Chapter 9: Haven't you made enough of a scene?
As soon as he stepped outside, he couldn't help but take out a cigarette from his pocket and light it, forcibly suppressing the anger that was about to erupt.
If this collaboration weren't so important to Xu Xing, he would have punched out the eyes that were staring at her long ago.
Besides being the CEO of Xuxing, Xu Si'an is also a shareholder of Xuxing, but not many people know this.
"Si'an, what are you doing here?"
A familiar and gentle female voice rang out, and the woman blocked Xu Si'an's path.
"I have dinner parties with clients."
"You came with my brother?"
The woman shook her head: "I came with my mom to have dinner with a friend. Do you want to go and say hello to her?"
"No, I'd be disappointed if I went."
As Xu Si'an walked past her, the woman called out to him, "Si'an, you haven't been home in a long time."
Qiao Xu had just reached the corner when she saw Xu Si'an talking to a woman. She shrank back and stood at the corner.
That woman?
The one who looked at wedding dresses with Xu Si'an in the mall four years ago?
"Is she his wife?"
Hearing their conversation, the flush on Qiao Xu's face from the alcohol faded considerably.
With fingers interlaced, the right thumb hooked the web of the left hand, leaving several nail marks on the fair skin.
"Will going home upset everyone?"
The woman walked around to stand in front of him: "Si'an, four years have passed. Mom was wrong, but..."
"Shen Zhiwei, who do you think you are? What gives you the right to tell me what to do?"
Xu Si'an strode past her, and Qiao Xu quickly leaned against the wall.
Did they have a fight?
She returned to the private room, dejected. Standing at the door and seeing the scene inside, she suddenly didn't want to go in.
Qiao Xu leaned against the wall by the door, subconsciously reaching for a cigarette in her pocket, only to remember that it was in her suit pocket.
She used to not smoke, but she doesn't know when it started, but every night she sees him smoking in her mind.
Later, I would smoke one whenever I missed him.
Later, when I got annoyed, I would smoke one more cigarette.
What are you doing standing here?
While she was lost in thought, Xu Si'an suddenly appeared, his handsome face looming large in front of her.
You could smell a faint tobacco scent on him.
It also has a very faint vanilla scent.
He switched cigarettes.
"It's a bit inconvenient to go in from inside."
Xu Si'an glanced at her and said, "I'll get your bag. You go pay the bill and wait for me outside." He took out his wallet from his suit jacket pocket and handed her a card.
Qiao Xu didn't take it.
"No need, Mr. Xu, the company can reimburse the expenses."
She walked toward the hotel cashier.
Xu Si'an used the excuse of having an urgent meeting to take Qiao Xu's bag and leave.
After paying the bill, Qiao Xu found a corner to sit and wait.
I saw a dozen or so women come out together.
She recognized the person in the middle.
Xu Si'an's mother.
The woman arm in arm with her was the one she had met four years ago—Xu Si'an's fiancée.
Qiao Xu looked down at her phone, trying to minimize her presence.
Fortunately, she was sitting in a blind spot, so she wouldn't have seen her if she wasn't paying attention.
When Xu Si'an came out carrying her bag, she bumped into her mother.
"Si An".
Xu Si'an paused, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke: "Mom."
Xu's mother looked displeased: "You still know I'm your mother? You've been back in China but haven't come home for years, haven't you made enough trouble yet?"
"Making a scene?"
"In your eyes, have I just been making a scene all these years?"
"That's true. You've always been autocratic. Controlling me isn't enough for you, you also want to control me."
Xu's mother trembled slightly with anger: "You bastard, am I your mother?"
"If you weren't my mother, do you think my actions would be as simple as just not coming home?"
Xu Si'an walked past the two people and headed out, but his mother saw the bag in his hand and said, "Stop."
"Which woman are you fooling around with this time?"
"Don't you need to greet Zhiwei when you see her? Xu Si'an, where is your manners?"
Xu Si'an didn't even turn his head: "It's none of your business."
He left the hotel, and Shen Zhiwei quickly comforted Xu's mother: "Mom, you know Si'an's temper, don't be angry with him."
Mother Xu patted Shen Zhiwei's hand: "Zhiwei, it's his loss if he doesn't like you. Anyway, you're going to be my Xu family's daughter-in-law."
Qiao Xu got up from the corner and walked out after they had all left.
She kept her head down, thinking about their conversation.
The hotel lobby was spacious and had an echo, but she wasn't intentionally trying to listen.
Xu Si'an has been arguing with his family for several years?
Why?
Was it because he was dissatisfied with the marriage partner his family had arranged for him?
But even though he wasn't satisfied, he still married her.
His mother clearly said that Miss Shen was their Xu family's daughter-in-law.
The phone rang, and Qiao Xu saw a familiar number on it.
I pressed the call button.
"Where?"
"I'm coming right away."
Inside the parking lot, Xu Si'an held her bag in one hand, with a gray cigarette between his fingers.
As expected, it wasn't Hyunhemen.
He once said that a man who smokes Xuanhemen cigarettes will only love one person in his life.
He also said that he would continue to smoke Hyunhemen cigarettes and would always only love her.
But Qiao Xu.
You chose not to accept him.
But.
He chose someone else.
Upon seeing her, Xu Si'an threw away his cigarette: "Where did you go? Didn't I tell you to wait for me in the lobby?"
Qiao Xu made up a random excuse: "I just took a phone call in the corner by the door."
Xu Si'an didn't think much of it; he was only thinking about leaving and hadn't noticed if anyone was in the corner.
"Okay, shall we get in?"
He leaned against the passenger door, while Qiao Xu stood still.
"You're not getting in the car? Do you want me to carry you?"
Qiao Xu: "......"
"Mr. Xu, you're blocking the car door."
Xu Si'an's expression turned slightly cold: "With such a large door for driving, Assistant Qiao's eyesight isn't very good at such a young age. This year, the company's physical examination will include an additional eye exam."
"Thank you, but no need."
Qiao Xu got into the car and saw that her bag was placed on the seat inside.
She picked it up and sat down, while Xu Si'an got into the car.
"drive."
As the car left the hotel and entered the highway, Xiao Song asked, "Mr. Xu, are we heading back to the company?"
"Take her home."
Xiao Song then asked Qiao Xu, "Sister Xu, where do you live?"
Xiao Song is 25 years old, and calling him Assistant Qiao feels a bit awkward.
Xu Si'an's expression darkened: "What did you call her?"
"ah?"
"Sister Xu."
"You two are very familiar with each other?"
Faced with his boss's questioning, Song Jia was at a loss. How had he offended President Xu again?
Qiao Xu didn't think there was anything wrong with the way she addressed her: "I live in the Rose Garden near the company, do you know how to get there?"
Xiao Song nodded: "I know."
Xu Si'an kept his eyes closed and didn't say a word the whole way.
He didn't want to open his eyes either, afraid that he would be unable to resist choking her.
Qiao Xu, on the other hand, kept trying to remember where she had lost her bracelet.
But the company is very large, and she runs around every day for work. If she didn't leave it in the office, it would be difficult to find it.
She sent a message to the head of the company's cleaning department.
The response was that no cleaner saw it.
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