Seeing her take a step backward, Ye Linhan’s expression darkened a little. “Am I that scary?”
“Huh?” Shen Qi didn’t understand what he meant, so she raised her head and looked at him puzzledly.
Ye Linhan smiled bitterly. “Why are you so afraid of me if I’m not a demon?”
Shen Qi replied, “I’m sorry, Linhan.”
She wasn’t afraid of him; she was just afraid that she would get into more trouble if Ye Moxuan saw this. Although he didn’t like her, he was really possessive.
Because she had the title of Second Young Lady of the Ye family.
“It’s okay. I don’t blame you,” Ye Linhan smiled at her warmly and said in a deep voice. “Let me do this. You can go upstairs first.”
Hearing that, Shen Qi’s expression changed slightly. “No way. I can do it myself. Linhan, you must be busy, so just carry on with your work.”
Thinking about the last time he had helped her in the cafeteria, Shen Qi realized that she hadn’t thanked him for that, and she also felt a little sorry to always avoid him, so she lowered her voice and said, “By the way, Linhan, thank you for helping me out in the cafeteria last time.”
“Oh, don’t worry about that. After that, Moxuan went to pick you up, right?” Ye Linhan smiled slightly. “Moxuan cares about you a lot, Shen Qi.”
Speaking of Ye Moxuan, Shen Qi realized that he was no longer in the meeting room.
Maybe he didn’t want to see her now.
Shen Qi felt depressed, so she laughed at herself sarcastically. “Hmm, maybe.”
Seeing that she was in a bad mood, Ye Linhan asked concernedly, “What’s wrong? Why did Moxuan treat you like this? Did you guys have a fight?”
“No, I don’t know how to describe it. It’s quite complicated.”
Ye Linhan saw that she was so distressed until her facial features were all scrunched up. To him, the way she looked right now was extremely cute, and he couldn’t help reaching out and ruffling Shen Qi’s head. “Don’t worry about it. It’s better for girls to smile more and look happy.”
This intimate action stunned Shen Qi for a few seconds before she finally came to her senses, and she took a few steps backward. “Thank you, Linhan, I know.”
“Are you free after work? I heard that eating desserts will make you feel better. The cake from last time…”
When it came to desserts, Shen Qi’s face sank. “Uh… About that, Linhan, I don’t want to deceive you, so I think I should tell you the truth.”
“Hmm?”
“Actually, I don’t really like desserts. The cake from last time… I gave it to my friend. I hope you won’t mind.”
Shen Qi thought that it was better to make it clear so that someday he wouldn’t give her cakes on a whim or take her out for desserts. She didn’t want to waste other people’s efforts.
Ye Linhan probably didn’t expect that she would be so honest with him. At first, he was stunned, but soon, he was laughing out loud. Once again, he stretched out his hand to ruffle her hair. “Shen Qi, I am very happy.”
Shen Qi was confused by his words.
“The fact that you are willing to share your honest thoughts with me makes me very happy.”
Ye Linhan still had his hand on her head, and his voice was very gentle. “It doesn’t matter. If you don’t like desserts, what do you like then?”
Shen Qi glanced at him and thought about it seriously. “Maybe spicy food? Oh, Linhan, I have to get back to work first.”
After speaking, Shen Qi left the meeting room with the coffee cups as if she was fleeing.
However, she bumped into Ye Moxuan outside the door, making her retreat in fright. In an instant, all the cups fell onto the ground, making a loud noise, because she was holding too many in her hand.
But at that moment, almost everyone was gone. When they heard the commotion, they turned back. After realizing that it was Shen Qi who had dropped the cups, they left.
Ye Linhan, who was in the conference room, heard the ruckus and quickly rushed out. “Shen Qi, are you all right?”
Ye Linhan quickly pulled Shen Qi away from the ground full of broken shards of glass. “Be careful. Don’t hurt yourself.”
When Ye Moxuan saw this, his thin lips curled into a cold smile.
“You care about Shen Qi a lot, huh?”
Hearing that, Ye Linhan looked up at him with a helpless look. “Moxuan, how can you let Shen Qi do everything alone?”
“Ye Group is not a place for lazy people. What can she do?” Ye Moxuan sneered.
Ye Linhan frowned slightly. “As far as I know, she contacted Han Group and compiled all the materials for this meeting, right? So, it is not quite right to say that she can’t do anything. In my opinion, Shen Qi is a very good assistant. Moxuan, you must not look down on her.”
“Oh, it seems that you know about my wife better than me?”
“Moxuan, why do you have to phrase it that way? Don’t you know what kind of person I am?”
The hostility in Ye Moxuan’s eyes became more intense. “I really don’t know what kind of person you are.”
Ye Moxuan had become particularly terrifying since the night he had spoken to Ye Linhan clearly. When he talked to Ye Linhan this time, he was quite rude. Shen Qi thought about it and finally shook Ye Linhan’s hand off, not wanting to cause any more trouble to him.
It was very possible that Ye Moxuan was so rude to him now because Ye Linhan was close with her.
“Linhan, I’m really fine. Just carry on with your work, and I’ll just clean up here.”
“Shen Qi—”
“Please, Linhan!” Shen Qi’s tone became much sterner, stopping Ye Linhan’s attempt to move forward. He gave Shen Qi a reluctant look and looked in the direction of Ye Moxuan before sighing helplessly.
“All right, I’ll leave first. Moxuan, Shen Qi, if you two have something to say, talk to each other nicely.”
After Ye Linhan left, Shen Qi seemed relieved and squatted down to pick up the broken pieces of glass on the ground and put them in the tray one by one silently in front of Ye Moxuan.
This scene made Ye Moxuan squint his eyes dangerously. He felt upset, and when he was about to reprimand her for not using a broom to clean up, Shen Qi’s hand was suddenly pierced by the broken glass.
Her expression changed, but she did not exclaim aloud because Ye Moxuan was still watching her.
She simply shook the blood on her hand and continued to pick up the pieces so that Ye Moxuan wouldn’t say that she was trying to act pitiful in front of him.
She didn’t want to be insulted by him anymore.
However, Ye Moxuan suddenly rolled his wheelchair in front of her, and he suddenly squeezed her arm and pulled her up, making Shen Qi exclaim out loud when her wrist was clasped by him.
“Didn’t you see that your hand is bleeding?” Ye Moxuan asked in a vicious tone.
“I-I’ve seen it,” Shen Qi stammered, trying to pull her hand back. “But that’s none of your business.”
“It’s none of my business?” Ye Moxuan’s eyes looked even fiercer than a wolf’s. He put her injured finger in his mouth and sucked on it, making Shen Qi’s face flush. She tried to withdraw her hand anxiously. “Y-Ye Moxuan, what are you doing? Let me go!”
That bastard’s tongue was quite slippery, and he had finished sucking the blood off her fingers.
After a long time, Ye Moxuan let go of her and smiled evilly. “Saliva has the effect of stopping bleeding, so you should thank me.”
