Chapter 100: Raising Younger Brother
Xu Si bit her lower lip. "So where are my assistant and bodyguard? When are you going to release them?"
Pei Zhen sighed and stretched out his slender hands, slowly tucking her hair behind her ear. For a moment, he seemed somewhat wistful. "You only ever agree to stay with me when it concerns your interests. You really are the perfect businessman."
After a long moment, his desolation vanished without a trace, and he laughed unrestrainedly. "Assistant An should be back at the company by now. And your bodyguard..." A hint of disgust showed in his heterochromatic eyes. "Are you sure that kind of trash can protect you? He went down without even resisting yesterday. He’d be better off staying by my side to train more. How about I find you a new team of bodyguards?"
Xu Si gazed at him calmly with her beautiful, soft eyes. "I didn’t hire bodyguards to guard against you in the first place. Do as you please. I need to return to my room and make a call; the company should be very busy today."
"President Xu is truly busy."
Xu Si paused, slightly taken aback. After a single kiss, she was ’President Xu’ again?
Picking up a tissue from the table, she wiped off the lipstick that had smeared around her lips and said, all business, "It’s good to be busy. I’m planning to purchase a plot of land to build a hotel and enter a new industry; there’s so much to take care of."
Pei Zhen propped his chin on his palm, his gaze shifting as he watched her through the steam rising from the boiling teapot, a faint smile playing on his lips. "What am I to do? I don’t want you to leave."
His words were laden with ambiguous tenderness.
Immediately, the waiters outside formed a dense line, their presence pressing down on the entire tea room. It felt as impenetrable as it had in the Underground City, the air squeezed out until only a chilling malevolence remained.
Xu Si had just reached the door of the tea room. Her brown coat failed to cover her pale ankles. She swayed slightly, then paused and looked back at him. His handsome face was like that of a deity, and her own fingers were adorned with three gemstone rings, each valuable enough to purchase several prime lots of real estate. She raised an eyebrow slightly. "You’ve grown up, and you certainly spend a lot. If I don’t earn more, how am I supposed to support you?"
Xu Si’s voice remained light, almost like a breeze. Her words were soft, sounding pleasant even when she was spouting nonsense.
Pei Zhen’s gaze rested on her gorgeous face, then on her alluring peach-blossom eyes. Those eyes were intently gauging his reaction, testing if such a pretext would work. He watched her for a long time.