Accidental Love

Zheng Shuyi had to admit that when she sat in the car, she purposefully bent low, maintained her smiling expression, and even adjusted her legs casually to the best-looking position.

She didn't know how much Shi Yan could see without his glasses or whether he could recognize her inner beauty, so she demonstrated her outer beauty to the maximum regardless.

But now, the car windows were open, and the late-autumn freezing wind came pouring into the car.

Zheng Shuyi quietly rubbed her legs against each other, wrapped her jacket more tightly, and took out the recording pen. After clearing her throat, she said, "Mr. Shi, is it okay if I start recording now?"

Shi Yan was still leaning back on his seat. He had his eyes closed, and he didn't bother to open them as he just replied quietly with an "mm-hmm".

Are you going to fall asleep on me?

Do I look that unattractive?

Zheng Shuyi cursed in her head, but her words remained sweet and polite, "I will record the whole interview and send you the finalized draft for you to go over."

Shi Yan didn't reply. He continued to sit there with his eyes closed as if he was meditating.

Zheng Shuyi took out her interview outline.

"This interview is mainly focused on the role of Yuan1Currency used in China. 1 USD = approx 6.51 Yuan as a pillar currency in Asian corperations and East Asia. First of all, can you please tell us your opinions, as a large commercial bank supporting the internationalization of Yuan, what preparations do you think needs to be done?"

After listening to Zheng Shuyi's question, Shi Yan turned his head and lightly glanced at Zheng Shuyi.

Zheng Shuyi didn't know what this meant so she just looked at him back.

Unexpectedly, Shi Yan didn't look away. Zheng Shuyi didn't even know what expression was on her face when their eyes met, and she just stared at him awkwardly.

Not only did she spend a lot of time preparing for this interview, there were a lot of other factors making her really looking forward to this interview. However, this also made her really nervous.

After a while, Shi Yan thought of something and sneered quietly, then he looked away.

Zheng Shuyi: ?

If it's not because I have something else I want from you, I would have forced you to tell me what that expression of yours meant.

While Zheng Shuyi was thinking to herself, Shi Yan raised his hand to loosen his bow tie, then started to answer Zheng Shuyi's question.

When he said the first sentence, Zheng Shuyi was still buried in her thoughts. After a second, she suddenly realized what she was supposed to be doing and lowered her head to start taking notes.

Although Shi Yan's answer wasn't wordy, his sentences were very logical and connected, filled with information. Zheng Shuyi carefully listened to every word he said.

The car continued to drive at a high speed, up a mountain road, into a tunnel, around an interchange… Zheng Shuyi never even looked up to notice the changes outside the window.

She threw out questions one after another, and there was no time at all for her to worry about where the car was going.

When she finished asking everything on her outline, the recording pen showed that one hour and fifty-six minutes had already passed.

It was actually very difficult to catch up with his thoughts. It was a test of attention as she tried her best to process what he had said, so she doesn't accidentally make a fool out of herself by saying something wrong. By the time she stopped the recording, her hand was full of sweat.

Zheng Shuyi raised her head, glanced at Shi Yan, and saw that his expression was very calm, nothing like her nervousness.

Her gaze stopped on his eyes.

Looking at him from the side, she noticed that the lenses were coated with a faint layer of light on top of his eyelashes, making it hard to tell what his eyes were like.

"Are you done asking?" Shi Yan suddenly turned to look at her.

Zheng Shuyi quickly looked away and replied, "I'm done looking."

One second later.

Zheng Shuyi: "…"

The already quiet car suddenly seemed to become even quieter.

She closed the pen cover and pretend that nothing had happened. She looked down and flipped through her notebook, trying to conceal her embarrassment for being caught staring at him.

After a moment of silence, Zheng Shuyi began to feel a little nervous and quietly raised her eyes to look at Shi Yan again.

Her eyes met with Shi Yan's once more.

He slowly straightened his body and adjusted his bow tie. The expression in his eyes turned gloomy and confusing.

Then, the car slowly stopped.

Zheng Shuyi let out a sigh of relief.

Just a slip of mouth.

She shouldn't have talked so much.

The car was still quiet as a sudden gust of cold wind blew in and made Zheng Shuyi shiver.

Shi Yan opened his side of the door, and stepped out of the car after throwing a sentence, 

"Two hours is up."

Zheng Shuyi: "…"

Everything happened too quickly as Zheng Shuyi broke free from her nervous stare.

She immediately raised her head and looked out of the car window.

She saw a large field of grass, rows of wooden fences, a few horses grazing carefreely, and a forest of yellow leaves at the edge of the horizon. The clouds covered the grayish sky as if they were just inches away from touching the trees.

???

Where the hell is this place?

Standing by the car, Shi Yan looked into the distance as if he had forgotten the existence of Zheng Shuyi already.

Zheng Shuyi looked outside of the window in a panic.

But Shi Yan seemed to have the word "Coldness" written in bold text on his back.

When she was just about to speak, Shi Yan turned to her and raised his eyes, "You can go now."

Zheng Shuyi: ?

How am I supposed to go while in a place like this?

Ride a horse?

Seeing that Shi Yan was literally about to leave, Zheng Shuyi quickly got out of the car to catch up.

"Mr. Shi, there's one last question."

She gently pursed her lips and continued, "Why don't we talk about something else?"

Shi Yan was looking at his phone as he replied,

"What is it?"

Zheng Shuyi stood behind him and asked, "Do you have a girlfriend?"

Shi Yan's fingers stopped moving across his phone as he glanced back.

Zheng Shuyi looked at Shi Yan with a smile, and it seemed that she had no other meaning. After all, many reporters would use such questions to loosen up the atmosphere at the end of an interview.

In reality, her hands dangling by her legs were tightly curled up into fists again.

Shi Yan studied her and looked at her face interestingly.

When he was about to speak, a voice suddenly came from not too far away.

"Shi Yan!"

Shi Yan immediately raised his head as a white-haired old man wearing an equestrian outfit2sportswear for horse riding  walked over quickly.

At first, Zheng Shuyi just also looked over with Shi Yan. The old man's voice sounded familiar.

As he got closer and his face became clear, Zheng Shuyi suddenly realized that she indeed knew him.

This person was none other than the well-known bigwig of the financial industry.

Zheng Shuyi majored in journalism and finance/economics as an undergraduate, and on the first day, her professor mentioned this person specifically – Guan Xiangcheng.

Since then, the name "Guan Xiangcheng" had been with Zheng Shuyi throughout her college years. After she got her job, the name got mentioned even more, in TVs, magazines, newspapers… He could be seen and heard almost everywhere.

Although Guan Xiangcheng was already retired and rarely appeared in public, his prestige was still as tall as a mountain.

Of course, Zheng Shuyi also heard that Guan Xiangcheng's greatest hobby was horse riding.

So where she was now, should be Guan Xiangcheng's private horse farm.

• 1Currency used in China. 1 USD = approx 6.51 Yuan
• 2sportswear for horse riding