His gentle demeanor made her uneasy; every time he used this tactic, she was at a loss. Ah! Had he already discovered her soft-hearted nature? That’s not good!
“Stop changing the subject!” She found it strange to try to resume her cold expression.
“Okay, we were talking about you getting thinner,” he said in a very obedient manner. “Look, you’ve really gotten thinner, your waist is slimmer, and there’s less flesh here…” His large hand roamed over her body, causing her to feel weak.
“Long Jie!” she blushed and scolded.
“I really miss you!” He gazed into her eyes. “I miss these black and white, bright eyes of yours. There’s always a special radiance on your face that makes work feel like enjoyment. Seeing you enjoy work, I can’t believe you’d let go of all this, let go of the man who loves you.”
His sincere and serious tone touched her.
“Stop talking about love and all that, think about your image. Besides, you actually wrote those things in the public electronic newsletter…”
“Shh…” His finger pressed against her lips. “Of course I want everyone in the company to know I love you. I’m sorry for making you feel wronged before. I hadn’t tasted the flavor of loving a woman, so I was clumsy and awkward.”
Her slender hand fell into his large palm, suddenly strongly aware of the fact that he was a man and she was a woman. No matter how strong she was, he would always jump out to protect her when needed.
“It’s not necessary. Actually, I’m just not happy about people talking about me like that. After all, I never considered dating someone at the executive level before,” she said, pouting.
“I know I’m not up to par,” he smiled bitterly. “But please don’t abandon me because of that.”
She laughed. “Idiot!” She playfully hit him.
He held her hand.
Under his gaze, she suppressed the smile on her face. His focused look tightly gripped her heart. It was this occasional side of him that attracted her! That’s why she would disregard her principles and get entangled with an executive-level person.
His hand lifted her chin, his fingers lingering and caressing. His rough fingertips slid across her tender lips, and she gently sucked on them.
He trembled.
“Don’t tease me! Otherwise, I can’t guarantee there won’t be new office gossip material,” he growled low. He was still restraining himself from pouncing on her, who would have thought she would tease him like this!
“That’s old material, completely worthless,” she laughed.
“So, do you want to create new material?” He smiled bitterly, reluctant to let her go, yet afraid of testing his willpower. Ah – what willpower do men really have!
“Speaking of which, you idiot!” she suddenly remembered. “That electronic newsletter should have been charged. Letting people read love letters for free, you really have no business sense.”
“Hahaha!” he laughed out loud.
“I’m serious,” she hit him again.
“Okay, I’ll compensate you. Come back to work, and I’ll raise your salary,” Long Jie said readily.
“And He Yuhua, she’s been worked hard by you recently. You should raise her salary too,” she immediately advocated for her subordinate.
“No problem, promised. You’re better at managing people than me. He Yuhua talks about Sister Pang this and Sister Pang that every day, making me miss you more, feel more frustrated, and inevitably give her more work.”
“Oh, you’re deliberately making my subordinate suffer,” she prepared to settle the score.
“Hey, I’m the one paying the salary!” Long Jie quickly protested.
“I think I’d be a more competent CEO,” she snorted coldly.
“Okay, as long as you marry me, I’ll give you any position. I’ll take care of the baby when you give birth, and you can be the CEO,” he happily hugged her.
She pushed away his hand. “I have no intention of marrying you.”
“Why?” he jumped up in surprise.
De Nü shrugged. “Why marry you? I’m doing fine now, living with Xiao Mi and Xiao Qi, very happy. Xiao Mi is funny, Xiao Qi is gentle.”
“I can be funny too, I can be gentle too!” he quickly tried to defend himself, hoping to score some points. He had already made his plans, but who would have thought she had no intention of marrying him!
“Xiao Qi cooks delicious meals for me. Her cooking is incredibly good. What about you?”
“I’ll have the servant cook for you…”
“Then I might as well marry the servant.”
“No!” he panicked. “I’ll learn, I’ll go learn. Give me some time, I can definitely learn.” With his intelligence, cooking? How difficult could it be!
“Wait until you’ve learned before we talk,” she said.
“Can’t we get married first?” he continued to pester.
“No.”
De Nü was a woman of principle! So CEO Long’s marriage proposal path would likely be quite long!
Near lunchtime, De Nü sat in the CEO’s office, frantically working on documents.
“Honey, let’s eat,” Long Jie appeared out of nowhere with two lunch boxes.
Don’t shout!” she said without looking up. “I’ll eat later.” The mountain of work was high, couldn’t he see? It seemed she had underestimated his abilities; recently taking over his work, she discovered these tasks were truly demanding.
She really regretted taking over his work!
”Let’s eat first! This is the tempura you said you wanted to try last time. I’ve studied it for a long time and tried many times. Try it and see if it’s the taste you wanted?” He opened the lunch box, trying to win her over with the aroma.
During this time, Long Jie had indeed gone to learn from Xiao Qi, busy learning cooking every day; if Xiao Qi hadn’t started working recently, he would have been gone all day.
Saying he was gone all day was a bit exaggerated, after all, she knew he was always messing around in her kitchen. The problem was that while he was busy learning to cook, he was neglecting company matters, and she had to handle everything. Who was the CEO again?!
”It’s just tempura. Did you really spend so much time making it?” To prevent him from bothering her further, she put down her work and sat in front of the lunch boxes.
She had to admire this guy!
His persistence was truly extraordinary. Just from a casual remark, he actually went to learn cooking. Well, she was a bit touched, but that doesn’t mean she’ll marry him!
”Finish those documents yourself this afternoon,” she waved her hand. “I need to work on yesterday’s meeting minutes and don’t want to help you with those anymore.”
”Okay. Darling, I’ll take you back this evening, which will be perfect to…” Long Jie watched her take a bite. “Is it good?”
De Nü casually nodded. “Why send me back? Aren’t you tired of sending me around every day?”
”Then just agree to marry me, so I won’t have to…”
”Stop! Don’t talk about this topic anymore, my ears will grow calluses.” She took a big bite of tempura. Hmm! Delicious.
Long Jie closed his mouth aggrievedly.
”What were you going to say about taking me back?” She had a good memory and remembered the topic he was interrupted from, partly because she couldn’t bear to see his disappointed look.
”To go to cooking class with Xiao Qi,” he said.
”Cooking class?” De Nü raised her eyebrows.
”Yes, you said you like French cuisine, but Xiao Qi doesn’t know how to make it. So I thought since I’ve troubled her so much, I’d pay her tuition, and we’ll learn French cooking together. This way, you won’t think I’m not as good as Xiao Qi.”
De Nü was stunned.
A sudden emotional impact choked her throat. “I…”
She reached out and touched his rough chin. This Prince Charming that many women would want, though in her eyes he was an unqualified husband candidate, was still so earnestly trying to meet her requirements!
”Actually, I was just teasing you. You didn’t need to take it so seriously.” Her nose was slightly red.
