Summer Kiss

Chapter 8 Clarification
Fu Xicheng saw the caller ID and answered it immediately.

A deep, magnetic voice came from the other end of the phone's receiver.

"Brother, you forgot the gift box I gave you. Can you come back now?"

Fu Xicheng lowered his head and spoke in a bad tone, "I'm on the 12th floor now. You need to bring it down to me personally."

Upon hearing this, Xie Linzhou threw down the pen in his hand and leaned back in his office chair. "Damn it, what kind of tone is that? What did I do to you?"

“You didn’t hire me, but one of your employees did. Director Li from the design department almost pushed me over just now.”

In Fu Xicheng's eyes, pushing Jiang Yuning was the same as pushing himself, and he felt that he was right.

As soon as Fu Xicheng finished speaking, Jiang Yuning looked up at the man standing by the window making a phone call, puzzled.

Fu Xicheng seemed to sense something, and looked up at her with a slight smile.

Xie Linzhou was incredulous. The next second, he jumped up from his office chair, almost startling the president's assistant who had just entered the room, causing him to drop the documents he was holding.

The president's assistant quickly put down the documents and hurriedly left.

Xie Linzhou couldn't help but exclaim, "Is Director Li really that amazing? I wouldn't even dare to push you, but he dared to. I just can't believe it."

Fu Xicheng glanced at Jiang Yuning, not wanting her to wait any longer, "Stop talking nonsense and get down here right now."

Xie Linzhou was about to say something when he realized the call had been disconnected.

Without much thought, he picked up the gift box from the sofa and prepared to go to the design department to find out what was going on.

...

Fu Xicheng hung up the phone and sat down next to Jiang Yuning.

"Don't worry, things will be resolved soon."

Jiang Yuning lowered her eyes. When Fu Xicheng said not to rush, it reminded her of the moment they first met. He covered her eyes and said not to be afraid.

She couldn't understand why Fu Xicheng would help her like this, even though they were just strangers she had met a few times. He didn't seem like the kind of person who would help someone for a little money.

Jiang Yuning was about to ask Fu Xicheng the reason when a voice interrupted her.

"Fu Xicheng, you're lying through your teeth! Is this how you look when someone pushes you down?"

Fu Xicheng turned to the side and stood up, his face showing no sign of panic. "The one who was pushed was Miss Jiang. I happened to be there and helped her up."

At this moment, Xie Linzhou noticed that there was another person in the conference room. The woman was wearing a light apricot dress, and her long, straight black hair was draped over her waist. She sat elegantly in a chair.

In Xie Linzhou's memory, there seemed to be no such person in his company.

Who is she?
Why does it appear here?

Upon seeing this, Fu Xicheng cleared his throat and introduced, "Miss Jiang, this is Xie Linzhou, the CEO of Xie Group. You can communicate with him directly if you have any questions."

Jiang Yuning froze, and the next second, she stood up.

"Mr. Xie, hello. I am Jiang Yuning, a designer from Huangtian Group. Regarding your company having finalized a contract with us, but then breaching it due to plagiarism of design drafts..."

Jiang Yuning explained the ins and outs of the matter simply and clearly in just one minute.

Xie Linzhou took the two design drafts and compared them side by side. Actually, Xie Linzhou preferred the design draft by Jiang Yuning.

Different strokes for different folks. Although Louis is a leader in the design field, not everyone likes his work.

On the contrary, Xie Linzhou was one of them.

Xie Linzhou was never indecisive, and he quickly made a decision. "The contract will remain the same. Regarding the plagiarism incident, I will immediately have Assistant Gu clarify the facts with your company. As for the plagiarism determined by Director Li, I will personally inquire about this matter with him."

"This matter is a problem of our company. We are really sorry to trouble Ms. Jiang to come to Xie's Group in person."

Jiang Yuning breathed a sigh of relief. She hadn't expected things to be resolved so quickly. What she hadn't expected even more was that Xie Linzhou, the president of the Xie Group, was actually Fu Xicheng's friend.

Perhaps because of Fu Xicheng, she even thought Xie Linzhou was a very easy person to talk to.

Jiang Yuning said, "Thank you, President Xie, for clarifying the facts for our company."

Xie Linzhou just smiled faintly, and hooked his arm around Fu Xicheng's shoulder, "Miss Jiang, please sit down for a moment, Fu Xicheng and I have something to discuss."

Outside in the corridor, Xie Linzhou deliberately lowered his voice, "Fu Xicheng, it feels good to be a hero and save a damsel in distress, doesn't it? Tell me, how do you plan to thank me?"

Xie Linzhou had helped him a lot, so Fu Xicheng naturally wanted to thank him properly. Without thinking, he said, "Grandpa Xie, didn't you want to hold your great-grandson? How about I arrange a blind date for you every day?"

Xie Linzhou quickly took a step back, bracing himself against the wall to suppress the urge to kick Fu Xicheng.

It wasn't that he was afraid to kick, but rather that he was worried that if he did, he would be beaten up by Fu Xicheng, since Fu Xicheng had gone abroad to study various martial arts.

He could only swallow his anger silently. "Fu Xicheng, you're utterly despicable. I've helped you so much, and you treat me like this?"

"Am I not good enough to you? You're surrounded by beautiful women every day, enjoy your life."

Xie Linzhou: "..."

Fu Xicheng didn't want to waste his breath on Xie Linzhou, as there was another person waiting for him in the conference room.

"Linzhou, hurry up and deal with the plagiarism issue. I'll treat you to dinner another day."

Xie Linzhou followed Fu Xicheng's gaze into the conference room. The woman was elegant and quiet, with a unique temperament. Little did she know that she had already fallen into the trap set by Fu Xicheng.

Fu Xicheng left Xie Linzhou behind and returned to the conference room.

He spoke sincerely, “Ms. Jiang, I’m sorry to have taken up your private time.”

"I'm the one who should be embarrassed. Mr. Fu has already helped me a lot."

Fu Xicheng took this opportunity to try to get closer to Jiang Yuning.

How could he possibly let go of a woman he'd been thinking about for five years?

He said, "If Ms. Jiang doesn't mind, I'll take you back to your company."

Jiang Yuning felt a little embarrassed and politely declined. She didn't want to trouble Fu Xicheng with everything, especially since they had only met a few times.

Despite his help, there were some things she saw more clearly than anyone else.

"Mr. Fu, I've already booked a car, I'm really sorry."

Fu Xicheng shook his head, showing no displeasure whatsoever: "It's nothing."

Jiang Yuning packed up her personal materials and left the Xie Group.

As Jiang Yuning stepped out of the office building, no one expected that the once clear blue sky would now be covered with dark clouds and a light drizzle would begin to fall.

In just a few minutes, a large area of ​​the ground was already wet.

Jiang Yuning stood at the entrance of the office building and started using her mobile phone to book a car.

(End of this chapter)