Chu Chengyun took the milk tea from her hand. Out of the corner of her eye, Chu Xiyue caught a glimpse of a hand with distinct knuckles, resembling a hand model. Chu Xiyue sighed at the strength of their Chu Family's genes.
After fastening her seatbelt, the hand handed her the milk tea back. Chu Xiyue took the milk tea and said, "Thank you."
"You're welcome." A deep, pleasant, yet completely unfamiliar male voice came from the side.
Chu Xiyue:!!!
She was startled and turned to look at the person next to her. At that moment, the car's interior lights turned on, revealing a handsome face that was more outstanding than any male celebrity Chu Xiyue had ever seen. The dim interior lights further accentuated his deep features, noble elegance, and extraordinary temperament.
That's an amazing guy!
Chu Xiyue was stunned for a moment, then whistled inwardly.
but--
Who is he? Where is Chu Chengyun? Did she get on the wrong bus?
Chu Xiyue looked around, and at that moment, Chu Chengyun's voice came from the driver's seat.
" Chu Xiyue, it's been a few days, and you don't even recognize your older brother?"
Chu Xiyue snapped out of her daze and turned to look at the driver's seat. "Big brother, so you were up front. It was too dark in the car; I thought the person next to me was you. And who is this...?"
Chu Chengyun introduced Chu Xiyue, "This is my friend Cheng Heyun, Heyun, and this is my sister Xiyue."
Cheng Heyun nodded slightly to Chu Xiyue: "Hello Miss Chu."
Chu Xiyue: "Hello, hello."
The car started up again. Chu Xiyue took a sip of her milk tea and wondered to herself: Cheng Heyun? Why does that name sound so familiar?
The system quietly reminded me: [Host, have you forgotten? This is your fiancé whom you've never met!]
Who? Her fiancé?
"Cough cough!" Dead memories suddenly attacked me. Chu Xiyue suddenly remembered that the original owner had a fiancé she had never met, and one of her purposes in entering the entertainment industry was to escape her arranged marriage. The person next to her was the person she had run away from.
She choked on her milk tea.
A blue handkerchief came into view, lying in its owner's white palm.
"Ahem, thank you..." Chu Xiyue took the handkerchief and wiped her mouth. The faint, cool woody scent on the handkerchief seemed to linger on her skin.
Chu Xiyue turned her head and glanced at the man beside her.
Although she didn't run away from the wedding, she is now Chu Xiyue, and seeing this "former fiancé" still makes her feel a little uncomfortable.
The system thoughtfully asked: [Host, wanna have some gossip? I just found some juicy gossip about Cheng Heyun!]
Chu Xiyue glanced at Cheng Heyun's figure through the car window, straightened her back slightly, and banished the awkwardness from her mind. Her eyes brightened slightly. "What's the juicy gossip?"
Don't let Cheng Heyun's handsome appearance fool you; he's ruthless and cruel, and anyone who crosses him never ends up well.
[His father cheated on him with another woman years ago, kicking his mother out of the house. Cheng Heyun grew up under his stepmother's care. Now that he has a biological father, he also has a biological mother. Cheng Heyun's childhood was quite miserable; his biological father didn't love him, and his stepmother harbored malicious intentions towards him, attempting to raise him astray but failing. She even tried to harm him several times, but luckily Cheng Heyun was quick-witted and escaped death several times.]
Chu Xiyue was shocked. She secretly glanced at Cheng Heyun was upright, elegant, and noble, as if he had received a good education and grown up in a world of money and power.
Chu Xiyue suddenly felt a little sorry for this person.
The system abruptly changed its tone: [Fortunately, Cheng Heyun lived up to expectations. He never fell out of first place in his grade from childhood to adulthood, entered university at fourteen, and obtained dual doctorates in economics and management from a world-class university at twenty-three. At twenty-five, he personally kicked his scumbag father out of the company and sent his father and stepmother to farm in Africa. He also has a half-brother, whom he exiled to Siberia, and now even he trembles at the sight of him. He is twenty-seven years old this year and is already a young billionaire with a net worth of hundreds of billions.]
Chu Xiyue, who has never been first in her grade since childhood and whose savings are not even a fraction of Cheng Heyun's:...
Why should she feel sorry for a man? She should feel sorry for herself instead!
She took a big gulp of her milk tea, her face contorted as she bit into the tapioca pearls inside.
She wasn't jealous, not at all.
[Host, Cheng Heyun is twenty-seven years old and has never been in a relationship, not even held a girl's hand. This kind of clean and high-quality man should be considered extremely rare in human society. Do you want to consider winning him over? I have a guide to winning over high-quality men here...]
Chu Xiyue remained completely unmoved. "What's the point of talking about romance? Isn't it better to just enjoy the gossip?"
"[That's true.]" The system, being Gossip-Eating System, nodded in deep agreement.
[Speaking of which, Cheng Heyun's ending in the original novel wasn't very good either; if you like him, you might be heartbroken.]
Chu Xiyue paused for a moment. "What do you mean?"
[It was mentioned in the original novel that Cheng Heyun died young due to overwork. Without his leadership, Skylight Group quickly disintegrated, went bankrupt, and underwent restructuring. His death should have occurred around this time. This Cheng Heyun was a short-lived wretch, unworthy of his beautiful and charming host.]
Chu Xiyue was silent for a while. She turned her head to look to the side. Cheng Heyun looked a little tired and was leaning back in the back seat with his eyes closed, resting.
Chu Chengyun and Cheng Heyun must have just come from a dinner party. Cheng Heyun had been drinking and was too lazy to call a driver. He and Chu Chengyun lived in the same neighborhood and were even neighbors living upstairs and downstairs, so he hitched a ride back with Chu Chengyun.
Inside the elevator, Chu Xiyue glanced at Cheng Heyun. The elevator lights were much brighter than those in the car, completely exposing Cheng Heyun's handsome face to Chu Xiyue's view.
It would be such a pity if someone so good-looking died young.
Cheng Heyun was a perceptive person. He noticed Chu Xiyue's gaze, lowered his head, and looked at her with some confusion. " Miss Chu?"