“No way! I will sit right next to Ning. If Ning doesn’t show up tonight, I won’t even come with you,” Xi Ya said capriciously without showing any concern to her father’s intentions.
Her father was so pissed off but still yielded to her since so many business tycoons presented tonight.
People took their seats according to the seating chart. He Siming should be seated next to Gong Yang, but Wen Shuyue sat on He Siming’s seat.
“Something wrong with the seat,” Gong Yang couldn’t help bantering after checking the seats.
Wen Shuyue also felt the same way.
She looked around and found two vacant seats around the table. One was next to Mr. Xi, which was obviously Xi Ya’s seat, and the other one was next to Wen Shuyue.
Crap! Was it Gong Yang’s seat? So she was sitting on He Siming’s seat?
At the thought of that, Wen Shuyue stood up subconsciously as her face blushed with embarrassment. She cast a look at He Siming and Gong Yang slowly and apologized, “Sorry, I took the wrong seat. Please have a seat.”
“Just sit there. No need to change the seat.”
He Siming suddenly said when Wen Shuyue was ready to leave the seat.
Apparently, Gong Yang thought the same way. With a big smile, he whispered to He Siming’s ears, “Dude, you know me so well. I’ll…”
Before Gong Yang finished his words, He Siming walked straight to the seat next to Wen Shuyue. People around were astonished, which He Siming even didn’t notice at all, and Gong Yang couldn’t believe his eyes either.
“Hey, it’s mine…” Gong Yang faltered. He Siming was taking Gong Yang’s seat publicly?
Apparently, He Siming knew exactly what Gong Yang would say. Pointing at the seat next to Mr. Xi, He Siming said blandly, “Whatever. There is a vacant seat over there. You can take that seat.”
In that case, why didn’t He Siming take that seat?
Gong Yang didn’t even know how to complain. He wished to sit next to Wen Shuyue, but to his great surprise, He Siming initiatively took Gong Yang’s seat next to Wen Shuyue.
The dinner officially started when all people took their seats. During this business dinner, everyone was talking about the cooperation.
Wen Shuyue took a close look at the participants, but she didn’t find Lu Junhan or Qin Weiwei. How weird it was that the two of them missed such an important occasion.
“Your ex-husband isn’t qualified to attend. Take a close look at the people around you,” He Siming whispered to Wen Shuyue’s ears as if he saw through her.
His words gave a startle to Wen Shuyue. Could He Siming read her mind? He knew exactly what she was thinking. But on such an occasion, he had better remain low-profile.
Wen Shuyue smiled at him with embarrassment and gave him no response. She remained oddly quiet during the dinner apart from answering Gu Ning’question.
The dinner was finally over. When people left successively, Wen Shuyue finally took a breath of relief and couldn’t help whispering, “Finally. It’s killing me!”
“He Siming, what’s wrong with you? Why did you take my seat? It was supposed to be a chance for me to talk to Miss Wen but you ruined it.” Gong Yang couldn’t hide his unhappiness as he walked to the two of them,
It seemed to be a misunderstanding that Gong Yang had the same characteristics as He Siming because Gong Yang was indifferent to strangers but passionate to friends.
Without the presence of He Siming, Gong Yang would not show his sunny side. Both of them were so good at disguising.
Not taking Gong Yang’s words seriously, He Siming retorted peacefully, “It wouldn’t make a difference whichever seat you took. Plus, you have a girlfriend. I did that just in case your girlfriend would misunderstand you.”
“So I should say thank you, huh? It’s so considerate of you.” Gong Yang couldn’t help rolling his eyes. Of course he knew exactly what was in He Siming’s mind,
The girlfriend thing was just an excuse, which was obvious for people of average intelligence.
When an idea suddenly came to Gong Yang’s mind, Gong Yang walked to He Siming and whispered to He Siming’s ears, “Do you really like Wen shuyue as the rumors say?”
Speaking of that, Gong Yang was a little nervous, worrying that He Siming would confirm that.
“Just be good with your girlfriend. Stop putting your finger into my pie,” He Siming changed the subject immediately. He then turned to Wen Shuyue and asked blandly, “Do you have time now?”
His question gave a start to people around them. Upon hearing those words, Gu Ning held his steps and hesitated to go to Wen Shuyue though he wished to, after Xi Ya finally left with her father.
Wen Shuyue was also astonished. She looked up and turned He Siming down politely, “I’m afraid I have to go back home to work now because I have an important meeting tomorrow.”
“OK. I’ll call you when you’re not busy,” He Siming respected her and said with a nod before he left with Gong Yang.
After the two of them left, Wen Shuyue finally took a breath of relief and couldn’t feel more helpless.
How come she had met so many embarrassing things lately? She might not be able to take it if she ran into such a thing again.
“You guys must be more than just friends and the rumors true,” Gu Ning said blandly in an unpleasantly weird tone.
His words made Wen Shuyue feel more depressed. She said in a more indifferent tone, “I am well-aware whether the rumors are true or not. Mr. Gu, I don’t think the private life of your subordinates is any of your businesses. I’ll appreciate it if you don’t ask me anything private. After all, it’s got nothing to do with my work at all.”
Upon finishing her words, she left with her bag before Gu Ning responded.
