Xu Senni sat on the sofa with her eyes red and the tears on her face not yet dried. Sobbing, she raised her head to look at Hu Yinli. She opened her mouth to talk, but no words came out, so she bowed her head.
Grabbing the lighter off the table, Hu Yinli lit his cigarette and inhaled and breathed out a ring of smoke. He frowned, his heart feeling suffocated.
When Xu Senni came home, she bawled her eyes out, and no matter how much Hu Yinli pressured her, she wouldn’t tell him the exact details of the situation she was in.
Lowering his chin, Hu Yinli said, “This isn’t a small amount of money. Explain the situation so I can understand what the problem is.”
Xu Senni gripped the hem of her skirt in her fist, crumpling the patterned flowers. Lowering her head, she masked the bitterness in her eyes, and choked out a few words, “I’ll never do business again. I’ll just stay at home.”
“I didn’t ask about that. I want to know how you lost the money.” Hu Yinli extinguished his cigarette.
Over time, he became increasingly impatient. Although the money Xu Senni lost wasn’t negligible, Hu Yinli wasn’t concerned about the money. He was more suspicious of her attempting to conceal everything.
Hu Yinli refused to let himself be deceived.
Xu Senni’s jaw tightened as she stared at Hu Yinli, her eyes ridiculing him.
Upon seeing her gaze, Hu Yinli’s anger that he had suppressed resurged. Angrily, he stood up, and his frown deepened as he lit the cigarette and slammed the lighter down the table.
“You’re angry?” Hu Yinli suddenly sneered. “You buy luxurious clothes and shoes and I never say a thing. I want you to explain to me the situation. Is it really that hard?”
Xu Senni silently bowed her head and stared at the floor before spitting out, “The amount of money lost is twice as much as the investment. Isn’t that a lot?”
Hu Yinli’s eyes hardened as she spoke.
Checking her bank account, Cen Si Miao’s eyes narrowed. Grabbing her phone, she looked at the chat with Hu Yinli, and her heart stung a little.
Over two months ago, she had sent him a text asking for money, but she had yet to see a response. Now, she was living life as a pauper who could barely scrape together enough money to survive. All the money she had saved had gone to investing in reality TV shows in order to make Wu Li Chen a special guest.
Now, Wu Li Chen probably had 80% more savings than she did.
Cen Si Miao went to lie on the couch and used her phone’s calculator. She was shocked that Xu Senni had gone so long without telling Hu Yinli about what happened. These past few days, Cen Si Miao had put her phone volume on max in fear that she would miss a call from Hu Yinli when he came to interrogate her.
During this time, Cen Si Miao didn’t bother to respond to Hu Yinli’s messages with meaningful replies and would just send back an “Ok,” or “I know.” She thought her attitude towards him was painfully obvious.
Wu Li Chen had just finished filming and was on another variety show that Cen Si Miao helped him get.
The variety show was centered around a male actor that was randomly paired with a female amateur. They would live together and in order for the male actor to take care of his partner, he had to cook, wash, clean, and even pick out her clothes.
It was up to the audience to decide whether they thought the couple was cute or not.
Wu Li Chen was especially good at cooking.
Typically, Cen Si Miao stubbornly refused to eat vegetables. Wu Li Chen, however, put two or three plates of vegetables on the table and gently coaxed her to eat.
Glancing at the camera, Cen Shimiao bit her tongue and whispered, “Is our family out of money?”
It was all vegetarian, so none of it would taste remotely good.
Wu Li Chen chuckled lightly and brought a chopstick full of food to Cen Si Miao’s mouth, and Cen Si Miao opened her mouth to eat. After swallowing, Wu Li Chen brought another chopstick full of food to her, and Cen Si Miao pursed her lips.
Leaning back against the chair, Wu Li Chen frowned, and asked softly, “Are you not going to eat?”
Without waiting for her to answer, Wu Li Chen set down his chopsticks and leaned down to embrace her in his arms and smiled.
Cen Si Miao took a bite of her food and lowered her eyes, seemingly embarrassed. Wu Li Chen’s hand, that gripped her waist, was particularly warm, and through the thin fabric, it made her particularly sensitive.
Wu Lixin fed her one bite of food after another.
Suddenly, Cen Si Miao smiled and draped her arms around his neck, causing the distance between the two to instantly close. The top of her head rested under Wu Li Chen’s chin as she gently leaned into his shoulder.
Softly, she said, “I can’t eat anymore.”
In response, Wu Li Chen Adam’s apple bobbed rapidly.
Cen Si Miao’s eyes narrowed, and she gently rubbed circles onto the back of his neck.
When the shooting ended, the two of them went straight to the hotel, and Cen Si Miao went straight to the bed while Wu LI Chen headed to the bathroom, clamoring to get into the shower.
She was a bit confused. How does he still feel sullen?
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All The Male Leads Have Blackened
Roman d'amourTHIS STORY IS NOT MINE. ALL CREDITS BELONG TO THE AUTHOR AND TRANSLATOR(S). Before Cen Si Miao died, she had a heart like the golden sun. After she died, she followed around the system developed by Jin Jiang and the Underworld. As she went from plac...
