Chapter 153 Director Su Is Very Bold
Qin Muchen glanced at her coldly before he lowered his head and looked at her foot. Then, he continued to massage her ankle with moderate pressure.
She let out a hiss. “Ouch… take it easy… It hurts…” It wasn’t really that painful, but Su Ziyue just had a sudden impulse of putting on a pretense.
Qin Muchen glared at her with an icy expression on his face. Noticing his glare, Su Ziyue said immediately, “You don’t have to go easy on it… Go harder… Harder…” As soon as she finished speaking, she realized that Qin Muchen had froze for a moment and stopped what he was doing. What now? He is unhappy when I ask him to go easy on my foot, yet he is unsatisfied when I ask him to go harder; rich people are very difficult to understand.
Without waiting for Su Ziyue to open her mouth again, Qin Muchen ordered coldly, “Shut up.”
Su Ziyue remained silent. Oops! Fine, I’ll shut up now. Qin Muchen is the boss anyway. He managed to control his strength very well; without hurting her, he could still help to relieve her swollen ankle at the same time.
Steadying herself on the bed with both hands behind her back, Su Ziyue sat up on the bed and stared at him closely. He helps me massage my ankle while I’m sleeping. Has he forgiven me already? As she thought about it, Su Ziyue said hesitantly, “Hey, I’m sorry… I didn’t know it was your birthday yesterday. I wanted to come back earlier, but I needed to work overtime last night…”
When Qin Muchen heard the words ‘work overtime last night’ coming out of her mouth, he stopped what he was doing at once—just like a robot who had been switched off by its master. He stood up suddenly without any notice, keeping the medicine he previously sprayed on Su Ziyue’s ankle back into the first aid kit with an expressionless face. Taking the first aid kit with him, he was ready to leave the room.
Before he went out, Su Ziyue called out to him immediately, “Can’t you sit down and listen to my full explanation properly? Is it really necessary to throw a fit like that?” Even though it was her fault in the first place, she did not make a huge, unforgivable mistake. Was it really necessary for Qin Muchen to put on such a ‘I don’t want to listen to your explanation’ kind of look on his face? If he didn’t plan on forgiving her, why would he care about her now?!
Qin Muchen stood there without moving an inch with his back facing Su Ziyue. She wasn’t sure whether he had been listening to her. Su Ziyue was overwhelmed by a sense of defeat. “Last night, I really lost track of time while working at the office. Moreover, I didn’t mean to hang up on you on purpose either. The point is that I…”
All of a sudden, she didn’t quite know how to explain herself. It’s all because of Gong Zeyang, that lunatic who thought he knew everything. If Gong Zeyang hadn’t hung up on Qin Muchen, he wouldn’t have stayed mad at me for so long—he would have forgiven me a long time ago! Apart from this reason, she really couldn’t think of any other excuse which could justify Qin Muchen’s anger toward her.
“Are you done yet?” Qin Muchen, who had been silent, turned around suddenly and looked at her.
Su Ziyue thought he hadn’t been listening at all. However, when she saw him turning around and looking at her suddenly, she was elated. “Anyway, I won’t be late next time. I’ll come back on time.”
Qin Muchen gazed at her fair and delicate face. Complicated feelings flashed across his own, looking like he was struggling and hesitating at the same time. In the end, he didn’t say anything else; he simply turned around and left.
The sense of defeat within Su Ziyue grew as he left. Even since she came back home, it was her who took the initiative to explain everything to him—he didn’t even ask her about what happened last night and why didn’t she come home. Moreover, she had no idea why he was so angry with her. Since he wouldn’t say anything, she had to guess what was on his mind if she wanted to know his feelings.
Su Ziyue pulled the blanket over and covered herself with it, falling asleep with the blanket over her head.
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By the time Su Ziyue woke up from her nap, it was already noon. When she rose and got out of the bed, she noticed that her ankle didn’t hurt as much as before anymore. It seemed like the medicine which Qin Muchen used to massage her ankle had begun to take its effect.
After washing her face and brushing her teeth, Su Ziyue went out of the bedroom. When she passed by Qin Muchen’s study, she stopped in front of the room for a while. She held out her hand, wanting to push the door open and enter the room. However, she decided not to go in after giving it some thought.
She didn’t have any breakfast that morning, so she was very hungry now. After preparing a few horrible and borderline inedible dishes recently, she became interested in cooking. There were a lot of vegetables and ingredients available in the fridge. After searching online for some simple recipes, she prepared two dishes and a soup. Then, she went upstairs and knocked on the door of Qin Muchen’s study.
After knocking twice, Su Ziyue shouted into the room through the door. “Lunch is ready.”
However, there was no sound from inside. Su Ziyue shouted again and received no reply. With a frown on her face, she opened the door and realized that the room was empty. She stayed rooted to the spot at the doorway before turning around to head downstairs and had her lunch. She had barely started eating when her cell phone rang.
Su Ziyue took her cell phone and saw that it was a call from Su Yuanming. Oh, I’ve forgotten to call in sick. She leaned backward and answered the call with an impassive expression on her face. “Vice President Su.”
Noises could be heard from the other side of the phone. Specifically, it was the sound of high heels walking across the floor and the occasional chatter in the background—the noises were loud and apparent. It seemed like Su Yuanming wasn’t calling from his office. Instead, he was making the call in the staff working area.
Su Yuanming, who had neither been friendly nor hostile to her, actually reprimanded her strictly this time. “Su Ziyue, as the Director of the Project Department, do you think you can simply be absent from work without any valid reason?”
Alright, not going to work without a proper leave application is indeed absenteeism. “I’m sorry, this is my fault. I’m on my way to the office now.” Su Ziyue hung up the phone as soon as she finished her sentence coldly.
On the other side of the phone, Su Yuanming didn’t expect Su Ziyue to be so haughty that she dared to hang up on him. However, since he was surrounded by company staff walking here and there, he couldn’t let those people find out that a Project Director like Su Ziyue had actually dared to hang up on him. So, he shouted strictly into the phone with a serious look on his face. “It’s good that you know!” With that, he kept his cell phone, turned around and went back into his office calmly.
However, he was unaware that the staff members started to gossip among themselves in low voices right after he had turned around and left. “Earlier on, his call actually got disconnected half-way before he could finish his words.”
“You were able to see that?”
“My eye power is 5.0.”
“Come to think of it, Director Su is very bold indeed. She actually dared to hang up on the Vice President.”
“Hmph! After all, Director Su is the biological granddaughter of the old Chairman; her sales performance is really good too. What’s wrong with taking a day off? Such things happened to her cousin when she used to work here in the company too…”
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Su Ziyue was totally oblivious of the gossip going around the company. Although her ankle had recovered a bit, it was still quite painful. Hence, she could only wear flats for the time being, and could only continue to be beautiful after her ankle had fully recovered.
By the time she reached the office, it was already three o’clock in the afternoon—just another two hours away until everyone got off work.
“Good afternoon, Director Su!”
Su Ziyue responded with a polite nod. “Good day.” She wore a simple white down jacket together with some blue jeans and a pair of flats on her feet. Her long hair was pulled into a high ponytail behind her head, looking very energetic and fresh in the outfit.
As they passed by her, the staff members couldn’t help but take several glances at her. After all, they seldom saw Su Ziyue dressed in such a casual manner. However, it was against the rules being born so pretty in the first place. Regardless of what outfit she wore—be it a cheap, beautiful dress or a casual outfit—she still appeared strikingly gorgeous to anyone who saw her, looking as though she could shine brightly. Everyone would always be mesmerized by her beauty.
However, someone noticed the bandage on her forehead too. “Director Su, your forehead…”
“Oh, I had a little accident on my way back after working overtime last night.”
