Chapter 33: The First Meeting Between Someone and Someone Else

Zhou Yan was startled and immediately released Ling Xiaoli.

“No, I didn’t mean to.”

Ling Xiaoli rubbed her reddened wrist, feeling extremely grateful to the kindhearted stranger who had stepped in to uphold justice!

She took a deep breath and said to Zhou Yan:

“What the gentleman next door meant is exactly what I mean. I think I’ve made myself very clear. Zhou Yan, please don’t come looking for me again. I’m very busy with work and don’t have time to deal with you.”

Then Ling Xiaoli picked up her phone and, right in front of Zhou Yan, deleted and blocked him on WeChat.

Zhou Yan’s expression was terrible. Looking at Ling Xiaoli, he realized that there was clearly no way for them to reconcile today. He could only say:

“A-Li, I know you’re still angry. I’ll find a way to make you forgive me. You should get some rest. I’ll leave first.”

“Take care.”

Zhou Yan’s expression became even uglier. He glanced at the partition behind Ling Xiaoli and knew there was someone else nearby, so it was inappropriate to say anything more. He could only leave dejectedly.

Listening to Zhou Yan’s footsteps as he went downstairs, Ling Xiaoli sighed and lifted her cup, downing half of the now-cold coffee.

This coffee shop is pretty good. I can come here more often in the future.

After that thought flashed through her mind, Ling Xiaoli straightened her hoodie and walked toward the neighboring booth.

……

“Once you’ve seen Yang Guo, you’ll spend the rest of your life pining for him.”

That line suddenly popped into Ling Xiaoli’s head.

Handsome. Holy crap, he’s so handsome!

Even after being exposed to celebrities in two different worlds, Ling Xiaoli still couldn’t help praising the man’s appearance.

And it wasn’t just his looks. His bearing, his presence—tsk!

Some people look like middlemen no matter how they wear a suit. Others look like big shots no matter what they put on.

The man before her was the latter.

At a glance, it was obvious that he wasn’t an ordinary person.

“Hello, sir. Thank you so much for speaking up for me just now. By the way, my name is Ling Xiaoli. May I ask what your name is?”

“You’re welcome. I just couldn’t stand listening to it, so I said a few words.”

The handsome man lowered his eyes, seemingly focused entirely on the documents on the table. When he replied, he merely looked up at her once.

Seeing that the handsome man had no intention of introducing himself, Ling Xiaoli stopped disturbing him. After thanking him several more times, she left first.

The main reason was that Ling Xiaoli had already arranged to take tonight’s flight to H City Film City with Luo Zhaoyin. The God Who Split the Mountain would begin filming tomorrow!

She had no time to flirt with a handsome man right now.

Although her luggage had already been packed, everything that had happened today made Ling Xiaoli feel that she still wasn’t prepared enough.

The handsome man may be great, but life is more important!

………

Lin Cheng pursed his lips. He hadn’t absorbed a single word of the document’s contents. He just felt that his heartbeat was a little fast.

It was probably an illusion.

He never would have imagined that he would run into Ling Xiaoli at the coffee shop downstairs from his company!

He had even ended up overhearing an entire breakup drama.

Fortunately, he had been there. Otherwise, that woman would probably have suffered…

The breakup scene was vulgar and clichéd, and at first, he had been completely uninterested.

It wasn’t until he realized that one of the people talking was Ling Xiaoli that he spared it a little attention.

Of course, he could recognize Ling Xiaoli’s voice. It wasn’t because he was particularly familiar with her. It was simply that the woman’s voice was rather distinctive.

There wasn’t the slightest hint of coquettishness in her tone, yet it sounded soft and sweet, completely at odds with her appearance.

As he thought about it, the scene from moments ago involuntarily surfaced in Lin Cheng’s mind.

Ling Xiaoli had thanked him, her smile bright and beautiful, almost dazzling.

And her moist, lustrous, almond-shaped eyes had curved into crescents today, like a new moon.

She was even prettier in person than in her videos and photos…

A few minutes later, Lin Cheng looked out the window, the tips of his ears slightly red. No one knew what he was thinking about.

【Bzz—bzz—】

Just then, the sudden vibration of his phone pulled his thoughts back from the ends of the earth.

Lin Cheng picked up his phone. It was Chen Zian calling.

He answered with a frown. “What is it?”

“President Lin, the meeting is about to begin. Would you like me to notify everyone that it’s been postponed?”

Chen Zian held his phone cautiously. The boss had been in a bad mood lately, so he had to be careful.

But all the attendees had already arrived, while the boss was nowhere to be seen.

He had said he was only going downstairs to get some fresh air. How had he ended up disappearing for so long?

Lin Cheng glanced at his watch and only then realized that it was already 3:55 p.m.

“I’ll be right back. Hold the meeting as scheduled.”

After hanging up, he hurried downstairs. But when he reached the cashier, he was told that a woman had already paid his bill.

Lin Cheng looked toward the doorway, where the woman had long since disappeared, and his feelings suddenly became rather complicated.