Seeing that Xia Sanghuan still looked on high alert, Leng Chuanjin resignedly raised his hands and made a "surrender gesture" towards her.
"I'll leave. Can't I just leave?"
After saying that, he stood up from the chair and planned to return to his original seat.
"Wait."
Before he had taken a few steps, the corner of his clothes was grabbed.
He turned around and saw the girl's still slightly flushed face.
"You don't need to leave."
"Just sit beside me."
Her voice was very soft, but the man still heard it.
He gave a soft chuckle, turned around and took her hand.
"But don't do any other unnecessary little moves!"
She gave him a warning glare.
"I'll do whatever you say."
He replied with a beaming smile.
Just when he thought he was going to have a peaceful afternoon, a call suddenly came in on his phone.
He took out his phone somewhat reluctantly and hung up without even looking.
His schedule for these few days had been arranged in advance. No matter what happened in the company, everyone was supposed to report to Yun Ye first. If the situation was relatively serious, Yun Ye would then inform him.
Not to mention that the internal order of the company had always been very stable. If there really was an unresolvable accident, the people he had hired might as well just pack up and leave.
However, before he could put his phone away, another call came in.
He looked at the caller's name with some annoyance.
It was the confidant he had left in the company.
He hesitated for two seconds. Just as he was about to hang up, the girl beside him stood up.
"You can go..."
Before the word "where" could come out, he saw her wave at him and make a "shh—" gesture.
"Hello, Shuman."
"What have I been up to these few days? I've been..."
Hearing her friend's question, Xia Sanghuan smiled awkwardly.
"I was a bit over - busy recently, so I'm out to relax these few days."
How could she have forgotten about school?
She hadn't been seen at school for several days. Although she had explained the situation to Professor He, Shuman and the others must be worried about her when they couldn't find her.
Ignoring the resentful look from Leng Chuanjin behind her, she took her phone and walked out of the room.
Watching the girl's back disappear outside the door, the man sighed and answered the incessant phone call.
"Speak quickly if you have something to say."
He held back and didn't swear at his confidant.
"Master Leng, there's new movement from Alex."
"He seems very confident about this bidding."
The confidant's voice was as calm as usual, but it seemed extremely out of place in this situation.
Leng Chuanjin pinched the bridge of his nose with some annoyance.
"Didn't I say that all such matters should be reported to Yun Ye first?"
"But this concerns the bidding meeting in a month. Alex is coming on very strongly this time. I'm afraid our preparations won't be sufficient by then."
"Just like the bidding meeting with Chen Jiayuan last time."
Although the confidant's tone was very reasonable, this sentence still hit the man's sore spot accurately.
"If you're just calling me about the bidding meeting, go and talk to Yun Ye about the follow - up matters!"
He gritted his teeth and said.
"Wait a minute, Master Leng!"
Hearing that the president was about to hang up, he quickly shouted.
"What else?"
Leng Chuanjin summoned his last bit of patience.
"Regarding the matter of Alex and Kevin, I think we'd better follow the original plan."
"After all, the longer we delay, the more risks we have to bear."
"Master Leng, you can't break your usual code of conduct just because you're in love..."
Before the confidant could finish the rest of his words, the man hung up the phone without hesitation.
To prevent him from calling again, he even turned on the do - not - disturb mode on his phone.
He sat down in front of the computer and sent an email to Yun Ye.
There were only a few short lines in the email. The general idea was to ask him to take over the follow - up preparations for the bidding meeting and keep an eye on Alex's recent actions, and to tell Zhuo Wen not to call him again before he returned to the country!
He pressed the send button with some annoyance, then sat on the chair waiting for Xia Sanghuan to come back.
He wondered what her friend had said to her that she still hadn't come back yet.
Since the two of them had come here, except for strolling on the local streets on the first day, the rest of the time had been spent rushing around for work.
Although they were together all the time, he felt it was not as good as staying at home.
Actually, his proposal to bring Xia Sanghuan here to negotiate with Kevin's company was not an impulsive move.
As early as when Fu Moning described Alex to him, he had already had this plan.
After all, Alex was his biggest competitor in the next bidding meeting.
He originally planned to come to this country to have some contact with Alex, but he had been a bit hesitant because he didn't want to be separated from Xia Sanghuan.
Because of this matter, he and Zhuo Wen had argued countless times.
Don't break your usual code of conduct just because you're in love.
He had heard this sentence so many times recently that his ears were almost calloused.
What did Zhuo Wen know?
He had been with him for so many years, and he had never seen him standing with a woman.
Fortunately, thanks to the opportunity provided by Fu Moning, he could both achieve his goal and not suffer from lovesickness.
However, after contacting that chairman today, he was a bit confused about what Alex was up to.
To be prepared for any contingency, some companies were not registered under his or the Leng family's name.
The company participating in this bidding meeting was of this type.
So Alex shouldn't know his true purpose.
He pondered for a while but still couldn't figure out why Alex was doing this.
After he came back, he got the information of the chairman he and Xia Sanghuan had met today.
The chairman's name was August, and he was the younger brother of the company's president's mother.
But because of his dissolute lifestyle, he was not well - liked by the other board members.
Including the company's president himself.
Such a fool could at most act as a puppet.
But this puppet's acting skills were just too poor.
It seemed that he needed to observe further.
Just when he was deep in thought, Xia Sanghuan finally returned to the room.
He looked down at his watch and found that more than half an hour had passed since she answered the phone.
The girl walked over and sat down beside him, then picked up the drink on the table whose ice was almost melted and took a sip.
"What did you talk about?"
"It took you so long."
For some reason, his words sounded a bit sour at this moment.
He knew who the "Shuman" in her mouth was. He had specially investigated before.
Since he found out that Shuman was the one who had posted that post titled "Xia Sanghuan's Ideal Type", he had disliked her a bit.