A Vicious Female Rival Omega is Sweet and Soft - Chapter 18

Ye Yixi’s heart was in turmoil, but she could not really say anything. The relationship between the two of them was no longer the same as before. In everyone else’s eyes, they were already lovers, so naturally, she had to cooperate properly with Shen Qingran.

More and more gazes gathered at the elevator entrance. Ye Yixi felt as if thorns were pricking her back. She squeezed out a smile and quickly reached out to take the cake box from Shen Qingran’s hand.

Shen Qingran smoothly took the opportunity to hook her arm around Ye Yixi’s, even leaning her head slightly against Ye Yixi’s shoulder. Her movements were unbelievably natural.

Ye Yixi almost suspected that Shen Qingran had secretly gone somewhere to take acting lessons.

How did she manage to do this without blushing or her heart racing?

The moment the elevator doors closed, Ye Yixi finally relaxed her tense body. But Shen Qingran was still leaning against her, with no awareness of moving away at all.

Ye Yixi coughed lightly a few times and shrugged her shoulder, signaling that Shen Qingran could move her head away now.

Shen Qingran let out a few soft hums, acting spoiled like a meowing cat.

“We have to act all the way through, Xixi… Why are you so resistant?”

Ye Yixi was speechless.

Every time she heard Shen Qingran call her by that doubled nickname, goosebumps almost rose all over her body. Before, they had always politely called each other Miss Ye and Miss Shen. Now, even calling this person by her name felt a little awkward to Ye Yixi, yet Shen Qingran could say it so smoothly. It was truly astonishing.

Ye Yixi was just about to say something when the elevator had already reached the destination floor.

With a ding, the doors slowly opened. By coincidence, they ran into the young assistant who was about to go downstairs. She was holding some documents with a confused expression. After seeing the people inside clearly, her expression visibly panicked.

At this moment, Shen Qingran was still intimately leaning against Ye Yixi’s shoulder.

The young assistant looked as if she had seen something she should not have seen. She immediately raised her head and stared at the ceiling. She was so embarrassed that she did not know whether to enter or retreat. In her panic, she blurted out,

“I-I… I didn’t see anything!”

Ye Yixi could only pretend nothing had happened. She forcibly pulled some distance between herself and Shen Qingran, then walked out of the elevator with a cold expression.

Shen Qingran followed unhurriedly and even greeted the young assistant in passing. She really looked completely relaxed.

To reach Ye Yixi’s office, they still had to pass through a long corridor. Transparent glass walls were installed on both sides. The employees from various departments sitting inside immediately stirred. One by one, they poked their heads up and looked over at them, quietly discussing their boss’s recent relationship rumors.

Ye Yixi’s gaze shifted slightly.

In an instant, everything fell silent.

The original owner’s bad reputation and attitude were actually quite useful for scaring people.

Ye Yixi looked back at Shen Qingran, who was following behind her, and gave her a look, telling her to walk faster.

Shen Qingran nodded and quickened her pace, then stepped forward and hooked Ye Yixi’s arm again.

…

Once the door closed, Ye Yixi plopped down on the sofa.

Her office was very spacious, at least two hundred square meters, and it occupied the best position in the entire company. The huge floor-to-ceiling windows had excellent lighting. Standing here and looking down, one could take in the beautiful scenery of the whole city.

She placed the cake on her desk and got herself a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice.

At this moment, Shen Qingran sat calmly on the small sofa nearby, staring at Ye Yixi as she walked back and forth.

“You… why did you come today?”

Ye Yixi unbuttoned two buttons of her shirt, revealing a large expanse of collarbone. For some reason, she kept feeling very hot. Maybe she had been frightened by Shen Qingran’s actions just now and still had not fully recovered.

“I missed you~”

This light sentence nearly choked Ye Yixi to death again.

She coughed violently several times. Her throat and nasal cavity were filled with the taste of orange juice, and some of it had even spilled from the glass.

Ye Yixi pulled out a few wet wipes and wiped her fingers. Shen Qingran’s gaze followed her closely the entire time, making her feel uncomfortable all over.

She kept feeling that this person was becoming more and more strange.

Was this still the Shen Qingran she knew before?

Ye Yixi irritably crumpled the tissue into a ball and threw it into the trash can. Her tone was rather helpless.

“Miss Shen, do we really need to act even in private?”

“There’s still almost half a year before the movie finishes filming. I’m just letting you get used to it in advance.”

There was a smile in Shen Qingran’s eyes as she leaned back slightly. Then she changed the subject.

“Also, you can’t keep calling me Miss Shen anymore. Come on, try calling my name.”

Shen Qingran propped up her chin and leaned forward a little. When she raised her head to look at Ye Yixi, her eyes were like spring water with a misty haze, but the mole at the corner of her eye added a hint of seductive charm. It was like a soft hook, making it impossible to refuse.

Ye Yixi felt as if the tip of her heart had been brushed by a feather. It was a little itchy.

She obediently opened her mouth slowly, but the tip of her tongue seemed to burn. She kept stumbling over her words. Calling a name had, at this moment, become harder than climbing to the heavens.

“Shen Qingran… Qingran…”

“Change to another way of addressing me. Like how I call you.”

After trying a few times, Ye Yixi finally managed to call her name smoothly, but Shen Qingran was still not satisfied. She insisted that Ye Yixi call her by a doubled nickname.

Ye Yixi found it childish and felt somewhat resistant, but she could not win against this person. In the end, she gritted her teeth and gave up struggling.

“Shen Qingran, Qingran… Ranran. Is that enough?”

Miss Shen finally heard the address she wanted. Her face was full of satisfaction, and she nodded in approval.

“Not bad. Xixi, you have to remember it well.”

Ye Yixi: “…”

“You didn’t come to find me today just to play this naming game, did you?”

Ye Yixi did not believe that Shen Qingran would come to her for no reason. She did not look like someone with that much free time either. There had to be something else.

Shen Qingran changed from her deliberately teasing expression, and her face became hard to read. She stood from the sofa and slowly walked to Ye Yixi’s side. Then she curved her lips and crooked a finger at the person in front of her, signaling for her to come closer.

Seeing her acting so mysterious, Ye Yixi really was curious. So she leaned her face closer.

Shen Qingran’s chestnut hair fell over Ye Yixi’s forehead. As Shen Qingran bent down and moved closer, Ye Yixi smelled that familiar sweetness on her body.

It was very fragrant and very pleasant.

Her ear was instantly touched by damp breath. When the warmth brushed against her ear, it felt numb and tingling. Ye Yixi’s heartbeat began to speed up again.

She realized that every time Shen Qingran came close, she became like this. And there was nothing she could do about it. Every cell beneath her pores seemed to be rejoicing over Shen Qingran’s approach.

Ye Yixi knew that her mindset had already changed.

But before she could properly sink into it, Shen Qingran’s next sentence startled her so much that she nearly fell out of her seat.

“Will you come home with me to meet my parent?”

What kind of international joke was this?

Weren’t she and Shen Qingran acting?

How had it already reached the step of meeting the family???

Ye Yixi could hardly believe her ears.

“Shen Qingran, can you stop saying such scary things out of nowhere?”

She had been startled several times every day recently. Ye Yixi expressed that her little heart really could not take much more.

“Just treat it as helping me, okay? My mother saw the news and told me to bring you home so she can meet you once…”

“You didn’t tell her it was fake?”

“Mm… I originally planned to, but I didn’t find the right opportunity. She believed it was real, so…”

Shen Qingran pressed her palms together and showed a pleading gaze.

“Please. Come back with me and explain it to my mother, alright?”

So that was how it was.

Shen Qingran asking for a favor actually made Ye Yixi feel much more at ease. Otherwise, she really would have thought Shen Qingran had taken the wrong medicine today, showing her goodwill in all sorts of ways. It was truly hard to handle.

“Then… when are we going?”

Seeing that Ye Yixi had softened, Shen Qingran knew she had already agreed. She smiled and opened the cake in front of them, cutting a small piece and offering it to Ye Yixi’s mouth with a fork.

“How about tonight?”

…

Ye Yixi had met Chairwoman Shen before.

When she had just transmigrated into the book and completed her first main mission, she had attended Chairwoman Shen’s birthday banquet. That successful career woman Alpha with a powerful aura had left a relatively deep impression on Ye Yixi.

But this time, she had to meet her as Shen Qingran’s lover. That was different.

Fortunately, she was only going to explain things. It should not be too difficult for her.

After thinking left and right, Ye Yixi still decided to buy some gifts. After all, this was an elder. Going empty-handed would not be very good.

So she bought several bottles of big-brand perfume, as well as some expensive wine and fruit. She hurriedly prepared before dinner, then drove to Shen Qingran’s house.

To say she was not nervous would be a lie.

When Ye Yixi stood at the entrance of the Shen family home, her whole body was almost trembling. She did not even know what she was nervous about. They were not a real couple, so why did this feel like truly meeting the family?

Ye Yixi let out a soft sigh and sent Shen Qingran a message. Before long, Shen Qingran came out to receive her.

Seeing that Ye Yixi was carrying quite a lot of things, Shen Qingran felt somewhat happy. She quietly said thank you and took them from her.

This time, they were not going to the small rooms from before, but to the Shen family’s main dining hall.

It was very large. The dining table was long and wide, and at least ten Ye Yixis could lie on top of it!

She poked her head out and looked left and right. She discovered that apart from herself, Shen Qingran, and a few service staff, there were at most some Michelin chefs in the back kitchen preparing dinner.

There was no one else.

So where was Chairwoman Shen?

Ye Yixi was a little puzzled.

Wasn’t she here tonight to meet Shen Qingran’s mother? Why had she not seen her?

“Chairwoman Shen hasn’t arrived?”

“She’s still handling something. She’ll be here shortly.”

Hearing this, Ye Yixi became nervous again, and her expression turned unnatural.

Shen Qingran also noticed her restraint and wanted to change the topic to help her relax. So she pointed at a spot on Ye Yixi’s face and deliberately said in surprise,

“Ye Yixi, is your foundation caking around your nose?”

Where????

What caking????

This move successfully shifted Ye Yixi’s attention.

She focused entirely on her face, then took a small mirror and powder puff out of her bag and began frantically touching up her makeup.

“Sigh, let me smooth it out for you.”

The more Ye Yixi applied, the stranger it looked. Shen Qingran really could not keep watching. She reached out to steady Ye Yixi’s swaying head, then bent down and carefully helped blend the foundation around her nose.

With Shen Qingran so close, Ye Yixi’s heart began pounding like a drum again.

She even suspected whether this was the fault of pheromones. After all, Alphas were naturally excited by an Omega’s scent.

But her gaze unconsciously drifted to Shen Qingran’s lips.

They were pink and glossy. Her serious expression was actually rather charming. If Ye Yixi suddenly leaned forward and kissed her, Shen Qingran probably would not even react in time.

Their breaths fell against each other’s faces.

Ye Yixi’s mind uncontrollably began to wander into strange fantasies. Shen Qingran had lowered her head and was holding Ye Yixi’s face. This posture was simply too suitable for grabbing her waist and kissing her…

Just as the atmosphere grew thick, a steady female voice suddenly sounded.

“What are you two doing?”

Ye Yixi and Shen Qingran subconsciously turned their heads together.

Then they saw Chairwoman Shen frowning, her expression extremely stern.