Chapter 291: Chapter 291: Nuisance Calls Chapter 291: Chapter 291: Nuisance Calls After the water was fed, his thin lips left her.

His dark eyes gazed down at her, their nearness during the eye contact as if able to penetrate the soul of the other in an instant.

However, Tang Yu couldn’t fathom Ye Sihan’s thoughts, instead feeling an overwhelming sensation of being devoured.

Tang Yu’s eyelashes trembled, and she turned her face away, refusing to look at him.

Don’t think that by doing this, she wasn’t angry at his actions!

The meal was spoon-fed to her in bed by Ye Sihan, and once she was full, she no longer knew what anger was.

Due to extreme physical fatigue, she leaned on the bed after eating and soon fell asleep again.

In a daze, she felt someone kiss her lips.

When Tang Yu woke up, she was alone in the room, the children hadn’t come to disturb her—it was quiet and peaceful.

Where was Ye Sihan? Had he gone out?

Turning her head, she noticed a sticky note on the bedside table.

Just as she moved her body—

“Ah…” Tang Yu suspected that her bones had been disassembled; the discomfort was unbearable!

Every muscle in her body was in pain.

It was a living hell! She cursed Ye Sihan in her mind again!

Finally managing to get the sticky note, she saw the bold and powerful handwriting, instantly knowing it was left by Ye Sihan.

He was here on a business trip, and he had to attend to work matters.

Lying listlessly on the bed, Tang Yu gazed at the expansive sky outside the floor-to-ceiling window.

Yet in her head, she pondered over Ye Sihan.

She always wondered, could Ye Sihan have possibly fallen for her?

Sometimes she would have this illusion.

Was it an illusion, or reality?

Was it her as a person he liked, or was it just her body?

Tang Yu didn’t know—Ye Sihan was too difficult to predict.

Leaving her perpetually lost and confused.

At the KING Group’s secretarial department.

Yi Die was working, while listening to two female colleagues gossiping—

“Mr. Ye went on a business trip, why didn’t Xiao Yu accompany him?”

“I heard that someone else went with him.”

“Someone else? Couldn’t be a woman, could it?”

“Is it Tang Yu?”

Who didn’t know that Caged Studio was set up for Tang Yu, and that their relationships were an open secret to insiders.

Yi Die, annoyed, slammed her keyboard, “Can you not spread rumors here? Mr. Ye is on a business trip, not a vacation!”

“But it’s to Maldives, and do the business matters really take that long? It’s been almost a week,” her colleague retorted, unconvinced.

“And I heard that only a deputy general manager was needed for the trip, there was no need for Mr. Ye to go personally. That just shows Mr. Ye’s trip wasn’t only for work but had other purposes too.”

“Even if there are other purposes, you shouldn’t talk about Mr. Ye as if he went there to date,” Yi Die continued to argue.

Her colleague awkwardly laughed, “Yi Die, why are you so upset?”

“Exactly, it’s not like it has anything to do with you, right?”

“I… I just don’t want you to slander Mr. Ye here,” Yi Die said, her eyes flickering, before she got up and left the secretarial department.

As soon as she was out of the secretarial department, the jealousy on her face became evident.

The words of her colleagues muddled her mind.

Could the situation really be as they described?

Yi Die turned and went to Xiao Yu’s office to ask, “Xiao Yu, when is Mr. Ye coming back?”

“Is there something you need?”

“You’re my direct supervisor. If there’s anything, I would come to you. It’s just strange, is the work so difficult that Mr. Ye has been delayed so long?”

Xiao Yu understood Yi Die’s intentions at once, but just smiled without responding.

“I heard from people in the department that Mr. Ye took Tang Yu with him? That can’t be possible, right?”

“Whether to take Tang Yu or not is Mr. Ye’s private affair; we just need to do our part well.”

“Even so, Mr. Ye has been good to me, so caring a bit shouldn’t be too much, right?” Yi Die asked.

Xiao Yu closed the file in front of him, interlaced his hands and propped his chin, looking at her.

“…What’s wrong?” Yi Die was unnerved by his gaze.

“I’ll say it again, do the work that’s expected of you.”

Yi Die walked out of the office and sat down in the break room, feeling quite defiant.

What did he mean by doing the work that’s expected of you? Wasn’t she doing her job well enough?

And Xiao Yu was certainly aware of the fact that Sihan had previously asked her to be his companion! Why not choose some other woman? Why must it be her?

Wasn’t it because she was different from other women, and Sihan valued her more?

The thought of Tang Yu being the one by Sihan’s side right now made Yi Die feel very unwilling.

She pulled out her phone and thought about calling Sihan.

Maybe, it wasn’t like what her coworkers were saying at all…

Tang Yu quickly got into the bathroom to undress and take a shower while Sihan was busy working in the study.

The rest over the last couple of days had not been enough, and her body still felt a bit off; she didn’t want to ‘add new injuries to old wounds.’

When Sihan came out of the study, he saw Tang Yu, who had already taken a shower and was in bed, he approached the bed, his tall silhouette casting a shadow over the figure in bed looking defensive.

Tang Yu cleared her throat to ease the tension, “I’ve taken a shower, it’s your turn!”

“Just because you’ve showered doesn’t mean you can’t do it a second time, right?”

“…” Tang Yu’s face stiffened in an instant, realizing she was too naive. She burrowed into the thin blanket as if being coy, “No, you go by yourself. I’m really tired.”

Sihan looked at her with a ripple in his dark pupils, set his phone on the nightstand, and went to take a shower.

Only when Tang Yu heard the door closing did she dare to peek out.

She even craned her neck to look toward the bathroom to check if Sihan was indeed taking a shower.

After confirming, she breathed a sigh of relief.

She didn’t want to shower with Sihan—it was like being locked in a cage with a starving beast.

Moreover, tomorrow was Christmas. She didn’t want to spend it in bed.

The cell phone on the nightstand rang.

Tang Yu leaned over to check the incoming call on the phone; it was an unsaved number.

Who could it be?

She took the phone to the bathroom door and spoke through the door, “Sihan, there’s a call for you. It’s an unsaved number, probably from within the country.”

“Answer it.”

“…Okay.” Tang Yu surprisingly found herself fielding the call—”Hello, who’s this?”

“Tang Yu? Why are you answering the phone?” The voice of Yi Die on the other end was livid, her face contorted with anger. “Where’s Mr. Ye?”

Tang Yu glanced toward the bathroom door and said, “He’s taking a shower.”

“You…you have no shame! Mr. Ye likes me, not you. Let him answer the call!”

“That’s not convenient.” Tang Yu said and hung up immediately.

Sitting at the edge of the bed, placing the phone back on the nightstand.

Tang Yu felt a tightness in her chest.

Did Sihan like Yi Die? Probably, otherwise why would he take her to the charity gala and let everyone think she was his woman?

If it hadn’t been for Sihan going to take a shower, he would have gotten Yi Die’s call, then…what would they have talked about?

Tang Yu suddenly felt that she was an ‘expendable’ role by Sihan’s side…

The bathroom door slid open, and Sihan walked out, with just a towel loosely tied around his waist, as if it could fall at any moment.

His firm chest muscles down to his now-visible abs were sexy and imposing, causing a rapid heartbeat just by looking.

Tang Yu quickly turned away.

“Who called?”

“…Junk call.” Tang Yu tried to look calm but felt extremely guilty inside for lying.

She turned around, climbed into bed, not wanting Sihan to read her face.

After all, Sihan was so shrewd, she feared betraying any emotion.