Are You Jealous?

After he had left, Xu Anyi grabbed her bag and walked over to Si Mu's table, sitting down across from him.

He looked at her as she sat down, pretending to calmly take a sip of his coffee as he looked over at her empty table, "He left?"

Xu Anyi nodded, playing along with his act.

Si Mu raised an eyebrow as he took another sip of the coffee, pretending to act normal, "Who is he?"

"Qin Beihou, my childhood friend. We've known each other since middle school," she introduced, carefully watching his expression.

Si Mu's eyebrows furrowed together and he quickly noticed his instinctive change in expression as he looked down at his coffee, setting the cup down, "It's so sweet."

Xu Anyi looked at the coffee inside the cup, her favorite order, "Then why did you order it?" She asked, obviously knowing the answer as she had overheard his conversation with the waitress earlier.

"Wanted to try something new," he replied simply, looking to the side as he crossed his legs together.

"Why are you here today?" Xu Anyi asked again, leaning forward.

"I told you, I have a meeting."

Xu Anyi looked around, "I don't see anyone else here."

Si Mu cleared his throat, "It got canceled," he said without even blinking an eye.

Xu Anyi did not know if she should say he was a good or bad liar, but she obviously knew that he was making it up, and she moved forward in her seat, drawing in their distance, "Are you jealous?"

Si Mu's eyes widened slightly at having his internal emotions exposed, but he kept a straight expression as his lips curled upwards, "Jealous? Why would I be jealous? You are my wife now, so why would I be jealous of a childhood friend?"

Xu Anyi's smile widened as she carefully watched him, and she shrugged, leaning back against the chair, "Who knows?"

Si Mu looked at her, seeing that she was obviously enjoying herself in this conversation, and he lifted the coffee cup up, finishing the rest of it in one gulp before standing up, "Let's go home."

"Well that was a quick meeting," Xu Anyi mocked him as she stood up with a smile, then walked around the table to him, swiftly grabbing onto his hand as she pulled him out of the coffee shop.

The waitress who had gotten humiliated by Si Mu watched as the two of them left the coffee shop hand in hand, and her mouth almost fell out of her jaw. So they were a couple?

Then why in the world were they sitting on opposite sides of the room?!

If she had known, she would have certainly not went over and embarrassed herself!

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Qin Beihou entered his own sports car and drove off into the city right after leaving the coffee shop. In a few minutes, he arrived in front of a large building and he stopped the car right in front of the doors, in the center of the driveway.

Then, he grabbed his phone and got out of the car, entering the building under everyone's excited stares.

"Isn't that Qin Beihou?" The workers walking out exclaimed.

"That's Qin Beihou!"

"Yes, it has to be him! What is he doing here?"

"He belongs to our company, of course he is here."

"But I heard he doesn't come to the company often."

"Who knows? He's so tall and handsome! I'm going to faint!"

He removed his mask as he entered the building and walked straight into a private elevator, which went straight up to the top floor.

As he rode the elevator up, his phone started ringing, and he looked at the word 'Manager' on his phone screen and immediately rejected the call.

He then looked at the time on his phone and began humming a song as he slowly took off his sunglasses as well and folded them on the collar of his shirt.

Finally, there was a ring as the elevator reached the top floor and he stepped out. At once, a middle-aged short man with light yellow hair ran over and grabbed onto his arm, "You're finally here! Why are you so late? Didn't I tell you the meeting was supposed to start an hour ago! Everyone is waiting for you!"

Qin Beihou took off his hat and threw it at his manager, running a hand through his slightly messy hair, "Then have them wait."

Then, without waiting for him, he walked down the hallway and entered the large room at the end of the floor.

When he walked in, he saw four people sitting inside already, and they all turned around to look at him when the door opened.

The person sitting in the middle was the CEO of the company, and the person sitting slightly behind him was the head of the artist's department, who oversaw and managed all of the celebrities in the company.

To the right of the table, two women sat next to each other. One of them was older, and Qin Beihou recognized her to be one of the top female celebrity managers of their company.

To her left, he saw another familiar face.

Xia Yiwei.

"Qin Beihou, you're finally here!" The head of the artist's department jumped up from his chair and quickly dragged Qin Beihou into the room, sitting him down across from Xia Yiwei and her manager.

Qin Beihou's manager, who everyone calls Datou*, entered the room as well and sat down next to Qin Beihou.

"We are so sorry for keeping you waiting, Beihou was running a little late," he explained to the manager and the CEO.

"No, I just didn't want to come," Qin Beihou said, leaning back against his chair as he began playing around with the sunglasses in his hand.

Hearing this, his manager's expression stiffened as he internally prayed that Qin Beihou would stop making it difficult for him. Can't he just go along with his lie?! It would make it easier for everyone!

The CEO's expression was already bad, but he took a deep breath and held his anger in, as Qin Beihou was the largest money source for their company, and he could not offend this little devil as well.

"Well, since everyone is here, why don't you introduce yourself?" The CEO said, looking over at Xia Yiwei.

"Hello, Senior Qin. I'm Xia Yiwei. . . You should remember me. We went to the same middle and high school!" She said with a bright smile.

Qin Beihou didn't even look her way as he responded, "Don't remember."

Xia Yiwei's smile stiffened slightly but she quickly laughed it off and loosened the atmosphere, "I must have not been very memorable when I was young!"

Her manager and the CEO laughed, "How can that be?"

"Well then, you should know Qin Beihou already, so there is no need for him to introduce himself," the CEO said, knowing that Qin Beihou would not introduce himself either way.

Then, the manager of the artists stood up and placed two folders on the table, "As both of you know, we called you two over today because the company has a new project for the two of you."

Qin Beihou looked up at his manager, raising an eyebrow. He did not know about this.

"You two will be acting in a drama together!"

--- Chapter Note:

*"datou" literally translates to "big head" in terms of pronunciation in Chinese

And here is Qin Beihou's pronunciation guide!

Qin Beihou - Cheen Bay Ho

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