The next day, Chen Xu and Luo Xiyun went to participate in Fangdong Group's business event. Such activities were actually quite boring for both of them.

Chen Xu saw that she was not in a good mood. Although she put on makeup and concealed it well, he could still tell at a glance.

After lunch, he said to her, "I'm a little tired and want to go back to the hotel to rest."

Luo Xiyun was holding his hand over his mouth to suppress a yawn. Hearing his words, he nodded and said, "Then let's go back first."

The two of them just slipped away. On the way back to the hotel, Luo Xiyun finally asked the question he wanted to ask, "Did you not sleep well last night?"

"Maybe it's because I drank a little and was blown by the wind. I feel a little uncomfortable."

"Let me see." She reached out and touched his forehead. After several seconds, she breathed a sigh of relief. "Fortunately, you don't have a fever."

Chen Xu smiled and said, "It's okay. Just go back and make a pack of cold medicine and drink it. I'm in good health."

"I know you often run to and from get off work." Luo Xiyun took his hand back and touched a hand warmer. "Why don't you buy a car?"

“There’s no place to park after buying it.”

Chen Xu shook his head. In big cities, if there is no parking space, parking is a hassle every day. After get off work, the place where he rented before was full of cars as long as the traffic police didn't care. Now that he has moved, the situation is better, and there are many parking spaces in the community.

However, he had no plans to buy it for the time being. If he bought it cheaply, it would be outdated soon, and if he bought it expensively, it would take up too much money. He might as well wait until later to buy it all at once.

Luo Xiyun said, "Originally, according to convention, the company will provide you with a car after the New Year."

"Um."

There was another silence. Fortunately, we arrived at the hotel.

When they reached the door, Chen Xu said to her, "You should have a good rest too."

"See you tonight, then."

After Chen Xu waited for her to enter the house, he also went into his room, took out his laptop, sat in front of the window, and worked in the sun.

Suddenly, his cell phone rang. He took it out and saw it was an unfamiliar number. He picked it up and said, "Hello."

"It's me."

Yang Jinxia's voice came from the other end of the phone. He looked at the number again and asked curiously, "Why are you using a Beijing number?"

"you guess."

He immediately responded, "You are in the capital?"

"Something happened in the capital, so I came here."

He said, “What a coincidence.”

"From what you said, you are also in the capital?"

"I'm here on a business trip." Chen Xu didn't believe in coincidences, but since she wanted to act, he would accompany her.

She used to like playing this kind of game, and thinking back on it now, it’s quite heartwarming.

"Where are you?"

"In the hotel."

"I've finished my work here and I'm a bit bored, so I'll come find you."

"I'd better go find you." Chen Xu didn't want her to run into Luo Xiyun anytime soon. Of course, this kind of thing should be kept secret for as long as possible.

Chen Xu hung up the phone, put on his clothes, and went out.

…………

It’s a rare sunny day today, and the sunshine brings a touch of warmth to the city.

Chen Xu left the hotel, and the wind blowing in his face was very dry, making his skin feel tight, as if it was going to take away all the moisture. This was a completely different winter from that in G City.

He took a taxi and arrived at his destination, a building, about ten minutes later. He took the elevator, which went directly to the restaurant on the top floor.

As soon as the elevator door opened, the waiter came up and asked him if he was Mr. Chen. After getting a positive answer, he led him in.

This was a high-end-looking restaurant. The waiter led him to a table by the window where Yang Jinxia was sitting, looking at the world outside the transparent glass.

Next to the dining table, there was a piano. A woman in a dress was sitting there, playing a song that he was very familiar with.

"You're here, sit down." Yang Jinxia turned her head and looked at him, smiling.

Chen Xu sat down opposite her and looked at the things on the table. There was a hot pot in the middle, and various high-end ingredients were placed next to it. He said, "You booked this place just to eat hot pot?"

Yang Jinxia smiled slightly, waved her hand, and asked the waiter to leave. Then she looked at the pianist and said, "This is a song I heard recently. I like it very much. How is it? Does it sound good?"

Chen Xu sighed and said, "You can even find out this. I really doubt whether there is anything else you don't know."

The piece of music being played was one of the two pieces of music he composed for the pottery xun, which was later adapted into a piano piece for Zhang Jinshan. He used his stage name, and few people knew about this, and no one knew where she found out about it.

"There are so many things I don't know." Yang Jinxia saw that the soup pot in the middle had already boiled, so she put some ingredients in it. "For example, why do you want to stay in Wanhua Company?"

"I think you should have some guesses in your mind."

"Heh." Yang Jinxia scooped up the meat from the soup pot, dipped it in some sauce, put it into her mouth, swallowed it, picked up the red wine on the side and took a sip, her attitude was proud and elegant, "I want to hear you say it yourself."

Chen Xu looked out the glass window. From here, he could see very far. He said, "After the Lantern Festival, I will go to a subsidiary of Tianluo Group to be the general manager."

"Congratulations to you then." Yang Jinxia said, "But I believe you should know about the grudge between me and the Tianluo Group."

"I know."

"You want to cooperate with me and work for Tianluo Group at the same time. Isn't that a bit too idealistic?" Yang Jinxia sneered, "You want to have the best of both worlds. I'm afraid you don't have such a good appetite."

Chen Xu picked up the wine bottle on the table, filled the glass, drank it all in one gulp, put the glass down, and said, "In that case, I'll leave first."

Yang Jinxia watched him walk away without looking back. She did not move until he disappeared through the door. There was no change on her face, as if she was lost in thought.

"It seems that you are not that important in his heart." A faint voice sounded in her ears.

She curled her lips, as if she was a little disdainful, picked up the chopsticks, picked up some more ingredients, put them into the soup pot, and listened to the pianist playing another song. She praised, "You play really well."

…………

Chen Xu took the elevator downstairs, looked at the busy road, and hailed a taxi back to the hotel.

Sitting in the car, he thought about Yang Jinxia's attitude just now. He didn't know whether she was serious or testing him, but he had no choice. If he gave in this time, he would have to give in step by step in the future and be dominated by her.

At least, he had to show some attitude. As for how she would react, he couldn't guess, so he could only deal with it as it came.

PS: I have been thinking about version 2.0 of the new book these days, so it’s been slow.

(End of this chapter)