I’ll Butcher Pigs to Support You! 117

Chapter 117: Modern Extra [8]

The two of them returned to the company together, causing no small stir, likely because of their mouths, which were red and swollen!

Especially Song Yugui’s; the corner of her mouth was even broken, which was really enough to make one’s imagination run wild.

It wasn’t until one shocked gaze after another landed on her mouth that Song Yugui finally remembered the miserable state of her own mouth. Belatedly, she quickly reached out to cover it.

Oh my god!

I forgot!

My heart is dead.

Returning to the office, she did indeed receive many shocked WeChat messages from her colleagues.

“What’s wrong with your mouth? It’s so swollen.”

“Did you do something dishonest last night?”

“Your mouth wasn’t bitten by the CEO, was it?”

Some were puzzled, while several others, combining it with the redness and swelling on the CEO’s mouth, had guessed the truth of the matter.

This was actually not hard to guess.

Song Yugui: …

If it were just red, she could say she had licked it. If it were swollen, she could say a mosquito had bitten it. Now that it was broken, what could she say?

There was nothing she could say.

She was directly silenced.

Her good partner even sent over a dozen messages, celebrating her and Mr. Shen’s relationship taking a step further.

Song Yugui: …

I don’t want to reply.

Hearing her phone vibrate non-stop, Shen Xizhi’s heart was a little unhappy.

“Who’s been sending you messages? Let me see.”

She held out her pale, jade-like palm again.

Song Yugui really wanted to refuse, but the current Shen Xizhi was not someone she could refuse.

She was no longer the her of the past, who, after being rejected once, would no longer insist and would just sulk on her own.

If she was rejected, she would quietly, faintly, request again.

Song Yugui had no way to deal with her at all.

In the end, the phone still ended up in Shen Xizhi’s hands.

She opened it, flipped through it one by one, and was very satisfied that Li Linxi had seen through their relationship. She asked casually, “What’s your payment password?”

Song Yugui had even forgotten to be on guard against her and replied casually, “226422.”

After she had replied, she suddenly reacted. “Why do you want my payment password?”

She had wanted to reward Li Linxi with a thousand yuan, but the result showed insufficient balance.

Shen Xizhi: ?

“You… you have no money?”

Song Yugui quickly craned her neck to look and actually saw that she was going to use her own phone to transfer money to Li Linxi. Instantly: !!!

“No, I have no money! Don’t you give my only money to someone else, QAQ.”

She had some, in her Alipay balance, but she didn’t say, afraid of letting Li Linxi off easy.

Shen Xizhi: …

She hadn’t expected Song Yugui’s life to be so miserable. Thinking of how she had come to pick her up last night and had even paid for the broken tableware at the restaurant for her, her heart immediately ached.

“You can add me as a friend.”

They had known each other until now, and she had been waiting to be added as a friend, but the other hadn’t made a single move.

Her pride made it impossible for her to take the initiative. She could only have Song Yugui add her. She wanted to see Song Yugui take the initiative to add her.

Song Yugui also felt that it was not right for the two of them not to have a WeChat friend in their current relationship, so she directly found her in the work group and applied to add her as a friend.

Shen Xizhi agreed in a second on her side, and the next second, a dazzling transfer came over.

Song Yugui: !

Sss, twenty thousand!

“Weren’t you unhappy when I gave your colleague a bonus? I’ll also give you one, more than her. Can you be a little happier? I’ll give you all of it in the future.”

If Song Yugui were willing, she would even give her her salary card.

Song Yugui’s pupils widened in shock. It wasn’t that she was unhappy, just that she had been stunned by her boss’s extravagance at the time. And with her understanding of Li Linxi’s personality, and knowing that their chat history was not safe, her heart was like dead ashes, which was why she had seemed a little unhappy.

As for the money Mr. Shen had given her now, Song Yugui was just about to refuse when the other had already pressed “receive” for her.

“By the way, what’s your bank card number? I’ll just directly transfer it to your bank card later.”

It was her first time in a relationship. Her possessiveness was so strong. She always wanted to look at her phone, and she always refused. Her heart must have been quite unhappy. She didn’t know how to be good to her, how to coax her to be happy and please her, to not let her be angry. She could only think of giving her money. It seemed that the people she knew also gave their other half money more often when they were coaxing them.

Mr. Shen was rich and generous, but Song Yugui was even more sullen.

She took back her phone and lowered her head to refuse. “No. I don’t want your money.”

Then she would really become a kept little lover.

She didn’t want that.

Hearing this, Shen Xizhi pressed her lips together, her eyes full of confusion. “Why not? Don’t you not have any money?”

“Even if I don’t have any money, I don’t want your money.”

Hearing her say this, she was immediately displeased. She didn’t like Song Yugui drawing such a clear line between ‘yours’ and ‘mine’.

“My money is your money. On what grounds do you not want my money?”

“Your money is the money you’ve worked so hard to earn. How can it be my money?”

Song Yugui frowned and looked up. Shen Xizhi was angry. She had actually drawn a clear line. What does she take me for? Could it be that she’s just playing around?

Her heart was very uncertain, but she also felt that there were clues. So many people had guessed their relationship, but she hadn’t replied a single word. She didn’t want to admit their relationship.

Even though they had already kissed, had seen each other all over, and had slept together, she still didn’t want to admit their relationship.

That’s right. She had never even said what their relationship was now.

I still haven’t gotten a status.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got.

Shen Xizhi puffed out her cheeks and glanced at her. Song Yugui didn’t want to talk about those things anymore and honestly sat behind her own desk, planning to work, but was called out to again by someone with great displeasure. “You promised me you would sit with me today!”

“Oh.”

She replied, and meekly carried her computer over.

Mr. Shen was clingy.

Shen Xizhi actually didn’t like anything she saw. She especially didn’t like the person beside her. It was only when she thought of the sweetness of last night that her heart felt a little more comfortable.

Why can’t she be like she was last night, gentle, considerate, and submissive to me?

Just as Shen Xizhi was dejected on her own, Special Assistant Chen knocked on the door and came in.

He was smiling obsequiously, his expression exceptionally cautious, afraid that the two of them would remember that they had said last night that they were going to fire him.

Although a drunk person’s words couldn’t be taken seriously, he was deeply worried that Song Yugui, that seductive witch, would whisper in Mr. Shen’s ear!

Shen Xizhi had indeed thought of him the moment she had seen him. It was he who had outwardly agreed but had inwardly disobeyed, taking the initiative to call Song Yugui, which had made their relationship take a step further. If it weren’t for last night… Song Yugui would not have been so obedient at all.

“Mr. Shen, this is the contract from the Li family. Please sign it.”

Shen Xizhi nodded slightly, quickly finished signing, and handed the contract to him, saying with an unclear meaning, “You’ve done well.”

Special Assistant Chen was bewildered, and a sycophantic smile, exclusive to a beast of burden, unconsciously appeared on his face. “It’s all thanks to Mr. Shen’s good teaching.”

“Mmm, you can go out.”

He walked out with an uneasy heart. It wasn’t until he had left the CEO’s office that he felt his phone vibrate. He opened it and saw that he had received a bonus from the CEO privately!

Special Assistant Chen: !!!

There were only the two of them left in the office. Shen Xizhi and Song Yugui sat together, the sound of the keyboard tapping filling their ears, which made her annoyed.

It shouldn’t be like this.

In her vision, it shouldn’t be like this.

On the first day after they had gotten together, they should have been even more intimate. She had even fantasized about sitting in her embrace and working. What on earth had gone wrong?

Shen Xizhi didn’t know that the other had misunderstood her intentions of making her an underground lover and had even thought that it was Song Yugui who was unwilling to give her a status. The two of them were both holding things in their hearts, and for the remaining hour, the atmosphere in the office was extremely heavy.

Until lunchtime.

Song Yugui glanced at the twelve o’clock at the bottom of her computer and let out a long sigh of relief.

She stood up.

Shen Xizhi had been paying attention to her. Seeing this, she immediately frowned and said coldly, “Where are you going?”

Song Yugui was so stunned by the coldness in her words that she was in a daze, as if she had gone back to when she had just arrived. At that time, she had always been so cold.

She shook her head. “To eat lunch. Aren’t you going?”

Actually, they had just had breakfast not long ago. Shen Xizhi pressed her lips together and was not hungry, but she still replied.

“Mmm, alright.”

She was afraid that if she said she wasn’t going, she would go alone and leave her behind.

Mr. Shen was dressed in a pure and beautiful manner today, which was really eye-catching. As she walked out, several employees couldn’t control their gazes and looked over.

Song Yugui tensed up, her heart very displeased. It was the first time she had had the thought of hiding someone.

She silently moved closer to the CEO, gently shielding her, and blocked most of the gazes that were looking over.

Shen Xizhi had been used to being looked at since she was little and didn’t think there was anything wrong. When Song Yugui came over to block her, she was a little puzzled. “What’s wrong?”

But she was very much enjoying the other’s initiative to get close. She quietly reached out to hold her hand, her beautiful, watery eyes looking at her.

Sensing that she was being held, Song Yugui gently held her hand in return, subconsciously holding her entire slender, pale hand in her palm.

Shen Xizhi was stunned for a moment, then her eyes gradually warmed up, filled with a faint smile.

This set of movements was extremely smooth and fluid. It wasn’t until she heard a pleasant, light laugh by her ear that she finally reacted to what she had done.

Wait, no?

What are you laughing at? At a time like this, shouldn’t you be slapping my hand away and telling me not to take advantage of your favor? Someone has already been making up stories about our relationship this morning! And now you’re holding my hand… what if others see?

Song Yugui felt that she had worried herself sick.

To this day, she still didn’t know what Shen Xizhi was thinking.

She believed that Shen Xizhi had money and looks, and was also her boss. Whether to start or not should be up to Shen Xizhi. But Shen Xizhi, on the other hand, felt that it was she who had taken a liking to Song Yugui first, and that Song Yugui had rejected her for a long time. Now that she had finally gotten a little bit of sweetness, she didn’t dare to rashly say their relationship out loud without caring about her wishes.

They each had their own concerns. After thinking deeply for a moment, neither of them spoke.

“Where is this road leading to? Where do you usually eat?”

Shen Xizhi raised an eyebrow. The road in front of her was a little too unfamiliar to her.

Only then did Song Yugui come to her senses. She glanced at it. “Oh, this is the way to the cafeteria. Have you eaten at the cafeteria before? Do you want to?”

“Do you usually eat at the cafeteria?”

“Mmm.”

After she had bought a house, she had decided to save money properly, so she ordered takeout less often and ate at the cafeteria most of the time at noon. It was very cheap and also healthy.

“Then I want to eat it too.”

She really wanted to try the things Song Yugui usually ate, just like the shouzhuabing and the egg-filled pancakes.

Their hands were still held, and they were held a little tighter. Song Yugui nodded. “Alright, then we’ll have lunch at the cafeteria.”

Besides a few of the young people, most of the employees ate at the cafeteria. They were enthusiastically gossiping about the marks on Mr. Shen’s and Assistant Song’s mouths today.

Half of the people who had been in a relationship felt that it must have been from making out. The other half didn’t believe that the usually cold and aloof CEO, who rarely chatted with them and was all business even in meetings, would make out with an assistant she had only known for a few days. They couldn’t accept this conclusion no matter what. Just as they were arguing fiercely, Song Yugui came in, holding Shen Xizhi’s hand.

The whole cafeteria was shocked into silence.

Her heart panicked, and she quickly let go of the CEO’s hand.

Shen Xizhi was dissatisfied and poked her cheek with her tongue, then, without a word, she grabbed her back. No running!

“You… you don’t make a scene! Everyone is watching…”

She was the CEO, after all, and was different from a little employee like her. With Mr. Shen’s status, being said to be a lesbian was probably not very good…

She, on the other hand, was fine with it.

Song Yugui had unknowingly started to think for Shen Xizhi, putting her reputation above her own.

Shen Xizhi just thought that she was unwilling to give her a status and glared at her fiercely. “What’s wrong with them watching? Don’t they hold hands with their good friends?”

Good… friend.

She really is just treating me as an underground lover and is unwilling to give me a status, QAQ. Hmph, it doesn’t matter. I also don’t care very much. I don’t care about having a status at all, TVT.

Shen Xizhi just felt that the person beside her was suddenly unhappy.

Inexplicably, what’s there for her to be unhappy about? Is she wronged to hold my hand?

Shen Xizhi bit her lip and turned her head away, not talking to her.

“What do you want to eat? I’ll go and get it for you.”

She reached out her hand, which was not being held, and, enduring the sour feeling in her heart, she gently poked Mr. Shen.

Mr. Shen had no requests for what to eat. She was single-mindedly thinking about how to make their relationship public, and also not to draw the fire to herself.

If she were to forcefully make their relationship public, Song Yugui would definitely be angry. She didn’t want Song Yugui to be angry, didn’t want to hurt their feelings.

“You can just get a few portions of what you usually eat.”

“Oh.”

Song Yugui replied and found a corner seat, pressing Shen Xizhi down. “Then you can sit here for a while. I’ll go and get the food.”

“Mmm.”

The corners of her lips curved up slightly, and she was very gentle and quiet.

A complete contrast to her usual image. The people who were peeking were all stunned.

The people who had just been adamant that Mr. Shen couldn’t possibly be a lesbian widened their eyes, their thoughts shifting a little.

Still… still quite possible.

Song Yugui didn’t know what Shen Xizhi wanted to eat, so she went and got a portion of braised pork, a portion of disanxian1, a portion of shrimp and crispy beans, and a portion of stir-fried bean sprouts, a mix of meat and vegetables, nutritious and delicious!

When she returned, Shen Xizhi was chatting with Li Linxi, who was sitting not far away.

The two of them were talking back and forth, as if their relationship were not bad.

Only Song Yugui herself knew that Shen Xizhi had just been angry with Li Linxi not long ago.

She inserted herself. “Mr. Shen, the food is ready.”

Then she turned her head to ask her partner, whom she hadn’t been able to eat with or get off work with for several days. “What are you two talking about?”

She seemed very casual, asking as if she didn’t care at all.

Li Linxi winked at her. “I was just telling Mr. Shen about your past. Mr. Shen loves to hear it.”

An affair! There must be an affair! I can see it with both my eyes!

“What’s there to talk about?”

Song Yugui looked a little uncomfortable. A person would always have some embarrassing things happen in a year.

She inexplicably didn’t want Shen Xizhi to know those things.

Seeing her say this, the smile on Shen Xizhi’s face faded a little.

Li Linxi winked at Song Yugui. “Don’t worry. I didn’t say any of those embarrassing things about you. And you’re still being shy? How come we’ve never seen you be so concerned about your face in front of us?”

She was an extrovert and had always had a personality that liked to make a fuss.

Song Yugui’s ears were completely red, but her face still pretended to be nonchalant. She silently told herself, As long as I don’t admit it, no one can force it on me!

Hearing that she was just being shy, Shen Xizhi’s overthinking mind gradually calmed down. She glanced at her, and her cold tone was also dyed with a hint of warmth. “Alright, let’s eat first. If you want to chat with your friend, you can do it after you’ve finished eating.”

Her tone was gentle, as if she were coaxing her.

This made Li Linxi’s mouth drop open. My goodness! Does Song Yugui eat so well usually?

“I didn’t want to chat with her. It was you who was chatting with her.”

Her words carried a hidden hint of dissatisfaction, which was hard to detect, but it was still discovered by Shen Xizhi.

She blinked her eyes and took the initiative to explain. “I was just asking Assistant Li about your preferences. Don’t overthink it.”

Song Yugui’s cheeks suddenly turned red, and the strange stuffiness in her heart dissipated. She said in a small voice, “What’s there to ask about this? If you want to know, you can just tell me. And besides, I don’t have any particularly outstanding preferences.”

Indeed, besides loving to eat, Shen Xizhi hadn’t asked anything. Her good friend also didn’t know her preferences.

It’s alright. She’ll discover them little by little.

Shen Xizhi gave her a piece of brightly colored braised pork. “Mmm, I know. You can eat now. After we finish, we can go back and rest for a while.”

Song Yugui nodded, took a large bite of the braised pork, and ate with great relish.

Compared to her, Shen Xizhi was not so happy eating.

These dishes tasted very ordinary. She ate these every day. No wonder every time she went to a social gathering with her, she would always bury her head and eat hard. If she had known, she would have taken her to a restaurant to eat.

Song Yugui had no other hobbies, just loving to eat. This also made one’s heart ache, and she was even more reluctant to be careless about her food.

Shen Xizhi took a few quick bites and then put down her chopsticks, concentrating on watching Song Yugui eat, occasionally replying to a couple of messages on her phone. After Song Yugui had also put down her chopsticks, she got up and, very naturally, went to hold her hand.

She had been a little unhappy in the morning, but after a meal to calm down, she had also thought it through. The first day they were together, they couldn’t spend it in a huff.

Shen Xizhi held Song Yugui’s hand, very, very close to her.

Song Yugui was a little unnatural and took a step back. She said in a small voice, “Don’t be like this. Someone will see in a little while.”

It’s clearly Mr. Shen’s reputation that’s important. Why does she herself not seem to care at all? I have to remind her every time.

Shen Xizhi looked up at Song Yugui and puffed out her cheeks again with a bit of pique.

So you’re afraid that others will know we’re together? You’re not like this in the past. At that time, you were very responsible! But now, after we’ve kissed, touched, held, and slept together, you’re actually still thinking of not acknowledging it! You bastard, Song Yugui!

The young woman cursed in her heart a lot, and the corners of her eyes were even a little red. But on the surface, she endured her grievances and acted coquettishly with her, and also secretly tested her. “What’s wrong with them seeing? Am I not presentable? I want to hold your hand.”

She pressed against Song Yugui’s shoulder. The two of them were walking down the corridor back to the office, frequently attracting the greetings and sideways glances of the employees.

“You, I, we…”

She opened her mouth. Faced with Mr. Shen’s sparkling eyes, she couldn’t say a single word.

Song Yugui: Forget it. I’ll just lie flat. If my reputation is affected, you can’t blame me.

Seeing her not speaking, Shen Xizhi thought she was still unwilling. The grievance in her heart grew little by little. She hardened her heart and threw her hand away. “If you’re not willing, then forget it. It’s not like I want to be held by you that much.”

After she spoke, she left with a crisp clatter of her high heels.

This one step back also made Song Yugui bewildered, thinking she was really angry, and her heart was filled with a faint regret.

Same as Shen Xizhi, she also didn’t want to make her angry.

Song Yugui quickly chased after her. A colleague who had witnessed it with her own eyes was already going crazy with the pictures in their small group chat.

Some were even made into emojis. A pure and tall girl walking angrily in front, with the wind under her feet. Another beautiful girl was reaching out her hand and chasing from behind, with the caption, “Wifey, wait for me!”

Song Yugui was oblivious to all this. She was in her own office, coaxing her beautiful boss.

“No, I’m not unwilling to hold you. I was just afraid of being seen by others.”

She held Shen Xizhi’s hand.

Fortunately, the other was just ignoring her and didn’t refuse her touch.

For some reason, she was very proficient at coaxing people, as if she had coaxed her countless times before.

Her fingers gently rubbed Mr. Shen’s pale, tender palm, her tone low and very gentle. “Don’t be angry. I won’t say these things anymore in the future, okay…”

Song Yugui was confused. Mr. Shen clearly doesn’t want to make their relationship public, yet she’s always so close to her in public. This is too contradictory.

Shen Xizhi was dissatisfied with her treating her like a little lover. Her heart was filled with great anger. She didn’t talk to her on the surface, just letting the other rub all five of her fingers, and she didn’t look at her.

One hand could also handle the work.

Seeing this, Song Yugui was anxious. She reached out to hold her face, forcing her to face her. “Listen to me. Are you still angry? Don’t be angry. I’ll accompany you to a social gathering tonight, okay?”

The new Mr. Shen had to have social gatherings every day. She liked to take her to social gatherings the most. But after she had refused once, Mr. Shen had taken Special Assistant Chen. Although she had thrown a tantrum and had gotten drunk that night.

When she was with me, she had never been drunk.

Song Yugui was not a fool and naturally guessed that Shen Xizhi had been in a bit of a mood, which was why she had gotten drunk.

But she was willing to accompany her to the social gathering, but Shen Xizhi was unwilling to go again.

She said in a muffled voice, “I don’t have a social gathering tonight. I’m going to your house.”

She wanted to go to a social gathering. To put it bluntly, wasn’t it just to have more time with Song Yugui?

Shen Xizhi was very good at pushing her luck. After staying at her house for a day, she wanted to stay all the time. She had already planned to move her things to Song Yugui’s house.

Anyway, she was all alone at home. What was wrong with living together!

Hearing this, Song Yugui hesitated. “Ah, go to my house? But my house doesn’t have your things…”

“I’ll have the housekeeper send them over.”

“Living together so soon? Is this okay?”

Hearing that she had the intention of living at her house from now on, Song Yugui frowned and muttered.

“If you think it’s not good, then don’t talk to me.”

Shen Xizhi’s expression changed quickly. The moment the words fell, the other shook off her hand and had already ignored her.

Song Yugui was immediately scared and quickly pulled her hand back, saying repeatedly, “Alright, alright! I promise you! I promise you, that’s all! You can just talk to me properly! Why do you get angry at every turn?”

Shen Xizhi glared at her. “I wanted to talk to you properly, but you reject me every time!”

She hated the taste of being rejected by her, her heart sour and bitter.

“I just feel that we only… only kissed for the first time yesterday. It’s not good to be living together today.”

She was a conservative person!

“What’s not good about it? You’ve already kissed me. What’s our relationship? What’s wrong with me staying at your house for a little while?!”

What’s our relationship… Song Yugui’s fingers curled. She didn’t dare to say these words.

“I don’t care! You can kiss me again, or don’t even think about me forgiving you easily!”

Shen Xizhi spoke fiercely on her own, her thin lips pressed together tightly, glaring at her, her heart actually very unconfident.

However, the moment the words fell, a soft pair of lips pressed against hers.

Translator’s Notes