Chapter 78: Chapter 78 Just Stop at This
Su Zixi suddenly felt as if she had been caught red-handed, and was embarrassingly unable to cope, “Yesterday I took part in a competition, and Young Master He took a liking to our team’s work, so he asked me to come over, saying he wanted to buy out our design…”
“Yes, I know,” Xia Xinyu said with a gentle smile, “You don’t need to explain. Actually, I can understand. Men like Jingyao, there aren’t many women who can refuse. The words I said before still stand. You are totally free to continue seeing him.”
Su Zixi bit her lip, feeling her cheeks begin to heat up.
“I… I actually tried, but…”
“I understand,” Xia Xinyu sighed softly, “I’ve been prepared for a long time.”
Su Zixi felt extremely guilty, filled with self-reproach.
She blamed herself and also secretly blamed He Jingyao; with such a wonderful fiancée, why did he have to come and bother her…
“Miss Xia, I… Anyway, I will try my best…” Her voice clearly lacked conviction.
Xia Xinyu laughed, obviously not believing her, and gently shook her head, “I work at HI Group. I’m off to the office now, goodbye.”
Su Zixi bid her farewell, watching Xia Xinyu’s retreating figure; Xinyu was dressed in a proper suit today, even her walking posture was as beautiful as a painting.
She pursed her lips in thought, then turned and walked out.
Buying out the project, interning at HI, she might as well pretend she hadn’t heard any of it, anyway, she had come, but not seeing him was not her fault.
Too bad Su Zixi hadn’t even left the HI building when she was stopped by two men in suits.
“Miss Su, right? The president is waiting for you in the tea restaurant next door,” one of them said with a smile.
Su Zixi was startled: “He Jingyao?”
“That’s right.” He gestured politely, “This way, please.”
Su Zixi gritted her teeth, “What if I don’t want to go?”
The men still smiled but blocked her potential escape routes, one on each side.
Su Zixi, through gritted teeth, could only say fiercely, “Lead the way!”
She decided that today was the day she would make it clear to He Jingyao that she would never associate with a man who was engaged, never!
Su Zixi mustered all her courage to push open the door of the exquisitely decorated tea restaurant; the large restaurant was devoid of other guests except for the Young Master He sitting by the window.
He was obviously having breakfast, still in a black shirt, the diamond cufflinks on his wrist making him seem even more cold and distant.
The man lifted the cup, his eyes and brows lowered, and his thin lips lightly sipped the coffee; every move could be the stunning cover of a magazine or a movie poster… a captivating force.
Su Zixi stared at him, feeling the courage she had mustered slowly disappearing into thin air.
“Please,” the man who had led her there broke the silence.
Step by step, Su Zixi walked over and sat across from He Jingyao, obediently like a student who had done something wrong.
He Jingyao pushed a cup of milk tea towards her and started with a smile, “Have you had breakfast?”
Su Zixi nodded but still took a big gulp of the milk tea, as if finding courage from within, and said in a deep voice, “Young Master He, there is something I’d like to discuss with you.”
“Hmm?” The man lifted his eyes.
“I… If you are truly interested in our design, then I am still very willing to sell it to you, but that’s as far as it goes. I cannot take on the role of project leader.” After Su Zixi finished speaking, she quickly took another big gulp of milk tea.
He Jingyao’s gaze suddenly darkened.