PFC Chapter 151 Going to the North City
Chapter 151 Going to the North City
In a corner of the bar, the atmosphere was somewhat indescribable and wonderful.
Bai Xiao was facing away from the dance floor, somewhat backlit, but his face, which had been a top star ten years ago, still looked handsome and beautiful no matter when.
Huang Youcai stood up with a grim expression. The music was too loud, so he had to raise his voice, "What are you doing! Who are you?!"
Across the table, Zhu Simin's group also looked over, and one of them asked, "Is this Miss Xie's friend?"
The man being stared at by everyone at the table seemed completely unconcerned. He kept staring at the person in front of him, and when he heard the person opposite him say, he became even more surprised and uncertain, "Your surname is Xie?"
Xie Yan was surprised to run into an acquaintance so quickly. She felt that Bai Xiao didn't look that different from ten years ago, so she pursed her lips and replied, "Yes."
Just then, Zhu Simin, who had been silent all along, finally remembered where she had seen this somewhat familiar-looking man before.
Last year, Future Technology was featured in a financial magazine interview, and Bai Xiao was on the magazine cover.
Goodness gracious, that's futuristic technology!
In a few days, Bai Xiao, as a major shareholder of Future Technology, will be giving a speech at the business summit!
How could a small company like Nanlin compare to the top conglomerates in Beicheng, or even the whole country? They'd never even get a chance to meet them normally! They'd be too busy trying to climb the social ladder!
Thinking of this, Zhu Simin immediately put on a smile and stood up, wanting to go forward and say hello to get acquainted with him. However, this was not the place to talk. It would be even better if she could invite President Bai to have tea somewhere else.
However, Bai Xiao's voice came out first. He grabbed Xie Yan and turned to leave, saying, "This is not the place to talk. I have something to discuss with Miss Xie. Please come with me."
However, Huang Youcai clearly hadn't recognized Bai Xiao yet, and immediately raised his hand to stop him, "Stop! Who told you to take him away! Xie Yan, tell me! Do you know him!"
Before she could finish speaking, Bai Xiao suddenly turned around, "Your name is Xie Yan??"
Xie Yan froze, and gave a dry reply, "Haha, yeah."
The handsome man in the floral shirt narrowed his eyes, his gaze sweeping over her face before he pulled a business card from his pocket and tossed it on the table. "I have something to attend to. Contact me later if you have any objections."
He was extremely arrogant, but his innate sense of superiority and aura could not be faked. Everyone just watched Bai Xiao and Xie Yan leave.
Coming to his senses, Huang Youcai turned his gaze to the business card, feeling that the name sounded familiar, but he couldn't quite place where he had heard it before.
It's not surprising that he has a bad memory. After all, Huang Youcai's company is in the real estate business and doesn't pay much attention to emerging electronic industries like future technology, so he's naturally not very sensitive to them.
While he was still in a daze, a hand swiftly snatched the business card away before he could, stuffing it into his breast pocket like a treasure.
Zhu Simin carefully put away the business card, feeling as if she had gained some incredible connections. Her heart pounded despite her age. "He's a shareholder of Future Technology. You might not know him, but you definitely know Future Real Estate."
Huang Youcai was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what was going on and started to panic, "Holy crap! Future Real Estate?! Give me your business card right now!"
However, how could Zhu Simin possibly give him what he had already obtained? With the escort of several friends, he ran straight out of the bar, got into his car, and sped away.
******
Blue Ocean Bar is located south of the Second Ring Road in the city, in the most bustling area, where the neon lights of various shops are dazzling enough to dazzle the eyes.
Not far from the bar is a super large shopping mall that is open 24 hours a day and always brightly lit.
The top floor of the mall is a sky garden, with a platform extending from the ground. The ground is made of extremely strong tempered glass, and you can see the dazzling street view below when you look down.
It felt like having the whole city under your feet, as if simply sitting there made you a superior person.
On the table were scented candles and several outrageously expensive dishes. Bai Xiao leaned back in his chair, arms crossed, having already controlled his expression, and scrutinized the woman opposite him.
She had fair skin, a beautiful face, red lips, and white teeth; at first glance, she looked exactly like the person in his memory.
However, upon closer inspection, some differences can still be discerned.
She was more glamorous before, but now she's more aloof. Her eyes are long and narrow, and the lenses on her nose seem to exude a coolness. Her lips are also thinner, and her style is much more mature.
Xie Yan lowered her head and took a sip of warm water. When she looked up, she wore a distant and polite smile. "Thank you for helping me out of that situation. Actually, you don't need to be so polite. I don't usually eat at night."
Her current situation is rather fantastical, and Xie Yan doesn't plan to tell everyone that she has been reborn, since it's too outrageous.
However, she just noticed that when they left the bar, they were followed by a little girl in a middle school uniform, who was picked up by Bai Xiao's driver as soon as they left the bar.
Xie Yan felt a pang of emotion; it seemed like only yesterday that Little Cabbage had grown up.
The last time I saw her was when she took Xiaobaicai to a farmhouse for fun.
Bai Xiao, of course, had no appetite either, and suddenly asked, "Have you changed your name? Have you always been called Xie Yan? Did you have any twin sisters or anything like that before?"
Xie Yan: "I have never changed my name, and I do not have any twin sisters."
The person opposite raised an eyebrow, then lowered their head and started eating as if nothing had happened.
The scenario of pressing for answers that she had imagined did not occur, and Xie Yan breathed a sigh of relief. She then maintained a distant yet polite demeanor and chatted casually.
"Actually, you look a lot like someone I know. When I first saw you, I almost thought she was alive. You really look so alike."
Bai Xiao sighed, "If I hadn't personally witnessed her ashes being buried, I would have thought she wasn't dead at all."
Xie Yan pursed her lips, pretending not to know anything. "I'm sorry, is he your friend?"
After saying that, she lowered her head and took a sip of water as if in sorrow.
"She is my godmother."
"puff----"
Xie Yan nearly choked to death on the water; she spat it all out, her face turning red from the choking.
Was she just hallucinating?
Stepmother?
What kind of stepmother?
What kind of mother is this?
She is Bai Xiao's godmother?
Bai Xiao, who is a germaphobe, frowned in disgust at the sight, but still kindly handed her some tissues to wipe herself, out of consideration for her face and name.
"Is Miss Xie alright?"
"it's okay no problem……"
The car accident ten years ago was so sudden and tragic that Bai Xiao rushed there immediately after receiving the news, but when he arrived, all he could see was a small box.
The Bai family felt they still owed Xie Yan a great debt of gratitude, since if it weren't for her intervention, Bai Xiao would probably have died in the swamp. So they simply made him recognize her as his godmother.
Just like in ancient times when people were posthumously granted an imperial title, Xie Yan thus gained a godson after her death, and Bai Xiao would even kowtow twice at her grave every year.
Each time he kowtowed, he thought that if Sister Xie knew this in the afterlife, she would probably be able to rest in peace with a smile.
However, he certainly wouldn't tell these things to the person in front of him right now.
Xie Yan finally stopped coughing, but her face was still red. She couldn't accept the fact that she had a godson for a while. Fortunately, Bai Xiao quickly changed the subject.
The last meal ended hastily after only a few bites, or rather, this extremely expensive meal was barely eaten in total.
After seeing Xie Yan off to her car and keeping her out of sight, Bai Xiao took out his phone and made a call.
"Hey, help me find someone, from Nanlin City, named Xie Yan. It shouldn't be a fake name. She works at Hongfeng Real Estate. Hurry up, I need her tonight..."
******
Early in the morning, the Hongfeng Real Estate office area was unusually quiet.
Several employees sat at their workstations, their eyes darting around, and even so, they weren't chatting away like they used to.
The reason was simply because of the uninvited guest sitting not far away.
At this moment, the handsome uninvited guest was sitting with his legs crossed on a high-end executive chair worth tens of thousands of yuan, wearing flashy sunglasses and holding a magazine in his hand.
We don't know if wearing sunglasses indoors will actually allow us to see the contents of a magazine.
We don't understand, and we dare not ask.
As soon as Xie Yan stepped into the company gate, a colleague whispered "pfft pfft" to her, just like a student secretly talking and calling out to someone in class.
The man pulled Xie Yan aside, his face full of respect, "Xie Yan, when did you meet President Bai? Why didn't you tell us? You're really something!"
Xie Yan paused, "What President Bai?... Bai Xiao?"
"correct."
The man glanced back inside. "President Bai came to our company early this morning. He went straight to President Huang and said he wanted to poach you to work for him. President Huang has been apologizing to him all morning, saying he was blind to your talent and so on. Didn't you know?"
"……I do not know."
She pursed her lips, brushed aside her colleague's hand, and went inside.
Huang Youcai stepped forward first, his usual imperious demeanor gone. Instead, he greeted Xiao Xie warmly, praising her promising future and telling her not to forget him if she ever became successful. He added that if she ever missed him, the company would always be her home.
"Where is it."
Xie Yan took out her resignation letter from her bag. "I came here today to resign. I guess we won't see each other again."
It's late March now, spring is in full bloom, and the temperature is cool. Xie Yan is wearing a long, light-colored trench coat, looking casual and relaxed, as if her usual classy look has instantly disappeared.
Bai Xiao put down the magazine in her hand, stood up, took off her sunglasses, and looked in this direction.
The morning light is good now, making it easier to see people clearly, and they still look very similar.
He walked over and said, "That's perfect. Our company is short of a secretary. I heard you earn 8,500 a month here. Come with me to Beicheng and I'll pay you 30,000 a month. The company will arrange an apartment for you. Are you in?"
Xie Yan also turned to look at Bai Xiao, her eyes smiling, yet also thoughtful.
The idea that Future Group is short of employees is a joke; Bai Xiao must have other plans for her because of her appearance.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Bai Xiao also became a little impatient. In front of everyone, he forcefully pinned Xie Yan against the wall and chuckled wickedly, "Why aren't you saying anything? Are you afraid I'll eat you up?"
"puff……"
Bai Xiao frowned. "What are you laughing at?"
Xie Yan regained her composure, her eyes blank. "No."
She just didn't expect that the effeminate man who used to love making delicate gestures with his fingers would now be using the "wall slam" move, and he'd actually become quite domineering.
Upon hearing this, Bai Xiao hesitated for a moment, then put on a charmingly wicked smile, as if he had truly been possessed by a domineering CEO. "You..."
Before he could speak, Xie Yan lowered her head, covered her face, and her shoulders trembled uncontrollably.
Bai Xiao's expression changed. "You were clearly laughing! You never stopped!"
Xie Yan raised her eyes, which were red from holding back her tears, her voice trembling slightly, and her expression blank. "No."
I'm sorry, godson, you're really being pretentious, and your godmother can't hold it in anymore.
By this time, Bai Xiao's patience had almost run out. He had always had a bad temper, and he had only been putting on an act recently to maintain the company's image, but it seemed to be of no use.
"Just tell me if you're going or not. I've told you this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Don't think I have any ulterior motives towards you; there's absolutely no way I would!"
Xie Yan nodded. "Indeed, okay then."
She paused for a moment, as if she had made up her mind, then said, "I'll go."
******
In the following days, Xie Yan took a break after resigning and rested at home for a few days.
Then they accompanied Bai Xiao to that business summit, and it wasn't until early April that the group boarded a plane to Beicheng.
Inside the cabin, Zhou Panpan and Bai Xiao were seated together, while Xie Yan was separated from them by an aisle.
The short-haired girl kept glancing at Xie Yan, who was reading a book with her long hair down. Her profile was delicate and three-dimensional, and the blue sky and white clouds outside the window made her look exceptionally refined.
Zhou Panpan lowered her voice and spoke to Bai Xiao.
"Should we really take her back? Although this one really looks like her, isn't it too much of a coincidence that she looks like this and has the same name?"
Bai Xiao glanced to the side and said, "It is indeed too much of a coincidence, but I have checked. Her resume and background are complete and she has never changed her name. She has been called this since she was a child. Her face is also her natural face. There are no medical records of her in plastic surgery hospitals in the cities around Nanlin. Besides, I was the one who took the initiative to recruit her this time."
Zhou Panpan sighed softly, "I don't know if your trick will work, after all, there have been several people who looked alike before..."
In recent years, Future Group's business has grown bigger and bigger, and the scale of the enterprise has reached a terrifying level. More and more families or companies want to get close to President Shen.
However, he rarely attends public events, and when he does appear, he is expressionless and sparing with words. No one knows what he likes, and no one knows how to cater to his interests.
So someone found out that Mr. Shen had a girlfriend in college who died in a car accident a long time ago, and he was so upset about it that he was heartbroken for a while.
So, starting from some point, women who looked more or less like Xie Yan began to appear near the Future Group, and even appeared in Shen Yan's hotel room.
Some of the women had similar eyebrows and eyes, some had similar face shapes, and some had similar body shapes. In short, it was a large-scale cosplay event, with everyone cosplaying the same person.
Bai Xiao knew all too well what those surgically enhanced faces were up to, and found it incredibly annoying. Fortunately, Shen Yan never gave them a second glance, nor did he get angry or annoyed; he simply ignored them calmly.
But this person is different.
They look alike, have the same name, and are practically another version of her in the world.
His idea was simple and straightforward: to arrange for Xie Yan to work next to Shen Yan. At least her background was clean and simple, which completely eliminated the possibility of those outsiders having designs on her.
Besides...
Bai Xiao looked at the clouds outside the window and sighed, no longer thinking about it.