An Eye for News Chapter 25
“Then your master should be watching over her
closely, why would he allow Xin Yu to be languishing at a small town like
County S?”
Se Cai asked after he processed
everything.
“This is what the Old Master has
been having headache about too… Miss is greatly interested in a broadcast
career, which is fine in and of itself. The master even helped her get a spot
at the central news station ready for when she graduated.”
“However, when Miss found out
her acceptance was bought by the Master’s money and not her actual capability…
she got furious and announced she was going to return to Master’s hometown and
start from the ground up. She refused to be persuaded out of it.”
Sister Xu smiled bitterly as she
explained.
Se Cai nodded understandingly.
Getting into central news station with your own capability was not an easy feat
but buying a spot there should be easier.
After all, for a station as big
as central news station where new programs popped up like mushrooms after
spring rain, finding a spot to fit a female anchor was not difficult as long as
the price was right.
He didn’t expect Xin Yu to be so
principled. She rejected her father’s aid and wanted to carve her own path like
her father did.
If Se Cai was totally honest to
himself, he would choose central news station if given the chance.
“I’ll report today’s happenings
to the Old Master in a bit but no matter what, I can’t allow Miss to stay here
anymore. We’ll be leaving tomorrow.”
Sister Xu announced solemnly,
took out a cheque book from her coat, wrote one and tossed it to Se Cai.
“Here’s 1000000 RMB. Be clever
and disappear from Miss’ life. Give up the relationship.”
“What is the meaning of this?”
Se Cai frowned. He felt there
was something that was left unsaid by Sister Xu.
“Well, both of you are out alone
in the same car in the middle of the night… Do really you expect me to believe
there is nothing going on? Plus, there is still some of Miss’ lipstick stain on
your mouth.”
Sister Xu sighed, “The Old
Mistress pa.s.sed away when Miss was still young. I practically raised her myself
so I’m familiar with her personality. You’ve saved her twice and I’m thankful
for that but she won’t be willing to invite you back here if she’s not in some
ways interested in you as well…”
Se Cai quickly swiped his mouth
with his hand and it indeed came off with some red color stain.
“It’s not like that, we’re
really not in a romantic relationship!”
He stepped forward, eager to
explain, “The both time I’ve saved her are coincidences. I don’t even have her
number!”
The explanation felt weak even
to Se Cai’s own ears.
The rescues might be
coincidental but the feelings that they fostered were still valid.
“Mr. Se, no offense but I’m
going to have to be direct here.”
Sister Xu gave Se Cai an
once-over and said rather lightly, “you’re currently walking on Persian rug
made of pure silk, about 100000 RMB a piece, of course I’m don’t mean I want
you to pay the laundry fee, I doubt you could even afford that. So do you think
you could support Miss who is raised in luxury?”
Sister Xu flipped her phone over
to show Se Cai, “I just did a rudimentary background check on you. You’re
currently a temp reporter for County S Tv Station, come from a poor family and
has no real estate to your name. I suspect even Miss’ closet is bigger than the
entire house you’re renting with a friend. I hate to be frank but Mr. Se, know
your station in life.”
Se Cai was offended and shocked
that Sister Xu managed to learn so many things about him in such a short period
of time.
“Do you sincerely think I’m here
to take advantage of Xin Yu? I didn’t even know about all this prior to today!”
Se Cai gestured wildly at the
stuff around him.
Se Cai knew this was a world
that he didn’t belong in but he didn’t want to be in it in the first place!
Everything that led to this
moment was a coincidence and he was livid that Sister Xu had inserted her own
preconception of him behind every single one of them.
“2000000 RMB, this is the most I
can give you without consulting the Old Master. Young man, listen to me, I don’t
care what your hidden intention for approaching Miss Xin Yu is but one must be
clever enough to know when the gig is up.”
Sister Xu said with a hint of
threat. She crumbled the previous cheque that she wrote and offered a new one.
Se Cai stood still and witnessed
the piece of cheque floated gently down to the table between them.
“You’re right, I’m poor but I
have my own integrity.”
Se Cai smirked contemptuously, “which
is a lot more than what I could say for some of the rich people I’ve met. Money
truly can’t buy everything, especially common civility. You’ve repeated again
and again you’re thankful to me for having saved Xin Yu’s lives but you’re
ready to send me off with some money. You didn’t offer me your name card or
even a gla.s.s of warm water. Is that how the rich treats their guest? If yes,
then I’d rather be poor.”
Sister Xu was taken aback.
She didn’t expect Se Cai to be
so collected and confident in such a situation, she had a new appreciation of
him.
Se Cai reminded her of her Old
Master when he was young, having pa.s.sion and determination in his actions and
the brain that back them up… Alas.
“You’re right, I’m in the fault
here. For a position like mine, almost all the information on our printed name
card is false but here let me write you a real one. Please call me if the Cobra
Syndicate came to seek revenge on you. You’re right, we did owe you one.”
Sister Xu smiled for the first
time at Se Cai that night. She wrote down a phone number on the back of the
cheque and offered it to Se Cai.
“Alright, thank you. Let me say my
goodbye to Xin Yu then we’ll part like gentlemen.”
Se Cai smiled in return.
“Mr. Se, it’s almost midnight!”
Sister Xu’s expression turned
dour, adding, “Plus, Miss said she was going to take a bath, don’t you think it’s
a bit inappropriate?”
Se Cai stammered from his social
faux pas. He realized a little too late that this time he did act like a s.e.xual
predator.
“Before we leave tomorrow, I
will arrange for Miss to meet with you. It’s getting late, I’ll get a driver to
send you home.”
Sister Xu said diplomatically.
Se Cai sensed Sister Xu still had
reservations about him. It felt like she had the intention to stop him from
meeting Xin Yu.
“Thank you.”
Se Cai looked at the grandfather
clock in the room that showed the time at 11.45 pm. It would be unseemly to
linger much longer. Since Xin Yu was safe in the comfort of her own house,
there was no reason for him to stay.
“I’m glad we can agree on this,
Mr. Se. Come, I’ll send you to the door.”
Sister Xu smiled and said.
“Thank you but the rain has
stopped and my place is not far away from here. I wouldn’t want to pull Sister
Xu away from Xin Yu lest she was caught in any danger again. I’ll just walk
myself out.”
Se Cai nodded his farewell but
suddenly he turned to add, “I saw the mercenary contacted his partner through a
phone call when we were still in the car, so please be careful. They might have
something else planned.”
“Don’t you worry about that.
This place is like a fort, Miss will be safe here.”
Sister Xu gave a rea.s.suring
smile. She called someone on her phone and Se Cai heard a car drove to the
front of the house…
Se Cai was annoyed and a little
suspicious. This Sister Xu was too eager to want him gone.
“Does she really think I
approached Xin Yu for her wealth?”
Se Cai grumbled inwardly, “She
is such a double-faced person. Said she’s thankful for my help but couldn’t
wait to send me on my way!”
Frustrated, Se Cai tried his
mind-reading on Sister Xu to see what she truly thought of him but realized he
had used his 2 limits that day.
To his surprise, a golden
paragraph appeared above Sister Xu.
“The skill must have refreshed
because it is past midnight!”
Se Cai realized with a start.
What he read though was the real
shocker…
“I can’t believe this is what
she’s thinking!”
He put the towel to his face to
conceal the surprise that he believed was showing.
She almost had him duped if not
for his own… pettiness.
“I guess I’ll see the both of
you tomorrow.”
Se Cai set down the towel and
said with a straight face.
After Se Cai walked out of the
door, Sister Xu had on a mysterious smile.
“Alas, he’s still too young.”
Sister Xu then asked for the
servants to disperse before heading upstairs with purposeful steps.