Chapter 289: Chapter 289

Rong Zhi immediately stepped back, turning her face to try to avoid him.

Her neck was slender, her skin like delicate white porcelain, and as she tilted her head, it formed an exceptionally beautiful curve.

Bai Su, who had intended to tease her, caught sight of it directly.

Under the light, her skin appeared almost translucent, with pale purple veins disappearing down her neck, like exquisite carved patterns.

No matter how long he lingered by her side, Bai Su always found surprises in her.

He stopped at just the right distance, slowly lowering his head, and moved toward the nook of her neck.

Rong Zhi steadied herself on the floor with her hand, "You...stop..." she hissed.

Halfway through her words, a sharp pain radiated from her neck.

In the end, Bai Su couldn’t resist the urge in his heart. Staring at her neck, inhaling the faint fragrance, he lost control and bit down.

He originally just wanted to teach her a lesson for calling him old-fashioned last night, but as he continued, the atmosphere suddenly turned awkward.

Initially, Rong Zhi only felt pain, but then she gradually noticed something was off.

She pursed her lips, sighed helplessly, and just as Bai Su was about to proceed with his next move, she seized the moment to squat down and break free from his embrace.

Her arms suddenly empty, he turned to see the young woman far away from him, the door handle halfway turned, and wrapping her clothes around herself, she said coldly, "Take a shower, the cold water is to the left."

Bai Su was left speechless, staring at the empty room.

The Ying Family was planning to hold a family feast on the eve of the New Year, including the two sisters of the Fu Family and various uncles and cousins from branches, enough to fill two tables. Fortunately, the castle had an entire floor used for banquets; otherwise, there wouldn’t be enough space.

Rong Zhi left early the next morning with Ying Cenchuan for the company. She needed to oversee the data for the perfume launch with operations and sales, while Bai Su, seemingly upset with her last night, had playfully nipped her again in the morning, leaving marks on both sides of her neck.

Before leaving, Ying Cenchuan stifled a laugh as he wrapped a scarf around her.

"He’s already twenty-four, and he’s never had a girlfriend before. You should understand," he said.

Rong Zhi loosened the scarf a bit, exhaled, and gave Ying Cenchuan a sideways glance, "Since when did you get so close with him?"

"We’ll all be one family in the future, so what’s wrong with being a little familiar?"

Ying Cenchuan opened the car door for Rong Zhi. He had been interacting with Bai Su frequently lately, understanding his character and temperament well. At least for now, he found nothing wrong with Bai Su.

Being a man himself, he could understand Bai Su’s feelings. After over twenty years, finally having a girlfriend, of course, he would want to stick around.

"He wouldn’t dare really touch you anyway," Ying Cenchuan teased Rong Zhi for this reason.

If Bai Su acted like a beast and made a move on Rong Zhi at nineteen, not needing her to say anything, he’d grab a gun and shoot three inches below Bai Su’s belly.

Rong Zhi pressed her lips together without expression, and nodded. Check latest chapters at noveⅼfire.net

The two headed to the company, leaving the villa much quieter, though still busy as Fu Xixiao, who loved Zhong Aihua Country Mahjong, pulled Bai Su and Jiang Gujun to play with her, for Ying Ji couldn’t learn the game.

Today, Bai Su wore casual home clothes, a light coffee-colored sweater making his skin look even fairer.

Fu Shan An peeked at him while choosing her seat, then sat on his left.

As they played, she intentionally observed Bai Su when reaching for tiles, hoping to accidentally make contact, but each time Bai Su was a second ahead, never allowing Fu Shan An to touch him.

On the other hand, Jiang Gujun sensed something was amiss and, after a round, tapped Bai Su’s shoulder, "Mr. Su, aren’t you heading out with Yun Lin later? How about I take over?"

Bai Su raised an angular brow. When was he going out with Ying Yunlin?

Yet Jiang Gujun fervently winked at him, gesturing under the table. Following his gaze, Bai Su noticed Fu Shan An beside him.

Previously, he hadn’t paid attention to this person, who was merely a cousin to Rong Zhi with no blood relation, just recently reconnected, and since Rong Zhi wasn’t interested in her, neither was he in Fu Shan An.

But after Jiang Gujun’s cue, he realized something was off.

This cousin’s face seemed a bit too flushed.

When she sensed his gaze, she bashfully looked up, accidentally falling into his shimmering peach blossom eyes, shyly turning her head back.

Bai Su narrowed his eyes slightly, turned to Fu Xixiao, and with a polite smile on his thin lips, said, "Aunt, I just remembered I have some work to finish, I might need to leave."

"Work?" Fu Xixiao, engrossed in the game, paused at his words but wasn’t unreasonable, waving him off, "Alright, go, don’t delay your work."

Bai Su softly agreed.

Fu Xixiao had Fu Jinyi, who had been quietly reading, take his place.

Bai Su and Jiang Gujun excused themselves.

Outside the game room, Jiang Gujun folded his arms, clicking his tongue ambiguously, "Do you think Mr. Rong knows her cousin has her eyes on you?"

Bai Su pulled out his phone to message Rong Zhi, ignoring her.

Jiang Gujun tagged along, walking with him outside.

Back in the game room.

Fu Shan An nearly crushed the mahjong tile in her hand too hard, almost sending it flying.

The guy’s look just now certainly meant he had noticed.

But with Fu Xixiao still playing, she dared not show it, taking a deep breath to quell her irritation and continued playing with Fu Xixiao.

Inside the spacious and bright office, the young man sat behind the desk, absentmindedly spinning a silver pen in his right hand, and casually pointed it.

The director of the operations department immediately stood up.

A document was placed on the table, the young man tapping it twice with the pen. "It’s ready," he said.

The operations director instantly relaxed, bowed deeply, and left hugging the document.

After he left, other senior managers also came out one after another.

Passing by the operations department, they peeked in from the doorway, seeing them busy as ever.

The Ying Family had not expected their chief perfumer to arrive at the company today.

Those who had worked at the company for two years knew someone always occupied the chief perfumer seat in the development department, yet they never saw the person.

Only hearing the name without seeing the person, much of the most recent perfume line sold by the Ying Family came from that perfumer.

There were many rumors within the company, guessing many famous perfumers, never expecting it to be Miss Nine of the Ying Family.

Recently joined the Perfumer Association, too.

With the dual identity, as soon as the young man arrived at the company and sat in the development department, the whole department became as silent as winter’s chill.

After checking the operations department’s plan and touring the development department without issues, Rong Zhi went upstairs to find Ying Cenchuan.

There were still ten minutes until the perfume launch, and the official link was listed yesterday. She went to monitor the data with Ying Cenchuan.

If the perfume sold well this time, the Ying Family’s position in the perfume industry would become even more stable.

When she arrived at the office, Ying Cenchuan’s assistant had already projected the data on the screen. Seeing her, he quickly moved aside.

Ying Cenchuan adjusted the display with a stylus pen, pressing the edges, somewhat anxious.