Not everyone has the chance to go back to their room with Tantai Yi.
The party lasted until midnight.
Mu Chen was about to return to his extended suite on the 30th floor of the hotel to rest. As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, he saw Song Yunxi coming out of a room on the same floor, followed by Tantai Yi.
"I had a very pleasant evening. Thank you, Mr. Tantai."
“Miss Song, you don’t need to be so polite. I will stay in Lancheng for another two days. If you need anything, you can come to me anytime.”
The two walked and talked, laughing. Until they saw Mu Chen still standing there in front of the elevator, his expression unreadable.
"President Mu?" Song Yunxi was surprised for a moment, but then her smile returned to normal. She then took the initiative to introduce the two: "This is President Mu of Platinum Hotel. This is Mr. Tantai from Heyi Consulting."
The two men shook hands and said to each other, "It's an honor to meet you."
Saying "I've heard so much about you" isn't just polite talk. Mu Chen has known about Tantai Yi for six years, and Tantai Yi has considered Mu Chen a potential business partner for three years.
The elevator doors opened, and the two men simultaneously gestured for each other to enter before following Song Yunxi into the elevator one after the other.
As the elevator descended, Song Yunxi asked softly, "Is the party over?"
This question was directed at Mu Chen, because she and Tantai Yi had spent half the night in the room and naturally had no idea what was going on at the party.
"It's over." Mu Chen replied calmly and then fell silent.
Walk through the lobby and stop at the hotel entrance.
Tantai Yi asked Song Yunxi, "Shall I take you back?"
Before Song Yunxi could speak, a car pulled up in front of them. The doorman quickly stepped forward and opened the car door.
“No need to trouble Mr. Tantai, I’ll give Miss Song a ride home on my way.” Mu Chen said, looking at Song Yunxi.
Song Yunxi smiled very gently and politely. After saying goodbye to Tantai Yi, she got into the back seat of the car. Mu Chen took the initiative to shake hands with Tantai Yi to say goodbye, and then got into the car from the other side.
The driver followed Song Yunxi's directions onto the main road and headed north.
No one spoke along the way, and the air was filled with a faint scent of roses.
Song Yunxi's home was very close to the Platinum Hotel. After only four or five minutes of driving, she said, "Put me down at the next intersection. I can walk back."
Mu Chen turned to look at her, puzzled. Although he didn't speak, Song Yunxi understood the question in his expression.
"I'm a little hungry, I want to get something to eat before going home."
"Okay." Mu Chen nodded and called to the driver, "Stop the car."
The car came to a stop, and Song Yunxi got out. Just as she was about to bend down and thank Mu Chen through the window, she saw him also push open the other door and get out.
Mu Chen asked, "Where should we eat?"
Song Yunxi smiled, her eyes crinkling, and pointed to the KFC across the street.
As the two stood side by side on the sidewalk waiting for the red light, Song Yunxi lifted her almost floor-length skirt with both hands and quietly counted the seconds in her mind.
Suddenly a suit jacket was draped over her shoulders.
She turned to look at Mu Chen beside her, and as the green light turned on, he whispered, "Let's go."
Song Yoon-hee wore a backless dress, which would certainly dazzle everyone at a cocktail party or even on the red carpet. However, wearing such a dress on the street or in a fast-food restaurant like KFC would be quite inappropriate.
She slipped her arms into the sleeves and neatly put on Mu Chen's suit jacket. Then she quickly caught up with Mu Chen and reached out to grab his shirt sleeve.
She tugged very lightly, pinching only a small piece of fabric from his cuff with her thumb and forefinger. But Mu Chen still turned to look at her with a questioning gaze.
Song Yunxi said, "I don't dare to cross the intersection by myself."
She assured me that she was telling the truth.
Because there were so many and complicated traffic lights on the other side of the road, even when the green light was on on the other side of the zebra crossing, cars would still turn and drive past her. She really didn't know which light was on when she could cross the road.
During the day, she would walk with the crowd when crossing this intersection, but now there were only the two of them on the road.
Mu Chen didn't say anything, turned around and continued walking across the road.
There weren't many customers in the KFC at midnight. The two stood in front of the order counter. Song Yunxi looked up at the menu hanging inside the counter and ordered a beef burger and an iced cola combo.
The waiter turned his gaze to Mu Chen, who was standing behind Song Yunxi. Before he could ask anything, he heard Mu Chen say, "Same as her."
Afterwards, when the waiter announced the amount of the bill, Song Yunxi placed her phone, which already had the payment code displayed, face down on the barcode scanner at the counter.
Mu Chen didn't try to pay for it with her, but instead stood quietly to the side waiting for them to order.
The handsome man and beautiful woman attracted the attention of the restaurant staff and the few other diners, who couldn't help but glance at them a few more times.
To others, they probably looked like a couple who had just returned late from taking wedding photos and hadn't even had time to remove their makeup or eat.
The two people being observed and speculated about were completely unaware of this.
Song Yunxi turned to Mu Chen and asked, "Shall we go wash our hands?"
Mu Chen nodded. "Okay."
Looking at herself in the mirror, Song Yunxi's cheeks were slightly flushed, probably from drinking. As she reached for water, she leaned forward slightly, with a bright, sunny view in front of her; no wonder Mu Chen had draped his suit jacket over her.
Looking at Mu Chen standing beside her washing his hands in the mirror again, he seemed much more at ease. Washing his hands was just washing his hands; he didn't seem to be scrutinizing her as much, nor did he seem to have as many thoughts as she did.
After washing his hands, Mu Chen grabbed a tissue to dry them, while Song Yunxi handed him her wet hands.
Mu Chen was stunned for a moment, then tore off another tissue and placed it in her hand.
When they returned to the front desk, their meals were already prepared. Mu Chen took the initiative to pick up his tray and followed Song Yunxi to a seat by the window.
Taking a big gulp of ice-cold cola, Song Yunxi's face immediately lit up with a satisfied smile. She then picked up a hamburger and took a bite, her mouth stuffed full. It seemed as if the happiest thing in the world was eating KFC.
Mu Chen also reached out and picked up a hamburger to eat. He hadn't eaten fast food like this for many years, and it seemed to have a unique flavor.
It wasn't until Song Yunxi had eaten most of the hamburger and started drinking her cola that Mu Chen casually asked, "Is Miss Song very familiar with Mr. Tantai?"
Song Yunxi, biting on the straw of her cola, stared at Mu Chen for several seconds.
Just as Mu Chen was about to explain that he was only asking casually and had no other intentions, Song Yunxi smiled and said, "We only met tonight. He said we could go to his room to chat, and I thought it was a good idea, so I went."
Mu Chen looked up and met Song Yunxi's smiling eyes, but said nothing more.
Then Song Yunxi explained, "Mr. Tantai has low blood sugar. He was afraid of fainting again at the party, so he went back to his room to rest. I had some questions I wanted to ask him, so I went to his room at his invitation. Um... we talked about some business."
At the party, after receiving Tantai Yi's business card, Song Yunxi, somewhat curious about consulting firms, asked, "I don't know much about the consulting industry. What kind of business do they do?"
"Simply put, it means helping companies with marketing strategy planning, system design, brand management, and so on."
"That sounds impressive." Song Yunxi rested her chin on her hand. "Mr. Tantai, would you be interested in discussing this somewhere else?"
“I’m staying at this hotel. If Miss Song doesn’t mind, you can come to my room.”
Although the content of their conversation and their act of leaving hand in hand were easy to misinterpret, it didn't stop Song Yunxi from following Tantai Yi to his room to talk about what she wanted to know. Moreover, she felt that she had gotten a great deal.
Because not everyone has the opportunity like hers, to go back to the room with Tantai Yi... and listen to him talk about brand management.
This is probably similar to attending a free private coaching session, right? After all, others might have to pay a considerable amount of money to attend such a session. But she not only attended for free, but was also warmly invited to attend anytime in the future.
Tantai Yi returned to his room and immediately took out a drink that looked like an oral liquid and drank it. Only then did he explain to Song Yunxi, "I have a chronic problem with low blood sugar and I often have to drink some health supplements."
"Successful people like Mr. Tantai should take better care of their health."
Tantai Yi smiled and nodded, "Okay."
He poured two more glasses of red wine, handing one to Song Yunxi while holding the other himself, and sat down on the single sofa opposite her. "Ask me anything you want, I'll answer anything you know."
Afterwards, Song Yunxi asked all the questions she could think of and wanted to know without any hesitation. And as he had said, Tantai Yi answered all her questions in detail and without reservation.
The two chatted happily for half the night. If it hadn't been so late, Song Yunxi might have spent the other half of the night with him, afraid of disturbing Tantai Yi's rest.
While Song Yunxi was talking to Mu Chen, she didn't notice that there was some salad dressing on her little finger. Just as she was about to reach up to brush away a few stray strands of hair, Mu Chen grabbed her hand.
Under Song Yunxi's questioning gaze, Mu Chen picked up a tissue from the tray, gently dabbed it on Song Yunxi's little finger, and then slowly wiped the salad dressing off her finger.
"Thanks."
"You're welcome."
Meeting Song Yunxi's smiling gaze, Mu Chen put down the tissue in his hand and turned to look out the window.
*
Song Yunxi's apartment complex is just a few hundred meters from KFC. The car stopped downstairs at her building, and the driver got out and opened the car door for her.
After getting out of the car, Song Yunxi said goodbye to Mu Chen, who was also standing outside the car: "Mr. Mu, see you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow."
Mu Chen stood under the car, looking up at the building.
It was late at night, and not many windows were lit. He didn't know which one was Song Yunxi's window, but a few minutes later, when a light came on in a window on the sixth floor, he was certain that it was Song Yunxi's home.
He stood there for a long time, so long that he couldn't remember how many times he had stood downstairs from Ruiyan's building, looking out her window, but she never appeared again.
Mu Chen then turned to the driver and instructed, "Back to the hotel."
Standing in the bathroom, letting the shower water cascade over his face, Mu Chen was a little confused about what he was doing. He knew perfectly well she wasn't Rui Yan, he knew she was cunning and calculating, so why was he still trying to get close to her? Just because she had the exact same face as Rui Yan?
In the past, Rui Yan would wash her hands and wait for him to hand her a tissue; Rui Yan would also accidentally get cream stains on the corner of her lips while eating.
However, Song Yunxi was not Rui Yan after all.
Because Rui Yan had promised that she would recognize him when she saw him again.
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