His silence was the only answer she needed, there was no doubt it was her grandfather that let this man in. Even her parents doesn't have the authority to enter her penthouse without her permission and there is only one person in the entire City B who has the audacity to let other person inside her place.
"Was it my maternal Grandfather that let you in?" the man nodded in response as he looked at the little girl lying beside him.
Looking at him closely, Yan Qianxi indeed felt that this man is a beauty to behold. Every stroke of his facial features were almost perfect, as if he was chiseled and crafted with the thought of perfection, even a woman would definitely be envious of this man's beauty.
He might just be the same as those male leads in light novels, handsome, rich, cold, and domineering. In short, boring.
"Yi Ran, Daddy made pasta in the kitchen. You can go and eat first, I just have to have a talk with this pretty lady here. Okay?" the little girl stood and sized her up which is very surprising, she's only around five or six years old but she can already show such cold expression.
"Okay." she said and walked towards the kitchen.
When the girl was gone only then did she realize what the man said, "You even cooked? Inside my house? You sure treated this as your home!" she said with a sneer, this is her first vacation after a few years and this is what welcomed her? A stranger cooking inside her house. This is totally unbelievable.
Although it was indeed her first time to go home this year, the servants would come once in a week to clean the house, those servants were specifically chosen by her and one of her trusted subordinate would oversee everything. Furthermore, because she was scheduled to go home today her grandfather must have instructed the servants to fill the fridge.
"Well, I'm just practicing for future references I heard that you weren't adept with cooking." the man answered casually.
Wait, wait, wait. Just what is this man saying? "So, what are you trying to say? That you cooked as a practice because I'm not really good with it? Ha, you're saying this as if you are about to live with me." she said merely as a joke, but when she looked at the man opposite hers who didn't even budge with her casual statement and looked at her straightly with his serious and stoic face a conclusion was automatically formed inside her head.
"You're not serious, ain't you?" she isn't the type of person who always talks but after only a few minutes of being with this man she already said so many sentences while he only sat there and barely even answered!
This is the most unbelievable thing that happened today! Who said her grandfather's command will always be absolute? She might be a person who rarely defies a command but she also has a bottomline!
Yan Qianxi fished her phone out of the pocket of her coat and dialed her grandfather's number.
After only a few rings the call was connected. "Grandpa, I am certainly not living a stranger in my house! I'm will only stay here for a week, are you that eager to marry your grand daughter off that you're even willing to let a man stay in her house?" she said this without batting an eye! She is truly infuriated at this moment.
She;s not yet over with her jet lag but her grandfather had already stirred something up to infuriate her.
The old man on the other line seems pretended to be oblivious of her current predicament, upon hearing the angry voice of her grand daughter from the other line he chuckled and tried to appease her a little. "Xiao Xi, I know you're mad but listen to Grandpa first okay? When you heard the reason you won't be saying no."
"This better be reasonable enough Grandpa or else I would go back to U.S right this instant, accept a mission and go off the radar!" after saying her piece only then did she realize that she almost exposed her identity in front of a stranger.
Shen Jinyan knows that those weren't empty words, once she decided to accept a mission even his rank as a a retired general wouldn't do anything to find her and that's the rule. Creating the opportunity to make her go home in disguise of vacation alone took so much time and effort to accomplish so he wouldn't waste this at all.
"I understand. In a moment I would need to talk to Falcon, secure a server I will be the one to issue the mission." the tone that her grandfather used was that of a typical general and so she knew that this might really be something very important.
She gave the man a sidelong glance before answering, "The server in my house has always been secured but is it alright to engage in a meeting with a stranger."
It seems like his grand daughter still doesn't know who the man is, he thought. "I will explain later. Just, set up everything and we will start the meeting in 10 minutes." with that, the call ended.
Yan Qianxi frowned but didn't press on, she stood up, removed her coat and hung it up on a hanger. She then turned to the man and asked his name, "Hey, what's your name?"
The man was a bit startled, so there is still a person in the whole country who doesn't know his name. This is a surprise. Well, that's understandable, although she is originally from this country the times she was here for the past few years can actually be counted on his fingers.
"Zheng Yichen." the name sounded familiar in her ears but she's not sure where in earth did she hear his name. Since she couldn't remember, she decided to shrug off the thought thinking that if it really is important she would eventually remember it.
The moment she stood and removed her coat, Zheng Yichen's gaze never left her. She is wearing a plain black tank top accentuating her slender figure, and her black jeans paired with her three inches stilettos made her legs look even longer than it really is. Even the gun holster she's wearing on her shoulders made her a lot sexier in his eyes.
The way she walks elegantly, as her long and wavy hair sways with her body could make anyone breathless and he is not an exemption to that! She is indeed breathtakingly beautiful.
Unknown to the both of them, the way they perceive each other's looks were quite similar and that the attraction they felt for each other was rather mutual.
"I don't know if you already know my name but in any case, I'm Yan Qianxi as for the specifics we'll dwell on that when the time comes. As for now.." she paused for a while and looked at the direction of the kitchen before continuing. "..bring your daughter upstairs, the second to the last room is my personal entertainment room. You can let her play on the VR, just search for any game that is suitable for her we can't risk her."
He nodded in response before standing up but before he could walk, Yan Qianxi said something more. "I don't really know who you are but since Grandpa instructed that you be a part of the meeting it only means that he trust you enough and I believe his judgment."
"Ms. Yan, you don't have to worry about anything I'm no enemy." his reply though made her think that he knew who she is. She had dealt with many types of people because of her line of work and its intricacies. The way he had phrased it may seem normal, but the tone he used gave it away.
"You know me."