"Mm, I see. Stick to the original plan," Ling Fan said calmly after listening to Zhou Xin's report over the phone.
It was just…his tone was inexplicably not very good.
At least, Zhou Xin on the other end of the phone noticed it.
"Boss, is there a problem?" Zhou Xin couldn't help but ask.
The thing was he felt that their boss’ tone was not right. If you said it was calm, it was true, but always made one feel not so high-spirited, but any pleasant feeling? Not really.
If it had to describe it with a word, it should be depressing.
Yes, it was depressing. He felt that their boss sounded inexplicitly depressed.
"Nothing. Go prepare what you should do," Ling Fan said and then hung up.
That's right, he was quite depressed right now. To be precise, it should be both depressed and helpless.
After enjoying the ‘special comforting’ from Chu Xiao for two hours in the study yesterday, before he had time to feel the aftertaste, this morning, before he got up, the other side threw a piece of paper in his face.
Mm, not a piece of paper actually, but an agreement.
The Agreement
Party A: Chu Xiao, Party B: Ling Fan
To ensure that Party Be could successfully complete his studies and take the college entrance examination at ease, this agreement is specially made.
Clause One, from the day the agreement comes into effect until the end of the college entrance examination, both parties must restrain themselves from doing those nasty things like having s*x.
Clause Two, both parties can only do it once a week, and the time is limited to the weekend.
Clause Three, each time, both parties couldn’t do it over three hours. If Party B violates the rules, Party A has the right and obligation to stop Party B’s behavior.
…
Clause Nine, if Party B really needs it, out of humanity, Party A can help Party B solve his physical needs, but not through entering Party B’s back door.
This agreement comes into effect automatically when Party B sees it. And Party B has no right to refuse or not enforce it.
What nonsense is that?
This was the first thought that popped out of Ling Fan's mind the moment he saw it and was scared awake from his sleep.
Once a week?
No more than three hours?!
How is that even possible!
Better kill him!
Out of humanity? He felt that this kind of agreement was totally inhumane to him!
Although Ling Fan didn't want to accept it at all, he still signed the unfair treaty under Chu Xiao's threats.
As mentioned in the agreement, he had no right to refuse, right?
Therefore, from the time he signed the agreement, until now when he came to school, he was in a bad mood! Very depressed!
Even the thing that he had planned for nearly half a month couldn’t interest him anymore...
However, when he thought about that upcoming thing and considering the unfair agreement he signed this morning, a glimmer of calculation flashed across his eyes.
However, unlike when he was calculating others, if Chu Xiao were here, he would definitely be able to accurately describe what expression on this little bastard's face—scheming!
Unfortunately, Chu Xiao was not here.
On the other hand, Ling Fan looked down at the long string of text message that he didn't have time to send to Chu Xiao, without hesitation, deleted it and sent out a row of letters that looked simple and actually represented something not simple.
He had to seek some benefits for himself, right?
On the other side, Chu Group
When receiving the message from Ling Fan, Chu Xiao was slightly stunned. Did this guy forget how many classes he had missed? He actually had time to send him a text message?
-I will preserve my moral integrity. Don’t worry.
This was the meaning of that string of letters.
"So boring," Chu Xiao whispered with disdain, but the smile on his face betrayed the fact that he was in quite a good mood.
A first, he wanted to reply to Ling Fan, but after thinking about it, he decided not to disturb him.
Thus, it ended with what Lin Tianchen and Chen Feng saw when they came in--their boss, who had always been cold and noble, actually smiled like a fool looking at his phone in the office.
Of course, these two people didn’t have the balls to say it out.
“Anything to report?” Noticing the two of them at the door, Chu Xiao instantly withdrew his smile and raised his eyebrows to ask.
"Ahem, yeah." Lin Tianchen walked in before Chen Feng and put a pile of documents he had grabbed from Chen Feng on the table. "Boss, all the materials you want to find about Ye Shixing's company are here."
"Boss, that Luo Li indeed works in Ye Shixing's company now. His position is Ye Shixing's secretary, and one of Ye Shixing's secret lovers." Lin Tianchen said with a face full of gossip.
And Chen Feng, who walked in after him, seemed to be trying to find a sense of existence as he added, "Besides, I also found that Ye Shixing and Luo Li have signed two special agreements."
Inexplicably, when Chu Xiao heard the word "agreement", he suddenly remembered that "special agreement" he had just signed with Ling Fan this morning, and even blushed when he thought about the last clause.
Fortunately when reporting things, his subordinates usually wouldn't look up at his face.
However, Chu Xiao couldn't help smiling when he thought about Ling Fan's depressed expression when signing it.
"Boss?"
"Nothing, go ahead," Chu Xiao said seriously as he resumed his expressionless face.
"Alright, the two agreement I found are related to the Lan family. Luo Li would help Ye Shixing steal the Ye family's documents to try to force the old man to resign. Ye Shixing should help Luo Li get the Lan family after he succeeds."
"What about the other one?" Chu Xiao asked. He obviously didn't care about the cooperation between Luo Li and Ye Shixing.
"The other is about Ling Fan…" Chen Feng paused here before continuing, "There is no specific content actually. It’s just, while Luo Li is still with Ye Shixing, Ye Shixing will provide financial and human resources to help Luo Li destroy Ling Fan. The previous sneak shots and those online public opinion were also manipulated by the two of them."
Sure enough, after hearing Chen Feng's words, Chu Xiao instantly released a strong killing intent.
However, in the end, the anger in Chu Xiao's eyes dissipated a lot.
"About this thing, there’s no need to take action in haste," after all, he promised Ling Fan that he would not interfere in this matter.
"Got it," Chen Feng and Lin Tianchen replied. Although a bit surprised about the boss’ decision, after all, according to the boss' usual style, about such things, the boss would directly ‘take care of it’, but neither dare raise any doubt.
"Well…" Seeing the murderous intent on Chu Xiao's face fade away, Lin Tianchen finally found the right time to ask the question he cared about the most. "Boss, when do you plan to let Mr. Ling meet us officially?"
He was so looking forward to this.
Unlike Lin Tianchen's expectations, because of those things that happened before, Chen Feng kind of had a problem with him.
However, Chen Feng didn’t express his dissatisfaction for the first time when he heard Lin Tianchen's question.
To be precise, he had resigned to fate.
What choice did he have?
The boss directly asked Ling Fan to live in Chu's main residence already…
Among Chu Xiao's subordinates, Chen Feng should be the one who had been following him for the longest time, so apart from Uncle Li, Chen Feng should be the one who knew the most about Chu Xiao.
Therefore, he knew clearly what the main residence meant to him.
Since the boss let him move in, he indirectly told everyone that Ling Fan’s position in his heart was unshakable. He could even let the boss reveal his past in front of him...
Therefore, although he was angry about this, he felt helpless. Although he didn't think highly of Ling Fan, he had to accept it.
Fortunately, Chen Feng still didn't know that the main residence of Chu family had been directly transferred under Lin Fan’s name by their boss.
Otherwise, it was really hard to say if he’d have a life and death fight with Ling Fan and prevent their boss from being deceived…
Hearing Lin Tianchen's question, Chu Xiao didn't look surprised.
After all...according to his current relationship with Ling Fan, it was indeed time for Ling Fan to have an official meeting with his people.
But…
"Wait until he finishes the exams." Chu Xiao said with a smile.
Of course, the reason Chu Xiao said this was not just because he didn't want to delay Ling Fan's study.
In his heart, he had some other worries.
He not only planned to let Ling Fan meet Chen Feng, Lin Tianchen, and Rong Hua officially.
After Ling Fan finished his college entrance examination, he would plan to officially introduce him to the shareholders of Chu Group and heads of those branches.
Not as his lover, but his partner…
Of course, not just his partner now…
Chu Xiao curved his lips. He would not tell Ling Fan about this for the time being.
"Hehe, okay," Lin Tianchen replied with a smug smile on his face.
Although he had to wait until the end of Ling Fan's college entrance examination, it seemed not far from now, right?
Lin Tianchen was still very excited about this.
"Then I'll go get things prepared first," Lin Tianchen suggested.
Although he couldn't meet his idol/his future shifu immediately so soon, he could at least prepare those things first like the meeting place, the food that day, and the drinks…
Although…it was still a little early.
"OK," Casting a glance at him, Chu Xiao actually agreed.
It also gave Chen Feng a deeper understanding of Ling Fan’s importance to the boss.
At this moment, Chu Xiao's phone suddenly rang.
Looking at the phone number Chu Xiao specially saved before—the number of Ling Fan’s head teacher, Chu Xiao felt indescribably uneasy.
"Hello? Is it Mr. Chu Chu Xiao? I am Ling Fan's head teacher Wen Gaoshang.” Before Chu Xiao could speak, the other side continued, “There is a car accident near our school today. Ling Fan happened to be at the scene... "