Why Aren’t You Cultivating Immortality? (GL) Chapter 85

In two more days, it would be New Year’s Eve.
Only then did Xiao Xing, who had not appeared at the company for a week, arrive at the office. Her car had not even parked yet when security had already informed Finance Director Shen.
President Xiao is here!
This concerned year-end bonuses. Who would not be active?
Shen Li held the year-end bonus roster and waited respectfully outside the president’s office. An Huaigu saw her, walked out with coffee in hand, leaned lazily against the door, and began chatting with Shen Li.
After saying a few words, she glanced at the document in Shen Li’s hand. In the end, she finally could not hold back.
“Director Shen, is that this year’s year-end bonus?”
After receiving Shen Li’s confirmation, An Huaigu probed again. “I wonder how much I have this year?”
People who worked in finance were used to speaking carefully. Before anything was confirmed, their mouths were like they had been sewn shut.
Shen Li glanced at that pair of increasingly perky fullness, guarded the roster in her hands, and smiled.
“You will know once President Xiao signs and confirms it.”
An Huaigu roughly knew what to expect for her year-end bonus. Seeing that Director Shen was unwilling to reveal anything, she sipped her coffee, crossed her arms, and changed the topic.
“I heard Director Shen is planning to seek better prospects after New Year?”
There had always been a rumor that Director Shen had been listed as an A-level target by a headhunting company. Half a month ago, the headhunters had acted as go-betweens and used an annual salary of six million to move Director Shen’s heart. After New Year, Director Shen would leave.
Shen Li smiled lightly and asked in return, “The development here is very good. Why would I leave?”
“Naturally because the development elsewhere is even better.”
An Huaigu raised a brow. Then her tone shifted, and she smiled slyly like a fox.
“However, I heard Director Shen and Deputy President Xiao were university classmates. I imagine that, out of this classmate bond, you would not leave so easily.”
Shen Li moved her lips, then closed her mouth again.
Ding. The elevator arrival sound floated over.
An Huaigu put away her smile and nervously glanced toward the elevator. Guessing that President Xiao had arrived, she quickly carried her coffee and hid inside the office.
Guilty as a thief.
Seeing Assistant An look like a little mouse meeting a cat, Shen Li smiled and shook her head. A trace of attention toward An Huaigu that had never appeared before flowed through her eyes.
Her gaze passed through the half-lowered blinds and looked at An Huaigu. Only when she heard the sound of high heels did she move her gaze away.
Tang Yue, who saw everything, narrowed her eyes and sent An Huaigu a message.
“President Xiao.”
Shen Li took the documents and walked toward Xiao Xing. Two sets of high heels crossed together.
An Huaigu shrank her whole body behind her computer screen and muttered, “You cannot see me, you cannot see me…”
Hearing the door close next door, she let out a long breath and collapsed in her chair.
Xiao Xing pulled out her chair and sat. She accepted the documents Shen Li handed over and said, “Has Linran signed last month’s salary approval form?”
There were two sets of materials in the folder. One was the confirmation approval form for issuing year-end bonuses. The other was the year-end bonus roster.
Xiao Xing had already looked over the electronic version of the roster. She took a steel pen from the holder and twisted off the cap. After confirming that the amount on the approval form matched the total on the roster and there were no problems, she signed her name neatly.
Seeing the year-end bonus confirmed, Director Shen immediately bloomed with joy inside.
Right now, she wanted to take the roster and have the funds office notify everyone: President Xiao signed it. The year-end bonus will arrive tomorrow!
But her face had to remain calm. At least, she could not look too happy in front of the boss who was paying out so much money.
Suppressing the wild joy in her heart, Director Shen answered calmly, “Mm, yes. Deputy President Xiao has already signed it. It will be sent to every employee’s salary card this afternoon.”
Xiao Xing nodded. She did not immediately let Shen Li leave. Instead, she pulled a project proposal from the documents on the side of the desk.
“I looked over this project proposal for film and television investment. Redo the budget section. Also, remove Yangjing Pictures from the cooperating film companies.”
Shen Li looked troubled. “Manager Zhu’s side…”
The company had a film and television investment business department. All matters related to film and television investment were handled by the department manager, Zhu Dongliang. Even the budget section in the project proposal had been personally made by him. If another department interfered, they might offend Manager Zhu.
Xiao Xing frowned lightly and looked at Shen Li.
Seeing President Xiao’s gaze, Shen Li gripped the documents tighter.
“I will make the new budget right away and give it to you before the end of the workday.”
Xiao Xing relaxed her brows. “There is no need to hurry that much. You can give it to me after the holiday.”
She took another document and spread it open, then gave a dismissal order.
“When you leave, have An Huaigu come over.”
“What has to come still cannot be escaped!”
An Huaigu’s face was full of despair.
Shen Li, who had finished passing along the message and was already walking to the door, heard her sigh. She turned back and looked at An Huaigu in confusion.
Seeing that the worry on her face had nothing to do with work, Shen Li immediately became curious. With great interest, she asked, “I wonder what Assistant An did to actually use the word escape?”
As she spoke, she glanced at the empty seat nearby.
President Xiao had come, but Secretary Bai still had not come to work.
“Could it be related to Secretary Bai?”
An Huaigu silently glanced at her.
Director Shen, put away that gossiping expression.
An Huaigu dug a few documents out from her desk and held them in her arms. She tucked her hair behind her ear, straightened her back, and walked out of the office with her head high like she was going to battle.
Shen Li turned sideways and watched An Huaigu enter the president’s office, a smile appearing in her eyes again.
Feeling a chill sweep over her, she turned her head and met Tang Yue’s eyes.
Assistant Tang’s eyes were clear, carrying a faint, indescribable coldness.
“Does Assistant Tang need anything?”
Tang Yue suddenly smiled. “No.”
Then she lowered her head and continued busying herself with work.
After closing the door, An Huaigu instantly wilted like a puppy. She clutched the documents like a shy little wife and slowly shuffled over to Xiao Xing, twisting and hesitating.
“President Xiao, you wanted me?”
Xiao Xing stopped her pen and lifted her head, looking at An Huaigu without expression.
“Did you go around telling people I cheated?”
So it really was because of this!
The more one feared something would happen, the more it would happen.
Without thinking, An Huaigu denied it. “No!”
Yesterday, after she accidentally sent the message to Feiyue, she had immediately recalled it. With Feiyue’s personality, which could not hide anything, if she knew Xiao Xing had gone on a date with another woman, she would have already questioned An Huaigu nonstop. But there had been no movement yesterday. Feiyue definitely had not seen the message.
Thinking this, An Huaigu immediately gained the courage to lie.
She raised her head slightly and said, “President Xiao, how could I possibly know you cheated? Besides, we are not only superior and subordinate, we are friends. Even if you did cheat, I would not tell anyone.”
After saying that, she intimately called, “A-Xing.”
Mm. She would not tell anyone. At most, she would tell the person involved. It was just that when she said it, she had accidentally sent it to the wrong person.
“Is that so?”
Xiao Xing narrowed her eyes slightly. She tilted her head and pointed to her neck.
“Feiyue almost scratched me bloody here. She said you told her I cheated.”
She capped her pen and slowly twirled it.
“Should I praise you for being smart and cautious, or should I say you are timid and afraid of trouble? You sent the message and then recalled it, making Feiyue so angry that last night she clung to Xiao Mo and refused no matter what to let us sleep together.”
Of course she should be praised for being smart and cautious.
An Huaigu placed the documents on the desk and sat down in the chair across from Xiao Xing. Her posture looked as if she was preparing for a sincere, heart-to-heart talk.
Across the desk, she asked Xiao Xing, “President Xiao, you are devoted to Little Bai, right?”
The way she looked at Xiao Xing was as serious as could be. It did not look at all like she was trying to change the topic.
Xiao Xing did not take up An Huaigu’s topic, nor did she continue the previous one. She opened the documents An Huaigu had brought.
“New Year is in a few days. Have you thought about coming clean with them?”
At the thought of this, An Huaigu felt despair.
If she came out, her father and mother would definitely beat her half to death.
Listlessly, she lay on the desk and rested her chin there, looking at Xiao Xing.
“A-Xing, how long do you think Tang Yue and I can stay together?”
To be honest, she did not have much confidence in this relationship. Although she was immersed in it, she had not lost her reason. Tang Yue hid many things in her heart. Even after confessing, she still hid many things.
If they would break up, then there was no need to come out.
Xiao Xing pondered briefly. “That depends on how long you want to be with her.”
At home, the little orange cat and Bai Moqing just happened to be talking about this topic too.
Of course, the little orange cat, who easily bristled, did not have such a good tone.
“Bai Moqing, how long do you want to be with her?”
Feiyue stood by the bed with both hands on her hips for a long while. Seeing Bai Moqing wake up, she immediately put on the air of interrogating a prisoner and stared at her with wide eyes.
Bai Moqing held her forehead and covered her face.
“You clung to me all night, and you still want to ask today?”
Her voice was hoarse and lazy. The more she spoke, the softer she became. The final word, ask, was as faint as a mosquito’s hum, making it very easy for others to misunderstand.
Feiyue’s little face turned red.
“You are talking nonsense. What do you mean, clung all night? What do you mean, still want to today?”
She glanced toward the living room. Yun Su sat cross-legged on the sofa, fully focused on cultivating, and was not looking their way.
Bai Moqing turned over. “Be good. Go cultivate with Yun Su. I am very sleepy. Let me sleep properly.”
“You are an immortal cultivator. You do not need sleep at all!”
Before her voice had fallen, an orange cat smashed onto Bai Moqing’s body, immediately waking her up completely.
Bai Moqing held the little orange cat and turned to lie flat. A tongue covered in tiny barbs immediately licked her. Although it did not hurt, it was itchy and numbing.
Facing such a cute cat form, Bai Moqing truly did not have much resistance. She dotingly stroked the little orange cat’s orange fur.
“A-Xing did not cheat. I know whom she met and what she said.”
“Hmph. Beauty has clouded your mind!”
The little orange cat turned and jumped off the bed, refusing to let this muddle-headed ruler stroke her fur.
Yun Su patted her clothes and stood. She hugged the angry little orange cat as she came out of the bedroom.
“You finally came out.”
Seeing that Bai Moqing had gotten up, she placed the little orange cat on the coffee table and walked over.
Bai Moqing turned on the faucet and was about to wash her face when Yun Su said, “I need to go to the Third Heaven again…”