The bathroom was filled with a cold mist. Although Mo Beichen had turned off the shower, Xia Weilan was already soaked to the skin and couldn't help sneezing.
Mo Beichen frowned. The hand he had stretched out retracted. With a cold face, he said,
"Do you know how dangerous it is for a girl to get drunk outside at night?"
Xia Weilan's lips trembled. As if thinking of something, she suddenly looked at the scratch on Mo Beichen's neck again. Shrinking her neck, she realized it later and said,
"Did I do this?"
"Humph!" The hostility on Mo Beichen didn't subside. He suddenly turned around and strode out. Just before closing the door, he left a sentence:
"Clean the stench off your body before coming out."
"Bang!" The bathroom door was slammed shut.
Xia Weilan pouted, quickly turned on the hot water, took another shower, and walked out of the bathroom only when she was warm all over.
Just as she opened the door, a warm thing came crashing down on her head:
"Put on your clothes and sleep in the second bedroom tonight!"
Xia Weilan fumbled to grab the nightgown covering her head. Her mouth drooped, looking a bit unhappy:
"Husband, I was wrong. Does it still hurt there..." But the word "hurt" didn't come out.
Before her voice fell, she was pushed back into the bathroom by a strong force.
Xia Weilan rustled around inside for a while. After putting on her clothes, she secretly opened the door crack and poked her head out. She saw Mo Beichen sitting on the sofa reading a magazine at a glance.
At this moment, Mo Beichen's face was extremely ugly. He was like a living Hades, and the coldness he emitted seemed to freeze everything within a hundred meters.
Xia Weilan's heart skipped a beat. She thought Mo Beichen was making a mountain out of a molehill, but she didn't dare to provoke him at this moment. So she obediently opened the door and walked out.
After leaving the room, Aunt Tian was standing at the door with a bowl of soup in her hand:
"Madam, drink some cold medicine first, so as not to get sick."
"Aunt Tian, thank you." Xia Weilan took the bowl of soup and drank it in one gulp. Then she walked towards the second bedroom listlessly.
"What's going on with Madam?" Aunt Tian looked at her in surprise.
Xia Weilan held the door of the second bedroom with one hand and said calmly:
"I'm afraid I'll catch a cold at night and infect my husband. I'll sleep here tonight."
"So that's it. Madam is really considerate." Aunt Tian immediately smiled.
Xia Weilan paused, opened the door of the second bedroom, walked in, and directly flopped down on the warm bed. She spread her arms wide and stared blankly at the ceiling.
In her memory, she seemed to have drunk a few more glasses. What happened after that was all blurry. She couldn't remember anything clearly, nor could she recall how she had scratched Mo Beichen.
Just then, Ruili's call came in. Xia Weilan glanced at it and answered: "Hello?"
"Weilan, how did your cooperation negotiation go today?"
"It went well." Xia Weilan turned over and said sullenly, "Mr. Huite agreed to come to the company tomorrow to have a chat with Grandpa. I don't have to worry about the rest."
"Shouldn't you be happy then? Why do you sound so down?" Ruili detected something was wrong.
Xia Weilan closed her eyes and said a bit sheepishly:
"I got drunk and scratched Beichen's neck. He was really angry."
"No way. You're so amazing that you could even hurt him!" Ruili immediately raised her voice in surprise. Then she softened her tone a bit: "Hehe, I mean, you've caused quite a big problem. What are you going to do?"
Xia Weilan grabbed a lock of her hair and kept winding it into a knot: "Of course, I'll find a way to make him calm down, but I haven't figured it out yet."
Xia Weilan pulled a long face, looking a bit conflicted, and her eyes kept rolling.
"I think you could do something romantic, like sending flowers, giving gifts, or having a candlelit dinner." In Ruili's mind, these were the only romantic things.
Xia Weilan's eyes lit up: "I seem to have an idea."
"So soon. What did you think of?" Ruili asked curiously.
"Hehe, of course, it's the most romantic thing." Xia Weilan's tone even became more cheerful, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
The next day.
After Xia Weilan finished washing up, she walked to Mo Beichen's room and knocked on the door: "Husband, are you awake?"
She waited for a while, but there was no response from inside. Xia Weilan directly turned the doorknob and found that Mo Beichen had already left.
Xia Weilan looked at the time on the bedside table. It was only 6:30. Usually, Mo Beichen didn't leave until 7:30.
Was he still angry today and didn't want to see her?
Xia Weilan wasn't discouraged. After having breakfast, she went to work at Xia's Group. Today, instead of going directly to the design department, she took the special elevator to Grandpa Xia's office.
"Grandpa!" Xia Weilan walked in directly. No one dared to stop her.
In the office, Xia Weilan mentioned the agreement with Mr. Huite to Grandpa Xia:
"Grandpa, Mr. Huite has agreed to come to the company with samples to discuss cooperation. The time is 10 o'clock this morning. At that time, Grandpa, you can talk to him in person."
"Huite?" Grandpa Xia didn't expect Xia Weilan to be so efficient. He had only said to look for a green gemstone merchant the day before yesterday, and she had already found one today:
"I've also heard of this Mr. Huite. He's from country M and only cooperates with high - end custom designers. Why would he agree to sign a contract with our group?"
"Grandpa, actually, Mr. Huite really likes my jewelry designs and is willing to provide materials for us." Xia Weilan couldn't hide her excitement in her tone. After all, being appreciated by someone like Mr. Huite was a great honor even in her own eyes.
Hearing this, Grandpa Xia stared at Xia Weilan with his wise eyes for a long time. Then he let out a heavy sigh: "You really didn't disappoint me!"
That morning, when Xia Weilan was working in the design department, Manager Yang came to the design department rather anxiously and said, "Miss, hurry up. Mr. Huite from country M has come to the company. He's now discussing cooperation with Grandpa in the office and specifically asks to see you."
Manager Yang's words were like a bombshell in the design department. After Xia Weilan left, Le Gaogao and several designers gathered together:
"Did I hear it right? That famous jeweler is actually going to cooperate with our Xia's Group? And he knows Xia Weilan?"
The design director's eyes also lit up. Then he happily walked back into his office and didn't join the discussion outside.
That morning, Xia's Group successfully signed the green gemstone purchase agreement.
At noon, Grandpa Xia invited Mr. Huite to dinner and took Xia Weilan with him. At the dinner table, Xia Weilan showed elegant conversation and humor, which surprised Grandpa Xia again.
Back in the office of Xia's Group, Grandpa Xia said to Xia Weilan:
"Girl, I didn't expect that after a few days, you've become so calm and reserved. It even surprised me quite a bit."