After Trying To Pursue The Cold, Elegant Beauty. I Ended Up Being Flirted With Instead - Chapter 12

“I’ll go talk to CEO Pei for you right now.”

Wen Zhu truly didn’t want Li Zhiyun to think she was hard of hearing, but she still widened her eyes and asked again, “Miss Li means… she wants to have dinner with me?”

Li Zhiyun couldn’t help but ponder, “Did I not express myself clearly enough?”

“No, that’s not what I mean…” Wen Zhu sounded somewhat disbelieving, “I mean, just the two of us? What about Jiaojiao?”

“Jiaojiao will be eating here,” Li Zhiyun glanced sideways at her, her dark eyes unfathomably deep. “Don’t worry, I just want to thank you for helping to soothe Jiaojiao just now. If Jiaojiao had kept fussing all the way home, my sister wouldn’t let me off the hook.”

After a pause, she added, “You’ve helped me immensely.”

These words completely cut off all avenues of refusal for Wen Zhu.

So that’s how it was.

Upon thinking about the fleeting thought that had crossed her mind, Wen Zhu mentally chastised herself for daring to think it she had actually thought Li Zhiyun was asking her out on a date.

She nodded. “Then thank you, Miss Li.”

A rich young lady was actively inviting her to dinner she couldn’t possibly refuse!

The two of them left the building. Seeing that Li Zhiyun seemed to have a destination in mind, Wen Zhu tactfully refrained from asking, simply following behind her.

They soon arrived at a commercial street themed after local customs. There weren’t many tourists, but there were plenty of stalls and vendors, making it very lively.

Perhaps because the crowd around them had grown, the atmosphere was less awkward, and Wen Zhu inexplicably found a bit more courage. “If I may ask, why did Miss Li suddenly come here?”

Li Zhiyun was at the Li family’s dinner party just yesterday, so why had she suddenly come to Tongcheng?

Noticing that Wen Zhu seemed to be speaking to her with the tone one would use for a superior, Li Zhiyun’s gaze froze for a moment before she said indifferently, “My grandmother is recovering from an illness in Tongcheng, and my sister is here to accompany her. I came to pick up my sister.”

Her tone was devoid of emotion, but the matter was clearly explained.

Wen Zhu was quite satisfied.

From a preliminary perspective, although Li Zhiyun was also cold, she seemed slightly more humane than Pei Xiubai.

Seeing the atmosphere fall silent again, Li Zhiyun caught a glimpse of Wen Zhu out of the corner of her eye and spoke again, “About what happened just now, don’t take it to heart. Jiaojiao has been spoiled by my sister and can’t stand losing at chess.”

Wen Zhu quickly waved her hand. “It’s fine, Jiaojiao is very talented already, and I was just lucky. Speaking of which, I should thank you for letting me play for so long just now, so I didn’t lose too badly…”

It was clear that Li Zhiyun’s chess skills were far superior to hers. The fact that she could play with Li Zhiyun for that long was only because the other party had held back significantly.

But the moment she finished speaking, Li Zhiyun’s eyes darkened, and she suddenly stopped, frowning in a rare display of displeasure.

“I’m sorry, I don’t quite understand,” she said. “Are you thanking me because you lost? You lost, but not only are you not upset, on the contrary, you are thanking me for not letting you lose too badly.”

Li Zhiyun had spent many years in Yancheng, and her Mandarin was quite good, with almost no discernible accent.

However, she spoke that last sentence very slowly, with a slight, lingering Hong Kong accent.

This made her tone sound vaguely gentle, difficult to place.

This clearly questioning statement, mixed with a gentle tone, made the recipient feel even more at a loss.

The smile on Wen Zhu’s face suddenly froze.

Her first reaction was to scold herself for not thinking things through before speaking.

If she angered Li Zhiyun now, what would she do?

The shadow of Pei Xiubai’s anger loomed in her heart. She didn’t even have time to think and was about to bend down to apologize: “I’m sorry, Miss Li”

“Wen Zhu.” Li Zhiyun sensed her intention and quickly held her up.

Her expression became increasingly cryptic, her jawline taut, and her voice low and heavy, “I’m not blaming you.”

Not blaming her?

The arm that Li Zhiyun had grasped began to feel numb, and Wen Zhu didn’t even dare to move.

Li Zhiyun’s words were still ringing in her mind.

If Li Zhiyun wasn’t blaming her, what did her words just now mean?

Was she telling her that she didn’t need to apologize?

Wen Zhu’s heart suddenly jolted. The skin where she felt Li Zhiyun’s body temperature also began to feel hot and numb.

Under her feet was a street paved with bluestone bricks, and the tiny moss in the gaps, like the shadows of memory, seemed to wrap tightly around Wen Zhu’s ankles, keeping her rooted to the spot.

She still couldn’t believe it.

“I” Wen Zhu wanted to say something else.

But at that moment, from the noisy crowd not far away, a clear and pleasant voice rang out: “Sister Wen Zhu!”

Hearing this voice, a look of disbelief flashed in Wen Zhu’s eyes.

She slowly turned her head, scanning the crowd one by one, finally stopping at that familiar figure

Jiang Xinxin.

She was currently wearing light summer clothes, clearly filming for a production crew, surrounded by staff members. People occasionally stepped forward to adjust her makeup or clothing.

At this moment, she was radiant and glamorous.

The moment she saw Wen Zhu, her eyes suddenly lit up. She quickly walked over, her face full of surprise. “Sister Wen Zhu! It really is you!”

Wen Zhu wasn’t stirred by the enthusiastic greeting. She simply offered a faint smile and nodded politely.

Jiang Xinxin naturally took Wen Zhu’s arm, her tone cheerful. “I’ve been here for days, and I actually ran into you here that’s great! I don’t know anyone here, I didn’t expect to meet you.”

Suddenly, she seemed to remember something, and her expression changed. “Sister Wen Zhu, I remember you were originally working at the headquarters. Why did you suddenly come here? Did CEO Pei… send you?”

As she said this, a hint of guilt suddenly appeared in her eyes. “Last time, CEO Pei and I were just playing a game. It was all those people egging us on. I’ll go talk to CEO Pei for you right now and ask her to transfer you back…”