Accidental Love

In the little stream beside the corridor, a few dead leaves were floating up and down in the gurgling water.

Several ancient-looking lanterns stood on the pillars, reflecting light off people's faces.

The surroundings were quiet, as the group of people walked and chatted.

Only Zheng Shuyi felt uncomfortable.

She didn't have the faint excitement and the smile she had when she came.

At this moment, she followed behind Shi Yan quietly, looking down, and expressionless.

A few other ladies tried to have a conversation with her, but only received a reply from her cold eyes. In the end, they could only interrupt Shi Yan, "Your friend doesn't like talking a lot?"

Shi Yan glanced, "Yeah."

"She's a bit introverted."

——

Everyone waved goodbye in the parking lot to each other.

The driver had been waiting and drove the car to in front of Shi Yan and Zheng Shuyi. The valet stepped forward and opened the door for Zheng Shuyi first.

Zheng Shuyi got in and after the door closed, she just sat in the corner.

Soon after, Shi Yan got on from the other side.

Zheng Shuyi saw him lowering his upper body to come in from the window's glass as the smell from his fragrance filled the car.

It seemed like every breath he took, Zheng Shuyi would feel a suffocating embarrassment.

Although Zheng Shuyi wasn't a person who could chat and make jokes together with a large group of people, she still had fun conversations with her friends.

If it wasn't because she wanted to anger Yue Xingzhou for what he has done, nothing would have happened today.

At least in front of people of the opposite gender, she has always been well-behaved and looked professional.

Especially in front of Shi Yan, she believed that she behaved herself to the extreme.

――Although she still messed up a lot.

But, those mess-ups weren't that bad.

But what happened today really made her want to dig a hole and bury herself.

Not only did she say that she was "making love", Shi Yan even got to make her seem like an idiot by ordering those cakes. That moment, she could feel that her image in front of Shi Yan was abruptly shattered into a million pieces.

Zheng Shuyi thought that if she sent this elsewhere, it wouldn't have been that bad, but she couldn't control herself to send it at that exact moment, right under Shi Yan's eyes.

That subtle text made the atmosphere extremely awkward.

"Should I bring Miss Zheng home first?"

The driver in front suddenly asked.

"Yeah," responded Shi Yan.

Zheng Shuyi still didn't speak. She just kept digging her fingers at the edge of the car window while paying attention to Shi Yan's expression through the reflection.

After he got in the car, there was nothing unusual at all. As usual, he was just looking at his phone as if there were no other people in the car.

The car was driving very quickly towards Zheng Shuyi's house.

Soon, the gate of her neighborhood came into view.

Zheng Shuyi finally felt a bit relieved.

Fortunately, Shi Yan didn't say anything. Otherwise, she would really go find a pit and bury herself.

As soon as the car stopped, Zheng Shuyi quickly opened the door to get out.

"I'll be going now, thank you."

At the moment, she was thankful that she was wearing normal flat shoes, so she was could to get away quickly.

But just after closing the car door, she heard Shi Yan calling her.

"Zheng Shuyi."

Zheng Shuyi's heart shrank all of a sudden. She pretended that she didn't hear and quickly started walking.

But just after a few steps, she heard footsteps from behind.

She didn't even need to look back to know that Shi Yan had gotten off the car.

Zheng Shuyi shuttered and started to walk faster.

However, her behavior was too obvious. Until her wrist was grabbed, she was still subconsciously struggling.

So the next second, she was pressed on her shoulders and pushed towards the tree on the side.

Shi Yan was much taller than her. He lowered his head and stared at her, seeing her embarrassed and frightening eyes.

"I'm calling your name, didn't you hear?"

His tone was cold and calm, but Zheng Shuyi felt that he was unhappy.

"I heard…"

"Then why are you in such a hurry?"

Zheng Shuyi was very nervous. At this moment, all she wanted to do was go home. She didn't know how to reply for a moment.

Shi Yan raised his eyebrows and looked at her.

"Hurry go home and bake cakes?"

"…"

Zheng Shuyi looked up and saw that the eyes behind the lenses clearly showed a smile.

"Shi Yan, you're so annoying!!"

Seeing the way how she's angry and embarrassed, Shi Yan slowly ceased his smile. He turned and walked towards his car, leaving a sentence,

"Take all your things with you."

"…"

——

Zheng Shuyi brought the shopping bags into her house. She fell onto her bed and stared at the ceiling while thinking about life.

The phone in her bag kept vibrating, and it took a long time for her to take it out to look at it.

After receiving those two replies, Yue Xingzhou sent her several messages.

It was question marks after question marks.

But he was still texting.

Yue Xingzhou: Shuyi? What are you talking about?

Yue Xingzhou: Did you drink too much?

Yue Xingzhou: Are you okay?

Zheng Shuyi messed her hair up and typed angrily: What's wrong with you! People who disturb others while making love will get shocked by lightning!!

After sending it out, she quickly blocked him and lied on the bed again.

After a while, there was a sound of a WeChat notification.

Zheng Shuyi suddenly opened her eyes, thinking it was probably Shi Yan.

She slowly reached for her phone while preparing the conversation in her head.

If Shi Yan still wants to make fun of her, she would reply: Yes! I'm making cakes! Do you want to do it with me? If not, then don't stop me from doing it.

But fortunately, the messages weren’t from Shi Yan.

As Zheng Shuyi let out a sigh of relief, she calmed herself down and thanked god.

Qin Shiyue: How did it go?

Qin Shiyue: How did it go today?

Zheng Shuyi:

Zheng Shuyi: Forget it. You'll never be able to imagine the scene today. I messed up big TVT.

Qin Shiyue: Ridiculous, I've seen all kinds of scenes.

Qin Shiyue: Tell me about it.

Zheng Shuyi: So I was eating with him, then my ex-boyfriend suddenly texted me asking what I was doing. I replied "making love" and he saw.

Zheng Shuyi: Then he started using that to make fun of me.

Qin Shiyue: Uh… I haven't seen this before…

Qin Shiyue: If I were you, I'd be dying of embarrassment, hahahahahaha.

Seeing the series of "hahaha", Zheng Shuyi buried her head into the pillow. After a while, she got up and took a shower.

——

The next day was Sunday. Zheng Shuyi didn't go anywhere; she just peacefully stayed home.

On Monday afternoon, she packed her luggage and headed to the airport.

There was an international forum this week, and Zheng Shuyi was asked to go for a week.

The city was called Wu City, and the weather was cold and humid there. As soon as Zheng Shuyi stepped out of the plane, she felt a bitter cold.

Fortunately, Bi Ruoshan had already arrived at the airport and was waving at her at the exit.

"Shuyi!! Here!!"

Ever since graduating from university, the two have only seen a few times. Every time they wanted to travel somewhere together, it would always be disrupted by various events.

And Wu City was Bi Ruoshan's hometown. After graduation, she returned to work. After learning that Zheng Shuyi was going to come here for a business trip, she immediately arranged everything for her.

On the first night, Bi Ruoshan took her to eat some local specialties.

In the noisy little restaurant, the two of them sat at the table on the far side. Until all the guests who arrived at the same time as they had left already, they were still adding drinks.

When old friends get together, there was naturally a lot to say. On top of that, Zheng Shuyi has been through so much during this time. Once they started talking, they barely ate any food.

Especially when talking about Shi Yan, Bi Ruoshan was stunned.

"Really? The CEO of Mingyu Bank! You still dare?"

Zheng Shuyi: "Why not? Isn't the CEO still a man?"

Bi Ruoshan applauded her, "Hear me out. No one, even those in the entertainment circle, can make themselves as close to him as you did. "

Zheng Shuyi: "…"

——

As dusk slowly arrived, Bi Ruoshan took her to see the unique riverside night scene of Wu City.

The nights here were not noisy and full of construction. In the quietness, the two stood under the lights and took a few selfies, and called it a day.

Back at the hotel, Zheng Shuyi chose the best picture and sent it to Moments.

"Long time no see, I miss you!"

For the next four or five days, Zheng Shuyi's loaded with work during the day, and Bi Ruoshan still took her out to play everywhere along with all sorts of food and drinks. It made Zheng Shuyi's experience very good.

But every night, when Zheng Shuyi lay in bed and wanted to bother Shi Yan, she would think about the cake that night.

As a result, the chat history didn't change for a few days in a row.

——

The night before leaving, Zheng Shuyi returned to the hotel after dinner.

She lied there alone in the room and held the phone in her hands. The window blocked the noise from outside and while wondering what to send to Shi Yan, she slowly fell asleep.

Jiang City, thousands of miles away from Wu City, was raining at this time.

The winter rain always made people sleepy. Right now, Shi Yan was having another dinner party. There were some cooperation partners present who were talking and drinking, but he wasn't too interested.

The phone on the table vibrated. Shi Yan quickly took a look at it. It was his schedule for the next month sent from his secretary.

Shi Yan opened the picture and glanced at it. Without much interest, he started scrolling through his WeChat. Zheng Shuyi's cartoon avatar seemed extremely eye-catchy.

Shi Yan's fingers stopped scrolling.

He suddenly felt like this person seemed to have been quiet for a long time.

Almost as if it was decided by fate, he clicked into her Moments and saw a photo she uploaded a few days ago.

Zheng Shuyi was wrapped in a furry scarf and a woolen hat. Her face was mostly covered and only a pair of eyes were shown. He could also somewhat see her frozen red cheeks.

Looking at the photo, the scene of her burying her face in her hands at the dinner party a few days ago appeared in Shi Yan's head.

So she also knows how to be embarrassed?

This is the reaction when she's embarrassed?

Shi Yan smiled and shifted his gaze to the background of the photo.

He pulled two fingers away from each other to zoom on the photo.

Behind Zheng Shuyi was an unfamiliar bridge, and the distant mountains could be seen in the far background. Everything in the picture looked like they didn't belong to Jiang City.

Shi Yan looked at the picture for a while and then exited the picture. Only then did he notice Zheng Shuyi's caption:

"Long time no see, I miss you!"

The person beside him suddenly interrupted Shi Yan's thoughts, "Isn't this the reporter from last time?"

The person who spoke was Guan Xiangcheng.

Guan Xiangcheng happened to be invited to this dinner too.

He sat next to Shi Yan and saw him being bored and started to look at his phone. So he glanced over and saw Zheng Shuyi's picture.

"I read her latest article a few days ago, which is about your interview. I think it's very well-written," said Guan Xiangcheng, "The little girl looks quite young yet has excellent writing skills. Much better than most men nowadays."

After speaking, he paused, remembering some rumors about Shi Yan and an actress, so he asked with a purpose, "Why haven't seen her recently?"

——

At ten o'clock in the night, Zheng Shuyi was suddenly awoken by a rumble of loud thunder.

She sat up in a daze.

The lights outside the window were bright, and there were occasional sounds of leaves blowing.

It was winter, and as the saying goes, "thunder in the winter means snow".

This meant that when dawn arrived, Wu City could be covered in soft snow.

Zheng Shuyi grew up in a coastal city, and later Jiang City, a place where snow was very rare.

At this moment, thinking of the pictures of white snow in Wu City that Bi Ruoshan sent her every winter, Zheng Shuyi felt a little sad.

Since it was the weekend anyway, staying another day or two shouldn't be a problem.

As she thought, her phone suddenly vibrated.

Shi Yan: When will you return to Jiang City?

Zheng Shuyi stared at the message for a long time, almost thinking that she was dreaming.

After a long time, she slowly sent a question mark.

Zheng Shuyi:?

Shi Yan: Uncle Guan wants to meet you.