nycdaug Chapter 237 Scheming
Chapter 237 Scheming
"What? You don't want me to visit your office?!" Rongyue walked out of the elevator with a smile.
Li Xin looked into the elevator again and saw Mei Jia and Tao Mei'er, and behind them, Mo Chen and Xia Xiluo.
"You guys? Why aren't you coming out yet?"
Tao Mei'er and Mei Jia immediately stepped aside to make way. "Mr. Gong and Mr. Xia, please go first."
Mo Chen and Xia Xiluo walked out of the elevator.
"Boss, we're still busy, so we'll go down first!" After saying that, Mei Jia waved to Rong Yue and Li Xin, then hurriedly pressed the elevator button.
The moment the elevator door closed, Meijia and Taomei both breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
They looked at each other.
"Can we just leave Rongyue here like this?"
"She's protected by the boss! The boss is stronger than the two of us! Who can we afford to offend, Mr. Gong or Mr. Xia?"
"Yes Yes Yes!"
"Did I see it right? Rongyue smiled at Mr. Gong."
"You're right. I was shocked too! How did she do it so naturally and calmly?!"
"How should I know? It's like nothing happened!"
"No, no, we forgot. Rongyue lost her memory after giving birth! She doesn't know Mr. Gong, right? Even if she does, she probably doesn't remember those embarrassing experiences! It must be!"
"Yes, yes, you are right! It is possible!"
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief again.
Outside the top floor elevator.
Xia Xiluo and Mo Chen walked out of the elevator. She watched Rongyue and Li Xin talking and laughing as they walked into Li Xin's office. Li Xin's assistant, Assistant Chen, also greeted Rongyue warmly when he saw her.
Xia Xiluo turned to look at Mo Chen. Mo Chen watched Li Xin and Nangong Rongyue walk into the office with an expressionless face. He turned and walked towards his own office.
Xia Xiluo quickly caught up with Mo Chen.
"Wow! Your office is so big!" Rongyue walked around Li Xin's office. There were only two offices on the top floor, so the space was particularly large.
Rongyue looked at Li Xin's lounge. It didn't even have a door and was completely open. At first glance, it looked like a princess's room. It was full of plush toys and even the sofa was made of pink fabric.
Rongyue smiled and pointed at Li Xin's lounge. "I didn't expect President Li to have a girlish heart! Do you lie among these dolls during your lunch break?"
Rongyue found the scene extremely funny when she thought about it.
Li Xin smiled helplessly, "Then teach me how to reject our little princess's requests... Anyway, I can't reject her, so I can only let her do whatever she wants."
"Tsk, isn't it because you guys spoiled her like this? She has ruined the company! Grandpa's house is almost like an indoor playground for children. Anyway, I can't control them. You spoiled them so much that you are responsible for teaching them a lesson!"
"Oh! Don't worry! You are really not needed to teach them. If you can focus on your own thing, that will be the biggest help to us!" Li Xin sat down.
"Tsk! Mr. Li looks down on me, a poor student!" Rongyue rolled her eyes at Li Xin and sat down as well.
"It's not that you can't do it, it's that your energy is limited. You have to take care of them both and paint every day, so how can you have time to rest? It was already that time yesterday and I didn't go to your studio to take you out, but you were still in the studio! Have you forgotten what the doctor said to you?" Li Xin looked at Rongyue seriously.
"Don't stay up late, I remember, I forgot the time last night..."
"Don't always complain about your bad memory! Either you control yourself, or I'll pick you up and take you home every day. It's on my way anyway!" Li Xin frowned and stared at Rongyue.
"Okay! I'll pay attention! Don't be angry!" Rongyue smiled at Li Xin, as if admitting her mistake and asking for forgiveness.
"Do you have time this weekend?" Rongyue lowered her head and thought for a while, then looked up at Li Xin.
"Just tell me what you want to do." Li Xin leaned back in his chair and looked at Rongyue.
"I want to learn to drive. My right hand has recovered well enough. I checked and I should be able to take the driver's license test."
"Didn't Grandpa give you a car and a driver? Why do you want to drive yourself?"
Rongyue nodded.
"Isn't it nice to ride in a car? How can you not enjoy it? Besides, can we trust you to drive with your right hand like this?"
Li Xin looked at Rongyue nodding her head but with a reluctant look on her face, and he knew that if he didn't take her, she would think of other ways.
"What car do you want to drive?"
Rongyue immediately smiled and said, "Mr. Li's car is fine! The kind that I won't harm, and I won't have to pay for it if it's damaged by me."
"Want to try a sports car?" Li Xin raised his eyebrows and looked at Rongyue.
"Is it okay?" Rongyue could no longer conceal her excitement.
"I'll decide what car I'll give you this weekend based on your performance this week! Let's go! Let's have lunch together, and then I'll take you to school."
Li Xin and Rong Yue stood up.
"What kind of performance should we look at?"
"Think for yourself..."
… …
Mo Chen walked into their exclusive private room and saw Li Xin and Xia Xiluo drinking tea and talking. Their expressions and tones were relaxed and cheerful.
"Here he comes!" Xia Xiluo's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw Mo Chen.
"Yeah." Mo Chen responded with a smile and sat down opposite Xia Xiluo.
Li Xin looked at the expressions of Xia Xiluo and Mo Chen. One was eager and eager, while the other was calm and indifferent. He picked up the tea in front of him and took a sip.
"Boss Gong, Boss Li, Boss Xia, is it still the same?"
Li Xin nodded.
The manager nodded respectfully, left the box and closed the door.
"The three of us haven't eaten together for a long time." Xia Xiluo washed the tea and poured tea for Li Xin and Mo Chen.
"You two are having fun abroad! How dare you say that!" Li Xin leaned lazily in the chair and picked up the tea to drink.
"Well, I should thank you. Not only for the company."
Xia Xiluo looked at Mo Chen, and Mo Chen looked at Li Xin seriously, his eyes full of meaning.
"Speaking of which, I haven't seen the two babies yet! Mo Chen never tells me when he returns to the country and leaves suddenly. It's too abrupt for me to come back alone to see the two children. I haven't seen them until now. When can I meet them?"
Li Xin smiled and said, "Two little devils with angelic faces! But, after all, children take after their parents. Xiaoyu's domineering nature is exactly the same as Mo Chen's when he was a child."
"Alas, I am completely dominated by her. I really can't refuse this girl's request. It's like she is born with the magic that makes people unable to refuse any of her requests."
When Li Xin thought of the two children, he suddenly became interested and spoke more unconsciously.
"Xiaoyu takes after her mother in this respect."
When Li Xin and Xia Xiluo heard Mo Chen's words, they both looked at Mo Chen at the same time.
Li Xin quite agreed with Mo Chen.
Xia Xiluo looked at Mo Chen, who looked like he was recalling something, with a faint smile on his face. She held the teacup tightly and took a sip of tea. Today's tea seemed particularly bitter.
"It's just that Rongyue grew up in a different environment and won't make demands on others." Mo Chen lowered his eyes, feeling a little distressed.
Xia Xiluo looked at Mo Chen, and even his tone softened when he mentioned Nangong Rongyue.
"Then you can train her slowly! It will be fine once she gets used to it."
Xia Xiluo looked at Li Xin who was speaking.
Li Xin looked at Xia Xiluo and smiled.
"Xiluo, there are some things that I was not convenient to tell too many people before." Mo Chen raised his eyes and looked at Xia Xiluo.
Xia Xiluo looked at Mo Chen.
"My feud with the Nangong family was partly because of my mother, but more of it was for the future of myself and Rongyue. So from the beginning, I planned to leave Rongyue. Rongyue still doesn't know about it. Only four people know about my plan: my father, my grandfather, Rongyue's grandmother, and Li Xin."
Xia Xiluo looked at Mo Chen calmly. After this day, she had some premonitions in her heart. She could see that Mo Chen cared about Nangong Rongyue because she had been watching him for too long, not a few days or years, but from childhood to adulthood! So she understood every expression of his, whether he was really happy or just perfunctory, she knew it clearly.
"Now all the matters of the Nangong family are settled, so... I will continue to be with Rongyue from now on." Mo Chen looked at Xia Xiluo calmly.
Xia Xiluo drank a sip of tea and forced herself to calm down, because she knew Mo Chen too well. She had complained and made trouble because of Nangong Rongyue in the past, and even put down her dignity to ask him for help, but it was useless. Now she still had no ability to shake Mo Chen. She didn't want to embarrass herself too much, but she would not give up just like that. Instead of almost tearing her face with Mo Chen and Li Xin like before, it would be better to keep her current position first and then make long-term plans.
Xia Xiluo smiled and said, "I guessed it."
Li Xin looked up at Xia Xiluo. He was still a little surprised in his heart, because Xia Xiluo's calmness was beyond his expectations. This was not like the Xia Xiluo he knew.
Xia Xiluo glanced at Li Xin and saw the doubt in his eyes. She needed to make these two men trust her without any suspicion. Since Mo Chen had not fallen in love with her yet, it would be good to make him feel guilty and pity for her first.
She had used this trick before, and although it did not destroy the relationship between Mo Chen and Nangong Rongyue, it did affect them. The most important thing was that she used that incident to test that Mo Chen still cared about her. However, later on, Mo Chen was influenced by Nangong Rongyue and said such absolute words to her. It was also because of that time that she realized that Nangong Rongyue was not simple, nor was she the naive person she had imagined.
Xia Xiluo came back to her senses and looked at Mo Chen. "You have distanced yourself from me time and again, reminding me not to have any expectations of you. And when I saw the way you looked at Nangong Rongyue today, I guessed it."
Xia Xiluo paused, closed her eyes, and when she looked up again, her eyes were red. "After you and Nangong Rongyue got together, I didn't ask for anything else, I just wanted to be by your side. In the past three years, I have cherished every day, fearing that one day I would not be able to accompany you like this. It seems that I was right, and this day has finally come. The person you need is not me after all."
Li Xin looked at Xia Xiluo, who was about to cry. He raised his hand and patted Xia Xiluo's shoulder.
"It's okay... Mo Chen, if I can't give you the happiness you want, then you go and pursue your own happiness. I wish you all the best. Remember, I always wish you the best!" Xia Xiluo looked at Mo Chen.
Mo Chen looked at Xia Xiluo and smiled with tears in his eyes. He thought about how cold and distant he had been to her over the past three years. He suddenly doubted whether he was really as cruel to Xia Xiluo as Li Xin said.
At this moment Mo Chen's indifference and determination wavered. He was very sure that he had never loved Xia Xiluo, but from that moment on he even ignored the fact that Xia Xiluo was a close friend who grew up with him and Li Xin.
"Xi Luo..." Mo Chen looked at Xia Xi Luo.
Xia Xiluo looked at the apology in Mo Chen's eyes and said, "Mo Chen, I am very grateful that you allowed me to stay by your side these years. You don't owe me anything. My feelings for you are voluntary and unrequited. I just hope that you can still treat me as a friend and don't cut off contact with me just because I like you... I really don't want the three of us..."
Xia Xiluo raised her hands to cover her face, and the rest of the words she didn't say seemed to be spoken with tears.
"No, Xiluo! Didn't I tell you..." Li Xin gently comforted the crying Xia Xiluo.
Li Xin glanced at Mo Chen.
"We are still friends."
Mo Chen looked at Xia Xiluo. His heart was not made of stone after all. Seeing Xia Xiluo crying, he felt pity for her. It was just because he had Rongyue, so he always felt that he should not pay too much attention to other women, and he didn't have the heart to care about other women.
But Mo Chen didn't expect that such an ordinary and natural thing could make Xia Xiluo say it so humbly. Perhaps he was really too cruel to her.
Li Xin frowned and looked at Mo Chen again, then gave Mo Chen a wink.
Mo Chen understood, picked up the tissue in front of him and handed it to Xia Xiluo, saying softly, "Xiluo, don't cry. I promise you that our relationship will not change because of anyone."
Xia Xiluo took the tissue from Mo Chen's hand and tidied herself.
Li Xin and Mo Chen looked at Xia Xiluo crying miserably, and they both felt bad.
Xia Xiluo tidied herself up and looked at Mo Chen, "I want to know which step is the beginning of your plan? Can you tell me now?"