Li Caiyi recalled the commotion she heard when she first arrived. When she listened to both of them arguing inside, could they be arguing about this?
"I'm sorry if this is too forward for , but are you and Jingfei currently not on good terms?"
Shao Junfei didn't reply imdiately and seed conflicted. Li Caiyi waited for him to answer, but the silence was broken when another voice called out to her.
"Caiyi! There you are!"
Both of them jerked their head simultaneously to the source of the voice and found Shao Jingfei running over with a frown on his face.
It wasn't hard to tell that the frown was directed at Shao Junfei because he glared at him vigilantly before positioning himself beside Li Caiyi as if trying to defend her.
"Big Brother, what are you doing here?"
"What do you think? I was talking with Miss Li." Shao Junfei replied nonchalantly, ignoring the doubt on his brother's face.
"Jingfei, what are you doing here?" This ti, it was Li Caiyi who asked him the question.
"You didn't co back even after so long. We thought sothing had happened to you." Shao Jingfei said with a hint of reprimand in his tone, making Li Caiyi grimace.
"Sorry, I didn't an to take so long. There was an unforeseeable situation..."
"What situation?" Shao Jingfei stared at Li Caiyi and Shao Junfei alternately dubiously before nailing his accusatory eyes to the latter.
"Big Brother, are you hitting on one of our talents? I can't believe you are so bold to do that."
Shao Junfei sighed in annoyance. He didn't look annoyed even when the Chief Editor provoked him, but his patience towards Shao Jingfei seed thin.
"Don't make trouble for Miss Li. You can ask for the details from her later."
Then, he shifted his gaze towards Li Caiyi and spoke more politely.
"It's been nice talking to you, Miss Li. Please take your ti and think about what I told you before. I'll excuse myself first since I still have work to do."
Shao Junfei left without saying anything to Shao Jingfei, so after he left, the young man imdiately stared at Li Caiyi, demanding an explanation.
" Okay, what was that just now? What did the two of you talk about?"
"Why are you so agitated? And your brother really didn't do anything you think about."
"I'm not agitated." Shao Jingfei averted his eyes, but anyone could tell he was trying to hide sothing. Li Caiyi beca even more curious about what happened between them.
"Hey, did you have a fight with your brother or sothing?"
"Where did that co from? Forget it. Let's just return to the room first."
Li Caiyi quickly stepped forward and walked beside him before she asked again, "Your brother helped earlier. Because I t the Chief Editor."
Shao Jingfei imdiately halted in his tracks and jerked his head towards her. His eyes widened in surprise and anxiety.
"What? He is here?! Did you talk to him?" Shao Jingfei asked while grabbing Li Caiyi's shoulders, catching her off guard.
"I thanked him for his help and asked him a few things. But why are you so flustered?" Li Caiyi asked in confusion.
Shao Jingfei noticed that he had overreacted and imdiately retracted his hand. "What did you ask him, and what was his response?"
Li Caiyi felt that Shao Jingfei was behaving strangely, but she still answered his question. "I asked if he knew my novel. He didn't seem to rember about it. I'm not sure if he really is the one who recomnded my book to the board of editors."
Shao Jingfei didn't know whether he should feel worried or relieved hearing that.
Judging from Li Caiyi's reaction, it was safe to assu that she hadn't suspected anything. But since she had t with that toad Chief Editor, he was sure it was only a matter of ti before that toad would appear in front of her and pester her again.
How could an opportunistic toad like him miss out on the chance to benefit from Li Caiyi's relationship with ng Renshu?
'No, wait. Why am I so concerned about this anyway? This is not even my fault or my business!' Shao Jingfei questioned himself inwardly.
Because of what ng Renshu said the other day about how he trusted Shao Jingfei to take care of Li Caiyi, he unconsciously felt the need to guard her. What kind of dark magic was that?
Li Caiyi sensed Shao Jingfei's restlessness and imdiately thought of sothing. "Oh, if you are worried about , then don't be. That Chief Editor is difficult to handle, but Director Shao helped and chased him away."
"Ah, so it's like that?"
"Yeah, so don't forget to apologize to your brother later. You are accusing him unjustly."
"What did I do? He didn't even take seriously," Shao Jingfei grumbled before adding, "But now that you t with the Chief Editor, you have an idea what kind of person he is, right? You should avoid him if you can. A lot of other employees here don't want anything to do with him either."
Li Caiyi nodded. "Yeah, I'll be more careful next ti."
"But what was that serious atmosphere between you and my big brother? What did you guys talk about?"
"Oh. He invited to the company's annual party."
"Ah. Is that so? Good for you." Shao Jingfei replied nonchalantly. He appeared indifferent about that event, unlike Shao Junfei, who seed hopeful about his attendance.
"Aren't you going to join this party, Jingfei?"
"No, I'm not interested. You can go if you want, though. I also wanted to tell you about this later, but since you have heard about it, just tell if you decide to go, and I'll prepare the invitation for you."
Li Caiyi didn't know if he seriously felt like that or just wanted to brush her off. However, Shao Junfei had helped her, so she naturally would exert so effort to help him too.
"Co with . I don't want to be alone at that party."
"Then, don't go."
"But I want to et more people in this field. Who knows if this connection will help in the future."
"Then go by yourself."
Shao Jingfei's rejection was clear and firm, leaving her no space for persuasion. She knew he could be very stubborn, but Li Caiyi couldn't back down easily either.
"As my editor, shouldn't you at least introduce to the other talent you scouted? Why are you so adamant in refusing?"
"I can't tell you that," Shao Jingfei exhaled a long breath. "There is soone I don't like to et at that party. Sorry, but you are on your own this ti."
"Soone you don't like to et? Who is that?"
Shao Jingfei flicked on Li Caiyi's forehead lightly, making the latter pout in annoyance. "What was that for?"
"Why are you so curious? Did my brother say sothing to you? If yes, then you don't have to listen to him. Tell him I won't go even if the police drag there, let alone you."
Shao Jingfei snorted. "Don't say a word about this anymore, okay? Let's go back to the room."
Li Caiyi couldn't say anything anymore when Shao Jingfei had already said that much. She was disappointed she couldn't help Shao Junfei more, but Shao Jingfei was her friend. If even a person as easy-going as him refused to go, there must be a good reason behind that.
"Wait for !"
In the end, she decided she should just let the matter go and entered the room with Shao Jingfei.
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