Saving the Pitiful Villain (GL) - Chapter 22

The little yellow duck cotton candy looked terrible. The original orange little mouth was flattened, and it looked wilted.

Yun Wu showed no sign of disgust. She emptied the pens from the pen holder, inserted the cotton candy stick inside, and carefully set it aside.

By the time Yun Wu finished putting away her clothes, the living room was empty. Yun Wu glanced toward the dining table, and the Chinese herbal medicine was gone.

About half an hour later, Yun Wu came out after showering. The living room was still empty.

She walked to Jiang Shangxue’s bedroom door, reached out to knock, hesitated for a long time, and then withdrew her hand.

When returning to her room, Yun Wu deliberately used a bit more force to close the door.

Click.

Yun Wu didn’t walk away. Her hand rested on the doorknob, and she stood still, pressed against the side of the door. The air seemed to be solidified by a thin layer of coldness.

Tiny ice splinters intersected in her slightly boiling blood until two sounds came from outside the door.

One sound of a door opening, and one sound of a door closing.

Jiang Shangxue had gone to take a shower.

Yun Wu slowly exhaled. The cold expression on her face didn’t change. She locked the door, then walked to the desk and took out the project documents she had secretly copied last time.

Based on her memory from the previous life, Yun Wu composed an email. In the email, Yun Wu clearly listed all the suspicious points of the blood test for cancer detection project. All these suspicious points were later confirmed in her previous life.

The US had hyped this technology greatly and promoted it nationwide, so no one doubted its authenticity, even though Chinese technicians were never allowed to inspect it.

At two in the morning, Yun Wu sent the email one by one to a few project members who she remembered had a voice and trustworthy character in her previous life.

Finally, her gaze fell on Jiang Shangxue’s email address. After a moment of hesitation, Yun Wu clicked to send it as well.

She slept soundly all night.

The next day was a rest day. Yun Wu woke up at eight o’clock. As soon as she opened the door, Jiang Shangxue, wearing a nightgown, was sitting upright at the dining table reading the newspaper.

A woman Yun Wu didn’t recognize sat next to her.

“Wu Wu, wash up and come eat breakfast.”

Jiang Shangxue looked normal. She put down the newspaper and began scooping porridge for Yun Wu.

It was yam and lean pork porridge, kept warm in a ceramic pot, steaming slightly.

Yun Wu lowered her eyes, hooked her fingers on the hem of her nightgown, and nodded. “Okay, Auntie Jiang.”

Yun Wu had left very early the previous few days. This was the first time they had encountered each other in the morning.

Meng Meng, who had only come to deliver project documents, looked at Jiang Shangxue scooping porridge for her and felt internal alarm.

What am I seeing?

Where am I?

Who is that girl?

Why is she wearing the same style of nightgown as the CEO?

Oh my god? Does the CEO have a daughter? But the age doesn’t seem right?

And the CEO in casual wear is so gentle! She doesn’t resemble the pretentious, dramatic person the rumors described at all!

Meng Meng screamed in her heart, but her face remained serious as she accepted the porridge and thanked Jiang Shangxue.

She had planned to leave after delivering the documents, but the house-helper had finished breakfast just as she arrived, and the CEO seemed to have further instructions. Meng Meng couldn’t refuse and had to stay.

Jiang Shangxue didn’t speak, and Meng Meng dared not speak either.

Taking advantage of Jiang Shangxue reading the newspaper, she quickly typed on her phone.

【Meng Meng: Asking, what level of horror is it to eat at the big boss’s house at the same table as the big boss?】

【Guo Yu: With CEO Jiang???】

【Yu Xin: You’re amazing.】

The first time Jiang Shangxue went to the Group, she laid bare the legal department’s failings. Her composed manner suggested she had already thoroughly understood the Group.

Reports submitted were quickly and incisively addressed with identified problems—at a jaw-dropping speed.

Initially, everyone was somewhat dismissive, as rumors never come entirely out of nowhere. But with Jiang Shangxue, they seemed to be thoroughly proven wrong.

She had now become the most mysterious leader in the Group.

Even when she smiled gently, everyone braced themselves to respond with full attention.

But putting aside business, the more Meng Meng looked at the CEO, the more enchanted she felt.

Not only were her looks exceptional, but her demeanor was the best Meng Meng had ever seen. Her features were clear but not overly bony, and her gentle eyes thoroughly outlined her intellectual elegance and grace.

Especially now, wearing a simple nightgown, her inherent charm was even more captivating.

When Yun Wu, wearing the same style of nightgown, sat down next to Jiang Shangxue, Meng Meng’s feeling of suddenness became even more apparent.

The CEO looked gentle in the same nightgown, but the little girl next to her, although her features were delicate and she looked obedient, seemed to be wrapped in a cool, detached aura.

Meng Meng chuckled awkwardly, then proactively greeted Yun Wu. “Hello. I’m CEO Jiang’s private assistant.”

Yun Wu moved her lips but didn’t speak. She seemed to be thinking about what to say.

Jiang Shangxue glanced at her and smiled faintly. “Call her Sister Meng.”

It was the completely natural tone of an elder speaking to a junior.

Meng Meng was shocked!

Then, she heard the little girl obediently call out, “Sister Meng.”

The two had completely different temperaments, but sitting together, they somehow looked harmonious. Meng Meng was so dizzy from being called “Sister” that she blurted out something impulsively.

“CEO, your daughter really looks like you. Both impossibly beautiful.”

Meng Meng had a bit of a fan-girl look in her eyes as she said this. The words were barely out of her mouth when she instantly snapped back to reality, wanting to slap herself.

What nonsense am I saying! Who told me she was her daughter!!!

Just as Meng Meng was forcing a strained laugh, the smile in Jiang Shangxue’s eyes deepened. She casually countered, “Is that so? I hadn’t noticed.”

She acknowledged it! She acknowledged it!

Meng Meng was so rattled by the unexpected reversal that she swallowed hard, nodding rapidly. “Yes, she does, she does.”

Yun Wu, who had been focused on drinking her porridge, felt a faint prick in her heart.

She looked up, meeting Jiang Shangxue’s earnest gaze. A subtle emotion seeped out from her chest.

Does she really consider me her daughter?

Thinking of something, Yun Wu lowered her head again, her trembling eyelashes obscuring the scattered coldness in her eyes.

That touch of delicate warmth dispersed like the wind, leaving no trace.