DTBS – Chapter 109
Chapter 109: I'm Angry
“029, is this what it feels like to stand atop all the mountains?” Bai Xiaoxiao stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, her eyes a little distant.
System 029: "How do you feel standing on the top floor of a hundred-story building?"
Bai Xiaoxiao: "My body feels light..."
System 029 was shocked: "Are you getting carried away?"
Bai Xiaoxiao was speechless: "I'm physically floating! I'm about to be scared to death!"
She quickly turned around, walked to a nearby sofa, and sat down. Only after confirming her feet were firmly on the ground did she feel at ease chatting with the System in her mind: "Linhai City's landmark building has been taken, and the group's building in her own territory is also a landmark in Tianhua. Tao Qiuyun, this person, although her work focus isn't in Tianhua, she's quite strong in declaring her ownership and showcasing her personal capabilities."
System 029 exposed her: "I detected your first thought. You clearly just wanted to say that CEO Tao is like an animal, liking to mark her territory and leave her scent on those places."
Bai Xiaoxiao was instantly speechless: "Can you not be so vulgar! CEO Tao is such a great beauty, and you make her sound like a dog peeing. You're vulgar! CEO Tao is at least a beautiful big white Bengal tiger, okay!"
029 felt wronged: "You were the one who said 'dog peeing'."
Tao Qiuyun pushed open the office door. Bai Xiaoxiao quickly switched states, adopting an intellectual and cautious demeanor.
“Doctor Bai,” Tao Qiuyun came in with a fruit platter. After placing it on the coffee table, she sat down opposite Bai Xiaoxiao. “The dress will be sent over shortly. Because the custom alteration was rushed, the dress might not be as formal or luxurious, but tonight I will coordinate with your outfit and dress more casually as well.”
“Thank you, CEO Tao.” Bai Xiaoxiao smiled gracefully, making it easy for people to lower their guard.
“Actually, I asked for you, Doctor Bai,” Tao Qiuyun pursed her lips and continued, “Besides hoping you would attend the dinner party as my female companion, there is one particularly important matter.”
“It's psychological counseling, right?” Bai Xiaoxiao looked at her. “CEO Tao, you can confide in me about any troubles you have. We can interact just like we did back then.”
“Doctor Bai, how should one handle a situation where their entire life is occupied by another person? I apologize, I might be a bit vague. What I mean is, I find my emotions are swayed by someone, I become restless because of her, I can't help but think of her, and even when mixing drinks, it's hard to calm my inner self.”
“That's what being in love is like,” Bai Xiaoxiao looked at her. “You lose control, your emotions are driven by her. You can never handle this unease alone. You can choose to tell your loved one about this. For something like this, as long as you and she face each other and talk openly, the problem will naturally be resolved.”
“Don't you think this is a sign of weakness?” Tao Qiuyun lowered her gaze slightly. “Relying on someone as a spiritual anchor is very dangerous... very irrational.”
“This situation is only temporary. Besides, I don't think someone like you would rely on anyone as a spiritual anchor. On the contrary, it's precisely because you are too rational that you are experiencing this... Tao Qiuyun, your love is too rational.”
Bai Xiaoxiao looked at her, meeting the slightly surprised eyes of the woman before her, and hit the nail on the head: “It's precisely because you love her so much that your brain keeps prompting you that you need her very much.”
“Right? Actually, you know it very well yourself. Admit it, just ask your heart, can you not be without her now? Do you miss her very much? Don't overthink or make excuses, just feel your subconscious reaction.”
Tao Qiuyun fell silent...
“I said years ago that you had turned yourself into a machine. You live according to a program designed by others, appearing in a way everyone would like: kind, easygoing, gentle, and yet incredibly powerful. But the real you is contradictory, which is why you feel exhilarated when fighting people, and why you repeatedly choose such violent methods to punish crime. Your actions are actually fulfilling your suppressed emotions.”
“I told you this long ago, and today I want to say it again...”
“Your suppressed emotions will one day surge like a tide. You cannot stop it.”
Bai Xiaoxiao's voice continued: “Mixing drinks calms you, helps you settle, teaches you what it truly means to be yourself, lets you feel loneliness, learn to enjoy loneliness, and accepting loneliness is a prerequisite for loving someone well.”
“Learning to be alone quietly, focusing your attention, gives you more opportunities to reflect deeply, introspect, and find ways to improve yourself.”
“Those actions of yours aren't weakness. This is a manifestation of your subconscious, showing extreme trust in her. Because you've let down all your defenses in front of her, you appear weak and vulnerable. You want to change? How do you want to change? Give up loving her?”
“No.” Tao Qiuyun's answer was very firm. “I just... need to restrain myself.”
“I can see from your expression that you have concerns, you are afraid. So you aren't actually unable to be alone quietly; you are just afraid of losing her. Would you mind telling me what you are afraid of? That way I can better...”
“Sorry, Doctor Bai.” Tao Qiuyun interrupted her, closing her eyes.
The woman raised her hand and pressed her forehead. “I need to digest your words properly. Let's talk again next time.”
Seeing that she was unwilling to discuss the topic, Bai Xiaoxiao also knew it was impossible to get Tao Qiuyun to talk about everything in front of her instantly, so she nodded kindly and gently, “Okay, let's talk again next time.”
Soon it was time for the dinner party. Tao Qiuyun took Bai Xiaoxiao to the event. After notifying the waiter, Tao Qiuyun brought a glass of champagne for Bai Xiaoxiao and handed it to her: “Doctor Bai, I heard that people from the Bai family will also be present. If you feel uncomfortable in any way, just tell me.”
“Is CEO Tao going to bravely fight the Bai family for me?” Bai Xiaoxiao took the glass from her hand and joked with a smile.
To be honest, she was a transmigrator. Even knowing that this world was also a real, operating world, she couldn't have too many emotions, even though she had been in this world for many years.
After all... she was told by 029 from the beginning that she was the fake daughter, and all these good things were false bubbles. When the real daughter returned, she would have to give everything back.
It was better not to have hope from the start. Besides, the Bai family weren't good people either. They actually wanted to use her for a marriage alliance, and after discovering the real daughter needed a kidney transplant, they secretly matched the two of them, and finally wanted to use her kidney to save the real daughter!
I'll TM leave the country immediately after finishing this plot!
And, are you some kind of gangsters! You even sent people overseas to catch her, this wasn't in the novel at all!
Fortunately, she met the righteous passerby, Tao Qiuyun...
Of course, she also knew that Tao Qiuyun often walked at night and had performed many acts of bravery, and had indeed forgotten that she had casually saved such a poor and helpless girl, but!
CEO Tao, don't worry, I will repay your life-saving grace a hundredfold!
Besides following the plot, I will definitely help you pursue the female lead!
“The Bai family is nothing much,” Tao Qiuyun looked at her and chuckled, “If Doctor Bai truly dislikes them and has no lingering family affection for them, I would be very happy to do Doctor Bai a small favor.”
“Small favor? How small?”
“Just a simple matter.”
Bai Xiaoxiao smiled. Tao Qiuyun's "simple matter" was simple for her, but the Bai family would be miserable, hehe, they deserved it!
The woman didn't respond, just drank her wine silently. She believed Tao Qiuyun would understand her tacit agreement. Soon, someone led them towards a corner of the venue...
If Tao Qiuyun came to Linhai not just for the dinner party, but also to give Qin Qingshang a big surprise, then seeing her wife at the Weixiu Gala was not a surprise, but a shock.
When Tao Qiuyun saw the beautiful mermaid-like girl before her, who seemed to have stepped out of a fairy tale, her steady and powerful heart suddenly pounded wildly, just as Bai Xiaoxiao had said...
She loved Qin Qingshang very much, so much that even her rational brain would repeatedly tell her:
You miss her, you want to stick with her every minute and second.
Of course, not that kind of sticking. Her brain was talking about the kind of sticking that wasn't colored.
However, there was a problem now. Tao Qiuyun turned her head to look at Bai Xiaoxiao beside her, feeling inexplicably nervous.
That's not right?
Tao Qiuyun frowned slightly...
What am I feeling guilty about?
Bai Xiaoxiao and I are completely innocent,
—She is your female companion, and you have a wife;
There is no other improper relationship,
—She is your female companion, and you have a wife;
We are open and aboveboard!
—She is your female companion, and you have a wife!
Yes, the biggest problem was that she and Qin Qingshang were secretly married, their relationship wasn't open and aboveboard.
And now, she had brought another female companion to the event and was seen by her wife.
Good news: She and Bai Xiaoxiao's behavior was not intimate at all, they didn't even link arms;
Bad news...
She didn't dare to think about what the bad news was!
“CEO Tao,” Liang Xiu stepped forward to greet Tao Qiuyun, smiling neither subserviently nor arrogantly. “Welcome... and this is?”
“Bai Xiaoxiao.” Bai Xiaoxiao smiled and nodded. Her originally poised and proper demeanor instantly crumbled when she looked up and saw Qin Qingshang not far away. Her face stiffened.
Ah, this... No way, no way! What you fear is what happens?
Liang Xiu had clearly heard the name Bai Xiaoxiao. After all, the matter of the Bai family's real and fake daughters had caused a stir in the circle for a while. The real daughter had passed away, and the Bai family's public statement was that the fake daughter had caused it and had fled abroad...
She looked at the expressions of Tao Qiuyun and Bai Xiaoxiao, feeling that they had both paused for a moment just now, but she had no evidence.
However... now Tao Qiuyun had brought the Bai family's fake daughter to the dinner party. Was she planning to support her?
It seemed the rumors that CEO Tao liked women were true.
“Let me introduce you,” Liang Xiu, unaware of the undercurrents between the three, led Tao Qiuyun towards Qin Qingshang. “CEO Tao, this is the brand spokesperson I carefully selected, Miss Qin Qingshang. I think you should know her, she is an artist signed by Fuyao.”
Tao Qiuyun pondered her words, her expression as calm as ever. However, thinking of her loss of control last night and the current awkwardness of having Bai Xiaoxiao by her side, her gentle gaze towards Qin Qingshang carried a rare hint of unease.
Bai Xiaoxiao deliberately stayed half a step behind, following closely behind Tao Qiuyun, precisely to convey that she was just CEO Tao's attendant.
However, the style of their outfits clearly looked designed to match, plus the keywords "White Moonlight" and "Stand-in" which were enough to make the Cat explode, Qin Qingshang didn't see Bai Xiaoxiao as an attendant at all!
“Miss Qin,” Tao Qiuyun took the initiative to extend her hand and said to Qin Qingshang, “Hello, I am Tao Qiuyun.”
Liang Xiu was clearly taken aback. Did Tao Qiuyun actually have a hobby of shaking hands and introducing herself to others? She had never heard of it!
She only knew that Tao Qiuyun was aloof...
Wait, Qingshang, why aren't you reaching out? Please don't provoke CEO Tao!
If the Big Cat knew what she was thinking, she would definitely say:
Me provoking her? She's the one who provoked me!
The Cat was furious!
Qin Qingshang stared at the woman before her. Seeing her look so calm and composed, she suddenly revealed a smile, extended her hand in return, their palms met, and then separated.
Tao Qiuyun released her hand and stood straight, just about to say something, when she saw the Cat take a step forward, seemingly wanting to close the distance.
Qin Qingshang's voice was soft and ethereal: “Hello, CEO Tao, I've heard a lot about you...”
Perhaps, maybe, possibly, she accidentally stepped on her skirt hem, Qin Qingshang's body swayed. The woman in front of her immediately reached out and grabbed her left hand, using it to steady her, while her other hand supported her waist, her palm resting right on the exposed skin at her waistline.
“Are you alright, Miss Qin?” The woman's tone seemed steady and distant, but a hint of concern unconsciously showed in her eyes.
“I'm fine, thanks to CEO Tao.” Qin Qingshang looked at her and blinked.
The hand resting on her waist was hot and burning, clearly Tao Qiuyun wasn't as calm as she appeared. As expected, she was a fake prude!
The Cat, using the posture of deliberately, oh no, accidentally falling, held the woman's left hand back, squeezing it sometimes hard, sometimes lightly...
Scratch you to death! Scratch you to death!
How dare you bring Bai Xiaoxiao!
How dare you secretly come to Linhai!
I found out, didn't I...
Damn it!
I'm angry!
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