Lu Wenxi silently complained in her heart. Sure enough, he was so scheming. But her fingers didn't stop and quickly tapped on the phone.
[As you wish~]
Then she sent a kneeling emoji, looking as obsequious as possible.
As soon as the message was sent, she immediately received a reply.
[From now on, report to me every day on Qingmian's daily activities, including but not limited to what she has for lunch, who she goes to the cafeteria with, who she sits with in class, and if there's a boy she likes.]
[In short, report everything in detail.]
Lu Wenxi stared at her phone, and the chips in her hand suddenly lost their taste. "Damn it. He really was sent by Old Man Chen to spy on Mianbao."
She would never do anything to betray Qingmian. Lu Wenxi did a sit-up from the bed, hugged her phone with both hands, and seriously replied to the person on the other end.
[Brother Chi Yu, I really can't help you with this.]
The other end: [?]
Looking at that big question mark, Lu Wenxi's alarm bells went off. She quickly explained.
[Please listen to my explanation.]
[It's not that I don't want to help you. It's just that Qingmian really doesn't want her brother to know about her affairs.]
The other end: [??]
Two question marks. Lu Wenxi felt like the sky was falling. She really wanted to go back to the Stone Age.
[Please, Brother Chi Yu. I'll do anything except this. If you really force me to do this, then just kill me.]
The phone was silent for two seconds.
Just as Lu Wenxi was wracking her brains to come up with a countermeasure, her phone suddenly vibrated.
[What does this have to do with Guan Chenyu'an?]
Lu Wenxi stared at this message and her mind went blank. She didn't understand it for a long time.
It took her a full minute before she carefully typed out a few words:
[You want information about Qingmian. Isn't it to report to Old Man Chen?]
Chi Yu on the other end of the phone looked at the words on the screen with a black face. Could this person really run a company?
[It has nothing to do with Chen Yu'an. Just do as I say. Any problem?]
Lu Wenxi could feel the threat even through the screen. She immediately replied: [Of course not!]
[Don't tell anyone about this.] Chi Yu reminded her.
[Got it!]
...
The next day.
Right after the meeting, Lu Wenxi received a call from Ji Bai.
"Are you off work? I'm downstairs of your company. I brought you the flaky buns from the south of the city."
"I just finished the meeting. Wait for me downstairs for a while."
Lu Wenxi hung up the phone, handed the report in her hand to her assistant, and then walked towards the elevator in high heels.
As soon as she got out of the elevator, she saw Ji Bai standing far away on the street corner.
Ji Bai seemed to sense the gaze behind him. The moment he turned around, a soft body crashed into his arms.
"I'm so tired~ Do people really have to go to work?"
He reached out and hugged Lu Wenxi around the waist, lowering his head to coax her softly, "If you don't want to go to work... shall we elope?"
Lu Wenxi immediately jumped out of his arms. "That's absolutely not okay!" she said firmly. "I'm an independent woman of the new era. I won't do the whole eloping thing. Besides, a man's words can't be trusted. I choose to decline."
Ji Bai smiled and lovingly rubbed her head. "Okay, you're a woman of the new era. So, could this new-era woman do me the honor of having lunch with me?"
Lu Wenxi: "I'll reluctantly agree then."
The two didn't go far. They just went to a Japanese restaurant next to the company.
Lu Wenxi sat across from Ji Bai, frowning and swiping her phone all the time.
Ji Bai thought it was work-related. He asked with concern, "Are you still working while eating?"
Unexpectedly, Lu Wenxi sighed and looked at Ji Bai. "Don't you think Brother Chi Yu is acting a bit strange?"
Ji Bai thought for a moment. He and Chi Yu hadn't been together much recently, and he didn't notice anything strange about him. He shook his head. "I don't think so."
Lu Wenxi rolled her eyes. "I might as well not have asked."
He knew that Lu Wenxi wouldn't ask him this for no reason. There must have been something she couldn't understand, which was why she was so troubled. Ji Bai chuckled. "Then do you want to tell me what's bothering you so much? Let's see if it was a waste of time to ask after you tell me."
Lu Wenxi frowned and thought for a while. Remembering Chi Yu's reminder, she struggled for two seconds. She secretly looked around and then looked at Ji Bai. "You mustn't tell anyone."
Ji Bai: "Okay."
After getting a positive answer, Lu Wenxi took out her phone, opened the chat history with Chi Yu, and handed it to Ji Bai. "Here. This is the task Brother Chi Yu assigned me last night."
"An assigned task? What did you do to piss him off this time?" Ji Bai raised his eyes to look at her.
Lu Wenxi's eyes darted around. "I... I just accidentally cursed at him. It's not a big deal."
Ji Bai smiled. He lovingly tapped the tip of her nose across the table. "You."
"Come on, stop scolding me. Hurry up and take a look. If it's not for Brother Yu'an, what does he want Qingmian's information for?"
Lu Wenxi propped herself up and swiped the screen with her hand. "Look. It's so detailed. He even wants to know what time Qingmian goes to bed and gets up, and how long she sleeps."
She sat back in her seat and said seriously, "To be honest, I suspect Brother Chi Yu might be a bit of a creep."
Ji Bai thought she was going to come up with some well - reasoned conclusion, but he didn't expect such a far - fetched statement.
He handed the phone back to Lu Wenxi and started to explain.
"You know that A Yu sent his sister abroad, right?"
"Of course I know."
"You also know how dependent his sister used to be on A Yu, right?"
"Yeah, I know." Lu Wenxi continued to nod.
"Then why isn't she as dependent on A Yu as before since she came back this time?"
Lu Wenxi started to get impatient. "Ji Bai, what on earth are you trying to say?"
"I'll say this first. This is just my guess. There's no examination or data to prove it. It's all just my guess."
"And then?"
"I suspect that his sister might have had an accident abroad." Ji Bai's expression became a bit solemn.
Lu Wenxi's mind exploded. She opened her mouth. "An... an accident?"
"But didn't Brother Yu'an send Mianbao to his friend? How could there be an accident?"
Lu Wenxi's eyes instantly turned red, and her voice was a bit choked.
Ji Bai got up, walked around to Lu Wenxi's side, sat down next to her, and gently patted her on the back to comfort her. "Don't worry too much. As I just said, this is just my guess. Maybe his sister just doesn't want to talk to him. After all, he sent her away without a word and for so many years. If it were you, you probably wouldn't want to talk to him either."
Lu Wenxi nodded blankly. "Yeah..."
...
In the study on the second floor of Qingyuan.
Chen Yu'an was holding his phone in his hand. A mechanical female voice kept saying, "Sorry, the number you dialed is invalid..."
He was sitting in front of the French window, looking out the window with a gloomy expression.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Tan Si pushed the door open and walked in. He stood respectfully next to Chen Yu'an, bowed his head, and said, "Sir, we've found out."