363 Son, Ism Your Father 17 (2/2)
Ye Xiaotian smiled without uttering a word. Instead, he changed the subject and shifted the attention to Gu Beicheng. ”Is this your girlfriend?” he asked.
”Of course not. She's my newly-hired secretary.”
”She's quite the looker. I bet you recruited her because of her beauty.”
”Do I seem like such a superficial person?” Gu Beicheng retorted.
”From what I know about you… yes, you do.”
”What's the occasion today? It's already been 15 minutes,” Gu Beicheng remarked as he took a look at the time on his wristwatch.
Ye Xiaotian snickered and said, ”The best is yet to come. Why are you getting so impatient? Look, someone's come downstairs.”
The crowd looked up, only to see Military Commander Xu's subordinates coming down the stairs and calling out, ”Gentlemen, please follow me upstairs. May the ladies remain waiting downstairs.”
Soon, the gentlemen got up one after another and made their way upstairs while the ladies were left in the living room.
Since Mo Li had rarely attended such formal events, she naturally felt out of place and uneasy. Upon sight of An Xiaoning, she suggested, ”Let's go wait for them on the couch.”
”Okay.”
An Xiaoning had always disliked wearing heels and would only make an exception for formal events and occasions. Although they looked pretty on her feet, she simply could not tolerate the torturous pain in her soles which arose from walking in heels.
She felt a huge sense of relief in her feet the moment she sat down.
”Xiaoning, just what's the purpose of this gathering?” Mo Li asked softly.
”Ye Xiaotian didn't tell you?”
”He didn't mention anything else other than the fact that it was a gathering.”
”Actually, I'm not too sure either. Who knows? Maybe it's just a casual gathering for the men,” said An Xiaoning, though she had constantly been on her guard.
”I'd like to go to the washroom. Do you want to come along?”
An Xiaoning actually did not need to use the washroom but decided to tag along since Mo Li was pregnant and wearing heels. ”I'll go with you.”
”Okay.”
They arrived at the entrance of the washroom, only to find that it was extremely crowded. Some were touching up their makeup while others were answering nature's call.
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”Hello, may I ask if there are other washrooms here?”
”The second and third storey are restricted areas because it's our master's bedrooms. There's a washroom available on the fourth storey. You may take the elevator up,” the servant said smilingly while pointing them in the right direction.
”Alright.”
The two of them entered the elevator and pressed the buttons. Just as the elevator doors were about to close, a hand was stuck through the gap to stop the doors from closing.
An Xiaoning took a look and realized that it was Chi Rui'er.
”Oh, what a coincidence,” said Chi Rui'er, who entered the elevator but did not press any buttons.
”Why aren't you pressing the buttons?”
”Because I'm going to the fourth storey too. Why else would I say that it was coincidental?” Chi Rui'er said with a pretentious smile.
The doors of the elevator closed slowly, and the elevator began to ascend.
A deafening silence filled the air.
Both An Xiaoning and Chi Rui'er kept mum.
The elevator soon arrived at the fourth storey. However, the doors did not open and instead continued to ascend.
Frightened, Mo Li asked worriedly, ”Xiaoning, what's going on?”
Before An Xiaoning could even respond, Chi Rui'er said casually, ”Seems like the elevator is out of order.”
”Why are you so happy about the elevator being faulty?”
”Am I?” Chi Rui'er asked with a grin.
”Are you not?” An Xiaoning retorted.
”Of course not.”