[Quick Wear] On strike, please don't disturb your ex

Chapter 218: The Substitute Lover is on Strike (3)

Cheng Fanli just smiled at what his colleague said.

Today, Cheng Fanli looked fine on the surface, as if he didn't care about this matter at all.

Continue chatting with colleagues or giving guidance to new colleagues.

After getting home from get off work, Cheng Fanli looked at the huge house and sighed softly.

She sat on the sofa and put her bag casually aside.

I ordered takeout today as well. I couldn’t muster the mood to cook.

A colleague originally invited her to have dinner together, but Cheng Fanli declined.

I turned on the TV out of boredom, randomly flicked through a few channels, and finally stopped at a movie channel.

It was one of the films shot by Xiao Shuyuan.

Cheng Fanli stood up, poured a glass of water, and took out her cell phone from her bag.

She opened the message bar, but the message she sent fell on deaf ears and received no response.

All of them are green message boxes.

The last message he responded to was four days ago.

Cheng Fanli sent him a message asking him to take care of his health, as there was a big temperature difference between day and night, and not to catch a cold.

His response: “Yeah.”

Cheng Fanli picked up the water and took a sip, with the phone on his lap. Due to the movement, some water in the cup spilled out.

Just spilled on the phone screen.

Cheng Fanli wiped it twice and accidentally pressed the call button.

After a moment of hesitation, Cheng Fanli turned it off immediately.

Send a message: Sorry, brother Shu, I pressed the button accidentally, I hope I didn’t disturb you at work.

Before the message was sent, the phone rang.

A voice came from the other side: "What's wrong?"

Cheng Fanli didn't expect Xiao Shuyuan to move so quickly, and said, "I pressed it accidentally."

Xiao Shuyuan hummed: "Have you eaten?"

"Not yet, I'll eat later." Hearing the familiar voice from the other side, Cheng Fanli's boredom and frustration in the past few days turned into grievances, "Brother Shu, I miss you so much, when will you come back?"

Xiao Shuyuan rarely heard Cheng Fanli say so directly that she missed him. Just as he was about to say something, he heard Cheng Fanli talking to someone.

Hearing the voice from the other side, Xiao Shuyuan asked: "Did you order takeout?"

"Yeah, I'm a little tired today and don't want to cook."

"Then don't eat yet."

Cheng Fanli responded with a "OK". She didn't really feel like eating, but she didn't think much about it.

He sighed slightly, "Didn't I tell you about the promotion a while ago? The result will be out in the next two days, but it won't be me."

Xiao Shuyuan responded casually, then asked his assistant to call a restaurant and have someone deliver food.

"That colleague and the leader of our department are in a relationship. Originally, it was just me and another colleague competing for the position, but then that colleague joined in."

Although Cheng Fanli did not explicitly say that the colleague relied on connections, how could Xiao Shuyuan not hear it?

Cheng Fanli originally didn't want to tell Xiao Shuyuan about this, but when she heard the voice from the other side, she unconsciously said a little bit, and omitted a lot.

She is already an adult and will not tell Xiao Shuyuan about anything that doesn't go her way like before.

Another thing is that she also knew that Xiao Shuyuan didn't like to hear her say this.

If she said it too much, he would ask her to resign.

If it were someone else, they might be happy not to go to work.

But Cheng Fanli was unwilling to do so, because it seemed like it would reveal their relationship.

Not ordinary lovers, but a relationship of lovers.

And it was exactly as Cheng Fanli thought.

Hearing the other party talking about work, Xiao Shuyuan didn't say anything.

For him, it means asking Cheng Fanli to resign.

He had said this before, but Cheng Fanli didn't want to.

At that time, Cheng Fanli had just graduated and joined her current company. Within two months, Wang Hang began to pursue her. Cheng Fanli didn't like this very much. She refused him several times but there was no change. Seeing more and more gossip and more and more strange looks, Cheng Fanli talked about this with Xiao Shuyuan.

That was a night.

After Cheng Fanli finished talking about the department leader pursuing her, Xiao Shuyuan was obviously a little unhappy.

The actions that night were much more violent than usual.

When the man leaned down again, Cheng Fanli avoided his movement.

Xiao Shuyuan looked at the person who avoided him the first time and said nothing.

"I have to go to work tomorrow." Cheng Fanli lowered his eyelashes and his voice was slightly hoarse.

The man moved his arm slightly, and the next moment he pinched Cheng Fanli's chin and lifted her face up.

He stared into Cheng Fanli's dark and clear eyes, his tone was cold and seemed to be a little impatient: "Quit your job."

"This house will be transferred to your name, and you will be given 100,000 yuan every month."

"...I want to go to work." The voice was barely audible.

"What?" The man's angular face looked even more profound at this moment.

"I want to go to work." Cheng Fanli looked into his dark and deep eyes and said slowly.

She knew what Xiao Shuyuan meant. He wanted her to wait for him to come back in this house, give her a fixed amount of money every month, and come to her when she needed anything.

Cheng Fanli didn't want this to happen.

The reason she agreed to this relationship was because there might only be this one chance, and if she missed Cheng Fanli, she might never see him again.

Cheng Fanli has liked Xiao Shuyuan since junior high school and has always regarded her as an idol, a life guide and a ray of light in the darkness.

After much tug-of-war and struggle, Cheng Fanli agreed.

But she still held on to a glimmer of hope.

As the relationship between the two becomes closer and closer and sometimes even less like lovers, this hope is magnified little by little.

Cheng Fanli was not just satisfied with her and Xiao Shuyuan's underground lover relationship.

Maybe I am overestimating my own abilities, or maybe I am expecting something that is impossible to happen.

No job, no work, and receiving a hundred thousand yuan deposited into the card every month. These words made Cheng Fanli feel a sharp pain in his heart.

She wasn't with him for the money.

So, faced with the man's proposal, Cheng Fanli refused without even giving it much thought.

The man stared at her for a few seconds and released his hand that had been pinching her chin.

As soon as he let go, some red marks appeared on Cheng Fanli's chin.

The man's eyes fell on her chin.

It was so delicate that he didn't even use any force, but it turned red unexpectedly.

Such people are suitable to be kept at home, even if just as a vase.

Facing Cheng Fanli's eyes that looked like she would burst into tears at any moment, he couldn't say anything to refuse, "It's up to you."

"If you have to work, there's no extra expense every month."

He wanted to dispel Cheng Fanli's words which he thought were somewhat ridiculous.

To Cheng Fanli's ears, the word "expense" sounded particularly harsh.

"Okay." She responded softly.

She didn't deny that she liked him.

But I don’t like the relationship between the sponsor and the lover.

Although this relationship is true and cannot be denied.

Cheng Fanli still didn't want to accept what he said, as if once she accepted it, it would go against her ideas.

Xiao Shuyuan had told her about this at the very beginning.

Although it was not stated explicitly, it was a clear relationship of support.