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Chapter 109 This misunderstanding is only getting worse the more you try to explain it!

When Su Xiao returned, she was carrying a plastic bag with the words "Old Shanghai Barbecue" printed on it, which contained several boxes of still-steaming barbecue skewers.

She hesitated for two seconds in front of Chen Mo's door, then raised her hand and knocked.

"They're here," Chen Mo's voice came from inside.

The door opened, and Chen Mo had already changed into his bathrobe. His hair was still a little wet, so he looked like he had just taken a shower.

He saw the bag in Su Xiao's hand, paused for a moment, and said, "Didn't you say you weren't bringing it?"

"I couldn't finish it, so I thought I shouldn't waste it."

Su Xiao handed over the bag and said with a smile, "Anyway, I'm not full yet, why don't we eat something together?"

"Um, okay."

Smelling the aroma of barbecue, Chen Mo stepped aside to let her in, saying, "If you really want some, I can help you get some too."

"Haha, I knew no one could resist the temptation of a barbecue at night."

Su Xiao entered the room and closed the door behind her.

She placed the barbecue on a small round table by the window, opened the plastic bag, and the aroma of the skewers immediately wafted out.

"I bought lamb skewers, chicken wings, grilled eggplant, and grilled chives," Su Xiao said as she took out the boxes and arranged them.

Chen Mo took two bottles of mineral water from the minibar, unscrewed one, and handed it to Su Xiao, saying, "The things you brought me could easily cause misunderstandings."

Su Xiao: "???"

"It's for nourishing the kidneys."

Chen Mo laughed and said, "I've eaten. Will I be able to sleep alone tonight?"

Su Xiao smiled somewhat awkwardly, "I just asked the boss to grill some and bring them back. I didn't expect him to—"

"It's okay, I'm not a picky eater."

Chen Mo smiled, took a bite of the lamb skewer, and said, "This tastes good, even better than the one in Jiangcheng."

"Of course, this is a shop recommended by locals."

Su Xiao tore off a piece of chicken wing and tentatively asked, "By the way, what are your plans for tomorrow? Are you going with your friends again?"

"Yes, she said she'd take me to Disneyland, and then to Yu Garden in the afternoon."

Chen Mo peeled the chives off the skewer and asked, "What about you? Do you have a strategy for negotiating with Xingyao Media?"

"no."

Su Xiao shook her head and said, "I'm just going to discuss the specific terms, not begging them to buy."

"That's a good mindset."

As a good office worker, Chen Mo said, "Anyway, you can't bargain for yourself. You have to act confident and casual, like you don't care whether you buy it or not."

"Okay, I understand."

As the two were talking, Su Xiao's phone, which was on the table, suddenly rang.

She picked it up and her expression immediately changed.

"What's wrong?" Chen Mo asked.

"It's my mom—she's video calling."

Su Xiao looked at Chen Mo in a bit of a panic and said, "Calling me on video at this hour, they must be checking up on me."

"You're all grown up, why are you still checking up on me?"

"Normally not, but this time she knew I came to Shanghai alone, so she's probably worried and wanted to check on me."

Chen Mo asked in surprise, "Then what do we do?"

"You should hide first."

Su Xiao stood up, looked around the room, and said, "Go to the bathroom, quick!"

Before Chen Mo could react, Su Xiao had already pushed him toward the bathroom.

He had no choice but to take the half-husk of chives in his hand, walk quickly into the bathroom, and leave the door slightly ajar.

"But why should I hide? This is my room!"

Outside, Su Xiao took a deep breath, tidied her hair and clothes, and then answered the video call.

"Mom, you're still up so late?" She tried to make her voice sound natural.

Su's mother's face appeared on the phone screen, with the living room of their home in the background. Su's father also came over; both of them were wearing pajamas.

"I was just thinking of checking on things since you're in Shanghai."

Aunt Su smiled and said, "How's it going? Have you arrived at the hotel? Are you settling in comfortably?"

"We've arrived. It's great, a five-star hotel."

Su Xiao scanned the room with her phone camera and smiled, "Look, isn't the environment nice?"

"It's good."

Mr. Su nodded and asked, "Where's Chen Mo? Didn't he go with you?"

"He had something to do and didn't come."

"I see."

Su's mother seemed thoughtful and said, "So you're alone in the room?"

"Yeah, who else could it be?" Su Xiao laughed.

Su's father suddenly narrowed his eyes and said, "Xiaoxiao, turn your phone around so I can see what's on your desk."

"???"

Su Xiao's heart skipped a beat, but she still did as instructed.

The camera panned across the small round table, on which were placed two boxes of barbecue, two mineral water bottles, and—two used paper cups.

Su's mother, noticing the problem, asked, "Aren't you alone? Why do you have two cups?"

Su Xiao's mind raced as she explained, "Oh, this? I use two cups by myself, so I took one extra."

"Yeah?"

Su's father clearly didn't believe him and said, "Then turn your phone around again so I can see the room. We're just worried about you, so we want to see where you're staying."

Su Xiao inwardly groaned, but could only grit her teeth and agree, "Okay, then I'll show you around."

She took out her phone and started taking pictures from the doorway.

"This is the entrance area, and this is the wardrobe—"

Inside the bathroom, Chen Mo held his breath, listening to the sounds outside.

He was still holding that half-husk of chives in his hand, unsure whether to eat it or throw it away.

Su Xiao slowly moved her phone, avoiding the direction of the bathroom.

She first took pictures of the floor-to-ceiling windows and the night view outside, then took pictures of the bed and desk area.

Everything seemed to be going smoothly.

"Where's the bathroom?"

Suddenly, Su's mother said, "Let us see too."

"Mom, what's so interesting about the bathroom?!"

"Let's see if it's clean or not."

Su's father insisted, "The bathrooms in a five-star hotel should be quite nice."

With no other option, Su Xiao slowly made her way to the bathroom.

She prayed that Chen Mo would hide well and not give himself away.

She pointed her phone camera at the bathroom door and pushed it open a crack.

The lights were off inside, and it looked like no one was there.

"Look, it's pretty clean, isn't it?" Su Xiao said, about to close the door.

Just then, Chen Mo accidentally bumped the edge of the toilet, making a soft flushing sound.

The sound wasn't loud, but it was exceptionally clear in a quiet environment.

Su Xiao's heart sank.

On the other end of the phone, Su's parents exchanged a glance, and then Su's father spoke up: "Xiaoxiao, is someone in the bathroom?"

"No, how could that be—" Su Xiao was still struggling.

"Turn on the light."

Su's mother said, "Let us see more clearly."

Su Xiao knew she couldn't hide it anymore, so she turned on the bathroom light.

The moment the lights came on, Chen Mo's figure appeared and disappeared behind the door.

"Come out."

Su's father sighed and said, "I saw a shadow, wasn't it Chen Mo?"

In the bathroom, Chen Mo knew he had been exposed.

He took a deep breath, threw the skewer of chives into the trash can, straightened his clothes, and pushed open the door to come out.

Good evening, Uncle and Aunt.

He walked over to Su Xiao and gave an awkward smile to the phone camera.

On the other end of the video call, Su's parents, seeing Chen Mo suddenly appear, were not angry at all; instead, they laughed.

"I knew it! Two cups, someone was definitely there."

With a knowing look on her face, Su's mother laughed and said, "Chen Mo, you silly child, what's there to hide?"

Chen Mo scratched his head and said, "I was just afraid that my aunt and uncle would misunderstand—"

"What's the misunderstanding?"

Su's father waved his hand and said, "You two are already boyfriend and girlfriend who have met each other's parents. It's normal for you to go out together and stay in the same room."

"We're not outdated, why would we criticize you for something like that?"

Su Xiao blushed slightly and said, "Dad, we really aren't—"

"Alright, alright, no need to explain."

Su's mother interrupted her, saying, "We understand young people falling in love, and with Chen Mo by your side, we feel at ease."

But since we're both in Shanghai, after we finish our business, we should go out and take some photos to show us.

"Go see the Bund, the Oriental Pearl Tower, and more."

"Okay, Auntie."

Chen Mo quickly agreed, "We'll definitely take lots of photos."

"it is good."

Su's father gave a few more instructions on safety before hanging up the video call.

Chen Mo sat back down, picked up his bottle of mineral water, took a sip, and laughed, "I told you we didn't need to hide, right? Now look what's happened, the more you try to explain, the worse it gets."

"Who knew they'd suddenly call a video call?!"

Su Xiao said, "And I forgot that we're just pretending to be a couple right now."

"That's how parents are."

Chen Mo couldn't help but laugh and said, "But your parents are quite open-minded; they didn't say anything."

".——..."

Just as Su Xiao was about to speak, her phone rang again.

It's a WeChat notification sound.

She picked it up and saw that it was a message from Su's mother.

Without thinking much, she clicked on it casually.

Su Ma's voice came through the phone, her tone serious yet slightly embarrassed.

"Daughter, let me say one more thing."

Even though you're dating, you're not married yet. When you're together at night, please be sure to use safety measures. Don't let anything happen that could lead to a fatality, understand?

After the audio finished playing, the room fell into a deathly silence.

Su Xiao's face turned red at a visible speed, from her cheeks all the way to her ears.

She frantically typed a reply: "I understand, Mom."

After sending it, she looked up at Chen Mo and found that Chen Mo also looked embarrassed, staring down at the mineral water bottle in his hand, pretending to study the label on it.

For a moment, neither of them knew what to say.

The night view outside the window was still dazzling, and cruise ships on the Huangpu River slowly passed by, but the atmosphere in the room was so subtle that it made people restless.

Finally, Su Xiao stood up first and said, "Um—it's getting late, so I'll go back to my room first."

Enjoy these barbecues, the rest are yours.

After she finished speaking, she grabbed her bag almost as if she were fleeing and quickly walked towards the door.

"Hey, your coat—" Chen Mo pointed to the thin coat she was draped over the back of the chair and reminded her.

"I'll pick it up tomorrow!"

Without turning her head, Su Xiao opened the door and slipped out.

The door clicked shut, leaving Chen Mo alone in the room.

He looked at the barbecue that was still mostly left on the table, then at the two cups placed side by side, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"What kind of mess is this?!"

He shook his head, picked up a skewer of chicken wings that had gone cold, and took a bite.

At the same time, in a high-end villa in Pudong New Area, Shanghai.

Cai Yanyan had just finished taking a bath and was lying on the sofa in the living room wearing a silk robe.

She was holding an iPad and looking through the copyright assessment report on "Where the Clouds Are Deep" sent by Xingyao Media.

The phone on the coffee table vibrated; it was a video call request.

She glanced at it; it was Shen Qingyue.

The video call connected, and Shen Qingyue's face appeared on the screen.

She looked somewhat tired, with the study in the background.

Cai Yanyan adjusted her posture and asked with a smile, "Still not asleep so late?"

"Just got back from working overtime."

Shen Qingyue sighed and asked, "Where are you? The background doesn't look like your home."

I'm in Shanghai.

Cai Yanyan replied, "By the way, what gift do you want? I'll bring it to you when I get back."

"Shanghai?"

Shen Qingyue was taken aback for a moment, then asked in confusion, "What are you doing going to Shanghai all by yourself?"

"Work, what else can I do?" Cai Yanyan said naturally.

"Work?"

Shen Qingyue clearly didn't believe her and laughed, "Does your company have business in Shanghai that requires you to personally handle it? When have you ever actually worked? What kind of business trips have you taken?"

"I'm suddenly becoming motivated, but that won't do."

Cai Yanyan smiled and said, "Actually, it's just about the company's business expansion, which involves some copyright acquisitions. I just happened to have some free time, so I came to take a look."

"Copyright acquisition?"

Shen Qingyue frowned and asked, "Is your family going to enter the entertainment industry?"

"I guess so, just testing the waters."

Cai Yanyan brushed it off lightly, saying, "Let's not talk about that. How have you been lately? You sound pretty tired."

Mentioning this made Shen Qingyue's expression even more unpleasant.

"What else can we do? The company feels like a mess, and everyone is filled with anxiety."

"That guy Wang Zhe, as soon as he took office, started sweeping reforms in the technology department, ostensibly to rejuvenate the team, but in reality, he was just purging dissidents."

Cai Yanyan sat up straight: "Explain in more detail???"

"There's not much to say."

Shen Qingyue replied, "It's just that some people are getting older, so they should be laid off. They're no longer suitable to stay with the company, despite all this talk about cost reduction and efficiency improvement."

"Your dad really won't listen to your opinions?"

"I won't listen."

Shen Qingyue continued, "He said something about 'no destruction, no construction,' and the technical department does need fresh blood. He asked me to consider the big picture and turn a blind eye."

Cai Yanyan was silent for a few seconds: "So, what's your relationship with Wang Zhe now?"

"That's fine."

Shen Qingyue pursed her lips and said coldly, "We only do business as it is. We've never even eaten together in private."

He did ask me out a few times, but I always made excuses to decline.

I'm putting it off as much as I can. But I don't know how long I can keep it up. My dad's been getting quite close to Wang Zhe's dad lately; they play golf together a lot.

Cai Yanyan sighed: "Qingyue, if you really don't want things to turn out this way, you'd better make plans soon."

"I know."

Shen Qingyue rubbed her temples: "I'm not going to talk about it anymore. I was thinking of asking you to come and keep me company, but since you're not here, never mind. I'm going to take a shower."

"My dear, you're so pitiful. I'll come back and keep you company, mwah."

After offering a few words of comfort, Cai Yanyan hung up the video call and leaned back on the sofa, thinking about something else.

She was going to see Su Xiao tomorrow; that was her main purpose for coming to Shanghai.

This will be their second meeting since they parted ways in Jiangcheng and Nanshan.

She was meeting this time as a representative of Xingyao Media. She wondered if the other party still remembered her, and if so, what their reaction would be upon seeing her.

Oh my, I can't wait!

The next morning, at the hotel restaurant.

Chen Mo and Su Xiao sat by the window eating breakfast.

Sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows, making the Shanghai morning exceptionally bright.

The atmosphere between the two was still somewhat subtle.

The aftermath of last night's video and WeChat message is still lingering. Although no one has mentioned it, there's an indescribable awkwardness.

"What time are you going to Xingyao Media today?" Chen Mo cut a fried egg, trying to break the silence.

"Ten o'clock."

Su Xiao took a sip of orange juice and said, "Their company is in Lujiazui, not far from here. We should be able to finish the talks before noon."

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"Then I wish you success in your negotiations." Chen Mo raised his coffee cup.

Su Xiao clinked glasses with him: "Thank you. And you? What time is your friend arriving?"

He said he would come to the hotel to find me at 9:30.

Chen Mo glanced at the time and said, "There's still half an hour left."

"oh."

The two ate in silence for a while longer.

The restaurant was not crowded, soft music played gently, and waiters quietly moved between the tables.

"that----"

Chen Mo looked at the WeChat message from Zhong Yi and said, "Eat by yourself. My friend is here, I'm going out now."

"Okay, don't worry about me. Have fun with your friends." Su Xiao watched Chen Mo get up and leave, and for some reason, she felt a faint sense of loss.

Her original plan was for Chen Mo to accompany her to the company in the morning to discuss the copyright, and then the two of them could go sightseeing in the afternoon.

But now, he has his own friends.

And he had no right or reason to change his plans.

Chen Mo walked to the restaurant entrance and then looked back at Su Xiao.

Actually, I felt a little guilty.

They specifically asked her to come with them, and now they've abandoned her to go play with other people.

However, one has a chance at any time, while the other has very few opportunities, so Su Xiao will have to make do for now.

He quickly looked away, strode into the lobby, and met Zhong Yi.

Zhongyi wore light makeup, a white casual shirt, jeans, and sneakers today, and looked much more energetic than yesterday.

"Chen Mo!"

Zhong Yi greeted her with a smile and asked, "How did you sleep last night?"

"good."

Chen Mo didn't mention the incident from last night, and asked with a smile, "What are the plans for today?"

"Let's go to Disneyland first, then to Yu Garden in the afternoon, and then I'll take you to a really authentic Shanghainese restaurant in the evening."

Zhong Yi, clearly well-prepared, asked, "How's it going? Is the itinerary complete?"

"I'll listen to you."

Chen Mo laughed and said, "Anyway, I'm leaving it to you today."

"Okay, Mr. Chen, I'll be your personal tour guide for today."

The two chatted and laughed as they walked out of the hotel, got into a Tesla that Zhongyi had rented, and drove towards Disneyland.

Meanwhile, Su Xiao also packed her things, hailed a taxi, and headed ahead to the novel platform company.

The car slowly drove into the Lujiazui Financial District and stopped in front of a glass-walled skyscraper.

Su Xiao paid the fare and got off the bus with her bag.

Looking up, the building gleamed in the sunlight, and the four characters "China Literature Group" at the entrance were particularly eye-catching.

She straightened her clothes and stepped inside.

Meanwhile, on the 23rd floor of this building, Cai Yanyan had already arrived at the conference room ahead of time.

He was chatting and laughing with the leaders of the platform company.

Today, she changed her usual style, wearing a champagne-colored suit skirt and her hair was neatly styled up, making her look capable yet elegant.

Su Xiao, led by a staff member, walked towards the conference room.

(End of this chapter)

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