The little rose is so sweet and alluring, even the aloof CEO can't resist!

Yan Zhixu reached out and took it: "Have you already eaten?"

Liang Liangwei nodded, opened the car door, sat down, and picked up the coffee beans from the chair to look at them.

"Where did you buy it? From an import store?"

Yan Zhixu: "I bought some while waiting for my connecting flight in Saudi Arabia that day and left them at the company. I just happened to bring you two packs."

Liang Liangwei joked, "Looks like it was all destined that I'd buy a coffee machine, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get imported coffee beans~"

Yan Zhixu glanced at her with a smile, put down her lunch, unscrewed the lid of her cup, and brought it close to her nose to smell it.

Liang Liangwei: "Isn't the aroma of tea very refreshing?"

Yan Zhixu: "Hmm, the floral scent smells nice too."

He tilted his head back, took a sip, and licked his lips: "Delicious."

Liang Liangwei watched him unconsciously lick his lips and suddenly remembered that he had licked his lips like that after kissing her that day, and his eyes were burning with desire as if he wanted to devour her. Her face turned red and she hurriedly turned her face away.

Oh no, this is killing me!

That jerk was just having a sip of coffee, what are you getting into?

Yan Zhixu took another sip, placed the cup in the car's cup holder, and noticed that she was looking down and touching her forehead with her hand, seemingly troubled by something. He asked, "What's wrong?"

Liang Liangwei snapped out of her daze, coughed lightly, and said perfunctorily, "No...it's nothing. You should eat. I grabbed some braised chicken; it's delicious."

When talking about the lunch his girlfriend had snatched for him, Yan Zhixu was both amused and exasperated.

This was the first time someone had ever fed him a meal he had stolen, and the person who did it was his girlfriend. He was truly flattered and overwhelmed.

He unwrapped the package and began to eat slowly and deliberately.

"Have you eaten yet?"

Liang Liangwei nodded: "Yes, you texted me right after I finished eating."

Yan Zhixu glanced at the car's time; it was only 11:20, and she had already finished eating.

"Going out in a little while?"

Liang Liangwei looked down at her phone. Lan Yin had texted her to ask where she was. They had agreed to leave at 11:30, and there were only 10 minutes left.

She replied that something came up and she would depart in 10 minutes.

"correct."

Yan Zhixu: "Go straight back to your father's place tonight?"

Liang Liangwei nodded: "Okay, I won't go back to the company, I'll go straight home."

Thinking of something, she put down her phone, sat up straight, looked at him, and hesitantly asked, "Um... after I go back to the Yan family with you next weekend, would you like to come home with me to see my dad?"

Yan Zhixu raised an eyebrow, looking at her intently: "Are you sure?"

Liang Liangwei blinked: "I'm sure. If I go back with you, it'll be like meeting your parents, so you should..."

Yan Zhixu: "I mean, your father is a military officer. Wouldn't it be too abrupt for me to go see him now? Have you spoken to him about it?"

Liang Liangwei was taken aback: "Not yet... but I can tell him when I get back tonight."

Yan Zhixu stared at her for a while, then smiled and said, "Okay, you make the arrangements. I'll go with you to visit your uncle."

Liang Liangwei smiled and said, "Okay~"

After Yan Zhixu finished eating and cleaned up the trash, he got out of the car to throw it away. Liang Liangwei also got out of the car, carrying two bags of coffee beans.

"Then you can go back to the company. I'm going up too."

Yan Zhixu stood by the car, took out his cigarette case, and looked at her: "Go ahead, I'll have a smoke and then I'll leave."

Liang Liangwei pointed to the cup in the car: "Remember to bring it home for me tonight after you finish drinking it."

Yan Zhixu put a cigarette in his mouth and nodded slightly.

Liang Liangwei waved to him with a smile, then turned and went into the office building.

Yan Zhixu waited until she was out of sight before taking out a lighter, lighting a cigarette, and gently exhaling a smoke ring.

Turning his head slightly, his gaze inadvertently fell upon the tea-colored cup placed on the center console through the car window. A slight smile appeared on his lips, and he chuckled softly.

When there was about a third of the cigarette left, he took it off and threw it into a nearby trash can. He went back to his car and slowly opened the lid of his cup to take a sip of coffee.

Then they slowly drove the car away.

Back at the company, he parked his car, picked up his cup, and headed for the elevator.

The garage is on the basement level and is a high-rise-locked elevator that stops on the 1st floor. Lisa is outside the door.

When Lisa saw him, her eyes lit up, and she stepped inside.

"came back?"

Yan Zhixu slightly raised his eyelids, gave a cool "hmm" and pressed the up key.

The elevator doors closed, leaving only two people inside.

Lisa looked at the man's cold profile, her expression complicated, and said in a soft, coquettish tone, "Why did you walk so fast just now? I wanted to ask you to go out for lunch together, but Assistant Xu said you left the company early. Where did you go to eat?"

Yan Zhixu: "I just picked a random place."

He glanced at her sideways and asked, "You went out to eat too?"

Lisa: "Yeah, but I don't know where to find good food. Next time, don't walk so fast, show me around a few more places."

Yan Zhixu's dark eyes flickered slightly: "I'm not sure. Sometimes I have business dinners at noon, and sometimes I eat takeout when I'm busy. You can find some reputable shops online and try them one by one."

Lisa: "Shall we have dinner together tonight?"

Yan Zhixu: "I have a social engagement tonight."

Lisa: "Don't you need a companion for social events? I'll go with you."

Yan Zhixu frowned: "It's a private gathering, so it's not convenient."

Lisa was about to say something when she glanced at him and saw a red mark in his hand. She paused, then stared intently at it.

A tea-red thermos?

It's clearly a women's cup, and one that's been used. Why would he bring back a women's cup from outside?

Her heart tightened, and her mind raced with a flurry of thoughts.

"You... bought a cup?" she asked tentatively.

Yan Zhixu glanced down at the cup in his hand, a slight smile playing on his lips, and said, "I just ran into my girlfriend. This is her cup. She made me some coffee and told me to bring it back to drink."

Lisa's face instantly turned pale, and she gritted her teeth: "Didn't you say we'd just find any restaurant to eat at?"

Yan Zhixu: "My girlfriend doesn't care which restaurant we go to, we just eat near her company."

Lisa: "You even went out of your way to have lunch with your girlfriend?"

Yan Zhixu: "Is it strange? I didn't have much to do today, so I went to see her."

It's not surprising; it's not surprising at all to ask your girlfriend out for dinner.

Lisa couldn't refute it, but she couldn't help feeling jealous and annoyed.

Her eyes held a hint of malice as she glanced at the man's handsome yet aloof face and clenched her fist.

She had already reached the 20th floor, and was almost at her floor. A glint of light flashed in her eyes as she calmly took out her phone and opened the camera.

She pretended to be looking at her makeup, then raised her hand to adjust her hair.

Yan Zhixu glanced at the reflection in the elevator door, then looked away and continued to look down, ignoring it.

Lisa took the opportunity to turn around and face away from him, finding several angles and quickly taking a few photos.

She hadn't set a camera sound, so her actions were completely unnoticed. By the time Yan Zhixu looked up, she had already put away her phone and her expression had returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.