Chapter 156: Chapter 156: Looking at My Biological Father’s Eyes
Of course, achieving this not only requires the person to calm their mind and cultivate their character, to possess extraordinary talent, but also to undergo a long period of training.
Ye Xian recalled how, in her previous life in order to shoot a famous director’s film about Chinese tea ceremony, she had spent a lot of money to learn from an inheritor of ancient tea culture, practicing “Floral Hand” and “Tea Pouring from a Distance” among other skills. She had broken more than ten sets of tea utensils, and since then, her hand bones had also become much more flexible.
Shangguan Yunli saw her pick up the teapot, about to fill all the teacups in one go, and hurriedly stopped her, “Ye Xian, that’s Golden Gourd Imperial Tea. Don’t waste it!”
He hadn’t finished speaking when Ye Xian’s tea was already poured out.
Her actions were smooth as flowing clouds and water, filling each cup in the row to seventy percent, yet the table remained spotlessly clean, not a single drop of tea was spilled.
Shangguan Yunli was completely shocked. Clearly, she poured the tea along the row of cups, and clearly, there was a fist’s distance between each cup, but not a drop was out of place. It was simply unscientific!
“Do you really know tea ceremony?”
Ye Xian: “Why would I lie to you? I’m self-taught.”
Shangguan Yunli, “?” Could such a difficult technique be self-taught?
Ye Xian sat down again, brought her right index and middle fingers together, gently tapped twice on the table, performed the tea gratitude gesture, and then picked up one of the cups with both hands.
Shangguan Yunli gestured to accept it, but she passed it to Bo Tingshen instead.
“CEO, please enjoy the tea~”
Bo Tingshen took the tea from her hand, and as his fingertips touched the edge of the cup, they accidentally pressed against her fingers.
But the man acted as if he hadn’t noticed, and even seemed to pinch her deliberately, with a force that was not light.
Ye Xian felt a slight movement in her arm, and the grazed area sent shivers like a trail of sparks – tingling and numbing, traveling from her fingers up her arm.
CEO… Do you have static electricity on you?
Ye Xian looked up to see Bo Tingshen take a light sip of the tea.
Full of anticipation in her eyes, she waited for his appraisal, “CEO, how is the tea I brewed?”
“Rich fragrance, sweet aftertaste.”
Tingshen was someone who loved and was an expert in tea arts. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have spent a fortune to have a set of Mutton Fat Jade tea utensils made especially for him. To hear words of praise from him was exceptional. Shangguan Yunli saw the dynamic between the superior and subordinate, one praising, the other beaming with pride, and felt thoroughly ignored, which made him discontent.
“I say, Ye Xian, why have you been looking at Tingshen today with eyes like you’re looking at your own father?”
She had thought her behavior wasn’t that obvious, but Shangguan Yunli’s comment made it seem rather noticeable. Even more awkward was that after Shangguan Yunli spoke, Bo Tingshen also put down his cup and with an uninformed gaze, seemed to want an answer from her as well.
There was no point in making up stories. Both the CEO and Shangguan Yunli were extremely astute. It was not easy to deceive them.
Plus, since Shangguan Yunli was her colleague and had a keen perception of emotions, if she lied, he would see through it instantly. It was better to just tell the truth.
“Actually, I am filled with gratitude towards the CEO.”
Bo Tingshen: “Gratitude?”
“Yes, regarding the ‘Cheng Jingshu incident,’ you were impartial and just in your judgement, did not shield her just because she was your prospective sister-in-law, and did not abandon me because I had previously offended your beloved brother. Instead, you fired Cheng Jingshu and expressed your support for me. I was so moved! So moved that I didn’t know how to repay you. That’s why I was so excited to see you today. Rest assured, I will be proactive and diligent in my work from now on, striving for improvement. I won’t let the company and your expectations down, and I will do my best to recover the losses for the company!”