Chapter 10: The Recommendation Letter is Obtained

Shi Niannian's years of calm and composure collapsed at that moment. Her tears fell uncontrollably, and she wept as if rain were falling from pear blossoms.

Ling Yichen was stunned. He couldn't stand to see a woman cry, especially a beautiful one. He softened his tone, "Stop crying, I won't force you."

He found a tissue and threw it to Shi Niannian, "Wipe your tears and snot, it's filthy, I can't even bear to kiss you now."

Shi Niannian glared at him. 'Good, the less you kiss me, the better,' she thought. She wiped away her tears and snot and tossed the tissue into the trash can.

"Knock, knock, knock!" Someone was at the door.

Shi Niannian looked at Ling Yichen in panic. She couldn't let anyone find him in her room. She pushed Ling Yichen into the bathroom, "Don't come out yet."

Ling Yichen's face was gloomy, but he cooperated and hid inside.

Shi Niannian walked to the door and asked, "Who is it?"

"It's me." A familiar and cool voice. It was Shi Xinghe.

Shi Niannian took a deep breath, put on a smile, and opened the door, "Big brother, what's up so late?"

"I've brought you some clean clothes; someone just delivered them." Shi Xinghe handed the bag to Shi Niannian. He noticed her red and swollen eyes, clearly from recent crying, "Have you been crying?"

Shi Niannian took the bag, touched her eyes, and chuckled, "It's nothing, I just shed a few tears because I felt down, thank you big brother."

Shi Xinghe thought of the incident when Shi Niannian had been forced to dance. Was it because of that? He hadn't given it much thought at the time, but now he felt it was somewhat inappropriate, to have embarrassed her, "Such things won't happen again, don't overthink it, get some rest early!"

"Okay, goodnight big brother!" Shi Niannian closed the door, pondering Shi Xinghe's words. 'Which thing?' Did he think she cried because she was mistreated?

Ling Yichen came out of the bathroom, his clothes now tidied. Shi Niannian moved to open the door for him to leave, "You should go now!"

"Aren't you scared I might run into your big brother if I go out now?" Ling Yichen pressed down on Shi Niannian's hand that was trying to open the door.

Shi Niannian thought about it too, "Then leave in a few minutes."

Ling Yichen picked up the bag in Shi Niannian's hand, flipped through it, finding underwear, a dress, and a swimsuit, "Your big brother seems quite familiar with your sizes!"

Shi Niannian frowned, snatching the bag from his hands, "What do you mean by that?"

"Did he take your measurements?" Ling Yichen crossed his arms, with a mocking smile.

"You... bastard!" Shi Niannian's eyes reddened again. She really wanted to slap him twice, but she didn't dare. She turned and sat down on the sofa, ignoring Ling Yichen.

Ling Yichen touched his nose, realizing he had made the young girl angry again. He sat down beside her on the sofa and stretched out his hand to hold Shi Niannian on his lap.

"What are you doing?" Shi Niannian struggled to get down.

"Don't move, I'll take your measurements." Ling Yichen pinned down Shi Niannian's body with one arm and kissed her dominantly, while his other hand roamed her body, pretending to measure her size.

Shi Niannian wanted to curse, but her mouth was sealed. She could only make some nasal noises, her body resisting. She tried to avoid Ling Yichen's restless hand.

The direct friction stimulated certain parts of him, and Shi Niannian sensed danger, daring not to move anymore.

Ling Yichen released Shi Niannian, his eyes flashing with desire, "Let's do it once, and I'll leave after."

Shi Niannian's eyes glimmered with tears, "What do you take me for? Even if you hire a prostitute, you still negotiate the price, and it's consensual!"

Ling Yichen was left speechless. Yeah, bullying a young girl like this didn't seem right, but after being provoked like that, leaving would only mean his own discomfort.

He was not someone who liked to make himself suffer.

Ling Yichen grabbed Shi Niannian's hand, "Then you solve it for me."

"No!" Shi Niannian, recalling the painful experience from before, rejected him without a second thought.

"Do you still want the recommendation letter?" Ling Yichen's lips curved into a wicked smile.

Shi Niannian glared at him in anger, "You! That was for last time…" She couldn't finish her sentence.

"I gave you one last time, I'll give you another after this is resolved."

Shameless, absolutely shameless, Shi Niannian felt her teeth itch with hatred.

"You're not keeping your word, I don't believe you anymore."

"I'll have someone send it over now, how about that?"

After speaking, Ling Yichen called Li Cheng to get the two recommendation letters from the company and deliver them to the villa.

Li Cheng...

Capitalists really bleed people dry, Li Cheng looked at the time, it was already after 10 PM; running this errand meant he could forget about sleeping.

Ling Yichen put down his phone and looked at Shi Niannian, "Do you feel reassured now?"

Shi Niannian gritted her teeth, she secretly resolved that someday she would trample Ling Yichen underfoot.

In the end, Shi Niannian finished her work weeping, her hands too sore and tired.

Ling Yichen put on his trousers with satisfaction, bent down and kissed Shi Niannian on the head, "I'm leaving, I'll have the recommendation letter sent to you in a bit."

Ling Yichen patted his backside and left, Shi Niannian went to the bathroom to take a shower, washing the dirt off her hands and the tears off her face.

She hugged herself and squatted under the showerhead, crying for a long time, why was it so hard just to live!

After she had cried enough, vented all her emotions, Shi Niannian stood up and left the bathroom.

She dried her hair, changed into her nightgown, and lay in bed unable to sleep, uncertain whether Ling Yichen would keep his promise this time.

Just as Shi Niannian was dozing off, there was a knock at the door, she sat up, looked down at her nightgown, which was somewhat revealing, and found a bathrobe to put on over it.

Shi Niannian opened the door, and Ling Yichen was holding two recommendation letters, "I keep my word!"

"We're even!" Shi Niannian snatched the recommendation letters from his hand, then slammed the door shut.

Luckily, Ling Yichen was quick to respond and dodged in time; otherwise, his nose might not have been spared.

He touched his unharmed nose with a sense of relief and inwardly cursed: Stinky girl, such a temper.

Li Cheng stood behind Ling Yichen, completely dumbfounded, had the boss made him come all this way just to deliver a recommendation letter to a young lady? Couldn't it have waited until morning instead of dragging him out in the middle of the night!

"Boss, if there's nothing else, I'll head back to the city," Li Cheng said, hiding his dissatisfaction.

"Don't go back, just stay here, and head back with me the day after tomorrow," Ling Yichen said and then went back to his own room.

...

No matter how late she slept, Shi Niannian would wake up on time in the morning.

Not needing to get up to make breakfast, she decided to stay in bed a little longer.

Lacking the habit of lying in, Shi Niannian couldn't stay in bed any longer; she opened the window and felt that the outside air was good, so she wanted to take a walk.

After hesitating for a moment, she still put on the dress sent by Shi Xinghe, a white floral waist-cinched long dress.

Shi Niannian was tall and slender, and the dress enhanced her features admirably, her long hair carelessly draped over her shoulders.

She took her phone and the door card and left her room.

Walking down the path, smelling the light scent of grass and flowers in the air, Shi Niannian's mood instantly improved a great deal.

She arrived under a lilac tree, closed her eyes, a smile on her face, hands clasped behind her back, deeply inhaling the fragrance of the lilacs.

Suddenly, a warm body appeared behind her, "Do you like it here a lot?"