Chapter 121: Truly Nothing at All!

Noticing the young lady’s cheeks flush, Lin Yu grinned mischievously. “Yeah, there’s a bit of a sour smell.”

“Boss, how many days has it been since you changed your shoes? Or have you not swapped out your black stockings?”

Could it be that, like some men, she never bathes or changes?

“No, that can’t be right. Women are supposed to bathe every day, aren’t they?”

The young lady, raised with impeccable manners, hardly ever discussed personal matters, even with her own family. Lin Yu’s words left her both embarrassed and annoyed.

“You… Shut up!”

She had no desire to hear such indecent words—not out of old-fashioned thinking, but simply because… Well, a rosebud that has never blossomed is bound to feel afraid and shy at the thought of being forced open and exposed.

Ji Ya was known to everyone as the young lady of the house, as pure as a rose yet to bloom.

Realizing she was angry, Lin Yu dropped the teasing. After all, boys mature sooner than girls and tend to know more. Joking only to a point is the greatest respect one can offer a girl and a true measure of a man’s character.

They continued chatting idly, but after the earlier exchange, Ji Ya’s face remained tinged with red, and she avoided meeting Lin Yu’s gaze—even though she knew it was impolite not to look someone in the eye during a conversation.

But the topic had been simply too mortifying!

Internally, the young lady was a bundle of nerves.

Soon, the car arranged by the hotel manager arrived—a perfectly ordinary Rolls. The driver got out and opened the door for the two of them.

Lin Yu was growing used to being waited on. In his previous life, he had always been the one serving others, so he understood well the hardships of service work. He handed the driver a bottle of water. Only after Ji Ya nodded did the driver accept it.

The car started moving slowly, merging onto the main road. A bodyguard in the passenger seat kept a close eye on the pair in the back. When the rearview mirror caught the moment Ji Ya lifted her legs, the man in front immediately pressed a button.

A curtain slid into place, completely separating the front from the back. It was Lin Yu’s first time in a Rolls, and he curiously reached out to touch the curtain, then leaned forward, hands cupped, trying to peer ahead—but saw nothing.

“This thing blocks out the light so well? Where can you buy one?”

Ji Ya couldn’t help but laugh at his naïve curiosity about the upper-class lifestyle. She swung her legs onto his lap. “Don’t ask so many questions.”

She feigned annoyance, then added, “I’ll teach you everything in time.”

After all, the contract wasn’t being terminated anymore; there was plenty of time.

Lin Yu understood her meaning immediately and began massaging her injured ankle. He moved in slow, gentle circles—light yet precise.

Ji Ya closed her eyes, savoring the tingling relief. She had been to many spas and even hired professional masseurs from abroad, but none of them had ever given her this kind of pleasure.

The two lost themselves in their private world, utterly forgetting everything else—

Back at the scene.

Su Xiaolin had finally crawled out of the bushes, but after searching the area, she still couldn’t find the two of them. The nearby music festival had just ended, and crowds were dispersing.

Spotting a couple who looked just like them—arms around each other, sweet as could be—she hurried over, only to find they were just university students.

She tried calling both their phones, but no one answered. Ji Ya’s phone went unanswered, and Lin Yu’s, true to form, was switched off.

Had they really left her behind?

Su Xiaolin was utterly bewildered.

—

Ji Ya’s phone kept ringing nonstop, but the driver and bodyguard exchanged glances and silently agreed not to mention it.

She only realized her phone was dead after getting into the car. Having spent the whole day negotiating with shareholders—and even while flying—her phone had never stopped working.

Once everything calmed down, she noticed the battery was nearly gone and handed it to the driver to charge up front.

There was also a charger in the back, but she didn’t want to be disturbed now. After all, every moment alone with Lin Yu was precious. If the contract termination hadn’t been resolved, they might never have seen each other again. Fortunately, things could still change.

Another call came in—Su Xiaolin’s name flashed on the screen—but no one dared answer. No one wanted to disturb Ji Ya, especially considering what she and Lin Yu might be doing in the back seat.

As it happened, the two of them were indeed occupied.

After ten minutes of massage, Ji Ya fell asleep, her expression soft and innocent as a gentle rabbit. Sunlight poured in through the windows, gilding her hair with a luminous glow.

Lin Yu carefully moved her legs aside, then shifted to sit next to her. He gently lifted her head and placed a blanket over her.

Accidentally, he ended up leaning over her, enveloped in her sweet, gentle scent. Lin Yu scratched his head and murmured to himself,

“Who would have thought the high and mighty young lady would use a fragrance as sweet as Chance?”

In her dreams, Ji Ya returned to her earliest days at the company, surrounded by the wily old executives who resented her for being young and female.

The daily grind and pressure were as heavy as an elephant. Her father, still alive then, had never granted her any special privileges, determined to toughen her up.

She worked her way up from the very bottom.

During those dark days, she never let her colleagues see her struggles. The newcomers were always sent running errands by the seasoned veterans.

Once, she had even printed the wrong documents by mistake. It was a minor issue, but she hurried off to deal with the next problem…

In her sleep, Ji Ya began to murmur, and Lin Yu realized that even those who seem untouchable have their moments of vulnerability.

—

Her room having been taken over, Su Xiaolin had to ask the hotel manager for a new one—right next to Ji Ya’s, just in case.

After finally settling onto the sofa and charging her phone, she turned it back on to find a flood of missed calls and messages. She quickly called Lin Yu back.

“I can’t believe you two just left me there! Seriously, you abandoned me!”

“Ugh, you two heartless monsters!”

Wait—so there was a third person left behind?

Honestly, if she hadn’t called, they would have forgotten her entirely.

“Did you get a car yet?”

“The hotel manager arranged one. Not a single ounce of conscience between you two!”

Still grumbling, Su Xiaolin’s ride finally arrived. She got in, and only then did she stop complaining.

“The boss is in my room.”

What?!

She’d only been forgotten for a short while, and now they were sleeping together? Come on!

Something definitely wasn’t right. Had this all been planned from the start?

Su Xiaolin’s head was spinning, but then Lin Yu explained:

“Don’t get any ideas. I booked a room next door. Nothing happened between us.”

“Oh.”

Su Xiaolin breathed a sigh of relief.

Seriously, if she’d just had a fight with Lin Yu and he’d become her boss, how would she ever get through the days to come?