Chapter 12: Which Woman Is Not Devoted to Him

Hearing Xiao Liao excitedly say that the signing process went smoothly, the heavy feeling in Shuangxu’s heart, like a cloud full of rain, finally lightened.

Shu Yang touched her face: “Why is your face so pale? Do you have a fever?”

“No,” Shuangxu said, “Maybe I just have naturally pale skin.”

“Cut it out!” Shu Yang, whose skin was anything but pale, crossed her arms, “Good genes, huh?”

“Yeah,” Shuangxu bantered with her for a few moments, then smiled, her complexion looking slightly better.

After sending Shu Yang back to the hospital, she started to deal with the recruitment matters.

The people in the technical department were all brought in by Shu Yang. When the two partners split, most of them chose to stand with her.

Chen Peiran took away the management and administrative personnel of Feixue. For a technology company, administrative management is the flesh and blood. Although losing it was a major blow, the true core skeleton remained, giving it the possibility of revival.

However, to restore normal work, filling the vacant positions was a must.

After a busy day, Xiao Liao and another girl were discussing carpooling home after work. Seeing Shuangxu still in the office, they leaned in and asked, “Little Boss, aren’t you leaving?”

“I’ll be leaving soon.”

“I think it’s going to rain soon. You should go back early.”

Shuangxu turned to look outside, only then realizing that the sky was indeed cloudy.

But thinking of the Shen family, thinking of Fu Yun, her mood sank again, pressed down by the seawater that had poured in, unable to rise.

Not wanting to go home, she simply found a bar to drink.

The music was booming in the Blue Night Club, men and women in revealing clothes were wildly shaking in the dance floor. She ordered a special cocktail and sat at the bar.

The bartender’s skills were not good, the drink was terrible, but she still ordered a second one.

As she was drinking, two men walked over and sat down on either side of her, their eyes staring at her with blatant intentions: “Beautiful lady, why are you drinking alone?”

A strong and vulgar smell of cologne hit her nose. Shuangxu ignored them, finished the drink in her glass, took out a bill from her bag, put it down and pushed it back, then got off the bar stool and was about to leave.

“Hey, don’t leave so soon.” The man reached out to stop her, intentionally or unintentionally showing off the Rolex gold watch on his wrist, “Such a coincidence to meet, I’ll buy you a drink, let’s get to know each other.”

Shuangxu was already in a bad mood, and the two men were blocking her way. She was impatient: “I didn’t see fate, I only saw feces.”

The man’s face turned pale, but he quickly pretended to be relaxed and laughed with his companion: “She’s got a personality.”

“I like your kind of spicy girl, strong, let’s have some fun together.”

He was about to put his hand on Shuangxu’s shoulder.

She turned her head, her bright and beautiful eyes were filled with coldness: “You better not touch me.”

“What if I touch you today?” The man didn’t take her threat seriously at all.

The bartender couldn’t stand it anymore and said, “Brother, it’s not cool to bully girls.”

“What’s it to you!”

His desire to challenge was aroused, he reached out to grab Shuangxu, but his hand was intercepted by another hand that came in from the side.

Someone put his hand on the man’s shoulder, smiling like good brothers: “If you want to play, come play with me. Why are you bothering my sister?”

Yue Zifeng was here, so Shen Yu was also here?

Shuangxu subconsciously looked behind him, Zuo Zhong and the others were all there, but Shen Yu was not.

At the back of the crowd, He Ting Zhou was leaning casually against the railing, his hands in his pockets, chewing gum and looking at this side from afar.

The flashing and changing lights illuminated the dancers in the dance floor like a group of demons and ghosts. His handsome nose divided the light and shadow, his face was indifferent.

Seeing his expression, Shuangxu knew that if Yue Zifeng and the others were not here today, He Ting Zhou would not have cared about this matter.

Yue Zifeng smiled with narrowed eyes: “Of course, this is not my sister. My sister is only seven years old.”

The two men obviously breathed a sigh of relief.

The Yue family in Yancheng, if you offend them today, you will not be able to escape.

Before the breath could settle, Yue Zifeng’s smile disappeared instantly, the previous Maitreya Buddha-like kindness turned into a cold Yan Wang in an instant, he slapped the man’s face a few times: “This is your Young Master Shen’s precious sister, next time be more careful, touch her finger, I will chop off your ten fingers without mercy.”

The two men were so scared that they immediately apologized repeatedly, bowing deeply to Shuangxu: “Miss Shen, we are blind, we just saw you drinking alone, afraid that you are lonely…”

This apology didn’t know who it was for, anyway, Shuangxu didn’t have the surname Shen.

“Lonely your grandpa’s single!” Yue Zifeng directly waved his hand to call the security guard: “Drag them to the men’s toilet and beat them up! Look at their sneaky looks, it makes me angry, two holes on their heads, damn it, they don’t have eyes!”

The two men were still begging for mercy: “Master Yue, don’t do this! We’ve had drinks together…”

Yue Zifeng said fiercely: “Beat them to death! As long as they don’t die. If they really die, it’s Shen Yu’s fault!”

After dealing with the people, Yue Zifeng returned to his carefree appearance: “Sister, why are you here alone, drinking alone is not fun, come on, go upstairs with your brother to play.”

Shuangxu immediately shook her head and was about to refuse: “No, I’m about to leave…”

Before she could finish, Yue Zifeng took her upstairs without saying a word.

“Your brother is not here today, I can’t let you drink alone. This place is full of bad guys, what if you are bullied by someone who doesn’t have eyes, your brother will be angry with me.”

Zuo Zhong said: “This is your Brother Zifeng’s territory, if you are bullied here, your brother will have to tear him apart.”

Hearing that Shen Yu was not here, Shuangxu gave up resisting and followed him upstairs.

A group of people chatted as they walked upstairs. The stairs were carpeted, and the light was so dim that it was hard to see anything. It was unclear whether it was a wrinkle in the carpet or a cigarette burn, but the heel of Shuangxu’s high heels got caught on it.

Her foot tripped, and her upward steps faltered. She stumbled backwards and stepped on someone’s foot.

She heard a soft tsk from behind her and quickly apologized, “I’m so sorry…”

A hand reached out to support her waist, gently lifting her up.

The fingertips left a light but firm touch on her waist. When she turned her head back, she met He Tingzhou’s deep, dark eyes.

Perhaps because it was so sudden, the distance between their eyes was too close for comfort, and Shuangxu’s heart skipped a beat as if she had been electrocuted.

She stammered, “… Up.”

He Tingzhou withdrew his hand and put it back in his pocket. His indifferent expression made it seem like he was pushing her away rather than helping her after she stepped on his foot.

“Up? You can’t even walk up stairs without tripping. Should I ask your brother to get a baby carrier and hang you up?”

His tone was casual, but the words were far from pleasant. Yue Zifeng and the others in front of them turned around.

Shuangxu stepped aside to make way for him: “You go first.”

He Tingzhou walked past her and went upstairs.

Yue Zifeng said, “Come on, why are you always teasing your little sister? Don’t you have any brotherly love?”

He Tingzhou replied, “She never called me brother.”

There weren’t many people there today, just her familiar brothers. Yue Zifeng took her to a private room and had the waiter find a bottle of fruit beer. He pried open the cap and handed it to her.

Shuangxu thought to herself, “This is a drink for kids. You think you’re better than me?”

Yue Brother Zifengstured for her to sit beside him, with He Tingzhou’s single-person sofa on her right.

He had an air of extreme relaxation wherever he went, leaning back on the sofa. Someone always knew to offer him cigarettes and pour him drinks.

They mostly discussed things like financial futures, venture capital, and private equity. Shuangxu wasn’t interested in finance and didn’t understand much of what they were talking about.

After a while, the conversation somehow turned to Shen Yu, who was sick with a cold.

“I heard the big star skipped work from the film set to take care of him. She’s really devoted to him.”

“Devotion is useless. Which woman isn’t devoted to him?” Yue Zifeng said, “The big star was just sent away today. She was even stopped by fans at the airport. Didn’t you see the news?”

Shuangxu lowered her head and sipped her fruit beer. It didn’t matter to her whether she was sent away or not.

“You’re at the age to date, aren’t you?” someone asked her. “Do you have a boyfriend overseas?”

Shuangxu hadn’t expected the topic to suddenly shift to her. She paused for a moment and replied, “I do.”