Why Aren’t You Cultivating Immortality? (GL) Chapter 84

After burying herself in Bai Moqing’s arms, rubbing and sniffing for a long while, the little orange cat finally came out.
She climbed along Bai Moqing’s clothes to her shoulder. Her fluffy, round little rear lifted and swayed, then she sat on Bai Moqing’s shoulder and tilted her head to look at Bai Moqing’s side profile.
“Qingqing, have you been staying with Xiao Xing these past few days?”
Her gaze quietly moved downward.
The smooth, fair neck was clean, without even one mark.
There was no scent of heat on her body, and no traces of pleasure left behind. The little orange cat blinked. Something was not right.
Bai Moqing gave a soft “mm” and reached back to rub the little orange cat’s head. At the same time, she glanced at Yun Su’s reaction.
Yun Su’s eyes were gentle, and her expression was calm. She did not seem jealous at all that Feiyue was being intimate with Bai Moqing.
“Has anything happened at home these past few days?”
Feiyue said, “Nothing. Everything at home is great!”
She pushed Bai Moqing’s hand away and looked at her searchingly.
Qingqing was changing the topic.
Once Feiyue thought of this, she could not stop. She was certain something must have happened between Bai Moqing and Xiao Xing.
Otherwise…
Why had only Bai Moqing come back?
“Qingqing, where is Xiao Xing?” Feiyue pulled the topic back to Xiao Xing again.
Seeing Feiyue cling to Xiao Xing’s matter, Bai Moqing felt both helpless and amused. She took the little orange cat down from her shoulder, turned, and placed her on the sofa beside them.
“She went to meet someone. I came back first.”
A cat’s curiosity rose at once.
The little orange cat sat upright on the sofa and lightly flicked her tail.
“Who is she meeting?”
Bai Moqing shook her head. “I do not know either.”
Yun Su walked over and sat beside the little orange cat. Turning sideways, she stroked Feiyue’s back.
“Since when did you have this many questions?”
Yun Su’s touch felt very comfortable. A purr unconsciously sounded in the little orange cat’s throat. She turned to Yun Su and said, “I am caring about Qingqing!”
Only when she cared about Bai Moqing did she have this many questions.
Her gaze returned to Bai Moqing.
“Xiao Xing is so good-looking, and her bearing is so outstanding. Qingqing, you have to keep a close watch on her. Do not let some little demon seduce her away.”
Although Bai Moqing knew Xiao Xing was not that kind of person, she still did not reject the good intention and nodded.
Thinking of how Xiao Xing had hidden her own aura, Bai Moqing closed her eyes in disbelief and spread out her divine sense again to look for Xiao Xing.
Xiao Xing had only hidden her aura for a moment. When Bai Moqing searched with divine sense now, she found Xiao Xing’s movements right away.
The place Xiao Xing went was not far. After leaving the neighborhood for a dozen minutes, her car stopped in front of a cafe. Just as she was about to get out, her phone suddenly rang.
Bai Moqing’s divine sense watched closely. When the phone rang, she immediately looked at the screen. Seeing that it was Sister An calling, she felt somehow relieved.
However, when her divine sense followed Xiao Xing into the cafe and saw the woman who waved at Xiao Xing and smiled at her, Bai Moqing’s breathing froze for an instant.
The person Xiao Xing was meeting was actually Xiao Linran?
Bai Moqing had met Xiao Linran once. At that time, she had felt that Xiao Linran was very special. Xiao Linran was like Xiao Xing, very much like her.
In the instant Bai Moqing lost focus, Xiao Xing turned her head and glanced in the direction Bai Moqing’s divine sense had come from. Then, as if she did not know Bai Moqing was peeking at her, she calmly walked toward Xiao Linran.
In front of Xiao Linran was a cup of coffee. It was a blue-and-gold bone china cup, and only one-fifth of the coffee inside remained. Clearly, she had been waiting here for a long time.
“Sorry to keep you waiting.”
Xiao Xing glanced at the coffee in front of her and sat gracefully across from Xiao Linran. Her mouth said she had kept Xiao Linran waiting, but there was no apology on her face.
“I did not wait long.”
Xiao Linran raised her hand to signal the server over. She ordered a cup of coffee for Xiao Xing and a fresh cup for herself.
There were not many people in the cafe at noon. What the two of them had come here to discuss was company business.
Xiao Xing took a sip of coffee. The scalding liquid burned her tongue with a sharp sting. As if nothing had happened, Xiao Xing put the cup down elegantly and asked, “How has the company been these past few days?”
“With Assistant An and Assistant Tang there, nothing major happened.”
Xiao Linran picked up the wooden tongs and placed two sugar cubes into her coffee.
“Oh, right. During the days you were gone, Sun Ang, the leader of the market intelligence team in the advertising and publicity department, suddenly resigned.”
She stirred the coffee, letting the sugar dissolve quickly and mix evenly, then continued, “He simply stopped coming to work. It counts as voluntary departure. For now, his position is being handled by the deputy team leader, Hao Ying.”
After hearing this, Xiao Xing nodded and pondered for a moment.
“He had a good relationship with He Honghu, the former manager of the sales market advancement department. This time, he probably left for the new company He Honghu moved to.”
“There are only three days until New Year. He changed jobs at a time like this?”
Year-end bonuses were paid the day before the New Year holiday. Leaving now meant losing an entire year’s bonus. This was the first time Xiao Linran had seen such an incomprehensible move.
“Perhaps the salary over there is more generous.”
Xiao Xing said this without much care. She lifted the coffee and took a sip. After sitting for a while, the coffee temperature had dropped a lot, making it just right to drink.
Then her tone changed.
“However, because of this, we need to pay attention to both of their movements. They belonged to different departments, but both were related to market research. With the data in their hands, they can calculate effective market rate and conversion rate.”
The two talked about a few other things that had happened at the company these past few days. By the time their coffee was almost finished, the matters had also mostly been discussed.
When Xiao Linran took out her phone to pay the bill, Xiao Xing suddenly said, “Linran, in the future, I will probably hand the company to you.”
Her voice was very light, but very clear.
The hand Xiao Linran used to hold her phone trembled. She was so startled she nearly dropped it.
“What did you say? Hand the company to me?”
Seeing Xiao Xing nod, Xiao Linran reached out to touch Xiao Xing’s forehead.
Her temperature was normal.
“You do not have a fever. Why would you hand the company to me? Is it because of Sister-in-law?”
The sister-in-law she spoke of was secretly watching their conversation.
Bai Moqing saw Xiao Linran’s hand touch Xiao Xing’s forehead, and Xiao Xing did not dodge at all. Her heart dropped to the ground with a thud, aching dully.
Then she heard the words “because of Sister-in-law,” and her heart suddenly shot upward again. The temperature of her face rose with it.
Xiao Xing did not answer.
She glanced at the server, who had already walked to their table, and said to Xiao Linran, “I will go to the company tomorrow.”
Then she turned and left the cafe.
Outside the cafe, two women in matching beige wool coats saw Xiao Xing come out. One of them quickly pulled the other away and hurried into the women’s clothing store beside the cafe.
When the sales associate saw the two customers enter and stand by the door like thieves, secretly peeking outside, she still politely went forward and said, “Welcome. Please look around.”
Tang Yue heard the voice and turned her head. Meeting the sales associate’s unclear smile, she turned back and saw An Huaigu sneakily watching outside. Tang Yue squeezed An Huaigu’s hand.
“Huaigu, do we really need to do this?”
In this situation, Tang Yue subconsciously lowered her voice.
Without turning back, An Huaigu raised a finger to her lips and shushed her.
Watching Xiao Xing drive away, An Huaigu straightened and turned.
“President Xiao disappeared for so many days, yet she arranged to meet Deputy President Xiao here. Do you not think they have some unspeakable secret?”
“Maybe President Xiao just came back…”
Before Tang Yue could finish explaining for Xiao Xing, An Huaigu cut her off.
“Did you not see Deputy President Xiao touch President Xiao? President Xiao even smiled so gently!”
The sales associate, who stood behind them and heard some incredible gossip, still had to keep a warm smile on her face, as if she had heard nothing and was waiting for the two customers to choose something.
Tang Yue glanced at her, then pulled An Huaigu out of the store.
“President Xiao did not smile.” Although Tang Yue had only seen a side profile, she was certain President Xiao had not smiled at Deputy President Xiao, let alone smiled gently.
An Huaigu looked at Tang Yue with disdain. “It is not strange that you did not see clearly without your glasses.”
Tang Yue: “…”
An Huaigu clearly knew she was not nearsighted and that the glasses Tang Yue used to wear were only plain decorative lenses.
Sigh. Women. During an argument, they could pull out any evidence at will.
“Poor Little Bai.”
An Huaigu sighed with pity. Then she asked Tang Yue, “Do you think we should tell Little Bai and have her watch the top of her head?”
Otherwise, if she was not careful, it would turn green.
As President Xiao’s most capable personal assistant, and also President Xiao’s firmest supporter, Tang Yue did not even think before saying with certainty, “President Xiao is not that kind of person.”
An Huaigu had already taken action. She took her phone from her bag and sent Bai Moqing a message.
Little Bai, you need to keep an eye on your President Xiao. I just saw her drinking coffee with a woman at a cafe.
To raise Bai Moqing’s alertness while also not exposing Xiao Linran, An Huaigu used “a woman” to hint at her instead of writing her name.
Tang Yue, standing beside her, saw the chat window.
“The person you just sent that to does not seem to be Little Bai. It is her younger sister, Feiyue…”
The sunlight was bright. Even though the phone screen had automatically adjusted to the highest brightness, it was still a little hard to see.
An Huaigu had not paid attention when she sent it. Now, she raised the phone closer and looked carefully. It really was Feiyue.
She quickly recalled the message she had sent.
But it was already too late. On the other side, Feiyue had already seen it and exploded.
“Qingqing, Xiao Xing cheated! She really did cheat!”