Chapter 879: Chapter 879

His intriguing gaze suddenly dimmed, and he spoke in a cold tone, "Take off your mask."

Ye Xian, showing only a pair of big Casland eyes, blinked a few times, "..." Why?

"Do I need to come over and do it myself?"

Ye Xian looked at his expression; it didn't seem like he was joking at all. Could it be... he just wanted others to see the injury on her mouth?

Yeah, otherwise, he wouldn't have deliberately left it.

She is still perceived as a boy in others' eyes; if people find out...

No, no! Just imagining those stares makes her want to run into a wall!

Bo Tingshen saw her hesitance, put down the folder, and walked toward her with a darkened expression.

Ye Xian was thinking about how to dodge when Wen Yan suddenly approached from the opposite side, "Tingshen, Xianxian! You're here? I've been calling for you around here for a while."

Like seeing a savior, Ye Xian hurriedly ran over and hid behind her.

"?" Wen Yan looked at her in confusion, "Xianxian, what's wrong?"

"Ah... nothing, Aunt Wen, did you need something from us?"

"The housekeeper brought some things over, and I'm here to call you and Tingshen to eat a bit as a start."

"No need." Ye Xian immediately refused, "I... just ate."

She definitely doesn't dare to be alone with the CEO, that living Yama, he's after her identity!

"You've eaten?" Wen Yan looked at Bo Tingshen, "Then, Tingshen, you go eat..."

Bo Tingshen stared intently at Ye Xian's mask, his eyes darkening, "I've eaten too."

Ye Xian met his gaze, inexplicably... she licked her moist, swollen lips under the mask, still carrying a faint scent of agarwood.

Wen Yan looked at them strangely, how did they both eat after coming out of the restroom?

"Auntie, I suddenly remembered I left something in the car; I will go back to get it now."

Ye Xian made a pretext to leave, but upon hearing her attempt to escape, Bo Tingshen strode over, scaring Ye Xian into bolting away.

"Eh~" Wen Yan grabbed Bo Tingshen's arm, "Son, go keep your father company. He's very anxious and can't eat; I'm worried he might faint."

Ye Xian dashed outside, confirming that Bo Tingshen wasn't following her. She let out a slight sigh of relief, "Phew~"

From behind, a familiar voice suddenly spoke, and Ye Xian turned her head. Her mask was inadvertently pulled down by someone.

She hurriedly put it back on, but her swollen mouth had already been seen.

"Wow! Pretty intense, huh~"

Shangguan Yunli squinted his eyes, teasing.

Ye Xian: "..." She forgot he also knew her identity. It's fine that the CEO knows—he wouldn't announce it unless he wanted to—but Shangguan Yunli, the gossip king, is different!

"But... is that all? Didn't Tingshen do anything else?"

Shangguan Yunli's gaze swept over her as if she were a tender, delicious piece of meat, regretfully untouched by the wolf.

Ye Xian cut off his rambling, feeling puzzled, "Is my female disguise really that obvious? Did you guys recognize me at a glance?"

She had thought her own mother wouldn't recognize her after a full makeover.

"Don't drag me into this with Tingshen; I couldn't recognize you at all. When I heard Tingshen call your name, I thought he missed you so much he lost his mind."

Only the CEO recognized her?

But how did the CEO recognize her? Even though they were close, not that close, right?

She scratched her head in confusion, when her peripheral vision unintentionally caught sight of the bracelet on her wrist.

Could it be because of this bracelet?!

The CEO recognized the bracelet and thus recognized her?

The pink diamond on her jasmine bracelet was so beautifully conspicuous, especially under the sunlight—it gleamed even more brightly.

Shangguan Yunli also noticed and found it familiar, "Is this bracelet... a gift from Tingshen?"

"How do you know? Did he tell you?"

"I saw the design draft for this bracelet on his office desk."

Ye Xian: "Design draft? Is this the work of an independent designer at BHS? No wonder I couldn't find the same one on the website."

Shangguan Yunli nodded, "Yes, not only an independent designer but also the chief CEO. There is only one in the world; you certainly won't find it on the website."

Ye Xian was stunned as she looked at the jasmine bracelet on her wrist. Did he mean that the CEO personally designed this?

Why would the CEO... does it mean he liked her from back then? Impossible! That's too early!

Was he really won over by her cooking?

"I was just thinking the CEO wouldn't have from that time..."

She absentmindedly almost let it slip, and Shangguan Yunli helped finish, "Started liking you from that time?"

"Ye Xian, you are really slow!"

He couldn't help but give her a flick on the head, and Ye Xian angrily stared at him while holding her forehead.

"I think it should have been at the stadium, the time you shot the White People Toothpaste commercial."

"Nonsense! I had just met the CEO at that time!"

"So what if you just met? Love at first sight isn't allowed?"

Ye Xian: "... Love at first sight is about the face, not the feeling."

"What's wrong with falling for the looks? You're so pretty and still not confident about your looks?"

"But I was a guy then, where do you see one guy falling for another at first sight, unless he is originally gay."

But looking at the CEO's reaction today, he's not, otherwise, he wouldn't have...

She couldn't help but lick her lips again.

"You knew you were a guy then?" Shangguan Yunli looked at her with interest, "Ye Xian, you're indeed a natural actor. You managed to fool everyone with your cross-dressing, even tricking us. What's more, you even misled the well-known 'Eye of God' in the business world. Now I believe that saying, love is indeed blind, otherwise your little trick would have been exposed by Tingshen long ago!"

Also believed that nothing really happened that night at the Songwu Manor, otherwise how could Tingshen have not discovered it.

This man's truly devoted, being able to resist even in that situation, he must have suffered so much.

Ye Xian: "... I didn't do it on purpose; I have unspeakable reasons. You won't go spreading this around, right?" Follow current novels on novᴇlfire.net

"Do I have such a big mouth?"

He was about to flick Ye Xian's head again, but she dodged it.

"Alright, I'm done joking. Let's talk seriously. Ye Xian, you've bent Tingshen and then straightened him back out, don't you think you should make amends with him somehow?"

"Amend... amend what?"

Ye Xian blinked her eyes.

Shangguan Yunli: "Playing dumb, are we? He's already confessed to you, and you don't plan to respond? Don't tell me you don't like him? You have no feelings for him? I don't believe it, unless you're lying to yourself."