Movie variety show soul travels between two worlds to become a rich man

Chapter 509 Don't Miss It
The building's hallway was much darker than Shen Yan remembered. She fumbled for her keys, but her fingers wouldn't obey. Gao Dongxu took the keychain and easily found the right one.

The moment the door opened, Shen Yancai suddenly realized that she was letting a man she had known for less than three hours into her private space.

“The bathroom is over there—” Shen Yan said shyly and nervously as she stood in the entryway.

The apartment was small, but very tidy, with several cute cartoon cushions on the sofa.

Gao Dongxu glanced around, his gaze lingering on the bookshelf—filled with economics books and several novels. "Your place is very cozy," he said with a smile.

"Would you like some water? I'll get you a glass..." Shen Yan met Gao Dongxu's burning gaze, feeling shy, nervous, and flustered, and somewhat at a loss for what to do.

"Thank you, I'll go to the restroom first." Gao Dongxu smiled and walked towards the restroom.

As Gao Dongxu's figure disappeared behind the bathroom door, Shen Yancai let out a long sigh of relief and slumped onto the sofa. The alcohol was still dancing in her veins, casting an unreal glow over every thought.

She should have seen the guest off now, but a secret expectation kept her from speaking.

The sound of water stopped, and Gao Dongxu came out. He didn't immediately return to the living room, but instead stood in front of the photo frames in the hallway. "Are these your parents?" he asked.

Shen Yan, her pretty face slightly flushed, walked over and looked at the smiling family of three in the photo. "Yes, it was taken when I went home last year." Her voice softened unconsciously.

Gao Dongxu's gaze shifted between the photo and Shen Yan: "Your smile looks a lot like your mother's."

They were standing too close. Shen Yan could feel Gao Dongxu's breath brushing against her ear, carrying a faint scent of alcohol. Her heart was pounding so hard it felt like it would burst out of her chest, and her legs felt rooted to the spot.

“Shen Yan.” Gao Dongxu called her name softly, gently lifting her chin with his fingers. In the dim moonlight filtering through the curtains, his eyes were as deep as an abyss, tempting one to fall.

"I love you--"

Reason told Shen Yan she should back down, but her body betrayed her. She tilted her head back slightly and closed her eyes.

The following morning, the sunlight, like a dull knife, pierced Shen Yan's temples. She frowned instinctively, her eyelashes trembling before she managed to open her heavy eyelids. The familiar ceiling swayed in her vision; she immediately closed her eyes, a soft groan of pain escaping her throat.

"Well..."

She felt as if she had been repeatedly run over by a heavy truck. Her head was throbbing, her throat was dry as if it were filled with sand, and her limbs felt heavy as if they were filled with lead.

The strangest thing was the unfamiliar soreness all over her body, as if she had done sit-ups all night. Shen Yan tried to turn over, but the pain aggravated her whole body, making her gasp.

Then she heard breathing.

Not her own.

Shen Yan froze, her heart seemingly stopping. A terrifying premonition crept up her spine, making the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end. She slowly turned her head, her movements as slow as if she were defusing a time bomb—

A man's sleeping face is right in front of me.

Gao Dongxu.

He lay on his side, his thick eyelashes casting shadows beneath his eyes, a satisfied smile playing on his lips. The blanket had slipped down to his waist, revealing his well-defined chest and several suspicious scratch marks.

Shen Yan's gaze involuntarily drifted downwards, and when he saw those colorful things, his brain exploded with a "buzz".

Memories swept in like a tsunami.
"No!" Shen Yan covered her mouth, a sob escaping through her fingers. She abruptly threw back the covers, then gasped in shock at the marks on her body. The slight sting on her conscience felt like branding marks left by a hot iron.
Just then, Gao Dongxu, who was still fast asleep, stirred and uttered a muffled murmur.

Shen Yan sat bolt upright as if electrocuted, but her legs gave way and she collapsed to her knees the instant her feet touched the ground. The icy coldness of the floor brought her fully awake—she, Shen Yan, had truly said goodbye to her girlhood. And with someone she'd known for less than three hours.
"Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God." She was pale, sitting on the edge of the bed wrapped in a blanket, trembling as she picked up the clothes scattered on the floor.

Looking at the clothes carelessly tossed about—she couldn't even remember how it had happened. Picking up the clothes was like a nightmare; her fingers slipped and wouldn't obey her commands, and the underwear slipped through her fingers several times.

Um?
Gao Dongxu, fast asleep, turned over, his arm crossing over the spot where she had just been lying. Shen Yan, as if frozen in place, held her breath, motionless, and slowly turned her head to watch him unconsciously bury his face in the pillow—where the scent of her perfume still lingered. This realization made her cheeks burn.

"Don't wake up, don't wake up, please don't wake up..." Shen Yan, her pretty face flushed and her hair disheveled, stared wide-eyed, muttering silently in a mixture of shame and shock.

However, as if he had heard her call, Gao Dongxu's tightly closed eyelids twitched a few times, and he slowly opened them, his gaze meeting hers.

Good morning, baby!

Looking at Gao Dongxu's handsome face with a smile, and hearing his affectionate address, Shen Yan's heart trembled. She closed her eyes with a shy, bitter smile, and sighed inwardly, 'It's over—'

Immediately afterward, a large hand pulled her back onto the pillow, and a warm, fireplace-like embrace enveloped her. Her pretty face flushed red, and she froze, too stiff and at a loss to move. Finally, unsure how to face her, she simply closed her eyes. Gao Dongxu, watching her ostrich-like behavior and her beautiful face with its tightly closed eyes, couldn't help but chuckle smugly. The die was cast; what was the point of playing the ostrich now?

Last night he had a really great time playing a round of Dynasty Warriors: Zhao Yun's Story.

It's easy to imagine how vulnerable Shen Yan was at that moment.

Looking at her beautiful face, Gao Dongxu grew to love her more and more, and couldn't help but lower his head again to kiss her red lips.

"Hmm~"

Shen Yan blushed and opened her eyes, her red lips parting slightly as she met Gao Dongxu's gaze.

Just taste it and stop.

"From today onwards, you are my woman. I will make you the happiest person in the world." Gao Dongxu looked at Shen Yan, who was biting her red lips, shy and timid, with seductive eyes, and whispered sweet words.

Shen Yan really didn't know what to say. Everything happened too fast, too unbelievably, and in a daze, just like a dream.

"I feel like I've been in a dream..." Finally, Shen Yan, her pretty face flushed, smiled bitterly and said in a trembling voice to Gao Dongxu, who was standing close to her.

"This isn't a dream, and even if it is, it's a beautiful dream," Gao Dongxu said with a smile, kissing her red lips again.

Shen Yan smiled shyly and bitterly, looking at Gao Dongxu's smiling face with complicated emotions, and said, "For you, it must be a beautiful dream. After falling in love at first sight, you directly entered his home, and your dream came true..."

"Hahaha..." Gao Dongxu burst into laughter, amused by her, and said softly, "I didn't expect you to be so humorous."

Shen Yan blushed, gave him a playful glare, and said softly with a mix of frustration and helplessness, "Right now, I really want to cry, but I don't know why I should cry..."

"Haha..." Gao Dongxu looked at her adorable expression and laughed again, "You really shouldn't cry, you should laugh."

"I can't laugh..." Shen Yan looked at Gao Dongxu's handsome face with a complicated expression, and said with a bitter smile, both ashamed and annoyed, "We've known each other for less than three hours, and things have turned out like this in a muddle. I don't know anything about you, only what you've said to yourself. If you're a liar, I don't know what to do."

At this point, Shen Yan's pretty face turned even redder, and she felt incredibly ashamed. Everything that happened last night began to appear uncontrollably in her mind like a slideshow. More and more memories and details made her so ashamed that she wished she could die. She really didn't want to face this other side of herself.

Gao Dongxu chuckled, propped himself up, crawled to the edge of the bed, reached out and picked up his shirt from the floor, pretending to find his wallet, then pulled Shen Yanjiao's petite and voluptuous body into his arms again, took out his ID card, and showed it to her.

"This is my ID card... This is a photo of me and my parents. However, more than two years ago, our family was in a car accident. My parents died in the accident, and I was the only one who survived..."

"Huh?!" Shen Yan, who was holding her ID card and looking at the group photo with curiosity, felt her heart clench when she heard Gao Dongxu speak of the tragic event in a calm tone. She turned her head, her beautiful eyes filled with tenderness and sympathy as she looked at Gao Dongxu with pity.

"I'm sorry, I..."

"Silly girl, what are you saying sorry for? It's all in the past, and I've long since moved on from my grief." Gao Dongxu said softly with a smile, thinking to himself that his tragic past was simply a super weapon against these kind-hearted, maternally-driven heroines.

Sure enough, when Shen Yan looked at Gao Dongxu, her beautiful eyes were no longer filled with doubt and defensiveness, but with more tenderness.

"What are these...?" Caught off guard, Shen Yan blinked her beautiful eyes, took the wallet from Gao Dongxu's hand, and pulled out the gold card inside.

"Zhenbao Pavilion... 3B Advertising Company... Changsheng Entertainment Company..."

Looking at the business card in her hand, Shen Yan's beautiful eyes widened. She turned to look at Gao Dongxu, who was smiling, blinked her long eyelashes, and asked in surprise, "Who exactly are you? Aren't you just an antique shop owner?"

“Yes, Zhenbaoge is my shop,” Gao Dongxu said with a smile.

"That Zhenbaoge, the one that caused such a stir a while ago with the Qianlong Emperor's shroud worth two hundred million?" Shen Yan asked excitedly, her almond-shaped eyes wide and her pretty face flushed.

"Mm." Gao Dongxu nodded with a smile.

"Did you really only spend 8 yuan to snag this bargain?" Shen Yan asked excitedly.

"Hehe, yes, what the media reports are all true." Gao Dongxu smiled and nodded, gently stroking Shen Yan's smooth and delicate skin in his arms.

"Then, these two companies..."

"It's also one of my businesses..."

(End of this chapter)