Chapter 166 Electric Vehicles...Environmentally Friendly?
Xiao Hu noticed her unusual behavior and quickly stood up to look at the document that she had torn.
"Qiao Xing, what's wrong?"
Qiao Xing snapped out of her daze. "It's nothing. I'm sorry, I tore up the proposal."
"It's alright, it's no use anyway, so it's fine if it's broken."
Qiao Xing nodded. Her face looked terrible; she was deathly pale.
Xiao Hu was still a little worried. He opened his mouth, but didn't know how to start, since the two of them weren't very familiar with each other.
Qiao Xing looked up at him and asked, "Do you know... what President Qin's name is?"
"I don't know, I only know his English name."
He always used his English name when he signed, and they only found out that the boss's surname was Qin when the vice president called him President Qin.
"Don't you know?"
Xiao Hu shook his head: "I doubt many people know."
Qiao Xing swallowed hard, then spoke with difficulty, "Do you know Qin Ce?"
"Qin Ce?" Xiao Hu frowned, thought carefully for a moment, and then shook his head. "I don't know. Could it be that our CEO's name is Qin Ce?"
Qiao Xing forced a smile, her lips twitching slightly. "No, I was just asking."
Are you alright? Are you feeling unwell?
"Hmm, I suddenly feel a little unwell... Where's the restroom?"
"Just go straight out and turn right."
"Thanks."
Qiao Xing quickly stood up and rushed to the restroom. When she arrived, she looked at the large glass mirror on the wall, which reflected her deathly pale face.
She felt very cold, but her palms were sweaty.
At that moment, her mind went blank, and she absentmindedly turned on the tap. Unexpectedly, the company restrooms were equipped with hot water, and scalding hot water poured onto her hands.
She winced in pain and pulled her hand back; her fingertips were burned red.
Qiao Xing turned off the water, took a deep breath, and tried to calm herself down.
She took out her phone and opened Qin Ce's WeChat, but as her finger hovered over the screen, she suddenly didn't know what to say.
After a while, Qiao Xing silently put away her phone, washed her face, and returned to her office.
Xiao Hu showed her several more project proposals, all of which were for products that had been released before and were related to virtual games.
Qiao Xing hadn't actually gotten through more than a few pages.
When she got off work at noon, Qin Ce sent her a message saying that he was busy, but he had ordered takeout for her and asked her to come down and pick it up herself.
Qiao Xing didn't reply to him, but went downstairs to get the takeout.
Qin Ce waited for a long time but didn't get a reply, so he sent her another message saying that the takeout was in the glass room opposite the front desk.
This time, Qiao Xing replied with a simple "okay".
Upon seeing this word, Qin Ce's eyelids twitched slightly. Qiao Xing had never been so cold when replying to messages before. Could it be that she had discovered something?
He sighed and tossed his phone onto the table.
The two did not exchange a single word for the entire afternoon.
Just before she was about to leave work, Qin Ce messaged her again, saying that he had to work overtime and asked her to wait.
Qiao Xing simply replied with "Okay".
Qin Ce's temples throbbed again. This was definitely a problem! Something terrible had happened! After thinking for a while, Qin Ce issued an order.
When Han Yan received the order, he was completely dumbfounded. He sighed. Qiao Xing came to S&C to study, but he was the one who suffered. He touched his nose and wanted to ask Qin Ce what the order meant, but he thought better of it and decided not to go in and risk bad luck. He quietly closed the door he had opened and then went out to do what Qin Ce had asked him to do.
People in the office have nothing to do, so they all leave very early, almost right on time.
They were going to lock the door, so Qiao Xing had no choice but to come out and stand in the corridor to wait.
She noticed that some office doors were closed, while others were still lit, including two offices that remained lit until after seven o'clock.
Qiao Xing stood in the corridor for two hours, and her legs were getting numb, but Qin Ce still hadn't sent her a message.
She squatted down by the door again and waited for half an hour until the lights in the two offices went out and the people left work.
The phone she was holding finally rang. Qin Ce had messaged her, saying he was off work and asking where she was.
Qiao Xing remained silent for a while, and thinking about facing him in a moment, she didn't know what kind of expression to put on.
Qin Ce made a phone call.
Qiao Xing's fingers trembled. She looked at the note on the screen, took a deep breath, and then answered the phone.
"Hello."
"Where are you?"
Qiao Xing pursed her lips and gently exhaled, trying to make her voice sound normal.
"I'm on the 27th floor."
"Okay, come to the elevator."
After Qin Ce finished speaking, he hung up the phone. Qiao Xing, holding her phone, got up and walked over.
She had just reached the elevator entrance when Qin Ce came out of the elevator, and the two met face to face.
"What's wrong with you?" Qin Ce observed her complexion and naturally noticed that something was wrong with her.
Qiao Xing shook her head. "I'm fine, I'm just hungry."
Qin Ce hummed in agreement, pressed the elevator button, and the two of them went inside together, then pressed the underground parking button.
Qiao Xing glanced up at him and found that he was staring at her, so she immediately looked away.
Qin Ce stared at her, his gaze thoughtful.
"arrive."
After Qin Ce finished speaking, he took her hand and led her out of the elevator.
After coming out, Qiao Xing was stunned.
Before her stood rows of electric bikes... roughly counting, there were more than twenty, with some empty spaces, she didn't know if they had been driven away or what.
She gaped in surprise and turned to look at Qin Ce, "This, this is your company's car?"
"What's wrong?"
Qiao Xing's mind went blank for a moment; she was completely bewildered. "Do all the people in your company ride electric bikes to work?"
Qin Ce coughed lightly and said without changing his expression, "Our boss says electric bikes are environmentally friendly and encourages everyone to ride them."
"Electric vehicles...are environmentally friendly?"
"I don't know, that's what the boss said."
Qiao Xing still had many questions in her mind, so she asked again, "Do you know what your boss's name is?"
"Know."
"What's your name?"
Qin Ce glanced at her and uttered two words, "Call him Qin Yi."
Qiao Xing was completely stunned. She felt like there was a tangled mess of threads in her head, making her lose all sense of direction.
For some reason, Qiao Xing remembered the question he had asked her many times: what would happen if she found out he had lied to her.
Although Qin Ce's explanation had tilted her suspicions slightly, she still didn't dare to completely trust him.
"Qiao Xing, what's wrong?" Qin Ce saw her in a daze and waved his long, slender hand in front of her eyes.
Qiao Xing snapped out of her daze and said, "Oh...it's nothing. I was listening to them chat in the office. They were calling the company's boss, President Qin, and I thought..."
You think it's me?
Qiao Xing pursed her lips and remained silent.
"Is that so?" Qin Ce asked again.
Qiao Xing looked up and met his gaze, her eyes burning with intensity. "Is that you?"
"If it were me, what would you do?"
These words startled Qiao Xing. She was the one asking the question, but he turned the tables and asked her the same question, leaving her speechless for a moment.
Qin Ce suddenly found it somewhat amusing. "Qiao Xing, do you think the identity of the CEO is something to be ashamed of? What are you afraid of?"
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