Xiao Yu's appearance immediately caught everyone's attention, especially the two female assistants following the Italian client representative.
Those two assistants were young, beautiful, tall, and extremely good - looking.
However, since they came to City S, they had mostly met people who were short in stature and unremarkable in appearance. So they were quite disappointed. But when they suddenly saw Xiao Yu, their eyes couldn't help but stay fixed on him. Their bold and passionate gazes were full of admiration.
Ye Yanxi suddenly felt her heart racing. She hadn't seen Xiao Yu for two days. The moment they met, all her longing rushed in like a tide, making her want to run into his arms without hesitation.
With great effort, she suppressed this urge. For now, she was just a junior translator and still on the job. In front of so many people, she didn't have the courage to throw herself into his arms.
She felt Xiao Yu's gaze rest on her face for a moment, and then he quickly resumed his calm and serious demeanor, looking at the Italian client representative.
The manager of the public - relations department was secretly quite surprised to see Xiao Yu and felt flattered.
Xiao Yu generously reached out his hand to the Italian client representative. Seeing that it was the president himself who came to receive them, the representative's morale soared. Feeling honored, he immediately reached out his hand as well.
Xiao Yu said with a smile, "You've come a long way. You must be tired." The Italian words flowed smoothly and sweetly from his thin lips.
The other side immediately shook their heads and said repeatedly, "Not tired, not tired."
"It's also an honor for our company to cooperate with the Xiao Group."
"Okay, please go to the meeting room upstairs."
Then the public - relations manager busily led the way for everyone, looking a bit flustered. He secretly wiped the cold sweat off his brow. He thought to himself, President, you're making me feel so unworthy. You don't need to do the reception job yourself. I can handle it.
The Italian client's assistants saw that Xiao Yu was polite and gentlemanly. Their smiles deepened a bit.
So, in the elevator, one of the female assistants deliberately squeezed next to Xiao Yu when it was crowded. With big, thick - browed eyes full of affection, she looked at Xiao Yu and said, "General Manager Xiao is really young and capable, managing such a large group."
"Thank you for the compliment," Xiao Yu said indifferently.
Hearing this, the woman got even closer. It seemed that her chest was about to touch Xiao Yu's arm. "After our company starts to cooperate with General Manager Xiao, if we do anything inappropriate, please give us more guidance."
As she spoke, the woman boldly pulled at her clothes. She was already wearing a low - cut dress, and now one could almost see the strap of her underwear. This was a blatant seduction. The other Italian clients beside them looked indifferent, as if they didn't see it. One couldn't help but suspect that these people did it on purpose.
Ye Yanxi secretly complained in her heart, staring at the woman's big chest with fire in her eyes.
Xiao Yu didn't answer the woman's question. He just raised his hand to check his watch and said to the public - relations manager on the other side, "I have a meeting later. I'll leave the rest to you."
The public - relations manager immediately replied respectfully, "Yes, President."
The woman seemed to want to say something else, but seeing Xiao Yu's attitude, she didn't say a word. The elevator 'dinged' and reached its destination. Everyone got out one after another. Xiao Yu was going back to his office on the top floor, so he was the only one who stayed in the elevator.
Just as Ye Yanxi got out of the elevator and passed by Xiao Yu, he suddenly reached out and grabbed her hand.
At that moment, Ye Yanxi panicked and looked around.
Thankfully, no one was paying attention. She was the last one to get out. The people in front had already followed the public - relations manager to the meeting room. The place where their hands touched was slippery and warm, and her heart rate gradually increased.
Xiao Yu didn't say a word. He quickly let go of her hand, and then the elevator door closed, leaving Ye Yanxi standing alone outside the corridor.
Looking at the rising numbers on the elevator, she still felt the residual warmth of Xiao Yu's fingertips on her hand. She felt indescribably sweet and happy.
In the meeting room, under the guidance of the public - relations manager, most of the work - related matters had been discussed. It happened to be dinner time, so everyone quickly arranged for the Italian clients to have dinner, hoping to strengthen the relationship between the two companies and reduce the estrangement.
For this dinner, Fang Xu, as the president's assistant, also went.
At the dinner table, everyone was in a good mood. The atmosphere soon became lively. After all, this cooperation was very important, so no one deliberately made things difficult.
Halfway through the dinner, Ye Yanxi went to the restroom. When she came out, she accidentally saw a private - room door was open. Standing at the door was He Zhenhua. It seemed that he was on the phone at that moment.
He Zhenhua looked this way while on the phone. After seeing Ye Yanxi, he quickly hung up the phone and walked towards her.
Ye Yanxi instinctively didn't want to have any interaction with He Zhenhua. She pretended not to see him and tried to walk past him.
But although she thought so, He Zhenhua didn't. He quickly called out to her, "Ye Yanxi."
Ye Yanxi paused for a moment but didn't turn around. She just politely said in a cold tone, "Hello, General Manager He."
He Zhenhua stared at Ye Yanxi's back and said, "If I'm not wrong, you've already met your mother, right?"
"I don't have a mother. In this world, I only have Ye Junze as my father."
"It doesn't matter. No matter how you deny it, you can't change the fact that Jiang Pinzhen is your mother," He Zhenhua's tone was still as over - bearing as ever. "Now that you know your true background, you should go back to the He family as soon as possible."
Judging from his tone, it seemed as if going back to the He family was a kind of charity from them.
After she learned this fact, she had also considered whether she should recognize Jiang Pinzhen and He Zhenhua.
But now, a feeling of anger welled up in her heart, which made her give up the idea of going back.
She was Ye Yanxi. She had lived like this for sixteen years, and now everything about the He family had nothing to do with her.
After firming up her mind, Ye Yanxi turned around with a smile on her face. Her expression was cold and aloof. "I just said that I only have Ye Junze as my father. The rest has nothing to do with me. If you have nothing else to say, General Manager He, I'll leave first."
After saying that, she turned around and left. Her straight back seemed to show her firm stance.
"Ye Yanxi, is this how impatient you are when talking to your elders?" He Zhenhua said sternly with a straight face.
Ye Yanxi stopped in her tracks.
In the past few days, she had seen so many things that her heart had become invulnerable. Facing He Zhenhua's aggressive accusation, there was not a trace of sadness on her face.
Taking a deep breath, Ye Yanxi turned around again. "Respecting elders also depends on who they are. For those who deserve respect, I naturally won't have this attitude."
After saying that, Ye Yanxi left without hesitation. Behind her, He Zhenhua was so angry that his face turned blue, but he was helpless.
After Ye Yanxi left, He Zhenhua's phone rang again.
It was a call from the pharmaceutical company under his group. When he saw the caller ID, He Zhenhua's face changed slightly. He immediately asked, "How's the test result?"
After listening to the report on the phone, He Zhenhua stood there in shock, holding the phone.
He could hardly believe his ears. So he trembled and asked again, "Please repeat what you just said."
"President, we re - tested that batch of drugs from more than a decade ago and found that it does have a function of changing gene traits. The effectiveness of this drug varies according to different individual genes, and the duration of the change is also different. The person who sued us also said that there was a difference between his and his child's DNA, which caused family conflicts. And now, the DNA suddenly shows the same result, which means the drug has lost its effectiveness."
The result of this was that the test result at that time showed that his DNA was inconsistent with his child's.
He had personally tested that batch of drugs sixteen years ago.
It was also at that time that they found Ye Yanxi. They also did a DNA test then, and the result showed that... Ye Yanxi was not his daughter.
If the person who sued them also had a DNA mismatch with his child because of this drug, then what about the relationship between him and Ye Yanxi...
He Zhenhua didn't dare to think anymore. He said in a deep voice, "Do the test again. I want to get the real result."
"Yes, President."
So, was Ye Yanxi really his daughter?
But what about all he had done sixteen years ago?
Back in the private room, Ye Yanxi's mood was no longer so depressed.
After meeting He Zhenhua, she realized that one shouldn't be too persistent about things that didn't really matter and ignore those who were truly good to her. Sometimes, the truth might not be what one expected, so it was better to be a bit muddle - headed.
With no more worries in her heart, the only person she wanted to see now was Xiao Yu.
She still remembered that yesterday on the phone, Xiao Yu's deep voice said to her, "I'll wait for you."
How many people were willing to wait? And once you met such a person, you should seize the opportunity, right?
From today on, she was reborn. She wanted to cherish the people around her and truly live for herself.
Because she was eager to see Xiao Yu, the dinner time seemed extremely long. She sat there impatiently, feeling quite aggrieved.
Finally, the dinner was over. She tried her best to suppress her eagerness so as not to lose her manners in front of the Italian clients. She waited for them to leave first and then walked out of the private room last. After that, she followed the others at the door to see the client representatives off.
At this moment, her heart was already with Xiao Yu.
After everyone finally left, Ye Yanxi was still waiting there impatiently. She was waiting for Fang Xu.
Seeing Ye Yanxi's almost fierce look, Fang Xu realized that she wanted to talk to him. So he didn't leave immediately. He waited until most of the company's people had left and then looked at Ye Yanxi with a smile and said, "Miss Ye, do you want to talk to me?"