Qiao Xu stared at him, dumbfounded for a few seconds. Hadn't he left? Why had he come back?
Coming to her senses abruptly, she immediately put away the astonished look on her face and said in a deep voice, "President Lu, didn't you hear it? Why bother pretending not to know?"
"Qiao Xu!"
He stared at her coldly, and she looked back at him expressionlessly. Neither would give in to the other.
Seeing Lu Moqing take a sudden step towards her, Qiao Xu was startled by his movement and reflexively stepped back. As a result, her foot missed the step behind her, and she fell backward.
Her face turned pale with fright, and she instinctively raised her hand to grab something. She only felt a tightening around her waist, and the hand on her waist pulled her back with slight force.
Qiao Xu's feet were not steady, and with that pull, she fell directly into Lu Moqing's arms.
