The room was filled with the pleasant fragrance of roses. Xiaomei was brewing scented tea for Xie Bingxia.
Xie Bingxia took the teacup and took a small sip. "What kind of wounds could that domineering young master in your family possibly have? He has a successful career and plenty of women. Is there anything he can't get?"
"Miss Xie has just returned to the country. Maybe you haven't heard about the young master's story," Xiaomei sighed.
What story could there be? Didn't he just harm his lover of many years, seize her family's business, not forgetting to marry a beauty, and strengthen his position in the business world by getting engaged.
Xie Bingxia thought this in her heart, but said on the surface, "Tell me about it."
"The young master wasn't like this before. Two years ago, the person he loved...," Xiaomei swallowed hard. After a moment of hesitation, she continued, "died in an accident."
Humph, only something unexpected can be called an accident. What was done deliberately is not an accident.
"The young master was like a completely different person at that time. His heart turned cold," Xiaomei said.
Hearing this, Xie Bingxia almost choked on her tea. A skeptical look appeared on her face. "Are you sure?" Shouldn't he have celebrated his success for three days and three nights?
Xiaomei looked sincere. "It's true! He locked himself in his room and refused to come out for over a month. He hardly ate or drank. He was almost as thin as a skeleton!"
"Alas, the young master is so pitiful...," Xiaomei sniffed and suddenly felt sad.
"He looks full of energy now. You can't tell at all that he has suffered such a serious heart - break."
"It was the master who woke him up with a slap! I don't know what the master said to him in the room, but the next day the young master started to eat, and gradually recovered."
"But the young master has changed. He used to be a very gentle person, but now his heart has become as cold and hard as a stone, and he rarely smiles."
Xie Bingxia frowned slightly. She didn't know if Gu Bei was really sad or just pretending for the world. She didn't want to find out the truth, because only by sealing away the past beauty could she stop being soft - hearted.
By now, no matter what kind of person Gu Bei is, it can't change the fact that he killed Xia Jingwei and embezzled the Xia family's business.
"So, Miss...," Xiaomei looked at Xie Bingxia pleadingly, her eyes bright and full of expectation.
"I know," Xie Bingxia sighed and smiled at her. "I'll try not to make him angry and avoid conflicts with him as much as possible."
"Miss Xie, you're so kind," Xiaomei said as she started to cut the cheesecake. "Do you want to add some strawberry jam to the cake?"
"Yes! Add more!" Xie Bingxia pointed to the small tea table. "Cut a piece for yourself and eat with me."
Xiaomei was flattered and liked the new young lady even more.
In the Gu family, everyone was very kind. Since Xie Bingxia had a deep relationship with them when she interacted with them in the identity of Xia Jingwei, she quickly got along well with them, except for Gu Bei.
Since he slammed the door and left that day, he hadn't been home for three days and three nights. Maybe he didn't want to see her face?
Xie Bingxia was curled up on the big sofa, reading a fashion magazine, but her little mind was working. This won't do. If she couldn't even get close to Gu Bei, how could she win his favor and get information from him?
At this time, Xiaomei came to urge her to go to bed, saying that she was still young and needed to go to bed early to grow taller.
"Will Brother Gu... I mean, Gu Bei not come back today?"
"No. Don't keep thinking about the young master. He's busy with work."
Xie Bingxia had no choice but to close the magazine and go upstairs to find her room on her own. Just as she took small steps and reached the study, she suddenly stopped. The study, which Gu Bei had strictly forbidden her to enter, seemed to be full of magic and had a fatal temptation.
Anyway, he wasn't coming back tonight. It should be okay to take another sneak peek. Xie Bingxia reached out and pulled the doorknob. She thought it would be locked, but it opened easily.
Oh no. Her heart sank. If it was locked, it could prove that there were some materials that ordinary people couldn't see in the study. Since it wasn't locked, it meant there were no secrets in this study.
Xie Bingxia withdrew her hand and was about to go back to sleep. The door creaked open a crack in the wind. The moonlight shone through the narrow crack, casting heavy shadows. She just took a glance, and her small body couldn't move anymore.
She turned around, opened the door, and walked step by step to the desk. Xie Bingxia saw the little white rabbit sculpture that had been pieced together. It stood quietly in the most prominent position on the desk. Although it was not put together very well, it still shocked Xie Bingxia.
"So that's how the wound on his hand came about...," Xie Bingxia murmured to herself. She didn't know how to describe her feelings for a moment, but her hand moved before her mind. She reached out and took down the little white rabbit.
"Send me the information about Chen Laojiu again. I'll read it tonight."
Scared! Xie Bingxia's back shivered. Gu Bei's voice came from the door of the study. The next second, the doorknob turned.
Xie Bingxia panicked and almost dropped the little white rabbit again. Her palms were slightly sweaty. She quickly put the little white rabbit back in place, took a second to make sure everything was okay, and then looked around.
There was no other way. She had to hide first.
Gu Bei clamped the phone between his left shoulder and ear. While talking on the phone, he looked at the iPad in his hand, swiping left and right. He didn't seem to notice anything unusual in the study.
He turned on the light, put down the iPad, took off his suit jacket and hung it on the hanger. Gu Bei sat on the boss chair and continued, "Chen Laojiu will surely not give up such a good opportunity easily. Keep a close eye on him these days. Report to me one by one what he does and who he meets."
As Gu Bei was talking, he crossed his long legs. This big movement scared Xie Bingxia, who was hiding under the desk, and she shrank further inside.
The desk was originally very big and deep under it. Xie Bingxia was small, and if you didn't look carefully, you really couldn't see her hiding in the innermost part. But this posed a problem for her. How could she sneak away later?
She slightly raised her face and saw Gu Bei leaning back on the chair. She could only see the lower half of his face. He kept holding the phone with his left hand, and with his right hand, he started to untie his tie, and then the buttons on his shirt, one, two, three...
Xie Bingxia unconsciously swallowed hard and turned her face away.
"I know. Well, do it like this," Gu Bei instructed again. "Oh, by the way, don't let Xie Shuwen know about this. Never let him get in touch with Chen Laojiu."
Xie Bingxia immediately perked up her ears, hoping that Gu Bei would say more. But Gu Bei quickly hung up the phone, stood up, and then threw his shirt on the boss chair.
Oh my god! Was he going to change clothes here? Xie Bingxia cursed herself for being unlucky in her heart. Soon she heard the sound of the belt being unbuckled.
Even though she had seen his body a thousand times before and touched every inch of his skin, she didn't want to recall how wonderful his body was in this situation. Anything that could make her recall the past happiness was like the sharpest blade.
Please, stop undressing! Xie Bingxia pleaded in her heart and buried her face in her arms. And what made her even more崩溃 was what Gu Bei said next.
"Hey, where are the girls the mama - san brought just now? Call them up quickly."