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Jiang Ye stood up, walked to the barbecue grill, and picked up a sizzling, crispy-on-the-outside, tender-on-the-inside Taiwanese sausage.

He walked up to Xia Yu and handed her the grilled sausage.

"Weren't you not coming?" Jiang Ye looked into her watery eyes, a smile playing on his lips. "Here, some skewers. Freshly grilled."

Xia Yu looked at the thick grilled sausage handed to her, and then at Jiang Ye's somewhat roguish face.

She sniffed, trying to hold back the tears welling up in her eyes.

"I won't eat it!!!"

Xia Yu recoiled in disgust, frowning as she said, "This intestine is too thick, and it's covered in oil. Eating it will make me fat."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ye's gaze followed the sausage upwards, finally settling on Xia Yu's small, rosy lips.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze becoming somewhat meaningful.

"Too."

Jiang Ye drawled out the last syllable, his tone carrying a clear hint of teasing and mischief, "Your mouth is too small; you really can't swallow something this thick."

These words were spoken.

The air seemed to freeze instantly.

Xia Yu was stunned for a full three seconds.

When her brain finally processed the vulgar and explicit subtext of that sentence.

Her face instantly turned as red as a boiled shrimp, and even the base of her neck turned bright red!

"Eno!!!"

Xia Yu was filled with shame and indignation. She raised her fist and pounded it hard on Jiang Ye's chest like raindrops.

"You filthy scoundrel! What on earth is going on in your head?!"

"Go to hell!"

Jiang Ye dodged and laughed, letting her fists fall on him without feeling any pain.

Xia Yu pounded on Jiang Ye while inwardly wailing in despair.

She really doesn't understand!

One second she was standing in the night wind, deeply moved by this guy's soulful guitar playing and the story-filled music, and she was even on the verge of tears.

I felt he was a melancholic man with a story, depth, and complex emotions.

But the next second!

This bastard just blurted out such a blush-inducing dirty joke out of his mouth without warning!

This extreme contrast, this sudden jump from arthouse films to midnight blockbusters, creates a sense of disorientation.

It's such a disconnect!

. . . . .

This little incident on the rooftop terrace ended with Jiang Ye receiving several light, painless punches from Xia Yu.

Although she cursed Jiang Ye as a filthy hooligan with a head full of lewd nonsense, Xia Yu couldn't resist the tempting aroma of cumin.

The two sat by the charcoal stove, enjoying the cool night breeze and the starry sky, and devoured all the roasted meat and vegetables on the table.

After eating barbecue.

The two then walked down the terrace side by side.

The corridor was quiet, with only the soft sound of two people's footsteps on the wooden floor.

Upon reaching the second floor, Xia Yu pushed open the door to her room, not even bothering to change her clothes, and went straight to the small round table by the window, where she opened her silver MacBook laptop.

The screen's cold light illuminated her delicate yet somewhat weary face.

Jiang Ye followed him inside and closed the door behind him.

He casually leaned back on the sofa at the foot of Xia Yu's bed, and couldn't help but frown as he watched Xia Yu skillfully open various reports and PPTs.

"Hey Mr. Xia, do you have masochistic tendencies?"

Jiang Ye complained, "You came all the way to this remote mountain village, saying you were taking a vacation, but after dinner you're staring at the computer screen again. What kind of vacation is this? Just another place to work overtime, huh?"

Xia Yu's fingers slid across the touchpad without looking up.

Hearing Jiang Ye's complaint, she stopped what she was doing, turned around, and glared at Jiang Ye fiercely.

"Do you think I wanted to?"

Xia Yu said irritably, "It's easy for you to talk when you're not in the situation! Blue Ocean Group took on the Cloud Top Town project, a multi-billion dollar project. You have no idea how many plans need to be implemented in the early stages, or how much capital flow needs to be monitored!"

"Now that I've taken on this project, I definitely have to do it well!"

"Shouldn't we be responsible to the investors? Thousands of people are counting on this project for their livelihood."

At this point, Xia Yu paused, looking directly at Jiang Ye.

"We'll see."

"Speaking of which, Kunlun Capital is the largest LP in this project, and you, Mr. Jiang, are the largest investor."

"I'm working myself to the bone with all this overtime, isn't it all to make sure your money doesn't go down the drain? Don't I have to take responsibility for you?"

Listening to Xia Yu's rapid-fire retorts.

Jiang Ye was stunned for a moment.

I suddenly developed a strong liking for Xia Yu's professionalism.

Now, we're out of that treacherous environment.

Only then did he truly realize how much pressure this woman was under.

She's not cold-blooded; she's just too responsible.

She carries all the burdens on her seemingly fragile shoulders, and even when she comes out for a "vacation," she never dares to let her guard down.

"Alright, thank you for your hard work, Mr. Xia."

Jiang Ye abandoned his nonchalant attitude, sat up straight, and his tone became serious.

"Since you're so responsible for me, your sugar daddy, then I can't just sit back and do nothing."

"Come on, I'm clear-headed right now, let's work together on the funding plan for the first phase of the Cloud Top Town project."

Xia Yu glanced at Jiang Ye with some surprise.

She never expected that this guy, who usually seemed so carefree, would have such deep and sharp eyes when he got serious.

"it is good."

Xia Yu nodded and moved the computer screen closer to Jiang Ye.

The two sat side by side and talked about work for a while.

Although Jiang Ye had been lying low in the Shen family for the past seven years, his business acumen and investment insight were shrewd.

He could always pinpoint the flaws in Xia Yu's solutions and offer ingenious optimization suggestions.

Xia Yu nodded repeatedly as she listened, and a hint of admiration unconsciously crept into her eyes as she looked at Jiang Ye.

The atmosphere in the room became more harmonious and warm than ever before.

Just as the two were discussing the most crucial issue of the closed-loop financial chain.

"Snapped!"

A sudden, soft sound.

Immediately afterwards, the lights in the room went out!

Not only in the rooms, but also in the corridors outside the windows, the courtyard downstairs, and even the farmhouses halfway up the mountain in the distance, all the lights went out at the same time.

The air conditioner, which had been running, let out a muffled sigh and stopped working.

The power suddenly went out!

The infrastructure in the mountains is relatively weak, and it is common for power outages to occur due to line failures or overload.

The entire world was instantly plunged into absolute darkness, where one could not see their own hand in front of their face.

Only the screen of the laptop in front of Xia Yu still emitted a faint, eerie blue light.

"Huh? Why is the power out?"

Xia Yu was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously complained.