"No," Xu Qingzhu said, "I'm fine with anything."
“Well…” Liang Shi said, pulling open the drawer to get the remote control, but just as his hand gripped the drawer handle, Xu Qingzhu said, “The projector in the room is broken.”
Liang Shi: "...Ah, okay."
Her tone betrayed her disappointment, making one want to tease her.
Xu Qingzhu looked at her and said in a flat tone, "Have you forgotten?"
Liang Shi: "Huh? What?"
Xu Qingzhu smiled and said, "Last time I was watching a movie in my room, Liang Shi came in and smashed the box."
Liang Shi: "..."
"You should go to sleep early," Xu Qingzhu said. "I'm going downstairs to read."
Liang Shi: "..."
She was still completely bewildered even after Xu Qingzhu left.
Is it her?
No, it's the original owner?
Is it really necessary to smash someone's projector when they're just enjoying a movie?
The original owner was a lunatic.
wrong.
Why did Xu Qingzhu say it was Liang Shi?
She's right across from me, why isn't she talking about you?
Has Xu Qingzhu already discovered it?
Or was she deliberately testing her?
...
Is this how you test someone?
Liang Shi didn't know, but Xu Qingzhu definitely sensed something.
The way she spoke to him was much gentler than before. Liang Shishi naturally didn't think it was because she had recently made changes and treated Xu Qingzhu a little better, which earned her the better attitude.
Just kidding, if someone treated her like the original owner did, she would never forgive them in her life, and would even wish that person would die a miserable death.
How could I forgive so easily?
There are only two possibilities.
First, Xu Qingzhu deeply loves the original owner. As long as the original owner changes even slightly, he will immediately change his mind and smile at the original owner.
However, this possibility is extremely slim, so it can be ruled out without hesitation.
Xu Qingzhu doesn't seem to be the type to be blinded by love.
She might have feelings for the original owner at some point, but after being hurt, she will definitely protect herself and not give the original owner another chance to hurt her.
Therefore, only the second option is available.
Xu Qingzhu discovered that she was not the original Liang Shi, but she didn't know where she came from.
Science cannot explain this abnormal phenomenon. As a top student, Xu Qingzhu is extremely cautious, so he constantly tests her in daily life.
Having figured all this out, Liang Shi felt inexplicably relieved.
After all, she didn't need to keep pretending in front of Xu Qingzhu. From now on, if she didn't remember, she didn't remember; if she didn't know, she didn't know. There was no need to hide it.
Given Xu Qingzhu's cautious nature, she wouldn't expose her unless she was absolutely certain.
Liang Shi lay back down on the bed. It would be a lie to say she wasn't sleepy; she was actually exhausted. She hadn't slept well last night, and then she went to the Liang family's house during the day, leaving her physically and mentally drained.
She couldn't sleep because someone was lying next to her.
She was the only one left on the bed at this moment. Although Xu Qingzhu's scent still lingered in the air, it didn't have much of an effect.
She remembered to set an alarm before going to bed and fell asleep quickly.
//
Xu Qingzhu nestled on the sofa downstairs, reading a novel.
She had slept for a day and a night, so she wasn't very tired.
However, due to physical weakness, my eyes became dry and sore after only two hours of watching, and I was unable to concentrate on watching anymore.
He had no choice but to close the book, rub his eyes downstairs, and guess that Liang Shi had already fallen asleep before slowly going upstairs.
She opened the door very quietly, afraid of disturbing the people who were sleeping.
A light was on in the room, illuminating the doorway.
When she went out, she clearly turned on the lamp next to Liang Shi, which was closer to the balcony, but when she came back, she turned on the lamp on her side, which just lit up her way back to bed.
Liang Shi's sleeping posture was very upright; she lay flat on her back with her hands on her lower abdomen and her breathing was shallow.
Xu Qingzhu walked over and sat on the bed, where one side of the bed gently sank.
Liang Shi didn't move either, presumably he was fast asleep.
Xu Qingzhu put the book in the drawer, then slowly moved onto the bed, leaned against the bed, and glanced at it from the side.
Liang Shi hasn't been wearing makeup lately, or rather, she's been wearing very light makeup.
In the past, no matter how late Liang Shi came home, she would always have makeup on, and the makeup would be very heavy.
She likes all sorts of strange and unusual colors, especially lipsticks, which are basically unsold and unfinished colors. She just relies on her good looks to mess around with them.
On several occasions, Xu Qingzhu saw her sleeping on the sofa with makeup on.
Although Liang Shi now has the same face as before, his eyes are completely different.
Some say that to judge a person's character, you should look at whether their eyes are bright.
If her eyes are as bright as stars, then she must be a person of good character.
In the past, Liang Shi's eyes lacked luster; they held only a deep loathing for the world, and occasionally, an expression of wishing everyone to die would appear on his face.
But now, Liang Shi's eyes always gleam with a gentle light.
Xu Qingzhu is a person who is good at observing details, just like Liang Shi now hides all his actions in the details.
It seems that, except when she was in the hospital, she was calm and gentle, as she recklessly carried strawberries into the ward and shamelessly said that she would change and hoped that I could believe her.
She always seemed to exude a faint fragrance of white tea.
It makes me feel very at ease.
During the time when her maternal grandfather passed away, Xu Qingzhu would always have a pot of white tea brewed in her room.
She habitually fell asleep to that scent, as if her grandfather had never left.
She smelled that comforting scent once again.
But she really couldn't confirm who Liang Shi was.
Where did it come from?
She sat there, her gaze tracing the other person's features inch by inch.
I still think she looks better without makeup.
But... what does this have to do with me?
In the end, she was going to divorce Liang Shi.
She didn't want to listen to her father and use marriage as a bargaining chip to keep the company afloat, nor did she want her grandfather's life's work to go to waste.
She had to get into the company, even though her father objected.
Speaking of which, the last time she sent a message to her father, his reply was just two words: "No."
Her father believed that marrying into a good family and marrying an Alpha who treated her well would be the best thing for her life.
But he forgot that she had always been number one since childhood, entered Qingyi University with high scores, and even obtained an MBA degree.
If she hadn't been unwilling to go too far from home, she probably would have gone abroad for further studies.
For the sake of the company, and also for her own selfish reasons, she chose marriage.
But what did this marriage bring him?
There was only endless pain and ceaseless fear.
Xu Qingzhu sighed softly. In the middle of the night, she couldn't help but think about these things and feel distressed about them.
She decided not to follow her father's decision anymore. Instead, she sent a message to her cousin who also worked at the company, saying that she planned to work there and needed him to arrange a position for her. She didn't need to be brought in from outside and squeeze out the existing employees; she just wanted an opportunity to work at the company, preferably in a core department, such as the design or exhibition department.
For a jewelry company, the design department is the core. Without designs that are good enough to surpass those of its competitors, it will never be able to gain a foothold in the industry.
The exhibition department is responsible for the annual new product launch shows, from hiring models to defining each piece of jewelry, indirectly affecting the sales of each new product.
Equally important are the advertising and marketing departments.
Every marketing plan determines whether jewelry can be seen by the public at a glance and win the favor of consumers. The era of "good wine needs no bush" is over. In today's era, marketing is an indispensable part.
Xu Qingzhu's major should have been best suited for the human resources management department, but she decided to go to a more spiritual place.
If Minghui wants to completely reverse its current situation, it must uproot the rotten roots. Bringing in new people is meaningless; it's just like grafting new shoots onto rotten roots, which will only lead to further decay sooner or later.
Her cousin replied quickly, telling her to come anytime, as there happened to be a management vacancy in the design department that she could fill.
Airdropping seems to be the fastest way these days.
Xu Qingzhu replied to him: 【Okay, thank you, Uncle.】
A few seconds later, she replied: "I'll report for duty tomorrow."
//
The next morning, Liang Shi was woken up by his alarm clock.
She slept quite comfortably and immediately turned off the alarm when she woke up, afraid of waking Xu Qingzhu. However, after she turned off the alarm, she turned around and found that Xu Qingzhu was no longer there.
She touched her side; the sheets were ice-cold.