The Guide to Rising to Power: The Ultimate Schemes of a Green Tea Beauty

Shen Yao did not immediately go to see Liang Zhengze, who had been arrested.

She knew very well that it wasn't her turn yet.

According to the procedure, Lu Xiuting and his people would interrogate her first, going through round after round until they couldn't get any more information out of her. Only then would it be her turn to pry open the cracks from the side.

Shen Yao remained calm and waited quietly.

Once she made up her mind to send Liang Zhenghe on his way, she wouldn't soften her heart again. Whether the kindness Liang Zhengze and the others had shown her before was an act or genuine, it wouldn't sway her in the slightest.

So while Lu Xiuting and others were conducting intensive interrogation of Liang Zhengze, Shen Yao leisurely dealt with her emotional issues.

It's okay, Shen Yao has a thick skin.

If the mountain won't come to me, I'll come to the mountain.

Xie Yunzhou sat in his office, and when he heard a knock on the door, he didn't even look up. His cold voice came through a thin layer of ice:

"What's up?"

The person outside seemed not to understand and knocked twice more.

Xie Yunzhou frowned slightly, lowered his head to continue reviewing his documents, and ignored him.

The knocking stopped, and after a moment, the lock turned gently and was opened from the outside.

Xie Yunzhou paused as he signed his name, then slowly looked up.

The person who arrived was wrapped up tightly, with her hat pulled low and a mask covering most of her face, revealing only a pair of bright, darting eyes, looking just like a popular female idol secretly meeting her boyfriend.

Xie Yunzhou glanced at her, his lips twitched almost imperceptibly, then quickly suppressed his urge, lowered his head, and continued signing as if he hadn't seen her.

Shen Yao wasn't in a hurry.

Xie Yunzhou was never a talkative person; she kept her thoughts to herself, and she was used to it.

She walked around the table on her own, wanting to get closer and see what he was writing.

Her hat was pulled down too low, obscuring most of her vision. She didn't notice the small step between the door and the desk, tripped, and fell forward.

Shen Yao's head slammed straight into the computer screen.

The next second, her wrist was firmly grasped by a warm hand, and another hand promptly shielded her forehead from the hard screen.

Xie Yunzhou looked down at the top of her head, which was so close to his own, his voice tinged with a hint of helplessness:

"You're about to hit your head, what are you thinking about?"

Shen Yao threw herself into his arms, burying her face in his chest and hugging his thighs under his trousers.

The girl slumped down, her forehead resting on his knees, her warm breath seeping through the smooth black fabric.

Xie Yunzhou's brow twitched suddenly.

The pen tip left an extra black mark on the paper.

The man paused, his knuckles tightening slightly, as if he were pressing down on something that shouldn't be floating.

She hugged her too closely.

Her fair cheek was pressed against his leg, her lips brushing against the seam of his trousers, each breath turning into a small wisp of warm air that lingered on his skin.

too weird.

Xie Yunzhou could only see the top of her fluffy hair, not her expression, which made him unable to even say something like "You did this on purpose."

Speaking would make it seem like he had ulterior motives.

He took a deep breath, put the pen back on the table, and spoke in a tone lower than usual:

"……stand up."

Shen Yao let out a muffled hum, which sounded like both a coquettish complaint and a protest.

"Yunzhou, I was wrong."

"What's wrong?"

Shen Yao lifted half her face from his embrace, gazing at him expectantly, her voice soft and sweet, with a touch of endearing flattery:

"Hi, I can give you an explanation: it's true that I almost married Liang Xiheng and was forced to wear a wedding dress. This really happened. I'll offer you five yuan as compensation. Is that acceptable?"

Xie Yunzhou looked down at her for a while without saying anything.

He wasn't a particularly patient person; he said he'd punish her every time she cheated on him, and that was true.

She had been out of his sight for so long, even if it was forced, that he was still in a bad mood.

But now she came to him on her own initiative, close to him, and apologized in a soft, gentle voice. The anger that had been building up inside him gradually eased.

Shen Yao continued in a muffled voice, "I'm really sorry, there was a mistake here, and I do realize it. Is this okay, honey? Don't be angry."

Xie Yunzhou suddenly spoke up:

"You went to Italy to work as a Taobao customer service representative?"

"Mmm, darling, how about giving me a good review?"

Xie Yunzhou looked down at her. Her delicate face was like the autumn moon hidden behind thin clouds, not very clear. She was rambling on and on, but she seemed to have a little bit of awareness of her mistakes.

Actually, he was already somewhat pleased the moment she took the initiative to find him. But he wasn't the type to show it on his face.

Xie Yunzhou raised his hand and gently placed it on the back of her head, his voice trailing off:

"Reflect on your actions. You owe me so much."

Shen Yao pinched his thigh:

"I didn't cheat on you!"

Xie Yunzhou did not answer, but his gaze fell on her slightly parted lips, and a hidden, sullen light finally surfaced in his cold eyes.

He clearly didn't trust her and clearly wanted to mess with her.

Shen Yao felt so wronged, it was like snow falling in June! She was so aggrieved that she wanted to perform a scene of snowflakes falling and north wind howling right there for him!

The wedding dress, ring, and invitations were all ready, but she and Liang Xiheng ultimately did not end up together. Despite being completely innocent, she seemed to be burdened with a lot of emotional debts when it came to Xie Yunzhou.

She thought to herself, "Does this mean I'll need to write an application and get his approval and signature to date other men in the future?"

Why do men have so many problems?

But on the surface, she smiled more sweetly than anyone else. She twisted her fingers, lowered her eyes, her eyelashes trembling, looking both frightened and helpless.

Xie Yunzhou looked at her for two seconds, and the coldness in his heart, which was not very hard to begin with, melted away inch by inch.

She rarely showed such weakness, and he finally couldn't hold back. He reached out and pulled her up, wrapping his arms around her slender waist and gently drawing her onto his lap.

"Why are you so scared? I'm not blaming you."

Haha, nobody would believe that.

Shen Yao nestled into his arms, burying her face in the crook of his neck, her voice muffled, tinged with a hint of grievance and nasal tone:

"Isn't it because I'm afraid you'll ignore me... In fact, if you ignore me, I can't do my work properly, and I can't sleep well."

She looked up at him with pleading eyes, her voice softening slightly: "Yunzhou, I miss you so much."

"You don't even come to see me. Don't you miss me at all?"

Shen Yao knew perfectly well what was going on.

Fang Yunci was attracted to her bad temper and domineering nature, while Xie Yunzhou preferred her lively, carefree, and dependent personality.

Xie Yunzhou's heart softened. That coldness was like ice meeting hot water, cracks spreading out finely.

He knew in his heart that this time it wasn't entirely her fault.

If the wedding invitation hadn't been so jarring, he wouldn't have been struggling to process it.

The man's hand rested on her back, his fingertips casually tracing the contours of her spine, his voice clear and melodious:

I miss you too.

He paused for a moment. After a couple of seconds, as if without any hesitation, he continued:

"Shen Yao, will you be with me?"

broken.