Pei Shaoze narrowed his dark eyes, advancing toward Su Banxia with a chilling aura. His intense masculine presence made her blood run cold, leaving her deeply unsettled.
"President Pei..."
Pei Shaoze raised his hand, his slender, jade-like fingers removing the bulky black glasses perched on her nose, revealing her strikingly bright, large eyes with their clear black-and-white contrast.
Without the frames to obscure them, he could clearly see her delicate features in full detail, and the once hazy yet unforgettable memories from his mind came flooding back.
"Su Banxia, six years ago, you barged into my room, shamelessly demanded I take you, then left without a word, and even had the audacity to leave me two hundred as a tip for a gigolo. Now you've disguised yourself to infiltrate my company, get close to me, and seduce my brother. Can you tell me what your goal is?"
His tone was unhurried as he recounted everything, his gaze cool and detached, tinged with barely concealed anger.
Su Banxia knew he was now viewing her as a corporate spy, even dragging in that accident from six years ago.
She looked at him, shook her head, and said earnestly, "President Pei, I know you won't believe me if I say this was all a coincidence, but that's the truth."
"Ha..."
He let out a cold laugh and said, "If it's a coincidence, then resign!"
"No!"
Almost without thinking, Su Banxia quickly responded.
Seeing Pei Shaoze watching her with a mocking smile, she hurriedly explained, "President Pei, that night six years ago, I didn't mean to barge into your room. Back then, Ren Yuan and I were dating, and I was only looking for him to settle a score. I'd had a lot to drink that night, so I ended up in the wrong room and ran into you. You should know very well that I was drunk and blacked out."
"Oh..."
Pei Shaoze drew out the word, recalling that night. She was indeed drunk, but the next day, she...
"The tip and the gigolo—were those coincidences too?"
He asked through gritted teeth.
In all his life, he had never been mocked like this. Su Banxia was the first.
At the mention of this, Su Banxia felt a twinge of guilt. As an innocent young woman who had been taken advantage of for no reason, she felt wronged, so she had drawn a little duck on his chest. As for the two hundred, she admitted it was intentional.
But she never imagined she'd cross paths with Pei Shaoze again like this!
If she had known, she would have stayed as far away as possible. But now... there was no turning back!
This was impossible to explain clearly. Su Banxia continued, "After that night six years ago, I went abroad for further studies. When I came back to look for a job, I never expected to end up at Dingsheng, and that you would be its CEO. It was all a coincidence."
Her voice grew softer as she spoke, murmuring, "I'm really sorry about what happened that night six years ago."
Though she didn't want to apologize to him at all, she had no choice but to swallow her pride and go along with it.
Yan Xin, standing nearby, was utterly confused. It took him a moment to piece it together: Pei Shaoze had been taken advantage of six years ago by none other than Su Banxia.
Suddenly, the image of the two children who looked so much like Pei Shaoze flashed through his mind.
At the time, he hadn't believed Su Banxia's explanation, but subconsciously, he felt there couldn't be such a coincidence in the world.
Now, hearing their conversation, he was almost certain that Su Banxia's two children were Pei Shaoze's.
And Pei Shaoze had no idea about the children at all.
Testing the waters, he turned to Su Banxia and asked, "Miss Su, are you married now?"
The question came out of nowhere. Su Banxia's focus was still on Pei Shaoze, trying to figure out how to shake off his suspicions, but now Yan Xin had joined in.
She hadn't forgotten that Yan Xin had seen Xiao Hao and Guo Guo.
Afraid Yan Xin might say something he shouldn't, she quickly nodded and said, "Yes, I'm married. My husband is abroad. I only came back to the country with my children because of work."