The woman's golden wavy hair casually draped over her shoulders, framing her standard oval face. A touch of makeup highlighted her delicate facial features, creating an extremely beautiful appearance—especially her peach blossom eyes, which seemed to be electrifying at all times.
She was no other than Qin Muge, the woman Ye Xunhuan had had a fleeting encounter with at the Yebu Gui bar last night!
Ye Xunhuan had not expected that just one night later, he would run into Qin Muge again, and even see her sitting with his wife, looking as if they were quite familiar with each other!
Dammit, who exactly did I sleep with last night?
Could this woman be a trap set by Qiu Ruoxi?
Ye Xunhuan noticed Qin Muge, and at the same time, she also saw him.
When she caught sight of Ye Xunhuan, Qin Muge's heart skipped a beat, and involuntarily, the shameful yet wild intimacy from the previous night flooded her thoughts.
Why is this guy here?
Did he find out about my identity and come to blackmail me?
For a moment, Qin Muge felt chaotic and a look of panic flashed across her face.
If Qiu Ruoxi had been paying attention at that moment, she would have definitely noticed Qin Muge's unusual behavior. Unfortunately, as soon as Ye Xunhuan entered, Qiu Ruoxi's gaze had fixed on him.
After a brief shock, Ye Xunhuan quickly adjusted his attitude and walked toward the office.
"I'm here, just tell me what work you want me to do!" Ye Xunhuan said carelessly, regardless of the tempting atmosphere of the office.
In the meantime, he nonchalantly took a seat on the sofa next to him and unapologetically lit up a cigarette, puffing away with ease.
It was as if he were right at home.
Seeing Ye Xunhuan acting this way, Qiu Ruoxi was furious inside.
Do you think this is your home?
That you can act so casually?
This is a company for heaven's sake, and there are other people here—can't you act a bit more decently?
Looking at the man before her with his careless demeanor, Qiu Ruoxi found it impossible to think of any of his good qualities. Yet this very man, whom she deemed as trashy, was adored by her parents, like he was some prize!
Qiu Ruoxi was furious, but Qin Muge secretly breathed a sigh of relief, interpreting from Ye Xunhuan's words that he wasn't there for her, but apparently for work!
Could this guy be the distant relative Qiu Ruoxi mentioned—the one she couldn't reject?
Suppressing her anger, Qiu Ruoxi said sternly, "Ye Xunhuan, pay attention. This is the company, not your home!"
"Well then, I might as well go home!"
With that, Ye Xunhuan made a move to stand up from the sofa.
"Stay right there!" Qiu Ruoxi snapped immediately, "You dare to walk out that door—just try it?"
If others knew that Ye Xunhuan was about to leave the Huangtu Group—a company everyone else wished they could join—and was being threatened and coerced to stay by Qiu Ruoxi, who knows what they would think.
"So what do you want me to do?" Ye Xunhuan, completely ignoring Qin Muge to the side, said somewhat helplessly to Qiu Ruoxi.
Qiu Ruoxi, upon seeing Ye Xunhuan halt in his tracks, didn't bother with him but instead turned to look at Qin Muge, "Mu Ge, this is the Ye Xunhuan I told you about. Take him away later and make sure to groom him properly for me!"
Qiu Ruoxi emphasized the word 'groom' very heavily!
The astute Qin Muge immediately sensed the subtle implication in Qiu Ruoxi's words, and somewhat puzzled, glanced at Ye Xunhuan and then back at Qiu Ruoxi.
What's going on?
"Ye Xunhuan, from now on, she's your boss, Qin Muge—President Qin!" Qiu Ruoxi surveyed Ye Xunhuan coldly, her voice chilling as glass beads, "President Qin is specifically brought in from overseas by me. In the company, you must follow all her orders!"
Ye Xunhuan was stunned.
My goodness, the woman from my one-night stand is actually my boss!
Do they really have to play it this way?
But in a way this is good, she's an acquaintance after all. Considering I took care of her for one night, she probably wouldn't deliberately make things hard for me just because Qiu Ruoxi said so, right?
"Then I'll be counting on President Qin to take good care of me from now on!"
Saying this, Ye Xunhuan extended his right hand deeply yet politely, but Qin Muge completely ignored it.
Seeing this, Ye Xunhuan showed not the slightest hint of embarrassment, calmly retracting his extended hand.
"Alright, President Qin, you take him down!" said Qiu Ruoxi indifferently.
Although Qin Muge really didn't want anything to do with Ye Xunhuan, Qiu Ruoxi had given the order, and it wouldn't be right to refuse, so she nodded, "Alright then, President Qiu, please go ahead with your work!"
Having said that, Qin Muge stood up from the sofa and left Qiu Ruoxi's office with Ye Xunhuan.
No sooner had they left the office than Qin Muge immediately asked with a cold face, "Don't think that just because you know me and have Qiu Ruoxi as your backer, you can do whatever you want under my watch!"
"What do you mean by that, President Qin?" Ye Xunhuan asked evenly, "Do we know each other?"
"You..."
Upon hearing Ye Xunhuan's last remark, Qin Muge felt her delicate body tremble with rage.
As Qin Muge trembled lightly, Ye Xunhuan's gaze began to wander over her body with a hint of lechery.
The next moment, Qin Muge noticed Ye Xunhuan's roving eyes and angrily exclaimed, "Where are you looking!"
"Tch, if you weren't looking at me, how would you know I'm looking at you..."
"You..." Qin Muge's eyes widened in anger as she glared at Ye Xunhuan.
The next moment, Qin Muge huffed angrily, "You'd better forget what happened yesterday, or even if you're Qiu Ruoxi's relative, the consequences will be more than you can handle!"
Now that Qin Muge had put it plainly, if Ye Xunhuan continued to feign ignorance, it would be rather indefensible, and that wasn't like Ye Xunhuan at all!
"I had almost forgotten about it already, but look at you, bringing up my memories," Ye Xunhuan said in a measured tone.
"But no worries; if I can't forget, then I won't." Ye Xunhuan declared quite generously, "If you need anything in the future, just let me know!"