Rebirth from the Ashes

The moment the door opened, Pei Xu saw the man sitting in the car. The man looked at him too with a sharp hawk-like gaze. His eyes were like a deep cold lake, and his aura was so oppressive that Pei Xu instantly felt a little short of breath.

The inside of the car was dim. The man was in the shadows and seemed to be one with the darkness.

Pei Xu did not see the man’s face clearly, but he was sure this man was Toffeecito’s Dad, the man that Shen Xi liked.

When Shen Xi got to the car, she waved back at Pei Xu, entered the car before closing the door behind her.

The lights in the car lit up but Pei Xu still could not see the man’s face because the windows were tinted, so only those sitting inside could see outside. Pei Xu watched the car leave before he turned around and got into his own car. He felt a little regretful.

Song Wenye mentioned Toffeecito’s Dad was insanely handsome, so he would like to see how good-looking that man was for Song Wenye to describe him as such. She did not even use such gushing adjectives on her favorite idols.

Shen Xi got into the car and received a cup of warm milk tea. While drinking, she smiled happily and shared her joy with Li Yuan. “It’s a success!”

Li Yuan looked at the girl who was begging for praises and hooked up the corners of his lips. He handed her the burrito she had ordered and laughed. “Congratulations!”

“Thanks!” Shen Xi said while giving him the milk tea. She took the burrito and ate it because she was starving.

Since this morning, she did not even rest for a minute, let alone stop to drink or eat. She was famished, but fortunately, the medicine was a success. Otherwise, she would be annoyed to start all over.

Li Yuan watched as she wolfed down the burrito and reminded her. “Eat slowly… No one’s fighting with you. Dinner’s prepared at home too.”

Shen Xi spoke incoherently with her mouth full. “I’m starving to death and can eat a whole cow!”

Li Yuan looked at her helplessly and felt heartbroken. “Next time, you need to take a break to eat when you’re working…”

Shen Xi muttered incoherently, “It’s an emergency, so it needs special treatment!”

Li Yuan saw she had gorged down the burrito and milk tea in a few minutes, so she must be famished. He then instructed Kun Lun to drive faster so they could go home for dinner.

However, Shen Xi looked at him and said, “Brother, I have to go to the office now. If you have something to do you can just drop me off anywhere and go home first. I’ll take a taxi there.”

“I’m free.” Li Yuan sighed and did not hide his distress. “I’ll take you there. It’s not very convenient to take a taxi at this hour.”

He could never leave her to go to the office by herself. Even if she insisted, he would not rest assured and would still accompany her.

Shen Xi chuckled and thanked him with lovely smiling eyes. After having enough to eat and drink, she leaned back on the seat and talked to him.

Li Yuan looked at the happy girl whose chatters gradually quieted down. Her little head tilted on his shoulder and she finally fell asleep.

He sighed softly and thought he would have to get her out of this unhealthy working habit.

Kun Lun looked at the rearview mirror and watched as his boss covered the girl with a blanket. He turned off the lights at the back seat and the soft warm orange light from the front created a warm and fuzzy atmosphere in the car.

‘Boss and Ms. Shen truly give it their all when they work… Back then, Boss could go up to a few days and nights without rest and was crazier than Ms. Shen.’

The Situ family’s pharmaceutical factory was actually quite close to Cosmos Entertainment if there was no traffic. Since it was a Sunday and it was the evening rush, it was a long journey.

An hour later, the car arrived at the entrance of Cosmos Entertainment.

Li Yuan looked at the girl sleeping so soundly and could not bear to wake her up, but she still had work to do, so he finally called out to her softly, “Xixi, we’re at your office.”

Shen Xi lifted her heavy eyelids. She was exhausted and sleepy. The warm and comfortable environment pulled her back and she lazed for a long time before slowly sitting up and forced herself to get up.

Li Yuan helped put on her jacket, hat, scarf, and gloves. After wrapping her up nicely, he said, “I’ll wait for you here.”

Although it was spring, it was still cold at night. Since she just woke up, it was better to dress warmly.

When Shen Xi heard this, she felt energized and instantly woke up. “I don’t know when I’ll be done. You can go home first, then I’ll get my big brother to send me back later.”

“I’m fine,” Li Yuan said.

Shen Xi looked at him seriously. “Really?”

Li Yuan nodded. “Yes, really.”

Shen Xi took out her phone and gave it to him, but she was afraid she would get an emergency call later, so she took it back and said, “Then can you edit Toffeecito’s video? I just uploaded it to the drafts in Cosmos Short Vid app.”

Li Yuan would be bored if he was only waiting for her, so she found something for him to do.

The girl, who was lazy, wilted, and sleepy earlier, instantly became energized the moment she got out of the car. Her temperament changed so fast. Li Yuan was proud of her, but more than that, he was heartbroken.

Shen Xi was shocked by the cold air outside and was jolted awake. She settled her mind and regained composure before walking towards the building.

There was a car parked on the left in front of the office. It was a sports car filled with flowers.

Shen Xi looked at the car puzzled. She frowned and wondered why the security guard allowed someone to park so blatantly at the office entrance.

She thought as she walked towards the car. She saw a beautiful woman leaning on the car door with one hand holding a cup of milk tea and another hand holding a stick of corndog. The woman took a bite and alternatingly sipped the milk tea.

The pretty woman was none other than Aunt Fu, Fu Junqiu!

Shen Xi quickly pulled down her hood and pulled up her scarf to cover her whole face so that only her eyes were visible.

‘I can’t let her recognize me… Otherwise, that son of a b*tch, Fu Qingli will say I’m trying to get into his family’s good graces.’

Shen Xi consciously took measures and thought that no one could recognize her like this, so she calmly walked past the car and did not even look at Fu Junqiu.

Fu Junqiu was conspicuous with her sports car filled with flowers at this time of the night. What was she trying to do?

Shen Xi walked ahead and heard Fu Junqiu’s sudden call for her from behind. Her words were incoherent because she was still chewing, but Shen Xi was sure that Fu Junqiu was shouting her name. “Shen Xi!”