Chapter 135: Chapter 135: Be More Low-Key, Is It So Glorious?

Su Linzhou saw the sharp, knife-like gaze of Xie Changyan and felt a chill crawl up from the soles of his feet, as if he feared he would die under Xie Changyan’s murderous intent. He suddenly shut his mouth.

The abrupt silence made the atmosphere somewhat awkward for a moment.

Just as Su Linzhou was thinking of changing the subject to lighten the mood, Lin Xu surprisingly began to laugh first, “You know, now that you mention it, it does seem a bit strange, but don’t you think you two are even more peculiar?”

“What’s peculiar?” Su Linzhou asked, puzzled.

Even Xie Changyan glanced over.

“The two of you always seem to be together, even having dinner in this Western restaurant. Look at that table of girls over there, they’ve been giving you subtle glances quite a few times,” Lin Xu said, batting her eyes.

“Damn!” Su Linzhou exploded in fury, glaring resentfully at Xie Changyan, “Now I understand why my love life has been so lackluster recently, it’s all your fault. From now on, if you have anything, let’s not meet in person. Let’s communicate over the phone.”

Xie Changyan gave him a sidelong glance, too lazy to bother.

Next to them, a finger surreptitiously poked his arm.

Turning his head, Xie Changyan met Lin Xu’s eyes brimming with laughter.

“Thank you for helping me with the Wu Yanghui incident,” she said.

Lin Xu remembered that Wu Yanghui had said Xie’s had canceled their cooperation and that other companies refused to see him. Remembering Xie Changyan’s promise to stand up for her, she thought she should come over to thank him.

“How will you thank me?” Xie Changyan asked with a quirk of his lips, seemingly indifferent.

“Ah?” Lin Xu, caught off guard by the direct question about a thank-you gift, hesitated, “Well, how about I treat you to dinner?”

With a faint glance from the corner of his eye, Xie Changyan’s languid tone carried a hint of mockery, “Do I look like I’m in need of a free meal?”

Indeed, he didn’t.

Lin Xu pondered, “Then…”

At that moment, her contemplation was interrupted by the sound of an incoming call.

Seeing Ji Tingyang’s name, Lin Xu’s heart skipped a beat.

Turning her head, she indeed saw that Ji Tingyang had returned.

Perhaps because he hadn’t seen her, he was looking around while calling Lin Xu.

Bending over, Lin Xu ducked under the table and answered the call, “What’s up…I went to the restroom. Yeah, you eat first; I’ll be back in a bit…”

Ji Tingyang didn’t suspect anything, merely reminding her to come back soon before hanging up.

No sooner had Lin Xu breathed a sigh of relief than she stood up to meet the meaningful gazes of Xie Changyan and Su Linzhou.

She chuckled awkwardly, “Ji Tingyang didn’t see me; he was worried, so he called to check on me.”

Su Linzhou teased, “I didn’t expect President Ji to be so insecure about you. Just a few minutes out of sight and he has to call to check on you? That’s really suffocating. If it were Xie Changyan, surely he wouldn’t be like that. He would give his girlfriend enough respect and freedom, right?”

He subtly praised and trampled at the same time, feeling too clever for his own good, and shot Xie Changyan a look that said no thanks were necessary.

Xie Changyan: “…”

Lin Xu was utterly confused.

“By the way, Miss Lin, do you have any plans for the weekend? My buddy here has been working overtime for several nights in a row and looks exhausted. How about you take him out for some fun?” Su Linzhou suddenly added.

“Tomorrow?” Lin Xu looked conflicted, “Tomorrow I have plans to go out with Ji Tingyang.”

Xie Changyan’s placid expression darkened slightly.

The mention of Ji Tingyang brought another worried message.

JTY: “Haven’t you come back yet? Did something happen? I’m coming to find you.”

Willow Wadding: “No need, no need. It’s just that the restroom is crowded, and the line is quite long. I’m coming back now.”

While frantically reassuring Ji Tingyang, Lin Xu stood up and bid farewell to Xie Changyan, “I should head back now, you two enjoy your meal.”

Just as she was about to leave, Xie Changyan suddenly spoke, “Didn’t you say you wanted to thank me?”

“Hmm?” Lin Xu looked towards him.

“How about being my female companion for a day tomorrow?” Xie Changyan said indifferently.

“But…”

“Just consider it a way of saying thanks.”

Lin Xu hesitated for a long time before finally relenting, “Okay then.”

It wasn’t until after Lin Xu had left that Su Linzhou looked at Xie Changyan with a teasing interest, “Tsk, tsk, tsk, you’re really gone for her. To compete with Ji Tingyang for a girl, you’ve learned to use gratitude as pressure.”

“Do you realize what you’re doing?”

“What?” Xie Changyan lifted his eyes.

“This is called hitting on someone’s girl, being the third party in love, and you’re bound to get beaten for that,” Su Linzhou said with a tone of schadenfreude.

No one had expected a cold and aloof Xie Changyan to fall for a woman who was already taken.

Xie Changyan lowered his gaze, responding to the teasing with an indifferent expression, “If she truly liked Ji Tingyang, no matter what I said just now, she wouldn’t choose me over him.”

What he implied was that Lin Xu did not like Ji Tingyang.

At least, in her heart, he held a higher place than Ji Tingyang.

With that thought, a slight pleasure tinged Xie Changyan’s casual demeanor.

“And now you feel proud,” Su Linzhou clicked his tongue, “Tone it down, is this something to be proud of?”

Xie Changyan: “…”

The next day.

Since they were going to an event, Xie Changyan picked up Lin Xu and took her to get styled first.

Lin Xu understood that this was the norm for attending events, a simple touch-up.

But she hadn’t expected the stylist to fuss over her for four to five hours before finishing.

“Is today’s event so grand, what kind of event is it, what if I screw it up?” Lin Xu asked Xie Changyan, worrying as she carried the hem of her dress to the resting area.

“Not an important event, if it flops, it flops…”

Xie Changyan put down the financial magazine he was reading, and his eyes slightly lifted. As soon as he saw Lin Xu, the words in his throat stopped abruptly.

Lin Xu’s long hair was loosely pinned up, leaving two curling tendrils framing her face. Her skin was fair as snow, her bright makeup in harmony with the pale purple mermaid-style dress blossoming quietly with unspeakable allure, conspicuously captivating.

Seeing that he suddenly fell silent as he looked at her, Lin Xu nervously rubbed the dress beneath her, “How, how does it look, is it pretty?”

Xie Changyan took long strides towards Lin Xu, step by step.

Suddenly.

Lin Xu’s heart raced uncontrollably, her palms damp with sweat as her eyes fixed on him.

Xie Changyan’s lips curved into a gentle smile as he reached out to tuck a stray lock of hair behind her ear, his voice low with laughter, “Very pretty.”

“Tha-thank you….” Lin Xu quickly averted her gaze, feeling her cheeks scorching hot.@@novelbin@@

A deep chuckle echoed by her ear, like a feather grazing past her eardrum, eliciting a fluttering sensation.

In a matter of moments, even her ears began to feel hot.

She was a mother, yet she was so easily flustered by him.

Lin Xu scorned herself inwardly as she followed Xie Changyan to the venue.

Only then did she discover that the event Xie Changyan had invited her to was the charity dinner Ji Tingyang had planned to take her to.