Huh? Are villainous bosses this easy to flirt with?

Chapter 7 Champagne Roses

At noon, the sun hangs high in the sky, shining on the entire earth and making people feel the warmth of summer.

Xie Qing, who had just left the Xie family, was selecting flowers in a flower shop. The air in the shop was filled with the fragrance of various flowers, which made people feel refreshed.

"Hello, young man! Welcome to Xiduo Flower Shop. Who are you buying flowers for? I can recommend some to you!"

A female shop assistant came up to us with a professional smile on her face.

Xie Qing, who was looking down at picking flowers, raised her head and said, "I want to pick out a bouquet of flowers to give to someone I like."

The moment Xie Qing looked up, the female shop assistant saw the face under the hat, froze for a second, and then her face turned bright red.

How can someone be so good-looking?! Ahhhhh!!

She felt that the flowers in the shop lost some of their color the moment that face appeared.

The face looked somewhat familiar, but she didn't associate it with Xie Qing, who was universally disliked online. The main reason was that the current Xie Qing was quite different from the one before.

The female shop assistant snapped out of her daze, her smile becoming genuine, and she began enthusiastically making recommendations.

"If you're giving a gift to someone you like, roses are the best choice. My shop has a wide variety of roses, all of them are displayed here. Which one do you like?"

The female shop assistant blushed and her eyes sparkled as she led Xie Qing to the rose section, letting him choose for himself.

“This one.” Xie Qing pointed to the pale yellow rose.

The saleswoman immediately said, "This is a champagne rose. Its flower language is very romantic: it means that I am devoted to only you, and falling in love with you is the greatest happiness of my life."

"I know, I want these, eleven of them. Please wrap them up for me."

"OK, just a second."

The saleswoman quickly wrapped the flowers and handed them to Xie Qing, saying with a smile, "Sir, the person you like will be very happy to receive this bouquet."

Xie smiled, a sly glint in his eyes, and replied, "I hope so."

Xie Qing carefully carried the flowers out of the flower shop, hailed a taxi, and headed to the Huo Group.

That's right, the bouquet of flowers he specially chose was for Huo Yunting. For the past month, they had been communicating online, but not only had they not met in person, his progress in pursuing Huo Yunting had been very slow.

Xie Qing wasn't one to drag things out, nor did he enjoy the idea of ​​unrequited love. Once he set his sights on someone, that person had to be his.

Therefore, Xie Qing decided to change his strategy: if the mountain won't see me, I'll go see the mountain myself.

Upon arriving at the Huo Group, Xie Qing got out of the car and looked at the towering building in front of her. Only then did she truly realize that Huo Yunting was the villain.

He carried the flowers and entered the gate of the Huo Group.

Xie Qing approached the front desk and tapped on the table. "Hello, is your CEO, Mr. Huo, in?"

The receptionist, who was organizing documents, looked up and saw a stunningly beautiful face.

Good heavens, this is like someone who stepped out of an anime.

The receptionist even lowered her voice, afraid of startling the beautiful woman before her.

"Our CEO, Mr. Huo, has been out for a while and hasn't returned yet. Sir, do you have an appointment? If so, I can take you to the lounge area where you can wait."

Xie Qing frowned slightly. The person had actually gone out. What bad timing.

He replied, "What if I don't have an appointment?"

Receptionist: "I'm sorry, sir, you can't come in without an appointment."

Xie nodded slightly, indicating her understanding.

"Hey, Mr. Huo." The receptionist had barely finished speaking when she saw her boss come in from outside, and for some reason, she called out to him.

Xie Qing turned his head and found Huo Yunting standing not far behind him, looking in his direction.

There were seven or eight people following behind Huo Yunting, as if they were reporting something to him. Upon hearing the voice, they all turned to look at the front desk.

The employees coming and going all slowed down and looked curiously at the source of the sound.

The receptionist was practically burying her head in the ground. I should have known better than to call her. Waaaaaah <(ToT)>.

Xie Qing, under the gaze of more than a dozen pairs of eyes, felt no pressure whatsoever and even appeared quite calm and composed.

He walked slowly forward, placed the flowers in his hand into Huo Yunting's arms, and spoke with a smile.

"This is for you, do you like it?"

Those around were stunned by what they saw. Could someone tell them what had happened?

Huo Yunting's mind went blank for a moment, his body stiffened as he held the flowers, and after a long while, he finally uttered a sentence.

"How did you come?"

I miss you, so I'm coming to see you.

Xie Qing didn't deliberately lower his voice, and those around him gasped when they heard it.

"How about it? I'll send... um..."

Huo Yunting, fearing that he might utter some shocking words again, immediately covered his mouth.

Xie Qing, whose mouth was covered by him, blinked her beautiful big eyes, as if asking, "Why did you cover my mouth?"

Xie Qing's eyes suddenly lit up, revealing a sly smile. Then, she secretly stuck out her tongue and gently licked Huo Yunting's palm.

Huo Yunting immediately felt a warm touch in his palm, his heart skipped a beat, and his ears involuntarily flushed red.

He quickly lowered his hand from Xie Qing's mouth and instead grabbed his wrist, his husky voice saying, "Come up with me."

Xie Qing's eyes immediately crinkled into crescent moons as she nodded obediently and said, "Oh."

Then he let Huo Yunting pull him toward the elevator, turning back halfway to wave goodbye to the receptionist.

"Assistant Chu, who is that person?"

"Yeah, yeah, he actually sent flowers to President Huo! This is a once-in-a-lifetime sight, wow!"

"Did you guys get a clear look at his face? I was standing behind President Huo and didn't see anything. How could I know what he looked like?!"

"..."

As soon as Huo Yunting and Xie Qing went up, the others swarmed around Chu Luo, asking him all sorts of questions.

Chu Luo was almost overwhelmed by the barrage of questions. Seriously, am I some kind of know-it-all? Why are you all asking me these questions? I'm curious too, you know!

"Stop it, all of you! You've all finished your work, are you all so relaxed? Should I give you some more tasks?" Chu Luo cleared his throat and threatened calmly.

Upon hearing this, the people around him scattered immediately, running away as fast as they could.

Chu Luo: "..."

On the other side, Huo Yunting and Xie Qing arrived at the office and stared at each other in disbelief.

Finally, Xie Qing couldn't help but chuckle and said, "You didn't call me up here just to glare at me, did you?"

"No." Huo Yunting turned his head away and placed the flowers on his desk.

"Why did you send me flowers?" Huo Yunting asked, his back to Xie Qing, his eyes unreadable.

"Did you send me flowers because you want something from me?" Huo Yunting thought darkly.

"I told you I wanted to pursue you!" Xie Qing walked around to face him. "What others have, you should have too. And what others don't have, I will do everything I can to give you."

Huo Yunting scoffed, "Anyone can say nice things." But his heart fluttered at what Huo Yunting had said.

This was... the first time he had ever received flowers.

Xie chuckled softly, "Anyone can say pretty words, so say a few for me." As she spoke, she pretended to look expectant.

Huo Yunting's ears tingled, and he said coldly, "I won't say."

Seeing Huo Yunting's somewhat agitated appearance, Xie Qing knew she couldn't tease him too much, otherwise she might really anger him and he might just tell her to get lost.

Xie Qing sat down on the sofa next to her and said, "Do you mind if I sit here for a while?"

Huo Yunting sat back in his office chair, glanced up at Xie Qing, and said, "Whatever."

Hearing him say that, Xie Qing sat on the sofa with a clear conscience, resting her chin on her hands and watching Huo Yunting work.