Chapter 55 Xiao's Birthday
I was stunned for a moment. I seemed to have heard this name somewhere, but I couldn't remember where.
"Hello, my name is Yu Xiaowan." I smiled at him.
Wang Chuan asked me where I was going and offered to give me a ride.
"It's rush hour now. If you take the bus, you might be late."
"Okay, Minghua Company." I opened the car door and got in.
Wang Chuan turned around and smiled at me, saying that he was going to Minghua.
I asked Wang Chuan what he was doing at Minghua, and he said he was going to see our General Manager Xiao.
"Do you know Mr. Xiao?"
Wang Chuan nodded and said that they had known each other for eight or nine years.
Wang Chuan and I entered the office together. When Xiao Shi saw Wang Chuan, he was stunned.
"When will you return home?"
Wang Chuan said he had just returned not long ago.
I went to the tea room and made two cups of tea. After knocking on the door, I placed the tea in front of him and walked out.
While I was standing idly in the tea room, Yang Ru came over and asked me who the person who came up with me was.
"I'm not very familiar with him either. I came to see Mr. Xiao. I'm familiar with Mr. Xiao."
"Are you familiar with Mr. Xiao? Then why have I never seen him before?" Yang Ru asked me in surprise.
I said I didn't know and asked her why she was so free lately.
"The new product we just released is selling well. President Xiao asked our R&D department to take a few days off and start developing new products again next month."
I looked at Yang Ru carefully, and suddenly thought of Yan Yun, so I asked her if she had a boyfriend. Yang Ru said yes, they had been dating for several years, and they were planning to get married at the end of the year.
"Ah? I thought you didn't have a boyfriend and wanted to introduce you to my friend. Why have I never heard you mention him or seen him?" I asked in confusion.
Yang Ru sighed and said that she had been working overtime every day to develop new products and neglected her boyfriend, so her boyfriend no longer came to the company to pick her up.
"You don't know, I've been so busy these past three years that I haven't been able to live the kind of life I had with my boyfriend." Yang Ru gestured with her hand, an expression that said, "I understand."
I smiled awkwardly and said that since that was the case, I had to make it up to my boyfriend.
"Here's my plan. I came to see Mr. Xiao and wanted to take advantage of my free time these few days to use my annual leave and spend some time with my boyfriend."
"Too."
After a while, Wang Chuan came out, saw me, walked towards me, and looked at me carefully.
"Ruohe's wife?"
I asked for a while and nodded reluctantly. I didn't like others associating me with that guy.
"What's wrong?" I looked at Wang Chuan who was laughing miserably.
Wang Chuan shook his head and said it was okay.
"I'm leaving first."
After Wang Chuan left, Yang Ru went in and handed in a leave note, which Xiao Shi signed readily.
"Thank you, Mr. Xiao." Yang Ru happily left the office.
At noon, I was taking a nap on the table when something suddenly fell on me. I looked up and saw that it was Xiao Shi. Xiao Shi looked at me with some distress.
"Didn't I tell you last time? I told you to go to the lounge for lunch break."
I felt a little embarrassed and said that was his resting place, how could I have the nerve to go there? If I took up the place, he would have no place to stay soon.
"For a busy person like you who gets up early and goes to bed late, you must have a good rest at noon. As for me, I just take a nap on the table at noon. I can continue to sleep when I get home at night." I looked up at him.
Xiao Shi looked at me without saying anything, and stopped insisting. He said he had something to do outside and asked me to have a good rest.
After Xiao Shi left, I lay down on the table again. Xiao Shi's suit exuded a faint vanilla scent. It was very comfortable, and I fell asleep soon.
At two o'clock, several decoration workers came into the office. I was puzzled. They told me that Xiao Shi had invited them to decorate the lounge.
Several workers started to get busy in the lounge. Two hours later, they divided the previous lounge into two rooms, and someone delivered new sofas and pillows.
“This, this is…”
"Ms. Yu, Mr. Xiao asked you to sign so that we can go to the Finance Department to settle the wages." After the worker hung up the phone, he walked to my side.
I signed in a hurry, and after they left, I took out my phone and called Xiao Shi. The phone rang at the office door. I turned around and saw Xiao Shi standing there with two pots of spider plants, smiling at me, sweat still on his face.
I was stunned as I watched Xiao Shi walk in, put the spider plant in the newly separated lounge, turned around and looked at me, saying that this spider plant could remove formaldehyde.
"So, starting tomorrow, you can have a good rest at noon without having to worry about anything."
Looking at Xiao Shi's warm and gentle face, I was distracted for a moment. When I came back to my senses, I hurriedly said thank you to him.
"What are you thanking me for? If I'm not nice to you, who else can I be nice to?" Xiao Shi reached out and hooked my nose, then went to wash his hands.
Looking at Xiao Shi's slender back, my heart was a little beating.
After Xiao Shi washed his hands, he walked up to me and asked me why my face was so red.
Only then did I react and quickly said that I would go and get busy first. Xiao Shi smiled without saying anything, returned to his seat and got busy again.
When I was about to get off work, Xiaoyu called me and asked if I was at work. I nodded and said yes.
"Xiao Wan, I heard from Han Ming that today is Mr. Xiao's birthday. We are planning to give him a surprise and celebrate his birthday at the bar."
"Ah, today is..."
"Speak softly, don't let Mr. Xiao hear you." Xiaoyu interrupted me.
I nodded hurriedly.
"I have an important mission for you now. Lure Mr. Xiao to the bar. Be careful not to let him get suspicious. Surprise? Of course, I can only give it to him when he shows up."
"Okay then." Afraid that Xiao Shi would hear it, I could only give a simple answer.
"Then I'll leave it to you. Han Ming, the other bar staff and I have already started preparing."
After hanging up the phone, I looked up at Xiao Shi. I didn’t expect that today was his birthday, but I had to give him a surprise. Someone like him who is busy every day must not have had a good birthday for himself.
I supported my chin with one hand and stared at Xiao Shi like a crazy fan. I liked his gentle face, but of course it was just pure liking.
"It's much better looking than Jiang Ruohe's cold, icy face." I muttered softly.
"What are you talking about?" Xiao Shi's voice appeared in my ear. I was startled and didn't know when he left his seat. I hurriedly said it was nothing.
"Then why don't you work hard?" There was no blaming tone, which made people feel very comfortable.
I nodded, and when I saw Xiao Shi was about to go out, I hurriedly called him.
"Mr. Xiao, are you free tonight?"
Xiao Shi stopped and looked at me and asked me what was wrong?
"Answer me first, are you free tonight?"
Xiao Shi smiled.
"Then tell me what's the matter first. If it's your business, I can put off other things later." Xiao Shi's voice was magical, making me blush again.
"Well, you've helped me a lot, so I want to invite you to the bar."
"Bar?" Xiao Shi repeated.
"What are you doing at the bar?"
"drink wine."
Xiao Shi asked me if I could drink, and I patted my chest and said, "Of course."
"Okay. I'll be out for ten minutes. When I get off work, we'll go to the bar together."
After Xiao Shi left, I hurriedly called Xiao Yu and told her that Xiao Shi had promised me that he would go to the bar with me after get off work.
"Wow, Xiaowan, how did you do that?"
I said I wanted to ask Xiao Shi out for a drink. Xiaoyu chuckled and asked me on the other end of the phone if I could drink.
“I haven’t tried this yet.”
There seemed to be no other reason at the time.
After a while, Xiao Shi came back and they went to the bar together. When they entered the bar, Xiao Yu came over and whispered to me to take Xiao Shi to the private room they had prepared.
"I'll prepare some wine for you." Xiaoyu left with a smile.
I walked towards Xiao Shi who was not far away. At this moment, Han Ming was reporting the bar's performance to him. When Han Ming saw me coming, he waited for the report to be finished and then said he was busy.
I looked at Xiao Shi and said that the room had been booked and Xiaoyu would go with me to get the wine. There was a smile in Xiao Shi's eyes.
"Are you really drinking?"
"Of course."
"Okay, let's go."
I brought Xiao Shi into the room, and we sat on the sofa, waiting for them to give us a surprise.
Suddenly, the lights in the room went out. Although I expected their surprise to come, I was not used to being in the dark with Xiao Shi.
After waiting for two or three minutes, they didn't come in. I was really depressed and muttered to myself what they wanted to do.
"Boss Xiao, I'll go see what's going on." I stood up, but the room was too dark and I tripped over the coffee table. Just when I thought I was about to fall, Xiao Shi, who was sitting on the sofa with me, reached out and pulled me. I lost my balance and fell into his lap.
A hand tightly embraced my waist, and Xiao Shi's hazy voice came to my ear.
"Are you okay?"
I turned around and was about to say it was okay, but my lips touched Xiao Shi's nose, and Xiao Shi's whole body tensed up instantly.
I hurriedly lowered my head and said sorry, and at that moment, the door opened.
Han Ming walked in pushing a cake followed by a bar staff. Everyone saw my embarrassing look through the candles on the cake and were stunned.
"Han Ming, this is not the right time for us to come in." Xiaoyu looked at Han Ming with a bitter face.
I stood up hurriedly and explained awkwardly that it was too dark just now and I almost fell down when I was about to call them.
Xiao Shi also stood up. Seeing that they were silent, the situation became a little awkward. It was Han Ming who said "Happy Birthday, Mr. Xiao" first.
"Thank you for your careful preparations. I'm very touched. The bar will close early today. I'll treat you all to dinner later." Xiao Shi looked at everyone and said.
Han Ming immediately called to book a restaurant, packed up the cake, and prepared to move on. Before leaving, someone said Xiao Shi was a good singer and wanted to hear him sing.
Xiao Shi looked down at me standing next to him and asked me if I wanted to listen.
The other employees asked me to answer quickly, and I just hummed.
Xiao Shi came on stage and apologized to the many customers who came into the store. He said that he had to close the store early today due to something. All the drinks for the customers present tonight will be borne by the bar.
"Now, let's invite our Mr. Xiao to sing a song to express our bar's deep apologies to our customers."
The customers applauded, and Xiao Shi changed into a white casual short-sleeved shirt, ripped jeans, and white sneakers, and stood on the stage again with his guitar on his back.
He looked up and smiled at me, then looked at Han Ming, who shouted, "Get ready."
A familiar song suddenly rang out, it was Wu Bai's Norwegian Wood.
"Let me take your heart off and try to melt it slowly to see if I am still perfect in your heart..."
I stood in the audience and stared at Xiao Shi quietly, and for some reason I thought of Chen Xi.
I still remember the first time I met Chen Xi. At that time, he formed a band at school. When he had no classes, he would go to the activity room to sing with his teammates. The first time I saw Chen Xi, I fell in love with his handsome and wild beauty, and he also loved this song.
Thinking of him, my eyes became red unconsciously. I didn’t even know when Xiao Shi finished singing. When I came to my senses, I saw Xiao Shi standing in front of me. He asked me what was wrong with some concern.
I hurriedly shook my head and looked up at Xiao Shi.
"I just think Mr. Xiao sings really well."
"Xiao Wan, can you call me by my name? We are so familiar with each other, but you still call me so unfamiliarly..." Xiao Shi raised his eyebrows and looked at me.
"Okay, okay, I'll pay attention next time."
"Let's go, they are already waiting at the door." Xiao Shi took my hand and walked towards the door. Only then did I realize that at some point, the employees who wanted to listen to Xiao Shi singing had already gathered at the door.
"No one even called me." I looked depressed.
When I was almost at the door, I noticed that Xiao Shi was still holding my hand, and I quickly pulled it back.
"Well, others will misunderstand." I explained to Xiao Shi in a low voice.
Xiao Shi turned to look at me and said it was okay.
Xiaoyu and I got into Xiao Shi's car, and the other employees got into Han Ming's business car. Twenty minutes later, we arrived at the restaurant.
When Xiaoyu and I walked into the restaurant arm in arm, I heard someone calling me. I looked up and saw it was Tian Rong.
At this moment, Tian Rong was wearing a professional suit and walking towards me with exquisite appearance.
"Sister." I called her and asked her why she was here.
"I had dinner with a client and was about to go back. How about you?" she asked.
I told Tian Rong that our general manager was having a birthday and he treated us employees to a meal.
"Your President Xiao is so nice. I won't disturb you anymore. I'm leaving first. By the way, Xiaowan, don't worry. I will notify you when my mother comes back." A trace of apology flashed across Tian Rong's eyes.
I nodded and she left. Soon Xiao Shi and Han Ming parked the car and came in. The waiter took the ten of us into a more luxurious private room.
After the dishes and wine were served, Xiao Shi picked up the chopsticks and said to us, "Let's eat."
Han Ming and Xiao Yu were the first to toast Xiao Shi. After Han Ming finished drinking, he turned to look at me.
"Xiao Wan, didn't you say you'd treat Xiao Shi to a drink? Come on and show your appreciation."
As soon as Han Ming finished speaking, a kind colleague handed me a glass of wine. I stood up, took the full glass of wine, and looked at Xiao Shi.
"Happy birthday to you."
I drank a glass of wine straight away. I felt a little dizzy and sat down unsteadily, muttering, "This wine is quite strong." Xiao Shi looked at me with a bit of amusement.
Han Ming wanted to pour me some wine, but was stopped by Xiao Shi. Xiao Shi looked at Han Ming sternly, and Han Ming immediately sat down and asked others to toast Xiao Shi.
I have to say, Xiao Shi can drink a lot. He drank all the wine offered by everyone and still sat there calmly, while I was already a little confused.
I stood up and apologized to them, saying that I needed to wash my face to get over the hangover. Xiao Shi looked at me with some concern and suggested that Xiao Yu accompany me.
"No, I can do it." I got up and left the private room and went to the bathroom.
As soon as he entered the bathroom, he started vomiting violently. Normally, he could drink two glasses of beer, but just now in front of Xiao Shi, I don’t know if he was too nervous or what, he drank it all in one gulp, making him feel suffocated and anxious.
After vomiting, she felt much more awake. She washed her face, left the bathroom, and returned to the corridor, but she couldn't remember which room they were in.
"Probably, these are the two rooms." I reached out and turned open the door in front of me. When I went in, I found Huang Minwei was standing in front of the dining table with her arms around Jiang Ruohe's neck, intending to kiss him.
The dishes that the waiter had just brought were still on the table, but it looked like they hadn't been eaten yet.
Jiang Ruohe saw me at the door and hurriedly pushed Huang Minwei away. When Huang Minwei saw that it was me, a trace of resentment flashed in her eyes.
"Sorry, I went to the wrong room." I hurried out of the room and closed the door.
I don’t know what happened, but I felt a little anxious. When I turned around to leave, I saw Xiao Shi who came out to look for me. At this moment, Xiao Shi had a little drunken look on his face.
"I knew you wouldn't be able to find the room number." Xiao Shi walked towards me. Seeing that he was a little unstable, I hurried forward and stretched out my hand to protect Xiao Shi.
Just then, the door of the private room behind me opened. I caught a glimpse of Jiang Ruohe standing at the door of the room, looking at me.
"Ruohe." Huang Minwei came out behind him, feeling very aggrieved.
"It's okay, let's go in." The door of the private room behind them was closed.
Hiding the complexity in my eyes, I looked up at Xiao Shi.
I helped Xiao Shi into the private room next door.
After Xiao Shi came into the room, he said he couldn't drink anymore. After eating a few mouthfuls of food, he lay down on the sofa and took a nap. Suddenly, I lost my mood to eat, so I stood up and asked them to eat more while I went to take care of Xiao Shi.
I sat next to Xiao Shi, watching my colleagues eating and chatting, but what was in my mind was the scene of Huang Minwei and Jiang Ruohe together.
There was a hint of annoyance in his eyes, and he didn't know why he felt uncomfortable, but he just felt anxious and restless.
An hour after the dinner, Xiaoyu and Han Ming were still playing rock-paper-scissors, and the others were not very drunk either. I have to say that they had a really good alcohol tolerance. I looked down at Xiao Shi, thinking that it was already September, and if I just slept on the sofa like this, I might catch a cold.
I went out to ask the waiter to get a blanket. On the way back, I saw Jiang Ruohe opening the door and coming out. We both stopped and looked at each other.
"Ruohe, please go and get me a towel. My skirt is wet. There is so much water..." Huang Minwei's gentle voice came from the private room.
I was stunned for a moment and looked at Jiang Ruohe. I happened to see the lip print left by Huang Minwei on Jiang Ruohe's neck, and I felt very angry.
These two shameless people are actually being affectionate here. How shameless of them!
I looked at Jiang Ruohe with disgust, said "how disgusting", and walked over. When I passed by him, he grabbed my hand.
"I didn't do anything with her."
I shook his hand off and glared at him.
"It's none of my business."
Jiang Ruohe looked at me.
"Didn't you just... Forget it, go take care of your Xiao Shi." Jiang Ruohe said and left.
I snorted and prepared to go into the private room. But before I opened the door, I took a look at the private room next door. Huang Minwei was standing at the table, wiping with a tissue...
I stared at Jiang Ruohe's back as he left, and I wanted to run over to question him. Even after all this, he still told me that he had done nothing. No one would believe them.
I walked into the room angrily. Han Ming and Xiaoyu were still drinking. I leaned against the door, breathing heavily, reminding myself to stay calm, but I couldn't calm down.
Xiao Shi, who was lying on the sofa, suddenly sneezed. I hurried over and covered him with a blanket.
Seeing Xiao Shi’s sleeping face, my heart suddenly calmed down.
Just as I was about to get up, Xiao Shi suddenly grabbed my wrist.
"Mom." Xiao Shi clenched my hand in pain.
"Mom, please don't go." Xiao Shi's painful face turned into a plea.
Xiao Shi rested his head on my legs and held my wrist tightly.
"Mom, I beg you."
It has been a month and a half since I met Xiao Shi. I have never seen Xiao Shi so fragile. Seeing him like this, there is more heartache in his eyes.
I could understand his feelings. He must have been dreaming about his mother. I stretched out my other hand, gently stroked his frown, and said softly, I won't leave.
Xiao Shi's tense face relaxed, he held my wrist and fell asleep peacefully.
Half an hour later, Han Ming finally knocked Xiaoyu down, and ran to my side staggeringly, saying that Xiaoyu was really amazing, and he didn't expect her to be able to drink so much.
"Look at you guys, you're all drunk. How are you going to go back?" I looked at Han Ming.
Han Ming burped and said that a male colleague had only had one drink, so he sent them home. All the colleagues in the bar lived in the same community, and the house was rented by Xiao Shi, so he asked me not to worry about them.
"What about Xiao Shi?" I asked.
Han understood me at a glance and said, "Of course I'll take you there." After that, Han Ming threw Xiao Shi's car keys to me and told me an address.
"Mr. Xiao doesn't live in the same residential complex as us. After you send him back, drive Xiao Shi's car back to the Jiang family."
I looked at Han Ming and asked, "Can I not send you off?" Han Ming shook his head and said no.
"Do you want him to sleep here and catch a cold?"
I glanced at Xiao Shi and said I didn't want to.
A male colleague who didn't drink much helped Xiao Shi into the car and told me to be careful on the road.
When I was driving to Xiao Shi's house, I felt uneasy for some reason. I glanced at the rearview mirror and found a familiar car following me. I slowed down in frustration, thinking of finding a time to ask the person why he was with me. But at the next intersection, the car behind me turned right and disappeared from my sight.
Remembering that the road led to Huang Minwei's house, he began to feel uncomfortable again.
"Xiao Wan." Xiao Shi woke up at some point.
"The car is going too fast." Xiao Shi said a little uncomfortably.
Only then did I come to my senses and found that I was speeding seriously. I quickly slowed down and stopped the car on the side of the road.
I opened the car door and helped Xiao Shi out. Xiao Shi stood on the side of the road for a while, breathed a few breaths of fresh air, and asked me to hand him a bottle of water.
After drinking the water, Xiao Shi said he felt better.
"You were racing, I almost vomited."
I quickly apologized and said I didn't mean it.
Xiao Shi looked at me, chuckled, and reached out to hook my nose.
"You look so cute like this."
I looked up at him and asked, "Really?" Xiao Shi looked at me without saying anything.
The two stood on the street, looking at each other, an unknown emotion spreading in the air.
Suddenly, the aroma of wine hit me, and Xiao Shi's sexy thin lips came towards me...
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