FULL NOVELXO Chapter 42
Shen Qi lay on her bed and grabbed her phone to glance at the time.
It was almost time for Ye Moxuan to fall asleep; all she needed was to wait a little longer.
However, Shen Qi was probably tired from being angry because she ended up falling asleep instead. When she woke up, it was already the next morning and Ye Moxuan’s bed was empty. She then grabbed her phone and checked the time, realizing that it was almost time for work.
At this moment, Shen Qi suddenly remembered the button and hurriedly got out of bed. Then, she got on the ground next to Ye Moxuan’s bedside.
Luckily for her, the exquisite-looking button was still lying there under the bed.
Shen Qi reached out to grab the button, but it was too far away from her. Her fingertips barely grazed it, thereupon she accidentally pushed it further away.
When Shen Qi saw the button roll further and further away from her, she sighed in dismay.
She was already at her limit and couldn’t reach out any further.
Then, Shen Qi got up and walked to the other side to see if she could reach it from there. However, it was even further from there.
“What are you doing?” A cold voice suddenly rang out.
Shen Qi was so startled her soul almost left her body.
That is Ye Moxuan’s voice. Shouldn’t he be at work right now? Why did he suddenly come back? Shen Qi lay on the ground not moving because she didn’t know how to react. What if Ye Moxuan found out after she got up?
However, staying still made her even more suspicious, and Ye Moxuan squinted his eyes as he wheeled his wheelchair toward her. Just as he reached her side, Shen Qi got up, with an earring in her hand.
“I dropped my earring near your bed, so I was looking for it.”
Ye Moxuan then turned to focus his gaze on the shiny earring in her hand before he said, “You look nervous.”
When Shen Qi heard what he said, she held her breath and answered, “No, I’m not.”
“You aren’t?” Ye Moxuan raised an eyebrow and continued to wheel the wheelchair closer to her, his strong masculine aura slowly approaching her. “Then, why are you looking around? And why is your forehead covered in sweat?”
Shen Qi hurriedly took a step back to escape the bubble of Ye Moxuan’s masculine aura. “I was just looking for my earring. Since the weather is pretty hot today, and I was looking for my earring for a very long time, it’s natural that I’m sweaty.”
With that, Shen Qi turned around and walked toward the shower; it was time for her to get cleaned up for work.
The reason she was not worried that Ye Moxuan would notice was because he was on a wheelchair; he wouldn’t be able to see what was under the bed unless somebody helped him. Therefore, the button should be safe there.
That was why she had the peace of mind to go to work.
Before Shen Qi went to work, Old Master Ye called her to his study to remind her to empty her schedule and head to the Lu Group to discuss the business collaboration with Lu Xunchang; he even told her not to tell Ye Moxuan about it.
Shen Qi’s head throbbed as she arrived at the company.
She was having a hard time being the middle person for Old Master Ye and his grandson; both of them had very different opinions and she didn’t know what to do.
However, she didn’t dare disobey Old Master Ye’s orders.
After some hesitation, Shen Qi got up and left the office, then hailed a taxi and said to the driver, “Hello, please send me to this address…”
Shen Qi told the driver the address of the Lu Group she found online.
After Shen Qi arrived at the Lu Group, she walked straight to the front desk, and it was only then did she realize that she hadn’t made an appointment.
“I’m sorry, Miss. There is no way you can meet President Lu without an appointment. Is there anything else that I can help you with?” the receptionist asked as she stared at her suspiciously, eyes focusing on her clothes.
Shen Qi’s face turned red from her stare and she recalled what Ye Moxuan said last night as well as what happened the day she first entered Ye Group.
I guess I should really go and buy some new clothes.
“I’ll make an appointment and come back later this afternoon.”
With that, Shen Qi left the Lu Group. In fact, she hadn’t requested for leave from Ye Moxuan when she left the office earlier. For the past two days, he had treated her as if she was invisible; he didn’t need her help at all. Besides, Old Master Ye had told her not to let Ye Moxuan find out about their business with the Lu Group, hence she kept it from him.
Shen Qi sneaked back to her post and sat there, whereupon she let out a sigh of relief when nothing happened after some time had passed.
After Shen Qi calmed down, she made a phone call to the Lu Group. However, just after she told them her identity and the purpose of the meeting, the person on the other side of the phone immediately hung up. Startled, Shen Qi made the call again.
This time, the person on the other side of the phone sounded unfriendly and threatened, “Miss, if you make another call and disturb us, don’t blame me for calling the cops.”
With that, the person hung up the phone.
Shen Qi helplessly put down the phone.
The person on the phone sounded firm; it was probably Lu Xunchang who had given him the order to do so.
It seems like I can’t make an appointment. All I can do is pass the message to Old Master Ye after work.
When it was almost time to get off work, Han Xueyou called Shen Qi and asked her to meet, to which the latter agreed.
After Shen Qi tidied her desk and walked to the elevator, she bumped into Xiao Su who was pushing Ye Moxuan out from the office. When Shen Qi saw him, she immediately looked away guiltily.
Ye Moxuan hasn’t been paying attention to me lately, so he probably doesn’t know that I went out this morning, right?
“Assistant Shen.”
Xiao Su naturally changed the way he greeted her from Miss Shen to Assistant Shen.
Shen Qi was grateful toward Xiao Su. After all, it was he who had moved a small bed into their room, saving her a lot of trouble.
Which was why when Shen Qi looked at Xiao Su, a warm smile naturally appeared on her face and she gave him a nod.
However, to Ye Moxuan, her smile was so bright he was blinded by it. As such, he couldn’t help but frown.
Having worked for Ye Moxuan for a long time, Xiao Su could instantly understand what Ye Moxuan wanted with just some simple instructions. At that moment, Ye Moxuan emitted a cold aura which Xiao Su immediately noticed.
Young Master Ye has been acting rather odd lately.
Ding! The elevator arrived, but Shen Qi stood still even after Ye Moxuan and Xiao Su had entered the elevator.
“Assistant Shen, aren’t you coming in?” Xiao Su couldn’t help but ask.
Shen Qi immediately came back to her senses, thereafter she smiled and said, “I think I forgot to turn off my computer. I’ll go check it again right now. The both of you can leave first.”
With that, Shen Qi turned to leave, but Ye Moxuan suddenly opened his mouth and said, “Come in.”
Shen Qi froze before she turned around to look at him. “Young Master Ye, my computer—”
“Your computer is already turned off.”
“How do you know?”
“I saw it.”
He gave such a firm answer that Shen Qi didn’t know what to say. Thus, she could only enter the elevator.
After she got in the elevator, the doors slowly shut.
The tiny elevator was filled with Ye Moxuan’s cold aura; Shen Qi couldn’t hide from it even if she wanted to.
“Did you go out this morning?”
Shen Qi felt her heart drop.
“N-No, I didn’t,” she muttered after recalling that Old Master Ye had told her that Ye Moxuan couldn’t find out about the business with Lu Group.
“Really?” Ye Moxuan asked with an eyebrow raised, his tone steely.
Shen Qi immediately looked away.
“Are you not going to tell me the truth?”
“I-I did go out for a short while this morning.”
“Where did you go?”