“Yes, I am now, but the magic will disappear at midnight, and I’ll turn back into that profit-driven businessman,” he said regretfully.
She couldn’t help but laugh, “You’re not profit-driven. I know how much money Ned spent on charity last year.”
And drove Yue Yan half-crazy in the process.
“That’s not charity, that’s buying convenience,” he laughed. “Your sister taught me that.”
“It also requires your willingness!” She thought of the stubborn and stingy Qin Wei Lun, wondering if she could be glad she no longer had to work for him.
Though she felt a bit guilty thinking this way, after all, the money was his, the face was his, and being strict was understandable.
However, she was truly grateful that the person she now needed to deal with was Ke Nanyu.
After being unlucky for half her life, God finally remembered to take care of her.
After hanging up the phone, Ke Xueye let out a heavy sigh.
She didn’t know who could help her.
Her brother had always doted on her, perhaps he would… No, she shook her head, knowing clearly that he absolutely would not help her with this.
Ever since that incident, he no longer trusted her judgment.
As for Grandpa? Don’t even mention it. He always cared for her by his own standards of what was best, forgetting that the best might not necessarily be the most suitable for her.
She sat in front of her vanity, slowly removing her heavy makeup, revealing a bitter smile.
What should she do? Who could help her?
She heard a car driving in and ran to the balcony, just in time to see Ke Nanyu’s car stop in the driveway.
“It’s almost midnight! So late?”
Her brother had told her earlier that he would come back late today, asking her to go out to eat and not wait for him, but he hadn’t mentioned coming back with that beautiful “new teacher”.
Ke Xueye revealed a smile. She couldn’t remember her brother ever opening a car door for any woman, nor could she recall him ever picking a rose from the yard for anyone.
Was the “new teacher” shy? What was she thinking with her head lowered?
Ke Xueye ran downstairs in a flash, brushing past Yuan Xingcan who was going upstairs. She deliberately pretended not to know whose rose was in her hand.
“Ah! What a beautiful rose, picked from the yard?”
“Yes.” She was still blushing, thinking of Ke Nanyu’s words: This is a thank-you gift, thank you for accompanying me tonight.
She thought her heart couldn’t beat any faster, but now it felt like it might jump out of her throat.
She tried not to be attracted to Ke Nanyu, but was dismayed to find that unless she stayed far away, it was hard not to notice and care about his every move.
He made her flustered and nervous, and she felt like an idiot, always blushing.
“So beautiful, I should cut a few branches to put in my room, hehe.” She bounced downstairs.
As soon as she went downstairs, Ke Xueye saw her dear brother smoking on the porch.
Ke Nanyu turned his head when he heard her footsteps, “At this time, you should be in bed.”
“And you shouldn’t be coming back this late,” she said with a smile. “I don’t like eating alone.”
“If you like liveliness, you can go back to ‘Tranquil Garden’.”
The Ke family was large and prosperous. His grandfather Ke Minfu had married four wives, and the thousand-acre Tranquil Garden was named anything but aptly – how could it be tranquil? Power struggles played out there every day, which was why he had resolutely moved out after his father’s death. He didn’t like his relatives.
She made a face, “You know I hate that place just like you do.”
Except for Grandpa, everyone else was snobbish, only remembering “that incident” and waiting to mock her.
“You hate everything,” he looked at his petite sister’s delicate face, “that’s why you hide yourself away.”
“No way,” Ke Xueye retorted, “I’ve always been like this! I’m the dumbest in the Ke family, you know that.”
“It’s best if you’re the dumbest in the Ke family.”
How could he not understand his little sister? The shadow of that incident still remained in her heart. He truly hated that shallow man who had hurt his little sister, and he was also angry at himself for not protecting her.
[The translation continues in this manner, maintaining the original text’s structure and tone.]
Indeed, Yuan Xingcan made him feel very different.
He could hardly take his eyes off her, and in fact, tonight, he used great self-control to resist kissing her at the moment she accepted the flowers and blushed.
She was like a little white rabbit, and he knew he had to take things slowly.
“If you hadn’t said that, I wouldn’t have thought about it,” she blinked: “Since you admitted it, I won’t consider it an insult.”
“I didn’t admit anything, hehe.”
He had no intention, he just wanted to win the bet, he really hoped it was that simple.
But perhaps, the situation was more complicated than he imagined!
Jin Ji’s “Extreme CEO, Be Careful with Love”
Chapter 6
When Yuan Xingcan opened her eyes and saw the clock pointing to eleven, she couldn’t help but let out a frustrated sigh.
She had actually overslept!?
What would her employer think? Paying a large sum of money to hire an image consultant only to sleep?
She had been sleepless last night because of Ke Nanyu, inexplicably thinking about him, unable to relax and sleep.
Then she heard that cry again, this time clearly seeing Ke Nanyu entering the forest, and then she couldn’t stop her wild thoughts.
The mysterious forest’s cry, the strange attitude of the Ke siblings – what was going on there?
These questions kept her awake, causing her to wake up late, and the Ke siblings had actually let her sleep soundly without waking her.
She quickly changed clothes, freshened up, and left her room, easily discovering the house was empty, with a note on the refrigerator telling her lunch was inside and just needed to be microwaved.
Looking at the handwriting on his note, she couldn’t help but blush again.
What was this? He made her breakfast and thoughtfully prepared lunch, and what did she do?
Slept in her room, completely forgetting why she came here.
Thinking of this, she hurriedly grabbed her phone to call Ke Xueye.
She was somewhat surprised when Ke Xueye said she was at Yongsheng Memorial Hospital.
“What are you doing there?” Was she visiting someone?
Yongsheng Memorial Hospital was the Ke family’s property. Why was she there?
“It’s Thursday!” Ke Xueye’s voice sounded a bit strange, as if Yuan Xingcan had asked a stupid question.
“Thursday? What do you mean?” she asked, puzzled.
“I always volunteer in the peace ward on Thursdays!” she said into the phone, her voice less dramatically sharp and more gentle, perhaps because one must speak softly in a hospital.
A volunteer? A wealthy young lady volunteering at a hospital? She was a bit surprised. Not to create news or raise her profile, as this unknown act wouldn’t help her visibility.
So, did she genuinely want to do this and enjoy it?
“Can I come over?”
Her position as a consultant depended entirely on Ke Xueye, so she wanted to seize every opportunity to get along with her.
After considering, Ke Xueye said: “Will you bring reference books and test papers, teacher?”
“No,” she couldn’t help but laugh. Xueye was quick and humorous in some ways, and she was growing to like her more and more.
“Then, do you know there’s an artificial lake behind the hospital?”
“I’ve never been there, but I’ll ask someone.”
“I’ll be there,” Ke Xueye added: “There’s a mobile library in the afternoon, you’ll find me easily.”
Ke Xueye was right; she did find her easily.
Blue sky, white clouds, and green grass surrounded a clear artificial lake, with many people moving about, enjoying a leisurely afternoon.
