Chapter 281 - May I Kill You, Goddess? (1/2)

Chapter 281 May I Kill You, Goddess?It was the end of the year, and the filming of “The Chronicles of The Emperor’s Harem” was wrapped up. As a result, Ah Sha’s schedule was now fully packed; she had to go on promotional tours along with the rest of the production crew.

Today, Ah Sha had knocked off early, so Xunxun kidnapped her to join him for dinner. “My mother called to say that she’ll come visit next week. She wants to see your movie premiere.”

“That’s great!” Ah Sha nodded even though she was miles away.

Xunxun parked the car outside the restaurant. “What are you thinking about?”

“Huh?” Ah Sha was pulled out of her thoughts. “Oh, it’s nothing!” Then, without waiting for Xunxun’s reply, she opened the door and got out of the car.

The little restaurant had a refined and polished design. Every aspect of it oozed the “teenage girl” vibe. Once they were both seated, Ah Sha stared at Xunxun in shock. “How did you find this place?”

“I started this establishment,” Xunxun said and then gave her a profound stare. “The owner of this place has the same name as you.”

It took Ah Sha a moment to get it. When she did, her eyes sparkled brightly. “You’re giving this place to me?”

“Yeah. As a graduation gift.”

A waitress brought in their dishes, all of which were arranged in a girlish and cute way. Ah Sha tried a bit of every dish. “They all taste so good!” she exclaimed, glancing around. “But how come there aren’t any customers?”

“That’s because it won’t be in business until you come home. Officially, that is.” Xunxun poured her a glass of fruit juice. With its myraid of colors, the juice looked a lot like one of those potions seen in fantasy movies. “I suggest we set the official launching date of this restaurant one day after your movie premiere. What do you think?”

Ah Sha, who was busy stuffing food into her mouth, nodded vigorously. “Mmhm, I’ll let you decide.”

“Ah Sha…” Xunxun frowned.

“What’s wrong?” Ah Sha stared at him with large, round eyes.

“Nah, it’s nothing,” Xunxun said. “Just slow down, okay?”

Chen Huan had gotten in touch with Johns in secret, though she didn’t manage to find out anything significant. She did, however, discover an oddity.

“The drugs used by the poison queen are bizarre. They seem like one of mine, but then they have been modified and resynthesized by adding new compounds to them. I can’t be sure whether the drugs came from my supplies.”

Xunxun knew what Chen Huan was capable of; other than those geniuses hidden away in the military base, not many people in this world were able to match her work. If so, who was supplying the poison queen with drugs? At the same time, Xunxun could not shake the feeling that Ah Sha was hiding something from him.

Still, he refrained from asking. Ah Sha must’ve had her own reason for not telling him. Xunxun was just worried about Ah Sha’s safety.

They went straight home after dinner. When they got home, the first thing they saw was a bouquet of black roses lying right on their doorstep.

“Huh?” Ah Sha stared at the bouquet. Of course, she wasn’t so stupid as to believe that the flowers had been left there by a fan.

Xunxun stepped in and shielded her behind his body. “I’ll get it.”

“No! Don’t!” Ah Sha pushed him away. “It’s for me. I’ll get it!” Ah Sha ran forward and kicked the bouquet to the side; a card fell out.

Xunxun was one step quicker as he moved in to pick up the fallen card. An icy look formed in Xunxun eyes after he read the card.

“What does it say?” Ah Sha snatched the card from Xunxun’s hand. A small line of words was written on it: “A gift for my goddess. I’m already here. Do you see me?”

Ah Sha followed Xunxun indoors. Once inside, she tossed the card straight into the trash can.

Neither of them said a word to each other. Slowly, an awkward silence filled the space.

“You really have nothing to say to me?” Xunxun broke the silence.

Ah Sha decided to play dumb. “Had to be some kind of prank, right? You were with me every day, so I can’t have hung out with other men without you knowing!”

Xunxun held her gaze, the profound depth in his eyes was almost palpable. Ah Sha curled her lips at him. “Anyway, I don’t know the person who sent the flowers.”

“That’s it? Nothing else?” Xunxun stood up and stared at her. After a while, he added, “I suggest you think carefully about your choices. Come talk to me once you’ve thought things through carefully.” After that, Xunxun walked into the bathroom to take a shower.

Alone, Ah Sha snuck into the study and booted her laptop. Indeed, Johns had left her a message.

“Ah Sha!” Johns greeted her anxiously the moment the video call connected. “Chen Huan came to me and asked me about the drugs that you normally use.”

“Haha!” Ah Sha chuckled mirthlessly and ground her teeth together. “And let me guess, you gave my mother-in-law everything, didn’t you?”

Johns broke into a sheepish grin. “Hehe, hehe. Hey, you can’t blame a guy. She’s the woman of my dreams, you know?”

“Are you frigging kidding me?” Ah Sha rolled her eyes. “She already has an adult son, for Pete’s sake!”

“But that’s not enough to hold back my pure and undying love for her!” Johns declared. After a while, Johns shook his head lightly. “He hasn’t suspected you? I mean, Chen Huan must’ve told him by now. After all, you got all your drugs from Chen Huan.”

Ah Sha glared at Johns. “Yeah? What do you think?” she said, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

“Look, if everything goes south, just admit it to him and then make it up to him with your body or something. Oh, yeah, that’s definitely going to calm the man down,” Johns suggested. “I mean, its fine as long as your family doesn’t know, right?”

“Thanks for your suggestion,” Ah Sha said, preparing to hang up. But Johns’ stern voice stopped her. “I still think you should come clean to him. That way you’d have one more person having your back when you go up against Bai Qi.”

Ah Sha waved her hand and said, “I know what I’m doing.”

Ah Sha shut off the computer and leaned back in the chair. She didn’t plan to go head to head with Bai Qi. If possible, she hoped to sit down with that psycho and then have a chat. Still, she dared not initiate contact with him, considering how risky it was.

“Time for bed.” Xunxun’s voice sounded from study’s entrance where he now stood.

Ah Sha leaped out of the chair. But when she was about to throw herself at him, she saw the man turning away to leave.

“Fine! Sleep alone tonight for all I care!” Ah Sha thought angrily. Walking past the living room, Ah Sha saw Xunxun studying a bunch of papers.

“Oh, you still have work?” she asked. “I’ll keep you company, then.”

Xunxun looked at her briefly before going back to the papers. “It’s alright. Go ahead and sleep first. I’ll be done in a minute.”

Ah Sha walked back to the bedroom with her head hung low. Behind her, the man stared at her with a conflicted and probing look in his eyes.

Ah Sha lay on the bed alone, failing to fall asleep despite all the tossing and turning she’d done for God knew how long. A while later, Ah Sha heard the opening of the bedroom door. She quickly shut her eyes and pretended to be asleep. Moments later, she felt a dip in the space on the bed beside her. A pair of arms wrapped themselves around her body.

The heat from a warm chest assaulted her back and Ah Sha heard a deep sigh. She bit her lip and said nothing…

In the days following the appearance of the black roses, Ah Sha busied herself with the filming of Xin Enterprises’ commercial campaign. Boss Wan and Chen Huan arrived at S City with Liuliu one day before Chinese New Year’s eve. Out of fear that it might draw Bai Qi’s attention, Ah Sha dared not bring Chen Huan to watch her movie’s premiere.

The next day, Ying Qingcang brought the whole family to the theatre to watch “The Chronicles of The Emperor’s Harem”. After that, the family gathered at Ying’s residence for the reunion dinner.