Chapter 106: By my reckoning, you have surely suffered in love.

Bai Xixue also temporarily stopped working to avoid the current storm of public opinion.

Although Ji Sicheng helped her manage public relations and suppress most of the malicious comments, she still saw the talk about herself.

Every day she would fling herself into Ji Sicheng’s arms and cry pitifully.

And then there would be another fevered bout of passion.

Bai Xixue was both indulging and suffering.

She knew that Sicheng loved her, so she cooperated willingly.

And she believed that her husband would surely handle everything for her.

Jiang Sui and Shi Heng sat in a milk tea shop, drinking their tea while watching the entrance of the university across the street.

Shi Heng suddenly sighed, “In just these ten minutes, I’ve already fallen for several boys.”

Jiang Sui: “……”

Shi Heng raised an eyebrow. “Young flesh, endless energy……”

Jiang Sui could not hold it in any longer. “Don’t make me spray you with milk tea.”

Ever since Shi Heng had come out about his sexual orientation in front of Jiang Sui and they had grown more familiar, he had begun speaking with increasing recklessness.

He made no attempt to hide his appreciation for the male form.

Jiang Sui could not help thinking: Good thing I never let him see Lu Ye.

Otherwise he might have ended up putting a green hat on my head.

Still, she understood him. Shi Heng was only running his mouth, and from her experience, anyone with even a touch of that tendency tended to have a certain shamelessness about them.

Only, Shi Heng took great care with his image and appearance.

In front of others, he was always the model of an elite professional.

So in their circle, Shi Heng had always been seen as a cool, untouchable ideal man and an industry elite.

His sexual orientation was no secret.

It was only after they had become close during this period, and after she had somehow caught him one day looking at some very strange things, that he had begun acting so unrestrained around her.

Jiang Sui said, “By the way, are you the one on top or the one on the bottom?”

Shi Heng gave her a cool look. “Don’t look down on me. I’m a true alpha.”

Jiang Sui replied very seriously, “Then you’ve got a supply-and-demand problem. Bottoms are everywhere these days, all begging for alphas.”

Shi Heng frowned. “That is true. I have far too many options.”

He even seemed genuinely troubled by it.

Jiang Sui: “……”

She studied his face. “By my calculations, you must have suffered for love.”

Shi Heng’s expression changed slightly, and he said coldly, “Nonsense.”

Then he picked up his milk tea and took a sip.

Jiang Sui did not press further.

For someone like Shi Heng, who always spoke with barbs, even if his mouth were cremated, it would probably still be stubbornly hard.

“Oh, right. I heard from some paparazzi today that during a board meeting, Bai Xixue suddenly called Ji Sicheng and asked him which nail color looked prettiest. The faces of the directors turned green on the spot, and Ji Sicheng didn’t look too pleased either.”

When Shi Heng mentioned it, he could not help laughing. “Do you think she’s playing some femme fatale role to bring down the Ji family?”

Jiang Sui made no comment.

She was quite familiar with this sort of plot.

What kind of domineering-CEO drama had she not seen, especially the ones that always came with those overblown shock-value headlines?

The heroine calls during the hero’s meeting and says things like, “Darling, where’s my lingerie?” or “Darling, should I wear this one or this one?” or “Darling, I miss you……”

And then the caption follows: everyone was stunned.

The only thing Ji Sicheng’s grim expression proved was this: he was not devoted enough to love.

Come to think of it, men who could be so openly affectionate with their wives in a setting like that usually already possessed absolute power and wealth.

Like ancient emperors— even if they were carousing with their consorts in the midst of court, no one would dare make a sound.

But Ji Sicheng was now swamped, scrambling to keep the company afloat and patching every hole he could find.

At such a critical board meeting, with Bai Xixue pulling a stunt like that, wasn’t she only making trouble?

And she was also curious: once Ji Sicheng’s money and status began to decline, would he still indulge Bai Xixue so lavishly?

Sometimes, giving without expecting return was only possible because one already had enough.

But if even one’s own reserves began to dwindle, would one still be willing?

“Why do you not seem surprised at all?” Shi Heng asked in confusion. “Don’t you think that’s a little absurd?”

Jiang Sui lifted an eyebrow. “Because I’ve seen the world.”

Shi Heng: “……”

Jiang Sui’s lips curved faintly, and then she turned toward the university gate.

Just then, a tall figure entered her line of sight.