"Dinner on the weekend!" Xia Yu repeated the words without adding emotions like an imbecile. But Han Zhou, who always loses his temper easily around her, only nodded. He started working on his files again.
The driver was so shocked that he did not notice the signal went green until he heard horns. He was startled and pressed on the accelerator again.
'Master not only asked Mistress for dinner but he did not get angry when she behaved so dull!' He had to inform the grandmaster about the progress. His eyes gleamed with joy. He could already see the bonus coming in his direction. But he was curious too. Did the master finally fall for his wife?
Xia Yu did not feel any happiness. She felt like someone had announced her death sentence. She wanted to run away as fast as she could. She was only relieved that Han Zhou did not press her again, he continued doing his work and she closed her eyes and played dead until her office came.
She left the car hurriedly as if the demons were chasing her. Han Zhou closed the file in his hands and wished him a good day. But she was already gone. His brows furrowed. She ran so fast! It was not what he had expected. He had waited for her to thank him and dance in joy when he offered to have dinner with her. But she played dead after that!
He was not a fool to believe that she had slept. She was ignoring him. Even last night, he was not sure if she was on her periods.
He took out his mobile and typed in the search box, "what could be the reason that your wife will run away from you?"
"My wife ran away with another man."
"My wife had a lover before marriage."
"I was not rich enough, so my wife ran away."
The titles of the articles made him frown. His eyes went red. Neither he was poor, nor Lei Mei had anyone else in her life. She had been in love with him for a long time. Why would she do that?
Frowning, he opened the chat and messaged the man he had called last night.
"Are you there?" This time the reply came instantly. So Han Zhou added, "why would a wife not be happy when her husband invites her for a meal. And ran away from his car the moment it stopped?"
"....." this time the other party did not reply instantly. Han Zhou opened the file while waiting for the reply. But his eyes kept returning to the mobile.
"Slam!" the driver flinched when Han Zhou closed the files with force. He was shocked to see his red face. But the madam had left a long time ago. It must be the report. The driver sighed and concentrated on driving again.
"If you do not reply in ten seconds, I will cut your salary by half!" the other partly instantly started typing, bringing a smirk on his face.
"The only reason a girl would do that is.. She did not like her husband's company. She wanted to stay away from him as much as she could." Han Zhou's eyes narrowed looking at the reply. Then another message popped up.
"But there might be other reasons like she is in a hurry. And she is too exhausted to go out for dinner. The best way to confirm is to ask for sex! If she refuses that too, then it is a red sign." Han Zhou relaxed when he read the starting lines but his eyes narrowed again when the message ended.
She had already refused him for sex.
"Ha!" He threw the mobile aside too. He would only be freed if Lei Mei did not like him and divorce him easily. He did not want to marry her in the first place. It was her!
"Yes, it was her mistake." he grumbled and opened the file again. The driver was stunned to hear his master. Could this be her.. Their madam?
Han Zhou left the car while Su Yan came to collect the files from the car personally. She smiled at the driver and at the receptionist while she carried so many files by herself.
"Su Yan! You could have sent any employee. Why did you come personally to retrieve the document." the manager from the marketing department sighed as she saw Su Yan struggling to hold all of them properly.
She pressed the 16th floor for Su Yan when the lift door closed.
"There are some important files. We could not take the risk of information leakage. You know Mr Han is. He had asked me to go personally. So I could only obey." Su Yan smiled sweetly. She had a good relationship with everyone in the company.
They all knew that Su Yan was a childhood friend of their boss. Yet she never tried to show superiority or arrogance. She was easy to go with, always kind and helping and sweet.
Especially that smile of hers! The manager suddenly started feeling bad.
"It is so disappointing that your boss did not marry you. We all have believed that you are going to be our future madam and have already celebrated for our future." the woman shook her head when the door opened and she left.
She did not notice how Su Yan's eyes went cold instantly. When the lift stopped on the 16th floor, Su Yan did not place unimportant files on her table. With thirteen files in her hands, her face was almost covered. The files were blocking her eyesight too. Yet she opened the glass door of Han Zhou's office and entered. When she walked toward him, she got him by the corner of the coffee table.
"Ouch!" She stumbled and fell on the ground. All the files fell around her and her ankle was twisted.
"I am so sorry, Mr Han." She apologized and tried to stand up. But she could not. Her ankle was swollen. 'Aah!"