When Su Yang walked out of the small meeting room with a confused look on her face, Chen Sui had already cleared the empty lunch boxes on the dining table. He was standing at the sink, washing the cups.
Su Yang walked over and said "thank you" to him.
Chen Sui placed the two coffee cups on the draining rack, wiped his hands, and then asked her, "Is there something wrong?"
Su Yang was taken aback. She subconsciously touched her face and said with a bitter smile, "Is it that obvious?"
Chen Sui laughed as he threw the paper towel into the trash can. He motioned to his own face and said, "You might as well just write the word 'troubled' on your face."
Su Yang burst out laughing. Then she let out a long sigh. After some thought, she decided not to tell Chen Sui about Xu Lize's mother inviting her to dinner. After all, this was a private matter.
In the afternoon, Su Yang was as busy as usual. There weren't many important tasks, but there were a whole bunch of trivial ones.
She ran back and forth between the 7th and 13th floors five times. Near the end of work, she checked her phone's pedometer and saw that she had walked more than 20,000 steps today. She even joked with Bai Weiwei that although she was a secretary, she was doing physical labor.
Bai Weiwei laughed at her naivety. "You've only just started. Wait until you have to run back and forth in the venue in high heels for more than 20 times. Then you can come and complain to me about doing physical labor."
She was busy like this until it was time to get off work. Bai Weiwei told everyone to leave on time. Everyone chatted and laughed as they packed up their things and then one by one entered the elevator.
Su Yang and Chen Sui stayed until the end because they were checking a list. They left the office together. Just as they got into the elevator, Su Yang received a call from her friend Xia.
Come to think of it, since Su Yang quit working at "Suye", she had not been in touch with Xia and the others very much. It wasn't that their relationship had faded. It was just that their circles were different, so their interactions had decreased.
So when she saw Xia's call, she was quite surprised and asked him why he suddenly called her.
"Andrew and I opened a bar!" Xia's voice on the phone was very excited. "SUE, come and take a look. If it weren't for your encouragement to Andrew before, we might not have made it this far!"
Hearing the word "bar", memories of when she first started learning to mix drinks in a clumsy way flooded into Su Yang's mind.
Although it wasn't that long ago, it had become a precious and unforgettable memory for Su Yang.
"Sure." She readily agreed. "Send me the address. I'll come right away."
After hanging up the phone, the elevator door just opened. Chen Sui held the door open for her to get out first and casually asked, "Why are you suddenly so happy?"
After putting away her phone, Su Yang looked at Chen Sui, tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and said, "Is it because I'm not good at showing my emotions, or are you just too good at observing people?"
"I'm better at observing you." Chen Sui used his work card to unlock the access control at the exit of the building. His tone was casual, but there was no sign of joking.
Su Yang paused for a moment and looked at him suspiciously.
Chen Sui immediately raised his hands and said with a smile, "I majored in psychology in college. I'm not lying to you."
Su Yang widened her eyes and exclaimed, "Really?"
Chen Sui nodded, "Really."
"Then why did you come to do..." Halfway through her sentence, Su Yang suddenly realized. She frowned and looked at him. "It's not easy being the young master of a rich family, is it?"
A high - achieving student majoring in psychology was now working in the administrative department of the Chen Group in hiding.
Chen Sui smiled faintly. Seeing that she was walking towards the subway entrance as soon as she got out of the main entrance of the building, he couldn't help asking, "Is the third brother still on a business trip in Nanshi?"
Since Su Yang's identity was made public, as long as Xu Lize was in Haicheng, he would surely pick her up from work. So if Su Yang took the subway to and from work, it was very likely that Xu Lize was on a business trip.
Su Yang was taken aback when she heard this. It took her a while to react and ask, "You all know he's in Nanshi?"
Chen Sui nodded. "The project in Nanshi is a key project that Mingkai is pursuing in the second half of the year. I helped the third brother organize some materials during the preliminary investigation, so I still remember the progress of the project."
"You also help Xu... help Mingkai with work?" Su Yang was a little surprised. "Do you get paid twice?"
Chen Sui pretended to think deeply. "You're right. I seem to have never calculated my salary with Xu."
Su Yang pursed her lips and smiled when she heard this. "He's back. But I went to the site this morning and took the subway. I was originally going to take the subway back. But now I have to go to my friend's place first. His new bar with his boyfriend opened today."
"Your friend shouldn't mind if you bring a tail, right?" Chen Sui pointed to himself as he spoke. "I treated you to lunch. It's only fair that you treat me to a relaxing drink after work, right?"
"Of course." Su Yang nodded and pointed to the escalator at the subway entrance with a smile. "Then, young master Chen, after you."
Xia and Andrew's new store was located in the south alley of the bar street. It had a cute and easy - to - remember name - Passionate Love.
When Su Yang and Chen Sui arrived, the entrance of the store was filled with flower baskets to congratulate on the opening, and there were already quite a few customers inside.
Su Yang found Xia, who was socializing, in the bustling crowd. When Xia saw her, he let out an exaggerated little scream and then reached out and hugged Su Yang tightly.
"SUE, you're here. I'm so glad you came!"
Su Yang was already used to Xia Feng's enthusiastic way of getting along. Hearing this, she patted his shoulder hard and said, "Let go. You're choking me."
Xia giggled and let go of Su Yang. Then he suddenly kissed her on the cheek.
Chen Sui, who was standing beside them, darkened his eyes. Just as he was about to step forward to stop Xia, he saw a fair - skinned mixed - race man walking out from behind the bar. He put his arm around Xia's waist and greeted Su Yang in English.
Su Yang seemed to have a good relationship with this mixed - race man with extremely exotic features. After exchanging a few words, she took out a red envelope from her bag and handed it to him.
The mixed - race man shook his head and refused to accept it. Su Yang frowned.
Seeing the mixed - race man reluctantly accept the red envelope, Su Yang grinned. Then she pointed to Chen Sui, leaned close to the mixed - race man and said a few words before walking back to Chen Sui.
"Come on. I'll treat you to a drink." Amidst the laughter and cheers, Su Yang led Chen Sui towards the bar.
Who would have thought that just as they took two steps, she bumped into someone behind her. Su Yang turned around and was just about to say "sorry" when she heard a familiar voice shout from afar.
"Who is it? Can't you watch where you're going? Where are you stepping?"
When their eyes met, Jiang Na's face came into Su Yang's view.
Both of them were slightly taken aback. Su Yang saw Jiang Na look around warily and then take a step back.
She suddenly thought Jiang Na was a bit funny. She also took a step back to keep a distance from her and said, "Xu Lize isn't here. You don't have to be afraid."
A look of embarrassment flashed across Jiang Na's eyes when her thoughts were exposed, but she immediately retorted, "What do I have to be afraid of? I haven't done anything wrong."
As she said this, she sized Su Yang up and down. Then a sneering smile suddenly appeared on her lips. "It's you. Don't you even know your position in my third brother's heart?"