At noon, the Phantom pulled up beneath Bai Jingyi's apartment building.
"Chairman Zhang." Bai Jingyi bent slightly outside the half-open car door, symbolically covering her chest. "Then I'll wait for you to come over this afternoon?"
"Yes." Zhang Yang glanced at her and was just about to close the door and have the driver leave.
"Wait, Chairman Zhang." Secretary Bai suddenly spoke up.
"Is there something else?" Zhang Yang looked curiously at Bai Jingyi, who seemed a little bashful.
"I forgot... there's... there's this too." Bai Jingyi suddenly gathered her courage, leaned in, and quickly pecked Zhang Yang on the cheek. "Chairman Zhang... goodbye, Chairman Zhang!"
Before Zhang Yang could react, Bai Jingyi covered her face, turned, and ran off.
"You..." Zhang Yang touched his cheek, where the soft warmth still lingered, looking somewhat stunned. "Wait, did my little assistant just turn the tables and force a kiss on me?"
He took out a tissue and wiped away a nonexistent trace, then casually glanced at the driver, Xiao Sun.
From beginning to end, Xiao Sun had stared straight ahead, motionless as a statue.
"Well... Xiao Sun, let's head back."
"Yes, Chairman Zhang." Xiao Sun continued staring straight ahead.
Inside the stairwell, Bai Jingyi leaned against the wall, clutching several shopping bags. She silently watched the taillights disappear down the roadside before covering her burning face and heading toward her apartment.
When she stepped out of the elevator, Bai Jingyi spotted several of her former dorm mates from afar.
"Jingyi, you're finally back."
"My God, so many clothes? Who bought them for you? Don't tell me it was that guy from last night..."
The girls chattered excitedly around her.
Though they had kept comforting Gao Fei in front of him the previous night, acting as though they were on his side,