Chapter 220: No Contact (2/2)

The nearest restaurant near the Purple Jade Villas was, unsurprisingly, an upmarket restaurant that specialized in western food.

Before long, they arrived.

This was the first time Xinghe had dined with Mubai alone.

Mubai considered it a date while Xinghe thought of it as a business meeting.

After they made their own, Xinghe went straight to the point, ”You can get me back into the lab?”

Mubai posed his own question, ”I heard Ruobing completed the design my grandmother is satisfied with.”

”The design is mine, she stole it from me. However, the design she has is faulty,” Xinghe revealed.

”Do you have the proof? Because you can sue.”

Xinghe smiled mysteriously, ”There's no need. She will trip on her mistake eventually.”

That piqued Mubai's interest. ”What do you mean? What's your plan?”

”It doesn't concern you. You haven't answered my question yet,” Xinghe pulled him back to the reason why they were even sharing dinner at the restaurant.

Mubai confessed, ”Grandmother has made her decree. Ruobing is to return to the lab. Even I can't do anything about that. Unless you pull out the evidence, she's staying.”

”There's no evidence, at least none that they will believe. Since, you can't do anything about this either then I will go search for a new lab to complete the research. Enjoy your dinner, I'll be taking my leave,” Xinghe concluded before standing up to leave.

Mubai's strong hands reached out to pull her…

Xinghe was taken aback by the sudden contact. She turned and looked coolly at him.

Mubai's eyes zeroed in on her. ”The food's not even here yet. Why the hurry?”

”I came here to talk business with you, not to have dinner. Since the talk is over, naturally there's no reason for me to stay,” Xinghe argued crisply and soundly.

She wasn't playing hard to get because she never had the interest to come for dinner with him in the first place.

For her, Mubai was nothing more than a business partner. Since there was no business left to discuss, there was no need for either one of them to overstay their welcome.

For some reason, Mubai felt used. He was kicked to the side because Xinghe was done with him…