Chi Ye's expression instantly darkened, his jet-black eyes blazing with anger. His grip on the things he was carrying tightened.
"Shen Zhiyi, you'd be better off keeping that mouth shut."
After being humiliated twice in one day, even a clay figurine would have lost its temper, let alone Chi Ye, who had never been particularly good-tempered.
He hung the bag in his hand straight on Shen Zhiyi's door handle, then turned sideways to pass her and went into the room at the far end on the left without so much as a glance at her.
It was the largest, most expensive room in the entire guesthouse. Without looking back, he swiped his key card, went inside, and slammed the door shut with a bang.
He's not even eating now. Looks like he's really angry. Just as well, he won't come bother me.
Hearing Shen Zhiyi's thoughts, Chi Ye nearly exploded with rage. He had never been this angry before. What kind of rock was Shen Zhiyi made of? Did she not have a heart at all?
So she was happy when he was angry? In her dreams. Once he was done being angry tonight, he would go annoy her to death tomorrow!
He calmed down in his room for a while, then went out, stood outside Shen Zhiyi's door, and knocked. Shen Zhiyi ignored the first knock, so he knocked a second time.
There was still no response the second time, but he refused to give up and kept knocking.
"Shen Zhiyi, is your heart made of stone? I've knocked this much, and you still won't come open the door," he muttered under his breath.
"Hey, Shen Zhiyi, I haven't eaten yet. Hurry up and open the door."
"Shen Zhiyi, did you hear me? Don't pretend you can't."
He kept knocking persistently. Fortunately, it was the off-season, and there were no other guests staying at the guesthouse that day. The owner had already finished dinner and gone to chat with the elderly men and women beneath the banyan tree.
So Chi Ye's knocking did not disturb anyone else.
The door in front of Chi Ye did not open, but the one next to it did.
Is there really nothing wrong with his brain? Shen Zhiyi's thoughts rang out, and Chi Ye, who had just managed to soothe his own temper, knocked even harder.
"Shen Zhiyi, don't tell me you're hiding behind the door cursing me!"
Shen Zhiyi leaned in her doorway and watched Chi Ye keep knocking on the door next to hers. She did not understand how he could be so persistent, and blind to boot.
"How long are you planning to keep knocking?"
Chi Ye stopped in confusion. Why did Shen Zhiyi's thoughts sound as though they were right beside his ear? Had the ability upgraded? He blinked and gave the door another uncertain knock.
"Shen Zhiyi, I'm starving to death. Open the door."
Cerebellar atrophy. I'd better have Boss Yao take him to the hospital tomorrow.
Chi Ye clenched his fist. Damn Shen Zhiyi. It was one thing to refuse to open the door, but why did she have to keep insulting him? There was nothing wrong with him anywhere, all right? Her refusal to open the door was the biggest problem here.
He had bought her dinner out of kindness and had not eaten a single bite himself. Now she was practically filling him up with anger. If he were not someone who disliked giving up halfway, he would have left this lousy place long ago.
This room isn't even as big as one of my bathrooms. Shen Zhiyi, how are you going to repay what you owe me!
He lowered his knocking hand, planning to take out his phone and bombard Shen Zhiyi directly. But as he was reaching for it, he caught sight of someone standing in the doorway next door.
Shen Zhiyi had gotten tired of standing. At some point, she had brought out a chair and sat in her doorway watching him. Her face remained calm, but her eyes were full of mockery.
"Y-you, why are you here?" He looked at Shen Zhiyi's door, then at the door he was standing in front of, unable to process it for a moment.
"That's not right. Wasn't this your room? How come you're in the room next door? And you didn't stop me when I hung the food on the door handle earlier. Shen Zhiyi, you did this on purpose!"
Idiot.
"Fuck, Shen Zhiyi, don't push it," Chi Ye said to her. Then, before Shen Zhiyi could say anything, he continued.
"And you didn't even say anything when you opened your door. You just let me keep knocking and knocking. Did you think you were listening to a concert? Am I a woodpecker? Do you enjoy watching me peck at this wooden door that much?"
"I thought there was something wrong with your ears, Mr. Chi. You didn't hear a single word I said."
"I, I..." Chi Ye stammered.
Chi Ye's mind raced. He had indeed heard Shen Zhiyi's voice partway through, but he had thought it was her inner voice. Did she think it was easy for him to keep his secret? Shen Zhiyi did not understand him at all!
"You only said one sentence! Do you have any idea how long I was knocking? Would it kill you to say one more sentence? I'm so pissed off."
His voice began to rise. There was no calming his temper today. He was clearly the one being unreasonable, but after being humiliated so many times that day, he no longer cared about any of that.
The mockery faded from Shen Zhiyi's eyes. She had even found it a little funny just now, but now she only found it annoying.
Give him an inch, and he would take a mile. Chi Ye simply could not be indulged.
She went back into her room, put the untouched food straight into his arms, then shut the door right in his face.
"You, I..." Holding the dinner, Chi Ye could not even get a complete sentence out. He-he was just grumbling a little. Was even that not allowed?
In short, no matter how softly he spoke outside, Shen Zhiyi did not respond once. He swore that he was usually just a little sharp-tongued, but he really had been trying very hard to watch his mouth.
If this had been at the office and those employees had made a mistake, he would have already torn into them. This was his first time spending time with a girl, too. Who knew she could not take so much as a word?
Were all girls like this, or was it just Shen Zhiyi? For a moment, he could not figure it out. In business, he could calmly secure every project.
He could also quickly fix any BUG, yet in front of Shen Zhiyi, his emotions were always stirred up more easily.
She was like a switch, one that could trigger his emotions at any moment.
Going without dinner for one night was not much of a problem for Shen Zhiyi. Early the next morning, she had barely stepped outside when she ran into Chi Ye waiting at her door.
After just one night, this guy was back to acting smug.
His luggage had only arrived very late the night before. Shen Zhiyi had still been awake and had heard the suitcase being dragged across the floor, along with his low voice as he spoke on the phone.
The guesthouse really did not have very good soundproofing. Anyone passing the door could be heard; only the walls between the rooms were a little better.
Today, he wore a white sweatshirt, still paired with loose trousers, and sneakers. For a big boss, he dressed young, though he really was not very old.
His saving grace was that face. It did not look ugly from any angle. But in Shen Zhiyi's eyes, however good-looking he was, he was still the villain.
"Breakfast. How are you supposed to get through a day's work without breakfast? I'm not looking out for you. I'm just worried you'll hold up Boss Yao's work."
His gaze wandered everywhere except toward her. When she did not take it for a long time, he simply pulled up her hand and put it in her palm.
"All right, eat on the way. Let's go."
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