Sweet Chief Secretary - Chapter 446

Shen Yan looked at Xia Yu in perplexity. “This is your date with me?”

“You said that you wanted to break up with me now.” Xia Yu did not yield but looked directly into his eyes.

“It is rhetorical. I said ‘if’. Do you know what ‘if’ is?” This woman could be very serious about an issue. If he was confronted with her in a tough way, it was possible that she would really break up with him today, and that badass, Li Wen, would get a great chance.

Shen Yan had to lower his self-esteem and comfort Xia Yu first. Later he would choose a day to get even with him. All in all, in Shen Yan’s view, today’s absurd quarrel with Xia Yu was because of him.

It was true that they were here for a date. How did the quarrel begin? Xia Yu returned to her seat and lifted the teacup before taking a sip.

There were not many guests, and the restaurateur served the dishes very quickly. Soon two plates came up for them to eat first while they waited for the rest slowly. Shen Yan didn’t give the chopsticks to Xia Yu until he put them in the hot water over and over.

He deserved it. He came to this place on his own. She did not know whether he would be used to the food here or not later. Xia Yu thought so, taking pleasure in his misfortune. Anyway, she had lived on her own for a long time, so the food here was already familiar to her.

“My first bite of street food was here, and it was you who took me here. Isn’t it good to return to the old place today?” Shen Yan came here not for food, but for the old memory.

He remembered that day when someone said even if he was doomed to be number two, and even if he couldn’t make it, at least he should hold on till the end. It had been a hard journey indeed, but it was happy, too.

Whatever the result was, he would not lose anymore. Even if he couldn’t win a career, he could win the love, couldn’t he?

“You were so sinister that day.” Thinking of that day, Xia Yu got angry. Someone was determined to follow up and pretended to be the main character of the tragedy. He succeeded in attracting Xia Yu’s sympathy and then tricked her nastily.

“Don’t they say that women’s Sixth Sense is sensitive? Fang Yuan must have felt that I like you, so she withdrew on her own initiative. Why is it sinister to you?” Shen Yan was not satisfied with Xia Yu’s words.

“Did we know each other for three, five, or seven days at that time, Young Master Yan?” Was she easily cheated like a three-year kid? Hum!

“I said it was love at first sight.” It was not romantic at all. Shen Yan said to himself in his mind.

“Oh! Really? Love at first sight?” Xia Yu might believe it if it happened to someone else. But as for Young Master Yan who was dignified, everyone knew he was a real flirt.

“You don’t believe me?” Shen Yan looked wronged. He stretched out his hand to hers and put her hand on his chest. “Feel it. Isn’t it beating?”

“Nonsense! If it wasn’t, how could you still sit here?” Xia Yu couldn’t help laughing. She withdrew her little hand and put a piece of chicken gizzard into his bowl. “Let’s start to eat. I’m hungry.”

Was this a woman with five years’ love experience? Why did she act like a piece of wood? What was the difference if they started eating right after she said it?

“Why are you looking at me? Eat.” Xia Yu knocked his bowl with her chopsticks and added, “Don’t blame me for not reminding you. You don’t want to wait until there are a lot more people and someone recognizes you and then takes a picture of you before putting it on the Internet, right?”

Young Master Yan had his meal at a street stand. It was indeed something front-page.

“I have told you that there is no Young Master Yan.” Shen Yan even wanted to strangle her. Didn’t they agree to date as common people?

Oh? Xia Yu looked at him all over. “You eat street food in your business suit which is worth hundreds of thousands of yuan, and you said that there was no Young Master Yan. Who will ever believe it?” How silly he was! If he tried to be an ordinary person, why didn’t he change his clothes?

Until now did Shen Yan find that people around him were indeed all in casual clothes which came from some wholesale markets or from some street goods under the overpass.

“Then eat quickly and leave.” Shen Yan lost all his interest. He reluctantly took several bites of the food and paid the bill.

It was still early when they went out from the snack stall. Shen Yan didn’t want to go back, but he had no mood to continue the date. He walked listlessly behind Xia Yu and stabbed Li Wen with his anger into a hornet’s nest in his mind.

Li Wen had sent him the photo of Xia Yu at his birthday party to show off. Xia Yu really smiled very happily. But why wasn’t her smile so happy when she was with him?

Seeing that Shen Yan had little interest, Xia Yu realized that he was still upset about what happened just now. His time was so precious, but he would like to put other things aside and hang out with her. Xia Yu was very content and moved.

She felt sorry to see that Shen Yan was unhappy. She turned back and held his hands, saying, “Follow me.”

“Where are you going?” Shen Yan asked.

“You’ll know when you arrive there.” Xia Yu took Shen Yan’s hand and kept walking forward.

Soon they reached the most famous square in S city. There were some shopping centers, near which stood many skyscrapers. People came and went across the big square. On the giant outdoor screen, dazzling commercials with bright colors were being played.

The setting sun gave all of these a soft layer of light.

Xia Yu took him into an ordinary clothing store and bought both of them a matching T-shirt. They put them on and then threw their previous clothes into the car.

With these clothes on, everything would be OK. Xia Yu said to him, “Let’s go. Now you can have snack food wherever you want.”

Shen Yan took Xia Yu’s hand, and they walked together along the streets. Looking at the passing people, a question suddenly came to his mind. “Xia Yu, do you often run into a pervert on the bus?”

Once he thought that someone else besides him would do the same thing to Xia Yu, Shen Yan got the impulse of killing that man. In his mind, there was full of exclusive possessiveness of her!

There were a lot of women around Young Master Yan, but in a relationship, he was a freshman. Only Xia Yu gave him such anxious and eager feelings. They were strange, sour, and swollen. A fire was lit in his heart, but he couldn’t let it out.

“There are indeed some perverts on the bus, but I don’t run into them very often!” Xia Yu smiled lightly and winked naughtily. “Well, well! Someone is jealous!”

Shen Yan was angered by shame. He was caring about her, but she didn’t take it seriously. He grabbed the back of her head and pulled her into his arms before kissing her with a storming rage.

The two people just kissed in the square where people came and went. After a long time, Shen Yan set her free with reluctance and licked his lips as if he was still feeling the kisses.

Xia Yu looked around guiltily. How could this man do such a thing here? Didn’t he know it was outside in the streets?

Not far from them, someone was whistling. They were both good-looking, and it was pleasing to the eye to see them kissing with great passion in public. The viewers got an itchy heart. It was crowded in the square, and a fuss was started here and there.

Xia Yu’s face became red, and she glared at Shen Yan. “It’s all your fault!”

“If you keep answering back, I will punish you like this again. Even a fool will be obedient after being punished like this dozens of times.” Shen Yan smiled wickedly. His mood turned good a lot as he finally won this time.

“You, you… Fine, I won’t quibble with you.” Xia Yu was very conservative about such things. Although they now lived together and had some intimate behaviors, she had never kissed in public.

“What do you fear? No one knows you.” Shen Yan came over and held her shoulder liberally, walking so proudly through the crowd.

There was no paparazzi and no acquaintances. They were showing off their sweet love with a high profile!

The setting sun was very warm, and the breeze was blowing over gently. A sweet aroma was floating in the air, just like the purest love of the youth when they were frivolous. In people’s laughs and wishes, it sang a happy song.

Even though no one knew them, Xia Yu couldn’t stand such an atmosphere. She hurried to leave, holding Shen Yan’s hand. There was his ambiguous chuckle and laughs with good wishes of passers-by in her ears.

After crossing three or four streets, it was an old and plain small street.

Xia Yu looked around. Not far away, high buildings gathered and seemed to be domineering. In comparison, here was a typical slum district. Dilapidated houses were everywhere. Different from those in glamorous clothes in the square, people here wore some simple clothes. Some were workers, and some were university student couples.

It was a truth in a prosperous metropolis. Who would expect that there was such a poor place behind the crowded skyscrapers which were domineering and flourishing?

Actually, in big cities, poverty behind high buildings was too much.

It was a snack street and was lively as a low consumption area. There were all sorts of stands, such as cold noodles, roast sausages, fried rice noodles, spicy hot pot, pancake… The street was crowded with all kinds of street food. Great smell of food floated right to their noses.

“Come on. Let’s have snacks!” Shen Yan took Xia Yu to walk through the stands one by one. Xia Yu was attracted by the tempting food and was watching the environment around her. She found there were many college student couples.

The tables and stools were all put outdoors on either side of the aisle. Young couples were having their food lovingly here. Some were feeding each other, and others were whispering closely. All of them wore a sweet smile on the face.

That was a sweet smile when those couples loved each other deeply. Xia Yu thought of the couples having a candlelight dinner in the high-end Franch restaurants. Did they have more happiness and love than the couples here?

She did not think that they had. So, happiness was not about value. It was not that the more a meal cost, the happier you would be. As long as the person around you was the one you love, you would be happier.

Xia Yu smiled and held Shen Yan’s hand tightly. She felt it was the happiest moment of her life!

Suddenly, her smile paused, and her look became serious. “Hey, have you ever brought other women here as well?”

Shen Yan copied her facial expression just now and smiled wickedly. “Well, well! Someone is jealous!”

Xia Yu kicked him right away. If she found out who those women were, she would kill them. She was not as tame as a sheep!

Shen Yan didn’t want to upset her in such a good atmosphere. He put his arm around her waist and said no affectionately. Xia Yu was satisfied, and her complacent and pretentious face made Shen Yan’s heart itchy!

He found himself very happy on a date like this and hoped to linger longer!

“You two are new here. This is the rice wine that we made by ourselves. Would you like two bowls?” It was a girl in her twenties who came over and recommended their own rice wine smilingly.

“Great! Please give us two bowls of it!” Xia Yu agreed immediately.

Soon the girl brought them two big bowls and poured the rice wine into the bowls fully. When she was about to leave, she reminded them with good intention, “Our rice wine is sweet, but it has a strong delayed effect. Don’t drink too much.”

Really? Shen Yan thought that someone was easy to get drunk, so he tasted the rice wine first to see if it was too strong. If so, he would tell her not to drink it. But after having a taste, he found it was so good and even invited Xia Yu to drink as well.

Xia Yu drank a bowl of rice wine and also thought that it tasted good, so she asked for another. In this way, a bowl of noodles and two bowls of rice wine were eaten and drunk by them quickly. Then they were full. Shen Yan paid the bill and was about to leave.

They went back along the same way they came. After walking through three alleys, Xia Yu felt that she began to be dizzy when being blown by the wind. When she got into the car, her head was so heavy that she could barely lift it.

“Darling, I will sit in the back. Sit in the back.” Xia Yu unbuckled the safety belt. She got off from the front seat and went to the back seat. She did not sit there but lay down in the back.

This naughty girl! The rice wine really got a strong delayed effect. Shen Yan glanced at her and turned back to start the car.

When they arrived at home, Xia Yu had already fallen asleep mistily. Shen Yan had to hold her in his arms to walk in. Xia Yu was woken up when she was being lifted, but she had no strength to walk, so she allowed him to hold her.

After coming back to the parlor, Shen Yan put her down and went to the dining room to search for something in the cupboard. Xia Yu changed her shoes and sat on the couch. She was still dizzy, so she went to the bathroom and washed her face with hot water. She felt she was about to throw up, but she couldn’t.