CHAPTER 174: CHAPTER 174: COME WITH ME

Otherwise?

Ye Xinluo questioned in her heart, but remained calm on the surface. "President, is there anything else?"

"Don’t call me president, you can call me by my name," Beichen Rui said. Hearing her call him president always felt a bit distant.

"You’re my boss, if I don’t call you that, people will gossip."

He is the high and mighty CEO, while she is just a humble assistant. If everyone said a word, she would drown in gossips.

"Who dares to gossip about you?" Beichen Rui raised an eyebrow.

If anyone dared to gossip, he would cut off their tongue.

"There’s a party this weekend, come with me," Beichen Rui switched the topic.

"Isn’t that inappropriate?" Ye Xinluo said.

"I need a female companion," Beichen Rui said blandly. He used to always go to such parties alone. This time, he suddenly wanted to bring her along.

"This..."

Ye Xinluo hesitated, and Beichen Rui spoke again, "That’s settled then, I’ll pick you up on Saturday morning."

Ye Xinluo: "..."

How could he be like this, she hadn’t even agreed, and he just decided on his own?

"By the way, where have you been working these past few years?"

Beichen Rui asked casually, but the seemingly random question startled Ye Xinluo.

Did he know something?

So she smiled and said, "I haven’t worked since graduation, this is my first job."

"I see, so which school did you graduate from?" Beichen Rui asked.

He would occasionally glance at her direction.

"University Z," Ye Xinluo said. She absolutely couldn’t tell the truth, or she’d be found out. So she said, "President, why are you suddenly asking about this?"

Beichen Rui withdrew his gaze and said, "Just asking casually, it’s getting late, you should head up."

Saying that, he opened the car door and Ye Xinluo thanked him before opening the door to get out.

Beichen Rui stared at her back for a long time until she disappeared from his sight.

Only then did he come back to his senses, recalling the questions he had just asked her.

He specifically observed her expression and found nothing unusual.

Was she telling the truth, or was she acting?

He squinted slightly, unable to discern for a moment.

Jingxi was born in America, yet she claimed to graduate from University Z, which means she never went to America. Does this have anything to do with her?

But besides her, there was no other woman. If she wasn’t Jingxi’s mommy, then who could she be?

Where exactly was the problem?

Feeling a bit irritated, he pulled a cigarette from the glove box and lit it. The car was soon filled with smoke.

He normally didn’t like smoking, unless he was really upset.

After smoking a cigarette, he flicked the butt into the roadside garbage can and then started the car to leave.

...

The next day, Ye Xinluo went to work as usual. Time flew by, and it was soon the weekend.

That morning, Ye Xinluo lay in bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

Today was Sunday. A few days ago he said he’d take her to the party, but there’s been no word since, so he probably forgot.

Thinking this, she tossed off the covers, got out of bed, and walked into the bathroom, quickly washed up and then came out, planning to head to the kitchen to cook something.

Before reaching the door, her phone on the bedside table rang, causing her to pause and pick it up.

She glanced at the caller ID, an unfamiliar number, and frowned.

The phone rang for a while before she swiped the screen to answer it.

"Hello."