Chapter 246: Chapter 246: The Legendary… Husband Eater?
Su Zixi’s heart skipped a beat as she nonchalantly shifted her gaze back to the screen.
He Jingyao seemed to chuckle, leaning in to wrap his arm around her waist lazily, “I seem to have seen sympathy in your eyes.”
“How could that be, haha,” Su Zixi gave a dry laugh.
He Jingyao said nothing, his gaze sweeping over her computer screen and then suddenly darkening.
Su Zixi felt the man’s arm tighten abruptly!
She suddenly had a bad premonition and focused her eyes to see! Sure enough, a male colleague who usually enjoyed bantering had typed this message in the group chat: “The tech department’s Brother Xun seldom makes an appearance, but this time he’s taken on the lead programmer role for us. Could it be because he has taken a fancy to our team leader!”
Su Zixi felt a little numbness in her fingers… but that wasn’t the scariest part.
The scariest part was someone else replying below: “Right, right! Looking at it, our Zhixi and Brother Xun do seem quite a match!”
“Stop messing around, Zhixi is the president’s wife, have you all forgotten!”
“Oh my! That’s true, I actually forgot! The company even made a special announcement!”
“Eh? The rumor is that our president really hates women. All the assistants and secretaries in the president’s office, as well as the high-level executives on the board, are all men. Everyone is doubting his sexual orientation. Hey, Zhixi, could you be what they call a… beard?”
“No way? Zhixi, is this true?”
The discussion continued merrily, but Su Zixi was in great pain.
It was excruciating to hold back her laughter!
She dared not look at the expression of the man beside her, but judging by his increasingly tight grip, Su Zixi could guess that his mood was very unpleasant!
The department she worked in was just a very small part of HI Group. If it weren’t for her presence, He Jingyao might not even know about this department’s existence. So for her colleagues, the big boss was practically a mythical figure, and given He Jingyao’s unique situation, with a crowd of bodyguards following him everywhere, very few people had seen him.
To prevent her colleagues from further courting death, Su Zixi had to take a deep breath and type a message: “Your president is right beside me…”
She then added: “And he’s seen all of your discussions.”
Su Zixi turned her head, looking innocently at someone: “They’re just joking, don’t take it to heart.”
He Jingyao’s gaze was deep, his thin lips curved slightly: “Is my presence really that low?”
“How could it be?” Su Zixi shivered, quickly closing her laptop, wrapping her arms around his waist, and smiling ingratiatingly, “They’ve never seen me with you, so they could easily misunderstand. Um, I’ve finished my work, let’s go home.”
The man looked at her with a meaningful gaze.
Su Zixi’s heart was beating a little too joyfully.
Luckily, at that moment, his phone suddenly rang.
He Jingyao picked up the phone and glanced at it, raising an eyebrow. He ruffled Su Zixi’s hair, “You go home first, I still have something to do.”
Su Zixi obediently nodded, just glad he wasn’t holding her colleagues’ jokes against her.
He Jingyao was genuinely surprised when he saw Huo Yanzhao.
Having not seen each other for just a week, Huo Yanzhao had become significantly thinner and more haggard, but his dark eyes were exceptionally bright at this moment.
“Have you found the person?” Huo Yanzhao, not bothering with pleasantries, cut right to the chase.
He Jingyao nodded, “I had them bring the person here. Get ready.”