Ms.CEO Falls in Love with Aloof Professor

Chapter 34 - 34 34 Feeding the Fish

?Chapter 34: Chapter 34 Feeding the Fish Chapter 34: Chapter 34 Feeding the Fish “…”

Sheng Xian was as still as if someone had hit her pressure point.

She had a strong presence, so even when she did nothing, she could make one feel overwhelmed; she wasn’t very polite when she talked to people, regardless of who they were, leaving no face, all according to her mood.

But when she flirted, the deliberately softened tone of her voice was as pretty as anything and incredibly lethal.

Sheng Xian’s Adam’s apple moved, and she slightly turned her head toward the person who leaned in close to her.

She was wearing a simple black spaghetti strap evening dress, exposing her delicate and fair collarbone, and her neck was slender and elongated. The hairstyle that had been carefully arranged was mostly disrupted during the tussle with Bo Mu, losing some of her usual efficiency and gaining an air of casualness and laziness.

She was so close to his ear that he could feel her shallow breathing, mixed with a faint, indescribable scent of flowers.

Sheng Xian’s eyelids twitched, her gaze falling on her lips.

They were full and red, the lipstick she used matched her temperament perfectly.

After pausing for a second, Sheng Xian hurriedly turned her head away, grabbed her tie that was being played with, and pulled it away with a slight force. Then she stood up in a leisurely manner, glanced at her with drooping eyelids, and walked away without a word.

Lu Jingyan looked up, turned around, and leaning on the back of the sofa, said with a smile, “Big brother, I’m not difficult to care for.”

“Just throw me a little bait, and I can survive in your fish pond.”

“But brother, I’m not just any fish.”

“I’m a shark.”

“If I grow up, I’ll wipe out your entire pond, you know~”
The response to her was the sound of a door closing heavily.

The large hotel suite over a hundred square meters was left with only her, and suddenly it felt empty.

She slowly retracted the smile on her face and lazily sprawled on the sofa.

She was never afraid of being alone; as an only child from a young age, she was well accustomed to the feeling of loneliness.

She wasn’t someone who indulged in self-pity, but for some reason, probably because Sheng Xian had been there, she felt a tad bored right now.

The banquet downstairs wouldn’t end anytime soon, and she didn’t feel much like going back down.

She idled her time away on her phone, then sat up to remove her makeup when she saw the disinfectant and band-aids on the coffee table.

The scene of Sheng Xian treating her wound replayed in her mind as if it had been recorded.

She moved her lips slightly and suddenly felt even worse.

The moment Sheng Xian applied the band-aid, the thought that crossed her mind was this: Oh, after all these years, she was the first one to do this for her.

She had never felt pitiful, but in that moment, she felt extremely so.

She, Lu Jingyan, who to outsiders had everything and worried about nothing, was actually moved by such an insignificant little thing.

She really shouldn’t be alone at night.

She should be getting wasted at a bar bathed in bright lights, then go home and fall asleep the moment her head hit the pillow.

Lu Jingyan sent a message in the group chat with Song Xian and Chen Kai.

After waiting a minute and seeing no response, she called Song Xian’s number.

It rang for a long time without an answer, so Lu Jingyan figured Song Xian was asleep and hung up.

She put down her phone, about to open a bottle of red wine to drink alone, but the phone rang again; Song Xian had returned the call.

Lu Jingyan answered the phone.

Song Xian must have been asleep and was woken by her; her voice was slurred and sleepy, “What’s up?”

“It’s nothing.” Lu Jingyan had intended to ask her out for drinks, “Wrong number.”

The other end of the line went quiet for a couple of seconds before Song Xian asked, “Do you want to go out for a bit?”

Lu Jingyan responded quite naturally, “Not really, I’ve just escaped from a banquet, and I’ve been run ragged these past few days; now all I want to do is sleep.”

Song Xian said nothing.

Lu Jingyan feigned a yawn, “Alright, go back to sleep, I’m hanging up now.”

“Yan Bao,” Song Xian called out to her.

“Hmm?”

“You’ve already woken me up, so if you want to talk about anything, just talk. I won’t be able to fall asleep for a while anyway.”

Lu Jingyan moved her lips slightly, her tone no different from usual when she chatted idly, “I feel like I’ve met my match.”

“Who?” Song Xian reacted quickly, “Chen Kai’s cousin?”

“Yeah,” Lu Jingyan admitted, “Sometimes I think he’s a jerk, and other times I feel he’s not, it’s very confusing, I can’t figure him out.”

“If you can’t figure it out, then don’t bother with it. You’re just into him because he’s handsome; it’s just a fling, why care so much?”

“That won’t do, I have principles. I target jerks, not decent men. What if I wrong an innocent person by mistake?”

“Then just give yourself to him,” Song Xian yawned and went along with her words. But right after saying that, it was as if she realized something, and she suddenly sat up, “Yan Bao, something’s not right with you, something’s very wrong; when have you ever been so cautious with those jerks before?”

“…”

“I don’t think you’re afraid of wrongful injury, I think you’re about to fall for Chen Kai’s cousin.”

“…”

“Wow, Yan Bao, you’re not just facing an opponent, you’ve met your nemesis.”

“…”

Lu Jingyan’s hand trembled, and she wasn’t sure why she felt so guilty, but she ended the call.

After hanging up, she felt her reaction was too strong and quickly grabbed her phone to make amends, “Song Xian, I got another call, so it was cut off.”

“You were saying something, I didn’t quite catch it.”

Song Xian was truly sleepy; she hung up the phone, tossed her phone aside, and fell back asleep.

Seeing no response from Song Xian, Lu Jingyan was about to call again when suddenly an Alipay notification popped up on her phone.

——You have received a transfer from Sheng Xian.

Lu Jingyan was taken aback, clicked on it, saw the amount, and immediately understood that Sheng Xian had refunded her the entire sum of money.

He asked for the money.

And he was the one returning it.

What did this mean?

Lu Jingyan took a screenshot, sent it to Sheng Xian’s WeChat, and then typed a question mark.

Lu Jingyan: “?”

Lu Jingyan: “What do you mean?”

After a while, her phone screen lit up.

Sheng Xian: “Feeding the fish.”