Gently bite the jasmine

Duan Yiheng, carrying the same scent as Lin Xi, walked to the bedside.

"I used your shampoo."

Lin Xi replied instinctively, "It's nothing."

Duan Yiheng chuckled, and Lin Xi closed her eyes in annoyance.

How did he know he was pretending to be asleep?

Duan Yiheng walked to the sofa and took out his notebook.

Hearing the noise, Lin Xi opened her eyes curiously: "Aren't you going to rest?"

Duan Yiheng: "Qin Yang sent me a detailed business trip report. Let me take a look and roughly determine the direction of our meetings when we get back."

Lin Xi: "Is there anything I can help you with?"

Duan Yiheng shook his head: "You've been busy for most of the day, you should rest first."

Lin Xi's eyelids were heavy. The duties of a secretary and an assistant are worlds apart. If she were to rush into things, she might displease her boss.

She silently closed her eyes and fell asleep to the sound of the torrential rain and the faint tapping of the keyboard.

Half an hour later, Duan Yiheng closed his laptop.

He tilted his head back and turned his neck, then lay back on the sofa.

Lin Xi was sleeping on the side closest to the sofa. When he turned his head, he was met with that sleeping face.

Duan Yiheng slowly curved his lips into a smile and whispered gently, "Chloe."

With no response, Duan Yiheng picked up his phone and opened a social media app with a unique logo that combined the letters M and W.

The software is called MomentWhisper, abbreviated as MW.

Duan Yiheng clicked on it, and found that his chat history with Chloe ended three months ago—

Ryan, I'm going back to China. I probably won't have much time to log in anymore. I wish you all the best in the US.

Duan Yiheng scrolled back for more than two hours, looking through his chat history with Chloe over the past three years.

They were separated by a screen, not knowing each other's Chinese names or asking about each other's family backgrounds.

It all started with a blunder. There was an exchange activity for international students, and she missed typing a letter, adding Duan Yiheng, who hadn't logged in for a long time.

This app isn't a mainstream social networking app; it was recommended to Chloe by someone at that event.

At first, Chloe didn't realize she had typed the wrong name and kept thinking he was a girl.

Duan Yiheng was in a good mood at the time, having just celebrated his birthday and received a birthday greeting. In response to her "harassment," he directly replied in English with a voice message that he was a man.

The other party's computer crashed immediately, and they sent several strings of "sorry" messages and explanations.

Immediately afterwards, Duan Yiheng's computer crashed because the voice sounded very familiar.

He went to the other person's homepage, looked at the basic information, and asked a few probing questions. Finally, he confirmed that the Chloe who had mistaken him for someone else was Lin Xi, who had grown up in the Duan family since childhood.

After that, he didn't reply to her voice messages again, but chatted with her under the identity she had misunderstood.

To this day, she still believes she is American.

He, on the other hand, was captivated by her countless "good morning" and "good night" greetings, and once she let go, his heart felt as if it would leap out of his chest.

At first he didn't quite understand, but later he told Mu Zhao.

Mu Zhao's gaze towards him instantly changed. He still remembered his words: "Damn it, you knew that was Lin Xi, and you still fell for her?"

Duan Yiheng suddenly realized that it was because the other party was Lin Xi that he was moved.

He could imagine her expression and demeanor in front of the screen every time she whispered caring words to him in MomentWhisper.

He knew from the beginning that Chloe was Lin Xi.

Two years ago, there was also a rainstorm in Philadelphia, and she sent him seven voice messages in a row on MW to remind him to be safe.

She probably never imagined that two years later, she would be trapped in the same room with him because of a rainstorm.

It was already completely dark outside before six o'clock.

A burst of laughter came from the corridor. Lin Xi frowned and turned over.

She gradually regained consciousness and sluggishly opened her eyes.

It was dark all around. She sat up and saw Duan Yiheng sleeping on the sofa.

Without a single piece of clothing covering her, Lin Xi threw off the covers and got up, nudging him worriedly: "President Duan, wake up."

Duan Yiheng opened his eyes: "What did you call me?"

Lin Xi didn't understand why he was always so fixated on the issue of how to address him, and asked somewhat irritatedly, "Then what should I call you?"

"Call me by my name," Duan Yiheng said.

Lin Xi: "...Isn't that a bit inappropriate? You're an elder."

"..." Duan Yiheng sat up. "Am I an elder?"

Lin Xi looked completely innocent: "Aren't you one?"

Duan Yiheng fiercely defended his age: "I'm only six years older than you."

Lin Xi: "Then... senior?"

Duan Yiheng glanced at her casually: "Call me by my name, and address me by my job title when we're working."

Lin Xi, a shrewd and pragmatic woman with a touch of rebelliousness, crossed her arms, bent down to look into his eyes, and deliberately emphasized, "Okay, Duan Yiheng~"

The last syllable was drawn out a bit.

Duan Yiheng: "...Don't act cute."

Lin Xi: "..."

Not only is he old, but he also has hearing problems.

Never mind, she's beautiful inside and out, and she doesn't hold grudges.

"Why did you fall asleep sitting here?" Not only did she not mind, but she also showed concern, "What if you catch a cold?"

Duan Yiheng: "It's nothing, I just accidentally fell asleep. What time is it?"

Lin Xi: "I just woke up too, I don't know."

Duan Yiheng picked up his phone from the coffee table and glanced at it: "It's six o'clock, are you hungry?"

Lin Xi shook her head: "Not very hungry."

I had lunch late.

Duan Yiheng said, "Let's go down and have a bite. The 11th floor doesn't offer 24-hour delivery service. If you order takeout after a while, no one will deliver it to you."

"That's fine." Lin Xi glanced out the window. "Has it been raining the whole time?"

Duan Yiheng: "The rain has subsided a bit."

Lin Xi: "Then I'll go change my clothes first, you can change here."

The curtains were drawn, and no one saw anything.

Duan Yiheng responded, as he had the same idea in mind.

He's a grown man, and under these circumstances, he doesn't need to be too particular.

After leaving the room, the two met a young couple who were willing to give up their room for them.

The group greeted each other and went to wait for the same elevator.

As soon as the door opened, all the men's eyes were drawn to the woman in the red dress and red clothes in the center.

She ignored everyone, casually raised her hand, and said "hi" to Duan Yiheng.

Lin Xi turned her head and asked in a low voice, "Do you know her?"

"do not know."

Duan Yiheng turned his head and grabbed her hand, whispering in her ear, "Let me borrow it for a moment."

Lin Xi noticed the woman's gaze falling on their clasped hands and immediately understood.

Duan Yiheng has attracted a lot of attention from women.

Seeing that the young couple was also looking at them, Lin Xi silently intertwined her fingers with Duan Yiheng's.

Duan Yiheng smiled and led Lin Xi into the elevator.

Back in her room, things were awkward. Lin Xi lingered in the restaurant for almost two hours.

Fortunately, she could take a shower, apply body lotion, and moisturize her skin when she returned to her room... and the time was gradually worn away.

She stayed in the bathroom alone until ten o'clock, until there was a knock on the door.

Lin Xi had finished getting ready and was about to open the bathroom door when Duan Yiheng stopped her, saying, "Let me open it."

She took a step back and disappeared into the bathroom doorway.

Duan Yiheng opened the door, and a woman in a fiery red dress with wavy hair gave him a charming smile: "Good evening, sir."

Lin Xi shuddered; that sweet, seductive voice gave her goosebumps.

Taking advantage of the fact that women couldn't see her, Lin Xi gave Duan Yiheng a thumbs up, praising his boundless charm.

Duan Yiheng chuckled, exasperated: "Baby, are you done washing?"

Lin Xi's heart skipped a beat, and her almond-shaped eyes widened as if she were making an accusation.