Chapter 247: Ice Xi: You jerk, if you don’t message me back, I’m really going to get angry

Chapter 247: Chapter 247: Ice Xi: You jerk, if you don’t message me back, I’m really going to get angry

After a moment of speechless silence.

Gu Yizhou logged into his company email and saw the list for the "CFA" professional investment analysis team He Mingyi had mentioned.

The team had only six people in total, leader included, and his name—Gu Yizhou—was right there on the list.

Sigh...

Gu Yizhou shook his head helplessly.

But what was done was done, and there was nothing he could do about it.

’Maybe... I should find that woman later and ask her to take my name off the list?’ Gu Yizhou thought.

... ℯℯ𝑙.

In the blink of an eye, it was nine-thirty in the morning.

Just then, Team Leader Chen Dong walked over and knocked on Gu Yizhou’s desk.

"What’s up, Leader Chen?"

Gu Yizhou asked, looking up from the stock market with a confused expression.

"The President’s Office has called a meeting for all members of the ’CFA’ professional investment analysis team," Chen Dong said.

"Uh..."

Gu Yizhou was stunned for a moment.

He’d gotten busy and had completely forgotten about it.

"Let’s go. We can head over together," Chen Dong said, patting his shoulder.

"Oh, right. Okay."

What else could Gu Yizhou say? He could only nod.

He then grabbed his phone and a notebook and stood up to follow Chen Dong out.

...

Arriving at the small conference room near the President’s Office.

Gu Yizhou immediately saw President Yan Luoxi sitting at the head of the table.

Today, Yan Luoxi was wearing a well-tailored black suit, looking sharp and sophisticated.

Combined with her frosty expression and an aura as cold as a glacier, it was hard not to steal a few glances.

As Gu Yizhou was sneaking glances at her, she had, in fact, noticed him too.

But Yan Luoxi wasn’t angry that Gu Yizhou was looking at her. On the contrary, she felt a small thrill of secret delight.

’That idiot stared at me several times. Looks like he thinks I look good today, too.’

’All the time I spent picking out this outfit wasn’t for nothing!’

’Hee hee~’

Yan Luoxi thought to herself with glee.

Just as Yan Luoxi was lost in thought, her assistant, Bai Jie, leaned in and whispered in her ear, "President Yan, everyone is here."

Hearing her assistant’s reminder, Yan Luoxi snapped back to her senses.

"Mm."

She nodded faintly and then said, "Assistant Bai, you can distribute the materials."

"Yes, President Yan."

Bai Jie nodded.

She then stood up and began distributing the materials on the table.

...

「Half an hour later.」

The meeting was over.

This meeting hadn’t involved analyzing investment projects or anything of the sort.

Instead, it had been about the duties of the "CFA" professional investment analysis team.

Afterward, everyone left with a thick file of project analysis case studies.

As the meeting broke up, Yan Luoxi stole several glances at Gu Yizhou.

She wanted to see if that idiot showed any resistance to being on the "CFA" professional investment analysis team.

Sure enough!

She saw a look of resignation on the idiot’s face.

It was obvious.

He didn’t want to join this analysis team at all.

However.

’So what!’

’You idiot. You’re in whether you like it or not.’

’Otherwise, how else am I supposed to find excuses to spend time alone with you!’

Yan Luoxi had already thought it all through. Later on, she would find another reason to have the team members form sub-teams.

The entire team, including herself, had six people—perfect for sub-teams of two.

That’s right!

She herself was the leader of this "CFA" professional investment analysis team.

As she mulled this over, Yan Luoxi subconsciously tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, a faint smile playing on her lips.

By now, everyone else had left the conference room, leaving only Yan Luoxi and her assistant, Bai Jie.

Uh...

Bai Jie stared at her boss, a little dumbfounded.

Sensing the stare, Yan Luoxi glanced at her assistant, only to find the young woman gazing at her in a daze.

She furrowed her delicate brows slightly and asked, "Assistant Bai, is there something on my face?"

"Huh?"

Assistant Bai Jie snapped back to reality at the sound of her voice, her face a little red. "N-No... I just thought... President Yan, you looked so beautiful when you smiled just now."

"Hm?"

Yan Luoxi paused, surprised. "Was I smiling just now?"

"Mhm."

"You were smiling, and it was a very beautiful smile. A little mischievous, yet a little gentle... It’s the first time I’ve ever seen you smile like that."

"A-Anyway, it was really beautiful. I think you should smile more often, President Yan."

Bai Jie said in a small voice, "If you smiled like that often, all the guys in the company would definitely go crazy for you!"

Yan Luoxi’s smile had been so beautiful it had made even her, another woman, blush.

’Who could possibly resist that!’

’If I were a guy,’ Bai Jie thought, ’I definitely wouldn’t be able to handle it!’

Hearing her assistant’s words, an image of Gu Yizhou couldn’t help but surface in Yan Luoxi’s mind.

Instantly, her pretty face flushed red.

But she quickly composed herself.

Looking up at her assistant, she said coolly, "Does this have anything to do with work?"

"Huh?"

Bai Jie let out a little "ah" and realized her mistake.

’I’ve opened my big mouth and said the wrong thing again!’

’Waaah...’

"N-No," she said weakly.

"Alright, go on and get back to work."

Yan Luoxi waved her hand, her tone calm.

"Y-Yes, President Yan."

Hearing this, Bai Jie felt as if she’d been granted amnesty. She nodded hurriedly, then turned and quickly walked out.

After she left,

Yan Luoxi finally looked away.

After a moment’s thought, she picked up her phone and glanced at it again.

She hesitated for a moment.

She still tapped on Gu Yizhou’s profile picture.

...

President Yan Luoxi: "I still haven’t reimbursed you for our meal from that time we worked overtime. How about I treat you to lunch today?"

"Uh..."

Sitting at his desk, Gu Yizhou was a bit baffled when he saw the WeChat message.

’She wants to treat me to a meal again?’

’What’s with this woman?’

’Could it be that she’s really into me?’

You really couldn’t blame him for overthinking it!

It was just that the excuse about the reimbursement was too lame.

And besides!

First she gives him a car, and now she’s constantly trying to treat him to lunch.

It was hard not to read into it!

Gu Yizhou felt a wave of complicated emotions.

When he didn’t reply, Yan Luoxi started to feel anxious.

「One minute later.」

Gu Yizhou hadn’t replied.

「Five minutes later.」

Gu Yizhou still hadn’t replied.

’What a waste of my emotions!’

’That idiot.’

’So he’s not going to reply, is he?!’

’Just you wait until we get home tonight, see if I even acknowledge you!’

’And another thing!’

’Don’t even think about asking me to play that ’pick up things’ game with you anymore!’

Yan Luoxi’s expression darkened. She tossed her phone aside, feeling a little angry.

Just as she was getting angry,

"DING~"

The phone she had tossed aside suddenly chimed.

’Did that idiot reply?’

Yan Luoxi’s eyes lit up.

She hurriedly reached out and grabbed the phone she had just thrown aside...