Accidental Love

After walking through a long wooden corridor, Zheng Shuyi finally realized that this was not a private dinner with Shi Yan, but a dinner party by one of Shi Yan's elders.

Zheng Shuyi suddenly stopped.

"Didn't I say to eat dinner with me?"

Shi Yan calmly glanced at her, "Doesn't this count as eating dinner with you?"

Zheng Shuyi:?

Whatever.

She lowered her head and out an angry "humph".

"You know this isn't what I meant."

"What did you mean?"

Zheng Shuyi looked up at him and held her words back.

Whatever. There are just some people who you can't reason with.

When they reached the door, Shi Yan stopped and glanced at Zheng Shuyi.

He shoved one of his hands into his pockets, forming an arch with his arm.

Zheng Shuyi understood what he meant and wrapped her arm around his.

Right now, she was attending this dinner as the role of Shi Yan's partner.

But this didn't make Zheng Shuyi happy.

Due to work reasons, she was often invited to various banquets and dinner parties. During these situations, men would usually bring a female partner with them.

It could be a wife, a girlfriend, a colleague, or even a friend from a long time ago.

So in Zheng Shuyi's mind, Shi Yan would often bring various other women to dinner parties like this as well. He didn't treat her with any specialty at all.

If it wasn't Zheng Shuiy today, it would have definitely been some other woman.

No wonder Shi Yan agreed so quickly last night. Maybe he was just struggling to pick out a woman to go with, and she offered it herself.

Sigh.

Zheng Shuyi was a little speechless.

Businessmen were like this: they weren't interested in things that couldn't earn them money, but fortunately, this dinner seemed to be more like a feast. It didn't look serious, and formal dresses weren't even required.

And this was a Chinese-style dinner, which was a bit social. It was just a group of young people gathering around for a meal right before New Year.

In the biggest private dining room of the garden, there were four tables. They were separated by emerald screens, keeping the conversations a bit private.

When Shi Yan walked in, everyone who was sitting across from the door greeted him.

In the crowd, Shi Yan has always been the one everyone paid attention to.

When people heard his name, many turned their heads to look at him.

Zheng Shuyi, who was standing beside Shi Yan and holding his arms, felt that she got an extraordinary amount of attention as well.

What's the matter?

Zheng Shuyi was puzzled, isn't it normal for him to come with a woman?

However, after the people who were seated already exchanged glances, various scenes and thoughts appeared in their minds and were shown on their expressions.

Then, a WeChat group exploded.

――Is this the actress on Shi Yan's car the other day?

――I have never seen her before, maybe she's not popular?

――I heard her acting skills are excellent?

――She looks very pretty too, but I don't think she has much of a reputation.

――With just her looks, Shi Yan can make her famous in less than half a year.

――Should we go up and greet her? Maybe she's the next top actress.

So, just as Zheng Shuyi and Shi Yan sat down, before she was even able to introduce herself, someone started the conversation for her.

"I don't pay much attention to the entertainment industry these days," a young man sitting opposite of Shi Yan looked at him, pointed to Zheng Shuyi, and asked, "This is?"

"Ah! I know!"

Before Shi Yan got to reply, a young lady spoke, "You're the main character of the online drama, The Biography of Princess Xiao Lan, from a while ago right?"

As she said this, another lady continued, "Yes yes, I think I remember now. At that time, I was just saying, the main character looks so pretty. It seems that she looks even better in person."

Zheng Shuyi:?

Shi Yan glanced at her and didn't speak.

Zheng Shuyi smiled and said, "I think you guys are thinking of the wrong person, I'm a reporter from ‘Finance Weekly'."

As everyone realized, they showed signs of surprises in their eyes.

Soon after, the WeChat group became active again.

――Yesterday he was with an actress, and now he’s with a beautiful reporter? ――Mr. Shi is quite impressive.

――He brought her to Uncle Cheng's family dinner, looks like she must be very special to him.

――I knew it, Mr. Shi likes women that have some inner beauty as well.

――Feel bad for that actress[Candle]1Candle emoji has a meaning of feeling bad for someone when used in texts and blog posts. 

Zheng Shuyi didn't know what Shi Yan's casual comment created such a big misunderstanding. She just silently ate her food and silently listened to other's conversations.

Towards the end, Zheng Shuyi felt really bored, so she took out her phone and took a look.

The lock screen showed that there were several text messages from Yue Xingzhou.

She frowned.

At that time, she purposefully blocked Yue XIngzhou's Wechat and Weibo, but because she rarely used her phone number, she forgot to block his number.

She opened the text message and read the two messages.

Twenty minutes ago.

Yue Xingzhou: Shuyi, do you have time?

Five minutes ago.

Yue Xingzhou: I have something to tell you.

Zheng Shuyi glanced, and just when she was about to block him, he sent another text.

Yue Xingzhou: Shuyi, are you busy? What are you doing right now?

Zheng Shuyi sneered in her head and typed.

Zheng Shuyi: Making love

Sending this out, Zheng Shuyi imagined Yue Xingzhou's jealous face. She suddenly felt much better and smiled.

At almost the same time, she felt something.

Beside him, Shi Yan slowly turned his head towards the left.

Just as she thought, Shi Yan was looking at her.

He looked down, glanced at the phone screen, then looked at her face again.

The air seemed to freeze in place.

The smile at the corner of Zheng Shuyi's mouth disappeared. She quickly looked down and started typing under Shi Yan's gaze.

Zheng Shuyi: -shaped cakes.

After sending, she placed down her phone and observed her surroundings.

The look from Shi Yan finally left.

He didn't say anything, but it was more embarrassing than if he did.

The conversations at the tables were still the same. Everyone was talking happily, just like half a minute ago.

Zheng Shuyi also acted normal, as if nothing had happened.

However, two minutes later, someone saw Zheng Shuyi slowly pushing away the bowl in front of her and buried her face into her hands on the table.

Her shoulders sank, and her hair fell down. Her whole body seemed like she was trying to hide in a hole

Someone asked, "What happened to her?"

Shi Yan glanced at her and gently rubbed her trembling head with his palm.

"Not sure," he said calmly, "maybe the food doesn't suit her appetite?"

After that, Zheng Shuyi didn't know what else happened on the table.

She only knew that although some people looked alive, they were actually dead.

Zheng Shuyi covered her face and comforted herself for a long time. It wasn't until most of the food on the table have disappeared did she slowly raise her head.

Fortunately, Shi Yan didn't have any abnormal expression on his face and didn't even look at her.

Zheng Shuyi let out a sigh of relief.

There has never been another moment when she hoped that Shi Yan hadn't look at her.

But after a while, a waiter knocked on the door and came in. Then placed a small cake in front of all the women present.

Zheng Shuyi: "…"

Her back stiffened again, and she looked at the little cake in front of her as if her soul was about to fly out of her body.

"Who ordered these?"

Someone asked.

Shi Yan wiped his hands slowly and said, "I did."

Zheng Shuyi: "…"

"Someone here really likes cakes.”

Zheng Shuyi: "…"

She continued to stare at the cake in front of her.

The pink mousse, white cream, decorated with two cherries. The cake looked very cute, and it should taste very delicious as well.

But for some reason, in Zheng Shuyi's eyes, it looked quite romantic.

She felt that it was a little more than just a cake.

• 1Candle emoji has a meaning of feeling bad for someone when used in texts and blog posts.