WWSEG – Chapter 30

Before Song Yushi could speak, the phone on the desk rang. Qi Ke was closer and casually pressed a button, silencing the ring.

Song Yushi was annoyed. “Qi Ke!”

Qi Ke was also a bit embarrassed. She raised her hands. “It was just a habit.”

Her innocent, pretty little face made it impossible for anyone to bear blaming her.

Song Yushi glared at her irritably.

Having gained a lifeline with her beauty, Qi Ke showed no survival instinct. Her heart suddenly leaped, and her smile froze. “Whose call are you waiting for?”

Song Yushi was baffled. “What do you mean, whose call am I waiting for?”

“If you’re not waiting for anyone’s call, why were you so anxious when I hung up?”

“What kind of ridiculous logic is that?” Song Yushi wanted to push her away. But just then, the phone on the desk rang again. Song Yushi paused, a corner of her mouth twitching. “You get it.”

Qi Ke quickly answered.

It was unclear what was said on the other end, but her expression immediately relaxed. She hummed in agreement, “Okay, I got it.”

After hanging up, Qi Ke turned around. “It was Xiao Nan.”

Song Yushi was noncommittal.

Qi Ke raised an eyebrow. “You knew?”

Song Yushi crossed her arms and said leisurely, “I knew.”

“Then why did you let me answer…?”

“Didn’t you want to answer it?” If someone was willing to act as her little secretary and answer calls, she had no reason to refuse.

Qi Ke: “…”

In the past, when she read the CP super topic, the CP fans’ analysis said she was completely under Song Yushi’s thumb. She didn’t believe it then; after all, the little captain was so weak in bed. But now, looking at it, once they were out of bed, it was indeed true.

A direct confrontation wouldn’t work, so Qi Ke had to take a roundabout route. “I was just worried you’d get into a relationship during your career’s rising phase with a muddled head.”

Song Yushi said lightly, “Wasn’t being muddle-headed once enough?”

Qi Ke was slightly stunned. She opened her mouth to say something more, but Song Yushi had already changed the subject. “What did Xiao Nan say?”

Qi Ke: “She said you should go with me.”

Song Yushi: “?”

“The Vice President, you remember him, right? He’s an old family friend.” Qi Ke put the phone back in its place. “He heard I came to the company and wants me to see him.”

Song Yushi: “So what does that have to do with me?”

Qi Ke: “?”

She forced the conversation back on track. “He asked for you too.”

Song Yushi narrowed her eyes. “Is that so?”

Qi Ke nodded frantically, very unconvincingly.

As it happened, Song Yushi also needed to talk to the Vice President about Sister Fei, so she went with Qi Ke. But the moment they stepped out of the office, they immediately received attention from all directions.

Their colleagues exchanged excited glances.

【They came out together, ahhh! Are they holding hands? From my angle, it looks like they are!】

【Teacher Qi is so well-behaved, following behind the boss, ooh ooh ooh.】

【Huh? How did Teacher Qi lead the boss away? Hey, is my workaholic boss leaving early on the last day of work?】

【Pretty girls should be with pretty girls!】

【I don’t care! A big star should focus on her career! Our boss is beautiful on her own!】

Uh, a toxic solo stan slipped in.

Song Yushi didn’t have the imagination to conjure up her colleagues’ internal screams; she just felt their gazes were strange and quickly fled the scene.

Qi Ke followed unhurriedly behind. “What’s the rush?”

But as soon as they entered the elevator, a gust of cold wind blew in, and she shivered.

Song Yushi said coolly, “Not wearing long johns?”

Qi Ke: “?”

“How can you not wear long johns in winter? If you don’t wear long johns, you’ll get sick easily when you’re older.” The captain had a good memory and repeated Qi Ke’s words verbatim.

Qi Ke: “…”

This joke is never going to die, is it!!

Qi Ke wrapped her little skirt tightly around herself and stubbornly leaned against the corner of the elevator, like a little girl about to sell matches on the roadside.

“Ding.”

The elevator arrived.

Qi Ke followed Song Yushi out. Noticing Song Yushi glance at her, she involuntarily straightened her back—she, Qi Ke, the lead vocalist of Sweet Day, had her pride!

“Wait,” Song Yushi said.

Qi Ke stopped but didn’t turn around.

After a while, she still hadn’t heard Song Yushi speak. She tried to hold back, but her curiosity got the better of her, and she turned her head.

Song Yushi was standing by the elevator, not moving.

Qi Ke found it strange. “Aren’t we going?”

Song Yushi’s hands were in her coat pockets. She stared at the smooth, clean floor and said, “The Vice President’s office doesn’t have heating.”

“I know.” Qi Ke stomped her feet from the cold.

The Vice President of Mangosteen Entertainment was notoriously unafraid of the cold. Not only did he not turn on the heat, but sometimes he even turned on the air conditioning. One could imagine how cold his office was.

Standing in the heated hallway, Qi Ke mourned for her future self a few minutes from now. Finally, she urged Song Yushi, “I know you want me to warm up a bit, but it’s better to get it over with quickly. Let’s just say a few words to him and retreat.”

Song Yushi shook her head. “I’m not letting you warm up.”

Qi Ke: “…” Can’t you just let me be sentimental for a moment!

Qi Ke said helplessly, “Then what are you standing there for? Is there money on the floor?” She walked over. “Let me see.”

Song Yushi looked up. “It’s here.”

“What?”

“Ding!”

The elevator stopped in front of them. The doors slowly opened, revealing Xiao Nan inside, panting.

Qi Ke: “Xiao Nan, how did you…”

She stopped mid-sentence. She saw that Xiao Nan was holding a down jacket, a new light pink one. She had seen it before in a picture posted by one of Song Yushi’s fansite masters.

Song Yushi had looked very good wearing it, like a glutinous rice ball in a frozen world, cute and lively.

Xiao Nan caught her breath before asking, “Boss, is this the one?”

Song Yushi nodded. “Give it to Teacher Qi.”

Teacher Qi was still standing there dumbfounded. Caught off guard by being called out, she blinked, her tone uncertain, “…For me to wear?”

Song Yushi: “I’m afraid you’ll freeze to death.”

Qi Ke: “…”

Although the reason was very tsundere-like, she decided to take it as the captain caring for her.

The Vice President’s office indeed had no heating, but it wasn’t so extreme as to have the air conditioning on. When they arrived, the Vice President was on the phone and gestured for them to sit on the sofa and wait for him. Qi Ke leaned back on the sofa and said, “Wanna bet? He’s definitely looking for me because of family matters.”

Song Yushi disagreed. “Talking about family matters at the company?”

It didn’t seem like the Vice President’s personality.

Qi Ke urged her in a low voice, “Then let’s make a bet.”

Song Yushi weighed it in her mind. Back when they were dating, Qi Ke loved to find opportunities to make bets with her. The stakes were always some harmless, intimate activities, just a bit of fun between a couple. It was just that she lost every bet and always wanted to win one back. So this time—Song Yushi still fell into the trap. “Bet what?”

Qi Ke thought for a moment. “The loser has to grant the winner one request.”

Song Yushi: “…No bet.”

Qi Ke: “?” She lowered the requirement. “As long as it doesn’t violate my principles.”

Song Yushi: “That’s acceptable.”

Just then, the Vice President finished his call and strode over, saying as he walked, “Qi Ke! I’ve finally caught you! Why aren’t you answering your dad’s calls?”

Song Yushi: “……………………?”

Vice President, how can you be so unprofessional?

Qi Ke held back a laugh. She feigned ignorance, “What call?”

“Still playing dumb with me?” The Vice President sat opposite them, annoyed. “Your dad even showed me the screenshots. He said I can’t manage my own employees, playing missing with their parents.”

Qi Ke was embarrassed. “My dad is really…”

“He told me to tell you, your grandpa agreed to let you come home for the New Year this year—”

“On what condition?”

“Bring someone back with you.”

“?”

The Vice President glanced worriedly at Song Yushi, who was still immersed in the fact that she had lost another bet, and said in a low voice, “Your grandpa saw you and Yushi looking like a couple, searched online, read a few fanfictions, and, uh… you know.”

Qi Ke: “…” I don’t want to know!!!

The Vice President, however, had completed his task. He set Qi Ke aside to let her be flustered on her own and turned to Song Yushi. “Yushi? You were looking for me…?”

Song Yushi snapped out of her daze. “Ah, I…”

“Wait.” The Vice President’s expression suddenly became very colorful. He looked at Song Yushi, then at Qi Ke, and a chill went down his spine. “You two aren’t here to come out to me, are you?”

Song Yushi: “?”

Qi Ke: “…”

You think too highly of yourself, Vice President!!!

Song Yushi reacted faster. She quickly changed the subject. “I just fired Sister Fei.”

The Vice President nodded. “HR called me, said Sister Fei wants to see me.” He sighed. “She’s a company veteran. If it hadn’t come to this, the company wouldn’t have been so ruthless. You’ve been wronged.”

Song Yushi shook her head, smiled, and said nothing.

Although one had to endure some grievances for work, those unwarranted grievances couldn’t be glossed over in the name of work.

“How about this, the company will carefully select a new manager for you, and it will definitely be with your approval. Okay?” the Vice President added.

Song Yushi didn’t refuse. “Thank you, Vice President.”

Having said what needed to be said, Qi Ke pulled Song Yushi to leave. The Vice President quickly added, “Remember to call your dad back. I’ve passed on the message. There are still a few days until the New Year, enough time for you to find a girlfriend!”

Qi Ke didn’t look back, shutting his voice inside the office.

Song Yushi stared at her wrist, which was being held by Qi Ke. After ten seconds with no sign of her letting go, Song Yushi finally spoke, “Let go.”

“I won’t!”

“?” Song Yushi’s eyes widened slightly.

The Vice President’s office was connected to the secretary’s office. At that moment, the secretary was glancing over at them gossipily. Qi Ke thought for a moment and dragged Song Yushi into the stairwell.

Wind blew in through a half-open window, carrying fine snowflakes that melted as they drifted through the air. The high-level stairwell was clean, rarely visited by anyone other than the cleaning staff. And at this moment, Song Yushi and Qi Ke were in a standoff here.

Qi Ke: “Come home with me.”

Song Yushi flatly refused: “No.”

In the empty stairwell, a voice tinged with annoyance echoed, hitting the walls and dissolving into the snowflakes, but it didn’t reach Qi Ke’s ears.

Qi Ke nodded. “You’ve been to my home before. They all know you. Although it was as a friend, it’ll be more natural for us to become lovers.”

Song Yushi: “…Don’t just talk to yourself.”

“Feelings develop over time.”

Song Yushi said, word by word, “I did not agree.”

Qi Ke acted as if she had just remembered to ask for Song Yushi’s consent. “You just lost the bet. You have to grant me one request.” As soon as she finished speaking, she immediately made her demand. “Come home with me.”

Song Yushi replied smoothly, “It violates my principles.”

Qi Ke: “But you’ve been to my home before.”

Song Yushi: “?”

Qi Ke: “You’ve been to my home before, which means it doesn’t violate your principles.”

Song Yushi was so flustered by her trickery that it took her a while to find what was wrong. “I wasn’t there as your lover back then.”

“Then this time you won’t be there as my lover either,” Qi Ke said. “But there’s one thing: don’t deny it. Just let them misunderstand, just like our CP fans.”

Song Yushi was conflicted.

She really couldn’t imagine the entire Qi family, young and old, collectively shipping their CP. And she secretly swore to herself that she would never make a bet with Qi Ke again in this lifetime.

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