Outside the hotel, Xu Bei had already parked the car and was waiting. Xiao Yu carried Ye Yanxi out of the hotel, but when getting into the car, he roughly threw her onto the back seat.
The sudden weightlessness immediately woke Ye Yanxi up. She instinctively tried to stand up, but accidentally hit her head on the roof of the car. Before she could steady herself, she was forced to fall back. Finally, she sat back in the car, covering the painful spot on her forehead.
Xiao Yu remained expressionless throughout. After getting into the car, he uttered two cold words: "Drive!"
Xu Bei immediately followed the order and started the car. Ye Yanxi, who hadn't even settled down yet, fell heavily again. By the time she came to her senses, she realized where she was.
Touching her hurting head and taking a glance at Xiao Yu, she then realized that she had been deliberately thrown by him just now.
"What are you doing?" Ye Yanxi said irritably, "How much do you hate me? Do you want to kill me? It hurts so much!"
"I thought you didn't know pain!" Xiao Yu's voice was cold, "Is your mind still normal?"
"My mind has always been normal. It's you who is abnormal." Ye Yanxi murmured the second half of the sentence.
"If your mind is still normal, you wouldn't be with Link."
"So what if I'm with him? He helped me, and I helped him in return. What's wrong with that? Besides, we're just friends now. We haven't done anything shady." Ye Yanxi declared irritably.
"You should be glad that if you had really done something shady with him, you wouldn't be here in one piece." Xiao Yu gave her a sidelong glance.
Xiao Yu's sarcastic remarks made Ye Yanxi, who had just been woken up from sleep, feel extremely annoyed. She took a look at him and then turned away, ignoring him.
"Got nothing to say? Feeling guilty?" Xiao Yu sneered.
"Why should I feel guilty? Why should I talk to you?"
"How did you meet that Link?"
"Do you really care how I met him?" Ye Yanxi replied defiantly.
"Why would he approach you for no reason? Can't you think it over properly? First there was Leo, and now there's Link. When will your mind ever be clear?" Xiao Yu's tone was sharp and interrogative. He fired out the words without a pause, seemingly quite angry.
Ye Yanxi stared at him with wide eyes, feeling scolded in public.
Being scolded like this, she got really angry: "Yes, I'm stupid. I don't have a brain. How could I be as smart as you, President Xiao? Are you satisfied now?"
"I'm just stating the facts!" Xiao Yu's dark eyes showed his displeasure as he reminded her, "Link is not a good person. You'd better not meet him again in the future. Do you hear me?"
Ye Yanxi angrily turned her head and stared out of the window at the passing scenery, ignoring him.
"Xiaoxi!" Seeing that she didn't respond, Xiao Yu raised his voice a bit, but still insisted on getting an answer from her, "Promise me that you won't see him again!"
However, Ye Yanxi remained silent throughout the journey, not even bothering to give Xiao Yu a cold look. When they arrived at Qingyuwan, Ye Yanxi opened the car door on her own and walked towards the elevator. Once she reached the apartment, she rushed straight to the second - floor guest room and slammed the door shut.
Xiao Yu also entered the house. The lights in the living room were off. All he could hear was the sound of the door slamming upstairs, followed by the sound of it being locked.
Xiao Yu clenched his fist, his face as black as ink.
Early the next morning, a piece of news immediately occupied the headlines of all the websites and news in City S.
The previous day, a huge explosion had occurred in a warehouse on the outskirts. Most importantly, some military guns, explosives and other dangerous items were found in the remains of the explosion.
Subsequently, the explosion site was completely cordoned off, and no citizens were allowed to approach.
The news only briefly reported it as an explosion, but in the comments, an anonymous netizen revealed that the explosives in this explosion were still in an unformed state, so the damage was not very extensive. However, if the explosives had been fully made, the power would have been much greater.
After Ye Yanxi got up in the morning, she received a call from He Chuyan. He Chuyan casually told her about this news and also mentioned some speculations of those anonymous netizens.
Such an explosion had actually happened.
"Were there any casualties in this explosion?" Ye Yanxi asked, but she already had a bad feeling in her heart. It was rare for people to escape from an explosion that happened in the middle of the night like this.
"What do you think? The warehouse has been flattened. There are no survivors inside!" He Chuyan patted her chest, "It was just raining last night. I thought the explosion sound was thunder. Who would have thought such a thing would happen? Fortunately, the rain put out the fire. Otherwise, the surrounding citizens would have been in big trouble."
"Hey, Xiaoxi, do you think that since so many military guns and explosives were found there, could it be a military factory?"
"I'm not the president of the country. How would I know?" Ye Yanxi rolled her eyes.
"We don't have the power to interfere. But I guess the boss of that factory and the mayor of our City S are going to be in big trouble this time."
It was unknown whether this incident was an accident or caused by other reasons.
As soon as Ye Yanxi opened the door, she saw Xiao Yu coming out of the next - door bedroom. She originally wanted to ask Xiao Yu if he knew about the explosion on the outskirts, but then she remembered that she was still in a quarrel with him, so she swallowed back the words and went downstairs to wash up without looking at Xiao Yu again.
On the way to the company, neither of them said a word. Xiao Yu seemed less angry than last night. He kept looking at his phone, and no one knew what he was doing.
Ye Yanxi didn't intend to talk to him either. When the car arrived at the company, she opened the door and rushed towards the elevator without saying goodbye to Xiao Yu.
Xiao Yu sat in the car without moving. He didn't get out of the car until Ye Yanxi's figure disappeared into the elevator. Then he walked towards the elevator for the president with a straight face.
As soon as he arrived at the office, his phone rang.
Xiao Yu answered it while pushing the door open.
A slightly hurried voice came from the phone: "Mr. Xiao."
"What's the matter?" Xiao Yu righted his chair and leaned back on it. His dark eyes showed no emotion.
"You've already heard about that explosion news, right? That warehouse belongs to the Black Hawk Gang. We've caught a perpetrator, and he insists that you ordered him to do it. The Black Hawk Gang may take some actions recently. I've sent people to investigate who is behind this. But you should be more careful recently."
"I see." Xiao Yu squinted his eyes slightly.
Who dared to pour dirty water on him? They really had a lot of nerve!
After hanging up the phone, after some thought, Xiao Yu called Ye Yanxi.
It took a while for Ye Yanxi to answer.
"What are you doing?" Xiao Yu asked with interest.
However, Ye Yanxi replied impatiently, "Mr. President, it's working time now. What do you think I'm doing?"
"I was going to take you somewhere last night, but it got delayed. It's just right for tonight. I'll take you there after work this afternoon."
"I'm not available tonight. I have to work overtime!" Ye Yanxi refused directly.
"Whether you work overtime or not is up to me."
"........" Tyrant! How hateful!
As soon as work started, the whole office was discussing the explosion news. But their discussions were mainly centered around the few blurry pictures in the news. After all, no one had seen it with their own eyes, so the truth was still unknown.
After a busy day, just as Ye Yanxi was about to get off work, Xiao Yu called her on time. Reluctantly, she stood up and walked towards the underground garage.
After getting into the car, Ye Yanxi still maintained her previous attitude and didn't say a word to Xiao Yu.
Xiao Yu looked at her pouting face with amusement.
"Still angry?"
"I'm stupid and not as smart as you, Mr. Xiao. How dare I be angry with you?"
This was clearly still being angry.
When the car drove out of the underground garage, Xiao Yu suddenly said, "Do you know what Link does?"
"What can he do? Kill and set fires? Do you think he's like Leo?" Ye Yanxi sneered.
Xiao Yu ignored what she said and his face darkened, "He's a foreign envoy sent by Country F to City S, and..."
Xiao Yu paused, waiting for Ye Yanxi to ask, but she ignored him. So he slowly said, "He's also a person who secretly smuggles black - market arms."
Hearing the word "arms", Ye Yanxi finally showed a look of surprise on her face.
"Arms?"
"Yes."
"But why did he ask me to be a translator? Isn't he afraid that I'll expose his business?"
Xiao Yu gave her a contemptuous look, "Do you think he's that stupid? He's so good at hiding his true intentions. You're so easy to deceive. After he gave you a little favor, you were immediately bewitched and became muddle - headed. You wouldn't suspect him at all. Moreover, you can be his best cover when he's suspected."
Ye Yanxi finally understood the reason, and her face immediately flushed with embarrassment.
"This is just your one - sided story, right? Do you have any evidence?"
Xiao Yu didn't say a word. He directly handed her his phone, indicating for her to listen to the recordings. Those were the exact words he had said with Link last night after Ye Yanxi had fallen asleep.
After listening to the recordings, Ye Yanxi was filled with anger.
"Stop the car. I'm going to find him!" Ye Yanxi was so angry that she wanted to open the car door, "Link, that bastard! I really thought he was my friend in vain."
Xiao Yu ignored her and didn't order the driver to stop. He just let her rant.
After scolding for a few sentences, Ye Yanxi found that Xiao Yu was sitting upright and ignoring her. She felt that it was meaningless. Since she had already made a fool of herself, she finally calmed down.
The car continued to drive. There were fewer and fewer buildings along the road. It seemed that they were leaving the city center. And the surrounding environment felt familiar to her.
Ye Yanxi looked at Xiao Yu in surprise, "Where are we going?"
"We'll be there soon. Don't be impatient."
Half an hour later, they finally reached their destination. Xiao Yu got out of the car first, "We're here."
Ye Yanxi got out of the car doubtfully. There were crowds of people coming and going around, and the street was very lively. Then Xu Bei drove the car away.
"This is..." Ye Yanxi felt a familiar atmosphere.
Xiao Yu took her hand and walked into the street, "Follow me."
Ye Yanxi obediently let him lead her through the crowd.
After walking for a while, being naturally alert, she felt as if someone was following them. But when she suddenly turned around, she only saw the normal crowd.
Was she just imagining it?