Chapter 64 "Did you two kiss?"...
Aunt Chen, worried that the two would go hungry, packed a lot of food. Shen Mengqing and Yu Xin ate most of it, but they couldn't eat anymore. Feeling too full, Shen Mengqing suggested going for a walk, and they could also buy some things at the convenience store.
The two put on their coats and went out. Not long after they stepped outside, a hand appeared in Shen Mengqing's pocket.
"Your clothes don't have pockets?"
Shen Mengqing pinched Yu Xin's fingertips; they were indeed a little cold.
Yu Xin grunted, "Of course your hands are warmer than your clothes. Why are you being so stingy? Can't I even use your pockets?"
Shen Mengqing, intending to tease him, also pouted and said, "Then you can use my pocket, I won't."
She pulled her hand out, and was instantly chilled by the cold wind. Yu Xin quickly grabbed her hand and put it in his pocket.
There weren't many people at the convenience store; in this weather, most people would rather stay home and order takeout.
Shen Mengqing picked out some daily necessities. When she got to the refrigerated section, she saw a newly released dessert cake. After hesitating for a moment, she put it in her shopping basket.
When she got to the checkout counter, she put the basket on the counter, and Yu Xin took a box from the shelf next to her and threw it into the pile of household items.
After paying the bill, Shen Mengqing carried the cake to a seat by the glass window, patted the chair next to her, and gestured for Yu Xin to sit down as well.
As she unpacked the package, she pointed across the street and said, "Look, I can see your neighborhood from here."
The packaging lid was a bit difficult to open, and Shen Mengqing accidentally got cream on her fingers. Yu Xin unwrapped the paper she had just bought and gently took her hand to wipe it clean for her.
Shen Mengqing scooped up the soft cake and ate it in small bites, the sweetness spreading from the tip of her tongue to her entire mouth.
Just then, the convenience store's opening music played, and a couple walked in, bought some hot food like oden, and sat down at the table next to them.
Shen Mengqing suddenly remembered the time she and Yu Xin met at the convenience store. She put down her spoon and asked Yu Xin, "Do you remember the time we ate at the convenience store?"
"certainly."
Yu Xin stood with her legs wide open, leaning back in her chair, gazing at Shen Mengqing with her head turned to the side, her hand resting lazily on the back of her chair.
He raised an eyebrow and said with a hint of sarcasm, "Are you trying to say that you deliberately mixed up the documents that time?"
Shen Mengqing had just stuffed a bite of cake into her mouth, her cheeks bulging. Her almond-shaped eyes widened, and she raised her voice, her words slightly muffled, "How is that possible!"
Yu Xin poked her puffed-up cheek and said, "My information was in that document you mistakenly took back then. If you open it when you get back, you'll know who I am."
Before she could speak, Yu Xin reached out and grabbed her chin, silencing her.
"Don't say that."
Yu Xin noticed the cream on the corner of her mouth, wiped it away with his thumb, leaned forward and kissed it, as if sealing off the rest of her words.
Shen Mengqing couldn't eat anymore, so she started chatting with Yu Xin. She said, "Then you're taking me home. Can you honestly say you don't have any other intentions?"
At that time, Yu Xin genuinely believed that he had overheard others mentioning bad people with malicious intentions in the neighborhood, and that he offered to take Shen Mengqing home out of a desire to do a good deed and protect her.
But later, as he relived everything that happened after he met Shen Mengqing, he realized that every unusual action he took was a sign of his secret attraction and an unconscious rush toward her.
The moment of being moved is hard to capture concretely; it's like the wind bringing an inconspicuous seed from somewhere, which lands in the soil within him, drawing rain and dew unnoticed, and growing silently. By the time he discovers it, it has grown into a towering tree with lush foliage, its branches and roots penetrating deep into his bones and blood.
"I wouldn't dare," he said, a slight smirk playing on his lips.
After Shen Mengqing finished eating the cake, the two walked back.
He was carrying a bag in one hand, exposed to the wind, so Shen Mengqing held his other hand tightly, giving him warmth.
After arriving at Shen Mengqing's house, Yu Xin packed his things and prepared to go home. Chen Mo needed to give him a report on his work over the past few days, and Yu Xin also had some things to take care of, so he wouldn't stay any longer.
Before leaving, Yu Xin said to Shen Mengqing, "Call me when you wake up tomorrow morning, and I'll take you to work."
"good."
Shen Mengqing leaned against the door, kissed Yu Xin on the cheek, and watched him walk away.
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The next day, after being woken up by her alarm clock, Shen Mengqing took a moment to recover before calling Yu Xin. For the first time, she didn't linger in bed; after washing up and putting on some simple makeup, she went downstairs in just half an hour.
Yu Xin's car was parked at the entrance of the building. She spread the hand cream she had squeezed out before leaving the house, rubbed her hands together, and got into the car. She probably squeezed out too much hand cream, as there was still a lot left on the back of her hand. Shen Mengqing pressed her hand against Yu Xin's, haphazardly touched it, and rubbed it all on him.
This hand cream has a floral and woody scent that lasts a long time and is quite strong; the car was instantly filled with its fragrance.
There were many vehicles during the morning rush hour, and the roads were congested. Shen Mengqing and Yu Xin chatted casually. Having not been back to work for a few days, Shen Mengqing steered the conversation to work, asking Yu Xin about her recent work progress.
After chatting for a while, Yu Xin suddenly said, "I feel like if we lived together, I would really feel like I was working overtime."
Shen Mengqing has always been very career-oriented. His boyfriend status is almost being replaced by his boss status. Even though it's all him, for some reason, he's starting to feel a little jealous of himself.
"Then you'd better work hard. I prefer men who are successful in their careers."
Shen Mengqing said with a smile.
When they arrived at the company, Yu Xin had his own parking space, and there was no other car that could park nearby, so even if Shen Mengqing came to work in his car, she wasn't afraid of being seen.
Yu Xin was still holding her until they entered the elevator. Just as the elevator doors were about to open, Shen Mengqing slapped her hand away from behind.
Fortunately, there was no one in the elevator. After the two walked in, two tall and slender figures were visible through the door. Yu Xin turned to the side, raised her hand and tucked a strand of hair behind Shen Mengqing's ear, then slid her hand down to her face and lowered her head to cover it.
Shen Mengqing wanted to push him away, but he kissed her as if she were enveloped in a hazy mist. Bewitched, she could only reach out and press against his chest, unable to push him away.
She slowly moved her arm up and tightened her grip on the tie in front of Yu Xin's shirt collar.
After a while, the two separated, and Shen Mengqing realized that she hadn't pressed the elevator button for her floor.
Just as she was about to press the button, the elevator doors suddenly opened. Jiang Yu stood outside the door, looked up and saw the two people inside, and was immediately stunned.
Jiang Yu forgot to move, her gaze lingering on the two of them. Just as the door was about to close again, Shen Mengqing quickly pressed the open button and asked her, "Aren't you coming in?"
Jiang Yu then seemed to wake from a dream and stepped inside.
However, she quickly turned around and asked the two of them:
"Did you two kiss?"
Shen Mengqing: "..."
Yu Xin: "..."
Shen Mengqing gave a dry, awkward laugh: "What are you talking about?"
Having known Shen Mengqing for so many years, Jiang Yu noticed Shen Mengqing's reaction and knew in less than a second that she had guessed correctly.
This was the first time she felt she had such keen observation skills, almost comparable to Sherlock Holmes. As soon as the elevator doors opened, she noticed that the atmosphere between the two was strange, not the kind of strangeness that comes from incompatibility and treating each other as mortal enemies, but rather as if they were deliberately hiding something.
Then, she glanced up again and noticed that Yu Xin's tie was slightly crooked and wrinkled, and there was a red cut on the corner of his mouth. Looking at Shen Mengqing, her lipstick was a pale color and unevenly applied, and her face had an unusual flush. Even more noticeable was the fact that both of them had a fragrance.
However, the most fundamental reason is that she has known these two people for too long, and she is more sensitive to things that are not right.
Jiang Yu tugged at Shen Mengqing, making her stand next to her: "When did you two get together? You didn't even tell me?!"
Shen Mengqing swallowed hard. Now that things had come to this, there was no need for her to hide it any longer.
“Just a few days ago, when I was on a business trip,” she said.
Jiang Yu glared at Shen Mengqing a few times: "Let's have dinner in a few days, then you can tell me all about it in detail."
“Okay,” Shen Mengqing reassured her.
When the elevator reached the media department floor, Jiang Yu said goodbye to the two people. As soon as she got off the elevator, Liang Ruwei walked in.
Seeing Yu Xin inside, she said, "Perfect timing, I need to talk to you about something."
Shen Mengqing smiled and nodded at her, then took a few steps back.
Yu Xin hummed in response. Liang Ruwei turned her head to look at the two of them, and a few seconds later, she turned her head to look at them again.
"?"
Shen Mengqing blinked, about to speak, when Liang Ruwei asked, "You talked about it?"
Shen Mengqing was speechless, and turned to look at Yu Xin in surprise. Yu Xin shrugged, indicating that he hadn't said it.
Ignoring their expressions, Liang Ruwei said directly to Yu Xin, "It's been so long, and you're still not fast enough at chasing people. You're too slow."
Yu Xin shrugged and let her nag.
Upon reaching the top floor, Yu Xin sensed that Shen Mengqing had something to say, so he asked Liang Ruwei to wait for him in his office first. The two of them then stepped out of the elevator.
Shen Mengqing pulled Yu Xin aside and whispered, "Are we that obvious? How come you could tell everything?"
Yu Xin raised an eyebrow: "Maybe they're just too familiar with us."
"Yeah?"
As Shen Mengqing was filled with self-doubt, Fang Li spotted the two at the front desk and greeted them warmly, "President Yu, Secretary Shen, good morning."
Yu Xin strode into the office first, while Shen Mengqing followed slowly behind, glancing at Fang Li every now and then.
Fang Li was also staring at her intently. Shen Mengqing's alarm bells went off, and she tentatively asked, "Lili, why are you staring at me?"
"Huh?" Fang Li said in confusion, "Secretary Shen, didn't you keep looking at me? I thought you had something to say."
Shen Mengqing waved her hand: "It's nothing, it's nothing, you go to work."
She walked quickly to her workstation and let out a long sigh of relief.
It seems Yu Xin was right; Jiang Yu and Liang Ruwei discovered it simply because they knew each other too well.
Shen Mengqing had accumulated too much work during her business trip, and it took her almost half a day to get it mostly done.
Around 2 p.m., she was sitting in her office organizing documents when she suddenly received a call from Yu Xin.
There was no one else around, but she still lowered her voice a little: "Hey, what's up?"
The person on the other end of the phone chuckled: "You sound like you're acting guilty."
"You're being strange. Our offices are right next to each other, why did you make that call?" Shen Mengqing said reproachfully.
“I have a lot of phone bills.” Yu Xin changed the subject and got down to business. “I have something to tell you. Come to my office.”
After hanging up the phone, Shen Mengqing got up and went to the chairman's office. Yu Xin was sitting on the sofa in the reception area, with a stack of documents on the coffee table. She walked over, and Yu Xin gestured for her to sit down next to him, but Shen Mengqing ignored him and sat down in another corner of the sofa, some distance away from him.
Shen Mengqing asked, "What do you want from me?"
Yu Xin handed her the documents: "Take a look."
“During the time Lin Xiangyang was in contact with Wan Zhen, he was constantly obtaining internal information of Hongtu Capital through Wan Zhen and selling it to other institutions at high prices. The nature of this incident is sufficient to constitute a criminal case.”
Shen Mengqing had overheard Yu Xin and Chen Mo mentioning this matter before, and she had guessed a bit about it and was somewhat prepared, but she still didn't expect Lin Xiangyang to be so greedy. Not content with clinging to Wan Zhen, he had also blackened his heart and made such a large sum of money.
Yu Xin further explained, "I overheard some rumors about this at a few dinner parties. Some clients know too much about Hongtu Capital, so I kept an eye on things and asked Chen Mo to investigate. They actually managed to find Lin Xiangyang through some clues. I gave this evidence to Wan Zhen this morning. Whether or not to prosecute depends on what Hongtu decides."
He looked at Shen Mengqing, who remained silent, and after a moment of silence, said, "You don't think I'm being too heartless, do you?"
Shen Mengqing shook his head: "How could that be? He did this, so he deserves to be punished. I'm just feeling a bit emotional."
The person who was once praised by his classmates and was full of vigor has now become like this.
Yu Xin shifted her position and gently embraced Shen Mengqing: "Good and evil are just a thought away. He himself took the wrong path."
When Zhu Shaoming pushed open the door and came in, he immediately saw two figures leaning against each other.
Holy crap!!!
He exclaimed in shock, then immediately slammed the door shut.
“You, you…” He pointed at the two men angrily and walked over, saying, “What are you doing in the office in broad daylight, under the clear sky! I really need to come earlier; that damn alarm clock didn’t wake me up this early.”
Shen Mengqing sat back down, suppressing a laugh, and greeted him.
Zhu Shaoming, however, looked displeased. He sat down opposite the two and said in a serious tone, "Secretary Shen, does your boyfriend know about your relationship with Yu Xin?!"
Shen Mengqing pursed her lips: "I know."
Zhu Shaoming wanted to pinch his philtrum.
He owns a bar and has seen countless shocking stories, but this is the first time he's ever seen someone close to him do something like this.
"No, are you guys really that open about your relationship? What kind of open relationship did you learn from foreigners?" Zhu Shaoming frowned, no matter how hard he tried to convince himself, he just couldn't understand it.
As if things weren't chaotic enough, Yu Xin added fuel to the fire with a string of rambling words: "My girlfriend knows too."
Zhu Shaoming was so startled he almost jumped up: "When did you get a girlfriend? How come I didn't know!"
"Just recently."
Yu Xin said calmly and composedly.
Zhu Shaoming rolled his eyes, rubbing his throbbing temples, muttering to himself, "I can't control it anymore, I really can't control it anymore."
Yu Xin and Shen Mengqing could no longer hold back. After exchanging a glance, they burst into laughter.
Yu Xin grabbed Shen Mengqing's hand, intertwined their fingers, and waved it in front of Zhu Shaoming: "Are you stupid?"
"Me, stupid?" Zhu Shaoming leaned forward and forcefully pried their hands apart. "You people who are caught up in illicit love are the real fools!!"
"I'm just kidding."
Shen Mengqing tilted her chin toward Yu Xin and said, "He is my boyfriend."
Zhu Shaoming slumped back onto the sofa, stunned, and asked, "What do you mean?"
Yu Xin said coldly, "You mean it's just the two of us the whole time, no one else? You don't even understand that? Zhu Shaoming, don't make me doubt your intelligence."
Zhu Shaoming paused for a moment, then exclaimed in astonishment, "Then why did Li Qinghe say you wanted to be someone's mistress?"
“He misunderstood,” Shen Mengqing said. “Last time I said I wasn’t single and had a boyfriend, but he didn’t know it was Yu Xin.”
Zhu Shaoming then realized what had happened and slapped his forehead: "What kind of mess is this? I knew Yu Xin wouldn't stoop to being someone's mistress."
He was a real man, able to bend and stretch, so he pounded his chest and said, "Alright, I was being presumptuous. I'll treat you two to dinner tonight as an apology."
Yu Xin rolled her eyes: "Who wants to have dinner with you?"
"Fine, if you think I'm in your way now, I'll leave."
Zhu Shaoming pretended to be angry with him and stood up to leave, but Shen Mengqing nudged Yu Xin's shoulder and said, "Let's have dinner together. We have time tonight."
She knew Yu Xin's schedule perfectly; he would be very busy in the next few days, so she was indeed free today.
Zhu Shaoming plopped back down and said, "My sister-in-law is the best."
Yu Xin: "...Alright then."
Seeing that Zhu Shaoming's call touched his heart, he agreed.
...
It wasn't until 7 p.m., after Zhu Shaoming had played several games and his neck was stiff, that he finally waited for the two of them to get off work.
As he got into Yu Xin's car, he complained, "Do you two really have time to date? You're both so busy, how are you going to develop a relationship?"
Yu Xin retorted, "You don't work, but I haven't seen you dating."
Zhu Shaoming was momentarily speechless: "That's true."
Since Zhu Shaoming was treating, he let him decide everything. He found a restaurant nearby and booked a private room by phone.
He had been to this restaurant many times and knew the menu very well. As soon as he sat down in the private room, he called over the waiter and recited a number of dishes.
Shen Mengqing whispered to Yu Xin that she was going to the restroom to wash her hands, and Yu Xin stood up to accompany her.
Zhu Shaoming remarked sarcastically from behind, "Yu Xin, how come I never realized you were so clingy before?"
Yu Xin ignored him and followed Shen Mengqing out the door.
When Shen Mengqing arrived at the restroom, she pushed open the door and went in. Just then, Yu Xin received a phone call, so she went to another deserted corner to answer it.
Not long after, when Shen Mengqing came out again, he met another person who was walking over.
When Lin Xiangyang met her gaze, he paused, then quickened his pace to stand in front of her and said in a very humble manner, "Meng Qing, everything I did before was wrong. Could you ask Yu Xin to help me and ask him to speak to Wan Zhen on my behalf so that Wan Zhen won't sue me?"
As he spoke, he raised his hand as if to grasp Shen Mengqing's hand, but Shen Mengqing quickly took a few steps back to avoid it.
"Please, you're the only one who can help me. You can't bear to see me go to jail, right?" Lin Xiangyang cried, looking like he had no other choice.
Shen Mengqing said indifferently, "I can't help you. You have to take responsibility for your own actions."
Lin Xiangyang still wouldn't give up: "No, no, no, we've been together for so many years, you must have feelings for me. I beg you, please help me. Think about my parents, they're so old, they can't take this kind of thing. Think about them, think about our past."
"Lin Xiangyang!" Shen Mengqing shouted, "You made things this way yourself. When you went astray, you should have realized that this day would come. No one can help you now."
Lin Xiangyang was startled by her shout. His chest heaved rapidly, and his expression changed repeatedly, eventually turning fierce.
"Fine, if you won't help me, then neither of us should live!"
He approached Shen Mengqing and shoved her hard. Behind Shen Mengqing were marble steps; he aimed for the spot where her head would hit the ground.
With a forceful shove from Lin Xiangyang, Shen Mengqing fell backward, her shoes scraping sharply on the smooth, damp floor, the ceiling flashing past her eyes.
Suddenly, Yu Xin, who had arrived just in time, bent down and caught her.
He was furious and shouted angrily without restraint, "Lin Xiangyang, are you out of your mind?!"
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A note from the author:
Someone, take Lin Xiangyang away!
The two people who attempted to have an office romance actually couldn't hide it from several people around them at all.
I estimate the main story will be finished in a few days. Thank you so much to all the readers who have been following along! Love you all! [kiss][kiss][rose][rose]
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