After returning home, Cheng Liu couldn’t fall asleep, her eyes open. Her mind kept recalling the details of her time with Ji Chaozhou. She didn’t fall asleep until three in the morning and got up early the next day.

She hesitated for a while but finally picked up her black backpack, planning to go next door to say ‘hello’ before going to work.

At worst, she could just be quick about it.

As soon as she opened the door, she saw Ji Chaozhou watering the flowers in the front yard of the villa. She took the initiative to greet him, “Good morning.”

Ji Chaozhou turned to look at her. It seemed that there was no difference from usual. He looked at her lips for a moment, put down the watering can, turned and walked towards the living room, “Come in.”

Cheng Liu was stunned for a moment, then immediately followed him and walked inside.

Ji Chaozhou took the anti-inflammatory medicine from the medicine box. When he turned around, he saw Cheng Liu following closely. He looked at the sofa and said, “Sit over there.”

“Oh, okay.” Cheng Liu pinched the strap of her backpack, feeling uneasy. Why did she feel that he was different this morning?

After Ji Chaozhou washed his hands, he sat next to Cheng Liu with the medicine in his hand. He squeezed some ointment on his fingertip and gently rubbed it onto that part of her lower lip where he had bitten her.

He lowered his eyes and carefully applied the medicine on her lip.

Cheng Liu didn’t even dare to breathe. He was too strange today.

Obviously, he still seemed angry last night, but this morning he was willing to apply medicine for her.

Cheng Liu was distracted: her lips felt hot, and she didn’t know if it was from the ointment or the rubbing of his fingertips.

“Cheng Liu,” Ji Chaozhou put down his finger, raised his head and looked at the person opposite him. After calling her softly, he leaned in and kissed her cheek.

The movement was very light, just a touch of his lips on Cheng Liu’s face, and then he quickly retreated.

But it was this overly self-assured action that made Cheng Liu’s face turn red.

Cheng Liu stood up instantly, panicking: The kiss he gave me yesterday was obviously much more exciting than this kiss just now. Why is my heart beating faster than last night? Could I be having a heart attack?

Ji Chaozhou didn’t seem to notice her unusual movements. He picked up the car keys and handed them to Cheng Liu, “Drive my car to the company.”

“Oh, okay.” Cheng Liu took it, her mind full of confusion.

Young President Cheng, who had always handled the cleaver with ease¹, ran away in panic.

It wasn’t until she reached the company gate that Cheng Liu flipped over the car mirror and stared at herself for a while before she managed to regain her composure.

Walking into the lobby, Cheng Liu found that all the employees coming and going were looking at her. She felt guilty. Ji Chaozhou had bitten her twice in the same place yesterday. Although she applied medicine this morning, the wound hasn’t even disappeared by half.

“President Cheng,” the employee from the 17th floor had just finished the security check and walked over to Cheng Liu, taking the initiative to say ‘hello’.

Young President Cheng nodded at him.

“President Cheng, was the person on the hot search yesterday your boyfriend?” the employee asked curiously.

Cheng Liu shook her head, “It’s my sweetheart.”

The employee was puzzled: Was there a difference?

The employee walked into the elevator; the door closed, he and said to Liu, “But there have been rumors that you and a male model named… Wang Hongyang are a couple.”

Cheng Liu: “…” 

She now got a headache whenever she heard Wang Hongyang’s name.

“Have you finished the work in the past two days?” Cheng Liu quickly asked him, listing the tasks.

The employee was silent for a while and then said, “My wife and I went on our honeymoon these past few days.”

Cheng Liu: “…” When could she also go on her honeymoon with Ji Chaozhou?

“Really? Then you can start working later,” Cheng Liu said coldly.

“That’s a given.” The employee patted his chest and said, “I will also have a small family in the future, so I must work hard to earn money.”

Young President Cheng got shown off again.

They arrived at the 17th floor. Cheng Liu looked jealously at the employee who was walking briskly away as he left the elevator. Then she changed her mind—she realized that although they had not confirmed their relationship yet, Ji Chaozhou had kissed her this morning.

So Young President Cheng began to feel proud again.

Cheng Liu walked into the President’s office quickly. Assistant He Bai has not arrived yet and there was no one in the office, so she went into the inner office.

The second floor of the company has been vacated and was already being renovated, so she would be able to move in soon.

From now on, whenever Ji Chaozhou wanted to come over, he could go directly to the second floor to find her.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

He Bai arrived at the company lobby at 10:30. Although Shenyin Technology did not have a time clock, this was his first time to come to work so late.

It was hard for him not to see the series of trending searches last night. He Bai even had various photos from the exhibition, sent to him by friends in the same circle.

He drank all night and got up unexpectedly late the next day.

Even when he showed up, he still smelled of alcohol, which he covered up with perfume.

He Bai walked into the office but did not stop at his desk. Instead, he walked to Cheng Liu’s inner office and took the initiative to say, “Sorry, President Cheng, I’m late.”

“No worries.” Cheng Liu looked up at He Bai, “Is the perfume you are wearing Midu?”

He Bai was startled, not only because he had sprayed the wrong perfume in his haste to get out the door, but also because he noticed something strange about Liu’s lower lip.

If It’s Wrong, Then It’s Wrong translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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FOOTNOTE:

1. Idiom. It means able to do things in a skillful way. ↩︎