I’ll Butcher Pigs to Support You! 112

Chapter 112: Modern Extra [3]

The dishes were served quickly, but everyone didn’t move, their gazes fixed on Shen Xizhi, waiting for her to take the first bite.

And Shen Xizhi looked at Song Yugui, waiting for her to serve her.

After waiting for a while without any movement, her brow furrowed slightly. Weren’t you just very concerned about her? Why aren’t you moving now?

She really didn’t like to take the initiative, but the other was also not taking the initiative. Helplessly, she opened her mouth to hint, “I have to have a couple of drinks with Mr. Wang in a little while.”

Song Yugui nodded seriously, then finally reacted and quickly replied, “Then I’ll get you some food. You can have a bite to line your stomach first.”

Shen Xizhi was satisfied and nodded with reservation. “Mmm.”

She thought of how when she had gone to the office to get the bowl at noon, the other three dishes inside had barely been touched. They were basically the same as when she had left, and the rice hadn’t been finished either, looking as if it hadn’t been touched at all.

So when she was getting the food, she said in a small voice, “Can I get you a little more? You didn’t eat much at noon.”

She even knew I ate so little at noon? Hmph, didn’t she just leave in a hurry after she finished eating, not at all wanting to stay with me?

The beautiful boss’s dissatisfaction was about to overflow, but she didn’t say anything on the surface and just nodded lightly.

Actually, she was still a little happy. She couldn’t help but be very happy when she was cared for by her.

Shen Xizhi pressed her lips together. Before she had remembered her past life’s memories, she had never thought she would fall for anyone, let alone an ordinary woman.

Receiving her orders, Song Yugui started to get her some food. In order to have her eat a little more, she had removed all the ginger and garlic from every dish, then had given her a couple more chopsticks’ worth. In the end, the small bowl was so full it was overflowing.

She carefully placed the bowl in front of Shen Xizhi. “Mr. Shen, is this enough to eat? If it’s not enough, I can get you some more in a little while.”

She smiled, her expression full of gentleness.

Only now did she have a bit of the look from her memory.

Shen Xizhi nodded slightly and then said in a small voice, “It’s too much. I can’t finish it.”

There were so many dishes, she couldn’t finish them.

“Ah, is it a lot?”

Song Yugui hadn’t expected her beautiful boss’s appetite to be so small. That was also true. She was so thin.

“It’s alright. Just eat as much as you can. I won’t get so much next time. But try to eat more. You didn’t eat much at noon.”

It was the first time someone had been so concerned about whether she had eaten or not.

Her family was emotionally distant, and there were rarely any warm moments.

Shen Xizhi pressed her lips together, and a bit of gentleness overflowed from her lowered eyes. She replied softly, “Mmm.”

She hadn’t expected Mr. Shen to be so easy to talk to. She really shouldn’t have gossiped about her.

Song Yugui was filled with regret.

Shen Xizhi lowered her head to eat and didn’t speak anymore. The boss opposite her inexplicably felt that the atmosphere was very uncomfortable, as if they had inserted themselves into a space where they shouldn’t have been.

They were just so superfluous.

He widened his eyes and, seeing that Shen Xizhi had already started to eat, he took a bite of food. After he finished, he gestured for his assistant to pour him some wine. “Mr. Shen, it’s your first time in Huai City, and it’s also my first time having the honor of meeting you. If there is anything lacking in my hospitality, I hope you will be magnanimous. I’ll toast you.”

Shen Xizhi lowered her eyes to eat her food. Hearing this, she lifted her eyelids slightly, her temperament even colder than frost.

Song Yugui poured her a glass of wine. She raised her wine glass, toasted him from a distance, and took a sip, which was considered giving him some face.

Mr. Wang, on the other hand, drank the wine in his glass in one gulp.

After drinking a glass of wine, he toasted Shen Xizhi three more times on his own.

Shen Xizhi was a little impatient. She had promised to drink less today.

So she just touched her lips twice and then coldly stopped the other from continuing to toast her. “Let’s get down to business.”

Mr. Wang paused. Seeing Shen Xizhi frown as if she were unhappy, he quickly agreed. “Xiaosong, you can tell Mr. Shen about our proposal.”

“Alright.”

The assistant, called Xiaosong, was only wearing a black shirt and was quite handsome. He took out a document and began to talk eloquently.

Song Yugui had not had any contact with this client, and Mr. Shen had not told her in advance. She had nothing to do, and besides eating, she just stared at Xiaosong opposite her, occasionally having to lower her head to hold back a laugh.

Shen Xizhi was listening to the proposal on the surface, but in fact, all her attention was on the person beside her. Seeing her frequently look at the assistant opposite her, and even smile as she looked, she suddenly pressed her lips together.

What does that mean? Do you like this man? Song Yugui, you dare!

A sour taste filled her heart, and she was extremely unhappy.

After Xiaosong had finished explaining the proposal, Mr. Wang smiled sycophantically. “Mr. Shen, what do you think?”

Mr. Shen had just been cold just now, but now she suddenly became indifferent. She glanced at the other. “I don’t think it’s very good.”

Mr. Wang: ?

He chose his words carefully and cautiously. “May I ask what Mr. Shen finds problematic?”

Shen’s was one of the top companies in the area. As long as they could reach a cooperation with them, the project would be half-stable. This was a consensus among everyone.

Shen Xizhi said coldly, “I can’t possibly invest so much money in your project.”

She had originally just wanted to find an excuse to have a meal with Song Yugui. A little bit of money, she would have just given it. But now, she didn’t want to give it anymore.

Mr. Wang quickly explained to her how good his project’s prospects were and how much money they could make if it was successful. But that money was not much to Shen Xizhi, and she didn’t care.

In the end, of course, the deal fell through. Mr. Wang was heartbroken and looked at Mr. Shen as if she were some kind of heartless person.

Song Yugui minded her own business, only feeling that Mr. Shen’s mood had suddenly become very bad in the latter half. She didn’t know why.

Could it be that because everyone was talking business, and she was eating and drinking on the side, it made Mr. Shen unhappy? Did she think she was embarrassing and not presentable? Don’t! Is it alright if I don’t eat anymore?

Song Yugui consciously felt that it might be her problem and lowered her head quietly like a quail.

The atmosphere was tense and suffocating, but Shen Xizhi could still lower her head and eat her food with a calm and composed expression, which made one a little admire her.

She was affected by the atmosphere and felt a little like going to the toilet, so she went closer and said in a small voice, “Mr. Shen, I’m going to the washroom.”

Shen Xizhi didn’t say anything and just nodded.

Half of her snowy white, delicate little face showed no emotion.

She was still thinking about her capricious CEO when she was washing her hands, not knowing what had made her unhappy again.

When she came out, she actually ran into Mr. Wang’s assistant.

Song Yugui immediately smiled, her eyes curving, unable to hold it back. “Hi, Xiaosong.”

Xiaosong’s face was dark. “Sis, what were you laughing at just now?”

She would laugh when she looked at him. It made him almost unable to hold back his laughter.

“I saw your serious look, and it just felt like watching a familiar person pretend to be a big shot. I couldn’t help it.”

Xiaosong was her cousin, only a year younger than her.

Xiaosong was speechless.

The two of them stood at the entrance of the washroom and chatted for a while, completely unaware that at a corner not far away, someone was quietly watching them.

In the low-profile Maybach, Shen Xizhi suddenly asked with a cold voice, “Did you have a good chat with Mr. Wang’s assistant?”

Song Yugui had a new opinion of Mr. Shen now. She really liked her beautiful boss. She never let her drink at social gatherings and would always give her good food and drinks. It was just that she was a little cold.

So the voice that replied also carried a hint of joy. “Did you also go to the washroom? How come I didn’t see you?”

Shen Xizhi lowered her eyes and pinched her knuckles. “Mmm, I was originally going to find you.”

Her words carried a hint of imperceptible grievance. I wanted to find you, but you were happily chatting with someone else.

“Ah, was I chatting for too long? I’m sorry. Xiaosong is my cousin. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen him, so we chatted a little too much. I’ll definitely not chat during working hours next time.”

Accompanying the boss to social gatherings also counts as work, right? Does she think my work attitude is not serious again?

Hearing her say ‘cousin’, Shen Xizhi was stunned for a moment. Her usually cold expression looked a little dazed. She turned her head. “He’s your cousin?”

Song Yugui nodded. “That’s right. My real cousin. I didn’t expect him to be here today either.”

The cold aura around her suddenly dissipated completely, and it was inexplicably no longer cold.

Shen Xizhi looked at the person who was seriously driving beside her, her tone softening. “Then why didn’t you say so earlier? It’s not like I can’t sign this contract.”

Song Yugui: ?

She turned her head in a daze, and was met with a scolding, “Look at the road.”

“Oh, oh, oh.”

She quickly came to her senses and turned the steering wheel, but she didn’t forget to say, “No need, Mr. Shen. I never bring my personal feelings into my work. If I can sign, I’ll sign. If I can’t, then I won’t. My cousin and I both understand. You don’t have to give me face.”

Shen Xizhi was very dissatisfied with her ‘Mr.’ and ‘Mrs.’. “Just call me by my name.”

She had been dissatisfied all day and had finally said it.

Song Yugui reacted for a moment and nodded.

She would listen to her boss in these small matters. Perhaps her boss just didn’t like honorifics?

“Alright.”

After she spoke, the car fell into silence again for a moment. Shen Xizhi took out her phone and made a call. The other party answered in seconds. She didn’t say any pleasantries and got straight to the point. “Have your assistant bring the contract over when you’re free.”

Before Mr. Wang could even react, she hung up the phone with a “snap.”

Song Yugui quietly glanced at Mr. Shen. She could only see the beautiful shape of her lips, the corners of her lips slightly curved up, as if she were in a good mood. She was thinking if she should say something.

Shen Xizhi’s cool and clear voice sounded in the car again. “Their project is not bad to begin with. You don’t have to be embarrassed.”

Song Yugui shut her mouth and suppressed the doubt in her heart. Since it’s not bad, why did you refuse at first?

She drove Mr. Shen back to her large villa as usual and also tried to return the car keys. “Mr. Shen, tomorrow is Saturday…”

She was off on Saturday. She wouldn’t be picking up Mr. Shen, so of course she couldn’t just take Mr. Shen’s car.

Shen Xizhi’s movement of getting out of the car paused for a moment. Only then did she remember that tomorrow was actually Saturday. The company had a two-day weekend, which meant she and her couldn’t meet.

Not meeting… in just a few days, she had actually developed a sense of reluctance to part with this person. But she’s not good to me either.

“Mr. Shen?”

Seeing her not moving, Song Yugui called out from the side again.

Shen Xizhi came to her senses. Her beautiful high heels landed on the ground. She got out of the car but didn’t take the key. Instead, she asked as if it were unintentional, “Do you have anything to do on Saturday?”

Hearing her boss say this, Song Yugui’s whole body instantly tensed up, her face nervous. “W-well, nothing major. I want to catch up on sleep at home on Saturday. I haven’t gotten enough sleep recently…”

After she spoke, she cautiously looked up at her boss’s snowy white, beautiful little face. “What’s wrong? Do I have to work overtime tomorrow?”

Please, please give the special assistant a chance! He’s the most ambitious and loves to work overtime!

The unwillingness in Song Yugui’s expression was all too obvious. Shen Xizhi was angry again.

So you don’t want to be with me? I’m not some monster!

Her face turned a little colder, and the words she said were as if they had been frozen. “Hah, no need. You can sleep as late as you want.”

After she spoke, she turned and left on her high heels, leaving Song Yugui with a look of confusion.

Say something if I have to work overtime. Why are you being angry with me? What’s wrong with me wanting to sleep? A working person just doesn’t get enough sleep.

She even felt a little wronged. What’s wrong with this Mr. Shen? She’s always so sarcastic for no reason.

A working person’s attitude toward their boss changes quickly. Now she was going to gossip about Mr. Shen again.

She left angrily in the car. Shen Xizhi returned to her room and subconsciously glanced out the window. Seeing that she had already left, an nameless fire surged up in her heart.

Didn’t she say she would love me very much? Didn’t she say that no matter what I become, she would love me and like me? I’ve already given her so many chances. Why does she still not like me! Could it be… could it be that I have to put on that frail posture from my dream to be liked by her? But I won’t… I won’t do that.

Shen Xizhi pressed her lips together. She had known since she was little that if a person was not strong, they could not protect anything. Their own things would all become someone else’s.

She had walked step by step to this day and had long since forgotten what it felt like to be weak.

Shen Xizhi looked at her own fingers, with their distinct joints. Under the sourness, she also felt a stuffiness in her heart, unable to go down, unable to come out.

Life without work was extremely happy. Song Yugui didn’t even think of the Mr. Shen who had inexplicably been angry with her and lay happily on her sofa at home, eating snacks.

In a short while, her phone rang. She opened it, and it was actually a group message.

The special assistant had pulled Mr. Shen in and was now calling for them all to welcome her.

Song Yugui followed the crowd and sent a “Welcome, Mr. Shen,” then threw her phone down and continued to watch TV.

Leaving Shen Xizhi waiting for a long time, she still hadn’t received a friend request.

She took a deep breath, already used to being disappointed.

She just threw her phone to the side with a blank expression.

She thought angrily, Go and sleep! You can sleep for two days!

Song Yugui really did have a good rest for two days, without any surprise work.

She was suddenly a little moved. When her previous CEO was around, it was hard to have a complete vacation even on weekends. She always had to help with a little something. It had been a long time since she had been so relaxed.

Even Monday didn’t seem so annoying.

After getting enough sleep, Song Yugui got up from bed full of spirit, changed into the clothes she had bought last week, and also put on some tender makeup before she set off for the company.

Besides feeling as if she had forgotten something all the way, everything was a good start.

As for whether she had forgotten something…

The phone was charging, so it probably wasn’t anything very important.

It wasn’t until the special assistant came over and slapped her desk, asking her anxiously how she could have left the CEO at home, that she was shocked to realize what an important thing she had forgotten.

The CEO!

She almost couldn’t catch her breath. The special assistant was speechless. “You should hurry up and pick up the CEO. The CEO has tagged you in the group. Don’t you usually like to secretly play on your phone? Why didn’t you look at WeChat this time? It’s a good thing I took a look, or you should be careful that Mr. Shen will hold a grudge against you.”

He felt that Mr. Shen was not a magnanimous person at a glance. Just because she didn’t like the welcome ceremony he had arranged, she had not only scolded him but had also not reused him to this day.

It was too depressing.

As she was walking, Song Yugui took out her phone and saw that Mr. Shen was asking her in the group why she hadn’t gone to pick her up yet.

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Only then did she reply with a “Sorry, I’ll be there right away.”

She was in a hurry and was single-mindedly thinking of picking up the CEO, so she didn’t notice that the special assistant had been following beside her all along. When they reached the garage, he finally couldn’t hold it in and said with a look of great bitterness and defiance, “Why does the CEO always take you to social gatherings? How did you get on the CEO’s good side?”

Song Yugui’s action of getting into the car paused for a moment. She turned her head to look at his face, which was like a person who had weathered many storms. “How would I know? Maybe it’s because I’m beautiful, hehe.”

After she spoke, she got into the car, started the engine, and left the special assistant with a face full of exhaust fumes.

The special assistant touched his own face and thought, I’m not ugly either. Could it be that Mr. Shen is biased against women? Then doesn’t that mean there’s no chance for me to get ahead?!

…

Song Yugui really didn’t know how she had gotten reused. Although her beautiful boss was pleasing to the eye, her temperament was cold on the outside and warm on the inside, and she was not difficult to get along with, but she still didn’t want to work overtime.

Half an hour later, the car stopped at Shen Xizhi’s gate. She went up and knocked on the door. The one who opened the door was still the housekeeper she had seen last time.

She was kind-looking and looked very gentle.

“Is it Miss Song? Please come in. Miss is upstairs changing clothes. She’ll be ready soon.”

“Alright, thank you.”

Song Yugui tiptoed in. The other hadn’t prepared slippers for her, so she could only be invited into the living room on her own high heels.

She sat there uneasily, waiting. When Shen Xizhi came down the stairs in a cool-toned dress and transparent high heels, Song Yugui quickly stood up. “Mr. Shen.”

Shen Xizhi gritted her teeth in anger. She really didn’t want to talk to her.

How could she forget me at home!

“You made me late.”

She tried her best not to be too fierce, lest she be estranged. But the resentment in her heart still couldn’t help but come out, and her whole sentence was filled with resentment.

Song Yugui also knew that this matter was all her fault. She lowered her head and said with great guilt, “I’m sorry. I… I accidentally forgot.”

“The salary deducted for being late will be on your account.”

What!

She was struck by lightning. She looked up, her mouth open, wanting to save her lost salary, but then she found that she couldn’t refute.

It was indeed her who had forgotten Mr. Shen. It was a mistake in her work, so it was understandable to have her salary deducted. But… her perfect attendance!

Seeing her finally show a bit of her real emotions, Shen Xizhi was quite pleased. Only then did she ask, “Have you had breakfast?”

Song Yugui shook her head, dejected. “Let’s go back to the company.”

“If you haven’t eaten, then you can stay and have a meal. I’ll have them prepare some breakfast.”

“Ah, but it’s already working hours.”

It was already past, almost ten o’clock.

Shen Xizhi didn’t care. She had worked so hard for Shen’s. So what if she skipped a day of work?

“Mmm, it’s already ten o’clock. We can go back in the afternoon.”

“Will the money deducted for being half a day late also be on my salary?”

Song Yugui really wanted to skip work, but she was afraid of having her money deducted. Her large, expectant eyes were fixed on her.

Shen Xizhi couldn’t hold it in and curved her lips, thinking she was very cute.

The other hadn’t shown much affection for her from the beginning. She was afraid that if she deducted her money again, she would be angry.

So she shook her head. “I won’t deduct your money for half a day. Consider it paid leave from me.”

Song Yugui: !

“Wow, Mr. Shen is both beautiful and kind!”

Perhaps because she had accompanied her to social gatherings a few times, had gotten her food, had taken her home, and today had even entered her home and had gotten half a day of paid leave, she suddenly felt that her relationship with Shen Xizhi had grown closer, and she even dared to joke with her.

It was just that after she had spoken, she didn’t know if the usually cold Mr. Shen could accept this kind of direct joke, and her mood became anxious again.

It was a good thing that Mr. Shen was not angry and even smiled.

Wait, smiled?

Hehe, as expected of a beauty. She looks so good when she smiles, like a fairy.

Shen Xizhi liked to be praised by her.

“What you’re wearing today… is also very beautiful.”

She lowered her eyes and looked at her. A snowy white shirt, with a necklace of scattered pearls hanging around her neck, which accentuated her long neck. Below was a khaki half-skirt, and her long hair was tied up, making her look very gentle and elegant.

She thought of her dream from yesterday again. The scenes of her being meticulously cared for, gentle and considerate, were all unforgettable.

Even… even that kind of thing would clearly appear in her dreams.

She was only occasionally not so gentle when she did that kind of thing.

She was a little envious of the her in her dream. Although she had no money and no good family background, she had a person who truly loved her and would stand in front of her no matter what happened.

And her…

She glanced at the person who was only happy and was looking down at her own clothes after being praised, her expression full of helplessness.

The nanny had prepared breakfast according to her instructions and was about to come over and call miss to eat when she suddenly paused. They were all people from the main house and had taken care of miss since she was little. It was the first time she had seen miss show this kind of… doting expression.

This young lady opposite, didn’t she say she was just an assistant?

“Miss, breakfast is ready.”

Shen Xizhi nodded and looked at Song Yugui. “Shall we eat?”

“Eat!”

She hadn’t even had a meal in a large villa before.

Mr. Shen is so rich. The cook she hired must also be very skilled.

She looked at her with eager eyes.

Shen Xizhi felt helpless again. Why does she like to eat so much? Even at social gatherings, she’s always just lowering her head to eat.

But it was fine to have a preference. She was more afraid of people who had no preferences.

She lowered her eyes and led her to the dining table. The breakfast on it was both Western and Chinese, a rich spread that blinded her eyes.

“So much. Didn’t you have breakfast either?”

Mr. Shen must have been waiting for her at home for a long time. She had thought she had already finished eating.

Shen Xizhi’s lashes trembled slightly. Thinking of something, she said softly, “I don’t have the habit of eating breakfast.”

Song Yugui frowned and immediately disagreed. “Not eating breakfast is bad for your health. You still have to eat breakfast.”

Seeing that she was indeed concerned about her health because of this, Shen Xizhi’s eyes lit up, and she continued, “Then you can accompany me to eat in the future.”

Song Yugui’s earnest expression stiffened.

She cursed in her heart, You’re asking for it! If it were the old her, when faced with her boss’s request, she might have meekly agreed. But today, she vaguely felt that Mr. Shen was actually quite good to her. If she was unwilling, she probably wouldn’t force her. After a moment’s hesitation, she cautiously objected, “I can’t get up that early.”

Usually, she had to sleep half an hour less to pick up Mr. Shen. If she still had to come over for breakfast…

She didn’t dare to imagine how early she would have to get up. In any case, she couldn’t accept it.

Rejected…

Shen Xizhi’s heart was a little unhappy, and the warm atmosphere was broken again.

She pressed her lips together and turned her head away, saying with a bit of pique, “Then I won’t eat.”

“Ah, you’ll get a stomachache if you don’t eat.”

She still had to eat three meals a day. Song Yugui looked her up and down, always feeling that she was very thin.

So it’s because you don’t like to eat. No wonder you’re so thin.

Shen Xizhi was still unhappy in her heart. She actually rejected me!

So her tone couldn’t help but carry a hint of grievance. “What does it have to do with you if I get a stomachache? It’s my body. If you’re not accompanying me to eat, then don’t meddle.”

She began to speak with a cold face and a cold tone again. The heart she had just opened was closed again. She was extremely annoyed, thinking, Do I really have to soften my tone and put on that delicate posture for her to be a little better to me?

Shen Xizhi bit her red lip and hesitated.

Song Yugui sensed her displeasure, and her heart also panicked a little, unrelated to her being a superior or subordinate, just not wanting her to be unhappy.

Seeing her sitting there coldly again, not even moving her chopsticks, her gaze looking at another place, her mouth pouting, the corners of her eyes even a little red with grievance.

The exquisite breakfast had no appeal to her at all. She was single-mindedly looking at Shen Xizhi, not wanting her to be angry, wanting to quickly coax her. In a moment of impulse, she said, “Why don’t I bring you breakfast in the future? We can eat it on the way to the company or after we get there…”

As she spoke, she paused again, thinking of the buns and shouzhuabing she usually ate, which seemed completely incompatible with this exquisite woman who exuded a noble aura and even smelled fragrant.

“Or maybe not…”

“Alright.”

The two voices sounded at the same time. Shen Xizhi heard her words and immediately glared at her, her beautiful little face full of displeasure. “Are you going back on your word again?”