Chapter 176
When Ji Ziming did not speak for quite some time and even appeared to be ruminating about something important, Pei Ge blinked and cautiously asked .
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“CEO Ji, if there is nothing else, can I take my leave?”
Hearing her voice, Ji Ziming no longer tried to recall his dream and, instead, directed his indifferent gaze at her .
“Did you forget your assigned task?” he coldly asked .
Er!
His question reminded Pei Ge that she had agreed to convince Qin Qitong into staying obediently at the Planning Department .
“No – No . Of course, I did not forget . ” She quickly shook her head and replied firmly .
“Oh, that’s good . ” He nodded indifferently . “You’d better settle this matter before this week ends, or else… . ”
Although he did not complete his words, she could already guess what he wanted to say .
Qi! Deduct my wage! Hmph!
“Yes, CEO Ji, I know . ” She smiled and nodded ‘obediently’ .
Her ‘obedient’ behavior only made him unhappier, however .
He even preferred the outspoken and quarrelsome Pei Ge over this obedient, polite, and distant her, as the current Pei Ge seemed to really only regard him as a boss .
“You…” He paused and looked at the smiling her before coldly saying, “You can leave now . ”
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“Alright, CEO Ji . ” She nodded and exited his office .
Once she left his office, Ji Ziming’s whole being weakened and he heavily leaned on the real leather chair .
He lifted his slender fingers and gently rubbed his temple . His eyes were full of fatigue .
He previously thought that this dumb woman was too noisy and did not respect him, but, today, when she finally treated him in a respectful and professional manner, just like the others in the company, he only felt that she should not be like that .
She should… return to how she had always been with him .
Ji Ziming was still rubbing his temple and thinking of Pei Ge when his phone rang .
He lowered his hand and picked up the phone .
“Hello . ”
“Ziming, your mother just called to ask me if you are dating someone and – and if I know this woman called ‘Pei Ge’ . ” Mu Heng could be heard snickering on the other end of the line .
“… . Oh,” Ji Ziming indifferently sounded .
“Damn, Ziming! Is that all you’re going to say?” Mu Heng complained depressingly when he heard his curt response .
“If there’s nothing else, I’m hanging up . ” Ji Ziming was already in a bad mood because of Pei Ge, so why would he still want to bother with this fellow, Mu Heng .
“Hey, hey, hey! Hang on! Don’t hang up,” Mu Heng immediately stopped him .
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“Mhm?” he hummed questioningly . Mu Heng really did seem to have something to talk about .
“Ziming, I heard that you sent someone to repair the streetlights near the Little Chili’s house . ”
Mu Heng actually did not deliberately inquire after this matter . Ji Ziming was just too eye-catching within their circle that many were watching his every move .
Therefore, with the exception of the things he purposely kept hidden, the rest of his actions, no matter how simple it was, were known to almost everyone in their circle .
“…” He listened to Mu Heng’s words and remained silent for a while .
To someone who knew him so well, his silence meant admission .
“Ziming, I don’t want to say this, but I really think you have feelings for Little Chili . Do you… like her?” Mu Heng sounded serious this time .
He felt slightly stunned by Mu Heng’s words, and then his forehead tightly creased together .
“I have feelings for her? I like her? How can that be?!” he retorted rather fiercely .
How can it be?! I definitely don’t like that dumb woman!
“Ziming, seriously, except for…” Mu Heng briefly paused before continuing, “I’ve never seen you show this much concern for a woman before . ”
“You are overthinking this,” Ji Ziming replied indifferently . He seemed disgusted by the thought .
“Ziming, I just worry that you will—” Mu Heng did not get to finish his words because his best friend interrupted him .
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“If there’s nothing else, I’m hanging up . ”
He did not wait for Mu Heng’s reply and just hung up the phone .
I like that stupid woman?
With a cold expression, he stood up from his chair and walked toward the shutters . Through the thin slits, he looked at Pei Ge who was seriously working at her desk .
From the window, he could see the side view of Pei Ge’s fair and round face . She did not look as beautiful and elegant as the many women he had met, and she was also not eye-catching .
She only looked pleasing to the eye .
This kind of woman… This kind of woman… .
Upset, he turned around and stopped looking at her .
However, Mu Heng’s words were like an evil spell that continuously echoed in his mind .
‘You have feelings for her . ’
‘You like her . ’
“No . ” Ji Ziming’s eyes darkened and his voice was icy as he firmly said, “I don’t like her . ”
How could he like her?
Pei Ge was unaware of the internal turmoil Ji Ziming was facing in his office . All she could think of was how to go about convincing Qin Qitong to stay in the Planning Department obediently .
She had already resolved to visit the Planning Department during lunch, yet who would have guessed that a friend from that very department would come and find her, instead?
“Bi Zheng?” She regarded the man before her rather oddly .
It was not anyone else but Planning Department’s Bi Zheng .
“You take this . ” He did not say much and just quickly gave her a pink envelope .
Pei Ge’s mouth twitched when she saw the pink envelope Bi Zheng had given her .
It weirded her out that he would give her a pink envelope!
“This – This is…” Actually, the moment she saw the pink envelope, she immediately thought of those confession letters during her student days .
She still remembered how, when she was not fat and was more attractive, she would receive numerous pink envelopes in her drawer every day .
“You will know when you open it . ” He placed the envelope on her desk when she did not accept it .
Pei Ge was left speechless by Bi Zheng’s action . Don’t tell me that he likes me?