Chapter 511
“You, you really are… the boss of Xu Group.” The woman’s face went pale as she spoke.
“Can you disappear from my sight now?” Xu Ke said with a sullen face, “I warn you, this is the last time. If you show up in front of me again, I will make sure you understand what regret means. You should know the saying ’things don’t happen in threes’; this is the third time, you won’t get a fourth chance.”
Hearing that Xu Ke wasn’t planning to pursue her past impertinences, the woman took a deep breath and completely relaxed. This time, she didn’t try to pull any tricks and turned away immediately, as if there were a terrifying beast behind her. She fled quickly, not daring to look back.
“Well done, your bonus for this month will be doubled.” Watching the woman’s departing figure, Xu Ke took a deep breath and said to the person beside him who had helped confirm his identity.
After speaking, Xu Ke glanced at the name tag on the other person’s chest and then left, leaving the employee who was hit with an unexpected windfall in a daze, standing alone in place.
The employee stood there for quite a while before realizing what had happened to them. They were too excited to know what to say and had to take several deep breaths to suppress the urge to scream with joy.
On the other side, Xu Ke, having finally resolved a troublesome issue, went home in a good mood.
As soon as he entered the house, he saw Lin Mengyao carrying a plate of steaming little cakes from the direction of the kitchen into the dining room.
Xu Ke looked at Lin Mengyao with some surprise and asked, “Why did you decide to cook today?”
Lin Mengyao set the little cakes down, smiled at Xu Ke, and said, “The doctor suggested I find something to do to distract myself and not think too much all the time. It’s supposedly better for my current condition. So I thought I’d learn how to make cakes. I’ve always been quite interested in it. Just taking this chance to try it out. Want to taste them and see how my cakes turned out?”
Lin Mengyao invited Xu Ke to try them, and how could Xu Ke refuse? He carefully picked up a small cake from the plate, blew on it a little, and put it into his mouth. Even Xu Ke, who doesn’t particularly enjoy cakes, was compelled to finish the whole piece because of its balanced sweetness and rich milky aroma.
“How is it? Is the texture alright?” Lin Mengyao asked with some anticipation.
“The taste is great, even better than what’s sold outside.” Xu Ke unhesitatingly gave Lin Mengyao a thumbs-up in praise.
Lin Mengyao felt that Xu Ke was coaxing her, but she couldn’t help the corners of her mouth from curling up. Her eyes shining brightly, she said, “It’s not as good as you say. To me, it seems just okay.”
As Xu Ke suggested, Lin Mengyao indeed felt tempted. She picked the best-looking cake from the plate and handed it to Housekeeper Zhao, “Grandpa Zhao, help me taste it and see how it is. You can’t just humor me like Xu Ke.”
Housekeeper Zhao laughed as he took the cake from Lin Mengyao’s hand, promising to tell the truth. But after tasting it, he exaggerated his reaction, making Lin Mengyao’s smile linger on her face.
Yu Xia listened to the laughter in the house, a faintly happy smile appearing on her fair face as well. She liked the current atmosphere, liked her new home. Everything about it made her joyful and content. But thinking that one day she would grow up and have to leave here to start her own family, Yu Xia’s smile faded somewhat.
But everyone’s attention was on Lin Mengyao, and nobody noticed Yu Xia’s fleeting melancholy and sadness.
She wanted to stay in this home forever, to feel the warmth of it, not willing to leave. Yu Xia thought, pursing her lips.
The day went by quickly. Unlike Xu Ke and Lin Mengyao, Yu Xia was still a student and had to go to school, so her departure and return times were different from theirs, with the family driver responsible for taking her to and from school.
Yu Xia was good-looking but somewhat introverted and shy, rarely taking the initiative to speak with others. Additionally, she always had a private driver for school transportation, and had taken about a month off shortly after the school year started. All these factors made Yu Xia a hot topic of discussion, but it didn’t help; Yu Xia still had no friends, and on the contrary, many people disliked her. Although she had no friends, there were plenty who wanted to see her embarrassed.
But nobody had had the opportunity to act against Yu Xia, so she remained unaware of her classmates’ hostility.
This week, she mentioned to Lin Mengyao that she was having the driver take her to the biggest shopping center in Shangjing.
For females, no matter their age, shopping is undoubtedly a great stress reliever when they feel pressure.
Though Yu Xia hadn’t said anything, she did feel some stress recently, and it had been a while since she’d gone shopping. That’s why she planned today’s shopping trip, but it seemed that the plan was less than perfect.
Her path was blocked by three unfamiliar girls.
Yu Xia frowned, having no recollection of these three people, so she lowered her head to go another way, but her path was still blocked.
“Would you mind moving aside? I want to see over there,” Yu Xia said politely.
“What if I don’t want to? What can you do about it?” The lead girl crossed her arms, chewing bubble gum with a resemblance to a typical antagonist from an idol drama saturating the air.
Hearing this, Yu Xia stepped aside voluntarily to let the three pass, saying, “Then you go ahead first.”
“We’re not going. What can you do about that?” The lead girl remained in her original stance, her expression and tone unchanged. At this point, even a fool could tell these three were here to pick a fight.
Yu Xia frowned, about to say something, when a hand appeared out of nowhere in front of her and pushed her straight away. Having been unprepared, Yu Xia staggered; the shove was hard, and if it weren’t for her good balance and her quick recovery, she would surely have fallen on her behind.
“I don’t know you. Why did you suddenly rush out to block me?” Upon regaining her balance, Yu Xia didn’t question or retaliate, but instead, wore a puzzled expression and asked, “I don’t know you, maybe you have the wrong person?”
“Even if you don’t know us, we know you, you’re quite famous, you little bitch, seducing this one and that one, pretending to be all fragile on the outside but really being a manipulative little slut going around seducing people. You’re quite something.” The lead girl reached out and harshly shoved Yu Xia again, causing pain in her shoulder.