Chapter 42

However, luck was good and there was no way around it. Not long after Lan Xi walked to the entrance of the venue, she saw a car parked at the door—

"Excuse me, are you Ms. Lan Xi? Someone booked a car for you. The destination is the staff dormitory of Chengxin Technology, right?"

Just like last time, the taxi driver was a seemingly reliable woman.

"To go back from here...the fare wouldn't be cheap..."

"Don't worry, the gentleman who booked the car for you will pay all the expenses."

Lan Xi was happy to hear that! But who booked it? How thoughtful!

When Lan Xi asked, the female driver glanced at the order information: "It was a Mr. Xie who booked it."

It must be Xie Yunfei! After all, it was him who booked a car to send her back to the staff dormitory last time!

Lan Xi felt relieved and got into the car, marveling to herself again that she had bet right. Look, despite having just slept with Xie Yunfei, he was already so thoughtful of her!

To be honest, Lan Xi didn't feel uncomfortable at all that Xie Yunfei had ditched her to chase Lisa. In fact, she felt it was quite nice to be riding alone now, happier than being with Xie Yunfei.

The only person who really annoyed her was Xie Cheng. Remembering how Xie Cheng didn't let her hitch a ride and made her walk alone, Lan Xi felt stifled. This ungrateful earthling, he should know that such a noble princess like herself had taken a fancy to him. Not only did he not cherish it, but he was also coldly indifferent!

Although she only needed to conquer Xie Yunfei now, Lan Xi realized that she was still upset about her previous failure to conquer Xie Cheng.

Damn earth men, actually scorning her conquest!

When she conquered the earth, she would first capture Xie Cheng and teach him a lesson instead of hastily stabilizing her rule. Send him to a men's virtue class and strengthen his learning on how to please others!

**

Xie Cheng was completely unaware that Lan Xi had already made unilateral arrangements for him to attend men's virtue training classes in her mind. He was just extremely angry and irritable.

If Xie Cheng was given another chance, he would never have chosen to leave the scene through that shortcut path in the small garden.

He didn't mean to eavesdrop on that gossip either, which should have been aired on a silly romantic drama. However, Lan Xi's voice was too loud, and the garden corridor was just too long...

But the most outrageous thing was that Lan Xi had just casually slept with Xie Yunfei, in a car too!

"Okay, let's connect with an listener friend to hear about his emotional troubles and then give advice."

The person who came to pick up Xie Cheng was Cao An. He had a radio program on in his car that had recently become popular—

"Host, I have encountered something that has been bothering me a lot." A man, the anonymous confider on the radio station, was soon connected. Apparently the anonymity made him feel safe enough to bare his heart. "There was this girl who kept implying in various ways that she was pursuing me, being very bold and straightforward, and kept saying she wanted to marry me and have children with me, that she was willing to dedicate herself to me, but I felt we weren't suitable so I rejected her."

The host was quite persuasive: "You did the right thing. A clear rejection is better than an ambiguous entanglement, which can allow the girl to move on and find her next relationship faster."

"Well...but the problem is, after I rejected her, unexpectedly she got together with someone else very quickly, and it wasn't even a budding new romance, she directly slept with him." "But since you weren't interested in that girl and she didn't continue to pester you afterwards, just let her take responsibility for her own life, right?"

"Who said she didn't pester me? She still appears in front of me wandering around every day, looking for attention. Whenever she needs help with something, she calls me. And after being rejected by me, she even publicly confessed to me again. Yet while aggressively confessing her love for me, she also slept with another man."

The male listener on the radio was getting more and more angry: "The problem is that the man basically doesn't cherish her at all. He's just a player maintaining improper relationships with several women at the same time. None of the women involved with him have good outcomes... I don't know why she would do this to herself when she's so pretty, has a good figure, is smart, and has many outstanding qualities overall, yet the man she found is sleazy, lecherous, useless and..."

Cao An felt a little embarrassed. "Boss Xie, am I disturbing you? Let me turn off the radio."

This was a very hot emotional confession radio show. Cao An would listen to it when driving alone out of boredom, because the listeners' confessions were always so silly and dramatic, it could keep him awake and alert while driving.

Now that Xie Cheng was in his car however, and he was someone who liked quiet, Cao An decided to turn off the radio.

But just as he was about to do so, he heard Xie Cheng's faint voice behind him—

"It's fine, don't turn it off." Xie Cheng glanced out the window, "You can listen if you want."

Cao An sincerely explained, "No, no, I don't want to listen that much."

"I know you want to listen. Leave it on," said Xie Cheng calmly. "Driving can be tiring, so in order for you to stay alert, I don't mind you listening as long as it respects your hobbies."

"...I don't actually have this hobby..."

Xie Cheng coughed again and ordered, "I can see that you're interested in this radio station, so go ahead and listen."

"...Alright."

Luckily, the confessional content on the radio soon attracted Cao An's attention again—

The male listener was still angrily and aggrievedly confessing: "When she was pursuing me at first, I stuck to my principles and held my ground, even though I knew I could have slept with her without having to take any responsibility. From the standpoint of respecting women and protecting her, I controlled myself. Yet she kept saying she loved me, but then turned around and casually found another man..."

The man on the radio was still complaining. Cao An couldn't help but murmur: "This must be scripted. It's too silly. Are there really girls like this? And listening to what this guy is implying between the lines, isn't it obvious he just can't let go?"

Cao An was just muttering to himself and didn't expect a reply. However, Xie Cheng actually spoke up—

"It's not necessarily scripted...there are all kinds of weirdos in real life, this kind of thing probably happens frequently."

"If it's true, the girl is pretty weird, and so is the guy."

"How is the guy weird?" However, Xie Cheng clearly disagreed with Cao An's offhand remark. He cleared his throat and said indifferently, "Isn't this guy simply just a victim? The girl was ardently saying she loved him one moment then swiftly found someone else the next. Isn't that just leading his feelings on?"

"How is that leading his feelings on?" Cao An explained: "It was this guy who rejected her first. She was heartbroken in despair, and going to find someone for a hookup or to sleep with under the huge impact of the heartbreak is understandable, it's a kind of self-healing, similar to how her self-confidence was hit after being rejected, so she uses finding another man to make up for it ()..."

"On the contrary, this man is more despicable, full of contradictions, and creepy. If he rejected someone else, how can he control how that person treats their own body and feelings afterwards? Even if the other person confessed their love for him while sleeping with another man at the same time, it doesn't hinder his life, so what is there for him to be upset about? He wants to have his cake and eat it too. Listen to what he's implying between the lines, he also wants to sleep with her but doesn't want to establish a relationship and take responsibility. He's afraid he won't be able to shake her off after sleeping with her. But unexpectedly, after he rejected her, she went off to fool around with another man, and he got so angry, listen to that tone, he's almost twisted out of shape!"

"He's simply extremely despicable, very much like a green tea b**ch, hypocritically fishing for compliments and fame, just not being straightforward. Why can't he be more open? How can he be so shady and sleazy! It really makes people angrily want to give him two punches when hearing this!"

Xie Cheng: "......"

After starting a relationship with his girlfriend Liang Di, Cao An has been taught a lot of relationship values and internet slang by her. Getting a bit carried away with his commentary, when he glanced at the rearview mirror, he realized Xie Cheng's expression had also nearly twisted out of shape.

Xie Cheng liked quiet. It seemed Cao An's chattiness had annoyed him. Cao An shut his mouth and listened wholeheartedly to the host on the radio's long-winded explanation.

Sure enough, the female host's viewpoint was almost the same as Cao An's, and she started criticizing the male listener who had called in.

However, just as Cao An was listening with great interest, Xie Cheng’s cold voice came from behind:

“Change the channel.”

Cao An was a little surprised: “The analysis is quite sharp, I found it pretty interesting listening to it, so I wanted to keep listening to the follow up...” “No, you don’t.” Just by listening to Xie Cheng's voice, it was clear he must have had a straight face at that moment. His voice was as decisive as a knife, “I can see that you're not actually interested, change the channel.”

...

Although Cao An changed the channel very quickly, Xie Cheng was still full of dissatisfaction and resentment in his heart. How can you say men are cheap? And what does “this man just wants to sleep with her irresponsibly” mean? What’s wrong with public opinion nowadays?!

Xie Cheng had righteously and justifiably rejected Lan Xi many times, which demonstrated self-discipline and self-control, the true mark of responsibility, unlike Xie Yunfei who would take anyone available and refuse to let go of obtained meat.

The reason he was so angry was purely out of concern for vulnerable employees! Someone like Lan Xi, induced from a young age to infringe and exploit others, now goes with the flow so casually. As a kind citizen, Xie Cheng simply could not stand to see this.

Besides, Lan Xi must be suffering from heartbreak that Xie Cheng rejected her, so she let Xie Yunfei take advantage of her vulnerability. Xie Yunfei was merely a stand-in, Xie Cheng’s substitute. Therefore, when all was said and done, the way things had developed, Xie Cheng bore some responsibility, and thus had an obligation to pull Lan Xi out of the mud.

After all, it was his sense of justice that prevented Xie Cheng from turning a blind eye to many things. For instance, although he was angry enough not to drive Lan Xi, both times Xie Cheng had called her a car, specifically finding a female driver.

Although Lan Xi didn't say anything, Xie Cheng knew that this subtle care would eventually touch her heart. By contrast, she would naturally realize Xie Yunfei was just a low-end substitute who couldn’t compare with Xie Cheng, the real deal. When Xie Cheng slowly made Lan Xi aware of Xie Yunfei’s poor conduct and saw through Xie Yunfei’s pretenses, Lan Xi would sober up naturally.

Xie Cheng was optimistic about enlightening Lan Xi, after all she still worked under him. With eight hours of work time every day, there were plenty of opportunities to give her pointers.

**

After Lan Xi returned to her dorm, she spent another half hour scolding Xie Cheng in her heart, then started pondering how to accomplish the mission of conquering Xie Yunfei.

She recalled what Xie Cheng had left her with:

“You'd better pray you have time to follow him around if you want any chance of tying him down...”

According to the Guidebook, in Earthling parlance, “tying down” an Earth man didn’t actually mean using rope to tie him up. Rather, it represented conquering the other party. In her recent learning progress, Lan Xi had attained a new level of understanding regarding Earth languages.

According to Xie Cheng’s meaning, it seemed that to conquer Xie Yunfei, she had to stick to him like glue.

Lan Xi suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of a perfect plan!

There is always something to learn from your teacher's words, and this was no exception! She had gotten inspiration from Xie Cheng's words!

Although Cheng Xin and Cheng An were now independent companies, they were still both surnamed Xie. Cheng Xin had started out as a subordinate department of Cheng An before Xie Cheng founded and developed it into its own business. Therefore, according to early rules and regulations, it was possible to choose to transfer or jump ship between departments! And this rule still existed today! Since Lan Xi had already given up on conquering Xie Cheng, working under him was a waste of time. She might as well transfer to be Xie Yunfei’s assistant, where she could take action up close and conquer him faster and better!

No time like the present, Lan Xi called Xie Yunfei directly.

As expected, he was very supportive of the proposal, even pleasantly surprised:

"Of course that's no problem! I'm lacking an assistant right now. With you being so pretty, you’ll make me look good when I take you along!"

Xie Yunfei’s delight was genuine.

He had dumped Lan Xi tonight to chase Lisa out, forced to by the threat that Lisa would expose unsavory gossip from when they used to date if he didn’t give her breakup compensation. Although he managed to quickly get away after scaring Lisa off by claiming he had slept with Lan Xi already, he still left Lan Xi at the scene. By normal pretty girl logic, she should have simmered in anger at him for at least three or four days. Xie Yunfei was prepared to coax her for days, but before he even started coaxing her, Lan Xi had called him herself. She not only didn’t blame him at all, she even affectionately offered to be his personal assistant!

On top of being beautiful, she was easygoing and her strength was somewhat freakishly powerful. She could also be a bit crazy when doing things, but who would mind? Especially when she had self-righteously declared sleeping with him to Lisa to stake her claim, even though she was clearly lying, she performed it so genuinely that she successfully scared Lisa off.

What did this indicate?

It showed Lan Xi had extremely high EQ and exceptional adaptability!

And when she acted out sleeping with him to stake her claim, it also demonstrated her possessiveness, while subtly implying to him that she didn’t mind sleeping with him - an ambiguous invitation.

“Don’t worry, I’ll get someone to expedite this transfer process. Put in your application on the OA system tonight and I’ll get it approved right away. You can come work directly under me starting tomorrow.”

Xie Yunfei felt wonderful inside. It seemed Xie Cheng wasn’t as charming as imagined, since digging his corner was completely effortless!