Gently bite the jasmine

Chapter 189 Let's have lunch together today.

The air in the entryway seemed to freeze for a moment; Liang Yutong went from being a character in a play to a spectator.

Lin Xi grabbed Mu Shuo: "What did you mean by what you just said?"

Mu Shuo suddenly shut his mouth; in his haste, he betrayed Duan Yiheng.

He felt so guilty that he didn't dare to glance at Duan Yiheng again.

Duan Yiheng was speechless. He turned around and led Lin Xi into the bedroom, saying, "Let them stay here. I'll explain to you when we get inside."

Lin Xi turned around and glanced at Liang Yutong, who waved back at her.

Upon entering the bedroom, Duan Yiheng sat down at the foot of the bed. Just as he was about to pull Lin Xi over to sit on his lap, Lin Xi raised her hand and pressed it against his forehead, looking accusatory.

"Don't be vague, explain yourself clearly."

Duan Yiheng leaned back, pretending to be pushed down, and fell onto the bed.

Lin Xi raised one leg and knelt down, placing it between Duan Yiheng's spread legs.

She grabbed Duan Yiheng's wrist: "Get up, stop pretending to be stupid, okay?"

Duan Yiheng bent his legs and brought them together. To his astonishment, Lin Xi was pulled down onto his chest.

Duan Yiheng took the opportunity to pin her down and said, "I did have some thoughts about it back then, but Mu Shuo was completely following Mu Zhao's orders."

Mu Zhao and Duan Yiheng have a very close relationship, and he has known about Mu Zhao's feelings for Lin Xi from the very beginning.

However, Duan Yiheng was six years older than Lin Xi, and they couldn't fit into the same social circle. For his brother's sake, he sacrificed his younger brother.

Mu Shuo actually looked down on Yu Lang and Duan Mingxuan. He was always causing chaos and just playing around.

Duan Mingxuan is even better than Yu Lang. Yu Lang changes women so often that even a Ferrari can't keep up.

"So Mu Shuo was your informant." Lin Xi raised her eyes. "Back then, when Duan Mingxuan and I went to the club and I got drunk and ran into you, was it him who reported me?"

Duan Yiheng: "Yes, Duan Mingxuan had a girlfriend at the time, and I was worried about you."

Lin Xi raised her hand and hugged his neck: "So it was all planned all along."

“Yeah.” Duan Yiheng bumped his nose against hers. “You’ve got what you’ve been planning.”

He turned his head to kiss the corner of her lips, and just as he was about to go deeper, there was a knock on the door.

Lin Xi hurriedly pushed him to stand up, and Duan Yiheng was speechless for a moment.

Twice now, both times the kiss was interrupted.

When Liang Yutong saw them come out, she pointed to the living room and said, "Mu Zhao is here."

Lin Xi pushed Duan Yiheng out. Mu Zhao greeted him when he saw him and said, "I'll take him back first. I'll deal with him when we get back."

Duan Yiheng said, "I'll go down with you."

Liang Yutong will probably stay here tonight; if he stays any longer, it'll be like kicking him out.

Mu Zhao nodded: "Then let's go downstairs together."

Mu Shuo followed behind the two, snorted, and reluctantly left the Imperial Seal of the Capital.

Mu Zhao slapped him on the back of the head: "You only know how to charge headlong into things, don't you know how to retreat to advance?"

Mu Shuo's eyes lit up: "What do you mean?"

Mu Zhao pointed at Duan Yiheng: "Ask him, I have no experience."

Duan Yiheng: "...Go read the book yourself. Don't you know what the phrase 'retreating to advance' means?"

Mu Zhao felt that neither of them had any humanity.

After they left, Lin Xi took Liang Yutong's arm and walked towards the room: "Why don't you take a shower first, and we can talk in bed later."

"Let's take a bath together," Liang Yutong said.

Lin Xi instinctively covered herself and shook her head.

"Don't try to cover it up," Liang Yutong chuckled suggestively. "I saw the hickey on your neck a long time ago."

Lin Xi rushed into the bathroom, tilted her head to the side, and sure enough, she saw the marks that were about to fade.

What's wrong with Liang Yutong's eyes? She can tell even when someone's eyes are practically empty.

Looks like I'll have to cover it up for work tomorrow.

Liang Yutong came up behind her and asked her how she felt in her ear. Lin Xi's neck and cheeks turned red.

She pushed Liang Yutong's face away: "You're not inexperienced yourself."

After saying that, Lin Xi fled back to her bedroom, afraid that Liang Yutong would say anything more to her.

The phone on the bedside table vibrated. Lin Xi went over and saw it was a message from Duan Yiheng, asking if they could have lunch together tomorrow morning.

Lin Xi refused. There was only so much time in the morning; he didn't get to the company until 10 a.m., so what kind of breakfast would he have?

She concluded that Duan Yiheng was teasing her.

Sure enough, his next sentence was that he was just joking and told her to go to sleep early.

Going to bed early was probably not going to be possible; she and Liang Yutong chatted until 1 a.m.

The next morning, Lin Xi drove to the company.

Unexpectedly, Qin Yang had already arrived at the office. Upon seeing her, Qin Yang handed the documents to Lin Xi:

"These all require Mr. Duan's approval. Make sure he signs them today, and then give them to me."

Lin Xi quickly accepted it: "Okay."

"Wait a minute," Qin Yang called out to Lin Xi, who was about to leave, "I have something to tell you."

"I'll be going to Lancheng on behalf of President Duan on Monday. Please temporarily cover my affairs here. Let's combine our schedules, and then you can arrange President Duan's itinerary."

Qin Yang is in charge of the group's affairs, Lin Xi is in charge of Yinfan Technology's affairs, but there is only one Duan Yiheng.

Therefore, they had to go over their schedules every day and make reasonable arrangements for Duan Yiheng's schedule according to priorities.

Lin Xi was already very skilled at this job, as it was originally done by her.

Lin Xi returned to her workstation and flipped through a couple of pages, when she suddenly discovered a schedule that had not yet been finalized.

It was handwritten by Qin Yang: "Likang Cooperation Plan, Meeting with Tan Qi."

Lin Xi pondered for a moment. It seemed that before Duan Yiheng took over Yin Fan, the focus of the entire second half of the year was the cooperation plan with Li Kang.

Tan Qi is currently in charge of Likang. Logically speaking, since Duan Yiheng made Qin Yang remember this matter, he should arrange a meeting as soon as possible.

Duan Yiheng entered the company and stood at the door of the secretary's office. Lin Xi didn't notice him for a while, so she raised her hand and knocked on the door.

Upon seeing him, Lin Xi instinctively stood up and said, "Good morning, Mr. Duan."

Duan Yiheng walked in: "What are you busy with?"

Lin Xi repeated Qin Yang's instructions to her, then asked Duan Yiheng, "Should we arrange for you to meet Miss Tan as soon as possible?"

Duan Yiheng shook his head: "Let's wait two more days."

Lin Xi asked, puzzled, "Why?"

“Tan Qi has quite the ambition.” Duan Yiheng smiled. “She’s been holding back and hasn’t asked me out yet, so I knew she was waiting for me to make the first move. The one who makes the first move is the one who gets the last one to respond.”

Lin Xi: "So you two just kept holding back?"

Duan Yiheng: "My trip to S City and meeting Lu Tong was a signal that if we could leverage the financial resources of Black Sky Investment, we would have more say and initiative when negotiating with Tan Qi."

Lin Xi: "...So you didn't go to see Lu Tong just for fun."

Duan Yiheng said, "I'll also chat with Lu Tong about the collaboration."

They trusted each other well, and reached an agreement during their walk that evening. Tan Qi must already know that he had met with Lu Tong.

She will definitely ask to meet me within three days.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xi picked up the documents Qin Yang had given her and said, "These all need your signature. I'll take them to your office for you."

The two entered the CEO's office one after the other. Duan Yiheng blocked Lin Xi's path by standing in front of the desk.

"Shall we have lunch together today?"