Chapter 40 Incredible
The call ended abruptly just as soon as Su Ziyue finished her sentence; she didn’t even have the time to say goodbye. Su Ziyue frowned while staring at her disconnected phone.
Meanwhile, Qin Muchen pushed the office door open and entered. As he stepped into the office, he saw Bai Jingshu throwing something onto the table. Upon closer inspection, he noticed that it was his cell phone.
Bai Jingshu touched his nose. “Uh, about that—your wife just called, and I helped you answer her call. However, I accidentally told her that the company will be having a gathering tonight…”
Even though it was a lie, Bai Jingshu said it calmly without blinking an eye.
Qin Muchen glanced at him coldly while holding out his hand to take his cell phone.
Almost immediately, Bai Jingshu changed his tone. He said it in a serious and earnest tone, as if he was providing useful advice to Qin Muchen. “As an honorable and respectable boss, I’ve made a promise to her that I’ll treat both of you to a meal; I have to keep my promise on that.”
Ignoring Bai Jingshu, Qin Muchen clicked open the contact record in his cell phone. He looked at the number which Bai Jingshu called just now, staring at the number in silence for two seconds before raising his head and looking at Bai Jingshu. “This mustn’t happen again.”
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After hanging up the phone, Su Ziyue turned around and searched for a suitable outfit. What should I wear to a company’s employee gathering?
She picked out an outfit randomly and matched them on herself in front of a mirror when she noticed her head was still heavily bandaged; she had almost forgotten that she had an injury on her head.
In the end, she chose the simplest outfit—a white shirt with a pair of cropped jeans. She let her hair down loosely on her shoulders; paired with a simple nude makeup look on her face, she looked very young and energetic.
She received Qin Muchen’s call when she just got into a cab after going out of the house. This time, it was really Qin Muchen who called.
“I’ll come back and fetch you.” She heard his ever-so pleasant voice coming from the phone.
Holding her cell phone in one of her hands, Su Ziyue rolled down the car window with her other hand. “It’s okay, I’m already in a cab now.”
Qin Muchen replied, “Alright. The place is Lumiere Jade House.”
“Alright.” Bai Jingshu had sent her the address before, but with his own cell phone number instead.
Su Ziyue arrived at the Lumiere Jade House not long after hanging up the phone.
Bai Jingshu was really generous; he actually chose Lumiere Jade House as the venue for his company’s employee gathering. Well, he can do whatever he wants since he has the money.
After paying the cab fare, Su Ziyue turned around and saw Qin Muchen, who was standing in front of the entrance.
Coincidently, he was looking at her too. There was a slight smiley look in his eyes; he stood there without moving an inch, seemingly waiting for her to walk over toward him.
For some inexplicable reason, Su Ziyue blushed. She touched her handbag at the side and walked in his direction.
“How long have you been waiting?”
She wore a pair of flats today. Standing in front of Qin Muchen, she needed to raise her head considerably high just so she could see his face. It was only then she noticed how Qin Muchen was way taller than her.
Qin Muchen grinned as he held her hand and walked into the building. “Everyone had just arrived moments ago. Let’s go in.”
Bai Jingshu booked a large luxurious suite for the gathering.
When Qin Muchen took Su Ziyue into the suite, the merry atmosphere in the room quieted down almost immediately, and everyone in the suite turned to look at Su Ziyue simultaneously.
Feeling a little awkward being stared at by so many people at the same time, Su Ziyue moved unknowingly closer toward Qin Muchen.
Noticing her subtle movement, Qin Muchen grinned with his lips pursed. He held her hand and took her to the seat, completely ignoring the staff, who were so shocked that their jaws dropped. He even pulled out a chair for her, just like how a gentleman would usually do.
Yunteng was a small company, so it had a limited number of staff members. There were only about forty to fifty staff in total.
The ones sitting at the same table as Qin Muchen were mostly management personnel of the company consisting of both men and women.
Su Ziyue didn’t know anyone else except Qin Muchen and Bai Jingshu. Hence, after taking her seat, she didn’t talk much either and simply had her meal elegantly.
Similarly, Qin Muchen didn’t talk much at the gathering too. He only helped Su Ziyue to remove the prawn and crab shells besides passing her tissues from time to time. Bai Jingshu, on the other hand, remained smiling all the time no matter who was talking to him. He absolutely didn’t have the temperament a boss usually possessed.
The atmosphere of the gathering was rather peaceful until a female colleague asked suddenly, “Mrs. Qin, you are so beautiful with such elegant charm. I suppose you must be a daughter from one of the wealthy families in the city; President Qin is really fortunate to have married you indeed.”
Qin Muchen placed a prawn with its shell removed into Su Ziyue’s bowl. He removed the disposable gloves when he heard the female staff and said plainly, “Indeed.”
It wasn’t clear whether he had admitted to Su Ziyue being a daughter from one of the wealthy families in the city, or that he was very fortunate to marry her.
Su Ziyue raised her eyes to look at the female colleague. Before she could say anything, another person agreed with the female colleague and chimed in, “Mrs. Qin, you can’t possibly be a member of the Su Family, can you?”
A hush descended upon the suite immediately as soon as everyone heard that.
The Su Family was a wealthy and prominent family in Yunzhou City; it was certainly well-known.
Scandals and gossip about the wealthy family had been going around the city like crazy as everyone kept talking about them over and over again. As a result, the scandals spread around quickly as more people got to know about them.
The eldest daughter of the Su Family was already engaged to the only son of the Gong Family. If Mrs. Qin was indeed a member of the Su Family, she must be the notorious second eldest daughter of the family, who was rumored to be wild and promiscuous back in the day.
Everyone at the table became quiet when they thought about this.
Bai Jingshu raised his eyebrows, waiting to enjoy the drama which was about to start.
“You can tell just by looking at me?” Su Ziyue put down her chopsticks, raised her eyes and looked at the person who had talked just now; she appeared slightly hostile and haughty.
That person was just trying to test Su Ziyue in the first place; she didn’t expect Su Ziyue to admit that straightaway, which made her speechless and unable to continue the conversation.
“Well, Mrs. Qin, of course, you can’t be from an ordinary family since you have such extraordinary charm and elegance.” Someone at the side said that to lighten up the awkward atmosphere at the table.
Su Ziyue simply smiled without paying much attention to the flattery.
“So, Mrs. Qin, you are the second eldest daughter of the Su Family?” The one who said this was the female staff who started the conversation just now.
Su Ziyue took a glance at her. “I can’t believe the staff of Yunteng is so observant.” As she finished, she turned to look at Bai Jingshu. “I suppose this has a lot to do with Mr. Bai, the boss of the company.”
She noticed that sort of drama-enjoying look on Bai Jingshu’s face just now. Hence, she thought he must have known about her true identity and knew that someone would talk about this at the gathering.
She was not an unforgiving person who would hold a grudge against someone over some trivial matters. Judging from the friendship between Bai Jingshu and Qin Muchen, she shouldn’t make things difficult for Bai Jingshu and embarrass him in public. However, she felt awful being made fun of in front of so many people.
“Oh man, you guys just won’t stop talking even if there are so many delicious foods served in front of you! Hey, every one of you, just keep eating as much as you can! Order another ten dishes for each table! All of you are not allowed to leave if you can’t finish all the dishes!” As he finished, Bai Jingshu turned and winked at Su Ziyue before smiling at her. Obviously, he was trying to fawn over her.
Su Ziyue looked at him with a faint and insincere smile across her face. She then turned to look at Qin Muchen and said, “I need to go to the washroom.”
Watching Su Ziyue leaving the table, Bai Jingshu touched his nose. He turned to look at Qin Muchen and complained, “I thought the girl looked nice and polite; I can’t believe she’s so hot-tempered.”
Qin Muchen gave him a cold stare. “It serves you right for shooting yourself in the foot.”
Su Ziyue was rather familiar with Lumiere Jade House, so she had no problems finding the washroom easily.
Not long after she went into the washroom, she heard two girls gossiping outside.
“She looks rather pretty; I thought she’s a daughter from some other prominent wealthy family, but I can’t believe she’s that notorious second eldest daughter of the Su Family.”
“I wonder why President Qin would fall in love with a girl like her. Is it because of her looks?”
“Maybe she’s really good in bed…”
“Yeah, I think most probably because she’s good in bed…”
Tired of listening to their gossip, Su Ziyue opened the door and went out. “For a question like this, wouldn’t it better if you guys just asked me directly?”
