Chapter 23 The First Intimate Encounter
"Alright, Director Xia, please go ahead with your work; I'd like to have a private word with this gentleman,"
Lin Ruoxue wanted to send Xia Qiuru away first; she wasn't ready for the people in the corporation to know about her relationship with Su Chen.
"Okay, then I'll step out,"
After leaving Lin Ruoxue's office, Xia Qiuru couldn't help but frown. By all rights, this conversation should have fallen within her scope of work as the HR Director, and if anyone should not be excluded, it was certainly not her.
Furthermore, considering the abnormality of the two's interaction upon meeting, Xia Qiuru felt even more strongly that their relationship was out of the ordinary.
Impossible. Lin Ruoxue was recognized as the most beautiful woman in Jiangnan and also sat at the helm of the multi-billion-dollar Belle Corporation. How could she possibly have any involvement with a man who looked like a bum?
Xia Qiuru quickly dismissed this unreliable thought from her mind. However, the fact that this guy could speak so many languages made her wonder if he really was an ordinary person after all.
Confused by her own thoughts, Xia Qiuru simply shook her head and decided not to think about it anymore.
In Lin Ruoxue's office, she had been staring blankly at Su Chen for two minutes. Just as he was starting to feel anxious, she spoke:
"Who exactly are you?"
Su Chen was taken aback; he had not expected Lin Ruoxue to suddenly ask him such a question.
Indeed, who was he?
Even Su Chen couldn't answer that question, so he intentionally laughed and said,
"Who else could I be? Your husband in name."
"How do you explain this?"
Lin Ruoxue pulled out a test paper from her drawer and spread it out on the desk.
Seeing that test paper, Su Chen instantly understood everything; it was all because of this test paper.
Lin Ruoxue's beautiful eyes fixed sternly on Su Chen, not missing a single detail.
She found that her husband seemed to become more and more mysterious, harder and harder to read.
Just yesterday, he casually produced what could very likely be a blue diamond worth tens of millions of US dollars; and today, she discovered he was proficient in the languages of nearly two hundred countries and regions.
Neither of these things would normally happen to an ordinary person. If the blue diamond from yesterday could still possibly be a fake, then what about today's revelation?
This was something tangible, and there could be no faking it.
This puzzled her. Who exactly was this husband of hers who seemed so aimless all this while?
If he was not an ordinary person, then why had he been in that state for the past half year? What on earth had happened to him?
Su Chen also knew that Lin Ruoxue must have had doubts about his identity. It wasn't that he deliberately wanted to hide it; it's just that his identity was far too special, and he was afraid it might scare her or bring her some trouble.
"Oh, it's nothing much, really. I just worked on a construction site abroad for a few years. There were people from all over the world there, and it just so happened that I have some natural talent for languages. Spending everyday together, I just picked them up,"
After some thought, Su Chen still decided not to reveal the truth to Lin Ruoxue for the time being.
"Really?"
Lin Ruoxue looked at Su Chen skeptically, trying to gauge whether he was lying. However, after observing for a while, she still couldn't determine if it was true or not.
"Of course it's true. What else did you think?"
Su Chen deliberately acted nonchalant and casual, then poured himself a glass of water and sat down on the sofa.
Lin Ruoxue certainly didn't believe Su Chen's explanation. How could someone become proficient in so many languages just by working on a construction site? However, she also realized that Su Chen didn't want to tell her.
"Since you're proficient in multiple languages, you can go to the PR department and be the deputy director."
"No way, I'm not interested. I quite like being a driver."
Su Chen hurriedly spoke as if being a driver was the best job in the world.
"Why?"
Lin Ruoxue really couldn't understand why he would rather be a driver than take the enviable position of deputy director. It was truly odd!
"Freedom! Unlike deputy directors who are busy like dogs every day. Only a crazy person would do that!"
Seeing his carefree demeanor, Lin Ruoxue felt he was hopeless, a lost cause. And to think she had believed he had completely changed his ways.
"Suit yourself. Go and complete the onboarding process now," Lin Ruoxue said with an icy tone. "Also, after you're done, collect two sets of staff uniforms. This isn't home; you need to watch your image."
But Su Chen was already used to Lin Ruoxue's demeanor and didn't take it to heart. Instead, he started to roam around Lin Ruoxue's office.
"Your office is really nice. I'll come here for my naps from now on."
As Su Chen observed, his eyes glimmered with admiration, and he nodded non-stop in praise.
"Impossible. Besides, doesn't the security department have its own rest room?"
Lin Ruoxue outright rejected the suggestion. How could she possibly agree to Su Chen's unreasonable request? It would not only be awkward for her but also a hassle if someone else stumbled upon them.
"But the air conditioning in the security rest room isn't as good as yours, and the sofa isn't as soft as yours. Your sofa is much more comfortable."
With that, Su Chen actually laid down on the sofa, closed his eyes, and began to rest. He had been cultivating the last two nights, and now, lying on this soft sofa, he truly felt sleepy.
"Get out right now! This isn't a place for you to sleep," Lin Ruoxue urged, but Su Chen turned a deaf ear and even turned over to make himself more comfortable.
Lin Ruoxue wasn't expecting him to be so shameless. She hurriedly ran over to pull on Su Chen's arm, trying to get him up.
However, how could Lin Ruoxue's delicate body possibly move a big man like Su Chen?
Lin Ruoxue saw that he was still as immovable as a dead pig, which made her even more anxious. Her face turned red with urgency; this was her office, and being seen like this would be terrible.
Lin Ruoxue gritted her teeth, stamped her foot, and using both hands, pulled on Su Chen's arm with all her might as if summoning her infant strength.
"President, Young Master Liu..."
Just then, with a "creak," the door to Lin Ruoxue's office was pushed open.
Lin Ruoxue, startled by the sound of the door, lost her balance and tumbled right onto Su Chen.
Su Chen hadn't expected Lin Ruoxue to suddenly fall on top of him. His eyes shot open, and the two stared at each other, both utterly stunned in that instant.
Su Chen suddenly felt a soft sensation against his chest and a faint fragrance wafting into his nostrils, which caused his heart to flutter uncontrollably.
Somewhat inexplicably, or as if possessed, Su Chen instinctively wrapped his arms around Lin Ruoxue's soft and slender waist.
"President, I'm sorry, I didn't see anything!"
The young secretary who had pushed open the door, a girl in her early twenties, had not expected to walk in on the president in such a situation. She was startled and quickly retreated out of the room, closing the door behind her.
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