Chapter 531 I Want to See You

Anyway, Qiao Xing ate the meal with some trepidation, afraid that Shen Boyan would give her a strange look.

Qiao Xing felt a little uncomfortable sitting there, not knowing what He Yu had said to him or what he suspected.

After a while, Qiao Xing stood up and said, "You guys take your time eating. I have some things to take care of at home, so I'll head back now."

Tao Yang put down his chopsticks. "What's the rush? I see you haven't eaten much, and your bowl is still clean."

Qiao Xing gave an awkward laugh. "I'll treat you to dinner next time."

She didn't say anything more, but glanced at Shen Boyan out of the corner of her eye. He looked thoughtful, and she didn't know what he was thinking.

Qiao Xing grabbed her bag and quickly left the restaurant. Before leaving, she thought for a moment and then paid the bill.

Inside the private room, Tao Yang looked at Shen Boyan suspiciously and couldn't help but poke him with his elbow. "What are you doing? Li Ya has already made the payment, why do you still look so sullen?"

Shen Boyan glanced at him, then, as if remembering something, put down his chopsticks and said, "You guys eat, I'm leaving now."

Tao Yang grabbed him, "What happened between you two? You're not still thinking about dissolving the company, are you? Shen Boyan, let me tell you, if you dissolve the company, I'll never speak to you again for the rest of my life."

Shen Boyan's face remained expressionless. He stared intently at Tao Yang for a moment before withdrawing his hand and saying, "No."

Tao Yang finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Then why are you unhappy?"

"I'm not unhappy."

"and you……"

Shen Boyan said, "I was just thinking about the project." As he spoke, he patted Tao Yang on the shoulder, "You guys take your time eating. You've worked hard these past few days, eat more."

After saying that, he turned and walked out.

Once outside, they asked and found out that the other table had already paid their bill.

Shen Boyan frowned, left the restaurant, and went outside. He took out his phone and opened He Yu's WeChat.

He Yu did send him quite a few messages, including apologies.

That's really strange.

He hesitated for a moment, then exited WeChat and called He Yu. The call was answered very quickly.

"You finally removed me from the blacklist."

Yes, Teacher He Yu called him before, and he blocked her, only keeping her on WeChat. Luckily, He Yu didn't harass him on WeChat, otherwise he would have blocked her on WeChat as well.

What did you mean by the message you sent me?

He Yu on the other end paused, somewhat confused, "What news?"

"Didn't you apologize to me?"

He Yu realized what was happening and her tone became somewhat unnatural. "Oh, I did do something wrong. I should have kept my personal and professional life separate. I should apologize to you for this."

Shen Boyan remained silent, waiting for her to continue.

He Yu said, "I know you have a good relationship with President Xiao. I was confused before and did some things that went too far, but I hope you can put in a good word for me with President Xiao. I promise I won't bother you again, and I can even introduce you to business."

"You said we have a good relationship with President Xiao, how did you know?"

"Is there even a question? In the past, I rarely asked about the things that President Xiao assigned to me. She only cared about the results. But here with you, she actually went and investigated thoroughly. I don't believe you don't know me."

Moreover, it's such a small company; Xiao Lin had no reason to investigate so deeply, and even got angry at her for it.

Although she had made some mistakes, she wasn't that angry. At most, she would have given him a warning. Now, not only is he going to thoroughly investigate the work he was in charge of before, but he's also going to suspend her from her job. She might even be fired next.

He Yu was naturally a little panicked. It wasn't that she wouldn't be able to find a job in the future, but for any decent job, employers would require a background check. If they found out that she had been fired from her previous company because of this incident...

Then she might really be unable to find a job.

Otherwise, He Yu wouldn't have apologized to Shen Boyan so humbly.

"So that's how it is."

He Yu said, "What else could it be? So, Mr. Shen, can we just let bygones be bygones? You're in business too, you should know the saying 'Leave a way out for others, so you can meet again in the future,' right?"

Shen Boyan said, "I don't know your CEO Xiao. You've come to the wrong person. As for what you said about the past, I didn't take it seriously."

He Yu frowned. "What do you mean?"

"Literally, although your harassment is annoying, I'm not going to hold a grudge against you because of this."

He's not a woman who would threaten suicide or hold a grudge just because someone harassed him. He blocked He Yu simply because he found her annoying.

He didn't waste any more words with He Yu; he hung up the phone after saying that.

He looked at the cars coming and going ahead, his expression solemn.

Qiao Xing has already returned to the residential area. She is a little hungry now. There was too much greasy food at lunch, so she couldn't eat any of it. She just drank a couple of sips of her beverage and didn't touch the food at all.

She was thinking about what to cook when she got back when her phone rang.

Qiao Xing took it out and saw that it was an unfamiliar number. There had been a lot of deliveries lately, so she assumed it was one of the delivery companies calling.

She answered the phone, but there was no sound.

"Hello?"

"Why aren't you saying anything?" Qiao Xing muttered to herself, then glanced at her phone and turned the volume up to the maximum. "Hello? Hello?"

"If you don't tell me, I'm hanging up."

Just as she was about to hang up, a woman's voice suddenly came from the phone, "Are you Qiao Xing?"

Qiao Xing was taken aback for a moment, then said, "Yes."

I want to see you.

"Who are you?"

There was another moment of silence on the other end, before someone finally said, "I am Cao Yun, Qiao Hong's wife."

Qiao Xing was completely stunned. Why was Qiao Hong's wife calling him?

She asked in surprise, "How did you get my phone number?"

“I found it on his phone. Don’t worry, I didn’t mean any harm. I just wanted to see you and have something to say to you.”

Qiao Xing had never met this woman before and didn't know why she was looking for him. Could it be that she knew Qiao Hong had come to see her before and wanted to warn her to stay away from Qiao Hong?

So she said, "That Aunt Cao, right... If you have anything to say, you can say it over the phone. I haven't been in contact with him much, so you don't need to worry about me bothering you. I have no relationship with him now."

That's not what I meant.

What is that?

"Let's talk in person. If it's inconvenient for you, I can come to you. You can choose any place."

Cao Yun's tone was urgent, and there was no anger in it; instead, it sounded like a plea.

Qiao Xing was silent for a while, then gave her the cake shop not far from Tianxiang Shuiyuan, the shop where Wang Qin worked.