"I'll drive you guys out for some fun!"

Upon hearing Xia's suggestion, Xue Xiaodie and Tang Qi exchanged glances, both feeling somewhat surprised and uncertain.

Xue Xiaodie asked with a smile, "Lu Zhe, what do you think? I don't have any places I want to go lately, I wonder what you..."

Tang Qi also said, "Yeah, yeah, we're all pretty homebodies."

Xia Xiaobing's gaze swept across the two girls' faces and settled on the boy in the middle. She waited for his answer with a calm and composed smile.

Lu Zhe sensed a deeper meaning in Xia Jie's eyes—if she were to refuse even something as simple as going out to play after moving out from my place, wouldn't that be going too far?

So he said, "Okay, anyway, I don't have to work overtime on weekends."

Xia Xiaobing took a sip of her coffee and said unhurriedly, "There are many places to visit around Chengdu, such as the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base, Mount Qingcheng, Dujiangyan, Xiling Snow Mountain, and some ancient towns. Are there any of these that interest you?"

Lu Zhe: "Which one does Sister Xia recommend the most?"

Xia Xiaobing: "If you ask me, the Giant Panda Base is the best. It's quite interesting, and it's also relatively close to the city. It doesn't take long to drive there."

Lu Zhe looked left and right, and seeing that neither of the two girls had any objections, he nodded and agreed, "Okay, when should we go?"

Xia Xiaobing: "How about tomorrow?"

At this point, Xue Xiaodie asked, "Is it more appropriate to go to the giant panda base in the morning or the afternoon?"

Xia Xiaobing took out her phone and checked online travelogues and guides on the spot.

After checking in less than a minute, she replied, "It's better to go in the morning, before nine o'clock. After noon, the pandas will get sleepy."

Tang Qi stuck out her tongue: "So early..."

Xia Xiaobing: "A morning is enough time. We can have lunch and then go somewhere else to play in the afternoon."

Xue Xiaodie pondered for a while, then said seriously, "It would be best to go on Sunday. We've been working all week and are quite tired. We finally have a day off tomorrow, and we want to sleep in."

Tang Qi immediately raised her hand: "Agreed!"

Lu Zhe couldn't help but complain, "You don't need to go to work, so what's the point of resting?"

"Can't I sleep in if I don't have to go to work..." Tang Qi muttered softly, then withdrew her hand.

Xia Xiaobing smiled and said, "Then let's do it on Sunday morning. I'll drive you there, and I'll cover all the expenses."

Lu Zhe: "This isn't a good idea..."

Xia Xiaobing waved her hand and said without further ado, "Of course I'll pay. I'm the boss. Besides, you helped me yesterday, so this is just to repay the favor."

Xue Xiaodie looked at Tang Qi and said, "But President Xia doesn't owe us any favors, right?"

Tang Qi realized that she was being forced to pay. Logically, in situations like this, whoever pays would naturally have priority, a kind of demonstration of power. But it wasn't that Miss Tang was unwilling; she simply knew she was powerless to do so.

The hand had already been pulled back, and now, even the little head unconsciously shrank even lower.

Tang Qi: "I don't know, do as you please..."

Xia Xiaobing: "Okay, leave it to me. See you at 7:30 the day after tomorrow."

"Huh?" Tang Qi sighed, raising her small face. "Why is it earlier than usual?"

Xia Xiaobing smiled amiably and said, "We'll be driving there. But it's okay, you can all catch up on your sleep in the car, I'll drive."

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After agreeing on Sunday's plans, the four of them took the elevator upstairs, and then it was time to go their separate ways.

After saying goodbye to the two girls, Xia Xiaobing and Lu Zhe joined Ji Chunqiu Company.

As soon as the glass door to the front desk closed, Xia Xiaobing asked in a low voice, "Are those two your old friends?"

Lu Zhe shook his head: "No, we just met. We haven't known each other for long, but we get along very well."

Xia Xiaobing then asked, "We just met, specifically? About a week?"

“It’s not that short…” Lu Zhe thought for a moment, “More or less, before the Copa America final.”

Xia Xiaobing nodded slightly, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

As the two were talking, they had already walked to the vicinity of Lu Zhe's workstation.

Xia Xiaobing said calmly, "You can continue working."

At the company, in front of other employees, President Xia is always President Xia. Their attitude towards him is no different from that of others; he is just like everyone else, with a calm but slightly indifferent demeanor.

Lu Zhe returned to his workstation and quickly immersed himself in his new tasks.

Xia Xiaobing returned to her private office, closed the door, took a deep breath, and then exhaled forcefully.

If there were punching bags or sandbags in this office right now, she swears she would have punched them hard! No, more than ten times!

"Why did they all get together...and move house? What's going on?!"

Xia Xiaobing muttered to herself in a very low voice, but her tone was full of gritted teeth.

The first trick failed when they went drinking together; now that they've moved, the second trick has also fallen through. For Xia Xiaobing, it's like playing a game and fighting a boss. Twice in a row, she managed to whittle down the boss's health to its last few drops, but either she made a mistake or someone interfered, and both times the boss turned the tables and she failed—this feeling is just too awful.

Xia Xiaobing slumped heavily into her chair, slammed her fingers down on the keyboard, and used a shortcut to open the company's internal real-time monitoring system.

On the computer screen, Lu Zhe's current state was displayed.

He is focused on his work.

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