"Miss Xue? President Xue?"
The secretary called out twice before bringing back Xue Xue from her thoughts.
"Are you okay? You don't feel well? Too tired? Why don't I ask Dr. Jiang to come and take a look at you?"
The several questions thrown out made Xue Xue laugh.
The secretary's surname was Chen, and he was more than two decades older than Xue Li. He was first sent by Xue Lian Song as an assistant to help her get familiar with the company's operation. Later, become Xue Li's person, and as she took over the whole group, although Secretary Chen still carried the title of secretary, as Xue Li's confidant, his status was naturally extraordinary.
Also, this Secretary Chen really had his heart on Xue Li.
His daughter was even two years older than Xue Li and to Secretary Chen, Xue Li was like his own daughter.
Therefore, Xue Li did not bother with his concern for some excesses, and Xue Xue naturally did too.
"It's alright, I just thought of something."
"Really nothing?"
"Mm."
"That's good, recently the company… ah." Secretary Chen stopped what he wanted to say, presumably realizing that it was inappropriate to mention it by his own identity. "By the way, I just received a call from Director Luo. She invited you for dinner this evening."
Hearing this, Xue Xue turned her pen for a while.
Director Lou?
Xue Xue searched for information about the other party in her mind, and learned that Director Luo was a woman of great talent, an industrialist in her 50s, and although the scale of the company was not comparable to that of Lai Yao, she was one of the best in the city.
Importantly, Lai Yao currently has an investment case that was closely related to Director Luo's company.
Thinking of this, the refusal which she had already prepared to say, got stuck in her throat, and it felt uncomfortable.
"Miss Xue?"
Xue Xue rubbed her temples feeling a headache coming. She hadn't forgotten that she had an appointment with Chi Yu.
"What time is it?"
"Seven o'clock, in Zuo She's VIP private room."
"Hmm…" Xue Xue pondered for a moment, and finally nodded. "Call back to Director Luo, I will arrive on time, thank her for her invitation."
"Okay."
After Secretary Chen left, Xue Xue decided to call Chi Yu directly.
The man picked it up after a couple of rings.
"Xue Xue?"
Although it was through the phone, Xue Xue felt that the man's voice seemed to come from near her ear, making her scalp numb.
"Chi Yu, are you in the café now?"
"Yeah." Chi Yu's tone was casual. "My girlfriend has to go to work on weekends, so I also have to go back to work."
The words were calm, but Xue Xue heard a hint of sadness and couldn't help laughing.
"I can't help it." Xue Xue slowed down. "By the way, I have something to tell you."
"Huh?"
"I may not be able to go home and have dinner with you tonight." Having said that, Xue Xue paused. "A very important client called to invite me to dinner. You also know that I have encountered some situations in the company recently… In short, I want to take this opportunity to have a detailed talk with the other party."
After Xue Xue explained clearly in a few words, she waited quietly for Chi Yu to speak.
There was a long silence on the other end of the phone.
Xue Xue relaxed her body against the back of the chair and waited patiently.
Only she knew that this was a test.
The reason for the pause in concentration was also for this matter.
Although there was no evidence, but thinking about the crazy things Chi Yu did after Xue Li's death that she read from the system later, Xue Xue thought that there might be something wrong with the other party's psychological condition.
Accidents will certainly change a person's temperament. Xue Li felt that she was responsible for a large part of the accident, and she thought that Chi Yu had started to blacken gradually from her concealment to the point of no return.
After getting along with Chi Yu for a long time, Xue Xue had other thoughts in her mind.
To be more precise, there is another possibility.
What if Chi Yu had some mental condition?
What if Xue Li was not the cause, but just the fuse that completely exposed the dark side of Chi Yu's heart? It is impossible to live without encountering any problems in life, but there are not many people who encounter problems with solutions as extreme as Chi Yu.
So Xue Xue had a bold guess in her heart.
Maybe Chi Yu's mental state was already questionable, which was why he treated Xue Li like that in the next two years, and after Xue Li died unexpectedly, he took revenge.
In Xue Xue's opinion, those methods were not what normal people would do, but the behavior of wild animals. They had no reason to speak of, and they were all based on instinct.
If Chi Yu's subsequent disposition changed because of his distrust of his lover, then as long as she stayed with him and keeps an eye on him, theoretically she could make an effective progress with the task, but if not… she has to do it another way.
After sorting out her thoughts, Xue Xue found that Chi Yu still didn't speak. If she couldn't hear the other party's repressed breathing, Xue Xue would have almost thought that he had ended the call.
Just when Xue Xue was thinking about whether she should remind him, Chi Yu's voice came through the microphone again.
Slowly and leisurely, the words dragged long in the middle.
Xue Xue's eyebrows jumped.
Because of Chi Yu's empty and emotionless tone, even if he wasn't facing her, she could still feel a deadly coldness.
"Okay, it doesn't matter."
*
Xue Xue entered the private room and realized that what Director Luo wanted to talk to her today might not be about business, but personal.
She thought it was dinner with just the two of them, but there was an unexpected addition.
"Xue Li, you are here!"
Director Lou looked extremely enthusiastic, and hugged Xue Xue before she even said hello.
Xue Xue generously returned the hug.
"Come, sit down first, sit down first." After letting Xue Xue sit down, Director Lou smiled. "We were discussing what to order. You came just in time. Make a decision for me and Ziqian."
"Ah, look at my manners, I haven't made an introduction." Director Lou pointed to the man sitting across from Xue Xue. "This is my nephew, Lin Ziqian."
Xue Xue looked at the man who was also looking at her at this time. He looked to be in his twenties, handsome and well-dressed.
"Hello, I'm Lin Ziqian."
The man stretched out his hand, Xue Xue shook it and then quickly let go.
"Hello, I'm Xue Li."