Is There Something Wrong With the Ice Element President Turning Into a Playful Water Element Girl?

Sensing disaster, the man surnamed Fei turned his head just to see a furious Gu Xiyue.

"X-Xiyue. The weather is really nice today, huh?" Young Master Fei intended to look out the window, but realized he couldn't see outside from inside the mall, so he could only force a laugh. "Haha! Have you eaten?"

"Have you eaten?!" Gu Xiyue said through clenched teeth.

"Fei Yangyao! Do you know how worried I was about you today? I searched everywhere and finally asked around for the hospital you were staying at. I was originally worried about whether you were hurt and how bad it was, so I didn't even go to the company today and came straight to the hospital to find you. But when I got there, hehe! I worried for nothing, and someone was flirting here with his lover instead!"

Gu Xiyue did not even know why she was harboring such great anger, her rage growing fiercer as she spoke.

"And when I finally got your number, you didn't even recognize me when I called! I! I... waaaaa~~~~"

A wave of grievance welled up in her heart.

Perhaps it was because a whole day of searching had yielded only such a result.

Perhaps it was because the person she suddenly realized cared about her—the one who could give her confidence even when she could no longer hold on—had also grown indifferent to her.

Perhaps it was because the long-endured grievances from her family and the business world had nowhere to go, and old wounds and new pains erupted together.

All of these had been ignited by the argument with her father today, and they burst forth at this moment.

This girl, barely twenty-some years old, abruptly squatted down on the floor, buried her head, and sobbed.

Watching the Ice Element President gradually transform into a water element girl amidst her rage and weep bitterly, Young Master Fei was dumbfounded.

What had happened?

Wasn't there something a little wrong with this development?

Weren't you the strongest female lead who always kept a straight face?

Did you ever cry in the original book?

In the original book, the male and female leads were cold and proud respectively, and their romantic progress was as rotten as some indescribable lump of filth. Ye Chen and Gu Xiyue, the romance plots between the two of you were entirely pushed by me, this villainous supporting male.

What is going on now? Ever since I arrived, I haven't seen you cold for a single day; instead, you're like a boudoir-grieving wife, plaintive enough to be wrung out like water.

No matter what, I must pacify her first and let her calm down before talking.

"Xiyue, what's wrong with you? Who bullied you? Tell me, and I guarantee I'll stand up for you and teach them a lesson. Let's not stay here, alright? You still have an image to maintain!"

He persuaded, but she ignored him; he tried every possible means, but she responded coldly.

It seemed a blitzkrieg wouldn't work and they had to transition into a war of attrition, which meant clearing out the unrelated personnel first.

"You guys, close the shop doors first and then you can get off work early. Double the salary this month."

Fortunately, there were no customers in the shop right now, and only the people inside had witnessed the scene just then. He had the manager and clerks temporarily suspend business.

"Also, what happened today is not allowed to be spread."

"Understood, Young Master Fei."

One could tell just by looking at the eyes of these clerks that their burning desire for gossip could not be extinguished, but there was no help for it—they couldn't be tended to right now.

Let them think whatever they wanted; anyway, as long as it didn't get spread outside, it was fine.

After driving away the unrelated personnel, he saw Jiang Anran standing motionless, so he cast a glance at her, conveying a certain hint.

Ignored.

"Ahem." Explicit hint.

"Rest assured, Young Master, my lips are very tight, and I won't say anything out to anyone."

Was I afraid you'd talk? I'm afraid precisely because it's you!

Logically speaking, the first time the two of you met afterward was supposed to have Ye Chen's Asura Field plot, right?

What on earth does meeting like this look like now?

"Young Master, that won't do. The contract states that I 'cannot abandon the Young Master during a major crisis', and right now feels pretty major!" After the little maid hypocritically refused, she switched back to a coquettish tone. "Young Master~ you wouldn't chase me away, would you~?"

Young Master Fei admitted that his little heart was indeed scratched just a little bit—just a tiny, tiny bit.

"Ahem, well alright then. Don't go talking nonsense!"

This was the effect of the contract, and definitely not because his heart softened from being coaxed!

Forget it; looking at how she wouldn't budge an inch, he could just pretend she wasn't there.

A debtor isn't weighed down by too many debts, and a mangy dog isn't bothered by too many fleas. The butterfly effect or whatever wasn't something to consider right now; he had to resolve the immediate crisis first.

"Xiyue, alright, there's no one else here now. Tell me whatever grievances you have; who in the entire South City doesn't know I'm your licking dog?"

There, that just made Gu Xiyue cry even louder.

Seeing this, Young Master Fei didn't dare say anything more. Facing such a scene, he could only sit beside her and gently pat her back with his right hand.

After all, he had to consider Ye Chen, and couldn't slap any hats on Ye Chen's head.

According to the original plot's development, Fei Yangyao and Gu Xiyue had never even touched hands.

As a result, Gu Xiyue looked back and suddenly leaned over, collapsing right into his arms!

Soft fragrance nestled in his arms.

Young Master Fei froze all at once. No! What is going on here? If Ye Chen finds out, won't he kill me in advance? I won't even need to act for the rest of the story; I might as well just find an old crooked-necked tree to hang myself and wrap up early.

At this thought, he was so startled that he directly stood up, and Gu Xiyue instantly tumbled to the ground...

"You! You still despise me! Wuwu~~~"

Fortunately the floor wasn't dirty, but this wasn't going to work either.

Looking at Gu Xiyue sprawled on the ground, helping her up felt inappropriate, yet not helping her up also felt inappropriate.

To help or not to help, that is a great question!

Seeing this frozen scene, Jiang Anran's eyes rolled around, and she miraculously stepped forward to smooth things over.

"Miss Gu, as long as you don't talk about today's events, everything will be very easy to handle."

Although she didn't know the gist of the matter, through deduction she had more or less figured it out.

Donated to the nursing home anonymously under Supreme Roses.

Though she had a notorious reputation, she hadn't bullied Xiao Xiao.

When holding onto Jiu Yun, her hands and feet were properly behaved, and saying she wanted to eat her was just fooling herself.

Moreover, he even put on a vicious attitude to help her so much...

Combining all these facts with his attitude of caring very much about whether he was "bad or not", she understood.

For some reason, the Young Master's principle was to "pretend to be bad", to make his image worse so that it fit the persona of a prodigal.

And judging from the Young Master's performance just now and Gu Xiyue's words, it seemed the Young Master also had the persona of a "licking dog"?

Then wouldn't the widely circulated rumor of "wicked youth Fei Yangyao licking the iceberg female CEO" likely be an image he was supposed to be putting on as well?

Never mind, then let me cooperate with the Young Master.

No matter what he wanted to do, she would just help him.

Utterly unaware that the maid who had been silently watching all along had made up her mind and turned into an accomplice, Young Master Fei was left completely bewildered by her words.

Gu Xiyue was even more clueless about the situation: "Huh? What are you talking about?"

Fei Yangyao also knew that he hadn't turned dark yet, and as a licking dog, he ought to treat Gu Xiyue unconditionally well. But he was afraid that if this "over-the-line" behavior became known to Ye Chen, he would be shot in the back and commit suicide, and at that point, being directly wiped out by the system would leave him with nowhere to air his grievances.

While helping her up, he spoke to her gently: "Xiyue, let's not talk about what happened today, alright? It's embarrassing."

"Aren't you a licking dog? How come you have so many demands?" Gu Xiyue didn't take the bait. She raised her head, blinking her reddened eyes, looking rather pitiful for a moment.

"Doesn't raising a dog in the city mean keeping it like an ancestor? I'm your licking dog, so naturally I have to have a few tiny demands." Fei Yangyao managed to force out a smile.

"Pfft." Gu Xiyue was suddenly amused by him. "Fine, fine. We'll see how you perform; if you perform well, I won't talk about it. If you don't perform well..."

"What if I don't perform well?"

Her eyes rolled around as she said, "I'll tell them you forced yourself on me here!"