Dressed as a Man, I Became Tycoon's Sweetheart novel Chapter 978

Chapter 978: Chapter 977: Yes, You May

The night was descending, and a bright moon seemed to peek at some forbidden beauty on earth, shyly hiding behind the clouds.

In February, the chill in the Imperial Capital was still severe, turning water to ice. Vapor slowly rose from the forest, and when it met extremely low air currents during its ascent, they compressed and collided, rapidly expanding and tearing a narrow opening in the soft clouds, flooding in droplets and ice crystals that moved back and forth quickly, forming hail clouds.

Finally, the upper air pressure could no longer support it. The massive hail in the hail clouds broke through layers of gloomy clouds with an overwhelmingly powerful stance, descending straight to the earth. The force of the hail dropped from a height of several thousand meters was extremely terrifying, piercing the thin plastic film over the strawberry field behind the Golden Palm Villa, smashing the delicate and full beautiful strawberries inside, splattering their bright red, sweet juice, filling the garden with a rich fragrance.

At the same time, a flash of white lightning accompanied by thunder followed, frightening an unknown family’s little child who began to cry loudly. Beside them, the father held the child close, kissing and comforting but to no avail.

"Boo hoo, daddy, I’m scared, so scared, the thunder is too loud, make it stop!!!"

The father glanced at the menacing and terrifying lightning and thunder outside the window, holding the child tighter with a mix of pampering and helplessness, "There, there, baby, it’s a natural phenomenon, daddy can’t control it."

"Boo hoo hoo..."

The harsh weather did not halt for the child’s cries and pleas but intensified instead. The hail falling from the sky grew more intense, and the biting cold wind began to howl, sweeping through the dense forest below, causing thousands of leaves to tremble and fall into the water, sinking and floating.

At midnight, the New Year’s bell tolled, clang, clang, heavy and resonant.

The cruel weather showed no sign of abating, as if nature had completely lost control this New Year’s Eve, determined to invade the earth and leave behind its mark.

On the night of staying awake to welcome the New Year, families gathered to celebrate. Some were blissfully happy, reveling in satisfaction, while others shed tears, praying that the new year would be kinder to them.

Until the early morning, when the frightened child had cried himself unconscious, the lightning and thunder finally ceased, followed by a torrential downpour cascading from the sky.

This rain, abundant and enduring, fell exuberantly, making up for the drought in the Imperial Capital where there hadn’t been any rain for a full twenty-seven days.

The "Mermaid" film crew wrapped up filming. The staff busily packed up the site, leaving late into the night. Zhou Lu sat in Pang Kai’s car, trying to call home several times to no avail. Pang Kai asked with concern, "How is it? Still no answer?"

"Uh-huh."

Zhou Lu nodded with a hint of disappointment, "It’s so late; they probably thought I wasn’t coming back and went to sleep."

Pang Kai glanced at the sky outside. It was already very late, and the weather was bad. If they were to head to South City, they wouldn’t be able to get tickets. Driving her back would mean returning at dawn, missing out on his family’s reunion dinner. But he couldn’t bear for her to spend New Year’s alone in a rented apartment.

Zhou Lu said, "Brother Kai, you should go home. Don’t worry about me, I’ll just..."

"Why don’t you come home with me for the New Year? You wouldn’t mind, right?"

Pang Kai hesitated for a moment and then proposed.

Hearing this, Zhou Lu seemed to not believe her ears, nodding excitedly, "I don’t mind, but won’t it be a bother to you, Brother Kai?"

"No, just tell them you’re...a little sister from work, so they won’t overthink it."

Though Xiao Lou was still young, his family had been urging him to marry in recent years. Seeing a girl with him always made them overthink things.

"Okay!"

Zhou Lu readily agreed, recalling Ye Xian’s words: first a friend, then a sister, and finally a little darling!

Her opportunity had come!

In the Elegant Royal Court Villa District, at the Ye Family home, during the New Year’s Eve dinner, Ye Shaowen kept calling Ye Xian. After dozens of unanswered calls, he started calling Bo Tingshen, "That little rascal, forgotten her brother after getting a boyfriend, and Bo Tingshen, too, not keeping his promises..."

"Alright."

Xia Hewan smiled, taking his phone, "Didn’t Tingshen call to say he was taking Xianxian to the Bo Family for the New Year? Don’t disturb them."

Ye Zhuoxuan: "Yes, if you keep calling, Xianxian will get annoyed."

"She hasn’t even married yet, spending New Year’s at someone else’s place, how does that look? And staying up tonight, she should at least call to say she’s safe. Xiao Yezi is reckless, but does Bo Tingshen not understand either?"

Ye Juncheng: "Let’s have them over tomorrow."

"Really?" Ye Shaowen looked at Ye Juncheng with hope, "Brother, you call in the morning. Xiao Yezi doesn’t listen to me now, only to you."

"Mm." Ye Juncheng noticed his phone glowing in his hand, "Your sister-in-law is calling."

Sister-in-law?

Ye Shaowen was startled, not realizing at first. Looking down at his phone, a series of New Year blessings from Zhu Shanshan had appeared. "Brother, this joke isn’t funny at all."

On the phone, Zhu Shanshan kept talking to herself, and though Ye Shaowen instinctively wanted to turn off his phone, he stopped, admiring her persistence. She’d been met with nothing but coldness from him for so long that anyone else would have backed off by now, but she was still holding on.

From a good family, good looks, and capable enough, he really didn’t know why she was wasting her effort on him. Did she think pestering him would make him like her?

[Stop bothering me]

Ye Shaowen sent over a New Year’s red envelope with those four words written on it.

Zhu Shanshan received it, thrilled, and clicked it open.

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With the start of the new year and the revival of all things, the fireplace in the hall roared with crackling flames, mixing with the aromas wafting from the kitchen, adding a hint of liveliness to the luxuriously romantic French-style villa.

In the bedroom, the warmth filled the air, gently caressing the delicate face of the softly sleeping woman. Her long, thick eyelashes fluttered slightly as Ye Xian gradually opened her eyes, her vision sharpening from blurry to clear. Upon seeing the beautiful crystal chandelier overhead, she sniffed a bit, her small face crumpling, wanting to cry as the first thought appeared in her mind——

I’m not clean anymore!!!

The second thought was regret for mocking Xiao Lu’s phone full of exaggerated Mary Sue CEO stories; they weren’t exaggerated at all, not one bit...

They were too damn realistic!

She felt like she’d been not just run over by a car but crushed into bits, not a bone left!

Recalling last night, words like brutal dismemberment, inhumane cruelty came to mind.

Bo Tingshen was a beast, an animal, a three-water demon...

She wanted to get up and kill him, or break up if she couldn’t!

Ye Xian slowly turned her neck, covered in strawberry marks, and looked to her side... Empty?!

Early in the morning, this damned werewolf had run away, leaving her feeling used and discarded?!

Clenching her teeth, she tried to prop herself up, only to fall back down, her body feeling like it had been tortured to shambles, her skin burning, especially...

Ye Xian, ashamed and indignant, lifted the quilt, wanting to peek downwards, but was interrupted by the scent on her body.

Strawberry-scented body wash!

So sweet and fragrant!

Last night, towards the end, she passed out; the wolf seemed to have taken her to bathe? At least he had some conscience left.

"Click~" a sound broke through, and someone came in from outside.

Seeing the three-water demon, Ye Xian quickly dropped the quilt and covered her face with her hands, acting like a pitiful crying bundle, "Boo hoo hoo..."

Bo Tingshen came in and took her hands, bending down to softly kiss her brow and eyes, murmuring in his deep, melodious voice, "Baby, you’re awake?"

"Baby, you’re so lovely, last night was wonderful, how can you be so good..."

"Baby, does it still hurt?"

Watching the tenderness and infatuation on his distinguished face, Ye Xian was momentarily stunned. He looked completely different from the man who had ruthlessly abused her like a starving wild beast last night!

Such a great actor!

Was she lovely? It was merely a lack of strength to resist!

Bo Tingshen grinned, got up, and went to get her clothes. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

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