"Gao Yan? When did you get here?"
Vice President Xiao turned around so abruptly that his hair stood on end. It took him a while to finally get a word out.
He had already felt a little creeped out from talking about this man's strange changes. Then he suddenly realized that the person he was talking about had been standing behind him all along, watching him. The impact of that was obvious.
Especially when he suddenly realized that Lu Xin's gaze at his shoulder had actually been fixed on this man the whole time. That eerie, sudden feeling struck him even harder.
He had almost been scared to tears.
First, what was wrong with this Gao Yan? If he had arrived long ago, why had he just stood there listening to Vice President Xiao talk about him?
Second, his own employee had seen him arrive ages ago. How could he have failed to warn him?
Vice President Xiao felt as if the two of them had teamed up to torment him.
"Thud, thud, thud, thud..."
Heavy footsteps rang out. The man standing in the shadows at the restaurant entrance slowly walked forward. When he stepped into the light, Lu Xin saw that he was tall and handsome, with a high nose, large eyes, and sharply defined features. He was dressed stylishly as well. A black T-shirt, a silver suit, and a pair of leather shoes accentuated his tall, straight figure.
He was handsome and came from a good family—the sort of person others envied from the moment he was born.
The only strange thing was that his face was extremely pale, and he looked listless, as if he had not slept for several days.
He silently came to the dining table, pulled out a chair with a scrape, and