Bai Meiyue was calmly sipping the tea that the receptionist served her. Her actions were elegant and unhurried; in the past, she had been careless towards Xiao Cai. She would eat whatever was given to her, and that too in a hurry.
Because of this, her child suffered a lot. When Bai Cai was born, he was not only small; he was really weak! It was all because of his mother, who did not take care of herself properly.
Thus, this time around Bai Meiyue swore that she would never do anything to harm her child. She would eat and sleep well and even buy nourishing supplements for Xiao Cai, who was growing in her belly with each passing day.
She glanced at the clock that was on the wall and sighed.
"He is late," Bai Meiyue felt like she was wasting her precious time. When she could have used this time to stock up resources, she was waiting here for Lei Qian.
After all, the doomsday was only going to get closer from here on out.
If not for the fact that she had no choice, Bai Meiyue wouldn't be wasting her time like this.
After she finished drinking the tea, she placed the cup on the table and raised her head. Her gaze bumped with Lei Qian, who stood at the threshold of the room where she was sitting.
'Finally,' thought Bai Meiyue. If he was another second later, she would have forgotten all about the rules and regulations and barged inside his office.
She didn't have the patience to let this man take his sweet time.
"Mister Lei," Bai Meiyue got to her feet and said to the man in a polite voice, "Please forgive me for coming unannounced." She tried hard to ignore his beautiful face and charming eyes that seemed to be looking into her soul.
Not because this man was one of the most beautiful men she had seen, but because his eyes and facial features resembled Bai Cai!
Especially those eyes. Even now Bai Meiyue was trying her best to suppress herself from crying. Her son had one of the most beautiful and innocent pair of eyes; even when Bai Meiyue disliked her son, her foolish self believed that it was because of his existence that she lost her chance to be with Su Hu—she couldn't help but adore him.
It was all due to his eyes.
And now that she was aware of how big of a fool she had been, Bai Meiyue felt even more emotional while looking at those familiar eyes.
When Lei Qian saw the expression on her face, his heart thudded against his chest. Sure enough, it was just as he thought! Bai Meiyue was scared of him!
If he could, Lei Qian would have gone back in time and kicked himself for acting like a hooligan.
Look at this; just his mere sight was enough to make Bai Meiyue's eyes turn red with fear.
Though he had not seen a pig being butchered, he knew how it was done.
He had his own fair share of experiences where his friends had mistakenly slept with innocent women, and they had beaten them up.
Looking at Bai Meiyue's stance, he was certain that the woman was here to get her revenge on him.
"Miss Bai," Lei Qian greeted her back as he entered the resting area. "There is no need for you to apologise; it should—"
"Brother?"
A man interrupted Lei Qian, whose expression, if possible, turned even more cold.
He glanced at Lei Wu, his cousin and narrowed his eyes at the man.
"What are you doing here?" Lei Qian asked. He knew Lei Wu enough to know that the man didn't arrive at the company coincidentally.
He must have been alerted by the spy, thought Lei Qian coldly. He was furious when he thought about how Lei Wu, instead of working hard and establishing his own company, was actually wasting his time planting his spies in his company.
Just two days ago he had cleaned up the spies planted by Lei Wu, and in just two days he had planted another batch?
Lei Wu smiled at Lei Qian. Though Lei Qian made it clear that he did not welcome him, Lei Wu pretended to be stupid. He walked up to where Lei Qian was standing and then threw his arm around Lei Qian's shoulders.
"My, why are you treating me so coldly, cousin?" Lei Wu sniggered as he glanced at Bai Meiyue. His eyes flickered as he questioned, "Miss Bai, what are you doing here?" Before Bai Meiyue could answer, Lei Wu looked at his brother and said in a reproachful voice, "Brother Qian, don't think that I am overstepping my boundaries here. But even if you pity Miss Bai, you cannot give her any projects… Her position in the entertainment industry is a bit complicated at the moment."
As if just realising what he had said, he turned to look at Bai Meiyue and said to her apologetically, "No offence, Miss Bai."
"None taken," Bai Meiyue replied with an arch of the brow. She then turned to look at Lei Qian before saying to him, "Can we talk, CEO Lei, or do I need to wait for a bit more?"
"Yes, we can," Lei Qian exhaled. He turned to look at Lei Wu before saying to him in a cold voice, "Can you leave now? I have something that I need to say to Miss Bai."
Lei Wu backed off with his hands in the air.
"Righto," Lei Wu glanced at Bai Meiyue meaningfully before turning around on his feet and walking away.
Lei Qian's eyes, on the other hand, darkened. He sensed that Lei Wu had planned something.
This was a crucial period of time for him, as his father was still recovering from his surgery.
He couldn't afford to cause any trouble and on top of that —
'If that man realises my interest in Miss Bai, he would not leave her alone.'
More than causing trouble for his father, Lei Qian was worried that Lei Wu and his father would do something to Bai Meiyue.