Why Aren’t You Cultivating Immortality? (GL) Chapter 20

Purr, purr. The little orange cat curled up and slept at the bedroom door again. Hearing the door open, her body trembled. She opened her eyes and looked at Bai Moqing in a daze.
“Morning, Qingqing.” After saying this, she dropped her head and fell back asleep.
Bai Moqing stood at the door and looked down at Feiyue. Feiyue was a cat demon and had already cultivated a human form, yet she was still like a cat. She either slept on the sofa or on the floor outside the bedroom. It was rather pitiful.
She glanced toward the guest bedroom. Bai Moqing bent down and picked up the little orange cat.
Suddenly falling into a warm embrace, the little orange cat closed her eyes and rubbed against Bai Moqing’s chest. She was so comfortable that a purr escaped her throat. Narrowing her cat eyes lazily, she asked, “Qingqing, where are you carrying me?”
“The guest bedroom.”
Calling it a guest bedroom was less accurate than calling it a storage room. It held a bed, wardrobe, bedding, and some clothes Bai Moqing did not wear.
Bai Moqing opened the guest room door and walked straight to the bed against the wall. The bed had plain lake-blue sheets and a pair of lake-blue pillows. After placing the little orange cat on the bed, Bai Moqing turned to get a quilt from the wardrobe.
When she turned back, the little orange cat had already changed into human form. Her head rested on the pillow, her hands clutching the pillow corners as she lay on her side and looked at Bai Moqing.
Seeing Feiyue’s naked body, Bai Moqing quickly walked over and covered her with the quilt. “How many times have I told you? Do not randomly be naked.”
Even if Bai Moqing had gotten used to seeing it, if someone else saw Feiyue naked on the bed like this, they would absolutely misunderstand that the two of them had an improper relationship.
The quilt carried a faint lavender scent, mixed with a trace of camphor. Feiyue hugged it and smiled. “Moqing, didn’t you carry me to bed because you wanted to see my body?”
She stretched out a fair, smooth leg. Her toes lightly rubbed the bedsheet, trying to tempt Bai Moqing.
Seeing Bai Moqing’s face and eyes change because of her movement, Feiyue called in a soft, sticky voice, “Qingqing.” She drew out the ending, very much like a brothel girl working hard to seduce a young master.
In Bai Moqing’s eyes, this failed attempt at seduction was truly painful to watch. Bai Moqing frowned and asked Feiyue, “Is your leg cramping?”
“Hateful. I am… You’re the one with a cramp!” Feiyue pulled back her leg, gave a hmph, and turned her back to Bai Moqing.
So unromantic!
Seeing Feiyue angry, Bai Moqing could not help smiling. She instructed, “From now on, you sleep in the guest room. Don’t sleep on the sofa or carpet anymore.” Hearing Feiyue answer dully, Bai Moqing turned and left the room.
Click. Hearing the soft sound of the door closing behind her, Feiyue turned back toward the doorway. She had only pretended to be angry. Now that Bai Moqing had left, a happy smile appeared on her face. She hugged the quilt tightly and rubbed it again and again.
As usual, Bai Moqing first arrived near the company, then walked into the building.
She had just entered when Sister An’s voice came from behind her. “Little Bai!”
Sister An had come so early today? Bai Moqing turned around. An Huaigu was stepping quickly toward her in high heels, rushing like wind and fire. Bai Moqing was confused. “Sister An, what’s wrong?”
An Huaigu stopped in front of Bai Moqing, breathed lightly a few times, and said, “Going upstairs with you.”
Just for that? Bai Moqing was speechless.
The two walked into the elevator side by side. It was still early, more than half an hour before work. Only Bai Moqing and An Huaigu were in the elevator.
After the floor was pressed, the elevator doors slowly closed. An Huaigu turned her head and looked at Bai Moqing, who stared straight ahead in silence. “Little Bai, do you usually come this early?”
“Mm,” Bai Moqing answered.
The elevator fell quiet. Looking at the numbers changing, Bai Moqing thought for a moment and asked, “Sister An, why did you come so early today?”
While speaking, she glanced sideways at An Huaigu. Her eyes were full of exhaustion and sleepiness.
“Isn’t it all because of Tang Yue!” An Huaigu gnashed her teeth.
Judging by her expression and tone, Sister An seemed full of resentment toward Assistant Tang. Bai Moqing shifted to the side. Better not ask more.
Ding. The elevator reached the top floor. The empty floor had no one except Bai Moqing and An Huaigu. The others had not arrived yet. As for President Xiao, it was even less likely she would come to the company this early.
When An Huaigu unlocked the office door, Bai Moqing secretly glanced at the president’s office next door like a thief. Thinking of the text Xiao Xing had sent her last night, she could not help smiling again.
An Huaigu opened the door and turned back to see Bai Moqing’s smiling face. Her heart skipped. This was too unexpected. Bai Moqing could actually smile so purely!
Sensing An Huaigu’s gaze, Bai Moqing quickly put away her smile and urged, “Sister An, go in. Don’t stand at the door.”
An Huaigu lifted an eyebrow. “What were you so happy about just now?” She pushed out her chest. “Was it because of me?”
It had to be her. There were only the two of them here.
Uh. Bai Moqing shook her head. Seeing Sister An’s face grow colder bit by bit, she quickly nodded again.
“Little Bai, you really are too cute.” An Huaigu touched Bai Moqing’s face, satisfied, and entered the office.
This movement happened to fall into the eyes of Xiao Xing and Tang Yue, who had just walked out of the elevator. Both of them narrowed their eyes at the same time.
Bai Moqing sensed Xiao Xing. From the corner of her eye, she saw Xiao Xing and Tang Yue walking toward her. She quickly pretended not to see and hurried into the office.
Turn on the computer, organize the desk. She looked very busy.
Xiao Xing led Tang Yue into her president’s office. When they passed Bai Moqing’s office, neither of them looked inside.
Time passed quickly, minute by minute. People arrived at the company one after another.
An Huaigu was organizing part of the work Tang Yue had handed over yesterday when Tang Yue came to find her again.
“Assistant An, can you come to my office?” Tang Yue pushed at the bridge of her nose and realized she was not wearing glasses today. Seeing her movement, An Huaigu secretly mocked her, then asked seriously, “What does Great Assistant Tang need me for?”
“Work matters.” Tang Yue glanced at Bai Moqing and turned back to the opposite office.
Work again! An Huaigu wilted entirely. “Little Bai, if you hadn’t agreed to be secretary, I wouldn’t have come to be president’s assistant, and I wouldn’t be bullied and suppressed by that woman!” She sighed deeply and went across the hall.
Bai Moqing raised her head. Sister An entered the office, and Tang Yue closed the door. Soon, she lowered the blinds too.
The office had only Bai Moqing left again.
The key to the archive office was still in her hand. Bai Moqing thought that since she had nothing to do, she would find the office key and go to the archive room to look through the previous secretary-office materials.
Just as she stood, her phone vibrated. Xiao Xing sent a message: “Come to my office.”
Yesterday, after they moved to the new office, people from the Information Department had installed internal and external lines for them that same day. Bai Moqing looked at the phone screen. President Xiao did not call the internal line and directly sent a message…
Was it a private matter?
Whether it was public or private, she still had to obediently go to President Xiao’s office.
Before entering, she knocked twice. Only after hearing “Come in” did Bai Moqing turn the handle and push the door open.
Xiao Xing sat behind the desk. Several files and documents were spread out before her. Seeing Bai Moqing enter, she signaled for Bai Moqing to sit on the sofa for a while, then continued reading.
Bai Moqing closed the door behind her and obediently sat on the sofa, waiting for Xiao Xing.
After waiting a long time without Xiao Xing coming over, Bai Moqing thought for a moment, stood, and walked to the desk. Across it, she asked Xiao Xing, “President Xiao, is there something you need me to do?”
“No hurry.” Xiao Xing looked up at Bai Moqing and pointed to the leather chair opposite. “Sit a while longer. Wait until I finish reading this file.”
Xiao Xing’s eyes were calm and deep. No one could see what she was thinking. Even a cultivator like Bai Moqing could not guess what Xiao Xing wanted to do.
Only the final page of the file remained. Xiao Xing confirmed there was no problem and signed her name at the end.
The movement was clean and efficient. She wrote the two words Xiao Xing in one smooth motion. At first glance, the signature was carefree and elegant. Looking closer, it was strong and powerful, the vertical blade and long hook showing all its sharpness.
Seeing Xiao Xing close the file, Bai Moqing quickly moved her gaze away and raised her head to look at Xiao Xing.
“President Xiao, you asked me here. What do you need me to do?”
Xiao Xing stood, walked around the desk to Bai Moqing’s side, placed one hand on the desk and the other on the back of Bai Moqing’s chair, then bent closer to her.
Waves of orchid fragrance entered Bai Moqing’s nose. Bai Moqing instinctively sniffed lightly. President Xiao had changed perfume.
Realizing Xiao Xing was very close, Bai Moqing leaned back. “President Xiao?”
Don’t think wildly. Don’t think wildly. President Xiao was not teasing her. She only wanted to speak to her.
After imagining too much several times, Bai Moqing forced her heartbeat steady and warned herself not to let her thoughts run wild again. But her thump, thump heartbeat betrayed her.
She was unmoved by anyone else. Yet with Xiao Xing, one simple approach was enough to throw her heart into chaos.
“This afternoon, President Jing from Jingke is coming over to discuss cooperation. Tonight, can you eat dinner with me?”
The second message Xiao Xing had sent last night was: “I did not make you secretary because you can drink. It is because you give me a sense of safety. After I get drunk, only your embrace can make me feel at ease. Stay, all right?”
A woman who had always been proud and cold suddenly spoke so softly. It especially stirred one’s desire to protect her.
Bai Moqing thought of Xiao Xing drunk. If she did not stay by Xiao Xing’s side, there would be other people to take care of her when she was drunk. Imagining Xiao Xing leaning hazy-eyed in someone else’s arms…
It was better for Bai Moqing to take care of Xiao Xing personally.
“Tonight, do I need to drink?” Bai Moqing shifted her body back a little. This question meant she agreed to have dinner with Xiao Xing.
Seeing Bai Moqing dodge, Xiao Xing leaned closer. Her breath was fragrant like orchids. She smiled faintly and said softly, “You may drink, but you cannot get drunk. You have to take me home.”
If there had not been no smell of alcohol, Bai Moqing would have suspected Xiao Xing was drunk right now. Otherwise, how could she smile so warmly and say such ambiguous words?
“President Xiao, you…”
Knock, knock, knock. “President Xiao.” A voice sounded outside the door at the same time.