CHAPTER 50: CHAPTER 50: AS PROUD AS HIM

If he didn’t hear it, so be it. This sentence, he would rather die than say it a second time.

Saying it once was already shocking enough for Beichen Rui. To ask him to say it again, absolutely impossible.

He himself never thought he would say it.

Proud as he is, how could he allow himself to bow to anyone.

"Oh..."

Ye Xinluo pouted.

She hadn’t even heard clearly what he said. Why did his attitude change so fast? Just a moment ago he was fine, and in the blink of an eye, his expression changed.

Turning faces faster than flipping pages.

Perhaps because Beichen Rui’s expression was too cold, or maybe because his expression changed too quickly, Ye Xinluo didn’t say anything for a while.

All that occupied her mind were matters concerning the principal’s mother. She momentarily forgot about the person beside her.

Beichen Rui didn’t mind either. He understood she was thinking about her family, so he said nothing.

The stinky tofu she had leftover didn’t quite appeal to Ye Xinluo anymore, so she simply walked to the trash can and tossed it in.

Then she absent-mindedly followed behind Beichen Rui back to the hotel.

Beichen Rui opened the door to the presidential suite, didn’t walk in immediately but instead turned and glanced at Ye Xinluo.

At that moment, Ye Xinluo was deep in thought and didn’t notice the person in front had stopped, and she directly bumped into Beichen Rui’s chest with her head lowered.

The pain from her forehead brought a bit of her senses back. She rubbed her forehead where it hurt.

What kind of rock is this, so hard?

About to complain a few words, she looked up to see Beichen Rui staring right at her.

Why is it...

The words that were at the tip of her tongue were swallowed back, she dared not curse the CEO.

"Have you seen enough?"

Beichen Rui’s voice rang out, bringing Ye Xinluo back to her senses. She awkwardly cleared her throat.

Suddenly realizing she was still in Beichen Rui’s arms, she quickly took two steps back, keeping a distance from him.

"CEO, I’m sorry, I’ll go in first." Without waiting for his response, she bypassed him and ran into the room.

His arms suddenly empty, he was momentarily dazed. Just now, when she bumped into his arms, Beichen Rui caught the scent on her.

A faint lavender scent, fresh and pleasant.

Usually, when women approached him, they always wore perfume, and every time he smelled perfume, Beichen Rui felt utterly annoyed.

He glanced at the spot on his chest, there was still a lingering feeling, neither pain nor itch. A tingly sensation spread throughout his body...

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Ye Xinluo went back to her room and placed her bag on the bed. She didn’t even bother to change clothes and went straight to the bathroom. Standing in front of the mirror, she looked at herself, her forehead was already red, and she helplessly rubbed the spot where she hit.

What kind of man is this, how is his chest so hard, like a piece of wood.

Seems like she should find some medicine to apply.

Having decided, she washed her face, then came out of the bathroom and turned into the living room just in time to bump into Beichen Rui coming in. Ye Xinluo nodded to him and then went off to find some medicine.

Opened the medicine box and rummaged through it, searching for a while but still couldn’t find the medicine.

"What are you looking for?" Beichen Rui asked, seeing her making a mess of the medicine box.

"Medicine," Ye Xinluo said matter-of-factly.

"What kind of medicine." Obviously, he knew she was looking for medicine. Was she using a medicine box to find food?

Foolish woman.

Ye Xinluo was speechless; she wasn’t wrong. She was indeed looking for medicine, yet the CEO seemed so irritable.

Clearly, she and the CEO were not on the same wavelength.

The CEO’s thoughts were something she couldn’t understand.

Beichen Rui glanced at the messy medicine box, walked over, and picked up the box from Ye Xinluo’s hands, and before she could react, he dumped everything onto the sofa.

Truly simple, truly straightforward...

...

He scanned the medicines on the sofa and spotted it instantly. He picked it up in his hand.

"Come here," Beichen Rui instructed, opening the ointment, and squeezed a bit onto his fingers, reaching over to apply it to her forehead.

Ye Xinluo snapped back to reality and took a step back. Letting the CEO apply medicine for her, she was afraid her blood pressure would rise uncontrollably...

Seeing her try to avoid him, Beichen Rui’s expression turned colder, and his tone grew more stern.

"Don’t make me say it a third time, come here."

Ye Xinluo stood there stunned, not moving.

Beichen Rui’s patience ran out, and he reached out, directly pulling her to him, ignoring her resistance, he made her sit on the sofa.

"CEO, let me apply it myself." She reached to take the medicine from him.

"Shut up, stop nagging." Beichen Rui moved his hand aside, avoiding her hand.

After being scolded by him, Ye Xinluo immediately shut her mouth.

Fine, fine, shut up, what’s with being so fierce.

If he wanted to apply the medicine, so be it, there wasn’t much she could say.

Having such a handsome guy applying medicine for her, what’s not to like, she wasn’t losing anything anyway.

Once he had finished applying the ointment for her, he took two tissues to wipe his hands clean, then one by one put the medicines back into the medicine box.

"Where do you plan to go tomorrow?"

He took his phone out of his pocket, leisurely leaning back on the sofa.

"Tomorrow? Isn’t there work tomorrow?"

Ye Xinluo was puzzled, was there no work tomorrow? Then why was the CEO still staying here?

The company was so busy, shouldn’t he hurry back to handle matters? How could he still have the leisure to stay and play here?

"No need, you can go out for a stroll."

Ye Xinluo thought for a moment. It was winter now, if there was nothing else tomorrow, she could go climb Luoxia Peak. The news reported that a few days of snow had fallen on the summit of Luoxia Peak.

Since she was here already, she might as well go have a look. "CEO, I want to climb Luoxia Peak tomorrow."

"Okay," Beichen Rui nodded, his eyes still on the phone screen.

"Then, CEO, you rest early. I’ll go to sleep first." She said goodbye to him and then got up to return to her room.

Not long after Ye Xinluo left, Beichen Rui’s phone rang. It was a call from Mo Han. He took the call and walked to the window.

Sliding a finger across the screen, he answered.

"Rui, when are you coming back?" Mo Han’s voice came through the receiver as soon as the call connected.

"In a couple of days." Beichen Rui’s voice was faint.

"What? Still a couple more days? Isn’t the contract signed already?" Mo Han shouted.

After Beichen Rui went on a business trip, all the company’s affairs fell on Mo Han’s shoulders.

He used to always accompany Rui on business trips, but this time not only did Rui not let him go along, he had Assistant Ye accompany him.

Moreover, he heard that Rui didn’t even assign any work to Assistant Ye.

Why was it that when he accompanied Rui there was no such good treatment, every time he ended up exhausted like a dog?

This was clearly differential treatment.

Moreover, with Rui on a business trip these two days, he had to handle everything himself, and after just two days, Mo Han was almost at his limit.

This afternoon, news from Hai City came saying the contract had been signed, he thought Rui would return immediately.

Yet when he called, found out it would still take two days to come back, what was going on here?