Chapter 56: Do normal superiors and subordinates use five...

The medicine box hit the floor with a clatter. Xu Sian scooped her up and placed her back onto the kitchen counter.

"Why were you moving around? Why did you get down? What would I have done if you pricked your finger? What would I do if you got hurt?"

Qiao Xu was momentarily stunned by his outburst.

"I just wanted to pick up the shards and throw them in the trash. I was being very careful."

Xu Sian realized belatedly that his emotional reaction had been a bit too intense. "I'm sorry, Qiaoqiao. Stay seated, let me clean it up."

He went to the balcony for the tools, cleaned up the mess on the floor, and put the scattered medicine back into the box.

Walking back into the kitchen, he handed her a band-aid from his palm. "Just use this."

Qiao Xu helped apply the band-aid to his wound. "A'Sian, what's wrong with you?"

Xu Sian was not the type to lose his temper with her without reason.

The corners of his lips curved upward as he reached out, pulled her waist toward him, and dragged her right against his body.

Qiao Xu's face instantly flushed crimson.

She wasn't wearing anything underneath...

And then he stood right in the center!

"Baby, why did you come out like this? Hmm?"

Qiao Xu covered his eyes. "Stop messing around. I'm very sleepy, go back to sleep."

Xu Sian pulled down her hand covering his eyes and pressed a kiss to her fingertips. "But baby, I want to do it here."

"We've never done it here before."

Qiao Xu was utterly speechless. From the living room sofa to the bedroom, after so many rounds, how did he still have the "energy"?

"Another day."

"I want today."

"Elder sister, right now, please," Xu Sian put on his manipulative, puppy-dog persona again.

The space between Qiao Xu's eyebrows twitched. "I shouldn't have come out to look at you. I might as well just drop dead."

"Mmm~"

Qiao Xu's words struck a nerve in Xu Sian.

He crushed his lips heavily and fiercely against hers, while the hem of his shirt...

"Xu Sian!" Qiao Xu struggled.

"Elder sister, be a good girl. Call me A'Sian."

"No!"

"Hey, you didn't~" Qiao Xu's words were muffled by his kiss.

The man chuckled, his voice husky as he coaxed her, "I do."

"Where did you get it?"

"I grabbed it when I picked up the band-aid."

Qiao Xu: ......

Such a scoundrel!

She really shouldn't have felt sorry for this rascal.

When Qiao Xu woke up the next morning, Xu Sian was already gone.

However, there was bird's nest soup simmering in the double-boiler in the kitchen.

This was already the countless time she had skipped work.

If the company's boss wasn't her own boyfriend, no company would tolerate a CEO's secretary who skipped work every single day.

Qiao Xu only headed to the office after sharing lunch with Mother Qiao next door.

Ye Yurou teased, "Oh, my, Mrs. Xu has finally appeared. Did you two have another deep, late-night conversation last night?"

Qiao Xu picked up her fresh iced Americano and took a sip. "Was my cousin-in-law hiding under our bed or something? Even knowing what time it was."

"Still, I think you should go get the mark on your neck touched up. It's way too obvious."

Fang Koxin, watching the spectacle, held back her laughter. "Qiaoqiao, she couldn't even stand steadily in her high heels when she came in this morning."

Qiao Xu's gossip radar went off. "First time?"

"Oh my, Meng Zhe is a heartless beast."

"My cousin is so unthoughtful. Shouldn't they save that kind of thing for a Friday so you can rest over the weekend?"

Ye Yurou slumped limply in her chair. "Isn't that kind of thing supposed to happen naturally when the mood and moment are right? Do you actually schedule a date for it?"

Qiao Xu nodded. "Of course. Doesn't it hurt?"

The tips of Ye Yurou's ears turned slightly pink. "It hurts, yeah. But it's alright, Brother A'Zhe was quite gentle."

"By the way, Qiaoqiao, did Brother A'Zhe date anyone before?"

Qiao Xu bit down on her straw. "Xiaorou, do you mind?"

"I don't mind at all. He's four or five years older than me; it would be abnormal if he had never dated." To Qiao Xu, this sounded almost like she was comforting herself.

The next second, she heard Ye Yurou say, "I should probably be grateful that he's been in relationships before, which is why he was especially gentle last night."

"So, I scored a win, and I'd like to thank his ex-girlfriends for helping tame this man for me."

Qiao Xu: ......

Fine, she had wasted her worry.

Ye Yurou was naturally a person who possessed strong self-healing capabilities.

After finishing the gossip, she conveniently took the documents that needed signing from the secretary's office to the CEO's office.

Noticing the door was unlocked, Qiao Xu knocked twice and pushed it open.

Xu Sian was not inside the office; there was only a young man in his early twenties.

He had a head of red hair, a red pair of headphones draped around his neck, and was curled up on the sofa playing a video game.

Qiao Xu searched her memory for this face.

No match found; he probably wasn't a business partner of the company.

"Hello, who might you be?"

The teenager raised his head, and that puppy-dog face startled Qiao Xu for a few seconds.

He was truly handsome.

"Looking for my brother? He just went out. Put the stuff down and leave."

He lowered his head to continue his game, not sparing Qiao Xu's face another glance. Besides, four years ago Qiao Xu's appearance had been much more green and immature, so it was completely normal for him not to recognize her.

"Xu Sian is your brother?"

The teenager looked up again, tossing his phone aside. "How are you so lacking in manners? Is my brother's name something you can just shout out?"

"This is the CEO's office. Put the things down and get out. This is no place for you to linger."

Qiao Xu placed the contract on the desk, preparing to walk out.

If she hadn't been wildly making love with Xu Sian just yesterday, she might have suspected this person was some kept mistress Xu Sian had stashed outside.

"Why are you here?"

Qiao Xu walked toward the door and bumped right into Xu Sian, who was pushing it open. "Good afternoon, Mr. Xu. I'm heading out right now."

Her wrist was caught and she was yanked backward as Xu Sian placed the bag in his hand onto the desk.

Qiao Xu glanced at it; it bore the logo of the cake shop downstairs.

So, he had gone out to buy cake for someone else.

"Mr. Xu, we have a professional superior-subordinate relationship. Please refrain from getting physical—do you want people to misunderstand?"

A-yi picked up his fallen phone, his obedient demeanor completely different from the fierce attitude he had just directed at Qiao Xu.

"Superior and subordinate?"

"Have you ever seen a normal superior and subordinate use up five ultra-thin condoms last night?"

Qiao Xu: ......

"Let go."

A-yi opened the bag, taking out the mango mousse cake inside along with a cup of bubble tea.

"Are you angry?"

"I didn't know you were coming to the office. Should I go buy you one right now?"

"Strawberry cake?" The man circled her waist, coaxing her in a soft voice.

Qiao Xu pried his hands apart. "Mr. Xu, this is the office. Please have some self-respect."

Xu Sian's eyes were filled with indulgent amusement. "Self-respect?"

"Assistant Qiao, the purple lace lingerie you're wearing right now was put on by my own hands. And you're telling me to have self-respect?"

"A bit late for that now."

"Oh right, the bedsheets in the washing machine haven't been washed yet, and they still have the traces you left behind..."

Qiao Xu: ......

A-yi had already pulled the headphones hanging around his neck over his ears the moment his brother leaned in close.

However...

He hadn't turned the audio on; he was simply watching his brother play the absolute simp in broad daylight.

Furthermore, since he hadn't recognized Qiao Xu earlier and had even acted hostile toward her, he wanted to see if she would snitch on him.

"Shut your trap. You might have no shame, but I still do."

Qiao Xu's gaze fell upon the person eating cake on the sofa, and her chin was pinched firmly in place.

"He can't hear."

"You're not allowed to look at other dogs."

A-yi the "Dog": "Brother, I'm a human."

Besides, he could definitely hear them.

Xu Sian: ...... What an unlucky kid.

"Come here, say hello to your sister-in-law."

A-yi took off his headphones and put down his cake spoon. "Hello, sister-in-law."

Qiao Xu forced a tight smile. "Don't bother, I'm just Mr. Xu's assistant. Don't go shouting nonsense."