Chapter 224: Woman, You’re the Female President of a Hundred-Billion-Dollar Group, Act Like It

Chapter 224: Chapter 224: Woman, You’re the Female President of a Hundred-Billion-Dollar Group, Act Like It

’Did... did I really just kiss... kiss that damn man?’

Yan Luoxi could hardly believe it.

’Does he think I kissed him on purpose?’

’And he saw the stupid look on my face, too.’

Waaah...

’So embarrassing!’

...

DING~

The elevator doors opened.

Yan Luoxi covered her face and hurried back to the CEO’s office.

If anyone had seen her right now, their jaws would have dropped.

’Is this still our unapproachable, frosty ice queen of a CEO?!’

Yan Luoxi sat in her executive chair, cupping her face in her hands. A blush still hadn’t faded from her pretty cheeks.

At this rate, it probably wouldn’t be gone by the time Gu Yizhou got back with the food.

"No!"

"This won’t do."

’It was just a little kiss with that damn man!’

’And it’s not like I did it on purpose!’

’It was an accident!’

"Right!"

"That’s exactly what it was."

"Hooo..."

Yan Luoxi took a deep breath, pumping a small fist to cheer herself on. "Come on, Yan Luoxi, you can do this. Stay calm."

The contrast was just too much!

If Gu Yizhou had been there to see how cute she was being, he wouldn’t have known whether to laugh or cry.

’Hey.’

’Woman, you’re the CEO of a hundred-billion-dollar corporation! Get a grip!’

BEEP BEEP BEEP—

Just then, Yan Luoxi’s phone rang.

Roy: "Xixi, you still there? Why haven’t you replied?"

Roy: "Don’t tell me you’re busy kissing your man and have no time for me?"

It was Roy, wondering what was going on since Yan Luoxi hadn’t replied in a while.

After reading the messages, the blush that had just begun to fade from Yan Luoxi’s face returned, deepening before her very eyes.

"..."

Yan Luoxi didn’t know what to say, so she just replied with a series of ellipses.

’What else could I do?!’

’I can’t just say: "Hey, you guessed it! I really did just kiss that damn man," can I?!’

After she sent her reply, Roy messaged back instantly: "Xixi, you’re already spending so much time alone with your man. If you ask me, you should just tell him you like him already!"

"..."

Yan Luoxi was speechless once again as she read Roy’s text.

But Roy completely ignored her reply and continued typing: "It’s the weekend. If your man is willing to come out and be alone with you, he must have feelings for you. Otherwise, why would he waste his day off to go on a date with you!"

"Seriously, I think if you gave him a little hint, he’d probably confess to you on the spot!"

Reading those words, Yan Luoxi was almost spurred into acting impulsively.

But!

Then she had another thought.

’That’s not right!’

’The only reason that damn man is spending time alone with me today is because I forced him to come in for overtime.’

’It’s not like I asked him out on a date at all.’

’Besides, in my human form, I’m not that close with him.’

’Even that first kiss just now was just an accidental misunderstanding.’

’If I tell him I like him now, he definitely won’t believe me. He might even think I’m a total moron!’

So!

Roy’s suggestion was out of the question.

’If I impulsively listen to her, I’ll probably just scare him away!’

Yan Luoxi thought about it seriously.

She suppressed her impulsive urges and decided not to listen to her best friend.

She was afraid that if she confessed and he rejected her, things would become awkward between them.

What she needed now was time. Time to slowly get closer to him.

When the time was right, then she would tell him she liked him.

Having figured this out, Yan Luoxi typed a direct reply: "No."

Hm?

No?

Seeing her reply, Roy, on the other end of the line, furrowed her brow slightly.

Suddenly,

she thought of something.

Roy: "Oh, Xixi, are you afraid that if you confess, your man will reject you, and then you two won’t even be able to be friends?"

Uh... (O.O)...

Her thoughts having been hit spot-on, Yan Luoxi didn’t know what to say for a moment.

Because what Roy said was pretty much what she was thinking.

Or rather, the reality was even worse.

Because her relationship with that damn man wasn’t what Roy imagined.

It wasn’t that she didn’t know Gu Yizhou well, but at the same time, she knew him very well.

After all, she had been a cat for some time now, and had spent a good while with him.

She had a general understanding of his situation.

But only she knew all this. Even he had no idea that she was actually his pet cat, Xiaobai.

’She lived in his house, and he even called himself her "Dad" all day!’

After all, it was such an unbelievable thing that no normal person would ever think of it.

Shaking her head, Yan Luoxi typed a reply: "No... That’s not it. I’m not gonna argue with you, I have work to do!"

After sending it, she ignored Roy’s subsequent messages.

After a moment’s thought, she put down her phone and went into the restroom to wash her face.

She needed to cool down.

Otherwise, if that damn man came back and she was still bright red, it would be even more awkward.

*

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Meanwhile, Gu Yizhou had arrived at the pork stomach and chicken hot pot restaurant he had chosen earlier.

"Hello, handsome. Here to eat?"

He had just parked his car and walked into the restaurant when a young male employee at the door greeted him with a smile.

"Yeah,"

Gu Yizhou nodded in response.

After a moment, he added, "Do you guys do takeout?"

"Huh?"

The employee was taken aback for a second.

Then he nodded. "Yes, we do, but there’s a small fee for packaging."

"Okay,"

Gu Yizhou nodded.

He didn’t mind a small packaging fee; that was pretty normal, after all.

"Um, could I get a menu? I’d like to order,"

Gu Yizhou said.

"Of course, handsome."

"Please, come this way. You can sit down and take your time looking it over,"

the employee said.

He then led Gu Yizhou to an empty table, had him sit, and went to get a menu.

...

「Twenty minutes later.」

Gu Yizhou returned to the underground parking garage of Tidal Group.

He pulled into the same spot as before.

After parking the car, he got out, carrying several bags of takeout containers.

Standing in front of the elevator, Gu Yizhou couldn’t help but feel a little nervous.

’Can’t be helped!’

’It’s impossible not to be nervous thinking about what just happened!’

’What if that woman, after she calms down, thinks I kissed her on purpose? Then things will get really complicated...’