"Yes. She is.", Xi Ying nodded, "You know her, Sister-in-law?""I might not be well-informed about the Business world. But I keep tabs on every individual who can be a threat or an ally to my family. And Huangs, have been neutral. Neither friend, nor foe.", the girl shrugged, "Let me listen now."
"You are already twenty-four now, Biu. You should try to speed up the process. You might not be pressurized for a wedding yet. But the Xi family must have started to force the idea upon President Xi. He is twenty-six. The ideal age to settle down. What if they...", the girl, Bik, said.
"You are right. It doesn"t really matter who makes the first move, you know.", Huang Biu inhaled sharply and closed her eyes, "What matters is that we belong together. I will talk to him when he returns back. Okay?"
"Oh shut up !", Xi Wei hissed, but his voice came out too loud. It was loud enough to reach Huang Biu"s ears. As a result, the woman quickly disconnected the call and turned around, swiftly. She then followed the source of the voice and reached the back entrance of the house. Rong Xinghe and Xi Ying were nowhere to be seen. Just Xi Wei.
Xi Wei soon realized that the woman was glaring at her and that he had nowhere to run to now. Involuntarily, the man brought his hand up and tapped the edge of his Bluetooth earpiece lightly, "I said shut up! We are not going to close the deal until it reaches the mark of a hundred, at least. Alright ?"
Huang Biu stared at the man for a few seconds more before she shook her head and smiled at him. Only when he was sure that the woman had believed him did Xi Wei pretended to "hang up". If there was something the Third Master of the Xi family was impressive at, it was the way he could put on a pretense. He could fool anyone, literally. Anyone, but his brother and Rong Xinghe. Those two were too smart to fall for his acts.
"How have you been, Wei?", Huang Biu asked, her tone polite, "It has been so long since we met."
"Yeah.", Xi Wei nodded, as he took the woman"s right hand and kissed the back of it, akin to a gentleman, "I have been perfectly fine, Ms. Biu. What about you?"
"Look at your manners! I am flattered.", laughed Huang Biu.
By the time Xi Wei was done distracting the woman, the two girls had already said their goodbyes to Xi Chongkun and Li Jungah. Rong Xinghe promised to visit them again. She wanted to.
"Should we really leave him there?", Xi Ying asked when the woman commanded her to drive and told her to not wait for the man stuck inside.
Rong Xinghe nodded, "That will be his punishment for being so reckless."
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3:00 p.m., Zhi Corporations" Headquarters ;
Rong Xinghe had something to discuss with Zhi Al. About Qui Chin. And her social media history. She wanted to dig some dirt on her, obviously. So en route to his apartment, the girl had texted him about her arrival.
"I am in the office.", he had messaged back, "Another lecture from Bro Zhi Xi." There was a crying emoji at the end of the text.
Eventually, the girl had to turn the car around and head towards the Zhi Corps" main office. It didn"t really look like she needed his help. She was the one helping here, instead. And this was more of a rescue operation.
The girl stepped into the office and nodded lightly at the staff, gesturing them to sit back down, as she rushed towards Zhi Xi"s office hurriedly.
"I don"t know what to do with you, Al. Seriously.", she heard her brother yelling, "Just for the sake of fun, how could you hack into our rivals" official websites? I can"t believe you would act so immaturely. This move of yours could put you behind the bars, you know? I mean, grow up for once, Al."
"You don"t even have the proof of me hacking into their systems, brother!", Zhi Al sighed.
"That is the proof, Zhi Al !", the man narrowed his eyes at his brother, "Having no proof is the only proof, in your case, Mr. Smarta.s.s ! Do you really think you can fool me, Al? I have watched you vandalizing websites and creating them since you were four, for your information. So don"t even try that with me."
"Okay. I am sorry. I was just bored.", Zhi Al raised his hands up in surrender, "Can I leave now? I have a date with Mian."
It was a straight no. Rong Xinghe could tell Zhi Xi"s reply just by one glance at him. He really planned to teach the man a lesson this time. He seemed p.i.s.sed, too infuriated to let go of the matter. Hence, it was her cue, the girl concluded, to save her bro Al.
"Brother !", Rong Xinghe strode in, "I need some coffee. Now."
Zhi Xi was taken aback by the sudden appearance of the girl, "When did you come? Wait... you went to visit the Xis". Right? How was it?"
"It was... peaceful. Well, they were sweet. His parents don"t seem to have any objections. Regarding me. Or "us".", the girl answered, "Can we talk about the rest of it over coffee. Please? My head is aching real bad."
"What ?! Did you forget to take the medicines today ?", Zhi Xi furrowed his brows and cupped the girl"s face, trying to feel the temperature of her body, "Is it too severe? Do you need medical attention? Al, give me my phone. I will just--"
"Bro, no!", the girl shook her head violently. She should"ve thought it through before faking a headache, in front of them. It"s a sin, the girl noted down mentally. To lie about headaches, just after you"ve gone through a migraine stroke.
"I need coffee. That is it. I didn"t miss any pill. And no, I don"t need doctors.", the girl smiled, "I want coffee. Plain, simple coffee. Okay?"
"Oh, okay. Just coffee.", the man took a deep breath, "Do you want me to prepare it for you myself?"
"Of course! A Tripple Mocha.", nodded the girl.
"Let"s go to the office canteen. I can prepare some snacks too, then.", the man smiled back, then turning to look at Zhi Al, "What happened today should never happen again. Do you understand? You can leave now. For your date."
"But I want to listen about the Xis" too!", Zhi Al muttered.
"You"ve lost the chance.", Zhi Xi chuckled, knowing very well how gossipy his brother was, "It"s just me and Xinghe and the food now. Shoo!"
Rong Xinghe couldn"t help but laugh out at the two men. Fighting to spend time with her and her twin. It used to happen a lot, when they were kids. It was as if that part of them never really grew up. As if the kids inside them were eternal. And she loved it like that. She preferred it like that.