Chapter 13: Your Girlfriend Is Bullying Me
Zhou Jiajia really was talented at acting, especially when it came to putting on an innocent expression. She had mastered it perfectly.
If Tian Siyi had not already known what kind of person Zhou Jiajia was, she might have actually believed her.
But now, Tian Siyi only looked at her with contempt.
"Wasn't that exactly what you were doing?"
"Little sister, how could you think that about me?"
"Then tell me this. If you didn't like him, why didn't you just reject him?" Tian Siyi wanted to see what excuse Zhou Jiajia would come up with this time.
"I did it for his own good."
Tian Siyi crossed her arms and quietly listened to her nonsense.
"Think about it. His life was already hard enough. If I had rejected him too, maybe he would have become so upset that he... You wouldn't want something tragic to happen, would you?"
Chen Chen would become so upset that he'd do something reckless?
What a joke.
"So I thought it would be better to give him some hope, so he'd have a goal to work toward."
Tian Siyi could not listen anymore. She waved her hand.
"That's enough. Stop pretending. There's no one else here. Honestly, I wonder if you were born under the sign of a storage box. How can you be so good at putting on an act?"
"Little sister, how can you talk to me like that?"
"Stop calling me 'little sister.' I don't want anything to do with you."
Zhou Jiajia dropped her pitiful expression and looked at Tian Siyi coldly.
"You're so pretty, and you're obviously not stupid. So why would you choose someone like him? He has no money, no talent, nothing. He's just a loser."
She had originally wanted to become friends with Tian Siyi. After all, Tian Siyi was so beautiful. If some rich man fell for her in the future, Zhou Jiajia might be able to benefit too.
But now, that clearly was not going to happen.
"You know, this way of talking suits you much better. Honestly, I was worried you'd choke from pretending to be so innocent. Next time, don't eat so much while you're in the bathroom."
"Hmph. Enjoy talking big while you still can. What future can you possibly have with a loser?"
"I don't know where all that smell is coming from, but every time you open your mouth, it stinks."
Tian Siyi waved her hand in front of her nose with a disgusted look.
"You..." Zhou Jiajia gritted her teeth, then took a deep breath. "I'm not afraid to tell you this. Baihui and I have already gotten to know the president of Huichen Entertainment. You two will never catch up to us."
Hearing that, Tian Siyi almost laughed.
The president of Huichen Entertainment?
Wasn't that Chen Hui?
She really wished Zhou Jiajia could hear what Chen Hui actually thought of her.
"Really? Well, congratulations."
"Even if you want to suck up to me now, it's too late. I thought you had a good appearance, so I was going to help you out. Since you don't appreciate it, forget it. What a shame. But if you kneel down and sincerely apologize to me, I might consider giving you another chance."
Tian Siyi rubbed her forehead and sighed.
"You really have quite an imagination. How about you pay back all the money Chen Chen spent on you, then kneel and bow to him three times? If he feels sorry for you, he might even forgive you."
"You don't know what's good for you!"
After throwing out those words, Zhou Jiajia turned and left. Tian Siyi did not care. She went back to find Chen Chen.
"Where's your sister?"
Chen Chen stared at the girl in front of him.
It was as if he were seeing her for the first time, amazed by how beautiful she looked.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
Feeling uncomfortable under his gaze, Tian Siyi quickly slipped into the hot spring to hide herself.
Chen Chen gave a light cough.
"I just didn't expect you to look this... feminine."
"That's quite a thing to say... Should I be happy or sad?"
Chen Chen did not know how to answer, so he replied to her earlier question instead.
"My sister ran into someone she knows again. She went to chat with them for a while."
"Your sister sure is busy."
"Well, we're close to Mujiang Music Academy. A lot of people around here know her."
"Are you planning to take over her company in the future?"
Chen Chen shook his head.
"She's only nine years older than me. Why are you already talking about me inheriting it?"
"She's nine years older than you, and men retire about ten years later than women. So by the time she retires, you could still work for another nineteen years."
He looked at her speechlessly.
"How many people in our industry actually work until the official retirement age? Once you've earned enough money, it's better to retire and enjoy life."
"Your family doesn't seem to be short of money anyway."
Even though she did not know all the details, Tian Siyi knew from both the rumors and what she had learned over the years that Chen Chen's family was not ordinary. Money was clearly not a problem for them.
"That's my family's money..."
He did not say anything more, and she did not ask further.
Chen Chen almost never talked about his family. Although Tian Siyi was curious, she knew there were some things she should not ask about.
She quietly walked over and pulled him into the hot spring.
"We came here to enjoy the hot spring. Why are you still sitting up there? Why are you acting so serious?"
"I'm not!"
Being in the same hot spring with Tian Siyi made him feel a little embarrassed.
"Then why won't you come down? You don't want to soak with me?"
"No!"
She leaned closer and looked at his face with a teasing smile.
"Your face is red."
"It's not!"
"Really? Let me see."
She leaned even closer until her warm breath brushed against his cheek.
Chen Chen suddenly swung his arm.
Caught off guard, Tian Siyi lost her footing and slipped backward.
Her eyes widened as she helplessly fell. The world in front of her seemed to tilt upward, but then a familiar face suddenly filled her view.
She blinked and looked at Chen Chen, who had caught her in his arms.
For some reason, the boy she had always known suddenly seemed a little more handsome than before.
"Oh? You two are pretty affectionate."
The voice from the distance startled them both. Chen Chen immediately let go of Tian Siyi and looked toward the speaker in panic.
Zhou Jiajia covered her mouth with one hand, a mischievous smile on her face.
Ignoring her, Chen Chen turned to Tian Siyi with concern. "Are you okay?"
Tian Siyi nodded.
Actually, she had not needed Chen Chen to catch her. She would not have been hurt anyway. She had plenty of ways to regain her balance.
Still, being held in his arms had left her a little dazed. She even felt like the hot spring water had suddenly become warmer.
She shook her head, flicking the water off her face, then frowned at Zhou Jiajia.
"Why is it you again?"
Zhou Jiajia ignored Tian Siyi and looked directly at Chen Chen.
When Chen Chen heard her voice just now, he had immediately let Tian Siyi go. That meant he still cared about what she thought.
And since Tian Siyi had just insulted her, Zhou Jiajia decided to make things difficult for her.
"Chen Chen, your girlfriend bullied me!"
Zhou Jiajia pointed at Tian Siyi with an innocent expression. Tears shimmered in the corners of her eyes, and the corners of her mouth drooped as if she had been wronged.
Chen Chen looked at Tian Siyi in confusion.
"What did you do?"
Had the two of them run into each other again? Maybe when Tian Siyi went to the restroom?
Tian Siyi looked at the troublemaking woman with complete disdain.
Then, all of a sudden, she also put on a pitiful expression. Holding onto Chen Chen's arm, she said,
"Don't believe this bad woman! She was the one who said you were a loser with no money and no talent. I only got angry and argued with her because I couldn't stand hearing that. I didn't expect her to accuse me first!"
Zhou Jiajia immediately protested, "Why are you making things up? When did I ever say something like that?"