Having promised to help Link, Ye Yanxi obediently followed behind him. Actually, the favor Link asked her to do was quite simple. The person who came for the meeting didn't seem to be the principal but an assistant. They just exchanged some simple pleasantries without getting into the details.
After a brief chat, Link accompanied Ye Yanxi to the front desk to get her phone.
It had been a long time since the press conference ended, and most of the media in the hotel had left. At this moment, there were only a few people bustling in the lobby. Ye Yanxi picked up her phone and found it was turned off, so she casually turned it on.
Thinking that Xiao Yu might still be waiting for her, she called Xiao Yu first.
The phone had just rung once when Xiao Yu answered it.
The speed at which he answered the call made Ye Yanxi stunned for a moment. Before she could say anything, Xiao Yu's somewhat anxious voice came from the other end: "Where are you now?"
Ye Yanxi quickly replied, "I'm still in the hotel." After a moment's thought, she continued, "At the front desk."
As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Yu hung up the phone. Ye Yanxi stared at the black screen somewhat dejectedly. Why did he hang up so suddenly?
Link, who was still waiting beside her, had a smiling expression and stared at her, "Who were you calling? Your boyfriend?"
Ye Yanxi nodded truthfully, "Yes."
Link's face immediately showed a somewhat disappointed expression, but soon he smiled gentlemanly again, "I originally wanted to send you home, but... it seems I don't need to."
If he hadn't mentioned it, it would have been fine. Once he did, Ye Yanxi remembered the anxious look on Link's face when he couldn't find his way the last time she met him on the road. She looked at him worriedly, "Can you go back alone? Is there no one accompanying you?"
Seeing the worry on Ye Yanxi's face, Link immediately became happy.
"Miss Ye, don't worry. The company has arranged a car for me."
Ye Yanxi nodded again, "Then I'll be relieved."
"However, the boss didn't come today, so we couldn't discuss the matter. Maybe... I'll have to trouble Miss Ye again some other day."
"Mr. Link, rest assured. I'll definitely help to the end. Moreover... we can be considered friends, right?"
"Friends." Link's lips moved slightly as he uttered these two words. His expression was somewhat strange, but soon he laughed heartily, "Yes, we can already be considered friends. Then, may I have the beautiful lady's phone number?"
Ye Yanxi forced a helpless smile, generously took Link's phone, saved her number with her Chinese name, and then called her own number.
After the phone rang once, Ye Yanxi waved her phone and said with a smile, "Is it okay now?"
Link picked up the phone and looked at it for a while, "So your name is written like this."
"Yes."
But Link sighed, "It's a pity my Chinese is too poor. I can't recognize it."
Affected by that somewhat disappointed mood, Ye Yanxi immediately felt a bit guilty. Why did she save it in Chinese? So she took his phone again, "I'd better change my name to English so that it's easier for you to recognize."
"No need. This is fine." Link stared at the three characters with great interest, "Ye Yanxi, right? I'll learn to recognize these three characters."
Yanxi? What on earth!
Ye Yanxi touched her nose awkwardly and then read each character to him seriously, "It's not Ye Yanxi. It's Yeyanxi. The second character is pronounced in the second tone, and the third character is in the first tone."
"Ye Yan... Xi?"
"..."
Ye Yanxi thought it was sometimes quite difficult to teach foreigners Chinese. Although he tried his best to imitate, the intonation seemed to be off somewhere. It sounded even weirder. She looked at Link with a mixture of amusement and helplessness, "Okay, you pronounced the first character quite accurately. Just call me Miss Ye!"
Link also smiled helplessly, "Then Miss Ye."
Seeing his somewhat frustrated look, Ye Yanxi patted his shoulder amusingly, "Don't feel uncomfortable about this. Chinese has a history of thousands of years. Sometimes I don't even know how to pronounce some characters in ancient Chinese."
Link couldn't help but look at Ye Yanxi a few more times. He thought the girl in front of him looked very beautiful when she smiled. Her eyebrows were curved, making people feel comfortable.
He had seen many beautiful women, those who were delicate and those with hot figures. But at this moment, he felt that Ye Yanxi's beauty seemed to have a kind of magic. Her big, bright eyes were clear and lively, as if they could talk.
Ye Yanxi felt Link's gaze staying on her all the time. She frowned and touched her face, "Mr. Link, what's wrong? Is there something dirty on my face?"
Hearing this, Link laughed and praised, "You're very beautiful!"
Being praised so openly, Ye Yanxi blushed and felt a bit embarrassed.
"Mr. Link is also very handsome." Ye Yanxi replied.
"Aren't you afraid your boyfriend will be jealous if he hears you praise me like this?" Link blinked and smiled slyly.
Ye Yanxi suddenly pretended to be stupid, "Huh? What did I just say?"
Her innocent little face made Link laugh. Later, Link also took the opportunity to make a joke, and both of them laughed so hard that they bent forward and backward.
This scene happened to be seen by Xiao Yu who had just walked into the hotel.
Ye Yanxi was about to say something with a laugh when suddenly she felt a cold air behind her. She shivered instantly and stopped talking. She subconsciously looked behind and saw Xiao Yu walking towards her step by step.
His face was so gloomy. He stood silently behind her, seemingly angry.
"You scared me. Why did you appear without making a sound?" Ye Yanxi was startled as soon as she met Xiao Yu's gloomy face.
Xiao Yu didn't look at her but just silently sized up Link from head to toe. Link also sized up Xiao Yu in the same way. The two men were about the same height and both had their own aura. Without saying a word, they were actually fighting hundreds of rounds in their hearts.
Link withdrew his gaze, smiled, and looked at Ye Yanxi, "Is this Miss Ye's boyfriend?"
Ye Yanxi thought that Link had only been in China for a short time and probably didn't know Xiao Yu. So she replied without hesitation, "Yes!"
Xiao Yu sized up Link a few times. His emotions were hard to read, but there was a hint of deepness in his eyes, "I suppose this is Mr. Link."
"Mr. Xiao, you really have good eyesight. I'm Link!"
Hearing Link's tone, Ye Yanxi knew that he recognized Xiao Yu.
"Mr. Link is also hiding his talents. You recognized me at once." Xiao Yu's eyes were dark.
Link smiled without any concealment, "Speaking of which, I'm also a businessman. Naturally, I investigated the leading enterprises in City S before I came. I've seen a few photos of Mr. Xiao of the Xiao Group, so I can recognize you naturally."
Xiao Yu lowered his head and chuckled, "Just like Mr. Link, I've also heard of you before you came to City S."
"Really? Then we're quite fateful." Link suddenly reached out his hand and invited Xiao Yu, "Mr. Xiao, I've admired you for a long time. Coincidentally, your girlfriend helped me a favor. Isn't there a saying in your country that it's better to do something now than later? How about we go out for a meal together tonight?"
Xiao Yu curled his lips and also reached out his hand to shake, "Sure. I'll treat."
"Great!"
Ye Yanxi watched the two of them interacting and was a bit confused. What had happened?
So, none of them left the hotel. They directly asked for a private room.
After they were seated, Xiao Yu spoke Italian quite fluently. He started chatting with Link about some business matters. Ye Yanxi knew nothing about company management. Seeing the two of them chatting happily, she felt that she had nothing to do.
So, after the dishes were served, she lowered her head and ate silently.
The food in this hotel was quite delicious. The steamed perch tasted wonderful, and so did the braised prawns. If it weren't for it being evening, she might have finished the whole plate.
She didn't know how much time had passed. Xiao Yu and Link were still in high spirits and seemed to have no intention of stopping. Ye Yanxi continued to eat and drink boredly. Half of the dishes on the table had gone into her stomach, while the two men hardly touched them. It wasn't until she was almost full that Ye Yanxi put down her chopsticks.
She was really bored, so she just watched the two men in front of her talking to each other.
She stared until her eyes were sore, but the two men just ignored her as if she were air. Listening to the buzzing conversation in her ears, Ye Yanxi felt her eyelids getting heavy.
She had been working all day today. There was the press conference in the evening, and she had been highly focused and tense all day. Now that she suddenly relaxed, she felt extremely tired. Her eyelids kept fighting. She listened to the whispering in a daze, propped her head up, and fell asleep on the table just like that.
Even after she fell asleep, she still felt the talking in her ears didn't stop. Finally, it gradually faded away.
So, naturally, she didn't know that after she was sound asleep, the two men who had been chatting aimlessly suddenly stopped. Their eyes were all on her face.
Link chuckled, "Miss Ye is a beautiful and kind girl."
"So, you took advantage of her kindness?" Xiao Yu sneered.
"Mr. Xiao seems to be hostile to me?" Link smiled indifferently, "I met Miss Ye by chance. I helped her once, and she just helped me in return. This is called, well... reciprocity."
Xiao Yu scoffed, "If it were really as simple as you said, then why did Mr. Link arrive in City S five days earlier than the scheduled visit time?"
Link gracefully picked up the red wine glass on the table, swirled it, and watched the red liquid spinning in the glass, "Mr. Xiao seems to know everything about my trip."
Xiao Yu leaned back on the chair calmly. In his deep eyes looking at Ye Yanxi, there was undisguised doting.
This woman could fall asleep anywhere. She was really sleepy.
"I already knew everything before you came, just like you investigated me."
"Then let's be frank. Are you interested in cooperating with me? I'll give you a price 5% higher than the black market price."
Xiao Yu had lost his patience to continue the conversation. He walked to Ye Yanxi's side, picked her up in his arms, and left a sentence before going out the door, "I won't cooperate with you. And... I advise you to stay away from Xiaoxi."