The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character Alpha Decides to Go On Strike (GL) - Chapter 26.2

Su Li was completely ignited, her cheeks so red they could fry an egg.

She covered the spot Shen Mo had kissed: “Are you happy now?”

Shen Mo’s chin was slightly raised, and her face showed the satisfaction of a gentle spring rain.

Hearing this, she nodded: “Mhm.”

“That’s all it takes?” Su Li asked with a smile.

On the stage, the band’s performance continued. The cool lead singer was singing a sad love song in a forced low voice. The sound was very loud, and everyone’s attention was drawn to it.

Shen Mo was captivated and subconsciously leaned closer to her.

But just as their lips were about to touch, a waiter walked past, carrying steaming hot food, interrupting the intimacy between them.

Su Li sighed inwardly.

She pulled Shen Mo into her arms, patting her shoulder reassuringly: “No rush. When we get home…”

Shen Mo looked up at her, her eyes shimmering like water.

“Heh.” Su Li smiled, poking her nose with a finger. “When we get home, I’ll definitely make President Shen satisfied.”

Shen Mo seemed to think of something, and her face flushed.

She sat up from Su Li’s embrace, looking straight at the stage, seemingly focusing on the performance.

But only Su Li knew that she was tightly clutching their intertwined hands, not letting go for a moment.

The dinner ended, and the two said goodbye to Lu Lu and Chen Yue and drove home.

That night, Su Li gently pressed Shen Mo onto the bed.

She enjoyed the quiet feeling of the two embracing and deliberately stared into Shen Mo’s vast, starlike eyes without speaking.

Shen Mo quietly met her gaze for a moment, then blushed and looked away.

She asked in a low voice: “Aren’t we going to… do something?”

“Are you looking forward to it?” Su Li countered, smiling like a little fox that had stolen a fish.

Shen Mo pursed her lips, and nodded almost imperceptibly.

“Smack.” Su Li kissed her cheek. “A reward for President Shen’s honesty.”

Shen Mo looked at her obediently.

Su Li’s mouth held a smile.

Shen Mo didn’t receive further intimacy and finally realized something was amiss: “…And then?”

“And then what?” Su Li threw the question back.

Shen Mo pursed her lips, then actively lifted her head and took Su Li’s lips.

Her actions were a little clumsy, but the genuine desire and urgency were palpable. Sometimes, she would accidentally bump against Su Li’s teeth.

Su Li cooperated by parting her lips, allowing her to clumsily take what she wanted inside her mouth.

Under Shen Mo’s novice kissing skills, she even had the luxury of giving instructions: “Very good, mmm, a little lighter…”

Shen Mo’s eyes gradually became covered with a watery sheen, a clear contrast to the glistening moisture at the corners of her lips. Her mouth was slightly open, panting softly, and the heat in her body was all blowing onto Su Li’s face.

“So sweet,” Su Li pressed her lips.

Shen Mo subconsciously licked the corner of her lips, accidentally touching Su Li’s fingertip, and quickly retracted.

Su Li smiled, her finger slipping between Shen Mo’s lips, stirring the pool of honey.

Perhaps dissatisfied with Su Li’s composure, Shen Mo frowned slightly, tightened her jaw, and gently bit Su Li’s finger.

“Mmm?” Su Li leaned down and kissed her nose. “Pouting again?”

Shen Mo held her hand: “I’m not a child.”

Only children pout.

Su Li chuckled.

Of course, she knew Shen Mo was a mature, intellectual, and independent woman, far from being a child. But for some reason, as their relationship became more intimate, she got used to treating Shen Mo with affection, so her lover became a being who needed to be doted on at all times in her eyes.

“Su Li…” Shen Mo called her name with a hint of dissatisfaction, “Kiss me…”

Su Li supported herself next to her cheek, raising her body slightly: “Didn’t I save tonight for President Shen?”

She teased with a smile: “Doesn’t President Shen want to kiss anymore?”

Shen Mo bit her lower lip. She couldn’t talk her way out of it with Su Li, so she could only condemn her with silent glances.

Su Li lowered her head and placed a kiss on her forehead.

“Alright, I won’t tease you anymore.” She didn’t have the heart to continue delaying Shen Mo, as every moment right now, she herself was equally consumed by unsatisfied desire.

Shen Mo moaned softly, responding to her kiss almost impatiently.

The moonlight was like water. The light in their bedroom remained on until the early morning.

—

After clearing up the misunderstandings during the honeymoon, Su Li felt that her life with Shen Mo was gradually getting on track. The two began their married cohabitation without any obstacles, and every gap in their time together was filled with intimacy.

Even more happily, not only their family life but also the development of Su’s company was getting better day by day, especially after firing Qiao Mumu, the foolish female protagonist who only dragged them down.

That day, she led her team to submit the newly prepared bidding documents to the “Green Field” headquarters, only to run into her nemesis, Fang Huo, who was also there for the same reason.

“Su Li?” Fang Huo actively greeted her provocatively. “What a coincidence.”

On the client’s territory, Su Li maintained a facade of politeness with him, saying with a fake smile: “Long time no see.”

Fang Huo wasn’t planning to let her off: “How have you been lately? I heard Su’s Technology has a new breakthrough?”

“I can’t tell President Fang that,” Su Li twisted open a new bottle of mineral water, took two sips, and tilted her head back. “President Fang should worry more about his own company.”

She remembered Qiao Mumu and suddenly asked with interest: “Speaking of which, since you got a new assistant, your company must be thriving and incomparable to before, right? I really must congratulate President Fang on finding such a great helper.”

Qiao Mumu’s character arc was solid. Su Li didn’t believe Qiao Mumu only caused trouble at Su’s but would suddenly become virtuous at Fangyuan Technology. Su Li’s words were entirely aimed at Fang Huo.

Sure enough, when the topic of the “new assistant” came up, Fang Huo’s expression almost broke. But he couldn’t let Su Li see any clues, so he forced a smile and insisted: “Mumu’s work ability is very strong. I really have to thank President Su for letting her go.”

“I’m so glad to have made that possible for you,” Su Li’s tone lightened happily. “Only someone with such management skills as President Fang can truly bring out Qiao Mumu’s brilliance.”

Hearing this, Fang Huo’s face immediately darkened.

The “Green Field” procurement manager happened to come in right then and enthusiastically greeted Fang Huo: “Oh, President Fang, you’re here!”

He walked a few steps in front of the two: “Why did you come in person? You could have just sent someone to drop off the bidding documents.”

Fang Huo glanced at Su Li smugly: “No other reason. I just came by on the way.”

He adjusted his collar: “Is your President Li here? I brought him some tea he likes to drink.”

“He is, he is. I’ll take you up.” After saying that, he finally saw Su Li in the lobby. “From Su’s, right? You can leave the documents and go.”

Su Li had already completed the submission process and was about to leave anyway. Hearing this, she nodded and turned to prepare to leave.

“Hey, manager.” Fang Huo deliberately raised his voice behind her. “Is there any need to even look at Su’s documents? Their two main headphones, the affordable K10, aren’t good enough for your current procurement standards, and the expensive H7 has a miserably low cost-performance ratio.”

“Why are they rushing to send this kind of stuff here? Isn’t it just needlessly adding to your workload?”

“Exactly,” the other party echoed him. “Oh, there are too many suppliers like this. We’ve been so busy lately.”

The man laughed: “It’s a good thing we have President Fang’s Fangyuan Technology. Your products are highly valued here at ‘Green Field’.”

“In that case, it looks like others are just wasting their time again,” Fang Huo said in a knowing tone, deliberately elongating his words.

Su Li was not a pushover. Hearing this, she turned around and looked at the procurement manager: “So the decision-makers at ‘Green Field’ have been replaced? How come Su’s has been doing business with ‘Green Field’ for so long, and no one notified us?”

The manager was stunned: “What do you mean by that?”

“You, a procurement manager, can decide which company gets this ‘Green Field’ order. Doesn’t that mean ‘Green Field’ has changed its management?” Su Li looked at him with a half-smile. “I wonder what kind of tea you like, manager? I’ll try to pick your favorite next time I try to curry favor.”

Other employees nearby were drawn by the remark. The manager’s face turned pale: “President Su, please don’t talk nonsense. I, a small manager, what could I possibly decide?”

To avoid suspicion, he even moved two steps to distance himself from Fang Huo.

“Is that so?” Su Li narrowed her eyes. “I heard you and President Fang chatting so happily, I thought you had already settled this deal in your conversation. We at Su’s have been very busy working on this order. If the manager had said earlier that the order was going to Fangyuan, it would have saved us the trouble.”

“No, no, that’s not it.” The manager was sweating profusely. “President Su, everyone is in a fair competition, a fair competition. The final result will be decided by comprehensive evaluation from the top.”

Su Li nodded: “Then I’ll trouble the manager to put in a good word for us at Su’s when you’re rallying votes for Fangyuan.”

“This, this, how could I have any say…” The other party looked miserable, forcing a smile that was uglier than a cry.

“Su Li?” Outside the door, Qiao Mumu walked in with a document, looking surprised to see her.

The next moment, she frowned: “Why are you a lingering spirit?”

Who was the lingering spirit? Su Li secretly rolled her eyes, deciding not to pay her any mind.

“Mumu, don’t talk to her,” Fang Huo called out. “Did you print the document? Bring it over quickly.”

Qiao Mumu hopped over to him: “Here I am!” She handed the document to Fang Huo: “It’s been reprinted, there’s definitely no problem this time.”

Fang Huo sighed in relief: “You did great.”

He didn’t dare to delay and directly handed the document to the manager: “Manager, I’ll trouble you to keep Fangyuan’s bidding document.”

“Don’t worry,” the man glanced at Su Li, thought for a moment, and said something nice for the sake of appearances, “We take every supplier seriously.”

While they were engrossed in their little act, Su Li had already left the “Green Field” building.

She found her car and was about to unlock it when she heard Qiao Mumu’s voice: “Su Li.”

Su Li turned around.

Qiao Mumu intimately hooked Fang Huo’s arm: “Just letting you know, Fang Huo and I are officially together.”

Her expression was full of arrogance: “You will never have a chance again.”

Su Li was stunned for a moment: “What opportunity?”

Qiao Mumu gritted her teeth: “The opportunity to be with me, of course!”

“Pfft.” Su Li laughed unreservedly.

The more she thought about it, the happier she became. She bent over, holding her stomach, laughing so hard she lost all composure.

Qiao Mumu’s face turned green: “What are you laughing at? Did you get too shocked…”

“Tha, thank you,” Su Li ignored her and looked straight at Fang Huo.

She wiped away the tears of laughter from the corner of her eyes: “I have to say, President Fang is truly righteous to solve such a big problem for me. If I get the chance, I’ll buy a commemorative banner and send it over to you.”

“You’re just pretending to be tough,” Fang Huo narcissistically brushed off imaginary dust from his clothes. “Su Li, you must be very jealous that Mumu chose to be with me. It’s a pity. If she doesn’t like you, she doesn’t like you. Even though you pursued Mumu for two years, she’s ultimately mine.”

Su Li didn’t mind at all: “You can say whatever you like.”

With that, she got into the car and started the engine.

Her attitude was not what they expected. Qiao Mumu angrily blocked the car.

“I wasted two years at your company, and only felt my true value next to Fang Huo, Su Li! You are nothing! Your Su’s company won’t have a good end either!”

Su Li turned a deaf ear.

She honked the horn twice: “Please move.”

“Hmph!” Qiao Mumu put her hands on her hips. “Why should I move? I like standing here!”

Su Li’s foot was on the accelerator, and she began to evaluate the legal consequences of directly running her over.

Suddenly, the procurement manager from “Green Field” rushed out in a panic: “President Fang! President Fang!!!”

Fang Huo and Qiao Mumu turned around: “What’s wrong?”

“Oh dear, your bidding document, why isn’t the format consistent?” The manager spread out the document. “Different fonts all over the place, that doesn’t meet the requirements! Luckily I found it in time. You need to rush back and print a new one!”

Fang Huo was stunned on the spot, then suddenly turned to Qiao Mumu: “Didn’t you say there would definitely be no problem this time? You messed up a single document like this?”

“Why are you yelling at me?” Qiao Mumu pouted. “It’s just a small issue. I, I’ll go fix it, okay?”

Fang Huo began to take deep breaths: “Baby, I’m not yelling at you, but this document is really important…”

Qiao Mumu slapped the document onto his face: “If it’s important, you do it yourself! Su Li used to write these things, I’m not familiar with them at all!”

With that, she turned her butt and walked away, leaving Fang Huo standing foolishly alone.

Su Li’s feelings were complex. She thought of her own infatuated efforts in the past, then looked at Fang Huo in the same predicament, and actually felt a little pity for him.

Of course, that feeling quickly disappeared. Qiao Mumu was no longer blocking the way, and she successfully drove away from the area.

A month later, at an industry banquet, she overheard some colleagues who were on friendly terms gossiping that Fang Huo had rushed back and forth and just barely managed to resubmit the corrected document on time.

“You should have seen the scene, Fang Huo’s arrogant facade completely crumbled. It was hilarious.”

Su Li smiled: “It is quite a shame.”

“You must be relieved, right? Not long ago, Fang Huo even poached an executive assistant from you. Now he’s finally fallen flat on his face.”

“Tsk, you can’t say that,” Su Li smoothed her long hair. “Regarding the assistant, I’m quite thankful to President Fang.”

“Eh?” Everyone looked at each other, utterly confused by Su Li’s meaning.

Su Li didn’t want to explain, picked up her wine glass, and said goodbye to the group: “You all drink, I’ll excuse myself.”

She walked to a secluded spot, took out her phone, and messaged Shen Mo: [Are you here yet?]

[Still on the way.] Shen Mo replied quickly. Two seconds later, the next message arrived: [How’s the banquet?]

[It’s boring.]

After a moment’s thought, Su Li curved her lips and typed three words: [Miss you.]

Shen Mo, sitting in the car, blushed for a moment when she saw it.

She was always honest: [Me too.]

[So how is President Shen missing me?]

[I told the driver to drive faster.]

Su Li covered her forehead and gave a wry smile. She knew Shen Mo was always pragmatic, but she didn’t expect her to be so oblivious to romance.

Sighing, she typed a reply: [Don’t. Don’t rush. Tell the driver to be careful. It’s not like I’m going to run away.]

Shen Mo: [It’s okay. Meeting a minute earlier is also good.]

Su Li couldn’t hold back her smile, so happy she wanted to spin around on the spot. The excitement prevented her from staying put, so Su Li walked forward while editing her message reply. Due to this carelessness, an accident occurred. Before the new reply could be sent, Su Li bumped into someone head-on.

“Ah—” The woman let out a scream.

“Sorry!” Su Li quickly put away her phone and hurried to help the other party. “Are you alright?”

The lady leaned against a pillar. Half the champagne in her glass had spilled out, leaving a yellowish stain on her cream-colored dress.

“My dress!!!” She looked up and glared at Su Li. “Don’t you have eyes?! Why weren’t you watching where you were going?!”

“I’m very sorry.” Su Li pulled a tissue from a nearby table and handed it to her. “I was replying to a message just now and didn’t notice anyone in front of me.”

The woman completely ignored her, stomping her foot in anger. Suddenly, she raised the glass in her hand and splashed the remaining half of the champagne towards Su Li.

Su Li’s reflexes were quick, and she managed to dodge to the side in time. The half glass of expensive champagne spilled onto the floor with a “splat,” with only a few drops splashing onto her skirt hem.

In her twenty years of life, this was the first time Su Li had encountered someone like this—she knew she was at fault initially, but she had apologized nicely. She didn’t expect the other party’s first reaction to be retaliation in kind.

While she was stunned, the woman’s face had flushed crimson: “You dare to dodge?!”

“Miss, please calm down!” Since she was the one who was rude first, Su Li suppressed her anger but couldn’t maintain her polite tone. She said coldly, trying to end the matter quickly: “How do we calculate the loss here? I’m willing to offer any reasonable compensation.”

“Do you think you can afford to compensate me?” The woman’s eyes turned red. “I managed to buy this dress with great difficulty, and I have to go on stage to give a speech later. How can I meet people with this wine stain?”

She suddenly started crying, took out her phone, and began to call: “Mr. Xu, please come here quickly, someone is trying to bully me to death.”

Su Li frowned. “How about this? I’ll contact a clothing store to send you a new dress right now, or, this stain isn’t actually very obvious. You could cover it completely with a shawl.”

The woman wouldn’t listen, crying and making vicious remarks: “You just wait, hmph hmph, I’ll make sure you regret this tonight!”

Su Li: “…”

Despite her annoyance, she still didn’t leave, patiently waiting with the woman for her backer to arrive. Soon, the woman’s backer came.

Su Li looked closely and realized that this backer was indeed someone important—the man who rushed over was Xu Guibo, the host of this evening’s banquet.

Su Li knew Xu Guibo, and since her face wasn’t unfamiliar, Xu Guibo immediately recognized her identity.

“You, you are the young miss from Su’s, right?”

Su Li nodded: “Yes, Uncle Xu.”

She proactively explained: “I accidentally bumped into this lady, and we are currently discussing compensation.”

“Look at this mess,” Xu Guibo frowned. “Where is your father, Su Qian? Is he here?”

“Father is a bit busy. I am representing Su’s at the banquet today,” Su Li replied.

“Tsk.” Xu Guibo gave a condescending smile. “He didn’t come himself, sending an impulsive girl like you instead. Look, now you’ve gotten into big trouble, haven’t you?”

“I am attending the banquet because I can represent the entire Su’s company,” Su Li replied, suppressing her anger and maintaining basic politeness. “This is just a simple accident. Let’s stick to the facts and figure out how to resolve it. Continuing this deadlock won’t solve the problem, will it?”

Xu Guibo considered for a moment, then lowered his head and asked the woman: “Stop crying. How about letting her compensate you for the dress?”

“Who wants her compensation? It’s not like we don’t have that kind of money!” The woman leaned on his arm, weeping dramatically while viciously twisting her fingers.

“Yes, yes, we certainly don’t lack the money for this dress.” Xu Guibo looked at Su Li with an expression that said, “You’re lucky,” and continued to ask: “Then what do you want?”

The woman glared at Su Li, saying word by word: “You make her stand still, and I’ll splash her with wine too!”

Su Li curved her lips, exasperated to the point of laughter. She truly couldn’t understand the other party’s logic: “Did I splash the wine on you?”

The woman clenched her fist: “If not you, then who?”

“The glass was in your own hand, and now I’ve become the one who splashed the wine?” Su Li sneered. “Can you at least be reasonable?”

“You, a nobody from a small company, why should I be reasonable with you?”

The woman arrogantly crossed her arms: “I’m telling you, either you stand still and let me splash you with wine until I feel better, or you get out of here. You choose!”

Su Li looked at Xu Guibo.

Xu Guibo shrugged, looking like he couldn’t do anything: “Well, you heard her. The solution has been given to you.”

He smiled hypocritically: “Little Su, if you ask me, just let her splash you. It’s not like you’ll lose a piece of flesh. The important part of the banquet hasn’t started yet. If you leave now, it’ll be hard to explain to your dad, right?”

“It won’t be,” Su Li straightened her collar.

She gave both of them a “kind” smile: “If my dad knew this banquet was hosted by shady people like you, he wouldn’t even have me make the trip.”

With that, she turned swiftly and left the venue without looking back.