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"Hello?"

"I'm free for lunch." On the other end of the line, a man's low, flat voice came through the receiver.

As Pei Luoyi listened, she couldn't help but smile. Her fingers unconsciously rubbed the rim of her cup. "Oh …"

He raised his head to look at the clock on the wall. "I'm almost off work. Where are we going to eat?"

The man on the other side seemed to be ordering something. Then, he put his phone close to his ear and replied, "I'll come pick you up later."

Pei Luoyi slightly creased her brow. She thought back to yesterday when he came to fetch her for dinner. In the end, the event caused a sensation at the company's entrance.

She also knew that he didn't like to show himself outside, as he never did, and he didn't get out of the car yesterday.

She hesitated for a moment but still refused. "About that, forget it. Just tell me the address and I'll go over myself."

At the top floor of the palace building.

A man in a dark blue suit stood in front of a large window.

Hearing the woman's reply, Gong Yan looked out of the window and squinted his eyes as he held his phone in one hand.

Knowing what she was worried about, he didn't force her. After a short pause, he gave her the restaurant's address.

After listening to the woman happily say that the restaurant was very close to her, she spoke a few more words of inconsequential conversation and then hung up the phone.

When he turned around and saw Shen Cui standing in front of his desk, the man's handsome face suddenly sank.

"What is it?"

Shen Cui was scared witless by that Eye Knife. He hurriedly placed the documents on the table and said in embarrassment, "This is an urgent project over at the South Bay. It needs you to finish looking through it and then send it over immediately."

The man glanced at him nonchalantly. Then, he pulled out a chair and sat down. Then, he picked up the contract and started flipping through it.

He raised his head from the document and looked coldly at Shen Cui, "Order them to delete that photo from this morning, do not hide anything. If they are found out by me, the year-end bonus will be zero."

Shen Cui's already tense nerves had completely collapsed. The events of the morning, which had been trembling with fear and trepidation, had still happened in the end.

Originally, he had been hoping for a fluke. As a company's internal group, a boss that had been diving for tens of thousands of years, he definitely wouldn't be so bored as to watch a group chat and gossip … Indeed, he was not afraid of ten thousand, he was only afraid of one.

As the number one player of the dead, he almost killed himself with a knife in his stomach.

Shen Cui felt a chill run down his spine when he saw the man's cold gaze. He hurriedly replied, "Yes …" I will immediately give the orders. "

He took out his cell phone from his pocket and typed out a message. The group chat that was still in a frenzy a second ago became silent the moment he sent the notification.

Shen Wu felt cold sweat trickling down his forehead. He was afraid that they would think he was joking, so he stressed the point again.

The area below them was filled with the wails and howls of ghosts.

Shen Cui heaved a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that clearing away the zeros was indeed quite a deterrent.

After thinking about it, he opened the album to look at the newest photo, sighed, and decided to delete it.

After he finished dealing with this matter, the man on the other side of the desk also signed the contract and handed it back.

Shen Cui accepted it, and without much hesitation, he turned around and left.

Gong Yan leaned back in his office chair, his eyes slightly moved as he looked at the cellphone sitting on the table.

He picked it up and clicked open the album. On the screen appeared a photo that was obviously taken secretly.

The front seats of the dimly lit carriage were more than half filled, but two figures could still be seen sitting in the back seat.

Perhaps it was because the people who were filming were too nervous, causing the entire scene to be muddled. Even the faces of the male and female protagonists on the screen could not be seen.

However, if one wanted to discover the identity of the man, it was not difficult to discern his identity just by the fact that he was wearing a handmade suit that was worth a lot of money.

Of course, Gong Yan wasn't in the mood, nor did he have the habit of watching the screen all day.

If he did not go to work in the morning, and happened to pass by the secretary's office to see the two secretaries together happily staring at their cellphone, and accidentally overheard some gossip about himself, it would be impossible for him to see this photo in the group that had caused an uproar for the whole morning.

Indeed, it was very eye-catching. Even when he saw it himself, he did not react for a moment. He was one of the main characters.

The photo was taken secretly last night while he was forcefully kissing a woman. He never thought that a subordinate that had always been diligent would have the guts to take pictures like this.

Gong Yan's slender knuckles moved on the screen, zooming in on the both of them. However, the recording method couldn't be shaken any further. Other than seeing the intimate actions of the two, he couldn't see anything else.

It was probably because of this that Shen Cui was so confident that he would leak out the photo. However, he didn't have the guts to directly send it to the group. He probably did not expect to be forwarded to the group after sending it to some busybodies.

Looking at the woman's obvious, forced posture in the photo, the man's black eyes, which were as deep as an ancient well, flashed slightly with a dark glint, bringing with it a hint of happiness.

"..."

When the clock pointed to 12 o'clock, Pei Luoyi methodically shut down her computer, picked up her bag, and left the seat.

"Luoyi, where are you going?" Won't we have lunch together? " A colleague walked over and asked when he saw that she was about to leave.

Pei Luoyi's face froze for a moment before her lips drew back into a smile. "Eh …" "No, I have an appointment at noon today. You two can go together."

That person exclaimed in realization, and raised his eyebrows at her with a smile. "I have an appointment …" "Then go quickly."

Pei Luoyi looked at the woman's smiling face and blushed. She then greeted her and quickly left the company.

The address of the restaurant wasn't far from the painting language. It was the peak hour of the day, and in the city area, it was possible to catch a taxi due to the red light for a longer period of time.

She took out her cell phone from her bag, looked at the time and the restaurant's location, and decided to walk straight over.

As soon as she passed the sidewalk, the intersection turned red and she had to wait for the green light to cross.

The phone in his hand vibrated.

Pei Luoyi looked at the name on the screen and pressed the answer button. Her gaze was fixated on the countdown timer beside the red and green lights.

"Where are you?"

As soon as he picked up the call, the man's magnetic and pleasant voice came out.

Pei Luoyi looked at the diminishing number bit by bit, as a smile appeared on her face. "I'm on my way. I'll be there soon. Have you arrived already?"

"En." The man answered plainly.

Pei Luoyi could hear his melodious background music over the phone. Seeing that the lights were about to turn green, she hurriedly said, "Then I'll go over quickly. Please wait for a while longer."

"Alright."

Pei Luoyi agreed and hung up the phone.

Perhaps something had changed since last night. Even something she hadn't wanted to think about all this time had suddenly become clear.

With a green light flashing by, Pai Luoyi smirked as she followed the zebra crossing to the other side of the road.

Unbeknownst to her, ever since she had picked up the phone, a line of sight had been fixed on her.