Nan Yue shook her head and put down the dagger.
She leaned over Qin Zhao’s body and said, “I was just thinking, how soundly could you sleep with a sword hanging over your head?”
Qin Zhao asked, “What’s your conclusion?”
Nan Yue replied, “It took twenty-seven minutes from when I got up and held the dagger to you, to when you woke up.
If I wanted you dead, you would have died several times over.
Do you trust me that much?”
“Not exactly. Mainly because you wore me out last night.”
Nan Yue: “...”
Blushed.
“Why did you hold a dagger to me?”
Nan Yue rolled over and lay next to Qin Zhao, looking up at the ceiling. “My pursuit of power is like the Sword of Damocles hanging over my head.
I once lost myself in the pursuit of power, forgetting why I wanted it in the first place.
Nan Chenghui said that as long as I kill you, he will give me all the shares.
Just now, for a moment I almost killed you because I wanted to end this journey of pursuing power and profit.
But at the last moment, I realized that if you were not at the destination, I would rather not set out on the journey at all.”
Qin Zhao: “I’m so touched that you love me this much!”
Nan Yue looked at Qin Zhao sideways. “Will you leave Yun City?
That way I won't have to struggle between you and Nan Chenghui.”
“If I leave, you won't get Nan Chenghui's shares anymore.”
“No, I'm his only possible successor. He will have to compromise and give me the shares.
He wanted me to kill you just to make me become as pathetic as him.”
Qin Zhao neither agreed nor disagreed as she got up and got dressed.
Nan Yue's gaze slid from her elegant butterfly bones, to her dimples of Venus, to her pert buttocks, appreciating for a while, before continuing down her toned thighs, stopping at her ankles.
But Qin Zhao moved quickly and soon covered up the scenery, leaving Nan Yue to sigh silently.
“Are you leaving now?” Nan Yue asked.
Qin Zhao turned her back to the door and looked at Nan Yue. “If you hadn't added that part about me leaving, I almost thought you really were in a dilemma.
But the truth is, you don't want to kill me. You said those words for the sake of the Nan Group!
You're afraid I really could bring down the Nan Group, so you want me to leave instead of caring about my safety!”
Nan Yue closed her eyes. “Drive safely on the way home.”
The next second, she was bombarded by pillows, hitting her until all remnants of sleepiness were gone!
"Qin Zhao! What are you doing!"
"Doing you!”
Nan Yue grabbed another pillow and started a pillow fight with Qin Zhao!
"You're being completely unreasonable!"
With Nan Yue taking one hit for every ten from Qin Zhao, she was at a disadvantage!
Qin Zhao said, "If you have anger, vent it now instead of stewing!”
The battle escalated until feathers were flying all over the room!
Nan Yue was exasperated. “You!”
She couldn’t win by hitting back and didn’t want to lower her pride by begging for mercy, so she could only take the beating while saying, “Considering how well I pleasured you tonight, stop it!”
Qin Zhao didn’t listen and kept going until all four pillows were decimated.
Panting, she saw Nan Yue with feathers all over her hair and body, looking like a plucked goose.
Qin Zhao nodded satisfactorily. “After this lesson, you won't dare scheme against me so blatantly anymore.”
Nan Yue was stunned for a long time before speaking. “That’s a case of ‘rules for thee but not for me’.
Can you guarantee you’ve never schemed against me?
Or do you think I’m stupid enough not to notice anything?”
Qin Zhao’s heart lurched. “What do you mean?”
Nan Yue brushed the feathers off herself and sat on the edge of the bed nearer to Qin Zhao, pulling her into an embrace with her head against her stomach. “You now and you before don’t seem like the same person.
How could someone change so much overnight?
Your liking for Ye Chenxi before didn’t seem fake.
But when we quarreled in his office that day, I only saw indifference in your eyes towards him.
I became interested in you because I wondered where your change came from.
Later you deliberately got close to me, appearing next to me at the theater.
And you schemed by making up that story of me taking advantage of you so I would propose we date.
None of it was a coincidence. I allowed it all to happen. ”
Faced with the sudden truth, Qin Zhao was a little stunned.
502 exclaimed, “No wonder Nan Yue can be the 1 in the relationship!”
Qin Zhao asked Nan Yue, “Then why didn’t you expose me?”
Nan Yue sat on the bed nearer to Qin Zhao and hugged her, resting her head against her stomach. “You’re the only person in my life who isn’t like an NPC. Before you appeared, my life was like living in The Truman Show.
Everyone around me existed to put me on a predetermined life track.
I was used to the arranged life, just numbly moving forward.
You made me feel special for the first time.
You have the face of a vixen, looking like you’d steal men from me, yet you were coming for me.
Just this tiny difference inspired me and got my stale, rusty brain starting to think in new directions.”
502 exclaimed, “Host, she’s talking about self-awareness!”
“Yes.”
So this was how a puppet gained self-awareness - such a simple yet thrilling process!
Qin Zhao hugged Nan Yue back. “Congratulations on your freedom.”
“Thank you, Qin Zhao.”
Characters are puppets in the author’s hands, only able to follow the author’s arrangements.
Nan Yue now had self-awareness and could create her own life.
This was why Nan Yue was becoming more and more uncontrollable to Qin Zhao.
Thinking of this, Qin Zhao felt gratified that the present Nan Yue would insist on acting according to her own plans.
The two held each other for a long time.
Qin Zhao let go of Nan Yue. “I have to go now. Tomorrow, we go back to being at daggers drawn. Got to rest up.”
Nan Yue smiled. “Alright, I look forward to our upcoming rivalry too.”
As Qin Zhao turned to leave, Nan Yue called out, “Wait, I forgot the most important question!”
“Okay, ask.”
“Qin Zhao, who are you?”
Qin Zhao didn’t turn back. “I’ll tell you when the dust settles.”
When Qin Zhao got home, she found Shen Yixuan and Qiao Lin sleeping leaned against each other!
She rolled her eyes at them. This CP was just too hard to ship.
The next morning, breakfast was made by Qiao Lin.
After Shen Yixuan and Qin Zhao finished eating, they went to work together.
Before leaving, Qin Zhao told Qiao Lin, “Lock the doors and windows properly. Don’t open the door for anyone until I get back. Understand?
If you get beaten up by an intruder again, I’ll look down on you.”
Qiao Lin glanced at Shen Yixuan and asked, “What if it’s a delivery person?”
Shen Yixuan: “...”
Qin Zhao pursed her lips. “Isn’t there enough vegetables, meat and eggs at home for you to eat?”
Qiao Lin: “I want to change up the flavors occasionally.”
Qin Zhao gritted her teeth. “Then have them leave it hanging on the door!”
In the taxi, Qin Zhao asked, “Are you and Qiao Lin getting together?”
Shen Yixuan denied it. “Probably not. Kissing her last night was accidental. It won’t happen again.”
“Good. Remember what you said. Qiao Lin is not Nan Yue’s stand-in.”
Shen Yixuan agreed. “Qiao Lin is too dumb.”
Shen Yixuan suddenly recalled something. “Oh right, I forgot to tell you. I received a wedding invitation from Nan Yue. I can bring someone. Do you want to go?”
Without any hesitation, Qin Zhao replied, “Of course I’m going. Even without an invitation, I’d climb the walls to get in.”
Shen Yixuan looked at Qin Zhao in surprise. “You’re such a masochist, wanting to watch your ex-girlfriend marry someone. Does it really make you happy?”
Qin Zhao smiled meaningfully. “No, I’m going to sabotage it!”
