There was a burst of laughter in the box because of this joking remark, which livened up the atmosphere. Everyone was in a good mood, except Bai Xiao.
After everyone has arrived, sit down and serve the food.
Bai Xiao's position is next to the boss of Hongyuan. When faced with other people's conversations, she behaves appropriately, not being enthusiastic but not being cold either.
A builder who has long-term cooperation with Mr. Pei said, "Assistant Bai, you are becoming more and more stable now."
In the past, after hearing this, Bai Xiao might have stood up and toasted a glass of wine immediately, but now...she just smiled and said nothing else.
The boss of Hongyuan didn't mind Bai Xiao's "nobility" and even helped her smooth things over: "Miss Bai is the one I invited to help today, so don't embarrass her."
Pei Qiyou sat opposite Hongyuan's boss. He never spoke a word and just drank quietly.
Someone talked to him: "Why is Mr. Pei so drunk? Mr. Hong, did you offend Mr. Pei by poaching people?"
The boss of Hongyuan complained that he was wronged. What he didn't say was that his assistant asked for sick leave today and his secretary went out to do errands again. He was worried that no one would accompany him to socialize, but Pei Qiyou reminded him on the phone that Bai Xiao had also worked as a special assistant.
For fear that others would misunderstand, Hongyuan's boss turned to Bai Xiao and said, "Miss Bai, everyone has misunderstood me so much. You have to explain it to me."
"There's no need to explain, Assistant Bai just wants to toast Mr. Pei with a drink!" someone booed.
For a moment, he asked the waiter to pour wine for Bai Xiao, and then pulled Pei Qiyou up: "Mr. Pei, you are not a gentleman if you sit down any longer!"
Bai Xiao didn't expect that Pei Qiyou would really get up. Everyone present was a boss over forty years old, and he stood up before he passed. He was wearing a smoky gray suit without a tie. The bright lights of the box shone on his face, looking heroic.
The eyebrows and eyes were dyed with a hazy light, and the whole person looked elegant and extraordinary.
Someone next to her urged Bai Xiao, but she was unwilling to do so, but she also didn't want to slap Pei Qiyou's face in front of everyone and make people think too much.
There was a faint smile on Pei Qiyou's lips: "I should respect Assistant Bai. Congratulations to Assistant Bai for reaching a higher level."
Others only thought that Pei Qiyou was praising her, but Bai Xiao knew the malice and sarcasm in his words. At that moment, she stood up with her wine glass in hand and touched Pei Qiyou's wine glass from a distance: "Mr. Pei is serious.
Without Mrs. Pei, I wouldn’t be where I am today.”
The polite exchange between the two seemed normal to others, but Pei Qiyou stopped smiling because of Bai Xiao's words and stared at her for a moment.
Bai Xiao took a sip of wine and sat back down, never looking at Pei Qiyou again.
Halfway through, a call came in from Bai Xiao's cell phone. She just didn't want to stay here, so she simply went out on the pretext of making a call.
It's Yu Jingxi's phone number.
"What are you doing?" The little guy's lazy voice reached Bai Xiao's ears.
Bai Xiao felt a little uncomfortable in the box just now. While answering the phone, Bai Xiao went to the bathroom to wash her face: "Have you had lunch?"
"What do you think?" Yu Jingxi asked proudly.
Bai Xiao couldn't help but laugh, as the depression caused by meeting Pei Qiyou dissipated: "It seems like it's lunch self-study time now, right?"
The little guy thought she was more verbose than Aunt Li, so he hummed and said, "I'm going to the bathroom. I'll go back to study after I'm done."
Bai Xiao washed his face and said a few words to the little guy before hanging up the phone. When he went out, he accidentally bumped into a woman. They both said sorry. The woman looked up and was startled when she saw Bai Xiao. Bai Xiao nodded and smiled at her.
Laughing, the latter also laughed and entered the bathroom.
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Bai Xiao had never thought that Pei Qiyou was a sloppy man until she saw him in the corridor outside the bathroom.
Pei Qiyou, who was tall and tall, was looking at an oil painting of sunflowers hanging on the corridor. He turned around when he heard footsteps. At that moment, the look he cast towards Bai Xiao even gave Bai Xiao the illusion of being affectionate. But she was very
He quickly turned away his eyes and walked past him without saying hello.
"Bai Xiao!" Pei Qiyou called her first, as if her name was on the tip of his tongue, speaking it in a serious and emotional tone.
Bai Xiao did not stop because of his call. When she walked past him, Pei Qiyou stretched out his right hand and took her arm.
She frowned and turned to look at him. There was confusion in her eyes, but it was just confusion, not even the slightest bit of disgust.
However, it is this look that makes Pei Qiyou feel even more uncomfortable. This look can only be seen between strangers. He would rather she blame him and hate him. That at least shows that she still has him in her heart, but now she is so frank.
Looking at him, he didn't know how to continue speaking.
"Is there something wrong with Mr. Pei?" Bai Xiao asked in a very businesslike tone.
"There is no one here now, do you still want to be so polite to me?" Pei Qiyou's handsome face was a little cold.
"You said at the beginning that you didn't want anyone to know about our previous relationship. Is it wrong for me to obey your orders?"
Pei Qiyou looked at her straightly: "Why didn't I know you were so obedient before?"
Bai Xiao always felt that Pei Qiyou was not normal recently and kept pestering her again and again. She even wondered if today's dinner was his idea.
Thinking of this possibility, Bai Xiao couldn't help but chuckle: "Pei Qiyou, don't tell me that you really regret it."
Pei Qiyou looked at her steadily and said nothing.
"You're not afraid of others seeing you, but I'm afraid of being gossiped about. It took too long to come out, so I should go in."
Pei Qiyou did not let go, looking at her with deep eyes and a low voice: "Bai Xiao, if I regret it, what will you do?"
Bai Xiao looked back at him: "What can I do? I am living a good life now and am very contented."
Pei Qiyou's Adam's apple twitched, but he didn't say anything. The hands hanging by his sides were clenched into fists.
Bai Xiao turned her head and took a deep breath. After a moment, she said softly: "Where were you when I was taken to the police station for questioning? You traded me for Yu Yiwei, and you were there when the kidnappers wanted to burn me to death.
Where?" As she said that, she broke away from his hand.
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The private room was still full of people chatting and laughing.
Not long after Bai Xiao sat down, Pei Qiyou also came in. After coming back, Pei Qiyou didn't speak any more. He was so silent that people almost ignored his existence.
There was a knock on the box door, and Bai Xiao turned around to look along with the others——
The waiter had already gone over to open the door. When he saw Yu Shaoting coming in, Bai Xiao couldn't help showing surprise. How could he be here?
Everyone else stood up and went to shake hands with Yu Shaoting. They didn't feel that it was disrespectful at all. They even forgot that Yu Shaoting was actually more than ten years younger than them. What they were selling was not only Yu Shaoting's face, but also the entire Yu family behind him.
face.
Only Pei Qiyou was still sitting in his seat, taking a sip of wine alone, as if he didn't see Yu Shaoting's arrival.
Yu Shaoting shook hands and exchanged greetings with several bosses, with a very slight smile on his face. He was already good-looking, but when he smiled like this again, his eyes casually glanced over, showing a different kind of mature man's style.
It's not as difficult to get close to as it used to be.
When others invited Yu Shaoting to have dinner with him, he said that there were guests waiting for him. As he said that, he looked in the direction of Bai Xiao.
Several bosses also turned around after him, and Yu Shaoting had already walked to Bai Xiao's side.
Bai Xiao stood up instinctively and heard him say: "An employee of my company said she saw you in the bathroom. I thought she was joking, but I didn't expect it to be true."
"Mr. Yu, do you know Miss Bai too?" It seems that we have a close relationship.
Bai Xiao was at a loss by Yu Shaoting's unabashed words and deeds. He was asked this question again, and he didn't know how to respond.
A person who was calm just now suddenly blushed, like a shy little daughter-in-law.
Yu Shaoting was very calm. He put his arm around her shoulders and said lightly: "This is my lover, who currently works for Mr. Hong."
Bai Xiao's brain buzzed as he was stunned by his admission in public, because it was so sudden and he was not mentally prepared at all.
Except for Hongyuan's boss, everyone else didn't believe it at first, and then laughed dryly: "We are so blind that we didn't see it..."
Bai Xiao is beautiful, but her family background is very ordinary. It would be good if she kept her in private. They didn't expect that Yu Shaoting would admit their relationship so openly. Moreover, the word "lover" is more solemn than "girlfriend"
Generally, a man calls his wife a "lover" when he is outside the home.
Yu Shaoting lowered his head and said a few words to Bai Xiao. He simply said that he still had guests over there and would come see her later. When he left, he naturally tightened his hand on her waist, his affectionate movements showing no sign of emotion.
Not artificial.
Bai Xiao smiled at him, and Yu Shaoting seemed to be satisfied with her response, so he let her go.
For a moment, the bosses looked at Bai Xiao differently. They barely gave her a thumbs up. You couldn't tell...
In the entire box, only one person said "ha", which was very mocking, but no one noticed.
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Because of Yu Shaoting's arrival, the conversation in the box changed. It had nothing to do with business and all centered around Bai Xiao.
Bai Xiao didn't want to reveal how she met and fell in love with Yu Shaoting. Several bosses saw that she was tight-lipped, but they didn't deliberately make things difficult for her.
Her attitude towards her was as polite as ever.
After dinner, the boss asked Bai Xiao eagerly if he wanted to call Yu Shaoting to inform him.
A group of people walked out of the box. Yu Shaoting, holding his coat in his hand, was standing in the corridor talking to a few foreign friends. When he saw them, he hurriedly shook hands with his clients and said goodbye, then walked towards them, stopped a few steps away, and looked at them.
Falling on Bai Xiao's face: "Okay?"
Bai Xiao was uncomfortable with Yu Shaoting's widely publicized intimacy. Due to so many gazes, she forced herself to hum.
"Mr. Hong, I want to borrow someone from you for half a day." Yu Shaoting's joking words made the atmosphere even more subtle.
Bai Xiao: "..."
How could the boss of Hongyuan not sell Yu Shaoting's face? With a wave of his hand, he gave Bai Xiao a good excuse not to return to the company: "Miss Bai, Donglin and Hongyuan have a project to cooperate soon. You and Mr. Yu
Go over and understand the situation, Manager Zhang, and I will tell him."
Pei Qiyou stood at the back, looking coldly at the hypocritical politeness in front of him, but his heart felt dull and uncomfortable.
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Mr. Hong's last sentence was very informative. Bai Xiao got into Yu Shaoting's car, pulled on her seat belt and asked, "When will Donglin cooperate with Hongyuan?"
"It was just confirmed recently and has not yet been announced to the public."
Bai Xiao bit her lip, and Yu Shaoting saw what she was thinking: "It has nothing to do with you. Donglin has long wanted to find a partner for the Lanyuan project."
"Then why isn't it another real estate company?" But it's Hongyuan, the company she just joined?
The Bentley Continental drove out of the parking lot, merged into the heavy traffic, and stopped at an intersection. Yu Shaoting's index finger tapped the steering wheel: "Hongyuan is quite powerful in Fengcheng real estate, so don't look for it...
Do you want me to go find Mr. Pei?"
Bai Xiao pursed her lips and defended: "I didn't say that."
"The real estate industry in the past two years has not been as good as in previous years. The investment in the Lanyuan project is huge. Finding a cooperative investor can share the risks. This is a decision made by Donglin's internal senior management through meetings, and it is not a decision that I can make alone.
"The implication of his words is that no matter where she works, Hongyuan is Donglin's partner.
Whether she is being sentimental or having random thoughts, Bai Xiao always feels that she has something to do with her.
She dug her fingers into the seat belt, turned her head and looked at him: "Yu Shaoting, although there is a huge economic and social gap between us, I have always wanted to be with you on an equal relationship. I don't want to be with you because of me.
What compromises do you need to make, whether in business or in life?"
Yu Shaoting didn't look at her. He held the steering wheel with one hand and held her hand with the other and put it on his lap: "You are thinking too much."
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Since the milk tea was delivered on the first day of the festival, Bai Xiao found that the employees on the first floor of Yu Shaoting's office smiled whenever they saw her.
Entering the office, Bai Xiao saw the bouquet of red roses at a glance. She looked at Yu Shaoting who was taking off his coat in surprise: "Did you really put it in the vase?"
She thought... thought he would laugh it off and throw it into the trash can.
Yu Shaoting looked up at her, as if to say: "Didn't you ask me to get in? What's all the fuss about now?"
Bai Xiao really didn't expect that Tangtang Donglin President, the third young master of the Yu family would listen to her words so much. She fiddled with a dying rose: "This flower is about to wither. It will hinder the view in the office. If you like it, I will
Just order another bunch."
Yu Shaoting ignored her. Bai Xiao turned to look at him and said, "Why did you ask me to come over?"
Just as he was talking, Yang Xi came in with a yellow skirt. When he saw Bai Xiao, he gave a friendly smile and said to Yu Shaoting: "Mr. Yu, here are the clothes."
Bai Xiao more or less guessed that it was for herself. When Yu Shaoting asked her to go to the lounge to try it on, she obediently took it in without saying a word.
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Yang Xi looked at Bai Xiao's ponytail swaying as she walked. When she closed the door to the lounge, she couldn't help but sigh: "It's great to be young."
"You're not old either." Yu Shaoting replied casually, continuing to look through the documents without stopping.
"Old!" Yang Xi said mockingly, looking at the man sitting behind the desk. Time has only left a deep restraint and stability on him. Thirty-four years old is the best age in a man's life.
But for the woman, her youth has passed away. She linked arms with each other, which was less respectful and more like a conversation between friends.
"The guy from Las Vegas called me today and asked me if you had a woman outside."
Yu Shaoting paused and looked up.
Yang Xi shrugged: "She said she called you last night and a woman answered the phone."
"How did you answer?"
"...What can I say? I don't know anything. She even complained to me that she went back to China after the Spring Festival without telling her family and wanted you to spend her birthday with her. But she stayed outside the Qinyuan Villa and didn't show up.
Go and take a look at the door. I know that you were staying in the capital for those few days."
The door of the lounge opened with a bang, Yang Xi closed his mouth, and Yu Shaoting also looked towards the lounge.
Bai Xiao covered the back of her skirt, and there was still half of the zipper that she couldn't reach. She looked at Yang Xi for help, and the latter was about to go over -
"You go out first." Yu Shaoting suddenly spoke.
Yang Xi understood what he meant, closed the door with a smile and went out.
Bai Xiao saw Yu Shaoting move away from the chair and stand up, then walked to her side: "Turn around."
Next to it was a transparent tempered floor-to-ceiling window. Bai Xiao turned her head and could vaguely see the man behind her helping her to zip up the zipper little by little. When it reached the end, Yu Shaoting suddenly took off her ponytail hair tie. In an instant, it was smooth again.
Her straight black hair fell down and fell on her shoulders.
His big, bony hands put her shoulders, and he gently turned her towards the glass window. What was reflected was her figure, with long black hair, a yellow organza knee-length skirt, and her face was covered by several lines.
The sun shrouded me so much that I couldn't see clearly.
Yu Shaoting stared at the person on the glass for a while and then said: "He looks much younger again."
Bai Xiao raised her hand and put it on the back of his hand, looking at the glass even though he couldn't see his eyes. Suddenly his breath fell on the back of her ear, it was very hot, and his thin lips pressed down against her long hair. The man was strong.
His chest was pressed against her back.
"Do you like it?" As he spoke, his breath smelled slightly of alcohol, not too strong, so he came closer.
Bai Xiao hummed and heard him say again: "I asked Yang Xi to prepare it specially for you a few days ago."
"Why did you suddenly buy me a skirt?"
Yu Shaoting hugged her from behind, lifted her long hair at the temples and hooked it behind her ears. Bai Xiao's skin was very white, and he could see the fine down on her face if he looked closer against the sun. He lowered his head and kissed her mandible.
Realizing what he might want to do, Bai Xiao stopped him: "Don't... there's someone outside, don't be here."
Yu Shaoting looked at her shy look, and the waves in his heart rolled rapidly.
Bai Xiao stumbled forward and pressed against the cold floor-to-ceiling glass window. His hands instinctively pressed against the glass. The man behind him leaned forward. Bai Xiao couldn't help but whisper: "The door is not locked yet... go to the lounge."
"No one will come in—"
Bai Xiao pressed her body tightly against the glass window, and the movement behind her made her feel relaxed. The thought of someone suddenly breaking in through the door... Yu Shaoting put his hand on her back again: "Do you want something more exciting?"
Bai Xiao was panting. She wanted to push him away but she longed for him. The special nature of the venue made her unable to let go: "Mr. Hong... asked me to come over to understand the project."
"I'll let you know more about it right away, don't be impatient." His breath became stronger.
Bai Xiao was a little embarrassed when she saw that he deliberately misinterpreted her words. There was the sound of high-heeled shoes hitting the floor outside, and the sound of employees talking. Through a door, she even heard them say "Mr. Yu": "No... you
Let me go, they're coming in soon."
"They can't get in." His chest heaved violently.
"...You lied to me." Didn't you say it was a skirt? How could it develop into this situation?
Yu Shaoting's big hands changed to hold her waist, and his thin lips pressed against her ears: "The old man wants to see you."
"Every time you stare at me with these watery eyes, I want to do this and make you look at me like this!"
Bai Xiao's consciousness was confused, and his ears were buzzing: "Stop talking..."
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After it was over, Yu Shaoting kissed her sweaty shoulder without moving. There was a knock on the office door, and Bai Xiao pushed him hurriedly, "Hey!"
Yu Shaoting looked at her deeply, as if he was teasing a timid little hamster. Bai Xiao bit his lip, with an almost pleading look. He curled the corners of his lips, then left slowly, and then
He arranged it slowly and looked at her: "Do you want me to help you put it on?"
Bai Xiao's body bones were still weak and she couldn't use any strength. She glared at him fearfully: "No need."
Bai Xiao sped up her dressing speed. Yu Shaoting leaned against the desk and took a cigarette from the cigarette case on the table. He slowly exhaled blue smoke from his thin lips and watched her hurriedly. He went over and stood there.
Behind her, he took the zipper puller from her hand, raised his eyes and looked at her red ears.
The sun gradually goes down, and the sunlight falling on the glass windows is no longer so bright and dazzling.
Bai Xiao saw his gaze on the glass, his deep black eyes, and a cigarette between his slender fingers. Her heart beat inexplicably faster.
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When Jing Xing came in, he always felt that the atmosphere inside was strange. He glanced at Bai Xiao, who was sitting on the sofa area reading a magazine, and then slowly walked to the desk.
After putting down the document, I looked at Mr. Yu again, and still felt that something was wrong...
Yu Shaoting looked up from the document: "Is there anything else?"
"No...no." Jing Xing glanced at where Bai Xiao was sitting again, and then left the office.
When the office door closed, Bai Xiao put down the magazine without reading a word, and the heat on her face had not subsided.
The phone rang and Bai Xiao answered it. It was the call from Mr. Hongyuan: "Hello, Mr. Hong."
Hearing Mr. Hong ask about her project, Bai Xiao hesitated and couldn't answer. She turned her head. Yu Shaoting was leaning on the leather chair and looking at her with interest. He should have guessed who called, and her face changed.
Xian Hong said, "Mr. Yu is a little busy, I haven't talked to him in detail yet... um... ok, goodbye."
After saying that, Bai Xiao had no choice but to stand up and go over: "Mr. Hong asked me to ask about the Lanyuan project."
Yu Shaoting lowered his head and flipped through the documents by himself. Bai Xiao looked at the man posing with him and felt angry: "I'm talking to you!"
"What did you say?" He raised his head and asked knowingly.
"Lanyuan's cooperation project."
Yu Shaoting looked at her awkward expression with half a smile: "Don't you want to play tricks with me?"
When Jing Xing came in just now, she took advantage of him not paying attention and kicked his calf with the pointed heel of her high-heeled shoe. It still hurts slightly.
Bai Xiao hummed vaguely, then he put away his fake smile and dialed the phone. Soon Yang Xi came. He said: "This project is in charge of the people under Yang Xi. You and her
Just go over there." After saying that, he didn't even look at her, lowered his head and continued working.
Looking at his sanctimonious look, Bai Xiao muttered "dress*" in her heart before following Yang Xi out.
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After coming out of the "East Palace", Pei Qiyou sat in his car for a long time. What lingered in his mind was the figure of Yu Shaoting turning around and leaving with Bai Xiao in his arms.
He didn't know what kind of mood he was feeling. He was so frustrated that he wanted to vent, as if his treasured treasure had been coveted and taken away.
Treasured treasure...
Pei Qiyou felt pain in his chest, a feeling he had never felt before.
The cell phone rang suddenly, and when I picked it up, it was Pei's mother's call.
Jiang Yingmei's voice was urgent and helpless, and she spoke incoherently. Pei Qiyou frowned: "Why did An An's finger get broken?"
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Pei Qiyou rushed to the hospital and saw Jiang Yingmei with red eyes and Pei An'an sleeping on the hospital bed.
The right hand wrapped in gauze is particularly dazzling under the light.
Pei Qiyou clenched his hands tightly, then loosened them after a while, walked over, and asked in a low voice: "How is the situation?"
"What else can I do? A small section of my little finger is broken. Even if it is reattached, the finger will probably not be able to use its strength!" Mother Pei just thought it was a sin.
My daughter is only in her early twenties, which is a good age. How can she accept that she has become disabled?
There was a knock on the door of the ward, and Pei Qiyou and Pei's mother turned around, and it was Su Manrong who came in. Su Manrong felt guilty when he saw Pei An'an on the bed, and immediately turned his head to the outside and shouted in a low voice: "Don't let me in yet!"
A somewhat embarrassed Yu Yiwei walked in slowly.
Su Manrong said apologetically: "My mother-in-law, I really didn't expect Yiwei to do such a thing..."
"I told you she was the one who started it! If I hadn't escaped quickly, I would have been the one with the brain injury now. Besides, I didn't mean it. It was her who waved her hand over. And the doctor also said that it was just broken.
Just a small piece, just connect it!" Yu Yiwei shouted unwillingly.
Su Manrong couldn't stand listening: "Shut up!"
Even if Jiang Yingmei likes Yu Yiwei as her daughter-in-law, compared with her own daughter...it is impossible for her to favor outsiders anymore.
Besides, my daughter’s fingers are all broken now!
Yu Yiwei's words chilled Jiang Yingmei's heart. Thinking of her daughter holding her bloody hands and calling her mother, she couldn't help crying.