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Chapter 42
Lin Zhi twisted her wrist. She had used all her strength to slap Wang Dechuan, but she forgot that force is reciprocal. The pain in her palm wasn't severe and would subside after a while, but her right wrist was now completely weak and painful to move.
She had just finished a phone call with her assistant, explaining Wang Dechuan's situation. She wasn't afraid of Wang Dechuan; he didn't have any powerful backing, but he had done plenty of bad things. He had even targeted the artists in Lin Zhi's company before. Since then, Lin Zhi had become more cautious and secretly collected a lot of evidence against him. However, the evidence was still insufficient, and she needed to continue gathering more. Lin Zhi wasn't afraid; Wang Dechuan couldn't clean up his messes properly, so dealing with him would be a piece of cake.
She bought the medicine and was waiting for the deliveryman to bring it over. During this time, she lay on the hotel bed to clear her mind, but her wrist was aching slightly and she couldn't fall asleep.
In a daze, Lin Zhi heard someone knocking on the door. Her mind was a little muddled, and she couldn't tell if it was someone knocking on the door next door or her own. It wasn't until the person outside knocked harder that she realized what was happening and got up to go to the door.
Lin Zhi didn't dare open the door casually, after all, she had dared to slap Wang Dechuan, and she was worried that he would bring people to retaliate.
Lin Zhi glanced warily through the peephole. There was a woman outside, her baseball cap pulled low so she couldn't see her face. But Lin Zhi remembered that she had seen the same trench coat worn by Xia Fanrou's companion on Weibo.
Lin Zhi opened the door but didn't step aside: "How did you know I was here?"
Jiang Lai raised her head, her bright eyes looking at Lin Zhi: "You really won't let me in?"
Lin Zhi sighed and stepped aside, saying, "Come in."
The two hadn't seen each other since that day in the office, and it was a little awkward when they met now. Lin Zhi didn't know what to say. She had originally planned to go see Jiang Lai when she attended the party.
The two people were sitting on opposite sides of the bed and on the sofa, so far apart that you'd think they were in two separate rooms.
Finally, Jiang Lai opened her mouth to speak, but before she could utter a single word, she was interrupted by a knock on the door.
Lin Zhi glanced at her, said nothing, walked past her, looked through the peephole, and opened the door. It was the delivery guy bringing her medicine.
Lin Zhi took the medicine, closed the door, walked past Jiang Lai again, sat on the bed, and awkwardly opened the package with one hand.
Jiang Lai pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, then got up and walked over, took the ointment from Lin Zhi's hand, and squatted down in front of Lin Zhi to read the instructions.
What are you doing?
Jiang Lai ignored her and focused on reading, her expression as serious as if she were taking a reading comprehension test for the college entrance examination.
After a long pause, Jiang Lai spoke up: "You twisted your hand? How did you twist it? You were so careless."
Lin Zhi snorted and tried to take back the ointment, but Jiang Lai grabbed her hand and examined it carefully.
"Not this one, stick that one out."
Is this how you talk to your boss?
Jiang Lai stood up, looked down at Lin Zhi, and casually put Lin Zhi's ointment into her pocket: "Let me wash my hands before I apply it for you."
Lin Zhi: "I can apply it myself..."
Jiang Lai didn't give her a chance to speak. She quickly went to the bathroom, washed her hands, dried them with toilet paper, and then came back and squatted down: "Hands, hurry up."
Lin Zhi's wrist was getting more and more painful. She didn't want to argue with her anymore, so she hesitated for a moment but still reached out her hand.
Jiang Lai squeezed out a little ointment and gently applied it to Lin Zhi's wrist, not daring to use too much force for fear of hurting her. She just rubbed it slowly and deliberately, which made Lin Zhi tremble.
For a moment, Lin Zhi didn't know whether Jiang Lai was applying medicine or flirting with her.
My wrist gradually felt warm, which meant the medicine was taking effect. The person's technique was excellent; I didn't feel any pain.
Jiang Lai's hands were beautiful, fair and slender with distinct knuckles, and her nails were neatly trimmed and had a pinkish tinge. Lin Zhi stared at them, lost in thought.
"How did you get injured?" Jiang Lai asked.
Lin Zhi didn't answer her, but asked instead, "Did you dislocate Wang Dechuan's arm?"
Jiang Lai was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled dryly, "You knew everything?"
"Yeah, otherwise I wouldn't have come."
Jiang Lai curled her lips into a smile, suppressing a laugh: "Are you worried about me?"
Lin Zhi got angry at Jiang Lai for trying not to laugh. She hadn't said anything and her attitude was very good. Jiang Lai was the one who got angry with her first, and Jiang Lai had also stopped talking to her and even "bent" her new card. But now she was the one who took the initiative to find Jiang Lai, as if she had done something wrong.
The mature and capable CEO Lin, in the eyes of others, is now arguing with a girl in her early twenties. Lin Zhi also feels that she is being childish, but she is not wrong and is not going to back down to Jiang Lai.
"I'm just worried about the company's interests."
Jiang Lai pouted: "Worried about the company's artists, you still went to beat them up?"
Lin Zhi was stunned for a moment, then blushed as if she had been caught out: "How did you know?"
Jiang Lai glanced at the gift box that Lin Zhi had carelessly tossed on the ground and said, "You must have come in such a hurry because of what happened last night. That thing was probably bought for Wang Dechuan, but now that you've taken it back, doesn't that mean the negotiations broke down? Your wrist was probably sprained at Wang Dechuan's place. I reasonably suspect that you slapped him."
Lin Zhi tried to pull her hand away, but Jiang Lai grabbed it back and said domineeringly, "Don't move."
After a while, Jiang Lai got up and went to the bathroom to wash off the ointment on her hands. When she came back, she sat directly on Lin Zhi's bed.
Lin Zhi nudged her with her elbow and said irritably, "Get up, don't sit on my bed with your coat on."
Jiang Lai smiled, but instead of getting up, she lay down mischievously: "It's okay, you can sleep at my place tonight."
"I'm not going."
Jiang Lai sat up and tugged at Lin Zhi's sleeve in a coquettish manner: "Come on, it's been so long, I've missed you so much."
Lin Zhi remained unmoved, sitting upright as if she had seen through the vanities of the world: "I'm not going. You haven't apologized to me yet."
Jiang Lai was stunned, never expecting that these words would come out of Lin Zhi's mouth: "Pfft, sister, you've ruined your image. I initially thought you were the kind of gentle older sister, but I didn't expect you to be so childish and unreasonable."
Lin Zhi frowned, and after listening to Jiang Lai's words, she began to ponder. She realized that she hadn't broken her persona, but rather become a different person, increasingly resembling Jiang Lai...
Lin Zhi: "Who is more unreasonable? I don't think there was anything wrong with what I said that day."
Jiang Lai suddenly leaned closer, almost touching her by just one centimeter.
"Are you pretending to be stupid or are you really stupid?" Jiang Lai asked seriously, her eyes filled with resentment.
"What did you say?" Lin Zhi tried to push her away, but found that she couldn't muster any strength in her wrist, so she could only let her get closer.
"I like you, but you ask me to smile and wish you well. Don't you think you're being a little cruel?"
A warm touch brushed against her cheek, and Lin Zhi felt her warmth, but she was momentarily dazed by those four words.
"We had an agreement... but you broke it."
Lin Zhi turned her head away from Jiang Lai, but Jiang Lai wouldn't let her have her way, pinching her chin and forcing her to look at her.
"Yes, I broke the contract because I didn't care about that so-called agreement at all. I don't want your money or your resources, I just want your heart."
Her words were so cheesy that Lin Zhi would have vomited if it were anyone else, but in this atmosphere, she felt her heart race. The last time she felt this way was on the day Cheng Anan cheated on her, but that time she was just angry. Today... who knows.
Jiang Lai waited for a long time without getting a response from her, so she frowned, gritted her teeth, and simply pulled the person into her arms and kissed her rosy lips.
Lin Zhi's eyes widened. The sudden kiss made her brain pause for a moment. The person tried to pry open her lips and teeth. She didn't want to, but her tightly closed lips and teeth slowly opened under the other person's licking.
Jiang Lai hugged her tightly but kissed her gently; Lin Zhi could even hear the shameful sucking.
She was conflicted; she wanted to resist but closed her eyes and went limp in Jiang Lai's arms.
After a long and passionate encounter, Lin Zhi was a little out of breath and gently pushed Jiang Lai away. The latter understandingly let go of her.
"So, are you tempted?" Jiang Lai asked.
Lin Zhi felt a stirring in her heart, but she couldn't tell whether it was her body that was aroused or her heart that was moved.
"I don't know, Jiang Lai... I..."
Jiang Lai reached out and tucked the stray hairs behind her ear, then opened her arms and pulled her into her embrace: "No rush, the contract is still in effect, but we need to change one clause."
"What?"
"It's okay to be moved."
The person in her arms didn't respond for a long time. Jiang Lai knew her concerns and wasn't in a hurry. She said gently, "I'm gay. Even if I hadn't met you, I wouldn't be with a man. If I really cared, I wouldn't have entered the industry. Since I entered the industry, I have some trump cards. So give me a chance, give me a chance to pursue you. Try to accept me. Weren't things fine before? Suddenly you want to keep your distance from me. I'm very sad..."
Lin Zhi buried her face in Jiang Lai's neck, the scent of his milky breath filling her nostrils: "I'll ruin you..."
"No, I promise." Jiang Lai said firmly, as if making a vow: "Don't push me away, and don't ask me to bless you. If you don't marry me in the future, I won't be able to smile, okay?"
Lin Zhi felt a lump in her throat, but Cheng Anan had said similar things, and her father and mother had said them too, and what was the result?
"I won't push you away anymore, just let go of me first."
"real?"
"Um."
Jiang Lai was overjoyed and kissed Lin Zhi's face twice, saying, "Thank you, sister!"
Lin Zhi wiped her face in disgust, then looked up and saw the man grinning like an idiot: "Stop your lewd smile. I didn't say I wanted to be with you."
Jiang Lai didn't hold back at all, still smiling brightly, "I know, but I've made great progress. At least you know I like you, and I can pursue you. Wang Dechuan isn't completely useless after all."
Lin Zhi suddenly stood up, frowning: "Did you deliberately let Wang Dechuan into your room?"
Jiang Lai made no attempt to hide it, readily admitting, "Otherwise, you wouldn't have come to find me. I even specifically inquired, and Sister Nan has been...extremely busy these past few days!"
Lin Zhi felt the veins on her forehead throbbing; if her wrist hadn't been still injured, she would have attacked.
Her right hand was injured, but her left hand was still usable. She pinched Jiang Lai's cheek and scolded, "You little brat! Do you know how worried I was about you? Did you get your head caught in a door? I really want to crack a hole in your head and see how much water is inside!"
Jiang Lai: "I was wrong, I just wanted to see you. Ouch, ouch, ouch, let me go first."
Lin Zhi let go of her, too angry to speak. She never expected that all her actions would only result in falling into the trap set by this child.
Just as Lin Zhi was getting angry, Jiang Lai looked at her with her bright, watery eyes and said, "Sister, can you please not fire Anna?"
Lin Zhi: ......
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Author's Note:
Jiang Lai: Author, you lied to me! What happened to the gentle, intellectual, and mature woman you promised?!
Lin Zhi: Do you have a problem with that?
Author (whispering): I never said I was gentle, intellectual, or mature towards you. Thank you to all the little angels who voted for me or watered my plants between 2022-04-12 22:43:54 and 2022-04-13 21:52:56!