Epiphanies of Rebirth Chapter 59 (Part 3)
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Translated by Pure
Chapter 59.3 "It's okay, your opinions won’t supersede my decision."
In Xiao Chi’s office.
After waving the others to leave, Xiao Chi pulled Lin Jingzhe, who was still standing, onto his executive chair. In his embrace, Lin Jingzhe obediently sat on his lap as they exchanged kisses.
After kissing and kissing, he split his legs and directly rode on Xiao Chi’s lap. Lin Jingzhe played with the little ponytail on the back of his head. He untied it, combed his messy hair, and then tied the hair back up. He licked his wet lips and allowed his partner’s hands to trace all over his back. He even ordered Xiao Chi around confidently, "A bit lower."
Xiao Chi bent his fingers and began to scratch the itch for him.
Lin Jingzhe hummed comfortably, leaned his head on Xiao Chi’s shoulder, and said lazily, "Help me find a group of tutors specializing in postgraduate entrance examination."
From the clear boundaries in the past to helping each other on trivial things from time to time, Lin Jingzhe and Xiao Chi both tacitly enjoy this feeling of closeness.
"Okay." Xiao Chi immediately agreed. He then moved his hand to the edge of Ling Jingzhe’s hip bone to scratch along the spine, "You are only a sophomore, why are you preparing so early?"
Lin Jingzhe replied, "It's not me, it's for Gao Sheng's mother. She was my high school head teacher. She moved to Yan City some time ago, she's a very good person..."
Lin Jingzhe chattered endlessly about the things that Hu Yu did to care for him and his class when he was still in high school.
Xiao Chi listened very intently with a solemn expression. He interrupted from time to time to ask a few questions, and finally concluded, "What a good person."
Lin Jingzhe originally came to talk to him about the investment promotion and proposal plan of the Triangular Plot. However, for some reason, he and Xiao Chi have become more and more clingy lately, and even when conversing about business matters would sound as if they were flirting. Just like at this moment, Lin Jingzhe was nestled in Xiao Chi's arms as he spread out the proposal plan. Some of these ordinances, that would usually require the management of the two cooperative companies to hold a serious meeting over, was lazily mentioned.
Pointing to a certain long paragraph in the proposal plan, Lin Jingzhe directly explained to Xiao Chi, "Look at this. This was what our company's new legal officer suggested, isn't it very harsh? W’er going to leave it up to your company, it will definitely be revised in the end. But he is very radical. He graduated from Yan City Law University and has a very unique approach to different problems. He advocates the door-in-the-face technique, suggesting we initially make arrogant and excessive demands. To get them to open a window, we’ll tell them that we’ll be tearing down their roof; change the investor’s psychological expectations. Then we will make some concessions in the next negotiations, they will then more likely accept these ‘more reasonable’ demands."
Xiao Chi hugged him and kissed Lin Jingzhe’s face. "You can leave the legal department of New Beginnings to him. This person is so bad."
Lin Jingzhe laughed softly for a while. Opening his mouth, he lightly bit Xiao Chi’s chin, rolled up the documents spread in his hands and used it to pat Xiao Chi's face. "Our company is projecting a split of 50% in profits. We can change it after the investors are hooked in."
Xiao Chi's lips slid down to Lin Jingzhe’s mouth, which was still nibbling on his chin. They kissed passionately.
When they let go, Lin Jingzhe took a while to catch his breath. His eyes flickered with a certain thought, "It's almost the end of the month."
Xiao Chi hummed, "Yes. Is there something wrong?"
"Aren't I coming to your house for dinner on the 5th?" Lin Jingzhe was becoming more and more nervous as they got closer to the date. It was hard for him to keep pretending like before, "You family will all be there on your sister's birthday, right? Didn't your father go to Europe for a meeting? When is he coming back?"
Xiao Chi replied in a matter-of-fact way, "He originally said he would return in the middle of the month. I called and told him that you were coming, so he changed his schedule to come back early."
Lin Jingzhe froze. He then sat up suddenly and stared at him in disbelief, "What is your problem?"
Who would be so formal when inviting a friend over for a meal? To even make his father take a special trip back to go home early!
Xiao Chi was surprised by his reaction, "Isn't this normal?"
Lin Jingzhe felt his head start to pound, "Don't you think this is too formal?"
Xiao Chi answered, "It'll be your first time there, this is how it should be."
Now he’s really there to ‘meet the parents’! Lin Jingzhe realized that he really couldn't understand Xiao Chi’s logic, so he could only sigh helplessly. Accepting his fate, he then asked, "Do your parents have anything they like? As a guest, I should bring some gifts."
"How are you just a guest?" Xiao Chi obviously didn’t share his nervousness. He whispered while biting Lin Jingzhe’s ear, "It'll be fine as long as you arrive, they will definitely like whatever you bring."
Lin Jingzhe believed Xiao Chi was being more and more unreasonable. Annoyed, he raised his hand and pushed Xiao Chi away, "I just can't reason with you! I’m leaving!"
Whenever the two talked about eating at Xiao Chi's family’s house, they often ended the conversation in such a way. Xiao Chi still hadn't figured out why Lin Jingzhe was always throwing his temper around in response to his seemingly normal answers. But he was used to the latter’s bad temper, so he didn't panic after being pushed away.
Lin Jingzhe pushed open the door and walked out. Hu Shaofeng was not too far away. When he saw Lin Jingzhe coming out of Xiao Chi's office, Hu Shaofeng's complexion became a little unnatural.
He was currently accompanying Mother Xiao who refused to stay in the reception room. Mother Xiao was particularly energetic today and insisted on going around the company. At this time, she had already wandered to the secretary's office by the door of Xiao Chi's office. She was talking to the beautiful and young secretaries with a thought-provoking smile on her face. Her gaze was as sharp as a knife and her scrutinizing look caused the young girls to turn pale.
Hu Shaofeng was well aware of her purpose. He inwardly retorted: Why bother to work so hard? The person you are looking for just passed right under your nose!
But he was determined not to say any of this out loud. In fact, until now, he still couldn't accept Xiao Chi and Lin Jingzhe's relationship. Putting himself in their shoes, it would be weird if the Xiao Family were to accept it either. If the news leaked out from him, it would cause an uproar. And he had no doubt that Xiao Chi would skin him if he found out.
Therefore, he was more cautious than when he was being interrogated at Xiao Family’s house that night. When facing Mother Xiao's harsh eyes, Hu Shaofeng tried his hardest not to leak any hints.
Meeting Lin Jingzhe at this time, Hu Shaofeng felt an unspeakable embarrassment, like dancing a hula dance at a national meeting. He subconsciously didn't want the Xiao Family to notice anything.
But in the next second, Hu Shaofeng's eyes suddenly widened.
Lin Jingzhe had only taken a couple of steps out of Xiao Chi's office when a figure suddenly appeared. The person stretched out his two arms and wrapped around Lin Jingzhe’s waist from behind.
Xiao Chi embraced Lin Jingzhe and dragged him back. He then reached out and closed the door a little bit, but if one were to look carefully, they could still see their legs intertwined in an intimate manner through the gap. Lin Jingzhe seemed to turn around, and came face to face with Xiao Chi. They two were stuck in place, but it was hard to make out what they were exactly doing.
Mother Xiao had already inspected all the slender little secretaries, but didn’t find any suspicious person. When she raised her head, she saw beads of sweat on Hu Shaofeng's head.
She was taken aback by his sudden change; even Xiao Miao's indifferent expression cracked a bit. The two studied Hu Shaofeng's reaction carefully, "Are you okay?"
Hu Shaofeng's closed his eyes and then shook his head frantically.
Mother Xiao frowned slightly. She was a little puzzled by his reaction, and turned her head to look in the direction of his line of sight just now——
"AHHH!"
Hu Shaofeng cried out, scaring everyone on site. Xiao Miao shuddered, almost unable to maintain her aloof look, and immediately glared at him in anger, "What are you doing?"
From the corner of his eyes, Hu Shaofeng saw that the door was finally closed tightly. He squatted on the ground wanting to cry, "My balls hurt."
When Lin Jingzhe came out, he saw a group of people in Xiao Chi's secretary's office huddled in a crowd. They all seemed to be concerned with someone. He paused slightly, but there were two women he was not familiar with in the crowd. After thinking about it, he decided not to walk towards them.
When he passed by, the two strange women looked up and met his eyes.
The eyes of the older lady seemed to light up. She looked calm and steady as she smiled and nodded towards Lin Jingzhe. She then elbowed the younger one next to her.
The younger girl was wearing a light-colored dress, her demeanor was indescribably cold. She also nodded slightly towards Lin Jingzhe.
Lin Jingzhe immediately returned their greeting. He nodded and said goodbye to them with a smile, then turned, and left.
Mother Xiao eyed her daughter: What do you think?
Xiao Miao nodded at her calmly. He looked even more handsome up close.
Realizing that her son's official affairs should have been negotiated, Mother Xiao's had someone carry Hu Shaofeng off while the latter kept yelling about his ball pain, and then went into her son's office.
Xiao Chi was looking at a contract that was probably sent by the young man just now. After the ‘intense negotiation’ just now, he seemed to have a clear conclusion. Xiao Chi quickly finished the revision, and notified a person in the secretary's office to print out the revised contract.
Mother Xiao was ignored for a long time, but her son didn’t seem to have any intention of humoring her. She looked at her son's solemn appearance, pondered about the upcoming dinner date, and thought of her unsuccessful sneak attack today.
Unable to take it any longer, Mother Xiao took two steps forward, and slammed her hands on Xiao Chi's desk.
Xiao Chi raised his head and looked at her inexplicably, asking her purpose with his eyes.
Mother Xiao glanced outside, and made sure that the door was closed. With no outsiders, and her daughter not present either, she finally revealed her anxious side. "Xiao Chi, stop keeping your mother in suspense!"
Xiao Chi frowned and asked her, "What are you talking about?"
Mother Xiao continued to interrogate, "Tell mother honestly, what is wrong with your significant other? How come when I ask around about her, no one dared to disclose her information to me?"
Xiao Chi was very surprised, "Why ask others?"
Mother Xiao replied, "We will soon become a family, how can I know nothing about her?"
"Oh." When Xiao Chi heard this, his expression was a bit incomprehensible, "What do you want to know?"
Mother Xiao couldn’t read the emotions in her son’s eyes. After a pause, she only answered with rapt attention, "I need to at least know what kind of person she is!"
Xiao Chi laughed. He put down the pen in his hand, leaned back comfortably on his executive chair, and looked up at his anxious mother, "Didn't you just see him? What kind of person do you think he is?"
Mother Xiao was stunned, "What?"
She began to desperately recall, trying to find a qualified person from all the female employees she had just surveyed. "When did I see her?"
"Didn't he leave from here just now?" Xiao Chi stared into her eyes and replied in a low voice, "You and Xiao Miao nodded goodbye to him. Did you forget already?"
Mother Xiao remained silent for a moment as she quietly stared into her son's profound eyes.
Tens of seconds later, she numbly opened her mouth and let out an inexplicable laugh, "Ha!"
"You think that’s funny?" she asked.
Xiao Chi asked back, "When did I ever make a joke?"
Mother Xiao was suddenly struck with realization. She took two steps back abruptly, her eyes widened in disbelief, "How is this possible?! That’s not possible?!"
Xiao Chi frowned slightly, "Why not?"
She couldn't explain but screamed: "I don't agree!"
Xiao Chi laughed. He took the string of Buddhist beads around his wrist, held them in his hand, and began to turn the beads leisurely.
His tone remained calm as he replied, "That’s okay, your opinions won’t supersede my decision anyways."
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