Chapter 39 Chapter 39 I was worried that I would fall in love with him unknowingly...

The next morning, after Qin Mian got up from bed, she saw the message Si Tu sent her last night and couldn't help laughing.

I didn’t expect that someone who looks so cool on the outside is actually quite cute in private.

As she walked out the door and towards the elevator, she replied to his message.

How did you sleep last night?

I reached out and pressed the elevator button. While waiting, I received Si Tu's reply: [Very bad.]

Qin Mian smiled, "I'll make you some coffee later to perk you up."

Si Tu: [That’s it?]

Qin Mian: [What else?]

Si Tu: [Your kiss is more effective than coffee.]

At this moment, the elevator arrived.

Qin Mian looked up and walked in.

There was already someone in the elevator, a neighbor from the same building who was getting up early to go to work, and he had already pressed the button for the first floor.

Qin Mian glanced at the lit number and continued to reply to Si Tu's message.

"That won't work." She stuck to her principles. "She's at the company."

【Heh.】 Si Tu sneered.

Qin Mian smiled again.

Now, she would smile just when chatting with him.

But she herself seemed unaware.

When she arrived at the company and got out of the car, she ran into other executives who had arrived early for a meeting. They greeted her familiarly and joked with her, "Secretary Qin, you look so happy. It seems you had a good weekend."

Qin Mian then realized that Si Tu had unconsciously affected his mood.

She suppressed the smile on her face, pulled the corners of her lips, and gave the other person a professional smile in return.

There was much less of the heartfelt joy I had just felt.

When she went upstairs, Si Tu was already in the office.

He now lives in a room upstairs in the hotel, just down the stairs away.

Qin Mian made him coffee, and when he brought it in, he kept staring at her.

He said her kiss was more refreshing than coffee.

Qin Mian felt his aggressive gaze and was afraid that he would do something out of line.

The blinds next to it were still open, and the secretary at the front desk could see in.

So after Qin Mian put down the coffee, he immediately turned around and walked out, "Boss Si, enjoy your meal."

Si Tu looked at her fleeing and curled his lips. After she left the office and closed the door, he lowered his eyes, picked up his phone, and sent her a message, "Are you afraid that I'll eat you?"

When Qin Mian returned to his seat, he saw, "Hmm."

Si Tu: “…”

She was quite frank. Si Tu suddenly smiled again, picked up the coffee and took two sips.

The first management meeting in the morning is the longest, with a lot of content and involving various departments, so it takes two hours.

A break was arranged in the middle of the meeting, at ten o'clock.

Si Tu was the first to lead the way out. The Director of Development suddenly became extremely excited, standing up from his seat and quickly catching up with him to report the good news: "Mr. Si! The new district project has been approved!"

Hearing this, Si Tu paused, turned around, and had an obvious smile on his face, but he did not show much surprise. At least compared to the director of the development department, he was much calmer, as if everything was within his expectations.

"That's good." He said calmly, turned around and continued walking out.

Qin Mian followed behind, but was even more surprised than Zhou Quan.

However, she did not show it on her face. She just quickly followed Si Tu out and took the opportunity to bring him coffee to go to his office again.

"How come?" she asked him impatiently as she placed the coffee in front of him. "How come it went so smoothly?"

Previously at the bidding conference, apart from Qian's, SC Group's proposal was the best. Qian's was involved in unfair competition and had been disqualified. However, Zhang Bei had threatened her yesterday afternoon that she and Si Tu would pay the price.

So even if SC Group's proposal is better, at least before the results come out, Zhang Bei should find a way to make it difficult for them to pass.

But...how did the result come out suddenly?

And judging from the time, it seems that the relevant departments also held a meeting early in the morning to make the decision.

Didn’t Zhang Bei try to hinder this process?

No, this is totally inconsistent with Qin Mian's understanding of her.

Si Tu smiled and picked up the coffee. He paused, looked up at her, and asked, "Do you think that she, a married woman, would be chaste towards other people if she flirted with me?"

Qin Mian reacted, "So she..."

Si Tu crossed his legs and sat on the sofa in the reception area, sipping his coffee slowly. "Why do you think she was able to transfer from her hometown to Nanzhou so smoothly?"

Qin Mian didn't understand a lot about the system. He recalled the information he had learned in the past. "It should be her husband. After graduating with a doctorate, her husband seemed to have joined a good unit, a local research institute or something. The couple's life must have been quite affected by being separated from each other. I wonder if the organization has taken both of them into consideration..."

"There are many long-distance couples." Si Tu denied her statement. "Besides, her husband just graduated and joined the company. He's just a small fry. He doesn't have that much ability to make the higher-ups regard the two of them so important."

"So..." Qin Mian was particularly curious and led him to continue.

Si Tu smiled again, raised his eyes, and met her curious gaze. "Why do you think she dared to be so arrogant to you in front of the big boss?"

There is always a reason to look down on others. Qin Mian used to think that Zhang Bei probably felt that her job was glamorous and her husband was respectable, so she had a successful career and family. However, her roommate, who worked in a private company, had an ordinary boyfriend and didn't even have a decent house or car in the big city. It could be said that she had nothing.

In comparison, Zhang Bei inevitably feels superior.

But now it seems...

"Is there someone with influence up there who supports her?" Qin Mian guessed.

After all, power is something that can make people inflate more easily than things like work halo or an excellent husband.

Si Tu smiled and nodded, "However, there are more than just that one leader who has an improper relationship with her."

"Ah?" Qin Mian was stunned. This was a little beyond her imagination.

Seeing her shocked expression, Si Tu smiled, took another sip of coffee, and said, "There's a guy in her unit who's two years older than her, and he's quite handsome."

"Oh my God!" This was beyond Qin Mian's expectations.

She knew that Zhang Bei was not a very good person, but Zhang Bei and her husband were childhood sweethearts and got married right after graduation, so she once thought that their love was stronger than gold.

But I didn't expect that she had such a complicated relationship with men and women outside.

The reason why she hooked up with Si Tu without any bottom line was because her bottom line was gone long ago.

Qin Mian suddenly understood.

"No wonder."

"No wonder?" Si Tu asked.

"I went to see her yesterday, and she mocked me, saying that I relied on... that thing called you to get my current secretary position." Qin Mian wanted to laugh when he recalled what Zhang Bei said that day.

Si Tu also smiled and said, "I did have bad intentions towards you from the very beginning, but that's not the only reason I transferred you to be my secretary."

If she wasn't capable, he wouldn't have let her be his secretary.

The position of CEO's secretary is quite important and cannot be taken lightly. He needs a capable assistant.

As long as Qin Mian still works at SC Group, he will have plenty of opportunities and he doesn't have to transfer her to his side.

The reason why he chose her was indeed because she was the most suitable.

"Besides, we are unmarried." It is normal for two single people to fall in love, but it is another matter for a married woman to mess around like this.

"So that's why." Qin Mian agreed and raised an eyebrow. "I wasn't going to be outdone at the time and responded to her with the same words. I didn't expect that I would be right!"

Now that I think about it, it all makes sense!

"No wonder she was so angry at the time? Her face turned pale. It turns out she was guilty. I really didn't think of it at the time. I just thought she couldn't stand my criticism and was angry."

Having said that, she wanted to laugh even more.

Even though Zhang Bei was so angry with her and threatened not to let her and Si Tu go, now, because of her chaotic private life and Si Tu having enough evidence, she dared not act rashly.

Thinking about how she had to endure the frustration, Qin Mian felt particularly happy.

Seeing her smug look, Si Tu couldn't help but smile, "I like your personality."

He just refuses to suffer any loss and hates seeing people crying and feeling wronged the most, no matter how others treat him.

He likes women with temper and personality.

Probably because he is also a person with temper and personality.

At this moment, Si Tu looked at Qin Mian with eyes full of admiration. After lowering his crossed legs, he leaned over and pulled her over. "Why are you so cute?"

He kissed the back of her hand, then raised his head and looked at her with a smile, "Hmm?"

Qin Mian subconsciously turned his head and glanced towards the window to make sure that no one outside saw him.

"Don't." She quickly let go of his hand, stepped back, and warned him in a low voice, "You'll see it in a while."

Si Tu couldn't help himself and forgot this for a moment.

However, he really wanted to kiss her now.

But she wouldn't agree. He felt helpless and leaned back, "I really can't do anything with you."

Last night, he sent her a message out of pity, thinking that she would be soft-hearted and let him stay with her overnight, but she ignored him and just went to sleep.

It made him feel uncomfortable all night. He hardly slept last night and now there is a circle of light dark circles under his eyes.

He felt that he was very humble because he was not allowed to kiss or do what he wanted.

He had never been so humble in his relationships with others.

It's not impossible to force her to obey directly, he has plenty of means to do so.

But when he looked at her like this, he felt a little bit reluctant.

He felt that Qin Mian was bullying him.

She bullies him because he likes her.

Qin Mian saw that he was quite resentful, but actually compromised with her, so she felt a little soft-hearted.

She turned her head and carefully checked what was outside her eyes.

Then, with lightning speed, she quickly stepped forward, bent down, and kissed him on the lips.

Si Tu was stunned.

He didn't expect that she would comfort him at this time.

But because he was afraid of being seen by people outside, Qin Mian just kissed him briefly and quickly stepped back to keep some distance from him.

"Don't be angry, okay?"

I guess she didn't even realize that she actually cared whether he was angry or not.

She especially couldn't stand the way he looked at her with a somewhat aggrieved look.

Before, she was forced to compromise and coax him because she didn't want him to punish her.

But now, there is obviously more heartache and tenderness.

Si Tu licked his lower lip, where she had kissed him just now, and then the corners of his lips rose uncontrollably.

Qin Mian could see that he was really easy to coax.

Every time I feel angry or wronged, a kiss can make me feel much better.

Seeing his reaction, she felt relieved, "Then I'll go out to work first."

Having said that, she turned around and walked out.

Si Tu raised the corners of his lips again and again, watching her back as she walked out, his eyes fell on her buttocks.

Qin Mian was wearing high heels, and her waist swayed as she walked, which made him feel itchy.

After a busy Monday, Qin Mian didn't have time to go to the cafeteria to eat until seven in the afternoon.

When I got home after dinner, it was already past eight o'clock.

She wanted to have a good rest, but unexpectedly, when she arrived at the gate of the community, the security guard suddenly poked his head out and told her that someone was looking for her.

"Who's looking for me?" Qin Mian was puzzled and lowered the car window.

The security guard pointed to the side, where two elderly people were sitting by the flower bed. "Here!"

Just as Qin Mian was about to look over, the two men had already stood up from the flower bed. They came closer, recognized Qin Mian, and were immediately delighted, "It's us!"

The expression on Qin Mian's face was completely frozen.

These are Zhu Yinglong’s parents.

"Why are you here?" Qin Mian asked subconsciously.

"Isn't it that Yinglong is in trouble? He asked us to come to you and ask you to help us." Zhu's mother said excitedly.

Mr. Zhu beside him nodded repeatedly.

Qin Mian was stunned for a moment. She suddenly realized that she had been with Si Tu recently and almost forgot why she was with him in the first place.

It is true that male beauty can mislead people.

She was distracted for a moment, then came back to her senses, thought for a moment, and said, "You guys get in the car first. I'll take you to find a place to stay."

"Okay." The two nodded, opened the car door and got in.

Qin Mian turned the car around, drove to a random hotel nearby, and settled the two of them down.

The two of them kept talking to her about Zhu Yinglong, and she responded casually without much emotion.

Zhu Yinglong had asked her for help before, hoping that she could help him. She said at the time that she would go back and think about it. However, so much time has passed and she has not visited him again, nor has she given him a specific answer. In other words, her attitude is very clear.

She didn't want to help him.

Zhu Yinglong should have been able to understand this point during this long wait.

But he still asked his parents to come find her, which means that he really had no other choice. Apart from her, he had no one who could really help him, so now he could only use his parents to morally blackmail her.

So that means he didn't tell his parents the exact problem between him and her.

Because once he tells her, his parents won't treat her as their savior when they see her.

No wonder the two men kept talking about her when they saw her. They really thought she was still one of their own and the only lifeline for their son.

Qin Mian had not figured out how to deal with the two people who came to find her, so she would not directly expose the fact that she and Zhu Yinglong had parted ways a long time ago.

After helping the two of them complete the check-in procedures, Qin Mian sent them to their room and said a few words of comfort, "I'll go and find out the details first, and then I'll come back to talk to you about the details. Don't worry, just stay here with peace of mind."

The two were very grateful to her and nodded in agreement.

Qin Mian suddenly felt that Zhu Yinglong was even more hateful.

When you are at your wit's end, you even take advantage of your parents.

If she had been a little soft-hearted, seeing his parents using her as a lifeline, she would have softened her heart and perhaps let him go.

She frowned, suppressed the discomfort in her heart, said to go to bed early, turned around and walked out.

After leaving the hotel, Qin Mian got into his car and called Si Tu.

"Hello?" Si Tu was obviously very happy when he suddenly received a call from her, and his tone of voice rose.

However, Qin Mian suddenly became much colder, even his tone was calm, "I forgot to ask you, how is Zhu Yinglong's case going recently?"

Si Tu seemed to have noticed that something was wrong with her. "Why are you asking this suddenly?"

"Nothing." Qin Mian said this, but his heart was actually a little complicated. "I just wanted to remind you."

Si Tu was still a little doubtful, "Do you really not trust me?"

"Not really." Qin Mian held the phone to his ear and lowered his eyes.

"What is that?" Si Tu asked.

Qin Mian couldn't help but clench his hands on his knees.

I was worried that I would fall in love with him unknowingly, and then be immersed in that sweet pink bubble, even forgetting why we got together in the first place.

She and he were just in an exchange relationship.

At this moment, she was not only reminding him, but also reminding herself.

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The author has something to say: Thank you all for adding so much nutrient solution. I will try to update more for you in a couple of days. Kisses.