Chapter 20.2

Yu Zhi attempted to jump out of the car on the way to the highway, but the cold and ruthless driver grabbed her wrist, and she couldn’t open the welded door no matter how hard she tried.

The next day, Yu Zhi, wearing a mask, curled up with a pillow on a private plane, feeling groggy when Jiang Qianchen woke her up, her eyes barely able to open.

The air inside the plane had cooled. Wrapped in a fluffy blanket, she sat up dazedly, watching Jiang Qianchen’s distinctively knuckled fingers trace over the pages, with the vast blue sky outside the porthole. Clouds formed into massive peaks, silently awaiting the passage of the wings.

In the tranquility of the blue sky and white clouds, the man’s suit and tie, his sculpted nose and eyebrows, seemed frozen in eternal time.

However, in the next moment, that sense of detachment and aloofness receded like the tide. Jiang Qianchen set aside the documents, his fingertips gliding through her disheveled hair, then moving to her shoulders, bringing the warmth of the blanket: “Cover up.”

“Oh.”

She blankly allowed Jiang Qianchen’s movements, her gaze wandering off into the distance above his head.

Yu Zhi belatedly realized that, despite always cursing Jiang Qianchen as a scumbag man, once stripped of his CEO aura, he didn’t seem… too bad looking?

But of course, her wallabies were still cuter. Yes! The scumbag man was just slightly good-looking! Yu Zhi tried to ignore the subtle feelings in her heart and discreetly stretched her already wide mask to its limit.

However, in that moment of raising her hand, all her girlish fantasies vanished into thin air.

Yu Zhi: You won’t believe it, but I only had sore legs at first, now I can’t even lift my handsJ

If she had a fairy magic wand, the first thing she would do is make that active oil ghost thing disappear from the world!

What’s even more annoying is that when she got off the plane, Jiang Qianchen half-carried her down. Seeing the knowing smiles of the people around her, Yu Zhi felt like the world was collapsing, wishing she could bury her entire head in Jiang Qianchen’s suit and pass away on the spot.

“I will never ride that private plane again in my life.” In a coffee shop in the shopping mall, Yu Zhi declared with noble elegance, “You have no idea how close I was to closing my eyes and leaving this beautiful world when I almost fell down the stairs.”

She took a sip of her Americano, put on her newly purchased sunglasses, and decided to turn a blind eye to everything.

If it weren’t for everyone around her pretending to be cool and calm, Lin Ruixuan would burst into laughter like a rooster crowing prematurely. “Oh my, how could it be our precious Zhizhi’s fault? Clearly, it was the strong wind at the airport. Whoever dares to mock our city’s pearl, I’ll be the first to take them down!”

“But that plane was a wedding gift from your father, right?” Lin Ruixuan recalled the scene of Yu Zhi’s wedding and found it quite dreamy. “I think I flew to the island on the same plane back then.”

“Yes, but we usually live frugally and rarely use it.”

Redefined as a “frugal family,” Mrs. Yu Zhi took out the new promotional brochure she received from a brand during her shopping trip. “I think this handbag goes well with the outfit I just ordered. It won’t be too extravagant for the upcoming gala night. But I’ll wait until it arrives to make a final decision. This shade of aquamarine suits you, so we can swipe our cards together later.”

Just a second ago, Lin Ruixuan was joking about being a “hungry rich woman,” but in the next second, he became confident. “Hey, darling.”

“Darling, even the way you swipe your card is charming!”

“Darling, you must be a fairy descending from the heavens! Why does even your breathing make me intoxicated!”

Lin Ruixuan flattered excessively, almost bringing the civil affairs bureau over to get their marriage certificate. He was reluctant to let go until the saleswoman came over to notify them that their order had arrived.

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Soft and soothing music played in the coffee shop, creating a quiet and elegant atmosphere.

Meanwhile, Lu Zhenzhen stared blankly at the figure in front of her.

“What’s wrong, Zhenzhen?” Xu Wenhan noticed that Lu Zhenzhen’s face had turned pale and asked with concern, “Are you feeling unwell?”

“It’s nothing.” Lu Zhenzhen felt uncomfortable when she saw Yu Zhi and her companion being greeted by a salesperson and leaving the shop. When Yu Zhi turned around to grab her handbag, Lu Zhenzhen instinctively avoided eye contact and took a big sip of coffee, hiding her face.

She didn’t know if it was because she wasn’t used to the taste, but she felt that today’s coffee was too bitter. However, when Lu Zhenzhen raised her head, she smiled at Xu Wenhan and said, “I think this coffee tastes different from the one I had before. Maybe it’s because of the different variety of coffee beans.”

“Yes, this shop imports its coffee beans from Ethiopia…” Xu Wenhan began to introduce some high society knowledge, which Lu Zhenzhen used to listen to attentively. However, today, she didn’t have the energy to remember any of it.

Even before Yu Zhi entered the coffee shop, Lu Zhenzhen had seen her in the brand boutique at the mall. It was her first time entering a luxury store, and she had to pretend to be shy and timid just to convince Xu Wenhan to buy her a small bag. On the other hand, Yu Zhi was surrounded by a group of staff members in the VIP room, meticulously selecting dresses and even having the brand customize the sizes according to her preferences.

Lu Zhenzhen felt that things shouldn’t be like this.

Ever since that day when she walked out of the company’s gate in a sorry state, Lu Zhenzhen felt that something important was slipping away from her hands.

It was like that job interview. She was supposed to accidentally help President Jiang and naturally become a member of the secretary’s office, but instead, after waiting for a few days, she received a notification from HR:

“Sorry, Miss Lu, we made a mistake with your resume, and you didn’t proceed to the second round of interviews.”

How could this be? It was impossible!

Lu Zhenzhen was thunderstruck at that moment. She had clearly received the interview email and had dressed up carefully. How could they just cancel it like that?

She didn’t give up and annoyed the HR person with questions. Their response was, “I forgot to press the delete button.”

“The position of secretary assistant does require certain educational qualifications. A minimum of top 5 from a university is preferred,” the HR person tried to maintain a friendly tone. “You can try applying for other positions.”

In other words, someone from a mediocre university like you shouldn’t even think about it.

At that moment, Lu Zhenzhen felt a great sense of humiliation.