Lying across Su Xuan’s bed was none other than Alice. Su Xuan suspected she might have had too much to drink and had wandered into the wrong room. She had indeed drunk quite a lot tonight; the moment she got in the car, she had curled up in her seat and fallen asleep. He walked to the side of the bed and gently poked Alice. She didn’t move at all. He poked her again. Still no movement. I’ll just let her sleep here, Su Xuan thought with a smile. It’s not like we haven’t slept in the same bed before. He turned and headed to the bathroom to wash up. He had been genuinely busy all day and was drenched in sweat and reeked of smoke. He turned on the shower, letting the warm water cascade over his body. It felt wonderful. After his shower, Su Xuan poured a glass of warm water and placed it on the bedside table, within Alice’s reach. This was just in case she woke up thirsty and couldn’t find any. It was as he was setting the glass down that he suddenly realized Alice’s large eyes were wide open, staring straight at him. The next second, she reached out, grabbed his arm, and pulled him down onto the bed. "Su Xuan, I’m so sad!" Alice began to sob. "Is something on your mind? Tell me about it." Su Xuan lay on the bed, the corner of his mouth twitching. "But could you please not straddle me?" Indeed. After pulling him down, Alice had swung a leg over and straddled him, just like riding a horse. Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹⟡𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⟡𝙣𝙚𝙩 "Straddling you makes me feel a little better." Alice’s tears dripped down onto Su Xuan. "I’m about to graduate. Tonight was the farewell dinner with my classmates..." "That’s a good thing, isn’t it?" Su Xuan said. "I have to leave this home too..." Leaving this home... means I won’t see you or Dabai anymore. "Where are you going?" Su Xuan asked. "To America to find my dad. I’ll be interning at his company." "It’s okay. You can just come back and visit when you have time, right?" "I’m afraid I’ll be so bogged down with things that I won’t be able to come back even if I want to." "Then I’ll come to see you. I have plenty of time," Su Xuan offered. Alice smiled faintly. "You’re always busy delivering packages; you won’t come to see me. Besides, you have several close female friends. The moment I leave, you’ll forget all about me!" "I won’t. You bit me that rainy day, and it still hurts. I hold a grudge!" Alice suddenly leaned down to bite him again. "Then let me give you more to hold a grudge about!" "Not the ear, come on!" "So you’re afraid of me biting your ear. Got it!" Butler Liu hadn’t gone to bed yet. Standing in the courtyard, he listened to the playful sounds coming from Su Xuan’s room and a smile inexplicably touched his lips. "Master, you have to win her over. What she can bring you is far beyond your imagination!" His expression then suddenly turned melancholic. He had watched Alice grow up since she was a child. Now she was leaving, and he was reluctant to see her go. But her departure was fated; it seemed no one could change it. Unless... unless Su Xuan became strong enough. Stronger than her father. Su Xuan left for the courier station after finishing the breakfast Alice had made. The breakfast she prepared today was especially lavish. He’d eaten so much his stomach was bulging, as if he were pregnant. As Su Xuan was walking, he received a very unexpected phone call. "Su Xuan, I’ve found you another blind date," a woman’s voice chirped from the phone. "The meeting is set for seven o’clock tonight. You’ll definitely have time, right?" The caller was the same woman who had introduced Zhang Tingting to him. She was the neighbor who lived across the hall from Su Xuan’s old apartment, and he called her Auntie Zhang. "Auntie Zhang, the Zhang Tingting you introduced to me last time already ran off with someone," Su Xuan said, decisively refusing. "I won’t be going on any more blind dates. Thank you, though!" "Don’t be like that! I’ve already arranged it. If you don’t go, not only will I lose face, but I’ll also have offended someone, right? Plus, I guarantee this girl is absolutely better than Zhang Tingting!" "I’m sorry, Auntie Zhang..." "How about this? Just go through the motions for me. That way, I can at least answer to the girl and her parents." Since Auntie Zhang had put it that way, Su Xuan felt he couldn’t be so unreasonable. "Alright then," he sighed. "I’ll go through the motions." Auntie Zhang immediately sent Su Xuan a WeChat contact card and specifically reminded him to dress nicely. The woman, she said, was a high-level white-collar worker. 「At the Courier Station」 "Su Xuan, you’ll have to work a little harder today!" Lu Dachun said, dumping several packages in front of him the moment he arrived. "Xiaofeng is sick and can’t come to work. Please help deliver his parcels." Worried Su Xuan might refuse, Lu Dachun added, "It’s not just you helping Xiaofeng; everyone’s pitching in." When Su Xuan noticed that one of the packages was for the TQ Asset Management Company, he nodded readily. "No problem. I’ll handle Xiaofeng’s deliveries." He wanted to check out the TQ company in person anyway. After all, he was its largest shareholder. He also wanted TQ to manage his assets. "Su Xuan, you’re such a good employee!" Lu Dachun, oblivious to the real story, clapped him on the shoulder, moved. "Everyone else was making excuses, but you were so willing. The Employee of the Year award is yours for sure!" "I’ll be waiting for it, then!" Su Xuan loaded the parcels onto his Charman King and headed toward the TQ company. This building is quite impressive! I wonder if they own it or if it’s rented. Arriving at the entrance, Su Xuan looked up at the TQ building. The company was located in the city’s financial hub, Finance Street, and its building was a local landmark. Any company that could establish itself on Finance Street was undoubtedly formidable. "Wow, that courier is so handsome!" "How come I’ve never seen him before?" "If that package he’s holding is for me, I’m definitely getting his number!" As soon as Su Xuan entered the TQ building, a few white-collar women began to size him up. He paid them no mind and followed them toward the elevators. "You can’t take the elevator!" Suddenly, a security guard rushed over and yanked Su Xuan out of the car. "Couriers can’t take the elevator?" Su Xuan’s face immediately darkened. "Whose rule is that?" He was the owner of TQ. If TQ really had such a rule, he would absolutely get rid of it and teach the person responsible a lesson. Wasn’t this blatant discrimination? Were TQ’s values so contemptible? The security guard sneered, "Well, now. For a lowly courier, you’ve got a big mouth! What’s wrong with my rule? What are you going to do about it, huh?" Su Xuan gave the guard an indifferent glance and stated bluntly, "I’m the owner of TQ." The security guard clutched his stomach and roared with laughter. "Hahaha! If you’re the owner of TQ, then I’m the boss’s father!"