10 – Three years younger than you? This soft puppy boy?
TV Station.
Sheng Xingyang hurried to the main hall of the TV station in flat shoes, took out her work ID, and swiped it on the attendance machine at the front.
After clocking in, she looked at the time displayed on the screen.
Good, there were still ten minutes before she would be late.
She immediately breathed a sigh of relief, picked up her bag, and headed to the fifth floor to the news department.
The program she was currently assigned to was the hardest and most demanding—the public affairs news team, along with an equally exhausting and messy pet segment.
These two program segments were typically where female anchors without any background ended up.
But Sheng Xingyang didn’t complain. For her, having a job to support herself and her baby was enough to make her grateful.
Most importantly, she also had a comatose brother to take care of, so she couldn’t afford to be reckless and lose her job.
She quickly took the elevator to the fifth floor.
As soon as Sheng Xingyang stepped out of the elevator and hurried back to her team, she ran into her best friend Dai Yutong, who had arrived ten minutes earlier. Dai Yutong was holding two cups of latte and walked over excitedly, saying, “Hey, good morning.”
“Your coconut latte, same as usual, low sugar.” Dai Yutong smiled as she placed the coconut latte on Sheng Xingyang’s desk and said, “By the way, where’s your little Xiao Yu’er? Why didn’t you bring him today?”
Sheng Xingyang picked up the coconut latte, sighed, and said, “Do I dare bring him anymore?”
“After I brought him these past few days, did you see Chen Zhongguo’s face? He hasn’t given me a good look for days. Yesterday, he talked to me and told me to find a daycare center and not bring the baby to the station anymore, or else he’d make me resign.”
If it weren’t for Chen Zhongguo’s scolding, she wouldn’t have dared to leave the baby with Fu Siyan, whom she had only been married to for a day.
“What the hell, did he really say that to you? Damn, he’s insane.” Dai Yutong hadn’t known that Old Man Chen had talked to Sheng Xingyang, and she instantly got angry, slamming the table. “It’s not like you bring him every day. Your situation is special, isn’t it? He’s just bullying the weak. He knows you were abandoned by the Sheng family, so he dares to treat you like this openly. Don’t worry, one of these days, I’ll secretly write a complaint letter and get him fired.”
Dai Yutong was indignant and tried to cheer Sheng Xingyang up, but Sheng Xingyang said, “Don’t bother. You know his background. Don’t end up losing your own job.”
“Anyone who can hold a director position at the TV station is definitely not an ordinary person.”
Dai Yutong knew that, but she just felt it was unfair. “Ah, it’s all because we didn’t marry into a wealthy family. Xingyang, you need to work hard and marry into a rich family next time, so Old Man Chen will kneel down and beg for mercy. Look at Yao Yi in our team—she’s dating a wealthy boyfriend, and that boyfriend invested a million yuan in advertising for our program. Yao Yi walks with her head held high now, and Old Man Chen treats her with respect. So… Old Man Chen is just a refined opportunist. Whoever has connections, he favors them.”
Sheng Xingyang didn’t care. Given her situation, she didn’t expect to marry into a wealthy family, and there was no chance anyway.
Once she divorced Fu Siyan, she would be a divorced woman with a child. Forget marrying into a wealthy family—even an ordinary family would be difficult.
So, there was no hope for her.
“There’s no hope for me. You work hard, and I’ll cling to your success, okay?” Sheng Xingyang snapped back to reality and said with a smile.
Dai Yutong didn’t dare to think about that. “Me? Forget it. I’m not even one-third as beautiful as you. What chance do I have?”
“Xingyang, don’t lose heart. You’re so beautiful, you definitely can.”
Sheng Xingyang lowered her head and took a sip of coffee. When she put the cup down, she glanced around and saw no one nearby, so she said, “I’m married.”
“We got our marriage certificate yesterday, for nine dollars and ninety cents.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Dai Yutong, who was drinking coffee, spat it out with a pfft, spraying coffee all over herself and staining her work skirt.
Seeing this, Sheng Xingyang quickly pulled out a wet wipe from the drawer to help her clean up. “Is it really that shocking?”
“How could it not be? You… are you serious? You got married?” Dai Yutong wiped her mouth and then her skirt, asking in surprise.
Sheng Xingyang raised her hand and gently covered Dai Yutong’s mouth. “I’m only telling you because you’re my best friend. Keep your voice down.”
“I don’t want too many people to know.”
Dai Yutong let out an “oh, oh” and quickly lowered her voice. “Yangyang, how did you suddenly get married? And to whom?”
“Sheng Ruoxuan is marrying into a wealthy family. The Sheng family is worried that I’ll bring along a child of unknown origin and become a burden to them, so they made a deal with me and arranged for me to get married through a blind date,” Sheng Xingyang said calmly, her eyes darkening.
“Damn, you actually agreed? Are you crazy? Do you think they’d introduce you to a good man?” Dai Yutong knew the Sheng family all too well.
Ever since Sheng Xingyang’s mother passed away, the Sheng family had stopped treating her like a young lady.
Let alone kindly introducing her to a high-quality man for marriage.
“What else could I do? Bai Cheng is still in the hospital, and I don’t have enough money to keep him hospitalized for long,” Sheng Xingyang sighed. “But by agreeing to get married, I can break free from the Sheng family in the future.”
“I also got my mother’s house back. It’s not a bad deal.”
Dai Yutong frowned. “What about the man? What’s he like? Short, ugly, and unattractive?”
“At first, I thought Lin Meisu would set me up with someone like that, but… the man turned out to be better-looking and more handsome than I expected… He’s also tall, around 190 cm, and three years younger than me.” Thinking of Fu Siyan’s face and figure, Sheng Xingyang’s ears flushed slightly. “But I don’t know why he agreed to Lin Meisu’s request and married me.”
“Damn, he’s three years younger than you? That’s a total little puppy!” Dai Yutong’s eyes lit up. Had Lin Meisu taken the wrong medication? Usually, she treated Sheng Xingyang like a thorn in her side.
Why would she be so kind as to introduce such a great guy?
“What about his background? What does his family do?”
“I didn’t ask in detail. He said he owns a dessert shop,” Sheng Xingyang whispered.
Dai Yutong was shocked again. A little puppy who owns a dessert shop—damn, that’s pretty good. He may not be from a wealthy family, but it’s not bad at all, especially since he’s not short, ugly, or unattractive.
“Did your stepmother take the wrong medication? She actually introduced you to a handsome guy?” Dai Yutong couldn’t help but click her tongue twice.
Sheng Xingyang lightly rubbed her brow. “I don’t know. Maybe she paid him. Whatever, we’ll get divorced eventually.”
“Don’t say that! Try getting along with him first!” Dai Yutong thought a 190 cm tall little puppy was quite a catch.
It was worth a try.
Sheng Xingyang hadn’t thought that far ahead. “He’s younger than me, and he probably… only married me because Lin Meisu paid him. Do you think he’d genuinely want to live with me?”
Dai Yutong hissed. That was true. Young guys loved to play around and weren’t very reliable, which was why girls nowadays preferred mature older men.
“Alright then, let’s not get emotionally involved. Just enjoy the physical side. It’s rare to have a young man delivered to your doorstep—you should take advantage of it,” Dai Yutong laughed. “We women shouldn’t shortchange ourselves.”
Sheng Xingyang couldn’t handle her teasing and blushed. “!!”
“Let’s not talk about it anymore, let’s work first.”
But Dai Yutong grew curious: “By the way, where is his dessert shop? Can you take me to see it? I’ll go support him and buy some desserts to try?”
Hearing this, Sheng Xingyang chuckled, raised her hand, and gently tapped Dai Yutong’s cheek, saying, “Do you want to buy desserts or see him?”
“Both, hehehe… You described him as so handsome, I want to see just how handsome he is!” Dai Yutong laughed.
Sheng Xingyang thought for a moment: “Another day, when his shop is more stable, I’ll take you there.”
“His shop just opened today.”
Dai Yutong was eager to see what the “little puppy” looked like: “Don’t wait until it’s stable, take me to buy desserts this weekend?”
Sheng Xingyang: …
Why did she feel like Dai Yutong was even more impatient than she was?
“Alright, this weekend, I’ll take you to the shop.”
Dai Yutong’s lips curled into a smile as she nodded: “Deal, babe.”