Bo Jingyu handed the prepared teddy bear to An Ruo and said with a beaming smile, "Go and play in the room inside. I have something to talk to Auntie about."
"Okay~"
This was the first time Li Xiaoru had seen such a gentle side of him.
Inevitably, a twinge of jealousy welled up in her heart.
He had never treated her like this.
"What do you want to talk to me about?" Bo Jingyu walked up to her.
Li Xiaoru wasn't really focused on this. "Shouldn't you explain to me who that child is?"
He was taken aback for a moment and put one hand in his pocket. "She's my friend's younger sister."
"Which friend? Why does she call you Dad?"
Bo Jingyu was a bit impatient. "Her situation is a bit special. I asked her to call me that. Is there a problem?"
She looked at him in disbelief. "We're engaged now! You let a child with no blood relation call you Dad. What will others think of me? Are you going to bully me too?"
"You seem a bit unstable. I'll ask Ruo Chi to take you to the hotel."
Bo Jingyu didn't like unreasonable women.
Especially those who were jealous because of An Ruo. He disliked them even more.
Li Xiaoru didn't know what was wrong with herself. The anger pent up in her chest seemed to have nowhere to go. Actually, the reason she came to see him today wasn't about this at all.
"I won't leave until you explain it to me clearly!"
"What do you want to do?"
She said with a trembling lip aggrievedly, "I'm just asking for a reason. Is it really that difficult? Can't you even pretend a bit?"
Bo Jingyu's temper flared up, but he still managed to keep his cool.
"What's our relationship? As the person involved, don't you know?"
Just this one sentence knocked her back to reality.
Right, theirs was an arranged marriage. There was no emotional foundation at all.
If it weren't for Bo Yanhai forcing this marriage on him before the accident, Li Xiaoru would never have had anything to do with him.
"If the only reason you came here today was about this, then please leave."
Bo Jingyu turned around, leaving her a cold back.
One wrong step and every step would be wrong.
Li Xiaoru mustn't let herself break down at this moment.
Otherwise, she would lose everything.
"Jingyu, I..."
Before she could finish her sentence, the office door was suddenly pushed open.
Shen Ximan looked at her curiously, but soon shifted her gaze to Bo Jingyu. She walked gracefully and coquettishly.
"I was in a meeting just now. Thank you for picking up An Ruo."
Bang!
These words of hers were like a bomb dropped on Li Xiaoru.
It exploded in her mind without any warning.
So... so that child just now was Wen Jinrui's younger sister?
Thinking of the video of the new product launch that Li Xiaoyu showed her this morning, the anger hidden in her heart flared up like oil being poured on a fire.
"It's the rush hour now. We'll take her back after it's over."
Bo Jingyu replied gently.
"Okay then. Get me a cup of coffee."
After Shen Ximan said that, she couldn't resist playing a prank. "Do you still remember my preference for coffee? I'm just a bit fussy."
He nodded calmly. "With milk and sugar. You're afraid of bitterness."
"Who are you two acting for?" Li Xiaoru was fuming.
She felt like she was just air watching this man and woman play along with each other. It seemed as if they were the real couple and she was the outsider!
Shen Ximan looked at her coldly. "Oh, isn't this Manager Li from Juanyi? I'm sorry. I was in such a hurry to see my sister just now that I didn't notice you standing there. Are you angry?"
She was always full of quirks, and Bo Jingyu tolerated it.
After all, he also wanted to get rid of Li Xiaoru's inexplicable pestering.
"I'm his fiancée! We're engaged!"
She rushed over and grabbed Bo Jingyu's arm to assert her claim.
The fierceness and inviolability in her eyes stabbed at her enemy all the time.
"So what?"
Shen Ximan got up and walked slowly towards them.
She first looked at Bo Jingyu's annoyed face, then at Li Xiaoru's vigilant look as if she was ready to do anything.
Suddenly, she burst out laughing. "You know better than me what 'fiancée' means. You can stop him from associating with other women, but you can't stop me."
"Slut!"
Li Xiaoru raised her arm to slap, but was suddenly stopped.
Bo Jingyu glared at her angrily. "Have you had enough?"
"You stopped me for her? I'm your fiancée!"
"Even so, you're not allowed to act recklessly!" He shook off her hand and instinctively protected Shen Ximan behind him.
Hearing the commotion, An Ruo timidly ran out.
"Dad, Mom, are you guys arguing?"
The innocent words of the child were like another stab in Li Xiaoru's heart.
"What are you talking about, kid? Who's your dad! He's my man, mine! Get out of here!"
This scream scared An Ruo into crying.
"It's okay, it's okay. She's a bad aunt. We don't care about her."
Shen Ximan squatted down heart - brokenly and hugged her to comfort her.
She could endure others' bullying and slander, but she would never allow anyone to scold or be violent towards this beloved younger sister.
After comforting An Ruo, she got up with a cold face.
Bo Jingyu saw that her expression was wrong and quickly stepped in to smooth things over.
"She's not in a good mood today. She's not like this usually."
"Get out of the way."
Shen Ximan was still angry and ignored his persuasion.
Seeing her approaching step by step, Li Xiaoru was so scared that she kept backing away.
"What do you want to do? Don't come near me!"
Bo Jingyu saw that the situation was urgent and was afraid that they would fight.
"Ruo Chi! Come in and take Miss Li home right away!"
"Anyone who dares to stop will be fired tomorrow!"
Shen Ximan glanced at Ruo Chi who rushed in and then at Bo Jingyu behind her. Her low and sharp voice was like an imperial edict.
No one was allowed to resist.
The atmosphere froze at this moment. Apart from Li Xiaoru's nervous gasping, there was no other sound.
"Miss Li, have you had enough of your tantrum?"
Her calm voice echoed in her ear.
The look in her eyes seemed to be able to swallow Li Xiaoru alive.
She didn't dare to say a word and just shrank her neck and looked at Shen Ximan.
"Don't forget that you're working for your fiancé now. If it weren't for him paying your liquidated damages, do you think you could still be standing here shouting at me?"
"Apologize to my sister now, and I'll spare you. Otherwise..."
At this moment, a junior clerk knocked on the door nervously with a tray in his hand. His voice was even smaller than a mosquito's. "Coffee."
He nodded and took it. "Go out."
Shen Ximan signaled with her eyes the still - steaming coffee in his hand. "Otherwise, this cup of coffee will be poured on your face. It won't disfigure you, but you'll definitely get burned. You decide for yourself."
Bo Jingyu was shocked.
In the past, when she was wronged, she would definitely lose her temper and rush forward.
Now her tit - for - tat means made him a bit scared.
How many other things about this woman did he not know?