Bo Jingyu didn't want to listen to Su Minghan's drunken confessions. They were so mushy that goosebumps would rise all over his body. It was better to just step out.
"Jingyu."
Li Xiaoru had just changed into a relatively comfortable pair of black high heels, which didn't quite match her outfit.
"I don't like wearing other people's shoes. This pair seems to be for employees to change into. It's quite clean. Please tell General Manager Su later."
He nodded indifferently. "Where's Tian Danni?"
"On the stage."
Li Xiaoru pointed not far from the window beside the hall. On the stage with colorful lights, right in the center of the flashing neon lights, was that unruly and freedom - loving woman, jumping and having a great time.
The crowd swaying to the rhythm of the electric guitar below was directly infected by Tian Danni's outstanding performance. Waves of excitement came one after another.
"She's quite something," Bo Jingyu praised with pursed lips.
"Have a drink?"
Li Xiaoru handed him one of the two filled glasses.
He eyed the seemingly normal drink warily and didn't say a word.
"Pfft, don't tell me you're worried I put something in it?"
There was a hint of hurt in her expression. "You don't trust me at all." She picked up both glasses and took a sip from each. "See, it's not poisoned."
"If you agreed to Grandpa's request because of the broken capital chain, I advise you not to waste your time on me."
Bo Jingyu got straight to the point.
"Even if we get married, you won't get anything you want."
Li Xiaoru hooked her lips bitterly. "Do you think I want to?"
"Since I was a kid, I've been suppressed by my family to the point that I don't even have my own private space. I may sound like I have a good reputation and background, but in fact, it's all useless."
"If there were no company, I should be living a free life abroad, instead of standing here forcing a smile for the sake of cooperation."
Bo Jingyu always maintained an outsider's attitude. He neither sympathized nor offered help, as these things had nothing to do with him. But Grandpa's interference did annoy him a bit.
"I can help you get in touch with Ahaire, but on one condition. You have to give up the plan Grandpa made for you and manage your company well."
"You're really different," Li Xiaoru said, looking at him with relief.
"At least in the face of interests, you're still a person with a sense of humanity."
"It's mutual benefit. It has nothing to do with humanity," he said, his eyes darkening.
"This is our first and last cooperation. I hope you can seize the opportunity."
With that, Bo Jingyu turned and left.
After coming out of the back hall, he put on his Bluetooth earphone.
"Qianli, report the situation."
"Back to Second Master, there are too many people on - site. I haven't found the Second Madam yet."
"Keep looking."
Ruo Chi saw him staring blankly at the phone screen and asked curiously, "What did Second Master say to you?"
"He said the Second Madam is on - site and told us to keep looking."
Qianli sighed helplessly. "Like is like, dislike is dislike. Why are these two people torturing each other like this?"
"Hey, judging from the Second Madam's personality, if she came to the scene, she must have come straight for the Second Master. Let's just slack off."
Ruo Chi excitedly handed him the glow stick in his hand. "Don't you think this female guitarist looks familiar? She's so cool!"
"… Now that you mention it, she does seem a bit familiar. I think I saw her in a foreign magazine. No! The Second Master told us to find someone. How can we slack off openly!"
Qianli insisted on shoving the thing back into his hand.
"Na - na - na, I don't want it." He made a face like a child and shuttled through the gaps in the crowd.
"Ruo Chi!"
Shen Ximan suddenly heard such a clear voice in the crowd.
It was Qianli's voice! That's right!
If these two were here, Bo Jingyu should be around too.
She tugged at her hat and scanned the area aimlessly.
But apart from the dense crowd, she didn't find that long - awaited figure. A sense of loss and loneliness swept over her.
Shen Ximan felt like a fool at this moment.
What was she after?
Coming here alone again and again just to see that heartless man. And then what? What would happen if she saw him?
Ask who the woman in his arms was?
Or try to find out his true feelings?
She was actually very clear about all these questions in her heart.
Xue Xiaoqi was right. She was wrong from the start.
She shouldn't have gotten too entangled with Bo Jingyu, and she definitely shouldn't have fallen in so deep. This wasn't her original personality.
Indecisive and hesitant.
Why was she like this?
Just as Shen Ximan was in the noisy scene and didn't know whether she should stay or not, the crowd surged again, and she bumped into several people.
"Oops, I'm so sorry."
"There are really too many people. Are you okay, miss?"
Shen Ximan endured the pain of her foot being stepped on and shook her head. "It's okay. I'm fine."
"Sir, I'm really sorry. The child spilled the drink…"
The woman looked worriedly at the man's suit, which was splashed all over, not knowing what to do.
"It's okay," the man said. Then he took out a handkerchief with the Ahaire logo from the breast pocket on the left side of his suit and calmly wiped it.
Shen Ximan wanted to slip away at this moment, but that voice and that handkerchief.
She was so shocked that she forgot to blink. Her legs felt like they were filled with lead and she couldn't move. Her ears were buzzing and her mind went blank.
"Thank you so much. It's all my fault for not taking good care of the child."
The woman apologized awkwardly and quickly left with the child.
Bo Jingyu was about to return to the back hall to change his clothes, but out of the corner of his eye, he noticed the woman beside him who was a head shorter than him.
Her unique aura and features instantly made his nerves tense up.
"Miss Wen?"
Shen Ximan's body stiffened, and she even breathed carefully.
As she wished, she saw him.
But what should she do next? What identity should she face him with? Should she just go along with this name or clarify it?
Her mind was in a mess and she couldn't think properly.
Seeing that she didn't say a word, Bo Jingyu carefully sized her up from head to toe. She seemed familiar, but there were also some unfamiliar parts.
"Your foot is injured."
Shen Ximan paused for a moment and nodded slightly.
Whether this woman in front of him was the assistant of the Ahaire representative or the woman he thought she was, this wasn't a suitable place to talk. Maybe the crowd would surge again later.
"I'll take you out."
Bo Jingyu held out his palm, waiting for a response.
Thump, thump.
Shen Ximan looked at his ruddy fingertips and swallowed hard.
Did he mean to hold her hand and take her out?
She hadn't seen him for more than a week, and she felt like a young girl in love, nervous and flustered. But she didn't dislike this feeling.