VISITING XI GROUP

Xi Ze knew that Lu Xia came from a family with ordinary income. Her parents were also ordinary employees in companies, yet both of them treasured Lu Xia a lot. Perhaps their belief that daughters should be raised in riches was the reason they spent all their money on her. The original Lu Xia never suffered hardship in her youth, and her parents bought her the best and most expensive food and clothing.

In addition, Lu Xia was beautiful. She certainly grew up into an elegant and slender woman. Many people tried to pursue her, and there were others who gifted her bags, dresses, and pieces of jewelry from famous brands. Nothing that she used before was cheap.

Although Xi Ze’s initial motive was finding a substitute upon meeting Lu Xia, he still had to spend quite a lot of money in order to pursue her. All the gifts he bought for her cost at least five digits or more. He couldn’t give her anything cheap that she would look upon in disdain.

It was rare that Lu Xia had bought a dress worth around 5,000 yuan. She specially sent him a message to tell him that. Xi Ze was bewildered by this. Did Lu Xia change her personality?

But Xi Ze didn’t know that Lu Xia’s personality didn’t change; rather, she was a completely different person.

Xi Ze received a text from the bank that money was spent. He thought that Lu Xia would send him a message since she had bought a dress.

Yet, he was left waiting for a long time. One minute passed by...ten minutes passed by...twenty minutes passed by. He still hadn’t gotten Lu Xia’s message.

Xi Ze’s face turned gloomy, like the sky before the thunderstorm. What was this woman doing? Was it that difficult to send him a message?

The marketing manager detected Xi Ze’s gloomy face and thought that he had upset him because of his marketing plan. He carefully observed his expression and trembled in fear while talking.

Xi Ze hadn’t realized that his gloomy look seriously affected the marketing manager’s behavior. He was still waiting for Lu Xia’s message as his gaze lingered on his phone screen. Another ten minutes passed by and he finally couldn’t take it anymore. He tapped on the phone screen and set a message to her.

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Lu Xia carried the dress she bought and just walked to a bakery outside when she had a ding from her phone.

She saw that Xi Ze had sent her a message and she hurriedly unlocked her phone and clicked on it.

Xi Ze: Where did you go?

It was a simple question so Lu Xia was unable to understand how anxious Xi Ze had been to receive her message. She didn’t notice that his question was basically a result of his impatience.

But Lu Xia obediently replied to his message.

Xia: I am outside Mancosu Bakery. I’m hungry so I’m about to buy something to eat.

Once she sent the message, Lu Xia placed her phone away and walked in the bakery.

Mancosu Bakery isn’t really a famous brand but their matcha cakes are delicious. Before Lu Xia transmigrated, she enjoyed eating Mancosu’s cakes. But, they were expensive. Just a small piece of cake was about 30-40 yuan. She could only bear to buy a piece of it on the day she receives her monthly salary.

Lu Xia stood in front of the counter and looked at the different types of cakes on display. Each one of them was so pretty and delicious. She really wanted to taste each of them. Previously, she had tried matcha and chocolate flavored cakes. This time, she will pick another two flavors; in the end, she chose strawberry and coffee flavored cakes.

After she chose her cakes, she chose a seat by the window. With a desert knife in her hand, Lu Xia was about to savor her treat when she heard another ding from her phone. She pulled it out and found a message from Xi Ze.

Xi Ze: Buy some food for me and bring it to the company.

Lu Xia looked over the message twice and blinked her eyes, and again. Xi Ze wanted her to buy food and bring it to her company? Is he free?

In her memory, Xi Ze’s assistant was in charge of buying his afternoon tea. He never asked her to buy food for him before. Could it be because of her message saying that she was eating cake in the bakery, so he wanted to eat it too?

Hm. This was a possibility since Mancosu’s cakes were pretty good. Otherwise, why else would Xi Ze have her buy food for him?

This was reasonable now. Lu Xia decided to buy two pieces of cake for Xi Ze after she finishes her share.

Lu Xia enjoyed eating her delicious strawberry and coffee flavored cakes. In the past, she only had the heart to buy a piece to eat when she got her monthly salary. Today, she ate two pieces at once and still wasn’t fully satisfied.

She had the waitress pack up the vanilla and chocolate flavored cakes after she was done. Lu Xia planned to bring it to her husband. In addition, those exquisite macarons packed in a box seemed quite good too. Feeling moved, she bought a box of those as well. Lu Xia happily walked out the bakery.

She took the elevator and went to the underground parking lot. After finding her car, she got in and carefully placed the cakes by her side. It was time to drive towards Xi Ze’s company.

The drive from the shopping mall to Xi Ze’s company wasn’t far, since it only took about 20 or so despite the traffic jam along the way.

The male lead’s company was a corporation. This entire building of 32 floors belonged to the Xi Group. People must swipe their cards in order to enter the elevator and each employee had specific responsibilities. They could only go to their designated floors.

Lu Xia wasn’t an employee in Xi’s Group and she hadn’t visited here before, so she naturally didn’t have a card to take the elevator. She couldn’t go up so she had to call Xi Ze.

Lu Xia patiently waited for Xi Ze to pick up his phone. When her phone rang a second time, her call was finally answered. Xi Ze’s deep voice resounded, “Are you here?”

Lu Xia hummed in agreement and said, “I just arrived at the parking lot.”

“Then come to the 26th floor.” Xi Ze said after.

Lu Xia pursed her lips and gently reminded, “Hubby, have you forgotten that I need to swipe a card in order to take your company’s elevators? I’m not an employee here and I don’t have a card.”

Xi Ze clearly paused before he continued, “Then sit at the lounge for a while. I will have Assistant Chen come and pick you up.”

It was just right that Assistant Chen was coming to pick her up. Lu Xia sensibly nodded and said, “Ok, I will wait for him at the lounge.”

After the two agreed upon this, Lu Xia hung up and left the car with the cakes in her hands, then walked towards the building’s entrance.

Along with her beauty and pale skin, Lu Xia had a great figure that attracted people’s attention wherever she walked. Not only men, but women couldn’t take their eyes off of her as well.

Once she walked through Xi Group’s door, it was the same situation. The guard standing in front of the door gawked at her and only shifted his gaze after she walked in the lounge.

The two employees by the reception desk were originally having a conversation when Li Rui suddenly noticed a beautiful woman walking in the door. The surprised Li Rui stared at the newcomer before excitedly nudging her colleague, Li Lan. She lowered her voice and said, “Quickly look, quickly look. Isn’t that woman a celebrity who was in a scandal with President Xi? What was her name? Let me think about it. Didn’t the entertainment news say her name was Lu Xia?”

Li Lan raised her head and looked towards Lu Xia. She pursed her lips and said in disdain, “Saying that she is an ordinary celebrity is already praising her. She is just a side female lead in an online drama. Plus, she probably promoted herself through her and President Xi’s scandal. Maybe President Xi doesn’t even recognize her.”

Who was President Xi? He’s a handsome, wealthy, and domineering President. He was frequently on the finance magazines. There were at least a million of women who were in love with him. Of those women, they included beauties from influential families. Also, rumor has it that President Xi is in love with a certain woman. How could he possibly be interested in a mere online celebrity like Lu Xia? President Su had seen many women. Who does she think she is?

Li Rui thought Li Lan’s words were reasonable. She and Li Lan looked down on Lu Xia, this online celebrity. They watched as she carried the cakes and sat down on a sofa in front, as though she was going to wait here a long time. She couldn’t help but laugh and say, “Why do you think she’s at our company right now?”

Li Lan snorted and said, full of experience, “Why else? She’s definitely waiting for President Xi.”

She had already chased President Xi here. Now, she wanted to be shameless and wait for him to come out. She’s really losing face!

Li Rui laughed with her and said, “It will be the end of the world if President Xi comes for her.”

Any women who had come to the company to stop President Xi all landed with tragic consequences. She was willing to enjoy the show.

At this time, the elevator exclusive for the President dinged. Li Rui and Li Lan glanced at each other, thinking that Xi Ze had came down. They hurriedly revealed a smile they thought to be perfect and stared at the elevator door, preparing to leave a good impression on their CEO.

The elevator slowly opened, but only Assistant Chen came out of the elevator in haste. Li Rui and Li Lan looked at the scene behind him, but no one else was there. President Xi did not come down.

“Assistant Chen.” Li Lan greeted him with a smile.

Assistant Chen nodded at him and headed for Lu Xia who was sitting on the sofa ahead.

“Miss Lu, sorry for making you wait. President Xi is waiting for you upstairs.” Assistant Chen walked over and politely said.

Li Lan and Li Rui, who heard Assistant Chen’s words, froze at that moment. Their faces clearly revealed shock.

What did they say before? Wasn’t President Xi supposed to drive her out? How could he let Assistant Chen bring her up? Plus, why is he being so polite? What exactly is going on?

But this was the truth. Their embarrassment cut just as deep as their initial disdain towards towards Lu Xia!

The two receptionists never expected that Assistant Chen would come down to personally escort Lu Xia. His appearance at this time was like a slap right on their faces.

Assistant Chen’s polite manners left a good impression on Lu Xia. She smiled at him and followed his lead.

“This way please.” Assistant Chen gestured towards the elevator door.

Lu Xia stood up and was just about to pick up the cake on the table when Assistant Chen said hurriedly, “Let me help you.”

“It’s fine, I can take it myself.” This was the afternoon tea that she bought for Xi Ze, so it would seem more genuine by carrying it herself.

Assistant Chen didn’t say anything else after she insisted on carrying it herself. He proceeded to lead the way towards the president’s exclusive elevator while Lu Xia followed behind him. When she passed by the reception desk, she gave the two receptionists, Li Rui and Li Lan, a friendly smile.

However, in Li Rui and Li Lan’s view, Lu Xia’s friendly smile was interpreted as a prideful smirk. After gossiping so much about her, their faces were now burning hot, as if their cheeks were slapped red.

However, Lu Xia had no idea what Li Rui and Li Lan were thinking. She simply followed Assistant Chen to the elevator, where the man swiped his card and caused the doors to slide open. Assistant Chen stepped back to allow her to enter first, and then followed in after her after she got in.

Li Rui and Li Lan were stunned when they saw the scene.

Who said President Xi doesn’t remember the online celebrity, Lu Xia, from the one hundred and eighty network? Who else said that the gossip between Lu Xia and President Xi was made up by Lu Xia in order to increase her popularity? Don’t they see that President Xi’s most trustworthy assistant, Assistant Chen, came down to personally escort Lu Xia? Don’t they see that Assistant Chen allowed Lu Xia to ride the exclusive elevator and even allowed her to enter first? Every detail clearly showed how much President Xi cared about Lu Xia!

Oh my god, this was huge news!

After being slapped in the face by reality, Li Rui and Li Lan quickly sent the news to the company group chat, “CEO Xi sent Assistant Chen to pick up Lu Xia to the President’s office.” Soon after, this news was spread across the company and became a popular gossip topic between women.

Lu Xia followed Assistant Chen up to the 26th floor. He then led her to the President’s office and knocked on the door. They waited a moment before they heard Xi Ze’s approval to enter her office from the inside. Assistant Chen opened the door and allowed Lu Xia to enter first.

“President Xi, Miss Lu is here.”

Even after hearing that, Xi Ze continued to look at the documents in front of him. He continued to stare at the document until he finished reading it. Then, he picked up a pen and signed the paper. Only after he put down his pen, did he look up.

“Send the documents that I had just signed.” Xi Ze handed over the papers he had just signed, upon which Assistant Chen quickly accepted the documents and left.

Assistant Chen closed the office door after he left.

The spacious office now only encompassed Lu Xia and Xi Ze. Golden sunlight penetrated the bright glass window from the left.

A ray of sunlight shone upon Xi Ze’s figure as he leaned against his chair behind a huge desk. The man stared at Lu Xia with his deep eyes, appearing tall and intimidating. “Come here, what are doing standing there for?” Xi Ze said in a commanding tone.

Lu Xia quickly walked over while carrying the cake and placed it on his desk. She smiled and said in a fawning tone, “I bought this for your afternoon tea. It tastes pretty good, you should try it.”

Xi Ze’s eyes fell on the cake box and couldn’t help but frown. When did he tell her that he wanted to eat cake?

“That’s what you bought for my afternoon tea?” Xi Ze said coldly.

Failing to sense the disappointment in his voice, Lu Xia took out the chocolate flavored cake from the box and placed a fork next to the dessert. She held the cake up with both hands, placed it right front of Xi Ze, and said with a sweet smile, “This cake tastes really delicious. I’ve always savored eating the cakes from this bakery, so I went there earlier to enjoy a couple of cakes. Since you told me to bring something for you while I was there, I thought that you must really like the cakes from that store. So, I bought you a vanilla and chocolate flavored cake. You should try it.”

Xi Ze’s eyes continued to darken. He told her to buy something for him, so she decided to buy him cakes? Did he say that he wanted to eat cakes? Oh, just because she was eating this dessert at the time he asked her to buy something for him, it meant that he also wanted to eat cakes? What kind of logic was this? Did he say he wanted to eat cakes?

Lu Xia finally sensed that there was something wrong with Xi Ze. His eyes appeared cold, like he wasn’t very happy. She tentatively asked, “What’s the matter?”

Xi Ze was literally about to burst out in laughter because of how angry he was at her. He humped coldly, “What do you think?”

When her eyes met his cold gaze, Lu Xia suddenly understood something. She asked weakly, “Do you not like to eat cakes?”

Xi Ze watched her silently.

Lu Xia thought Xi Ze was a bit weird. The book didn’t mention anything about his dislike for cakes or having any issues about it.

But now wasn’t the right time to worry about this. She blinked her eyes and said, “That’s fine, I bought these cakes for myself. What would you like to eat? I’ll go buy something else for you.”

“There’s no need, eat it yourself.” Xi Ze already lost his interest. He turned back to his computer and started to work again.

Lu Xia pouted and thought: Fine, you don’t have to eat it. These cakes were not cheap! Each piece cost over ten yuan! She then picked up the cake and turned to eat on the sofa nearby.

So delicious!

Lu Xia narrowed her eyes with satisfaction. The corners of her mouth curved up into a smile, revealing two small dimples on the sides of her cheeks. She looked both sweet and adorable.

It was soft and delicious, sweet but not greasy, making her want to eat even more.

“One more bite.” Lu Xia scooped another bite of cake into her mouth, and then another. Mhmm, she was fully enjoying the food.

Xi Ze turned his head unintentionally and saw Lu Xia sitting on the couch eating the cake delightfully. She smiled happily and exposed her two dimples on her cheeks. He was touched by how sweet and adorable she was.

From Xi Ze’s perspective, she happily ate the cake as if it tasted like heaven. He had the urge to ask her: was it really that tasty?

Not knowing that Xi Ze was looking at her, Lu Xia set her heart on eating the cake, which pleased her greatly. She didn’t even realize the cream on the corner of her lip. After she finished a piece of the cake, she curled her lips up into a splendid smile.

Xi Ze didn’t know what to say after seeing her bright smile along with the cream on the corner of her lip.

Once Lu Xia was done with her chocolate cake, she wanted to continue to eat her vanilla cake. As she reached for it, another hand took the cake from her.

Following the direction of the hand, Lu Xia met Xi Ze’s enigmatic face. She pouted her moist red lips and said, “My cake.”

He already said he didn’t want to eat it, so why is he taking her cake now?

She appeared adorable even though she was pouting. When he saw that there was some cream on the corner of her mouth, he pointed his finger at her mouth and said with good intentions, “You have a little cream here.”

“Huh?” Lu Xia blankly stared at her as her face immediately flushed red. The corner of her mouth was covered in cream while she was pouting earlier. How unsightly did I look earlier? I need to quickly wipe it off.

“Here.” Xi Ze passed her a napkin.

“Thank you.” Lu Xia hurriedly reached for it, but Xi Ze took the napkin back.

“You...” Lu Xia looked up at him strangely. She still didn’t react when the view in front of her was blocked out by a handsome face pressing down on her.

A pair of soft and warm lips pressed against her warm lips. His damp tongue swept over the corner of her lips, putting the cream into his mouth. It tasted a little sweet but it wasn’t greasy at all. The taste had ignited his appetite, this wasn’t enough. His tongue wanted to taste more sweetness as he began to trace the shape of her lips. He pried open her mouth and his tongue entered her mouth, hooking his tongue with her tongue and began to tease her.

It was a long French kiss. Xi Ze finally let her go after he kissed Lu Xia deeply and firmly, making her head dizzy at the lack of oxygen.

Lu Xia leaned on the sofa as she gasped for air. Xi Ze stared deeply at her slightly red lips and then tilted her chin upwards with a finger. He smacked his lips and said, “Sure enough, it’s really delicious.”

Lu Xia quivered when she heard him say that. Was he describing the cream on her lips or her?

When Lu Xia snapped out of her daydream, Xi Ze had sat next to her, very close in fact. His leg touched hers and his hands as well. They were almost on top of each other.

Lu Xia thought that they were too close and felt a bit uncomfortable. She wanted to shift to the side but in the next second, Xi Ze detected her motive and reached over to place his arms around her shoulders. He stared deeply and intensely at her.

“Where are you going?” Xi Ze asked.

She met his interrogating gaze and her weak heart rapidly thumped. After all, she needed to please Xi Ze right now and hopefully leave a good impression on him. That way, when they divorce in the future, it wouldn’t end badly. So it’s better if she didn’t do things that he didn’t want her to do and things that would make him unhappy.

Now that she processed this, she abandoned her decision and sat there obediently, leaning against his arms like a kitten.

Xi Ze reached for the vanilla cake on the side and placed it in front of Lu Xia. He slightly raised his chin and indicated for her to feed him.

Lu Xia was stunned and couldn’t help to criticize him. He was the one who aversed the cake she bought and gave her ugly looks. Now, he wanted her to feed him. His personality changes too quickly! Who said that women change quickly? Men do too!

Even though Lu Xia had been complaining about Xi Ze’s changing atittude, she didn’t show this on the surface. She obediently scooped a piece of cake to Xi Ze’s mouth.

“Eat it, eat it. It’s really tasty.” Lu Xia smiled and said.

Even though he ordered her to feed him, she decided to cooperate with him in the end. She made sure he enjoyed it.

Xi Ze ate a piece of cake and it was sweet but not greasy. It was pretty good.

In the past, An Yutong liked to eat cakes, especially chocolate flavored cakes. She could eat two slices at once and ate happily. He couldn’t understand how the sweet and greasy cakes could be so delicious. Every time she wanted him to eat it, he refused. He didn’t find the necessity to try it.

Therefore when Lu Xia bought the cakes up, he aversed it in his inner heart. But after seeing how happy she was eating it and her sweet smile and the two beautiful dimples on her cheeks, he was touched. Maybe it was because she enjoyed it, he wanted to try it after tasting her lips.

Xi Ze ate several pieces of cake in a row. It was really tasty. Unaware, he already finished a slice of cake.

“Is it tasty?” Lu Xia smiled and looked at him with her bright and sparkling eyes.

Eating desserts placed people in a delightful mood. Maybe it was because of this, so Xi Ze was in a great mood. He reached over and pinched Lu Xia’s white and delicate face. He commented, “It’s ok.”

“Right, I told you it’s delicious. Hehe.” Lu Xia automatically changed the ‘it’s ok’ to ‘pretty good and tasty’. In her eyes, it was great that someone like Xi Ze said something like this.

After he finished the cake, Xi Ze sat there for a while before turning to handle his work. Lu Xia had nothing to do and didn’t dare to disturb Xi Ze. She sat there quietly on the sofa and scrolled through her Weibo, playing. She tried to make herself invisible.

Lu Xia scrolled through Weibo for a while before she accidentally clicked into a fashion blogger’s Weibo. The blogger just updated with a new set of pictures.

Beautiful fashion blogger: I coincidentally met a beautiful girl today. *insert picture.jpg* *insert picture.jpg* *insert picture.jpg*

Lu Xia didn’t recognize this fashion blogger but she knew who the person in the picture was. It wasn’t anyone else, but herself.

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