"You wouldn't happen to want to be the boss's wife, would you?"
As Li Xuezhen asked Su Bai, her little face was full of anticipation.
She blinked at Su Bai.
Su Bai: ...
Tsk, tsk.
You're testing an official with this? What official could withstand a test like this?
"Ahem."
Su Bai cleared his throat twice, composed his expression, and continued:
"Lawyer Li, do you remember what I told you last time, when you joined the firm?"
Confusion crossed Li Xuezhen's little face. She pressed her lips together slightly.
"What did you say, Lawyer Su?"
Su Bai rubbed his temples. "Didn't I tell you before..."
"That once you became a full-fledged lawyer, you could be promoted to partner...?"
"And become our firm's biggest partner!"
"Are you asking this now because you think I was making empty promises?"
Li Xuezhen's eyes narrowed slightly, her face wreathed in smiles.
"Oh, all right, Lawyer Su. I remember now!"
"No, Lawyer Su, I wasn't thinking that..."
Su Bai gazed at Li Xuezhen. Judging by her expression, she definitely hadn't only just remembered.
She probably wasn't worried that he was merely making empty promises, either...
As for why Li Xuezhen had asked about this...
Su Bai shook his head slightly. He didn't understand why Li Xuezhen had suddenly asked that question, either, so he stopped thinking about it.
It was just that...
He kept feeling that he was already starting to lose his grasp on Xiao Li's thoughts.
What happened to the clueless college girl with the innocent eyes?
Had she gotten crafty?
Li Xuezhen, meanwhile, was all smiles, her little face brimming with delight as she happily pattered out of the office to get on with her work.
Outside the office.
She happened to run into Xu Xiang, who had come to see Su