Chapter 1698: I will do whatever you say next time.
“This…”
The head of the staff revealed an awkward look. He had not expected the Qu family’s eldest missus to be this stubborn and prideful.
“Why? Can’t do it?”
The lady chuckled. He could only hear her laughter in this huge banquet hall. His heart shook with emotion, but he did not notice it.
“I can do it.”
He did not know where he got the courage from, but he nodded. When he noticed the glint in her eyes, the bit of ripples in his heart grew strong enough to swallow him whole.
“Fine, then. Go find your master. Just tell him my words. Also, I’m not someone anyone can touch or talk to.”
Her final laughter made him feel as though he had fallen from heaven straight to hell as he straightened himself. It had just been a brief exchange, yet his emotions had been on a rollercoaster ride throughout.
When he timidly returned to Ji Ziming’s side, before he could speak, the ma asked coldly,
“Why? Did she not accept your help?”
Both spoke the same line as though they had rehearsed it.
“Sir, you…”
“You won’t be able to understand a woman like her. I suggest that youkeep your thoughts to yourself, or else you will no longer be able to continue working in this hotel.”
What the man needed was never a person who lusted over a beauty.
“I understand, sir. Rest assured; I will do whatever you say next time.”
The subordinate lowered his head to look at this shadow on the floor. His shadow took up less than a quarter of the small, one-meter wide ceramic tile.
“Good to hear that. Continue handling this banquet hall and let me know if anything happens here. I’ll be going up.”
Ji Ziming swept his eyes across the venue, already having a gauge of the number of people who had come to see him. What these people did not know was that he had not found even one potential business partner among them.
When he returned to the presidential suite, He Yun, who was standing at the entrance, watched him approach. The other quickly said, “CEO, the madam woke up earlier.”
His eyes stilled as he asked, “What about now?”
“She went back to sleep immediately after.”
He Yun had an embarrassed expression as he hung his head low, not daring to look at his boss. “Sir, you—”
“There is nothing for you here. I’ll leave the matter from this afternoon to you. Let them go after it’s time.”
“Weren’t you looking for a new working partner for the madam’s company?”
He was slightly surprised, unable to believe that after so much effort to find a new working partner, he would just let all of the people downstairs leave. Then, what was the point of this gathering?
“What use is there to find one? I am the best partner she can have.”
Ji Ziming’s voice was cool and clear, but it gave off a majestic feeling. As he stood before his subordinate, he seemed so tall and mighty.
“You… are right. Then, I will head downstairs now to have them leave once it is time.”
He Yun moved to leave after saying that, but after taking two steps, the man called him back. “Wait. Go check the head of the staff’s background for me later.”
“Are you…”
He Yun did not understand.
“I suspect him the most.”
Ji Ziming looked at him with a pair of cold eyes that were a picture of ice and snow.
“Yes, sir.”
He Yun nodded, then went downstairs. He did not care who that subordinate was, nor did he care if the head of the staff replaced him by Ji Ziming’s side. All he cared was if that person was as loyal to their boss as he was.
When Ji Ziming entered the room, he saw an employee carefully helping Pei Ge wipe away her sweat. Before the other could finish her task, he took the towel from her.
“I’ll do it. You can leave.”
The female helper lowered her head and departed.
The European-inspired presidential suite was currently silent. The handphone Pei Ge had left behind on the coffee table had already rung four times. They were all calls from his mother.
On the fifth call, Ji Ziming, who was now sitting by Pei Ge’s side, patiently waiting for her to wake up, heard it. He walked over to the coffee table and answered the call.
“Hello, Ge Ge; let me ask you something: Is that Tang Xiaoyu back in the country?”
Madam Ji’s call finally went through, but she did not expect that it was someone else who would answer the call.
“Mom, it’s me.”
His clear voice sounded.
“Why is it you? Where is Ge Ge? Where did she go?”
Only after hearing her son’s voice did the older woman ask why it was him who had answered Pei Ge’s phone.
“Something happened to her, so we won’t be back tonight. Can you take care of the three children for us?”
“I will take care of them well. What happened to her? How is the banquet tonight? Have you found a new working partner?”
Her son calmly answered all her answers.
“She’s drunk a little too much, so she’ll be sleeping in the hotel tonight. Mom, take care of the children; we will be back in a couple of days.”
He thought of the wound on Pei Ge’s back. Now was not the time to go out exercising. She could not even perform a simple act such as turning on her back and could only lie sideways. Simply lying down would cause her wound to tear open with excruciating pain.
“Okay, but why do you need a couple of days? Can’t you come back tomorrow?”
“I still have other things to settle tomorrow. There are, of course, some details to go through with this new working relationship.”
He could not bring Pei Ge back home in this state, afraid that his mother would be frightened, but even more so, he was worried that the three children would be anxious. It would only bring more trouble to the family, so he would rather that they did not know about it.
“Okay, go deal with work, then. I’ll bring the three children with me to visit my old sisters over the next two days. They are too bored being cooped up at home. You and Pei Ge have already hired a new teacher for them, right? I sacked the previous teacher. They are just kids and at the age where they’re playing all the time. Also, with Ran Ran having just recovered from her fever; it’s definitely inappropriate to force them to learn.”
Madam Ji felt heartache. She was witnessing the three children grow up bit by bit. She did not want to lock them up in a room to listen to a boring teacher give a boring class just for the sake of making them study and for their future career success.
“Alright, I’ll leave it to you.”
Upon hearing that his mother had sent the teacher Pei Ge hired packing home, he knew that he had no say in this and could just let his mother arrange it like that.