novelraw Chapter 66
Chapter 66
Chapter 66 My Intended Is a Hero
The fifth day of the year was particularly cold.
Chu Ying walked out of the changing room, tidied up the buttons, and looking up, saw Su Yi walk out of the opposite changing room.
The woman had too many clothes, he had cleaned out a small room for her to use as her closet.
She wore a wine-red dress that hugged her body. It emphasized her curves and figure, exposing her ankles. In her hands was a pair of red heels.
Seeing him, she raised a brow. “Let’s go, we can’t be late.”
Saying so, she had just raised her leg when the guy hugged her and dragged her back to the changing room.
“You, what are you doing!”
“Ay, don’t, no, no, no, don’t we’re going to be late –”
“Wu-wu-wu-wu, no...”
“Enough, enough...”
Five minutes later.
Su Yi wore long black slacks that hid five pairs of autumn pants (the thermal kind), then walked out angrily.
“Look! I’m so fat now!” She raised a leg, patted it, and said, “Even hitting it doesn’t hurt!”
“Do you know what the temperature is outside?”
“It’s not like there’s no heater there...”
“No, be good.” Chu Ying patted her head. “Let’s go.”
Chu Ying’s choice of location was a hotel under the Chu Corporations. The ballroom was golden and glittery, the light shimmery – contrasting greatly with the cold, empty roads. Because they were officially declaring the company’s change of hands, they had invited quite a number of media. The moment Su Yi got off the car she saw a lot of familiar faces.
And the moment she entered the hall Su Yi encountered a breathtaking truth – other than her, every other woman was wearing a gown. Her two thick, long legs among the crowd were very eye-catching. She was so ashamed she wanted to find a hole and crawl in.
Chu Ying, though, didn’t think that there were any issues. When realising that her expression was off, he calmly comforted her, “When you wear more you won’t get sick as easily, your immune system is too weak.”
She was about to say something when someone patted her on the shoulder.
Chu Xi was behind her, continuously looking her up and down. “Why do you come dressed in this? Are you sick?”
Su Yi hugged the guy’s hand and complained out loud, “Stop mentioning it, it’s all because of your brother.”
Very soon Father and Mother Chu came out from backstage too.
Seeing the way she dressed, Mother Chu kept nodding. “This is good, it’s warm. Girls should take good care of their bodies. Look at Chu Xi, she reveals so much of her shoulders, she’d freeze sooner or later.”
Chu Xi said, “There’s a heater here, only idiots wear so many layers!”
SU Yi first glanced at her with an unsmiling smile, then went to greet Father and Mother Chu.
Father Chu didn’t say anything, inclining his head in acknowledgment before saying lightly, “Chu Ying, come over here first.”
After Chu Ying went with Father Chu, Mother Chu tilted her head and asked, “Can you drink?”
Su Yi hurriedly nodded. “Yeah.”
“Then take a glass of wine and go greet some guests with me.”
Su Yi paused, taking a while to process that. Didn’t this mean making it clear to others?
“What’s the matter?”
“Nothing... Coming.” Su Yi randomly picked up a glass of wine and hurriedly followed.
Su Yi wasn’t too good with this kind of handling of people. In contrast, the usually wilder Chu Xi looked more like a well-bred lady here at this time. She was having some trouble socialising and needed to think of the proper words to say for a long while before managing to speak but she stayed smiling.
**
In the three months she was resting for, Su Yi spent most of her time at the Chu Corporation’s main building. To be more accurate, it was Chu Ying’s office.
She really was lazy. She didn’t even want to travel and the most she’d do usually was to go out and have tea or shop with Wu Xue and Chu Xi, occasionally going to dance at the plaza with Mother Chu.
Just like this, she reached the last day of her holidays. Wu Xue came to find her, ready to discuss the new work.
“I’ve good news. Remember the TV series with the wife of an army man? After three months they still haven’t found a suitable female lead so you still have a chance for an audition. So, you want to try?”
“What role?” Su Yi propped up her chin and asked with confusion, “Did I mention it?”
Wu Xue handed her the script. “You really are a very high person who is too forgetful.”
[*t/l note: a jab about the higher status people less needing to be preoccupied by these things and therefore being more forgetful about them.]
Su Yi took it and hurriedly went through a few pages, finally having some impression of it. “No, anything else?”
“Others?” At least, Wu Xue had the habit of taking her work with her. She took all the scripts out of her bag. “You really change your mind very easily.”
“The Chu family don’t quite care about this, so of course I needn’t care about that.” Su Yi looked around for a long time before digging out one about a male lead’s white lotus first love. “I’ll take a look at this.”
“You really... it’s such a good way to change your image, and you don’t want it?”
“I think I was pretty good before. It leaves an impression, and it’s fun. The previous time when I was filming the high school show, just by reading the script I’d almost suffocate myself to death.” Casually she took a sip of the coffee. “I have to maintain my image and not lose it.”
“Alright, up to you. Recently the company has assigned me a few artists that aren’t that bad.” Wu Xue said, “I’ve chosen a new assistant for you, I won’t be following you around again.”
Su Yi nodded. “Alright.”
“Right, have you seen the news these days? Lin Xia has been taken away by the police to interrogate, I suspect that she’s most likely done for.”
“I saw, she deserved it. She’s been allowed to roam free for so many years – just thinking about that disgusts me.”
Wu Xue smiled and was about to say something when she saw a white Benz G65 waiting outside the café. She teased, “Your hero is here.”
Su Yi glanced back and hurriedly got up. “I’m going first, later.”
It was afternoon. The winter had passed and outside, it was sunny and bright, making her figure appear extra beautiful.
The guy had one hand in his pocket, the other spread out for her – a pose for receiving and greeting.
Su Yi put a hand on his palm and used it to help herself onto the car.
Seeing her smile widening, Chu Ying laughed lightly. “What are you smiling about?”
Su Yi asked out of the blue, “Have you seen ?”
“I have, what about it?”
“There’s a classic line in there, do you know which it is?”
“I know.” Chu Ying thought about it and said uncertainly, “Humans are birthed by humans’ mothers, demons are birthed by demons’...”
Heh, straight guys.
“You should just drive your car properly.”
The guy picked up her hand. “Then, you tell me.”
Su Yi tilted her head, a smile tugging at her lips. “No.”
The car slowly left the café and entered the stream of cars, disappearing into the lush green end of the spring day.
**
My intended is a hero. There will be someday where he’d drive some random car to come marry me. Now, I have a hero, and he has a car.
Su Yi opened her Weibo alt account and silently commented under her own Weibo comment with something that made her sound dissociated.
[Did Chu Ying propose to Su Yi today? – How angry, still, no :]]