Hearing Lan Xin’s words, Bai Zhiqing also came to her senses and pinched Lu Tianxing hard on his waist. She blamed this bastard for making her angry. If it weren’t for him, none of this would have happened, and now her secretary had seen it too—how was she supposed to face the company in the future?
"Wife, stop it, it really hurts,"
Lu Tianxing gasped in pain. That pinch was too harsh, he was certain it would bruise.
Bai Zhiqing suppressed the embarrassment in her heart, stood up from Lu Tianxing’s embrace, and tried to move to a chair nearby to sit down, but a piercing pain from her ankle made her involuntarily inhale sharply.
Seeing Bai Zhiqing’s expression, Lu Tianxing immediately knew her foot injury was serious.
Leaning on the table and enduring the pain in her foot, Zhiqing looked at Lan Xin and asked, "Secretary Lan, what can I do for you?"
Lan Xin carefully glanced at Lu Tianxing, then spoke up, "Chairman, the reception desk just called and said there are a few police officers downstairs wanting to see Assistant Lu."
Bai Zhiqing furrowed her brows slightly and said, "I understand. Have them come up to my office."
Lan Xin nodded, her gaze cautiously sweeping over Bai Zhiqing and Lu Tianxing, trying to understand what the two of them had been doing in the office that made it so easy to misconstrue.
"Could it be that Assistant Lu didn’t lie to me, and he is indeed married to the chairman? Are those marks on his face really made by the chairman? That shouldn’t be the case. The chairman seems a bit cold but I’ve never heard of her having a violent streak. And with the chairman being so beautiful, how could she like a pervert? Lu Tianxing must be some poor relative of the chairman, which is why she keeps tolerating him."
A thought flashed through Lan Xin’s mind, she gave Lu Tianxing another glance without lingering and quickly ran out.
"Wait, Secretary Lan, you saw it wrong just now, didn’t you?"
Bai Zhiqing suddenly called after Lan Xin, her tone leaving no room for doubt.
"Yes, Chairman. I didn’t see anything just now,"
Although Lan Xin’s appearance was like that of a high school student, she wasn’t someone who lived in an ivory tower, isolated in a fairytale world; she knew what should be said and what should not. This scene was definitely not to be mentioned.
Bai Zhiqing nodded, "You may go now."
Lan Xin instantly breathed a sigh of relief, quickly shut the door, and exited. If she had known that entering the office would mean seeing things she shouldn’t, she wouldn’t have come in for anything. Sometimes knowing too much could get you silenced, just like how it’s portrayed on television.
After Lan Xin had left, Bai Zhiqing glared fiercely at Lu Tianxing, "It’s all your fault, you bastard. Now hurry and help me sit over there."
"Wife, let’s be fair in what we say. Blame me? I saved you just now. If you had fallen to the floor, you could’ve knocked out your two front teeth. Imagine the chairman of Bai’s Group without front teeth—how embarrassing would that be if it got out? I was protecting our corporate image, which is entirely justifiable,"
"Hmph, it’s still your fault regardless,"
Lu Tianxing wore a speechless expression; women truly were unreasonable, even the ice queen CEO was no exception.
Seeing Bai Zhiqing’s pained expression and the redness forming in her eyes, Lu Tianxing stepped forward and scooped her up in a princess carry.
Bai Zhiqing was startled and began to struggle, "Lu Tianxing, what are you doing? Let go of me, or else I won’t be so kind to you."
"Don’t move around. You’ve twisted your ankle, and I need to treat it for you. Otherwise, I don’t want to have a wife who is a cripple,"
Lu Tianxing, dissatisfied, patted Bai Zhiqing on her back, hugged her and placed her on the sofa next to him, then crouched down, grabbing Bai Zhiqing’s foot in his hands.
"Lu Tianxing, let go at once, I don’t need you to tend to my foot, just let me go."
At that moment, Bai Zhiqing felt her heart nearly leaping out of her throat, her pretty face flushed crimson as she desperately tried to withdraw her foot.
Lu Tianxing looked up, annoyed, and in an instant, he was stunned because he saw something familiar, Winnie the Pooh.
"Ah, Lu Tianxing, you pervert!"
Bai Zhiqing screamed, hastily holding down the hem of her dress, her cheeks burning red to the tips of her ears, too embarrassed to look into Lu Tianxing’s eyes.
"Hehe, wife, it was an accident, purely accidental, hehe, don’t be nervous, relax, relax."
Lu Tianxing chuckled sheepishly and then bowed his head, removing Bai Zhiqing’s socks.
As he removed the socks, a faint fragrance wafted through the air. Lu Tianxing inwardly marveled, a beauty is indeed a beauty, flawless. If it were a big burly man removing his socks, a pair of feet would stink to high heaven.
Bai Zhiqing’s face was scarlet, her body trembling slightly, her hands firmly pressing down the hem of her dress, her heart pounding non-stop. It was her first time exposing her feet in front of the opposite sex, and the sensation of Lu Tianxing’s hand holding her foot, as if charged with electricity, made her shudder uncontrollably.
Having removed the socks and holding Bai Zhiqing’s foot in his hand, Lu Tianxing was momentarily spellbound; Bai Zhiqing’s feet were delicate, with fair skin that seemed to emit a faint glow under the light.
"What are you spacing out for! Weren’t you going to treat me?"
Bai Zhiqing’s face remained flushed red, and the sight of Lu Tianxing gazing at her foot made her feel a bashful warmth rising within her.
"Treat you, of course, it’s just that I was observing where the injury was, that’s all."
Lu Tianxing felt an awkward surge, as he was actually spellbound by a pair of feet.
Lu Tianxing’s finger moved across Bai Zhiqing’s foot, gently pressing down.
At that moment, there was a slight redness and swelling on Bai Zhiqing’s ankle. When Lu Tianxing pressed it, she immediately inhaled sharply, "It hurts!"
"Hmm, that’s the spot. Bear with it a little, I need to treat you, otherwise, you will have trouble even walking today. Be good, don’t move around."
Lu Tianxing nodded and started pressing gently on Bai Zhiqing’s foot with his fingers.
As Lu Tianxing’s fingers rhythmically pressed, Bai Zhiqing felt her body suddenly becoming somewhat scorching hot, as if countless ants were biting her, a strange sensation welling up from deep within her soul. The cool sensation emitting from her ankle alleviated the pain on her foot.
Bai Zhiqing bit her red lips tightly, trying hard not to make a sound, her eyes watery, her pretty face blushing enough to drip, her body trembling lightly.
If it were any other man, Bai Zhiqing would absolutely not have allowed him to touch her, but in front of Lu Tianxing, she chose to give in, as if her subconscious never considered rejecting Lu Tianxing’s intimacy.
In other words, after Lu Tianxing had thrown caution to the wind to save her yesterday, Bai Zhiqing had already quietly accepted this man who was her husband in name.