Inside the chairman’s office.
Bai Zhiqing was looking down at the docunt in her hand. When she heard the door open, she rely glanced up at Lu Tianxing indifferently and said nothing, continuing to look at the docunt in her hand.
Lu Tianxing shrugged his shoulders, returned to his seat, and turned on the computer.
A few seconds later, the computer booted up, and Lu Tianxing logged into his account. As soon as he did, he saw an avatar in the lower right corner constantly flashing.
Lu Tianxing was slightly startled when he saw this avatar, feeling a sudden ominous premonition in his heart. If he didn’t guess wrong, it seed like this avatar belonged to the little girl Qiaoqiao.
Sure enough, as he clicked it open, ssages appeared one after another.
"Uncle, where are you!"
"Uncle, did anything entertaining happen when you had dinner with my mom last night? Why did her attitude toward you change so much after she ca back and even said she wanted to give a little brother with you? Is it true?"
"Uncle, where are you! Why did my mom say you already left Beijing when I went to find you? Why didn’t you tell when you’re leaving Modu like you promised?"
"Uncle, you’re a liar, you deceived . I’m telling you, I’m angry now, and I won’t be talking to you for a month, no, a week. If you don’t call later, I’ll make my mom dislike you, hmph."
Each ssage flashed before Lu Tianxing’s eyes, bringing a slight smile to his lips, as if he was seeing a playful little girl sitting in front of the computer, puffed up with anger.
Lu Tianxing shook his head slightly, noticed Qiaoqiao’s avatar was grayed out and offline. After casually replying to her, he closed the chat and turned his gaze to Bai Zhiqing, admiring the woman who belonged solely to him.
At this mont, Bai Zhiqing seed to sense sothing and looked up, her gaze slightly sharp, staring at Lu Tianxing: "Lu Tianxing, why are you staring at like that? Don’t you have anything to say to ?"
Lu Tianxing was slightly taken aback: "Say what?"
"Of course, tell what’s your Princess Consort Lan chatting about outside, is it fun?"
"Well..."
Before the words left his lips, Lu Tianxing imdiately realized sothing and quickly changed his tune, saying, "Honey, what princess consort? I just hadn’t seen Secretary Lan for a while, so we chatted for a bit, absolutely no other thoughts involved."
"Oh really? Are you certain it was just chatting with no other intentions?"
Bai Zhiqing stared at Lu Tianxing intently, as if she wanted to see right through him.
Feeling Bai Zhiqing’s icy gaze, Lu Tianxing hurriedly spoke: "Honey, you have to trust . I didn’t chat about anything with Secretary Lan, and we are completely innocent. If you don’t believe , you can ask her yourself."
"If I ask her, do you think she’d tell ?"
Lu Tianxing was taken aback. It seed likely Lan Xin wouldn’t say anything; who would admit to being sothing like a secret lover in front of soone else’s wife?
After a mont, Lu Tianxing looked at Bai Zhiqing and said, "Actually, Secretary Lan wanted to help Minister Xue."
"Minister Xue?"
"Yes!"
Lu Tianxing nodded and said, "Secretary Lan said that after work yesterday, she saw Minister Xue arguing with a man on the street. Minister Xue seed very angry, so she wanted to help check what’s going on, whether the man is bothering Minister Xue."
"Really? Are you sure that’s all that was discussed?"
"Of course, I swear by my character." Lu Tianxing patted his chest confidently.
"Then why didn’t she tell ?"
"Tell you? Honey, don’t joke around. You’re the chairman of Bai’s Group, once a famously frosty CEO; people could freeze just talking to you. Would Secretary Lan dare to tell you? What if she got frozen by you..."
"Lu Tianxing, what did you say?"
Seeing Bai Zhiqing’s expression, Lu Tianxing smiled awkwardly and quickly said, "Honey, truth is! I love this side of your personality; frosty to outsiders, warm as water to your own. I think you’re anything but cold, you’re incredibly gentle in my eyes, the epito of a virtuous wife and mother. If others say you’re ice-cold, they’re surely jealous of you, yes, jealous because you’re beautiful..."
Lu Tianxing showered Bai Zhiqing with complints, enjoying his blissful life. Anger Bai Zhiqing, and the fun tis at night would be gone.
Hearing Lu Tianxing’s words, Bai Zhiqing’s expression finally softened a bit: "Alright, enough flattery. I’ll let you off this ti, but what on earth happened to Xiao Man? I never heard her ntion anything."
Lu Tianxing fell into silence. What exactly was Xue Man going through, he didn’t know. He only knew Xue Man was in trouble, and that trouble seed to co from a man.
Taking a deep breath, Lu Tianxing finally spoke: "I think it might be family-related! If it were a suitor, according to Minister Xue’s character, she would’ve beaten them up long ago. But from what Secretary Lan told , Minister Xue seed very angry yet didn’t act, which clearly indicates it wasn’t a suitor bothering her. If not that, then it must be a family issue, maybe even a relative."
Lu Tianxing didn’t ntion Secretary Lan’s words about this man being Xue Man’s husband. Considering Xue Man’s personality, if she were married, she wouldn’t hide it. Also, Lin Qianru and Bai Zhiqing are Xue Man’s close friends; it would be impossible for Xue Man to keep such news from them. Plus, looking at it objectively, Xue Man seed like the quintessential unmarried woman.
A woman married to a man, yet remaining a quintessential unmarried woman—he wouldn’t believe it unless the fellow couldn’t rise to the occasion.
"You’re right; Xiao Man isn’t married, not even a suitor could stick around with the way she chases them off; it must be a family issue."
Bai Zhiqing frowned and said: "Lu Tianxing, go check on Xiao Man for , let her know that if there’s any problem she can’t solve, she can co to , I’ll handle it."
"Alright, no problem."
Lu Tianxing hesitated for a mont, then nodded, stood up, and left the office, planning to go to the security departnt.
In truth, Lu Tianxing didn’t intend to ddle in this affair. After all, as the saying goes, even the best official can’t settle family disputes, and this was ultimately Xue Man’s personal matter—not sothing an outsider should interfere with. Yet, he felt compelled; if he didn’t, Bai Zhiqing would, so it was better for him to take the lead in this case.
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