Ye Xian heard her dejected tone and thought of Ye Shaowen's flirtatious nature, "My brother... he didn't dump you, did he?" Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on novel·fire·net "Dump? I wish he had, at least that would mean I had something to begin with. Right now, I don't even have a chance to say a word to him." Zhu Shanshan was furiously fiddling with a Teletubby in her hands. "Why? Didn't I give you his WeChat?" "You did give it to me, but he's so busy. Every time I message him, it's like dropping a stone into the ocean—no response, or I get an automated reply saying he's not available. Whenever I call his office, his secretary also says he's either in a meeting or with a client. It's gotten to the point where I'm too embarrassed to keep trying." Ye Xian began to wonder if the person she was talking about was her second brother. Isn't he always so free, messaging her three times a day asking if she's eaten, what she ate, if it was good, and always loving to share all sorts of sensational news with her like 'Shock! A woman walking at night actually...' 'Beware! Eating these three things can shorten your life...' She had seriously considered blocking him at one point. Wait a minute, he couldn't have blocked Shanshan, could he? Zhu Shanshan: "But there was one time he did respond to me." So he didn't block her. Ye Xian let out a sigh of relief. "But it was even worse that time. He kept ignoring me, so I tried to tease him by saying you were coming to see me. He immediately responded, asking where you and I were. I said in a dream, and it took him a long time to reply with one message: 'I advise you not to harbor inappropriate thoughts about Xiao Yezi, or I won't be polite...'" Hearing this, Ye Xian burst out laughing. Zhu Shanshan was furious, "Can you believe him? He could have called me boring or that I was looking for trouble, but instead, he accuses me of being a lesbian, I am literally so angry..." Ye Xian laughed until she couldn't stand straight. "Stop laughing! After this incident, I've come to understand one thing." "You can't mess with guys who are overprotective of their sisters. In their eyes, their sisters are always number one. Don't get too pleased with yourself just yet. I'm just a girl and he's already this intense. If a guy ever tried to pursue you, I bet he would go insane, and he might even interfere." "You're overthinking it." Zhu Shanshan, hearing her carefree tone, knew she hadn't taken it to heart, "Hey? Ye Xian, other than Jiang Wanze, don't you have someone else you like?" "What do you mean 'other than Jiang Wanze'? I don't like Jiang Wanze either." "Pfft, as if I don't know who used to be dying for him, and now just in a short two years, you've flipped the page cleanly, a woman without love is the most heartless," Zhu Shanshan sighed. "So, is there anyone in the circle chasing after you?" Ye Xian, while brushing her teeth, shook her head, "No." Really no one, or are you just saying that? Zhu Shanshan was a bit skeptical; she was so beautiful that even dressed as a man she was extremely handsome—could there really be no little girls or gays interested in her? "Is it that no one is chasing you, or you just can't feel it?" "Yeah, you'd definitely be able to feel it if someone liked you." Ye Xian nodded, "Yes, the green leaves." Zhu Shanshan was speechless, "A fan's love isn't love, it's adoration. I think you're just love-blind, you don't even know what love is." It was just like her previous pursuit of Jiang Wanze, mistaking adoration for love, which led her to stick to him so fervently. Ye Xian rinsed her mouth, "I don't know what you know, do I?" "Of course I know! Haven't you thought about who I am? 'Shanshan Late', the number one romance queen on Dianyue Novel Website! How many celebrated beautiful love stories have I written?" When it came to love, Zhu Shanshan's eyes would sparkle with countless pink bubbles, full of longing, "Love is when your hands and feet go numb with excitement at the sight of him, you become wildly obsessed when he's not around, your heart rate escalates bit by bit when he gets close, everything becomes a mess, your brain blanks out, you can't think of anything, your body seems to be controlled by some magical force, it's a wonderful and comfortable feeling..." As Zhu Shanshan described further, Ye Xian's action of wiping her mouth suddenly halted, a flash of lightning crossed her mind when thinking of the moment earlier in 2001, Bo Tingshen was close to her... "You, you're talking nonsense! You'd feel the same if a bad person approached you!" Zhu Shanshan: "...What bad person, not bad person. You really know how to kill the mood." Her mind in disarray, Ye Xian quickly changed the subject, "So you mean to give up on my second brother then?" "Of course not! Did you think I'm like you, able to stop loving just like that? I'm very steadfast, once I set my heart on someone, I don't change." "But you just said that men with sister complexes are trouble, didn't you?" Zhu Shanshan: "Though I said that, you have to get married someday, right? Once you're married, his feelings will definitely shift a bit. To take ten thousand steps back, if he could put me in second place, I'd be completely satisfied." "Huh, love makes people lowly, maybe I'm better off not understanding it." Zhu Shanshan: "Wait till you meet someone, you'll be eager to demean yourself!" Cut, as if that's possible. She, Ye Xian, had never demeaned herself before anyone... A name flashed through her mind rapidly, Ye Xian flinched, that, that was because the Werewolf was her boss, he was bullying her with his power, he was overwhelming, and she had no choice but to endure hardships and accommodate! She hung up the phone, scratching her head feeling somewhat agitated, she opened the Dianyue Novel Website and searched for "Shanshan Late", only to find that the comments under each of her books were strikingly consistent: The plot written by the great author is fantastic! No complaints, but the romantic thread is way too weak, isn't it? Has the author never been in a relationship? That's not how men and women in love behave! I hope the author can really beef up the romantic thread, it feels so awkward to read! If this book had no romance, it would've been perfect... Heh, celebrated beautiful love stories? She knew she shouldn't have listened to her rantings. Shaking off her wild thoughts, before going to sleep, Ye Xian received another WeChat message from Zhu Shanshan — I got caught up chatting with you and forgot the important stuff. The promo for "Coke" is set to launch on October 24th, just giving you an early heads up. October 24? The CEO's birthday, what a coincidence! Ye Xian's finger lingered over the chat box for ages before finally replying with an okay, then she rewatched the promo for "Coke" on her phone and fell asleep while watching... Perhaps because she had been watching the promo before falling asleep and because Bo Tingshen had said he would make noodles for her, Ye Xian dreamed that Bo Tingshen was making noodles for her, the tomato and egg noodles in particular. He had rolled the handmade noodles quite thick, and because he hadn't mastered the cooking time, they were also very hard, which made them taste awful. Nearly gagging, she still managed to swallow it down due to his being the boss and the threatening look in his eyes. The next day, Ye Xian woke up from a sound sleep, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and remarked, "The CEO's cooking skills are really terrible!"