"Ms.Xia, are you sure you are going to do this?" Fu Qun glance nervously at his female boss right now.
Wearing a quite provocative but still looking professional red suit dress, he must agree that Mrs.Xia is a very beautiful maiden.
Xia Sha ignores Fu Qun's stare at her face and makes sure her face is looking perfect right now. She grins, showing a row of white teeth.
"Okay, grace under pressure. Grace under pressure."
She repeated those sentences as it was a mantra. Fu Qun subconsciously repeated those words inside his mind. Both of them waited on the Xia family's luxurious car, waiting for their target to come.
"Boss! I spotted Mr.Guan already." Fu Qun point on a good looking man wearing a dark grey suit, looking charming as he has always been.
Typical a man whom all-woman found irresistible.
Next beside him was a blonde-haired man. The target Xia Sha aimed for tonight.
She holds her breath before nodding her head to Fu Qun. Fu Qun replied with a firm nod and said, "Add oil, Boss!"
With that, she confidently gathering all attention at the exclusive looking fancy restaurant. The silver clutch on her hand, she shows a surprising look as she approaches Guan Xian and Mr.Lemiere.
"Senior brother Guan? You are dining her too tonight?" She walks past Mr.Lemiere, giving Guan Xian unexpected cheek to cheek 'greeting'.
Guan Xian was stunned but quickly calm his head down. He chuckles lowly and merely replied with a "Yeah."
Xia Sha let him go and then looks even more surprised as she looks at the western man. "Oh my god! The legendary investor Mr.Lemiere? I... I... Are you real?"
Mr.Lemiere grins and politely replied, "I am very much real...?" He has given his hint of intrigued to know her name.
Xia Sha take the chance to stretch her hand and said, "I'm Xia Sha, a very big fan of yours. In fact, I attend your lecture at Standford last month."
Mr.Lemiere looks pleased as he receives Xia Sha's handshake. "Old people like me always delighted to carry on the torch to young people."
"Old people, where?" Guan Xian pretends to look confused, causing laughter cracked from Mr.Lemiere's side.
"Mr.Guan really knows how to make a joke. I'm 47 now, with 5 grandchildren, maybe 7 at the end of the year." The old man's eyes suddenly turn the warm at the mention of his grandchild.
"Don't blame Senior Guan Xian, Mr.Lemiere grow as fine as wine." Xia Sha smiles.
"Are we going to keep standing here and chat or what?" Guan Xian looks mischievously at Xia Sha. He clearly knows what she is doing right now but did not intend to help at all.
Xia Sha turns a little bit depressed but conceals it with a bright smile.
"Oh, sorry for holding you two back, I did not realize..." She looks embarrassed and gives a little smile to both men. Guan Xian grinned, he raised his eyebrow.
"Well, couldn't help it. Mr.Lemiere is very famous. We met his fan at every stop." Guan Xian said leisurely, not giving any hint of inviting Xia Sha at all.
Xia Sha looks composed with a smile on her face but Guan Xian could see her eyes turn somber.
Mr.Lemiere is not soo short-sighted either. Personally, he wouldn't mind inviting Xia Sha to the dinner. It's not a formal business meeting after all.
Guan Xian is entertaining him for tonight because Guan Lin Yi is still on his private jet from Washington DC. They agreed to golf before his flight back to New York. It's the main agenda of coming to C Nation.
He knew several companies are competing over his investment, and he did not lose any opportunity to gain more cash. However, since this remarkable young man does not invite the girl to dinner, she must be not worth their time.
"Well, I'm still waiting for my dinner companion. You guys can go first." Xia Sha said, touching her VBH earing as a code to Fu Qun.
Guan Xian almost couldn't contain his laugh. What is she doing? Playing the pitiful card or testing his gentleman manner? Such a perfect plan, he really admires her brain right now.
Either way, he was entertained and planned to go easy on her now. He opens his jaw, prepared to invite her to join them when her phone suddenly rang.
"Hello?"
"What, you can't come?"
"But I already on the foyer..." She shot an uncomfortable look to Guan Xian and Mr.Lemiere.
Her voice is clear on the faint voice of jazzy music. Every word is palpable carrying images of a pitiful woman who has just been stood up by his date.
After witnessing this, if they leave her alone aren't they being too cold and ungentlemanly?
Mr.Lemiere shot Guan Xian looks. Guan Xian raised his eyebrow back to Mr.Lemiere, with one hand inside his pocket and the other hand finger stroking his lips. Suddenly both man shares an understanding.
Back at the stage, Xia Sha lower her lashes. Both cheeks colored reddish-pink as she shyly wants to bid her goodbye. "Well, looks like I've been stood up, however, I meet Senior Brother Guan and Mr.Lemiere it's still considered my luck. I'm heading home first~"
She smiles wryly.
She really walks towards the entrance door. Every step becoming heavier and heavier. She wanted to look back and smack those two wealthy men and said, "Hey! Is this how your mom teach you to treat a woman?"
Unbelievable, she's one step closer to really going home frustrated.
"Wait! Mrs.Xia, our table is more than enough to feed 3 people, if you don't mind." Mr.Lemiere said in perfect English.
Xia Sha stopped and broke a grin as she looks back at them.
***
The dinner turns out really well and Mr.Lemiere is generally impressed by Xia Sha's negotiation skills. Guan Xian on the other side of the table almost couldn't stop smiling as he gives the opportunity for the woman to shine.
In the end, two youngsters send off the old man at the main entrance.
"Desperate enough for investment?" Guan Xian is the first one to open the conversation. However, his playful tone is misinterpreted by Xia Sha as a mockery.
She scoffed, "Yes, will you invest in Xia Corporation? Because if you aren't going to I won't waste my breath on you."
She has always been like that from the start, high and arrogant. What she hates the most is people looking down on her.
But she indeed needs investment.
Guan Xian smiles brightly as he licks his dry lips with his own tongue. "After the indirect presentation and persuasion, I'm in serious consideration of investing."
Xia Sha face changed into a friendlier smile instantly. She looked up to meet the 187 cm man. Almost regretting her action in impulsed the exact moment.
He's handsome and smells good is a deathly combo already. But those boyish smile...
Xia Sha averted her gaze and hide her flushed cheeks. "Well, you are lucky to meet me tonight."
Guan Xian smiles, he just didn't want to blow her cover so quickly even though he's itching to reply to her with, "Is that why you are greeting me with perfect English the moment you saw me?"
"Yeah, also lucky you got stood up by your date..." He said it carefully, hinting that he has a double meaning behind. Xia Sha refuses to believe the man has discovered her trick so quickly. Putting on a confident smile she nods her head.
"It was such a gentlemanly gesture from Mr.Lemiere to invite me to the dinner." Xia Sha raised her eyebrow. Clearly poking the 'ungentlemanly gesture of Mr.Guan Xian'.
"It's quite the opposite I think. I am the one who's paying when he's the one who invites you." Guan Xian rubs his tongue against his left cheeks, raising his eyebrow as he looks at Xia Sha intensely.
Xia Sha hold breath, her mind is working in ultra-speed. Guan Xian is the one who's paying, therefore even if Mr.Lemiere wanted to invite her, he still needs to take Guan Xian's opinion as consideration.
She successfully gains Mr.Lemiere interest peacefully too, the young man even help her a little bit.
So, is he helping her again right now?
She becomes absentminded, subconsciously following Guan Xian's steps to his car. Guan Xian did not stop her from entering the passage seat beside him too.
So when she realized she's on a car right now, she was surprised as her eyes meet Guan Xian's. His eyes were alight with some wicked thought. His mouth quirks up and stares appraisingly at her.
"Now that I think about it, It's been several times you seat on my car. Ms. Xia, are you getting used to it by now?" He smirked.
Xia Sha's eyes flare-up. She could felt her face is burning right now.
"Nonsense! I was just..." No matter how she comes up with crafty excuses, in the end, she willingly took this comfortable seat right now...
She wanted to eat her own brain!
"Just what?" Guan Xian raised his eyebrow, his finger is tapping gently on the steering wheels, patiently waiting for her upcoming suck excuses.
Xia Sha's brilliant brain shut down for the first time after breaking up with Ling Guang...
"Just wanted to try this car, it's a limited edition, right? I'm quite a car collector. Why don't you sell it to me?!"
Xia Sha wanted to bury her head inside a hole forever after hearing her trashy excuses. Xia Sha, just how much that cheap couple has degenerated your IQ?
Guan Xian couldn't stop himself from laughing right now. Like a free laugh, Xia Sha rarely hears after getting her life fucked up.
Ever since Ling Guang open the company, their relationship changes into such a serious thriller movie. It occurs to her that most of their conversation is about work. She never acted so foolishly like this when she's with Ling Guang.
The Guan brother and sister can really bring out your hidden personality...
After being laugh at, Xia Sha's face turn ugly and did not plan to talk to him anymore. Guan Xian slowly gains control of himself again, but a trace of silliness still linger on his face.
"Well, this is my family car, the most ordinary type. In fact, I saw you using this car to grandpa Wang's banquet." Guan Xian cocks his head to one side, stealing a glance at the girl who started to looks irritated. A hint of a smile playing on his lips.
He felt like Xia Sha is really intriguing to him right now. Out of impulse, he blurted out his inner thought.
"Hey, do you want to go on dates with me? Just casual and fun dates, no string attached."
When he realized what damage he has made, he quickly wanted to justify himself. "Well, maybe I could help you move on from... Voldemort."
Xia Sha mention she did not want to hear Ling Guang's name last time they met. Thus he shall not be named is Ling Guang's new pseudonym.
His jokes did not crack even a smile on Xia Sha's pretty face. Instead, she is emoting cold aura right now. Without any emotion, she answers Guan Xian bravely.
"No."
What?! Someone is actually rejecting Young master Guan right now...