Xie Yunzhou: "If she has time, I will take her with me."

"Then I will look forward to your arrival." Yan Linlang's smile remained unchanged as she finally left.

Xie Yunzhou paused, feeling something was off.

Why is everyone acting so strangely today?

Was he overthinking it, or did something really happen?

Xie Yunzhou opened his phone and glanced at his chat history with Shi Xi.

He's been very busy lately and hasn't been chatting with Shi Xi much.

Xie Yunzhou: [What are you doing?]

Upon seeing the message, Shi Xi called immediately, "Have you finished the meeting?"

"How did you know I was in a meeting just now?" Xie Yunzhou asked her.

"Assistant Xu said so. I even asked him to bring you a cake. Remember to eat it!" Shi Xi said, then added, "Oh, I'm a bit busy right now. I'll call you back tonight."

Xie Yunzhou: "I—"

Before I could even try to stop him, the call was disconnected.

Xie Yunzhou frowned slightly.

What kind of cake?

Xie Yunzhou dialed the internal line: "Let Assistant Xu in."

A moment later, Assistant Xu walked in carrying a cake, looking like he was ready to die. "President Xie."

Xie Yunzhou leaned back in his chair, sizing up Assistant Xu.

Assistant Xu forced a smile and explained, "Um, this is a cake that Miss Shi sent over."

"She brought it over? When did she get back?" Xie Yunzhou asked. "Why didn't you let her come up?"

Assistant Xu: ...Slow down your questions!

"Miss Shi brought a cake today, but when she heard you had a meeting, she didn't come upstairs," Assistant Xu continued. "She had other things to do and was worried the cake would melt, so she asked me to put it in the refrigerator first."

Xie Yunzhou glanced at the cake: "Did you just open it?"

Assistant Xu hesitated, then continued, "There are rumors going around the company lately, saying... saying..."

Xie Yunzhou: "What did you say?"

"I was afraid it was a breakup cake because Miss said she wanted to break up with you, so I wanted to open it to take a look." Assistant Xu said in one breath, finally feeling half relieved.

After listening, Xie Yunzhou chuckled, "You actually believe the company's rumors?"

"No, no, it's just that they were talking too much that I was worried," Assistant Xu quickly said. "Miss Shi must have been too busy lately."

"She just called me, she'll probably be home tonight." Xie Yunzhou closed the file in his hand and said, "Open the cake box."

Assistant Xu quickly opened the cake box: "I wanted to open it to take a look, but I didn't actually open it."

The cake box was opened, and inside was a small four-inch cake.

There were no words on the cake, only a hand-drawn little figure in a suit who looked a lot like Xie Yunzhou.

Assistant Xu felt relieved, as another major weight was lifted from her heart.

Miss Shi specially ordered the cake; she definitely didn't mean she wanted to break up.

It's all the fault of those gossipy people in the company spreading rumors!

*

Shi Xi is very busy.

Star Trek took a few days off, falling far behind schedule.

Now that the site permit has been obtained, they are urging Shi Xi to return to the film crew for shooting.

Before Shi Xi could even tell Xie Yunzhou, Zhu Lin had already booked a plane ticket and brought her back.

She noticed the route would pass by the Xie family's, so she bought the cake and specially delivered it over.

He finished writing the script on the way, and after arriving at the film set, he was busy working on the script and filming. He also quickly ended his phone call with Xie Yunzhou.

During a break.

Zhu Lin handed water to Shi Xi: "There's an invitation to a charity gala tonight, and the dress is ready."

Shi Xi drank some water and pondered, "Do I really have to go? Can I just donate money and not go?"

Zhu Lin: "...There are quite a lot of people attending the party, and Mr. Tao Boli will also be attending."