Chapter 161 "I'm not hiring employees."
Mu Jia and Xie Siyan were in the bathroom, stalling for time in tacit understanding. They both breathed lightly, and neither of them said they wanted to go out first.
Until the minute hand of the watch slowly climbs through ten grids.
Xie Siyan raised his eyebrows and raised his chin towards the door in a gesture.
The moment he pushed the door open, Mu Jia still held onto a lucky mentality—
After such a long time, there should be no one in the corridor, right?
As a result, when she looked up, she met the cleaning lady's bright eyes.
The aunt held the mop in her hand, her back straight, like a diligent and responsible door god. Although she was not guarding outside the bathroom, she was standing not far away.
Seeing them coming out one after another, his eyes immediately scanned back and forth between the two of them - the man was wearing a well-ironed suit, with a dignified look; the woman lowered her head, with red ears, and the China Construction work badge on her chest was still hanging brightly.
The air froze for a moment.
Xie Siyan raised his hand and rubbed his solar plexus. Suddenly, he felt that there was no need to be so obsessed with mysophobia and ask for cleaning at any time during working hours.
The aunt's eyes were meaningful, and there was even a hint of understanding from someone who had experienced this.
Mu Jia could even read the subtext from her smile: Are today's young people so impatient for work?
Are the unspoken rules of the workplace even being used in the bathroom?
Mu Jia frowned and hid behind Xie Siyan, wanting to pull his ID card off and stuff it into his bag. But if he did that now, it would only make the situation worse.
She turned her head and looked at Xie Siyan with gritted teeth——
He calmly adjusted his collar, then walked towards the largest office. When he passed by the cleaning lady, he even nodded politely to her.
It was as if they were just "talking about work" inside...
I gritted my teeth and cursed him eight hundred times in my heart.
…
Passing by the office, Mu Jia originally intended to go straight downstairs. The business had been discussed and she should have gone downstairs long ago.
Unexpectedly, Xie Siyan walked in front of her, grabbed her wrist in front of the cleaning lady, pushed the solid wooden office door, and pushed her in.
"Xie Siyan, you——"
Mu Jia was caught off guard and was pushed in by him.
She stumbled half a step, her high heels making a crisp sound on the floor. She turned around in embarrassment, her mind full of the cleaning lady's meaningful look.
...It's completely hard to explain now.
I wonder if the cleaning ladies at the China Construction Building have an internal gossip group?
Will it spread from one to ten...
The more she thought about it, the more suffocated she felt, and she wished she could cut off all ties with him immediately.
Xie Siyan clearly didn't care about it.
He pulled her over, pinched her chin with his slender fingers, lowered his eyes, forced her to look up and meet his gaze, and said in a deep voice, "Have I made my point clear?"
His voice was deep and unquestionable.
After asking, he did not forget to use his warm fingertips to rub her cheeks and jaw twice with moderate force.
Mu Jia opened his mouth.
Before he could organize his words, he had already let go of her hand and gently pulled her out the door.
"Think about it as soon as possible."
The words fell.
The office door clicked and slowly closed behind her.
Clean and decisive.
Mu Jia and the aunt who had just finished scanning the bathroom were left looking at each other in bewilderment.
“…” Mu Jia turned and walked towards the elevator.
This day queen.
Mu Jia suspected that Xie Siyan had successfully found her weakness through the precise experimental process of "reasonable speculation - repeated verification".
Every time he went on a date with Chi Wu, he would always have her around as the third party.
In the past, Mu Jia had no chance to see how Xie Siyan interacted with other women, especially when he was pursuing people so blatantly.
She overestimated her own psychological endurance.
Every time, he made her feel sour inside. Even though she knew that he might have done it on purpose, she still couldn't help feeling sad.
After a few days, Mu Jia couldn't bear it anymore. Finally, after another "three-way date", he clenched the documents in his hand and whispered:
"Xie Siyan, I would like to apply to be transferred back to the North American headquarters."
Upon hearing this, Xie Siyan turned around, the expensive suit fabric brushing against her arm. He nodded, motioning her to continue.
Mu Jia took a deep breath. "Headquarters will send someone over. Their work ability is no less than mine," Mu Jia said, pinching himself. "It won't delay the project progress..."
Xie Siyan suddenly turned his office chair around and looked at her straight in the eye. "Do you think I need a project director?"
"Don't you understand why I asked you to return home?" His voice was filled with mockery. Xie Siyan suddenly raised his thumb, rubbed her lips, and gently said, "Don't wear this color of lipstick in the future."
Mu Jia closed his eyes, and his heart suddenly felt like it was being tightly grasped by an invisible hand.
At Xie Ling's wedding banquet, at the beginning of their relationship, he mocked her for her plain appearance...
He probably resented himself.
I hated myself for accepting Cheng Yu's offer and leaving without saying goodbye, making him lose face...
So I'm taking revenge on myself.
Mu Jia hurriedly left the office with the documents.
...A few days passed.
After get off work, Xie Siyan took her to social events again.
The leader of Party A had spoken, and no matter what personal feelings he had before, Mu Jia couldn't refuse and could only accept his fate and follow.
Inside the top-tier private room, the city's lights shimmered outside the floor-to-ceiling windows. Soft neon lights filtered through the glass, illuminating the private space separated by a mahogany screen.
The box door was suddenly pushed open.
Mu Jia followed Xie Siyan in and suddenly found that there was a familiar face among the people present -
She actually met the senior executives of Bank of China International here again.
Meeting old friends.
Mu Jia greeted his former leader very shyly.
The other person looked between the two of them meaningfully, then looked away after a moment. "After two years, Miss Mu really has a bright future."
"Mr. Xu, you're too kind." Mu Jia forced a smile and caught a glimpse of Xie Siyan casually turning his wine glass, his eyes unclear behind his gold-rimmed glasses.
Before the banquet started, there was a knock on the door. Xie Siyan raised his hand and explained, "There is another friend."
Mu Jia watched as Chi Wu appeared at the door and pushed it open and came in.
"I'm sorry I'm late. I'll drink three glasses of wine as punishment."
The group executive fixed his gaze on Chi Wu and waved his hand in a relaxed manner, "It's just a private dinner, no need for those empty formalities."
Chi Wu did not insist and quickly walked to Xie Siyan and sat down.
She is very graceful and elegant, which is different from the ones she usually sees in the entertainment industry.
There were rumors flying around about the two of them, and even the most ignorant and elderly people would have heard a few things.
During the banquet, Xie Siyan and Chi Wu's relationship, as expected, became the focus of ridicule -
Xie Siyan was brave enough to admit his actions and directly admitted that he was still pursuing her.
Amidst the teasing gazes of the crowd, Chi Wu smiled shyly.
"Si Yan, tell me, what are your criteria for choosing a sweetheart?" A banker who was on good terms with the Xie family laughed and cheered, the cigar in his hand emitting wisps of green smoke in the air.
"Look at the face." Xie Siyan's expression remained unchanged and he was straightforward.
Chi Wu probably didn't expect him to be so direct. She was startled for a moment, then bit her lip and smiled as she looked over, a little coquettishly, and scolded in a delicate voice -
"Apart from the face, is there really nothing else?"
"Ms. Chi's new drama is the ratings champion." A vice president of an investment bank interrupted at the right time, raised his glass to greet her, and meant to remind her.
Xie Siyan's eyebrows did not move. "Good figure."
Chi Wu stared, and everyone present burst into laughter again.
Amidst the laughter, Chi Wu's gaze fell on Xie Siyan. He had thought he would come up with some other, at least tangible, reason, but unexpectedly...
Chi Wu suddenly felt that he was a little cute.
Facing the mocking gazes, Xie Siyan curled his lips indifferently, "If you don't look at these, do you look at work ability?"
“…”
“I’m not hiring.”
Mu Jia couldn't bear to listen any longer. He lowered his head, tightly gripped the wine glass, and stood up suddenly. "Sorry, I need to go to the bathroom."
After saying that, without waiting for others to react, he stood up and walked towards the corridor.
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