The Queen of Romance: A Summer of Sweet Classics

Chapter 296

Poppy was shocked from the bottom of her heart, but she showed a disapproving attitude on her face.Chu Xing glanced at her again, handed the towel after wiping his hands to his subordinates at the side, turned his head and said indifferently to Lu Ming: "This year, I will still give it to Cao Yangdong."

Lu Ming's expression clearly showed that he wanted to say something, he opened his mouth, then stopped, then closed it, and only nodded.When he turned to leave, he was stopped by Chu Xing: "Miss Jiang looks a little tired, please help me take her home."

Lu Ming responded, and turned his gaze to the woman who stood silently by the side all the time: "Miss Jiang, please follow me."

The woman called Miss Jiang looked at Chu Xing, then at Poppy, then smiled, nodded slightly, and obediently followed Lu Ming away.

From the beginning to the end, Chu Xing did not open his mouth to reveal the identity of this woman, so Poppy could not take the initiative to ask.She looked at the back of Miss Jiang walking from behind, every small step seemed to be precisely measured, the steps were consistent and just right.The texture of the dress on her body is also very good, even if she is several meters away, she can still clearly see the faint luster on the material.Coupled with the standing posture and attitude of standing quietly on the side just now, it looks like a woman who can only be raised in a deep boudoir, elegant, beautiful, dignified and graceful.

Poppy thought she had already memorized the list of celebrities in City C by heart, but at this moment she still couldn't think of this woman's name.She stood on the side with her hands down, and when she watched Chu Xing test the gun, she was thinking quickly, and suddenly Chu Xing said: "How much money will Cao Yangdong pay you to help him say these good things?"

"what?"

Poppy answered casually, and when she regained her composure and truly tasted the meaning of the sentence, her whole body was shaken, and she suddenly raised her head to look at him.

After the bullet was loaded neatly and aimed, Chu Xing turned his face slightly and looked at her with some amusement: "Why, do you really think that you can hide this kind of thing from me?"

Poppy's whole body was stiff, and after a while, she slowly lowered her eyes and said in a low voice, "Don't dare."

"You dare to do this kind of thing behind my back, why don't you dare? Huh?"

Poppy has been by his side all these years, so she can naturally hear the danger in his tone.However, Chu Xing's mind has always been unpredictable, and even if she heard it, she couldn't find a perfect and safe answer.After a moment of silence, I thought about opening my mouth, and said in a very cautious and weak tone: "You are my backer. No matter what, I am just pretending to be a tiger, and of course I dare not do anything."

Chu Xing saw that she was afraid that he would settle accounts with her, and slowly snorted: "It's good that you know."

Poppy's nerves tensed, and Chu Xing asked again: "How much did Cao Yangdong give you in private?"

"...100."

"Cao Yangdong is two points higher than Jiang Jianming. He can get rid of you with 100 million yuan. His business is not bad at all." She heard him say coolly, "If I don't give The contract was given to Cao Yangdong, how do you plan to end it?"

Poppy stood still with her head bowed, silent.

If you really want to settle accounts, it is not the first time that Poppy has been exposed by Chu Xing for these secret tricks.Basically, every once in a while, she would make one or two incidents that violated the rules, and the disturbance would be small. Chu Xing would just turn a blind eye and pretend that he didn't know it. In front of him, he was basically waiting for the rhythm of Chu Xing's wrathful disposal.

The first time Poppy went too far, it was because she conspired with another person to suffocate Lizhi to death in the sauna room of the hot spring club when she was on a mission.After the incident was revealed, Li Zhi, who had escaped from danger, sued the two of them in front of Chu Xing. That time Poppy was beaten with a cane, and then locked up in an empty room for three months.Li Zhi still feels that the punishment is too light and dissatisfied. Poppy doesn't know how Chu Xing will calm down the matter. She only knows that when she is released from the confinement room, she sees Li Zhi driving a sports car exactly like her passing by.

The second time, Poppy tried to dismantle Lizhi's power quietly, but was accidentally noticed by Lizhi. This time, the consequences were even more thorough. In front of and behind, Chu Xing looked down at her kneeling on the ground, and after a moment of silence, he said in a deep voice: "You are not suitable for these things. From now on, all your affairs will be handled by Li Zhi. You continue to follow me."

An understatement of a word wiped out all her achievements and mistakes.

Poppy stood there quietly waiting for her to be dealt with. Seeing that Chu Xing hadn't spoken for a long time, she knew that she had committed another big taboo this time.

Before meddling in Lizhi's jurisdiction, after all, it had nothing to do with Chu Xing.Now that she meddles in Cao Yangdong's affairs, it's okay if Chu Xing doesn't know about it. If Chu Xing knows about it, probably in his eyes, this kind of behavior is tantamount to using the Chu family's money to fill his own pockets. It is a taboo, and it is also a vague expression of betrayal.

Chu Xing's most basic criterion for judging people is loyalty.A few years ago, Poppy had seen him personally deal with a high-level deceitful person.It was winter at that time, and the snowflakes were flying all over the sky outside, while indoors, the knife was raised and lowered by hand, and the technique was simple and crisp.But at this moment, Chu Xing remained silent for a long time, and Poppy began to feel a little bit of malice in his heart.The extent of her transgression this time is not too much, nor is it enough to brush it off lightly.If Chu Xing puts out such things as stick punishment and confinement, it will not only be nothing new, but also ineffective.

But apart from that, Poppy couldn't think of any more effective punishment that could be used as an example to others.

In terms of punishment methods alone, Chu Xing taught her before that if you want to shock people, start from the place that a person is most afraid of, and you will get twice the result with half the effort.

Poppy herself was indeed beaten by Chu Xing in this way, and she was indeed afraid.Half a year ago, when Chu Xing took away all the power that she had carefully protected and held to Li Zhi, it was the most frightening experience she had experienced in these years.But now the fear is over, she stands here alone without worries, thinking that she can't find anything to be afraid of for the time being.

Chu Xing stared at her, slowly twirling a row of bullets in his hand, and finally said after a long while: "Okay, you go back first. There is a small gathering the day after tomorrow, you come with me."

Poppy returned to her residence, closed the door behind her back, locked it tightly, turned on the computer, surfed the Internet, and completely deleted all new emails received in the mailbox.He also deleted all the communication records about Cao Yangdong from the electronic device, and when everything was finished, he dragged the bookshelf at hand over, pulled out the first book on the second shelf, opened the cover, and saw a check lying quietly on the title page.

The check was drawn with a string of Arabic numerals, starting with a 3 followed by six zeros.

She was called by Chu Xing to go to the swimming pool yesterday, and she turned back when the housekeeper didn't follow her. Because of the rush of time, she only had time to hide this check here.

Poppy held the check in her hand and was lost in thought for a moment, then quickly came back to her senses.I took a square vanity mirror out of the cabinet next to it, opened it, and with a little force, the metal surface and the mirror surface were separated.

She stuffed the check in, closed the mirror and put it back to its original place, closed her eyes and let out a slight breath, only to realize that her body was already sticky with sweat.

Poppy got up and went to the bathroom. When she took off her clothes and stepped into the bathtub, she could see from the mirror on the opposite side that there were large green and red patches on her originally fair skin, with extensive and interlaced bruises, from her collarbone to her legs.

Every time there is an affair, Chu Xing likes to knead her into various poses.After having fun, he likes to handle her like this.If Poppy struggled with the pain, the bruises would end up being deeper.But at the same time, Chu Xing strangely remembered every time, avoiding the parts she needed to expose every time, and even tied her wrists to the head of the bed twice for a whole night, and it was in winter.

In this way, when others see her listless, they only think that she is not sleeping well, and no one knows that the skin color under her clothes is completely different from what she sees on the surface.

Poppy soaked in the water for two hours before slowly stepping out of the bathtub.

She took the ointment from the side and applied it to the bruise in front of the mirror, but stopped just before her fingertips touched the skin.Smelling the strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine in the ointment, she frowned and hesitated for a while, and finally gave up.Toss the ointment aside, get dressed and go out to buy dinner.

Ever since Poppy came to Chu's house, she hasn't cooked anything for herself. Before she was 12 years old, she knew how to make tomato scrambled eggs, but now she can only cook a pot of boiling water, and she has almost forgotten how to add instant noodles.

This credit should go to Chu Xing.When Poppy was picked by Chu Xing to follow him, he was 12 years old, which was the period of growth. The 12-year-old child already knows what is polite. He eats face-to-face with Chu Xing every day, and he is always embarrassed to eat too much. He can only reach six or seven percent full for three meals a day.One afternoon, Poppy finally couldn't stand the hunger. When the chef was out shopping, the housekeeper was in the garden, and the maid was upstairs, and no one was watching her, she sneaked into the kitchen by herself and ordered a bowl of clear soup and vermicelli within a few minutes.

Poppy didn't dare to bring the noodles to the dining room, hid in the kitchen and had just eaten the first bite contentedly, when she noticed a slender shadow reflected on the smooth black countertop.

As soon as she turned her head, she saw Chu Xing holding a windbreaker in his arms, bending slightly to look at her, the corners of his lips were slightly hooked, and his eyes were full of amusement.

Poppy has always been a little afraid of Chu Xing since the first time she saw him.The first time I saw him standing behind without warning, I was so frightened that I choked on the soup.

Chu Xing squatted down and patted her on the back, and asked her with a smile, "Are the noodles in clear soup delicious?"

Poppy nodded against her will, then shook her head honestly under his gaze.

"Then what delicious food do you want to eat?"

Ten minutes later, Chu Xing led Poppy into a cake shop near Chu's residence and bought a large piece of cream cake.He divided the cake into four evenly with a knife and fork, and bought a cup of yogurt, and put it all in front of Poppy, and sat opposite her to watch her eat it all in a not-so-elegant manner.

When Poppy finally wiped the corners of her mouth in satisfaction, Chu Xing asked her, "Do you like to cook?"

Poppy watched his expression carefully, and finally said honestly: "I don't like it."

Chu Xing smiled, stretched out his index finger, leaned forward slightly, wiped off a little cream left on the corner of her mouth, and said to her casually: "If you don't like it, don't do it. Poppy, remember, as a Chu Xing Girls at home, even if you are hungry in the future, you should let others cook, not yourself."

"why?"

He thought for a while and told her: "This is a privilege of being a girl of the Chu family, and it is also a matter of course."

Chu Xing has corrected many of her behaviors and concepts over the years.He taught her to train patience by arranging flowers, and taught her that some troubles should not be taken care of at all. He also threw away most of her cabinet full of black and gray clothes, and taught her to wear beautiful dresses and shiny crystal headbands. All kinds of shoes, pointing to a bunch of clothes that a teenage girl with pink, purple, and green lace borders should really wear, telling her that everything has its own order, and there is no need to rush: "Maturity does not come from wearing clothes, wait for you When you grow up, you have decades to wear formal suits and little black dresses. These have a lifespan, and if you don’t wear them now, you will never have the opportunity to wear them again. So why worry?”

(End of this chapter)