I felt a headache coming on as soon as I heard Wei Yuan's voice.
This guy was spoiled rotten and always more of a hindrance than a help!
He always managed to barge in between Si Jiangchen and me at the most inopportune moments, mucking up everything.
As his pounding on the door resounded, Si Jiangchen's tall figure emerged in the courtyard.
He was dressed in a light - gray home outfit, exuding an air of lazy elegance.
"Creak."
The log - colored door swung open, and Wei Yuan's voice immediately filled the entire yard. "Du Xinghe, are you here?!"
Through the glass window, I saw a very elegant beauty following Wei Yuan into the yard. Her slightly curly long hair had a faint reddish - brown tint in the sunlight. A light - gray and milky - white Chanel couture suit of the current season made her look intellectual and graceful.
When Si Jiangchen saw her, the smile on his face widened a bit.
"Vivian, why are you here?"
The woman called "Vivian" looked up at Si Jiangchen, a proper smile gracing her lips with a touch of light lip glaze. "Jiangchen, our department was working on a project yesterday afternoon. We weren't quite sure about some issues. I called you last night, but there was no answer... Coincidentally, A Yuan was coming to find you, so I tagged along to ask for your advice."
"You've worked hard."
Si Jiangchen didn't invite them into the yard. Instead, he shrugged slightly and said, "If it's about work, you can contact Ji Chen. It's the weekend today. I have something to attend to and need to go out."
"Si Jiangchen, you're being too unreasonable!"
Wei Yuan craned his neck over Si Jiangchen's shoulder, peering into the yard. "Sister Bai Wei has been working overtime and staying up late every day. How can you not even let her into the house?"
So "Vivian" was named Bai Wei...
I couldn't help but silently sigh. It was truly a name that could make a man's heart flutter.
"A Yuan, don't talk like that."
Bai Wei not only had an alluring name but also a voice as gentle as a warm breeze. There was no pouting or affected posturing. She simply spoke softly, sharing a similar composure with Si Jiangchen.
"Jiangchen has never allowed anyone into his yard. It's been a rule for years. How can it be changed so easily?"
"What rule! I don't believe it. Where's Du Xinghe? Is she here? We made an appointment to go to Y Province today."
Although Wei Yuan was shouting loudly, he didn't dare to take a single step beyond the boundary.
"Du Xinghe? Is she that amazing feng shui master?"
Bai Wei tilted her head slightly. She was asking Wei Yuan, but her eyes were softly fixed on Si Jiangchen. "How could she be here? A Yuan must be mistaken."
She was dragged here by Wei Yuan!
Bai Wei was the manager of the capital market department of Fir Capital. At a young age, she had firmly secured the leading position in this business - development department. Her intelligence and emotional quotient were undoubtedly high.
A large part of her hard - working attitude stemmed from Si Jiangchen.
She was one of those women Wei Yuan had mentioned who had given up on dating and marriage for Si Jiangchen.
Si Jiangchen treated all the women who showed interest in him with equal courtesy and gentlemanliness. However, getting closer to him was harder than ascending to the heavens. His private residence in Beijing was off - limits to everyone. Even his personal assistant, Ji Chen, had never set foot inside.
When Wei Yuan called Bai Wei in the middle of the night yesterday, she was drowning her sorrows in a bar with a few girlfriends. Her girlfriends complained that as a top graduate from an Ivy League school, it was a pity for her to condescend to stay in China for a man she couldn't have.
But Bai Wei thought Si Jiangchen was just perfect in every way.
She loved a challenge, whether it was at work or in matters of the heart. The more unattainable a man was, the more he intrigued her.
She had dated some outstanding men during her school years and after starting work, but none of them was like Si Jiangchen.
He was so gentle, yet he was like a city fortified by impenetrable walls. One could only gaze at the scenery inside from afar.
However, Bai Wei was in no hurry.
She was right by his side. Sooner or later, Si Jiangchen would see how wonderful, beautiful, and well - matched she was for him.
But the call from Wei Yuan in the middle of the night had flustered Bai Wei a bit.
There was a woman by Si Jiangchen's side?!
A female fortune - teller who made a living by setting up a stall in the slums of Beijing?!
Bai Wei couldn't help but feel that this was utterly absurd.
He was Si Jiangchen, a man as lofty as a god! How... how could he be entangled with a low - level swindler from the bottom of society?!
On the phone, Wei Yuan was urging her to rush to Si Jiangchen's house immediately to catch the person!
In Wei Yuan's mind, Bai Wei was the most likely candidate to become Si Jiangchen's woman.
Bai Wei's father, Bai Yuanshan, was a friend of Si Jiangchen's across generations. The Bai family had suffered a huge setback in an overseas mining investment. Overnight, the family's long - term accumulation was wiped out. Bai Yuanshan was on the verge of suicide. It was Si Jiangchen's Fir Capital that stepped in and saved the Bai family from collapse. Against all odds, he injected more than two billion yuan into the Bai family, helping them gradually recover.
Bai Wei had been studying at a famous foreign university. Out of gratitude to Si Jiangchen, she resolutely returned to China after graduation and joined Fir Capital. In less than two years, she had become the general manager of the market department.
She had also become a trusted right - hand woman of Si Jiangchen.
After hearing Wei Yuan's words, although Bai Wei was a bit panicked, she quickly calmed down.
She thought it wasn't a wise move to go to Si Jiangchen's mansion in the middle of the night.
By the time Wei Yuan called, it was already midnight. She had drunk quite a bit and was wearing a sexy dress suitable for a night - club outing.
If she showed up in front of Si Jiangchen reeking of alcohol, it would clearly go against the cool and elegant image she had established in front of him.
So, she managed to calm down the restless Wei Yuan. She endured her anxious heart until she was completely sober and there was not a trace of alcohol on her body. Then she called Wei Yuan and drove over together.
In Bai Wei's opinion, no man could resist a beautiful woman. Si Jiangchen's sudden interest in an unrefined woman must be just a passing fancy.
After seeing the national - beauty peonies all the time, one might find a wild flower by the roadside interesting once in a while!
However, based on Bai Wei's understanding of Si Jiangchen, even if he were to have a fling with a woman on a whim, he would never break his rules and bring the woman to his private residence to spend the night!
"Yeah."
Unexpectedly, Si Jiangchen simply replied. "A Yuan, I was just about to contact you. Today, Xiao He and I will go to Y Province with you."
"What?!"
Both Wei Yuan and Bai Wei were shocked.
Wei Yuan never expected that the busy Si Jiangchen would accompany me to Y Province, while Bai Wei realized that I had really spent the night here last night.
"I've already asked Ji Chen to prepare a business car. It's more suitable for a long - distance drive than your sports car."
Si Jiangchen was always thorough in his thinking, far superior to Wei Yuan, that carefree second - generation heir who never used his brain.
"Y Province?"
Bai Wei couldn't help but take a step forward. Looking up at Si Jiangchen, she said, "What are you going there for? Can you take me along?"