Chapter 48: 048 Does it look like a square (asking for recomndation votes)
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At both ends of the wall, a lamp hung, each specially crafted to resemble a lantern. The amber glow ca from there.
“Mr. Luo, what do you think?” Secretary Guo asked for guidance.
Luo Xiyun wanted to refuse, but through the misty steam, she saw Chen Xu’s face. Since that dream, it was the first ti she’d looked so intently at his face.
Under the light, his face seed to be coated with a golden aura.
It was just like the last day in her dream, where he sat in a wheelchair, gazing at the rising sun at the end of the icy mountain.
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A wave of emotion surged in her heart and instantly ignited the irritation inside her.
Why him?
How could it be him?
Why did it have to be him?
No, it was just a dream.
She squeezed the towel in her hand and said, “You, co a little closer.”
Anyone could see that her deanor had turned serious. Even the new colleagues who didn’t know her well sensed the pressure.
Quietly, the atmosphere changed.
Chen Xu obeyed and walked to the middle of the pool. The water wasn’t very deep, only reaching his waist. When he stood, his whole upper body erged from the water.
Luo Xiyun stared intently at a spot on his chest. When those four not-so-obvious moles ca into view, her vision blurred, then distorted, twisted, and spun.
In a ringing noise in her ears, the entire world seed to drift away from her.
In a daze, she seed to hear a familiar voice.
“You really don’t have a single mole on your body, you’re naturally beautiful.”
“Why are you poking here? These four moles, I didn’t have them as a kid, they appeared when I grew up… Don’t they look like a square when connected?”
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It seed like an instant, yet like a century had passed.
The world before Luo Xiyun beca clear again, and she looked at Chen Xu’s unsuspecting face. An uncontrollable fla of anger surged from within her chest.
“Are you and Dai Zixin dating?”
To others, it appeared that she had stared at Chen Xu for several seconds before asking such a question. Even if they couldn’t clearly see her expression, just from her tone, they could feel the overwhelming pressure.
For a mont, the surrounding atmosphere seed colder than the temperature outside.
Everyone looked at Chen Xu standing in the pool, worried for him. As for Dai Zixin, the other person involved, she appeared visibly uneasy.
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Chen Xu felt unlucky when his na was drawn.
“Secretary Guo must be out of her mind, suggesting such a ga. We’re not even friends, and there’s a superior present. Can’t ask too personal, nor too formal questions. Isn’t this putting people in a tough spot?”
“No way, Luo Xiyun gets to ask questions?”
“She’s calling over?”
“Sothing’s not right, her tone is off. Who’s she mad at now?”
His mind was a flurry of thoughts. He stood up from the water and walked over. When he could see her face clearly, he stopped.
This was her psychological safe distance. Given their current relationship, getting any closer would provoke her irritation.
“She looks a bit haggard, hasn’t she been resting well lately?”
“She’s too determined, others can handle company affairs. Why is she working so hard? It’s not like her family lacks money.”
“Why isn’t she saying anything?”
“Odd, is it that ti of the month?”
“No, it’s not this ti. These days should be her fertile period.”
“That’s right, my ex got a bit uncomfortable during ovulation too. Could she be the sa? Maybe even more severe.”
“I should answer carefully, this isn’t a dream. I can’t fight back. If she scolds in public, it’d be embarrassing.”
“She started talking, what did she ask again?”
“Seems like she asked if I’m dating Dai Zixin. Odd, since when does she care about others’ personal lives?”
“I don’t recall there being a company rule against employees dating.”
Chen Xu habitually zoned out. After Luo Xiyun finished asking, it took him several seconds to react. He said, “No, Zixin and I are just normal colleagues.”
He said it frankly, but Luo Xiyun’s anger didn’t diminish and her voice remained icy. “Really? Soone saw her coming out of your room. What do you say to that?”
Chen Xu wanted very much to turn and look at Secretary Guo, although he knew these people loved to gossip. But in less than half an hour, it had already reached Luo Xiyun’s ears, wasn’t that a bit exaggerated?
He explained briefly, “We were just discussing things.”
Luo Xiyun looked at him, lowering his head, unable to et her eyes, and felt that the anger in her heart was about to explode.
However, in front of many subordinates, she instinctively controlled her expression and voice. Nevertheless, her tone beca more frigid, “You should know the company rules state that office romances aren’t allowed. Once discovered, you’re imdiately fired.”
For a mont, everyone’s heart was in their throats.
“Is there really such a rule?”
Chen Xu felt sowhat doubtful. He seed to recall that there wasn’t. However, confronting her right now was clearly unwise.
“Tis are different now, huh? If it were in the dream, how dare she speak to like this?”
He felt a bit rueful inside.
But, living in this society, one must face reality.
The Luo Xiyun in front of him wasn’t the one in the dream who had resigned to fate. In work matters, she showed no rcy to anyone.
“If you say so, then it must be.”
He kept silent.
Seeing him like this, Luo Xiyun’s chest heaved violently for a few monts before she forcibly suppressed it. “Even if you aren’t dating, be mindful of the impression you give. Don’t act in ways that cause misunderstandings. Next ti, don’t let hear such rumors again.”
Saying these words in one breath, she stood up. “I’m a bit tired,” she said, and then left the poolside.
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It wasn’t until Luo Xiyun’s silhouette disappeared through the doorway that everyone nearly simultaneously exhaled a sigh of relief.
“How frightening, the rumors turned out to be true.”
“What a powerful aura, I felt my heart was about to jump out.”
“Chen Xu, you’re so unlucky; you just happened to be in the line of fire.”
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A group of people whispered among themselves, all expressing how scared they were.
“Mr. Luo getting angry is terrifying. Is she always like this?” A female accountant, who was closer to Secretary Guo, whispered to her.
Secretary Guo shook her head dumbfoundedly. Just as she was about to speak, she thought of sothing and closed her mouth imdiately. Looking at Chen Xu leaning by the pool’s edge, her gaze turned odd.
She had worked with Luo Xiyun for six months and had never seen her so angry.
Moreover, Luo Xiyun never concerned herself with others’ personal lives; such anger was unusual in itself.
Why exactly was this?
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