Chapter 614: Chapter 614: Darling, are you hot?
Chapter 614: Chapter 614: Darling, are you hot?
Why does this man have the habit of undressing when he’s drunk?
Li Qiao squinted as he took off his shirt and forcefully dressed her in it, even ticulously fastening every button for her.
Although the night in early autumn was cold, it wasn’t…
necessary to go this far.
Li Qiao looked at herself, her appearance utterly ridiculous, then after a mont, turned her head and asked, “Satisfied?”
The man leaned lazily on the couch, elbow on the back of the chair, fingertips supporting his forehead, gazing at Li Qiao with eyes as deep as the sea, “Hmm, feeling hot?”
What kind of bewildering statent was that?
How was she supposed to respond?
Hot or not hot?
Li Qiao was at a loss for words, gazing intently at Shang Yu, attempting to guess his intentions.
At that mont, the man leaned forward, gradually closing the distance between them, lifted her chin, and continued to ask with a hint of seduction in his tone, “Babe, feeling hot?”
Li Qiao’s heart skipped a beat.
It seed like the first ti he had called her ‘babe’.
It wasn’t as casual and flirtatious as ‘baby’, nor as proper as ‘Qiaoqiao’.
This nickna was filled with indulgence and tenderness.
Li Qiao licked the corner of her mouth and responded earnestly, “Hot.”
The man patted her head delightfully, “Good girl.”
Li Qiao: “???”
So, her saying she was hot resulted in her clothes being pulled off?
Was he really drunk or not?
Although his eyes seed blurred with drunkenness, his actions and deanor still radiated dominance and assertiveness.
Li Qiao couldn’t rember how she ended up in the master bedroom.
Until she was pinned down, the man’s handso face buried in her neck, a deep chuckle reverberating in her ear, and then, Li Qiao heard Shang Yu’s clearly articulated words, “You really think I was drunk?”
She stared at the ceiling overhead, her heart sneering coldly, huh, n.
…
The next day, Li Qiao entered the doors of the fund company at eleven in the morning.
In the president’s office, Xi Luo looked up slightly, eyeing her with narrowed eyes, “Quite a unique ti you’ve chosen to co to work.”
Li Qiao sat down directly, rubbed the corner of her eye, and lazily requested, “Get an office.”
Xi Luo, seeing her lack of energy, pursed her lips and nodded towards the eting room next door, “It’s all set up.
Today’s your first day here, do you want to hold a eting to introduce you?”
“No need, too much trouble.”
Li Qiao stood up and walked toward the next room, dragging her feet as if she couldn’t lift her legs.
In the evening, close to quitting ti, Li Qiao sat in the office, rapidly typing on the keyboard.
Soon after, her phone rang with an unfamiliar number flashing on the screen.
Li Qiao glanced at the display, slid to answer, and switched on the speakerphone, “Who is this?”
“Miss Li, I trust you’ve been well,” ca a voice, crisp and indifferent, a bit unfamiliar, and unhurried in tone.
Li Qiao’s hands paused on the keyboard, she lifted her eyelids, “Xiao Yeyan.”
It was indeed a rarity for Xiao Yeyan to take the initiative to call her.
“Ahem.” Xiao Yeyan cleared his throat, his voice also sounding a bit hoarse, “Miss Li still rembers , what an honor.”
Li Qiao curved her lips and replied lightly, “Speak directly if you have sothing to say.”
There was no need for pleasantries between them.
Xiao Yeyan was quite forthright.
Hearing the cold impatience in Li Qiao’s tone, he cut straight to the chase, “I wonder if Miss Li would honor with her company for dinner?”
“Of course, I’m not free,” Li Qiao replied tersely, ready to hang up the phone at any mont.
However, Xiao Yeyan’s next words piqued her interest.
“You must have t Xiao Yehui already,” said Xiao Yeyan, his tone laced with a teasing smile and filled with intriguing implications.
“Since you have, and now our positions are different…
the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
What does Miss Li think of this saying?”
The enemy of my enemy.
Li Qiao caressed the edge of her phone, her tone icy, “Not much.”
“It seems you have a deep misunderstanding of .
Since you’re not free to honor , it just so happens I’m near the Technology Park.
How about I co over and apologize in person?
So things are better said face to face.”
Xiao Yeyan’s speech was punctuated by several coughs, confirming what He Chen had said, seemingly the sequelae of a lung injury.
Li Qiao contemplated montarily, then glanced toward the floor-to-ceiling windows.
She had no doubt that Xiao Yeyan could find out where she worked in the Technology Park.
Seconds later, Li Qiao threw out two words, “Location.”
Xiao Yeyan seed to chuckle before giving the na of the restaurant and ending the call.
…
Half an hour later, at the sushi restaurant.
Li Qiao entered unhurriedly, lifting the curtain of the door.
The restaurant was furnished in standard Japanese wooden decor, exuding a sense of Zen simplicity.
The small establishnt was hidden in the deep alleys of the old district.
Upon entering, Li Qiao noticed that the place was virtually empty, with only two chefs preparing sushi in the kitchen.
To the right, a sliding door opened, and Xiao Yeyan stood by it, clad in a white shirt and a smile, “Miss Li, this way, please.”
Li Qiao cast a brief glance at him and walked into the private room to take a seat on her own.
In a room of just over twenty square ters, only the two of them were present.
Xiao Yeyan, just like when they first t, was dressed in a white shirt and black trousers, his handso face pale with a hint of sickness.
He pushed a teacup across to Li Qiao and gestured with open hands, “Thank you for coming, please have so tea first.”
Li Qiao looked at the steaming cup of tea, then back at him expressionlessly.
Xiao Yeyan cupped his hand to his mouth and coughed softly, “Don’t look at like that.
Do you think I would poison it?”
Li Qiao, crossing her legs and leaning back into the chair, lazily curled her lips into a smile, “You’re not that stupid.”
“I always enjoy talking to smart people,” Xiao Yeyan said.
His brows arched like phoenixes, and despite his sickly appearance, the ambivalent charisma was still very apparent.
He took the lead in picking up the cup and sipped so tea, but his gaze lingered on Li Qiao over the rim of the cup, “Does Shang Shaoyan know you’re eting ?”
Li Qiao’s patience was waning, “Did Vice Secretary Xiao invite here to make small talk?”
“Of course not.
We haven’t seen each other since our last parting, and a lot has happened in the anti.
Now that I’m back in South Sea, I must find an opportunity to reestablish myself,” he said as he picked up a docunt from the chair and handed it to Li Qiao, adding, “To show my sincerity, take a look at this first.”
Li Qiao took it, glanced over it casually, her expression remaining unchanged.
Xiao Yeyan seed not to require her to speak.
He traced his fingers along the teacup, speaking casually, “Yin Mo grew up in the Ducal Residence and is now captain of the Knight Squad.
You can take a closer look at this information, it might give you more insight about your second sister.”
True to his words, the docunt was a detailed record of Yin Mo’s resu.
Li Qiao briefly scanned the docunt then set it aside, gazing steadily at Xiao Yeyan, “Your purpose.”
“We collaborate.”
These four words still failed to elicit any reaction from Li Qiao.
Xiao Yeyan stared at her intently.
Having imrsed himself for so long in the Ducal Residence, he prided himself on his ability to read people.
Yet, Li Qiao’s composure left him slightly frustrated.
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