Fortunately, he finally moved on to business. Bai Le also abandoned his sloppy posture, sat up a little straighter, and put on a serious expression.
After talking for a little over an hour, they barely managed to reach a verbal agreement on the contract amount.
When they finally stood to shake hands, Xi Defeng finally looked at Bai Le with a measure of respect. He said to Bai Huizhang, "Chairman Bai, you have a worthy successor. Like father, like son."
Bai Le wore a polite smile and put on an act. "You flatter me."
But inwardly, he rolled his eyes. So was what you said just now only polite flattery?
As they left the private room, a chill hit them. Bai Le hunched his shoulders against the cold and hurried to keep up with the people ahead.
It was already dark. For some effect or other, crimson lanterns had been lit along both sides of the stone path in the garden.
He was walking with his head lowered, counting pebbles out of boredom, when he suddenly noticed that the people ahead, including his father, had all stopped.
He looked over in confusion, wondering if something had happened.
Xi Defeng was wearing a meaningful smile as he stared at the silhouettes of a man and a woman in the pavilion.
"What a coincidence. Look who it is."
Bai Le looked over curiously. When he got a clear look at the man's face, he froze.
Xi Yan?
How did he keep running into him everywhere?!
He looked more closely. Well, who else could the person beside him be but Ye Feifei?
The extinguished flame of Bai Le's shipping reignited.
A man and a woman alone together, meeting in a pavilion under the moon.
His ship was going to sail!
Author's note: Lele will start showing some signs next chapter~ After all, carrying a baby takes time~ Will Lele think along those lines? Hehe~
Thanks again. Thanks to the little angels who threwdonation tickets or irrigated me with nutrient solution between 2020-01-31 23:37:16 and 2020-02-02 00:33:20~
Thanks to the little angel who threw landmines: Bada Mumu, 2;
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Chapter 7
Seeing this, Xi Defeng chuckled and said to Bai Huizhang, "That's my nephew. You haven't met him, have you, President Bai?"
Bai Huizhang said, "Haha, naturally, I've heard all about the Xi family's Fourth Master. Unfortunately, I've never met him."
Xi Defeng patted him on the shoulder. "Then this is perfect. Come on, let's go say hello."
Bai Huizhang said, "Wouldn't that be a little inappropriate?"
"What's inappropriate about it? Surely he wouldn't refuse to show an elder like me some respect."
Hearing this, Bai Le hurried to stop them. "Well... look, they're alone together. Wouldn't we be interrupting?"
Xi Defeng said, "If she's my nephew's wife-to-be, then all the more reason to meet her."
With that, he walked cheerfully toward the pavilion without waiting for Bai Le to respond.
Bai Le stood there and scratched his head helplessly. Why was everyone so eager to be a third wheel?
In any case, he wasn't going.
He watched Xi Defeng walk over and interrupt Xi Yan and Ye Feifei's conversation, saying something with a smile.
Xi Yan frowned almost imperceptibly and looked up. He suddenly caught sight of someone behind them, and his gaze paused.
When Bai Le met his eyes, he grinned awkwardly, a little embarrassed.
After hesitating for a while, he gritted his teeth and walked over.
He'd been spotted. He couldn't keep hiding like a coward.
"And this is..."
As soon as Bai Le walked over, he heard Xi Defeng asking Xi Yan, his eyes repeatedly sizing up Ye Feifei as if this really were their first meeting.
Xi Yan answered succinctly, "I don't know her."
A flicker passed through Xi Defeng's eyes. He laughed it off. "Looks like this old man misunderstood."
He paused, as if only now remembering Bai Huizhang beside him, and introduced him cheerfully. "This is Chairman Bai of the Mubai Group."
After speaking, he looked at Xi Yan and saw that his gaze had fallen on the silent Bai Le. Thinking he didn't know who Bai Le was, he explained, "This is Chairman Bai's son. He turned twenty-two this year, and I hear he studied abroad."
Unexpectedly, Xi Yan nodded slightly and said mildly, "I know."
His response even stunned Xi Defeng. Several seconds passed before he asked, "You know him?"
Bai Huizhang was equally baffled, a puzzled look on his face. Clearly, he had no idea how his son knew Xi Yan either.
Terrified that Xi Yan might actually blurt out, "We met in bed," Bai Le hurriedly said, "Dad, didn't I tell you? I accidentally crashed into his car. That one time."
Bai Huizhang glared at him. Apparently, he remembered it too.
"Haha, I see."
Xi Yan was noticeably colder toward Xi Defeng, but Xi Defeng seemed completely oblivious and chatted on and on with him.
Ye Feifei glanced at Bai Le several times, then suddenly said to him in a low voice, "I didn't get a chance to thank you last time."
Bai Le hadn't expected her to speak to him. He grinned. "It was nothing."
"But what are you doing here?" What he was most curious about was why Ye Feifei and Xi Yan were both here, especially when Xi Yan's attitude seemed so strange.
"I work part-time here. I wanted to make a phone call here during the shift change, but I didn't expect someone else to be here."
Bai Le said, "Oh." Her explanation sounded perfectly reasonable.
He glanced at Xi Yan again, only to meet his gaze.
He couldn't help jolting in fright. What's he looking at? He couldn't be jealous just because I said one thing to her, could he?
By then, Xi Defeng also seemed to have finally noticed the other man's coldness. Without letting anything show on his face, he smiled and spoke.
"Haha, we still have things to do, so we'll be going."
After the group left, Bai Le still couldn't resist looking back. He saw Ye Feifei saying something to Xi Yan, her expression rather troubled.