Chapter 28: A Faint Smell of Gunpowder

  Wanyan Xiao looked at the king's smile that was deliberately displayed in front of her and suddenly felt a surge of anger.

  Without saying anything else, Bei Tang Yaochuan stood up and left the conference room. Wan Yan Xiao looked at the documents in her hand, remained silent for a while, then chased after him.

  "What's wrong? Today's meeting seems to be over."

  It was as if he had guessed that Wanyan Sake would come out after him, and Kitatou Akikawa, who was standing in the corridor to get some fresh air, seemed to be waiting for Wanyan Sake. The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, seemingly more like a provocation.

  "Not yet, it's not over."

  Wanyan Xiao said indifferently.

  "Considering the market trend, this figure is somewhat overly optimistic. I think Mr. Hokuto Yotogawa would be well aware of that, wouldn't he? I demand a withdrawal of the previous value!"

  "So, your job is to find a way to achieve this expected value, isn't it?"

  Bei Tang Yaochuan looked at Wan Yan Sake who suddenly fell silent and changed color, and once again secretly floated out a provocative smile.

  "What? Do you want to apologize for your sudden words earlier or are you planning to terminate cooperation with the Beidong Financial Group?"

  "So that's how it is."

  Almost inaudible was Wan Yan's voice, but his clear face wore a faint smile of an enemy.

  As expected, this man in front of me is a dangerous bastard!

  "So, what should we do to make Mr. Bei Tang acknowledge our plan?"

  "Oh?"

  Bei Tang Yaochuan slightly raised an eyebrow and smiled lightly with understanding.

  "Haha, have you come to your senses? I remember that earlier, Vice President Wan was quite overbearing, and what he said didn't sound like a request, but rather an order!"

  "Hmm..."

  Hokuto Yōkawa!

  The natural intimidation emanating from Kitō Yōkawa's body was a real headache for Kaneto Sakaki, this talkative genius of a man.

  "So, what does Mr. Beidong need to agree to pass our plan report?"

  "Hehe..."

  Such a conversation was already within the scope of Yotogawa's expectations, and he didn't answer Sakaki's question. He just smiled lightly and walked over to her side, stopping shoulder to shoulder.

  "Give me some distance from Chen Yixuan, maybe your company can still be saved."

  What?!

  After finishing speaking, Beitang Yaochuan left the conference room and took the elevator down.

  Duan in place, Wan Yan Sake did not think that this man would mention something related to Chen Yixuan.

  Turning around, I found that the elevator had already closed and the numbers were slowly sinking down.

  Does he already know that Yixuan is working in this company?!

  I thought Beidong Yaochuan just had a one-night stand with Chen Yixuan and would forget about her afterwards. Could it be that the deliberate obstruction in this meeting is also because of Chen Yixuan?

  No more thinking, looking at the elevator's numbers stopped at the third floor, Wan Yan Sake immediately followed and pressed the elevator.

  "Huh?!"

  "Wow! Is it, is it Kitatani Yakawa of the Kitatani Financial Group?!"

  "What?! No way! He's actually coming here?!"

  Chen Yixuan, who was buried in various documents, did not hear the sudden low roar of noise around her, but continued to sort through the documents diligently.

  It's finally sorted out a copy, if it were in the company, Chen Yixuan thought to photocopy these things and bring them back home to modify slowly.

  Just picked up the file and was about to go to the audio-visual room, but accidentally tripped over an unknown object and had a close encounter with the ground.

  "Bang!"

  "Whoosh..."

  Hahaha...

  "Don't you even watch your step when walking?"

  Chen Yixuan, who hadn't even stood firm yet and wanted to leave, didn't know who had deliberately stretched out their foot in front of her. As a result, Chen Yixuan, who couldn't stop herself, was tripped up and fell heavily to the ground.

  The papers scattered all over the floor, and the snickering sound from beside her made Chen Yixuan's small face turn red instantly.

  "Haha, what a silly woman."

  This was already her second time falling in front of him, Bei Tang Yao turned his head, looking at the unremarkable corner that had caused **, looking at Chen Yi Xuan who had fallen to the ground.

  Bei Tang Yaochuan turned his head, looking at a woman next to him who was smiling as she fell to the ground. Her pretty face and beautiful smile made her seem like the type of person who would be well-liked by her male colleagues. Of course, the foot she had intentionally stretched out earlier had not escaped Bei Tang Yaochuan's notice.

  "Hahaha... idiot!"

  “……”

  Chen Yixuan felt that her knee was scratched, and the pain transmitted through the denim jeans made her not care about anything else. The beautiful mood she had in the morning also disappeared without a trace due to this embarrassing incident.

  Chen Yixuan rubbed her elbow, which had just been scraped by the table leg when she fell, and silently tidied up the scattered documents on the ground without saying a word.

  A pair of slender and beautiful hands touched a book at the same time as hers, entering Chen Yixuan's line of sight.

  "Are you okay?"

  Those big hands picked up the scattered documents on the ground, tidied them up, and lifted Chen Yixuan from the ground. The concerned smile made Chen Yixuan stunned for a moment.

  Wanyan Xiao?! Isn't he supposed to be in a high-level meeting right now? Why did he suddenly appear here?!

  "Where did you bump into?"

  "It's nothing, it doesn't matter"

  The words of concern pulled Chen Yixuan's gaze back from Wanyan Sake's face to reality. Chen Yixuan gently shook her head, and then slightly nodded in gratitude for Wanyan Sake's help, after all, they were currently in front of colleagues, and it was better to maintain a clear hierarchy.

  "Here, your documents."

  Chen Yi-xuan nodded again in gratitude after taking over the documents that Yuka Sakai had picked up from the ground and tidied up.

  Although I don't know why Wanyan Xiao is here, he also made himself innocently suffer from many white eyes. No way, after all, Wanyan Xiao is a Prince Charming among his female colleagues in Noah.

  Ow... My knee hurts so much...

  Just taking a step, Chen Yixuan felt the pain of the jeans rubbing against her skin. It seemed that she had scratched her knee earlier.

  "Is your leg injured?"

  Xing Yan Xiang carefully looked at Chen Yi Xuan's face, where a faint painful expression flashed by, and then her eyes moved to the slight stain on Chen Yi Xuan's jeans.

  “……”

  Is it bleeding? No wonder it hurts so much. It seems that I fell pretty hard just now.

  Turning her head, Chen Yixuan's body stiffened and froze instantly.

  A sharp gaze was directed at him, and Beitang Yaochuan, who had been silently staring at him, finally spoke up.

  Why is he here?!

  Chen Yixuan's face was shocked, and the thing that Wan Yan originally didn't want Chen Yixuan to know about was also exposed. The man who brought harm to Chen Yixuan, Bei Tang Yaochuan!

  However, Chen Yixuan immediately adjusted her emotions and shook her head at Wan Yan Xiao without any discomfort.

  That night's crazy sweep, even if it was a contract or Beidong Yaochuan had some other purpose, since they've already succeeded, then there's no relationship between them anymore.

  We're just strangers.

  Chen Yixuan shook her head unimpeded, enduring the pain, hugging a thick stack of documents, intending to go to the audio-visual room to photocopy the documents, but was suddenly swept up in a horizontal hug by Wanyan Xiao.

  "Wanyan Deputy General!!! You......"

  "Hmm..."

  "Assistant General Wanyan?!"

  Wanyan Cai's sudden movement shocked everyone in the office once again, including Beitang Yaochuan who had been standing by and watching the commotion.

  Chen Yixuan was stunned, she didn't expect to be suddenly picked up by Wanyan Xiao. Was he being a bit too concerned about her?

  Chen Yixuan pushed forward with Wan Yan Xiang's powerful arms wrapped around her own, wanting to get down, but was stopped by the angelic smile on Wan Yan Xiang's face.

  "You're injured, you need treatment, I'll take you to the infirmary."

  Although Chen Yixuan wanted to refuse and say she was fine, her weak voice couldn't utter a single syllable, and she could only be held by Wanyan Sake's powerful and irresistible embrace, being carried out of the classroom in full view.

  "How did Wanyan Vice General suddenly arrive here?"

  "It's just that, and being so concerned about Chen Yixuan, it really makes people look at her with disgust!"

  "No way, rumor has it that Chen Yixuan is Vice President Wanyan's girlfriend, looks like it's true!"

  "Ugh, how annoying!"

  Wanyan Vice General? Beidang Yaochuan looked at Princess Wanyan Sai, who was holding Chen Yixuan and had just left, with a hint of starlight already burning in the bottom of his eyes.

  How dare you openly take away your own woman in front of me? Wan Yan Xiao!

  "Have you heard? Chen Yixuan has only been at our company for less than a month, just a small intern, yet she's already so close to Noah's top executives!"

  "I heard she often has lunch with Vice President Wan Yan too!"

  "Really?! Looking at her usual dull self, I didn't think she'd do something so extreme. She looks quite innocent on the surface, but inside she's actually so disgusting and despicable!"

  "That's what I'm saying! Who knows how she climbed up the social ladder!"

  Bei Tang Yaochuan listened to his colleagues whispering about Chen Yixuan beside him, with a completely icy expression on his handsome face. This woman Chen Yixuan really has substance.

  Bei Tang Yaochuan thought of that crazy night with Chen Yixuan and felt a growing sense of frustration in his heart, without knowing why.

  So soon you've started having an affair? Chen Yixuan, what kind of woman are you?!

  "It's very common for women to climb up the social ladder by relying on their bodies, so don't be so shocked and amazed, okay?"

  "What? Mei'er, are you saying that Chen Yixuan and Wanyan Deputy General...?"

  "What do you think?"

  "Bang!"

  Bei Tang Yao Chuan suddenly slammed his hand on the table, interrupting the whispers beside him. He turned his head to look at the pretty girl who had just stretched out her foot to trip Chen Yi Xuan, Li Mi Er.

  "Where is your company's infirmary?"

  "Huh? Infirmary?"

  The beautiful CEO of the Beidong Financial Group, Beidong Yaochuan, suddenly turned around and spoke to himself, causing Li Mier's small face to immediately flush red. Looking at Beidong Yaochuan raising his own finger that he didn't know when it was scratched, Li Mier's face suddenly showed some exaggerated surprise.

  "Ah! President Beidong, your hand! I'll take you to the infirmary!"

  "Then thank you."

  The corners of his mouth slightly raised, Beidong Yaochuan's handsome and intimidating smile made Li Mier's heart beat faster immediately.