldn’t tell real from fake until the videos ended with a label saying “This is a holographic game.”

Teng’s company spent a fortune on marketing; almost every video began and ended with Teng’s company logo.

Everyone at the company was talking about the holographic game. Xia Mucai was tired of hearing about it.

After work, some close colleagues invited her to experience the holographic technology.

She refused.

A week earlier, Xia’s company had warned that the current holographic technology had problems, but everyone was too excited to listen.

She trusted Xia Chi. If Xia Chi said it was dangerous, she wouldn’t try it.

No matter how much her colleagues invited her, she declined.

Her colleagues were nice, worried they hadn’t seen the article Xia’s company released, so she reminded them: “The holographic technology is not mature yet. The article from Xia Group recommends not using it.”

The finance sister smiled and said, “This is business war. Everyone knows Xia and Teng’s companies have broken up and are rivals. Teng’s company is huge; it must be fine.”

“Xia Mucai, if you don’t come, you’ll be outdated.”

Xia Mucai didn’t know Xia Chi’s intention for releasing that article but since it said there was danger, she definitely wouldn’t use it.

“I won’t go. I have plans to drink milk tea with friends. I’m leaving.”

Her colleagues didn’t make things difficult and let her go.

Back at the shared apartment, she saw Yu Yinyin sitting angrily on the sofa, throwing her phone down.

“What kind of business war is this? President Xia said there were problems with the hologram for Binhai’s safety. She wouldn’t stoop to dirty tricks to slander the opponent.”

Xia Mucai felt lucky Yu Yinyin was such a loyal fan of Xia Chi. She put down her bag and joined the conversation.

“I also think there must be big problems with this holographic game.”

Yu Yinyin felt reassured seeing Xia Mucai on her side, like gaining backup.

She told her friend from Teng’s company, who said Xia’s company was just doing business war.

“When they have problems, they’ll remember President Xia’s good advice. I’m waiting for that time to come. I’m so angry.”

“Luckily you’re a diehard Xia Chi fan, or I’d have to persuade you otherwise.”

Xia Mucai patted Yu Yinyin’s shoulder. “I’m going to my room. By the way, where’s Liao Jia?”

Yu Yinyin was furious. “She was dragged by friends to experience the hologram. She’s soft-hearted and couldn’t refuse. I just hope nothing happens.”

Xia Mucai: “One or two times shouldn’t be a problem.”

“But President Xia said there are risks. Whether once or twice, there must be hidden dangers.”

Xia Mucai said a few more words to Yu Yinyin before going to her room. The matter was still developing, but she didn’t want Xia Chi to be accused of being a jealous, evil woman.

Lying in bed, she analyzed the article word by word and made a video to post on various platforms, warning viewers that the holographic game really had problems.

The video got flooded with hate comments, like “You think you’re so smart?”

Soon, her video got lost in the sea of short videos without causing any stir. But she kept defending Xia Chi, and every day her private messages were full of insults.

The turning point came half a month later.