Ye Yanxi was on the verge of tears. Her heart was pounding nervously as the CEO's nonchalant words echoed in her mind: I misread.
At the same time, she silently comforted herself. It's okay. He's the CEO and she's just an employee. She tried her best to maintain a smile on her face.
"CEO, may I take this back to revise it?" Ye Yanxi took a deep breath and asked politely.
The long, slender fingers closed the document and pushed it towards Ye Yanxi. She reached out to take it. At this moment, they were very close. When Ye Yanxi looked up, she saw Xiao Yu's face. For a moment, Ye Yanxi was stunned. She seemed to have seen him somewhere before.
There was a familiar feeling, but she just couldn't remember.
"I'll give you five minutes to revise it. Bring it up immediately after you're done," Xiao Yu's deep-set eyes stared at Ye Yanxi quietly. "Is that enough time?"
Five minutes. It would take time to take the elevator up and down, open the document, revise the content, and print it out again. There was definitely not enough time.
However, this job was hard-won. Even if the deadline was extremely tight, Ye Yanxi gritted her teeth and agreed. "…Yes, it's enough. No problem!"
"The company doesn't keep idle people. If I don't see the document in five minutes, you don't need to come to work tomorrow," Xiao Yu's sharp eyes darkened.
"Yes, CEO," Ye Yanxi picked up the document and turned to run out. "I'll revise it right now and bring it to you immediately!"
Finally, the day's work was over. Ye Yanxi felt exhausted to the point of collapse. After saying goodbye to Du Guo, she walked out of the Xiao Group.
She took the bus directly to a nearby mobile phone store and bought a new phone. Then she copied a SIM card. The phone number remained the same.
When she walked out of the mobile phone store, she felt as if her whole body was falling apart.
She wondered if it was just an illusion, but today there were always people in the company asking her to deliver documents, and all of them were to the CEO's office. She had been on edge all afternoon, running up and down the stairs.
She had backed up her previous phone number, so all the contacts in the address book were still there. However, those messages and photos couldn't be recovered.
She took out her newly bought phone and called He Chuyan and Du Guo, telling them that her phone number was back in service.
After hanging up, she was about to put the phone into her bag when it rang again.
Looking at the contact name on the phone screen, she frowned and hesitated for a moment. Then she pressed the answer button. "Hello, Aunt Chu."
As soon as she finished speaking, Chu Beize's mother on the other end of the phone snorted. "You're so high and mighty. It's really not easy to get through to you!"
"I'm sorry. My phone was lost, so…"
Before Ye Yanxi could finish speaking, she was interrupted impatiently by the other side. "Spare me the nonsense. Come to the Chu Hotel right now to see me."
Since Ye Yanxi got together with Chu Beize, his mother had always been cold towards her. When Chu Beize brought her home, his mother ignored her and had a cold look on her face.
But because Chu Beize was there, she didn't openly make things too difficult for Ye Yanxi.
Out of long-term habit, after Chu Beize's mother finished speaking, Ye Yanxi immediately replied reflexively, "Okay!"
After the other side hung up the phone, Ye Yanxi smiled bitterly. She thought that she had already broken up with Chu Beize. Why did she still agree?
Well, it was just a meeting. She might as well make things clear and draw a line.
Ye Yanxi didn't go home. She took a bus directly to the Chu Hotel.
After getting off the bus, on her way to the hotel, a black Cayenne drove past her and went straight into the underground parking lot of the Chu Hotel.
Maybe it was because of the glass-smashing incident last time. Ye Yanxi was inexplicably sensitive to Cayennes.
When she arrived at the appointed place, Ye Yanxi told the name at the front desk. The receptionist gave her the room number and then looked at her with a strange look as she walked inside.
By now, Ye Yanxi was no longer as nervous as before. Watching the elevator numbers rising continuously, her heart was calm.
When she reached the room, Ye Yanxi knocked on the door. "It's me, Ye Yanxi!"
She heard footsteps, and then the door opened. The woman in front of her was middle-aged, but well-maintained. She was dressed elegantly and still looked charming.
However, her look towards Ye Yanxi was as cold as ever. "Close the door behind you."
Ye Yanxi followed the middle-aged woman into the living room.
The middle-aged woman sat down on the sofa and ignored her. Ye Yanxi stood aside consciously. "Aunt… I mean, Mrs. Chu, did you ask me to come here because…"
"Don't call me aunt. I'm not that close to you," Ye Yanxi was interrupted coldly before she could finish speaking.
"Okay, Mrs. Chu," Ye Yanxi quickly changed her words. "What do you want to talk to me about today?"
Mrs. Chu glanced at Ye Yanxi and said sarcastically, "You're still as ill-mannered as before."
Ye Yanxi endured patiently. Maybe Chu Beize had inherited some of his mother's traits. Sometimes he could also be very caustic.
"If you have nothing else to say, Mrs. Chu, I'll take my leave."
"A stray child taken in by others is indeed ill-mannered. How dare you leave before the elder has finished speaking?"
"If you're here to remind me of this fact, Mrs. Chu, I admit it. Is that okay?"
Mrs. Chu snorted and pushed an envelope over from the table. Her scarlet fingernail tapped the edge of the table. "Take this and stay away from my son!"
Ye Yanxi frowned. "What do you mean?"
"A check for one million yuan. Consider it compensation for being with Beize all these years."
Ye Yanxi smiled faintly and didn't take it. "I don't need it. Goodbye."
"Are you still not satisfied? If you stay away from Beize, I can give you another million," Mrs. Chu's eyes showed more disdain.
"Please rest assured, Mrs. Chu. I have no interest in being a mistress," Ye Yanxi had already given up on Chu Beize after meeting him in the coffee shop.
"That's good. If you pester Beize again and cause any scandals that damage the reputation of the Chu family, don't blame me for being rude to you," Mrs. Chu's willow eyebrows were raised in anger, looking like a shrew.
Ye Yanxi didn't expect Mrs. Chu to insult her so mercilessly. Her cheeks flushed slightly, and she bit her lips tightly. "Are you done, Mrs. Chu? Then goodbye!"
Like a fugitive, Ye Yanxi left the living room in a hurry. Stumbling towards the door, she unexpectedly bumped into someone coming out of the bathroom. The hard chest of the other person made Ye Yanxi think she had hit a wall.
"Ouch…" Ye Yanxi let out a muffled groan. Stars danced in her eyes, and she lost her balance and almost fell.
Subconsciously, she wrapped her arms around the other person's neck and hung on to him completely.
She smelled the fragrance of shampoo and body wash, as well as the unique masculine smell on the man. After reacting, Ye Yanxi let out a scream.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry…" She quickly let go of the man's neck and staggered back a few steps.
The man was almost naked from the waist up, only wearing a bath towel around his body. His hair was wet, with water droplets hanging on it.
Coming to her senses, Ye Yanxi felt like dying. Her ears and face turned bright red instantly.