To others, these words might not seem unusual, but to Ye Yanxi, they felt completely different. Danger, absolute danger.
When Xiao Yu spoke, his calm tone often foretold an approaching storm.
"Uncle, I just said my name is Lin Mo. We met once when I first entered the supermarket. Do you still remember?"
Another "uncle". Being called "uncle" several times to his face, one wondered how he felt.
It seemed this young man's eyesight might really be poor. Xiao Yu was only about 29 years old, and he himself was clearly around twenty, yet he kept calling Xiao Yu "uncle". Ye Yanxi stood on one side, wanting to laugh but not daring to because of Xiao Yu's expression. She was really holding it in painfully. And that young man looked so innocent and sincere.
"And then?"
Hearing Xiao Yu's words, Lin Mo immediately beamed with joy. Then he said eagerly, "Uncle, since we've met each other several times in this supermarket, it means we're destined. I just graduated this year and I'm interning at the Xiao Group. I'll become a full - time employee in half a month. My family condition is okay. I have an elder brother."
Among what he said, Ye Yanxi only caught the words "Xiao Group".
"What? Did you just say you're interning at the Xiao Group?"
As soon as Ye Yanxi spoke, Lin Mo immediately turned his gaze to her. His eyes seemed to be glued to Ye Yanxi's face. His face was full of pride. "Yes, I'm in the Marketing Department of the Xiao Group."
The Xiao Group was one of the top enterprises in City S. The recruitment requirements were strict, and the salary was high. Those who could get in were outstanding talents in some aspects. So it was a very honorable thing.
"I see."
Lin Mo looked at Xiao Yu and saw that the latter's lips were slightly curled up, with an unfathomable expression on his face.
He had finally taken a fancy to a beauty, so of course he would pursue her by all means. Without thinking twice, Lin Mo immediately said respectfully to Xiao Yu, "Uncle, I'll definitely work hard in the future. Please... give me a chance to pursue your daughter. I promise I'll never let her suffer a bit of grievance."
"..."
What was going on? Ye Yanxi was so shocked that she almost choked on her saliva.
This Lin Mo was so thick - skinned that he actually mistook her for Xiao Yu's daughter, and kept calling "uncle" so earnestly.
Looking at Xiao Yu again, he was squinting his eyes, his face dark as a thundercloud.
"Xiaoxi?" There was a hint of coldness and danger in Xiao Yu's voice.
Oh no, this was a sign of anger.
Lin Mo, you're on your own. This is your big boss! Ye Yanxi looked at Lin Mo with infinite sympathy. But in order not to let things get worse, Ye Yanxi pushed the shopping cart around Lin Mo and went to check out.
Xiao Yu ignored Lin Mo and followed Ye Yanxi expressionlessly. But Ye Yanxi still caught a glimpse of him impatiently tugging at his tie.
She let out a sigh of relief. It seemed that everything was okay.
But Lin Mo made her speechless again. When they were about to pay at the checkout counter, Lin Mo immediately took out his bank card and said, "Use mine!"
Ye Yanxi sighed and rubbed her forehead. Xiao Yu stared at him expressionlessly again.
Lin Mo seemed carefree, smiling at the two of them.
"Uncle, I know I was too hasty. So, give me another chance!"
His perseverance was really touching, but at this moment, Ye Yanxi just wanted to get out of the supermarket quickly. "Um, Mr. Lin..."
Seeing Ye Yanxi's embarrassed expression, Lin Mo thought she was touched, so he immediately interrupted Ye Yanxi, "Don't worry, I'll definitely make uncle agree."
"..."
Ye Yanxi was speechless.
The key was that he didn't even understand the situation. Xiao Yu wasn't her father. Judging from his tone, it seemed as if she had already agreed to him.
At the same time, she felt two cold gazes staring at the back of her head. So she was too scared to turn around.
It was Lin Mo who came on his own. It wasn't her fault...
At this moment, Xiao Yu also took out a card and put it on the cashier counter. "Pay for his things too!"
The two cards made the cashier hesitant. Which card should she take? She raised her head and glanced at the tall man. Why did she feel a chill? The supermarket was actually quite warm.
After hesitating for a while, the cashier looked at Ye Yanxi. "Miss, this is..."
At this moment, Ye Yanxi, caught in the middle, was extremely embarrassed. There was a long queue behind waiting to check out.
Many people were pointing and looking over here. Ye Yanxi felt extremely awkward. So she returned both cards, took out her own bank card from her bag and handed it to the cashier. "Use mine to pay."
The cashier quickly took it and settled the bill.
After paying the bill, Xiao Yu had already strode out. Ye Yanxi was pushing a big bag of things and couldn't keep up with his pace at all. Seeing him walking further and further away, she chased after him out of breath. "Walk slower. I can't keep up."
Only then did Xiao Yu stop and wait for her.
"The things are so heavy. I'm so tired." Ye Yanxi complained as she pushed the cart.
As a man, he was so good at just throwing things into the cart while shopping in the supermarket and not carrying anything at all.
She used to think Xiao Yu was a gentleman, polite and well - behaved. Now she felt that people couldn't be judged by their appearance. It was so true.
He had no gentlemanly demeanor at all. He was just a spoiled young master, a prodigal!
"Wasn't there someone eager to pay for you? You might as well let him push the cart for you." Xiao Yu's face was gloomy, as if someone owed him billions.
Ye Yanxi knew he was angry and wanted to explain something. "I didn't..."
Before she could finish her words, Lin Mo behind them had quickly checked out and ran over to them.
"It's so heavy. Let me push it for you!" After saying that, without caring whether Ye Yanxi agreed or not, he snatched the cart away, smiled at her, and then looked at Xiao Yu. "Uncle, where did you park your car?"
"..." At this moment, Ye Yanxi was silently crying inside.
Wasn't he just adding fuel to the fire by saying this?
Ye Yanxi kept thinking about how to explain things to Lin Mo.
Looking at Xiao Yu again, he stared at Lin Mo for a few seconds. His sinister look was terrifying. Then he took out his phone and walked aside to make a call.
Seeing Xiao Yu leave, Lin Mo walked up to Ye Yanxi with a big smile and said, "Your father seems to have a bad temper!"
You're right. His temper is extremely bad. A scene flashed through Ye Yanxi's mind. Once when Xiao Yu got angry, many people in the company suffered. They ran out of the president's office crying.
Ye Yanxi forced a smile at Lin Mo. She had a growing sense of unease.
Just as Lin Mo was pestering Ye Yanxi for her phone number, Xiao Yu finished his call and walked over. His face didn't look as bad as before, but Ye Yanxi didn't think it was a good thing.
Sure enough, just as Lin Mo was about to say something to Xiao Yu, his phone in his pocket rang. He had to answer the call first.
"What? Why was I fired?" Lin Mo's face changed. He urgently asked the person on the phone for the reason.
Ye Yanxi glanced at him when she left, with a look of sympathy in her eyes. Lin Mo watched her leave but didn't chase after her.
In the underground parking lot, they loaded all the things into the car. Ye Yanxi went to return the shopping cart. When she came back, she didn't see Xiao Yu's car. She walked a few steps towards the exit and found that Xiao Yu didn't even wait for her and drove the car straight towards the exit. Ye Yanxi quickly chased after him. The car wasn't driving fast. Soon, Ye Yanxi caught up.
The car stopped. Ye Yanxi tried to open the door but couldn't at first. She angrily knocked on the window. Only then did Xiao Yu unlock the door.
After getting in the car, before Ye Yanxi could fasten her seat - belt, the car zoomed out like an arrow. All the way, Xiao Yu drove so wildly that Ye Yanxi didn't even dare to look out of the window. She only felt that they ran several red lights and passed by many cars.
She was so scared that her heart almost stopped beating. They got home safely. Xiao Yu got out of the car without saying a word, with a gloomy face, and walked towards the villa.
Ye Yanxi also got out of the car. "There are so many things. I can't carry them all. Won't you help me?"
After she called out to him, Xiao Yu stopped and leaned against the door at an angle. It seemed that he was just going to wait there and let her carry the things by herself.
In the end, Ye Yanxi had to carry the things back one bag at a time. After finishing, she was out of breath.
Xiao Yu was sitting on the sofa, leisurely watching TV without doing any work. He even glanced at her from time to time.
This made Ye Yanxi extremely angry. It seemed that she was just here to do hard labor.
Because Xiao Yu was angry and drove back at full speed, they didn't eat dinner and went straight back to Qingyuwan. At this moment, Ye Yanxi was already starving because she had done a lot of physical work at night.
She had to go to the kitchen to cook by herself. She first cleaned all the cooking utensils.
After cooking the rice, she simply fried two dishes. By the time the dishes were almost done, the rice was also cooked. She served the rice and dishes and placed them on the dining table one by one.
Then she added some water and food for Xiaohui and Xiaohei. She also cut up some of the bought fruits and put them in.
When passing by the living room, the person who was sitting on the sofa watching TV was gone. Just as she was about to have dinner, she saw Xiao Yu holding her chopsticks and eating.
Ye Yanxi was immediately furious. "President, those are mine."
However, Xiao Yu completely ignored her anger. "I've already eaten. Go and serve another portion."
"..." Such a shameless person. Ye Yanxi murmured in a low voice. Her stomach growled embarrassingly. She had no choice but to go to the kitchen to serve more rice.
Just as Ye Yanxi was eating, Xiao Yu had already finished. He said expressionlessly, "The dishes are a bit salty. The tomatoes are cut too big!"
He had eaten the food but still dared to complain. Ye Yanxi was so angry that she just wanted to pour the soup over his head.
However, she had to endure. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. She desperately suppressed her anger and tried to ignore him and continue eating.
After dinner, Xiao Yu went to work. She cleared the dishes and started to organize the things she had moved here.
There were quite a lot of clothes and sundries. She didn't put the things in the master bedroom but in the guest bedroom.
Just as she was running up and down to get things, her phone rang. It was Du Guo calling. Since her hands were busy hanging clothes, she turned on the speakerphone and answered the call while organizing.
"What? You said you were taken to the police station? What happened?" Du Guo was a bit worried.
When she called before, Ye Yanxi had briefly told Du Guo what had happened this afternoon.
He Chuyan and Du Guo were her best friends in the orphanage. The three of them grew up together. Until now, they never hid anything from each other. They had once agreed to face difficulties together. Friends should stand together through thick and thin.
After hearing what Ye Yanxi said, Du Guo kept sighing. "In my opinion, did that Aunt Chen deliberately set you up when she asked to meet you at the hospital gate? She wanted to frame you."
"I don't think so!" Ye Yanxi said while folding clothes. "But Aunt Chen is a bit strange. She actually knew I was from Hongliu Orphanage."
"Really? How did she know?"
"I don't know either."
"Ah, there's another thing." Then Ye Yanxi told Du Guo what had happened in the supermarket today.
After hearing this, Du Guo immediately exclaimed in surprise. "No way, calling 'uncle'. Uh... You said the president fired him?" Du Guo also felt infinitely sympathetic. "You said he just had to offend the president. He can only blame his bad luck."
"I don't agree with you. I think someone is just narrow - minded and petty. You don't know. I was the one pushing all the things in the supermarket today, and I carried them all from the car when we got home. He just leaned against the door leisurely and watched without doing anything, just watched!" Just thinking about this made Ye Yanxi angry. "What's even more annoying is that I clearly served the rice for myself, but he ate it without saying a word. And then he dared to complain that it was not good. In my opinion, this person is not only narrow - minded but also selfish and arrogant."
After Ye Yanxi finished complaining, she felt two cold gazes from the door. Then a cold wind blew, and at the same time, there was Xiao Yu's extremely cold voice. "Yes, I'm just petty, taking revenge for personal reasons, selfish and arrogant."
When did Xiao Yu come?
Ye Yanxi's heart skipped a beat. She forced herself to remain silent.
As soon as she heard Xiao Yu's voice, Du Guo quickly hung up the phone.
Looking at the black screen of the phone, Ye Yanxi glared at it. "Her skill of running away is getting better and better."
It was so unfair of her to leave her alone to face Xiao Yu at this time.
Ye Yanxi had been so full of energy just now, but now she immediately lost her spirit. She slowly lowered her head and stared at the tip of her shoes.
"President, weren't you in the study?"
Xiao Yu slowly walked closer with his long legs. "Repeat what you just said!"