If You Could Hear My Heart

Chapter 563: Chapter 563: Unexpected Misunderstandings (Seeking Monthly Ticket)
 

Shen Chi glanced at the ties, his slender fingers dancing between them. “Which one looks good?”

Xu Chaomu looked at the ties, then at Shen Chi’s white shirt, and pointed at a dark gray tie. “This one.”

Shen Chi took it out and asked Xu Chaomu, “Do you know how to tie a tie?”

Xu Chaomu shook her head. “Not really.”

“Try it.” Shen Chi handed the tie to her.

Xu Chaomu was taken aback. She had said she was not adept, yet he was still letting her tie it? Wasn’t he afraid she would do it terribly?

Holding the high-quality tie, Xu Chaomu had no choice but to bite the bullet and do it for him.

She was much shorter than Shen Chi, so he bowed his head as she raised her hands.

Having seen various ways to tie a tie in design books, she chose the most common one.

They were so close that Shen Chi’s hot breath tangled at her nose. Xu Chaomu’s face turned red, and she couldn’t help feeling nervous.

With the anxiety came a tremble in her hands, and she failed to get it right several times.

Her heart pounded furiously, but Shen Chi was quite composed, eyes lowered as he watched her.

Every time she blinked, her long, thick eyelashes would flutter, her cheeks blushing with nervousness.

He just looked at her, feeling a desire surge through his body.

Xu Chaomu tried several times without success; she really had never tied a tie for a man before.

Helpless, she spread her hands. “I can’t do it, I don’t know how!”

Shen Chi grabbed her hand, teaching her hand over hand. “Learn a little, you’re so clumsy.”

Xu Chaomu tried to pull her hand away with force, but Shen Chi held on. He took her hand, wrapped it around the tie, and in a few moments, the tie was done.

“Got it now?”

“No,” Xu Chaomu shrugged.

“From now on, you’re in charge of the tie in the mornings before work. Tie it a few more times, and for sure you’ll learn,” Shen Chi said, patting her cheek.

After speaking, Shen Chi walked to the mirror to check himself out. It looked good.

Seeing how awkward she was with the task, it seemed she hadn’t tied a tie for anyone during her five years abroad.

As Xu Chaomu looked down, she suddenly spotted an old, dark blue tie in the tie cabinet.

She took it out absentmindedly. This… wasn’t this the one she bought back then? The one she gave him… he had kept it.

Shen Chi turned around just as Xu Chaomu picked up that tie.

“Do you know what it means to give a man a tie?” he asked, wrapping his arms around her from behind, his warm breath swirling in her ear.

Her ear tickled, and she turned her head slightly to avoid him.

She remembered, five years ago, he had told her. Giving a man a tie meant “I want to have you.”

Back then, although only eighteen years old, she loved him, regardless of anything else.

Ever since he told her that, she never gave a tie to any other man again.

In this lifetime, no other man ever entered her heart again.

Xu Chaomu smiled, grabbed his tie with a backhanded grip, and gave it a fierce tug, a mischievous laugh following, “I want to strangle you.”

“Naughty,” Shen Chi also laughed.

He pushed her against the closet, bent down, and a punishing kiss landed on her.

Xu Chaomu couldn’t dodge and simply let him kiss her until he was satisfied, only then did he let her go.

The kiss was neither long nor short. During the kiss, she clearly felt the heat coming from his body.

He had ignited the fire himself; she couldn’t be blamed.

Once he had his fill, he caressed her cheek and slightly curved his lips, “Be more proactive next time.”

“Do you still need to go to the company?” Xu Chaomu pushed him towards the door.

“The dark circles are too prominent. I should get some good sleep at home,” Shen Chi said, patting her face before finally leaving the room.

Xu Chaomu watched him all the way to the door, where the butler was already waiting outside.

Shen Chi got into the car, and Xu Chaomu waved at him.

Butler Cheng, seeing the two of them getting along so amicably, was quite pleased. Especially Xu Chaomu, who waited until Shen Chi’s car had driven away before turning back.

As soon as Shen Chi arrived at the company, Xiao Mo came into his office with a stack of documents.

Xiao Mo glanced at his watch; Shen Chi had arrived quite a bit later than usual today.

Seeing the smile on Shen Chi’s lips was truly rare.

At the company, Shen Chi was always cold and serious. Seeing him smile was harder than reaching the heavens.

Taking advantage of Shen Chi’s good mood, Xiao Mo quickly brought in a stack of documents.

“President Shen, here’s the Lin Group’s gala invitation for your review.”

“President Shen, here’s the contract from Jianlin Bank for your signature.”

“President Shen, here’s the financial report from last month for your review.”

…

“That’s enough, just leave them there.”

“Yes.”

Xiao Mo put the whole pile of documents on Shen Chi’s desk, still holding onto a stack that wasn’t too thick.

“What’s this?” Shen Chi asked.

“This is… the information about your wife from the five years she spent abroad,” Xiao Mo said respectfully as he handed over the documents.

A strange emotion appeared in Shen Chi’s eyes as he reached out to take them.

“Since it’s been five years, the data isn’t very complete,” Xiao Mo admitted truthfully.

Shen Chi flipped through the pages. Xiao Mo had sorted them very clearly, from when Xu Chaomu first went to Paris up until her return to C City, all laid out in order.

“That will be all, you can go now.”

“Alright,” Xiao Mo nodded.

“Wait, she’ll start working at the company next week. Make the arrangements,” Shen Chi said.

“I understand, President Shen,” Xiao Mo knew who “she” was in Shen Chi’s words.

But once Xu Chaomu started working at the company, President Shen would probably wear a smile every day.

Xiao Mo closed the door for Shen Chi and left the CEO office.

Shen Chi leaned back in the leather chair, flipping through the file. His brows furrowed from the first page.

When Xu Chaomu first arrived in Paris, she was nearly destitute, leaving her mark in many restaurants, construction sites, bakeries…

Shen Chi’s chest ached, at first dull, but the more he read, the more it felt as though his heart was being twisted by a knife.

The location of his heart seemed to have been viciously stabbed, bleeding profusely.

He knew she must have suffered greatly, but the raw data before him made it difficult to breathe from the pain.

The girl he had cherished for eight years had handed out flyers on the streets, washed dishes in restaurants, and cleaned shops…

Back then, he wouldn’t even let her serve dinner!

He had no idea how she had survived that period. The documents showed that five years ago, she had been hospitalized.

The one who paid for her hospital bills was Nie Chenglang.

He guessed that it must have been during that time that Xu Chaomu met Nie Chenglang.

Looking at the date of her discharge from the hospital, a sudden realization struck him – he was in the same hospital that day!

Shen Chi’s heartache intensified at the thought… it seemed that fate had mistakenly kept them apart for five whole years.

His memory revived, and he remembered why he seemed to have seen Xu Chaomu at the hospital that day!