go for a ride(2/3)
Wen Ziyan seemed to smile shyly. When she walked inside, both of them could not walk anymore. She insisted on treating Xia Xiaobei to a drink. So they found a seat at Starbucks and sat down.
As soon as she sat down, Lei Yunze's phone call came. Xia Xiaobei took a long time to stumble, finally turned his face like a thief, covered his mouth with his hands, and said to the window glass: "Hey?"
"Where are you?" His voice was as cold as the machine.
Because she felt guilty, she answered very briefly: "New World."
"Oh," he pondered for a moment, "I'll ask Zi Yan to come back early and don't play outside for too long."
She looked at Wen Ziyan, who was curious about the baby opposite, and cursed in her heart: You urge your wife to go home and won’t call her directly? Why do you call my phone? Fortunately, Wen Ziyan was still watching the young man playing guitar outside the window and did not notice her abnormality.
She lowered her voice and said angrily: "As for orders, Mr. President."
He seemed to laugh over there, and was not in a hurry to close the line. Instead, he asked her slowly: "What? Zi Yan didn't cause you trouble, right?"
"No, your girlfriend is very polite and generously invites me to have coffee. She is just simple, so I have to watch it all the way so that she will not be kidnapped by the monster." Because she was anxious, she spoke faster and sweaty on her forehead.
He felt relieved when he heard it, and a low and magnetic voice came over: "That's good."
That's good? Because her 24-hour secretary is protected in place?
She was puzzled, and he had already closed the thread there. She grabbed the cup, took a few big sips in a hurry, put it down and said, "Let's go, it's getting late."
Wen Ziyan stood up and asked, "Did vincent just call me?"
She was stunned for a moment, thinking she didn't pay attention, but it turned out that she had heard it. She was embarrassed and said, "Yes...yes, I'm checking my work, for fear that I'll lose you."
Wen Ziyan also smiled: "Vincent is really a big deal."
They drove back and returned the same way. This time, Wen Ziyan was familiar with the road and drove very fast, and both of them were speechless along the way.
Lei Yunze sat in the office, from his seat, he could see the entire floor-to-ceiling window. From the height of the 38th floor, he was at the top of various buildings, and everything became small, and he stepped on it, looking down on all living beings.
He looked at the hanging-up screen of his mobile phone and remembered what Xia Xiaobei had just said: She is more simple...
Simple? A sarcastic smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth. How could anyone born in a family like them be simple? But she herself said that others were simple, but in the end she was sold and helped people count the money.
He didn't think that Wen Ziyan came to Xia Xiaobei as a tour guide because of his favor, but he couldn't stop him rashly, otherwise there would be something wrong with it. Ziyan has been in the UK for so many years and is still very fond of Ms. Qin, which is not without reason. Did such a delicate woman notice something at the airport that day?
He thought that the matter about Xia Xiaobei and her son was hidden perfectly. But there was no airtight wall in the world, otherwise Ms. Qin would not have put down her busy social engagements and went to Shanghai for vacation for no reason.
About half an hour later, Xia Xiaobei and Wen Ziyan finally came back. She pushed the person to him with relief and said, "President, I will return your girlfriend to the end. Please check it carefully. If you find that there is a missing hair or something after a while, it will not matter to me."
Wen Ziyan was amused by her, walked up to him and returned the car keys, and opened the gift bag in his hand to him: "This was chosen by Miss Xia. I gave it to Aunt Qin during dinner. Do you think it's okay?"
Lei Yunze listened and took the opportunity to look at Xia Xiaobei. She quickly pretended that it was okay and started looking around. Lei Yunze stared at her, but didn't even look at the things in the bag, and said, "Okay, as long as you gave it to me, Ms. Qin will definitely like it."
Wen Ziyan blushed and whispered: "Miss Xia said so just now."
"Oh?" He seemed to be interested, "I didn't expect Secretary Xia to know my mother quite well."
She waved her hand quickly: "No... nothing."
"Secretary Xia doesn't have to be modest. Being a secretary should be like you. Not only do you know my life habits, but you even know the preferences of my relatives in detail. Do you think, should I give you a promotion or a raise?"
He said it very mysteriously. Xia Xiaobei wondered whether he was going to think that he had ulterior motives and deliberately investigated his family.
Wen Ziyan gave an idea: "Ms. Xia is already the chief secretary, how can I get promoted? Or I will reward Miss Xia for paid leave? Anyway, I will be on xmas, so I will give Miss Xia and her boyfriend some time to go out for vacation." She said, turning her head as if she remembered something and asked her: "Ms. Xia, haven't asked you yet, do you have a boyfriend?"
Xia Xiaobei only felt that when talking to this couple, he had to install pacemakers in his heart, otherwise he might get shock at any time. She carefully considered Lei Yunze's face before she said with little confidence: "There is... there is."
"That's right, vincent, let Miss Xia take a vacation, so I can ask her to take me out for a walk." She held Lei Yunze's arm and acted coquettishly. Lei Yunze looked at Xia Xiaobei with a smile, stroked his girlfriend's hair with his big hand, and said like coaxing a child: "Secretary Xia is the backbone of the company. Taking a casual vacation will affect the operation of the company. Zi Yan, don't make trouble."
Wen Ziyan pouted, and like an angry baby, he stepped aside in disappointment. After a while, he asked carefully: "Then let's have time to invite Miss Xia and her boyfriend to have dinner together. This kind of four-person date is very popular abroad, which is lively and fun."
Xia Xiaobeizhi had the urge to rush to the window and jump from the 38th floor. Even Lei Yunze frowned impatiently, and the pen held between his fingers rotated back and forth a few times, and he stood up and knocked on the table. This was his usual move when he was irritated.
He said calmly: "Zi Yan, enough, don't interfere with other people's private lives. You can go to the reception room outside and wait. I will go to find you after finishing this last point."
With such an obvious order to expel guests, Wen Ziyan finally stopped talking and went out in grievance. Xia Xiaobei had long been reluctant to stay for a long time, so he greeted him and followed Wen Ziyan out.
She made another cup of coffee for Wen Ziyan, found some magazines to relieve her fatigue, and said to her: "You sit for a while, the president will be fine soon. If you have any questions, call me."
She nodded and sat upright in her arms holding the coffee.
Xia Xiaobei then returned to his seat and started the information classification work that he had not finished in the morning. He was working hard, but suddenly he felt someone was looking at her. When he looked up, he happened to meet Wen Ziyan's beautiful big eyes.
She was startled, patted her heart and leaned against the back of the chair, and asked her, "Miss Wen, are you doing anything?"
She blinked uneasyly: "I'm sorry, did you scare you? I just see that you are very attentive in your work, afraid of disturbing you."
Xia Xiaobei shook his head: "It's okay. Please say." Oh my God, this young lady's upbringing is so good.
She said: "I just suddenly remembered that I forgot to ask your mobile phone number. If I asked vincent, he would definitely not give it to me."
"Cell phone number, right?" Although Xia Xiaobei felt that it was strange that the future boss lady who had never met several times asked her for a mobile phone number, she still honestly told her the number.
After Wen Ziyan entered it in her phone, she said to her: "I really like you, Miss Xia, and I want to be a friend of you."
Xia Xiaobei was flattered. She was completely convinced by this young lady. Such an excellent woman is beautiful, knowledgeable, well-educated, kind and considerate to her elders. She really can't find any flaws. She can't think of anything that attracted this young lady.
She was hesitating and didn't know what to say. Just as the door to the president's office opened, Wen Ziyan jumped over happily: "vincent!"
He glanced at Xia Xiaobei and asked, "Why are you harassing my employees' office again?"
Wen Ziyan curled her lips: "No, I just asked Miss Xia for her mobile phone number."
The smile on Lei Yunze's lips suddenly calmed down, his face tightened to a little ugly. He said a joke that even he felt dry: "Are you really planning to invite the couple to have a meal together?"
“Whynot?”
Xia Xiaobei stretched out her tongue secretly and said that the couple was having sex with her girlfriend openly in the office. She was really allowed to set fire to the state officials and not allow the people to light the lights! She shrugged, ignored the stingy conversation between the two of them in English, and continued to work.
After chatting for a while, they were about to leave. Wen Ziyan said goodbye to her very enthusiastically: "Miss Xia, be bye! Thank you so much today."
She smiled back: "Who do you wish you a happy family dinner in the evening."
Lei Yunze also stopped at her desk, stretched out his index finger and knocked on her desk: "You don't have to hurry to finish your work in one day, get off work early."
She packed up the documents and said, "Yes, the president."
After work, she called home as usual to ask about Xia Nan's situation, but today Xia's mother picked it up and asked her: "Have Xia Nan not arrived at you yet?"
She was stunned: "Have Xiaonan come to Shanghai?"
Mother Xia said: "Your company sent a car early this morning. The driver said you were too busy with work and couldn't get out of here to pick up the children, so your boss specially sent a car here. Your boss valued you very much, even sending a car to you for personal matters..."
Her mind was in chaos, and she had no intention of taking Xia Nan back at all. Their boss... Lei Yunze?
Xia’s mother was still talking, probably asking her to work hard and not be too tired. She hurriedly said a few perfunctory words, hung up the phone and ran upstairs.
During the rush hour after get off work, the numbers of the elevators were always changing slowly. She was so anxious that her palms were sweating, and her heart was even more up and down, unable to touch them. At a glance, she saw that the elevator for the president was empty, so she clicked the button without hesitation and flashed in.
Behind him, the Universal employees who were waiting for the elevator like her opened their eyes wide and pointed at her and whispered.
She didn't care about any rumors and leaned against the cold inner wall of the elevator, feeling her hands trembling.
Lei Yunze carried her back to Shanghai... What did he want to do again? She remembered that she was at his house last time, and he said confidently: Xia Nan, you can't take it away.
He still wants children... Oh my God, if he robs her of the custody of the child, she will be no match for her!
She felt her head rumbling and burst into pieces for a moment, and it became a mess. She was busy looking for her phone in her bag, turned on the keyboard lock, but her trembling fingers could not click on the address book.
At this time, she knew to ask Ye Shaoqian for help. Her fingertips were trembling very hard. She finally found his name, pressed it and dialed his number.
He seemed to be on the way, with cars whistling on the phone, and his voice was relaxed: "Xiaobei, have you gotten off work? I'll pick you up?"
She said "hmm" and suddenly connected her and didn't know how to speak. She told him straight to the point that Xia Nan was actually the illegitimate son of her and his second brother? She probably wouldn't be able to speak no matter what.
He was still talking to himself: "Yes, what kind of food should I cook tonight? I happened to pass by a supermarket here. Let's go shopping together later."
When she left last night, she promised him to stay with him tonight.
She struggled so hard that the elevator stopped at the 38th floor with a "ding" sound. Her mushy head seemed to be awakened by this sound, and became clear.
She looked at the secretary's room with the lights on, and told him calmly and quickly: "I'm sorry, I may have to work overtime tonight, you don't need to pick me up. I'll call you later." After that, the line quickly closed.
She had to ask Lei Yunze first. The entanglement was too tortuous and was not irreversible. She didn't want Ye Shaoqian to interfere in the matter.
She knocked on the door of the secretary's room, and Secretary Xiao Liu saw her coming back, and was very surprised: "Secretary Xia, have you forgotten something?"
She smiled and said, "Yes, look at my memory. The president urged me to ask for the Zilang County contract in the morning, and I forgot... By the way, you booked the place for the president tonight. Can you tell me where it is? I will send it to him personally."
Xiao Liu quickly put down the work in his hand: "You wait a moment, I'll help you see..." He opened the pda and flipped it one by one, "Oh, there's... ten joys, Xiaoshanqing." She raised her head and said enthusiastically: "Secretary Xia, I'll call the president and say it."
She hurriedly refused: "No, no, I'll call him and tell me. Thank you."
She pretended to grab a document from the table and left in a hurry. She was worried when she got off the elevator. The Ten Journeys were in Century Avenue Park, not far from the company. Unfortunately, it was a restaurant made by the club, and she might not be able to enter with her identity.
She took a taxi to the club door. When the parking guard saw that she didn't even drive the car by herself, she was even lazy and ignored her.
She has made an appointment with Lei Yunze several times before. The dishes are very good, especially the dining environment, quiet and freehand painting, and even the names of each functional area are very artistic. The restaurant is called "Xiaoshanqing" and the bar is called "Thin Liquor". They are all tricks for rich people to do ink. Lei Yunze likes the ginseng mountain mushroom stewed golden hook wings here, but she thinks that the green plum wine they brew is sour and sweet and delicious. Of course, the gold is also very "good", and it is no wonder that the guards look down on others.
She showed her most sincere attitude and communicated with the guard: "Hello, my surname is Xia, and I am Mr. Lei Yunze's secretary. He is eating inside now. I have an urgent document to ask him to sign. Please tell me, okay?"
The guard looked her up and down. After all, the guests here are all well-known. It is the basic responsibility of the guard to protect them from harassment. It is impossible for a visitor to be put in casually.
She dialed Lei Yunze's number with her cell phone, and then handed it to the guards. The guard took the letter and doubtfully, and Lei Yunze's voice came from it.
"Hello, Mr. Lei, I'll take the liberty to disturb you for dinner. There is a lady named Xia here who claims to be your secretary and says she has something urgent to come to you."
I don’t know what to say there, but the guard said "Yeah" a few times and handed it back to Xia Xiaobei. His attitude was obviously a change of 180 degrees: "Miss Xia, Mr. Lei invites you in." After that, he personally pointed to a waiter to guide her.
She finally breathed a sigh of relief, walked through the Japanese pastoral atrium and stopped outside the "Xiaoshan Qing", and a beating of green bamboo cleverly separated the dining environment.
To be continued...