Reborn as a Mortal Heiress Pampered by Big Shots-Chapter 478 - 299 Turn a business trip into a honeymoon vacation...
Chapter 478: 299 Turn a business trip into a honeymoon vacation...
The housemaids were doing chores in the living room on the first floor, arranging flowers.
They even hummed a local folk tune, their mood light and cheerful.
Miss Xia arrived, and Mr. Xia’s mood brightened as well.
In the past six months, whenever Mr. Xia returned from the Diamond Mine empty-handed, he would be in a foul mood, leaving the housemaids anxious and afraid, lest they do something wrong and provoke Mr. Xia’s thunderous rage.
But today, Mr. Xia didn’t sleep all night and was busy until dawn when he finally came home. Yet, from the moment he stepped through the door, his face was full of sunny smiles.
A housemaid was polishing a vase and glanced out the window at the scenery—
She suddenly stopped what she was doing, and the tune she was humming died on her lips as she saw something.
The other housemaids found this odd and followed her gaze...
Mr. Jiang, who returned with Miss Xia yesterday... appeared out of thin air!
He materialized in the garden!
"..."
From Xia Ye’s bedroom balcony, which directly faced the living room’s floor-to-ceiling window, Jiang Xuan leaped into the courtyard and landed right before the housemaids’ eyes.
Dust kicked up around his business shoes, forming a small circle.
However, this scene was so unbelievable that the housemaids’ minds automatically erased the image of the man’s long legs as they transitioned from mid-air to landing.
Plus, as Jiang Xuan composed himself and adjusted his shirt cuffs after landing, moving calmly towards the exit, he appeared so nonchalant that everyone thought they must have seen it wrong.
"Mr. Jiang... did you just get here?" The housemaid, still in a daze, put down the vase and picked up a Damascus rose to start pruning.
"You came over last night... and you’re back so early?"
"It must be because he’s very concerned about our Miss Xia."
Just as the gossip was getting animated, a housemaid cleaning the floor suddenly realized: "Wait, if he’s just arrived... why is Mr. Jiang walking away? Not coming in?"
No sooner had she spoken than the housemaids lapsed into silence.
They had just rationalized the previous scene, but had been pulled back to the memory of the very presentable Mr. Jiang falling from the sky.
The housemaid arranging flowers sped up her hand movements: "Did we forget what Mr. Xia told us? Don’t pry into the masters’ affairs. Since Mr. Jiang doesn’t want to come in, let’s pretend we didn’t see anything."
The other housemaids agreed: "Yes!"
Jiang Xuan, hands in his pockets, waited on the roadside for half an hour, ignoring two rich ladies who drove by in luxury cars and offered him enticements. It was only when Shen Jing’s car sped along and finally arrived that he got his chance.
This was undoubtedly the fastest Shen Jing could manage within his abilities.
He looked strangely at the CEO who was unusually waiting for him on the sidewalk.
Strange, if the CEO wanted to leave, he could wait at the Xia Family’s house, couldn’t he?
When had anyone ever seen the CEO’s esteemed self standing out in the hot summer sun without someone holding a parasol over him?
Moreover, the CEO didn’t appear to have the flushed face of someone who had spent a romantic night at Miss Xia’s house. His hurried demeanor instead seemed almost like he was sneaking away...
Quite thrilling...
The more Shen Jing thought about it, the wilder his imaginations grew, and he suddenly noticed that beneath the CEO’s seemingly carefree stance, a vein was thumping on his forehead and his complexion was extremely grim.
"..."
Shen Jing quickly crouched down to open the car door, lifting his hand in a ’please’ gesture: "CEO, please get in the car."
Jiang Xuan got in the car and swiftly sent a WeChat message to Xia Ye to say that he’d ’BRB’, then faced forward and nodded his chin: "Drive."
Shen Jing paused for a moment: "Yes."
The car glided smoothly as Shen Jing sneakily glanced at the rearview mirror several times.
He couldn’t have imagined that, not only did his CEO fail in his stealthy departure, but he had also just climbed out of a window.
After about twenty minutes, seeing that the CEO’s complexion had somewhat relaxed, Shen Jing dared to report the schedule for the next two days: "CEO, Mr. Leon called twice this morning, saying he’d like to treat you to a good time on the border and perhaps discuss some more details of the cooperation..."
"Tell him it’s not necessary," Jiang Xuan lightly brushed off the fine dust on his sleeve cuff: "I have other plans for the next few days."
"?" Shen Jing quickly glanced at the rearview mirror: "But CEO, wasn’t this trip to the border meant to be for the cooperation with Mr. Leon..."
Previously, that was indeed his plan, but Jiang Xuan obviously had a change of mind: "Set aside one hour every day for him, that’s enough for discussing the details of the cooperation."
Looking at the ’heart’ animation Xia Ye sent back in WeChat, Jiang Xuan slowly exhaled; he hadn’t had a chance to shower the previous night, and now his suit jacket, as well as his shirt collar, were filled with the scent of that little ancestor.
Even the creases in his tie were a reminder of his dastardly conduct the night before.
Jiang Xuan pinched the bridge of his nose; he had hardly slept well the previous night. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
