Hua Xiaomo looked at him and gave a strange smile. "Wen Yajun, you courier guys sure start early!"
"Heh, it’s not really that early; it’s almost seven-thirty," Wen Yajun said with a shy smile that spread across his face.
"Huh, where’s your delivery? Don’t you have to send it out?" Hua Xiaomo asked.
"I... I ca especially to see you," Wen Yajun said, his face turning slightly red with embarrassnt.
Hua Xiaomo tilted her head, asking slyly, "To see ?"
Alright, she was truly tired now, and no matter how significant other things were, they weren’t as important as her urge to sleep at that mont.
Without waiting for him to speak, Hua Xiaomo yawned and asked directly, "Wen Yajun, did you ride a vehicle here?"
"A vehicle?" Wen Yajun hesitated.
"Like an electric bike or a motorcycle? I’m so tired I don’t even want to walk. Can you give a ride ho, please?" Hua Xiaomo asked with a faint smile.
"Sure, that’s no problem," responded Wen Yajun readily. He quickly took Hua Xiaomo and drove towards Chaohu Alley.
「President’s office.」
When Qi Longbing entered the office, he thought she would still be sitting at her desk working on docunts, but, unexpectedly, her seat was vacant.
A thick stack of manuscript drafts had been neatly placed on his desk, and next to it was a new mobile phone and a note.
On the note was written: President Qi, the task you assigned to is completed. Not a single docunt is missing. Originally, I should have waited for your review, but sothing urgent ca up and I would like to ask for a day off. Please approve it.
Also, the mobile phone you gave is too expensive; keeping it with , I’m afraid I’ll lose it, so it is returned to its owner. Hua Xiaomo’s ssage.
Qi Longbing, looking at the note, didn’t know whether to laugh or be angry. She really liked to act first and report later, didn’t she?
And she even returned the phone he gave her?
This damn woman, she seed to be contradicting him at every turn, constantly causing him irritation...
"Yu Bao!" Qi Longbing called out in a muted voice.
Yu Bao, who was outside, quickly entered. "President Qi, what do you need?"
"Buy so tonics and send them to Hua Xiaomo’s mother’s house. Also, take this to her. Tell her I approve her leave. If she doesn’t want to keep this, she can just throw it away! I, Qi Longbing, am not short of that little money," Qi Longbing spoke indifferently, his handso face shaded with a touch of gloom.
"Yes," Yu Bao said, taking the mobile phone and tucking it into his chest pocket. He quickly left the office.
Qi Longbing gazed at the empty chair, his face veiled with darkness, the corners of his thin lips lifting into a cold and mischievous arc.
"Hua Xiaomo, you’re like a wild horse... I refuse to believe that I can’t ta you," Qi Longbing chuckled coldly, his eerie laughter resonating in the air for a long ti.
「At Hua’s Ho in Chaohu Alley.」
Hua Xiaomo slept soundly all morning, and when she got up at noon, her eyes were still groggy and barely opened.
The fragrance wafting intermittently from the kitchen was hooking her appetite, making her feel an irresistible urge to get up.
"Ya Jun... Xiao Mo must be awake too. Why don’t you go and call her to co have so soup," Su Ronghua said with a smile.
"Sure, Auntie," Wen Yajun replied readily before heading to Hua Xiaomo’s room. However, even before he could knock, the pretty figure in a white shirt and denim jeans was already standing at the door, arms folded across her chest.
"Xiao Mo, you’re awake?" Wen Yajun looked at her in surprise.
Hua Xiaomo looked at him and smiled. "I was wondering what was going on. You’re quite sothing, Wen Yajun, charming my mom like that on your first visit."
"What nonsense are you talking about, child? Ya Jun is a decent boy. He’s studied traditional Chinese dicine, and it would have been a waste not to use the tonics that Mr. Qi sent over. So, I had Ya Jun make so replenishing soup. You’ve been working hard with overti as well; co and have so while it’s hot," Su Ronghua said, her face wearing a light smile.
Without needing Su Ronghua to say more, Wen Yajun quickly served up a bowl and brought it to Hua Xiaomo. "Xiao Mo, try this."
Hua Xiaomo received the bowl with a laugh, looking at the variety of ingredients inside and rembering Wen Yajun’s earlier remark about coming specially to see her. She couldn’t help but smile. "Ya Jun, I’m sorry, you ca to see and I slept right through it... I didn’t even have ti to ask what it was about."
"I..." Wen Yajun hesitated a bit.
Su Ronghua chuckled. "You two chat; I’ll go check on the fire in the kitchen."
Hua Xiaomo watched Su Ronghua’s retreating figure and smiled. "Alright, tell , what do you need my help with?"
"I was thinking..." Wen Yajun’s face turned a bashful shade of red as he was about to speak.
Suddenly, there was a KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK at the door.
Hua Xiaomo opened the door and saw the person outside. "Mr. Yu, is that you?"
Yu Bao, carrying a variety of packages, spoke up, "Hua Xiaomo, these are the tonics that President Qi asked to bring over for you and your mother. Also, he’s approved your leave of absence, and furthermore..."
Before Yu Bao could finish his sentence, he noticed the slender man still standing inside the room. His handso face grew somber as a flicker of suspicion flashed deep within his eyes.
Yu Bao quickly restrained what he was about to say and asked discreetly, "And who might this be...?"
Seeing the inquisitive look on Yu Bao’s face, Hua Xiaomo couldn’t help but chuckle and ask, "Hey, what’s up with you? Acting like you’re conducting a census?"
"No," Yu Bao replied, a bit embarrassed, and he laughed. Then he pulled her into her bedroom, pulled out a brand new cell phone from his pocket, and whispered, "This is from President Qi. You should take it."
Hua Xiaomo glanced at the phone and didn’t take it imdiately, but instead asked, "What’s the matter, is he very angry?"
Yu Bao looked at her and smiled helplessly. "If you knew this would upset him, why did you do it anyway?"
"It’s my business, and I can’t explain it to you," Hua Xiaomo didn’t waste more words, grabbing the phone. "Fine, I’ll take it. You can go back and report now."
"Then I’ll be off. Rest well," Yu Bao said as he left the room. As he passed through the living room, he took another glance at the man inside. He seed young, but he appeared to get along quite well with the mother and daughter.
Who was he, exactly?
Carrying doubts, Yu Bao quickly returned to the Qi Imperial Court and reported this information to Qi Longbing, also conveying the results of his investigation as soon as possible.
"President Qi, after the investigation, that man is nad Wen Yajun. He was once just a courier, and now is unemployed," Yu Bao spoke cautiously.
"...A courier?" Qi Longbing mused. Suddenly, a scene flashed into his mind: in the lobby, he had once seen her bump into a courier, and the two of them seed to have had so sort of interaction...
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