"We’ve met once." Mina smiled, "Do you remember?"

Chuzheng’s fingertips rested on the file cover, tapping it idly, "What do you want?"

Damn, scared the hell out of me, nearly got caught reading her file.

"Don’t misunderstand, I mean nothing else, just happened to see you, so I came over to say hi." Compared to that day, Mina seemed more confident as a successful woman.

Chuzheng’s tone was flat, "Oh, now you’ve said hi, you can leave."

Mina: "..."

Mina couldn’t quite believe Chuzheng wasn’t a bit curious about her.

Mina chose to ignore Chuzheng’s indifference, "You’re dating Sang Yu, right?"

Chuzheng paused, turned her wrist, and rotated the file, pressing it with her arm, "So what if I am?"

"How did you meet him?"

"I don’t have to tell you, do I?"

"..." Mina forced a smile, her aura seemed to weaken, "Sang Yu... he rarely interacted with girls before, I’m just curious why you two are together."

"Private matter, no comment."

Mina bit her lip slightly, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear bashfully, "I was being presumptuous."

Chuzheng: "You know it’s presumptuous, yet you’re still not leaving?"

"..."

Probably not used to being treated like this, Mina’s expression turned ugly, she couldn’t say anything further, or it would be too embarrassing.

Mina gritted her teeth, got up, and said goodbye.

What a person...

Mina hadn’t taken two steps when Sang Yu entered from outside, and they bumped into each other in the hallway.

"Sang Yu." Mina immediately smiled, "What a coincidence, I just met your girlfriend..."

Sang Yu’s face darkened, "You talked to her?"

"Uh... just said hi." Mina said softly, "Why, is that not allowed?"

"What did you say to her?"

Mina looked innocent, "Sang Yu, what do you think I could have said? Don’t worry about that thing, I won’t say anything, and I believe you, you’re not that kind of person."

Sang Yu’s eyes darkened, lowering his voice, "I warned you not to come looking for me again."

Mina looked aggrieved, "Sang Yu, I’m just doing this for your own good..."

"Doing what for his good?" Somehow Chuzheng came over, bypassed Mina, and stood next to Sang Yu, "Let’s hear it."

Mina was stunned for a moment, then quickly said, "I wanted to hire Sang Yu as my exclusive photographer, you didn’t know, did you? I run an original clothing brand, and we have a high shooting volume every month, so..."

"How much are you paying him per month?"

"Xiao Chu..."

Chuzheng pressed down on Sang Yu’s hand, preventing him from speaking.

"According to market price..."

Before Mina could finish, Chuzheng directly named her price, "One million a month. If you can pay that, I’ll agree to him going."

Mina gaped, "What?"

Chuzheng was righteously confident, "He’s worth that much."

Mina: "..."

What does she think one million is?

Water?

Who can afford it!

"If you can’t afford that, please stop bothering him in the future." Chuzheng politely nodded, then pulled Sang Yu away.

Mina watched their retreating backs, her expression gradually darkening.

After a while, Mina pulled out her phone and sent a text message to someone.

After sending it, Mina stomped away angrily in her high heels. It had been a long time since anyone had treated her like this, and it made her furious.

-

Chuzheng got in the car, and Sang Yu followed in, "Are you angry?"

"Angry about what?" Chuzheng countered.

"Not angry?"

"No." A boss doesn’t get angry over trivial things, who does that! Chuzheng looked straight ahead, "Drive."

Sang Yu looked at her for two seconds, buckled the seatbelt, and started the car.

They were initially going to eat before heading back, but Mina’s interruption left their plans altered, and they hadn’t eaten. Chuzheng had asked Sang Yu to stop and wait for her.

While waiting in the car, Sang Yu’s gaze landed on the file Chuzheng had tossed on the passenger seat.

A page was peeking out, and Sang Yu caught sight of the words on it.

Sang Yu glanced outside, not seeing Chuzheng, and pulled the file over to look.

It was Mina’s detailed information, down to whom she watched movies with during college... Was she investigating Mina?

A chill ran down Sang Yu’s spine.

Had she investigated him as well before?

Could such information be normally acquired?

The more Sang Yu thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. If she really had investigated him, did she know about the past?

-

Chuzheng opened the car door, paused for a moment as she got in, her gaze lingering on the file for a moment before quickly sitting down.

"Eat something first." She handed over what she was holding to Sang Yu.

Sang Yu took it, acting as though nothing was unusual.

Chuzheng knew Sang Yu had seen the file but didn’t hide it, leaving it openly on the table, clearly indicating he could look freely.

Chuzheng sometimes brought files, but she’d never casually leave them around, let alone show him.

Now she was acting as though she knew he had seen it...

Sang Yu couldn’t hold back anymore, "Why did you investigate her?"

Their mutual understanding didn’t need to be explicitly stated.

"I need to ensure the people around you are harmless." She didn’t say it, so how is one to know if some random person intends to harm you, meaning this is the only way.

Sang Yu didn’t expect that answer, he mumbled, "I’m not anyone important, isn’t this a bit exaggerated?" 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

It felt like a spy movie.

Chuzheng looked at him seriously, "To me, you are important."

Sang Yu: "..."

Sang Yu admitted he was a little moved by Chuzheng’s words, her unintentional remarks always carried an allure.

Sang Yu took a deep breath, "Did you... investigate me, too?"

"Mm." Chuzheng didn’t deny it.

Sang Yu felt a chill run down his spine.

It took him a long time to squeeze out a sentence, "That thing, you..." He was worried Mina would have mentioned it to Chuzheng; he didn’t do it, but that doesn’t mean others would believe him.

He was even more worried Chuzheng wouldn’t believe him.

"I believe you."

Sang Yu looked at her in shock.

Chuzheng thought that people who used to believe Sang Yu would do such a thing had never seen him, with a face like his, any girl would come to him without him needing to do anything.

Of course, Chuzheng also believed her Good Person Card wouldn’t be that kind of person.

It took Sang Yu a moment to find his voice, "W-why?"

Chuzheng slightly frowned, "Believing you is just believing you, why would I need a reason?" Does she need a reason like you’re mine, even if wrong or right?

Sang Yu’s fingers trembled slightly, the tingling from his fingertips spreading throughout his body, making his heart flutter anew.

He reached out to hug Chuzheng, "Thank you."

"How will you thank me?" Let’s do something meaningful, just saying thanks is insincere.

"..."