Ye Yanxi didn't expect Fang Xu to see through her. Was her intention really written so clearly on her face? She felt quite vexed. But she didn't know that as Xiao Yu's assistant, Fang Xu must be good at observing people's expressions. How could she hide anything from his sharp eyes?
Since her intention had been noticed, Ye Yanxi decided to be frank. She smiled and said, "I do have something to ask you."
"Ms. Ye, just ask whatever you want."
Although Ye Yanxi pretended to be calm, she still stammered a bit when she asked, "Well, I just want to know where he is now?"
"He?" Fang Xu blinked his eyes, looking very puzzled. "I don't know who Ms. Ye is referring to. If you don't make it clear, how can I answer you?"
Fang Xu must be doing it on purpose, Ye Yanxi thought angrily. Finally, she let out a sigh and said, "I mean the president."
"Oh, the president." Fang Xu deliberately elongated the last syllable. His tone was full of banter. Looking at Ye Yanxi's anxious face, he still didn't tell her immediately.
Ye Yanxi got impatient and could only look at him longingly.
"You're his assistant. You should know his whereabouts, right?" Seeing that Fang Xu didn't intend to speak, Ye Yanxi pretended to be angry.
"Sure." Fang Xu put away his bantering expression. "Tonight, the CEO of a company invited some guests, and the president went there."
"Okay, I see. Thank you."
Since he was still busy, she could only go back to Qingyuwan and wait.
"Do you want me to call the president and tell him you're looking for him?" Seeing that Ye Yanxi didn't seem to have any further plans, Fang Xu waved his phone.
"No need." Ye Yanxi shook her head, looking a bit dejected. "He's busy now. It's not appropriate to call him."
Then Fang Xu said with a grin, "If it's you calling, the president will definitely answer."
Hey, could you stop looking so teasing? It's as if I'm really eager.
Ye Yanxi looked at Fang Xu speechlessly. "Thank you for telling me this. I'll leave first."
"Wait. I also have something to ask you." Fang Xu stopped Ye Yanxi and looked at her seriously.
"What's up? Do you have anything else, Assistant Fang?"
"These two days, did you... quarrel with the president?" Fang Xu asked tentatively.
"No." Ye Yanxi blinked and answered truthfully.
"Really?" Fang Xu sized up her face, obviously not believing her. "The president has been in a very low mood these days. And you didn't come to the company yesterday. Later, I asked Xu Bei, and he said you were staying at a friend's place."
"..." Ye Yanxi stared at Fang Xu for a while, then said quickly, "We didn't quarrel. Goodbye, Assistant Fang."
After saying that, she turned around and left. Her speed was so decisive that it was astonishing.
Fang Xu was left standing there alone. He shouted at her back, "Hey, you're leaving just like that? Wait. I haven't finished my words yet."
On her way back, the two bodyguards still followed her dutifully and reported her whereabouts to Xiao Yu at any time. But tonight, she specifically told the two bodyguards not to tell Xiao Yu that she was going back to Qingyuwan. She wanted to go back secretly and give Xiao Yu a surprise.
Hearing that Ye Yanxi was going back to Qingyuwan, the two bodyguards were naturally happy because it would be safer.
Ye Yanxi took a taxi back to Qingyuwan. She was in a good mood and rushed all the way into the elevator and up the stairs.
Her key was still lying safely in her bag. She took it out and opened the door of the apartment. She couldn't hold back her joy.
The moment the door opened, the familiar smell immediately enveloped her, along with the faint fragrance of flowers in the air. Everything made her feel like she was home, warm and intoxicating.
She smiled at the empty room and said softly, "I'm back."
Then she changed her shoes. After closing the door, she thought for a while and then opened the cabinet to put the shoes in so that Xiao Yu wouldn't notice.
She turned on the switch on the wall. The dim and bright light instantly filled the room. The low and simple sofa, the clean floor without a speck of dust. Everywhere held memories of her and Xiao Yu.
It had only been two days since she last came back, but standing in the middle of the living room today, she felt as if a lifetime had passed.
When her eyes caught sight of the balcony, Ye Yanxi suddenly remembered something and immediately rushed over.
From the day she left until now, she hadn't fed Xiao Hei and Xiao Hui. Xiao Yu always looked like he was above the mundane world and not the kind of person who would do such things.
It had already been three days. She didn't know how hungry the two little guys would be.
But when she stood by the cage, she was a bit stunned. She had thought she would see the two little guys pitifully clinging to the cage waiting for her to feed them. Instead, she saw the two little guys rolling around happily and having a great time. They didn't look like they were hungry at all.
Although the food box was empty now.
Ye Yanxi walked towards the kitchen while wondering and added water and food for the two little guys.
After finishing everything, Ye Yanxi took a good look around the house.
It seemed that everything was just as it was before she left. The watering can she had used to water the flowers on the coffee table was still there. The position of the drinking cup didn't seem to have changed either. It was as if she had just gone to the supermarket and come back.
When Xiao Yu returned to Qingyuwan, it was completely dark.
Xu Bei dropped him off at the parking lot and then left.
After going upstairs, he habitually took out his phone and planned to call the two bodyguards to ask about Ye Yanxi's situation today.
While opening the door and dialing the phone, the call hadn't connected yet. But after the door opened, a familiar smell hit him.
It seemed that Ye Yanxi had come back.
At this moment, Xiao Yu's eyes suddenly shrank. He immediately hung up the phone and gently closed the door.
When changing his shoes, Xiao Yu specifically looked carefully. Ye Yanxi's slippers in the shoe cabinet were gone.
There was still a pair of women's shoes in the cabinet. If he remembered correctly, Ye Yanxi seemed to be wearing this pair of shoes at the company today.
The living room was completely dark and quiet all around, just as if there was really no one there.
Xiao Yu turned on the light in the living room. The light from the entrance poured down from above his head, hiding his face in the shadows. On his handsome face, his thin lips were slightly curled, and the curve of his side face was beautiful and captivating.
That woman had come back by herself.
His deep eyes only scanned the living room once, and then his gaze fell on the small stool on the coffee table. It was a handmade stool, very simple and with exquisite patterns. Ye Yanxi had bought it and said it was for display as a handicraft. When Ye Yanxi had carried it back, he had thought the stool was ugly.
At this moment, he felt in a good mood that the stool didn't seem so bad.
Obviously, the position of the stool had been moved. Xiao Yu's lips curled slightly. It was obvious that someone had moved the stool but didn't want him to know she had come back, so she had deliberately put the stool back in its original position. But the indentation on the carpet was wrong.
Since there was no one on the first floor, she must be on the second floor.
However, he didn't rush to the second floor. Instead, he took off his tie as usual after entering the door and threw it on the sofa. Then he calmly watched TV.
Ye Yanxi, who was nervously hiding on the second floor, had known that Xiao Yu had come back as soon as he entered the door.
Although the sound insulation of the room was very good, there was still a faint sound when Xiao Yu entered the door. And after the door was opened, the window in the living room was not closed. The airflow lifted the curtain on the second floor, which made her even more certain that Xiao Yu had come back.
She nervously and excitedly hid at the corner of the stairs, waiting for Xiao Yu to come upstairs. Then she would suddenly appear and give him a surprise.
However, he turned on the TV and started watching the news. Who knew how long he would watch it? When would he come up? A feeling of helplessness suddenly welled up in her heart.
Ye Yanxi knew that Xiao Yu often watched the news, but she didn't know how long he would watch it. Forget it. He would definitely come upstairs after he finished watching, right?
After comforting herself, Ye Yanxi sat on the stairs and waited.
About twenty minutes later, Xiao Yu seemed to have turned off the TV. Ye Yanxi, who was concentrating on listening to the movement downstairs, was overjoyed and immediately perked up. Now Xiao Yu should come up, right?
However, she waited patiently for a while but still didn't hear the sound of Xiao Yu going upstairs. She was a bit anxious.
Could he have gone into the study? He always had a lot of things to deal with. He was really a workaholic.
There was no sound downstairs now. It was very quiet. She looked down through the gap in the stairs. The light in the study was indeed on. Could he really be working?
Ye Yanxi was really anxious. According to Xiao Yu's habit, who knew when he would finish?
But soon she encouraged herself again. She mustn't be discouraged or give up at this time.
Since he wasn't coming up, she would go down and wait. She would jump out immediately as soon as he came out of the study. This would also be a surprise.
After making up her mind, she tiptoed downstairs. She was very careful with each step, trying not to make a single sound. Xiao Yu was very sensitive to sounds, so she mustn't let him find out.
However, although the idea was good, she almost missed a step and hit the railing when putting it into practice. The pain made tears well up in her eyes.
She quickly covered her mouth so as not to cry out in pain.
After the pain subsided, she rubbed her knee and secretly wiped the cold sweat off her forehead. It was really close.
She almost ruined everything.
The process of going downstairs was long. Finally, she got downstairs. When she saw that the door of the study was actually open, in order not to let Xiao Yu find her, she used her fastest speed and nimbly passed by the door of the study and hid in the corner next to it.
Then, after calming down her rapid breathing, she slowly moved towards the study.
She was getting closer... one step, two steps.
She originally wanted to see what Xiao Yu was doing. If he was on the phone, she would wait a while before going in. Otherwise, she was afraid that Xiao Yu would be startled and might even drop the phone, although he always looked so calm.
But it was better to be safe than sorry.
When she got to the door, she peeked inside furtively.
Huh? Where was he? There was no one at the desk. Where had he gone?
Ye Yanxi looked around in confusion. To her surprise, there really was no one.
He wasn't in the study... It couldn't be.
Suddenly, Ye Yanxi felt a cold current behind her, accompanied by a bantering voice, "Who are you looking for?"