"I did guess, but I couldn't be sure it was you."
Hearing Xia Xu's indirect admission, Yang Xiaoshuang's expression grew even more complicated, holding both happiness and a trace of disappointment.
Xia Xu joked, "What, are you going to thank me for saving your life, senior?"
"Yes."
Yang Xiaoshuang gathered her thoughts and smiled. "Unfortunately, I'm poor, and a big boss like you probably doesn't need money. How about I consider offering myself to you?"
"Then it looks like my good looks deserve some recognition after all."
Xia Xu narcissistically stroked his cheek.
"What do you mean?"
Yang Xiaoshuang froze for a moment.
"Look, when a hero saves a beauty in martial arts novels, if he's handsome, the beauty says she has nothing to repay him with but herself. If he's some ordinary-looking supporting character, all she says is that she'll repay his kindness in her next life, working like an ox or a horse."
Xia Xu explained with a smile, then added, "Since you offered yourself to me, isn't that an acknowledgment of my good looks?"
"So do you want me or not?"
Yang Xiaoshuang was joking, and only joking.
She knew about Tang Youxin, and the two of them got along quite well.
There might have been a faint flutter and a touch of loneliness, but she was a rational person, and she knew very well that Xia Xu was only joking too.
Yet Xia Xu seemed determined to say something shocking.
"Of course I do. How could I turn down a beauty with both talent and looks like you?"
Xia Xu's words made Yang Xiaoshuang's heart flutter for an instant; it even seemed to stop momentarily.
"Here, this is the number for Star Sea Biotech's Human Resources Department. You can go complete the onboarding paperwork whenever you