Reborn and fleeing for his life, he unexpectedly knocks on the door of the prince of Beijing's

What the hell!

Wen Shengsheng looked around like a startled bird.

Seeing that no one had heard their conversation, they finally relaxed.

She gritted her teeth and said, "Young Master Gong has women on both sides; the word 'innocence' probably disappeared in kindergarten. Now he's trying to blackmail me with this. Isn't that outrageous?"

Gong Xiaochen narrowed his dark eyes, and just as he was about to reply, several young men suddenly came over to offer him a toast.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Wen Shengsheng grabbed her bag and ran away from her seat.

Li Chuan was still cheering for the young singer, completely absorbed in the moment, and she was too lazy to go over and say hello.

I'm going straight home.

A night breeze swept in, and the seawater gently lapped against the shore, ruffling Wen Shengsheng's long hair.

She wandered along the wooden walkway, like a white sprite lost in the forest, searching aimlessly for an exit.

“Sheng Sheng”.

Xi Yu's cool voice, carried on the sea breeze, came from behind.

Wen Shengsheng thought she had misheard, so she turned around and saw him walking towards her against the light.

Thinking of his earlier behavior, Wen Shengsheng immediately took a step back, keeping her distance from him.

"What? Are you so afraid of me?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Isn't it right for me to be afraid of you? After all, you just knelt in the ancestral hall, and you're not ready for a second time."

Xi Yu paused for a moment, then lit a cigarette with a blank expression and started smoking.

"Don't come to places like this again."

They really came to demand an explanation.

Wen Shengsheng's heart sank.

“You’ve been here the whole time, so you must have seen it. It was Zhu Lin who bullied me. If I didn’t say that, would everyone misunderstand us and attack me?”

"What misunderstanding? Are you with me?" Xi Yu asked back.

"Yes, I made it very clear to you that day. I was just talking nonsense and said those things. Now I just want to leave the Xi family."

Wen Shengsheng bit her lip and said again, unwilling to give up, "Brother Yu, as long as you can tell me to leave and remove the title of Xi family's adopted daughter, there won't be any more scenes like this. I won't cause you any more trouble or annoy you anymore. Can you go and talk to the old man?"

The lights in the corridor cast flickering shadows on Xi Yu's face as the sea breeze blew.

He gazed silently at the distant sea, his pupils flickering slightly, but eventually returning to calm.

He said coldly, "I thought I had made myself clear to you, Wen Shengsheng. You keep saying you're leaving the Xi family, but what will you use to leave?!"

"Then name your terms, and I'll write you an IOU, and I'll pay you back later, okay?"

"Stop talking nonsense to me. Go home. If Li Chuan wants to come to these kinds of events in the future, let him come by himself. You are not allowed to come again." Xi Yu gave him a final ultimatum.

Wen Shengsheng's breath hitched. The hope that had been lingering in her heart instantly shattered into pieces.

Her eyes quickly reddened, and she glared at Xi Yu resentfully, "Am I some important person in your Xi family? Why are you dragging me into this little thing!"

"You keep saying it's not a marriage alliance, but isn't that what you're really after? First the Zhou family, now the Li family, you've finally raised me, and now selling me off will just help your Xi family make money, isn't it! What are you pretending to be so high and mighty for!"

After scolding him, Wen Shengsheng didn't want to say another word to him. She turned and left with a cold face, her steps hurried and heavy.

The thumping footsteps sounded particularly abrupt in the silence, as if her anger had been amplified countless times.

Xi Yu closed his eyes, leaned against the railing, and quietly smoked a cigarette.

*

After wandering around for a while, Wen Shengsheng finally found the exit of the floating hotel.

Unfortunately, several security guards were stationed at the cruise ship's exit, saying that the exit was closed, the banquet was not over, and people were not allowed to leave.

With nowhere to vent her anger, Wen Shengsheng angrily argued with the security guard for a few moments.

But it had no effect.

She had no choice but to return the way she came.

Gong Xiaochen's birthday banquet was so large that it took up three decks of deck.

She really didn't want to go back to that deck, so she deliberately found a less crowded one. A cellist was playing, the music was quiet and melodious, yet tinged with a faint sadness.

The people on this floor are generally older, chatting in twos and threes.

Wen Shengsheng went to the table, grabbed an ice cream cone, and quietly ate it in the corner.

She has a habit of eating something sweet when she's in a bad mood, supposedly because sweets stimulate the release of dopamine, which makes the body feel happy.

While I was eating, someone suddenly touched my face.

Wen Shengsheng was startled. When she looked up, she met Gong Xiaochen's clear black eyes. For some reason, her heart felt like it had been hit, thumping heavily several times.

"What kind of pose is this? Sitting here secretly eating ice cream while secretly wiping away tears."

Only after he said that did Wen Shengsheng realize that she had actually cried.

She raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, but Gong Xiaochen grabbed her chin.

Without any warning, his handsome face suddenly loomed close to hers, startling Wen Shengsheng so much that she quickly closed her eyes.

The next moment, a delicate, warm, and moist sensation came over my face.

Wen Shengsheng was startled, then immediately opened her eyes, her face flushing red.

Gong Xiaochen actually licked her!!

"So salty." He clicked his tongue twice, and a faint smell of alcohol wafted onto Wen Shengsheng's face.

Then, he casually snatched the ice cream cone from her hand and sat down to eat it.

Wen Shengsheng was stunned for a moment before covering her face and saying, "You...why did you lick me?"

"Now you know how to be shy?" Gong Xiaochen's sharp eyes swept over, seemingly oblivious to the fact that his behavior was inappropriate. "That night you licked me, and you went even further, have you forgotten?"

The slight heat that had just subsided on her face suddenly flared up again.

Wen Shengsheng immediately forgot all about being sentimental.

"Stop talking, or the whole world will know." She raised her hand and covered Gong Xiaochen's mouth.

She discovered that this person was unreserved and dared to say anything.

She's starting to regret asking him for help; she's afraid he might suddenly blurt out the whole thing.

Gong Xiaochen chuckled, brushed Wen Shengsheng's hand away, and leisurely began eating his ice cream.

"Aren't you Xi Yu's benefactor? How come you were drugged at his birthday party one minute and are now secretly sitting here wiping away tears the next? It's so tragic?" He asked, unusually kind of him.

Wen Shengsheng paused.

As expected, Gong Xiaochen knew her identity, probably through the media.

She had been bearing this alone ever since it happened, but now that someone in the know has finally appeared, she finds herself talking more.

"What benefactor? I'm nothing but a piece of trash in the Xi family, who cares about me..."

"Tsk~ So humble."

"It's more than just being humble... The waiter that night almost ruined my life, but I still can't find him. No one's home, and I can't reach him by phone."

Wen Shengsheng later went to Lin Bin's address to look for him, but couldn't find him.

This person seems to have vanished suddenly; they can't be found anywhere.

"So what do you plan to do?" Gong Xiaochen asked.

Wen Shengsheng shook her head, "Let's focus on my work first and earn more money. Once I have money, no one will be able to bully me anymore."

Gong Xiaochen scoffed, "Then you might as well hurry up and get married, find a powerful husband, and no one will dare to bully you in the future."

“I have a job and I can support myself! I don’t need to depend on any man.” Wen Shengsheng pouted, with a hint of stubbornness in her voice.

"Wow! That's amazing! I wonder where this talented woman from Peking University is working. Let me hear her story, and see if she can scare me to death!"

If Wen Shengsheng has anything to be proud of right now, it's this job.

She raised her eyebrows like Gong Xiaochen and said, word by word, "A top-tier domestic investment bank, Qingshan Capital! I just joined this month."

Hear these four words.

Gong Xiaochen was indeed stunned.