Chapter 641: You Call That Having Seen

“Ah…”

Xu Tingting’s gaze darted away, flitting about as if she dared not look at him.

Just then the server brought over the grilled skewers, and she quickly took one and handed it to him.

“Have some skewers.”

Xu Shu didn’t take it, his eyes fixed on her like a hawk’s.

It seemed as if he was trying to draw out all her guilt with his stare.

Xu Tingting bravely pushed the skewer forward again, “Try it, everyone says it’s delicious, so it must be.”

Xu Shu hummed softly before finally taking a bite.

Xu Tingting ate with gusto, apparently really hungry, quickly finishing four or five skewers.

The spiciness turned her lips a slight red.

Reaching for a tissue in habit, she found the box empty, and called out, “Boss, bring a pack of tissues.”

Xu Shu’s expression darkened in an instant.

He finally understood what had changed about Xu Tingting.

Compared to the past, the air of the streets was too strong on her.

He deliberately probed, “Do you often eat at these kinds of food stalls?”

“Mhm, sometimes when Ah Jin gets off work late, we just eat…”

Xu Tingting, not being on guard, blurted out half her sentence, then felt a chill on the back of her neck and tremulously looked up—Xu Shu was indeed staring at her, his deathly gaze nearly causing her to drop the skewer in her hand.

She hurriedly corrected herself, “No, not really, just a few times a month…”

“A few times?” He cut her off firmly.

Xu Tingting didn’t dare to count on her fingers, meekly responding, “Just…”

“When are you going to bring your little boyfriend to meet me formally?”

His tone wasn’t that of a question, so it wasn’t seeking her opinion, but rather a firm demand.

Xu Tingting immediately panicked, “But haven’t we met?

We’ve even met several times, right?”

“You call those meetings?”

During those few accidental encounters, Xu Shu’s impression of Song Jin had sunk to rock bottom, especially the time he had come to the Xu family villa to bring flowers to Xu Tingting.

While talking to her, he kept glancing into the villa.

His jealousy and envy weren’t well hidden, and his utilitarian motives were obviously displayed.

If it hadn’t been for Tingting lying to him that she was also someone dependent on others, he might have already welcomed that foolish child into a more prominent role in their house.

“Pick a time, a place, sit down face to face, that’s what a formal meeting is, understand?”

Xu Tingting dared not nod, nor did she dare to shake her head; she didn’t even dare to answer casually.

She stammered, “But Ah Jin has just started working, and every day his boss assigns him a lot of tasks, and his colleagues bully him.

Some take advantage of their seniority and always dump their own work on him.

He gets off work late every day, hardly has any time on the weekends, can be called back to work overtime at any moment, barely lives in his rented room, and moreover, his roommate is so untidy.

He’s really pitiful, he’s exhausted from work every day, and still has to clean when he gets home.”

Xu Tingting was laying it on thick, although not all of what she said was true, about eighty percent was.

She embellished just a tad, thinking not to overdo it.

Lest her brother think she found someone incompetent.

The main point was to highlight how agreeable Song Jin was.

Yet Xu Shu picked apart her story bit by bit, “Just like other interns, his supervisor would assign tasks to others as well.

Whether they could complete them, how quickly they could finish them, relies on their capabilities.

If it’s beyond the normal scope of work, that’s workplace bullying.

If his colleagues are dumping work on him, either he doesn’t know how to say no, or he’s too eager to please, unable to look after himself but still taking on others’ work.

If not him, who else would they bully?”