Although they had not seen each other for years and there had been some friction between them, Su Lin and Ye Shanshan, standing on opposite sides, felt that the meeting between the young master and young mistress was not as tense as they had imagined.
It was just an ordinary greeting, accompanied by the faint joy of reunion.
Knowing that the two had once been childhood sweethearts, the scene even seemed somewhat warm. A handsome young man and a beautiful young woman—it was a lovely sight.
But everyone present knew that things were not that simple.
Sure enough, Xu Shi had no intention of immediately taking Xie Qingyan's outstretched hand.
"Making a lady hold her hand out like that isn't very gentlemanly, you know."
Xie Qingyan's tone was light, but it carried a faint barb. "Or is Chairman Xu actually an innocent big boy who's too embarrassed even to shake hands?"
As if I didn't know you were up to no good... Shaking hands with anyone else would be fine, but with Xie Qingyan, her ability was probably already waiting. Knowing it was a hook, who would willingly bite?
Xu Shi found himself rather helpless. Had this become a no-win situation? But since she had drawn the line, refusing to take it would not do either.
And on second thought, whether she used her ability in a situation like this would not make much difference. Taking one hit from her would not hurt.
He might as well get a feel for it in advance. Know yourself and know your enemy—then he could be prepared in the future.
"I am innocent, that's true. And big is big too."
So he replied half-jokingly, "But I'm not so innocent that I'd be embarrassed to shake hands... I just haven't seen you in so