After leaving Chen Yusheng's office, Su Bai casually closed the door for her.
He wandered around the corridor of the laboratory building. Since he had nothing better to do, he headed toward the rooms on the other side.
After Shengxi Technology's investment, the entire floor had been replanned. Aside from Chen Yusheng's private office, several small rooms had been set aside for assistants and graduate students.
Li Xingya usually worked in one of them.
Su Bai walked to the door and glanced inside through the glass panel.
Li Xingya was seated before her computer, her hands flying across the keyboard.
Today, she wore a somewhat faded gray hoodie. Her long black hair was casually pinned up behind her head with a simple blue shark clip, with a few loose strands hanging messily by her ears.
It made her look intellectual and well-behaved.
Beside her computer sat a cup of instant coffee that had long since gone cold.
Su Bai noticed that after typing several lines of code, Li Xingya would stop and vigorously rub her temples. Her delicate brows were tightly furrowed, and the exhaustion on her face was impossible to conceal.
Su Bai pushed open the door and walked inside quietly.
Li Xingya was staring blankly at the mathematical formulas on the screen when she suddenly felt a pair of warm, large hands on her shoulders. Her body jerked in fright, and she instinctively almost cried out.
But when she caught that familiar, reassuringly faint masculine scent of cologne, she immediately realized who it was.
She turned around and saw Su Bai. Her face flushed crimson at once, and she stood up awkwardly. "B-Boss, why are you here? Sorry, I was too focused just now and didn't notice you coming in."
"Sit down. Why are you being so polite