Xue Xiaodie ultimately didn't go to President Xia's office. Xia Xiaobing changed his mind and arranged to meet her at the KFC downstairs.
Just after midnight, the girl went downstairs and entered the fast food restaurant, where she saw the mature woman in the corner by the window.
Today, Xia Xiaobing was wearing a black and white fitted dress and sunglasses, making it impossible to see her eyes. If Xue Xiaodie hadn't looked closely, she wouldn't have been sure it was her.
The girl sat down across the table and asked, "Are we having lunch here?"
Xia Xiaobing nodded: "Right here."
Xue Xiaodie asked with a smile, "President Xia likes KFC?"
Xia Xiaobing's lips curled up slightly, her eyes smiling: "I don't like this kind of fast food; I prefer hot pot. But, can you eat authentic Chongqing hot pot?"
Xue Xiaodie: "Is the hot pot in Chongqing spicier than that in Chengdu?"
Xia Xiaobing: "Of course."
Xue Xiaodie quickly shook her head: "I can't eat that."
Xia Xiaobing rubbed her neck, moved her neck, and said leisurely, "Besides, there's a reason I asked you to come here today. Just sit here and wait a moment, and I'll tell you soon."
Xue Xiaodie frowned slightly: "Can't you tell me now?"
Xia Xiaobing smiled and said, "No, because I think you're a smart person."
Xue Xiaodie: "I'm truly grateful for President Xia's high regard, but what does this have to do with being smart?"
Xia Xiaobing: "A smart person will not believe what others tell her; she will only believe her own deductions and what she sees with her own eyes."
Hearing her say that, Xue Xiaodie couldn't help but ponder.
Sitting here, what will I see with my own eyes... By the way, if Lu Zhe goes to eat, he will most likely pass by this KFC, and today he is only eating with Tang Qi!
The young woman gripped the edge of the table with both hands, leaning slightly forward. She stared at the mature woman before her and tentatively asked, "What do you think about Lu Zhe and Tang Qi...?"
Xia Xiaobing put a finger to her lips to make a shushing gesture, then whispered, "Look, they're coming out."
Following the older woman's gaze, Xue Xiaodie looked towards the office building's main entrance. Sure enough, Lu Zhe and Tang Qi walked out side-by-side. And unexpectedly, Tang Qi was actually holding his hand!
In an instant, Xue Xiaodie felt her blood pressure rise.
We agreed not to sneak away, and no one could take advantage of the situation to do things like holding hands, hugging, or kissing. But what about this little treat?
Xia Xiaobing asked, "Did you two make some kind of agreement? You look so angry..."
Xue Xiaodie took a deep breath: "Yes, she broke the contract!"
Xia Xiaobing: "Haven't you ever tried breaking a contract?"
Xue Xiaodie immediately recalled the scene from a couple of days ago when her toes rubbed against Lu Zhe's calf under the table. But that kind of behavior could still be categorized as playful teasing between friends. Although it had a slightly ambiguous tone, it was clearly not as excessive as holding hands.
The girl then retorted confidently, "Of course I didn't break the contract!"
Xia Xiaobing pondered for a moment and said, "A binding agreement always needs a common goal or vision, otherwise it has no basis for existence. Let me think, the agreement between you and Miss Tang is probably... to deal with me?"
Xue Xiaodie was dumbfounded and speechless.
Xia Xiaobing smiled easily and continued, "Don't be nervous. If they want to deal with me, they can deal with me. It's normal. But don't just stand there in a daze. Watch out, they're coming."
At this moment, Lu Zhe and Tang Qi were only a few meters away from the KFC. Through the glass, one could even see the expressions on their faces—Tang Qi had a sweet smile on her face, while Lu Zhe seemed somewhat helpless, but there was also a hint of doting in his eyes.
Xue Xiaodie was itching to see this, but she couldn't help but worry: "Won't they see us?"
"Have you studied physics?" Xia Xiaobing explained calmly, "It's a sunny day outside, and the sunlight is much stronger than inside. So people outside are more likely to see the reflection in the glass than the light coming through it."
Xue Xiaodie murmured, "Just make sure they can't see us..."
Xia Xiaobing: "Don't worry, as long as you don't get close and look closely, you won't see anything. They're not going to eat here, so why would they need to get close and observe them closely?"
Xue Xiaodie was about to say something more when she suddenly widened her eyes, opened her mouth, and almost couldn't help but shout out loud.
Because she witnessed Tang Qi and Lu Zhe becoming even more intimate.
Suddenly, Tang Qi tiptoed, grabbed Lu Zhe's shoulder, leaned in, and kissed him on the cheek.
Although she couldn't hear anything through the glass, Xue Xiaodie seemed to vaguely hear a "smack"—the sound of a kiss on the cheek, and also the sound of a heart breaking.
Moreover, Lu Zhe did not resist.
In the blink of an eye, the two passed the KFC store and disappeared from Xue Xiaodie and Xia Xiaobing's sight.
Xue Xiaodie had been holding onto the edge of the table with both hands, but now she was gripping it tightly, so tightly that her joints cracked twice.
She barely managed to control herself and avoid flipping the table in a fit of anger. Reason told her that flipping the table wouldn't do any good. Since Xia Xiaobing had invited her here, she must have anticipated this situation with Tang Qi.
However, when Xue Xiaodie looked away, she noticed that the mature woman in front of her was also somewhat losing her composure.
Xia Xiaobing gripped the temple of her glasses and slowly took them off. Her right hand, which was removing her glasses, was clearly trembling, trembling quite violently, even causing her bangs to quiver.
For a moment, Xue Xiaodie thought that this woman might smash her glasses on the table in a fit of anger.
Fortunately, Xia Xiaobing managed to control herself.
She took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and sneered, "I really underestimated this little brat."
For some reason, perhaps because of shared suffering, Xue Xiaodie suddenly felt less threatened by the beautiful woman in front of her. Her earlier anger also subsided considerably.
The young woman asked softly, "Didn't President Xia already anticipate this?"
Xia Xiaobing: "I only guessed that Tang Qi would be dishonest, but I didn't expect her to be this dishonest. In public places, in front of passersby, they were holding hands and kissing. What would they do when they were alone?"
Xue Xiaodie's face immediately froze.
But Xia Xiaobing just laughed and teased, "I originally thought you had a better chance between you and Tang Qi. But now it seems, what, you're the innocent little rabbit?"
Xue Xiaodie rubbed her cheeks with both hands and said with a wry smile, "Only now do I realize that the Shu Kingdom was actually me... Miss Tang, you really are someone to be looked at with new eyes after three days of separation!"
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