Xie Yuansheng licked his dry lips at her interpretation. "I am sorry. It"s me who did wrong. I have no excuse for it, Yun Chen," he blurted.
"No excuse for Yun Chen?" Her face scrunched.
"No! No! Feng Xinying, this is not what I meant!" he shook his head vigorously but by that time Feng Xinying had left the place and gone to her room, shutting her door loudly behind her.
Xie Yuansheng smacked his head for committing such a grave mistake. How could he take Yun Chen"s name? His life was becoming a roller coaster of emotions these days and Feng Xinying was the pivot of it. He looked at the door that was tightly shut and put his entire fist in his mouth to bite it. He stood there for some time and then moved to knock on the door but decided against it. He moped as he went back to the study. He couldn"t concentrate on his work anymore.
Inside the bedroom, Feng Xinying was sitting on the bed with pouty lips and her face resting in her hands. Yun Chen! That woman had to be dealt with. Feng Xinying"s devious mind started planning a way to oust that woman from the office forever.
In the evening, when Lu Boyun came to announce that the dinner was ready, both of them came out and sat at the table immediately but none of them talked to each other. Xie Weihui looked at the two of them and shook her head. "Are you two still fighting?"
"No!" came the prompt reply from both of them.
"He is," she said, pointing at him.
"She is," he said, pointing at her.
Xie Weihui nodded. "Okay, eat your food." She looked at Xie Yuansheng and said, "Xiao Sheng, tomorrow is Sat.u.r.day and I have called some people at home. Be there in the main hall by 9AM."
Xie Yuansheng asked, "Who have you called, mother?"
"You will see… just be there on time."
"Okay mother," he replied and started eating his dinner.
During the entire time they had dinner, none of them spoke a word. All of them retired to their rooms quietly.
The next day, Feng Xinying woke up early. She got dressed immaculately because she thought her mother-in-law must have called business delegates. She went downstairs and ordered Lu Boyun to make the choicest snacks just in case it was needed. It was 8:30AM and neither Xie Weihui nor Xie Yuansheng had come downstairs. Feng Xinying became baffled as to how could they take things so casually. She decided to go and rest in her room until the guests arrived.
At around 9AM, she heard Lu Boyun knocking the door of Xie Yuansheng"s bedroom. "Young master, a lady named Yun Chen has come to meet you."
Feng Xinying instantly jumped from her bed. Did she hear it correctly? Just as she was about to open her door, she heard Xie Yuansheng opening the door. "Young master, a lady called Yun Chen has come to meet you."
Feng Xinying"s mouth fell to the floor. Why had she come on a Sat.u.r.day when the office was closed? How dare she come after Xie Yuansheng and that too at his home?
"Okay, ask her to sit in the main hall. I will be there in fifteen minutes," replied Xie Yuansheng and closed the door.
Feng Xinying felt that she had uselessly spent so much time looking nice for the business delegates.
Xie Yuansheng left to see Yun Chen in the next fifteen minutes. The moment he left, Feng Xinying entered his room.
In the main hall, Xie Yuansheng saw that his aunt was flipping through the pages of a magazine as Yun Chen was seated conservatively across her in the skimpiest of clothes. She was wearing a short skirt that had a slit until the thigh and a tight pink blouse.
"Why are you here?" asked Xie Yuansheng angrily. He wanted her to leave before Feng Xinying discovered her.
"CEO, I came to give you this pen drive. All the files are now neatly arranged in folders here. You see, I work much better than Feng Xinying," replied Yun Chen with a smile.
Xie Yuansheng took the pen drive from her. "This wasn"t urgent. Next time, don"t come to my home without an appointment."
Yun Chen felt sad, but then she realized that those were the ways of the CEO. She fluttered her eyes at him and said, "Sorry CEO, but yesterday, I felt bad when I saw that none of your files had been arranged by that newcomer Feng-"
She couldn"t even complete her sentence when she saw a woman coming down from the stairs. She stared at the woman with a gaping mouth. Xie Yuansheng followed her gaze and even his mouth opened just as big.
Feng Xinyin was coming down the stairs wearing Xie Yuansheng"s white s.h.i.+rt. As she came down, he saw that the b.u.t.tons of the s.h.i.+rt were open till the chest and exposed her bra, which was rainbow colored. The s.h.i.+rt had slid off her shoulders, exposing her bra strap. He looked down and could easily see the faint, blue-colored panties through the white s.h.i.+rt. There was nothing else. Her hair was messy as h.e.l.l and she had a blue tie around her neck that was not tied. Her red lipstick was smudged around her lips. She was wearing high heels. Slowly, she trotted towards them. Then she smiled at Xie Yuansheng who was so shocked that he forgot to breathe.