Upon hearing the sound, Chu Ge and Luo Suyun immediately turned their gaze towards Xia Feifei.

In their sight, Xia Feifei was looking at her right hand with a peculiar expression, or more accurately, at the things in her hand.

Chu Ge and Luo Suyun knew perfectly well what those things were.

Three people, six eyes, all focused on the same spot. Luo Suyun's face instantly turned red, and she didn't even notice the procurement form she just picked up had fallen back on the table. Xia Feifei was completely dumbfounded, allowing the items in her hand to slip even further.

Time seemed to freeze at that moment, the air turned thick.

Chu Ge was at a loss. He clearly didn't notice anything inappropriate just now, so how did that thing end up in Xia Feifei's hand? Another look at where Xia Feifei was sitting, and it finally dawned on him.

It turned out that the item slipped into the couch crevice, and Xia Feifei just happened to sit there by chance. Her body sank a little, and it stuck to her leg. When she instinctively touched it, it led to the current situation.

Luo Suyun was as embarrassed as could be. Despite her tomboyish nature, her heart was pounding. Even though nothing happened with Chu Ge, it was just her snot, but what if Xia Feifei thought otherwise?

She didn't want something that never even happened to spread around the office and have people gossiping everywhere she went.

What made it even worse was that at this moment, Xia Feifei finally came back to her senses and turned her head towards them.

"Director Luo, this is..."

Luo Suyun's mind went "buzz" — this was bad. Had Xia Feifei already overthought this?

"This is the face cream Director Luo asked me to get for her. It's out of stock everywhere else, but luckily the cosmetic shop near my house had it. I accidentally spilled a little while bringing it over just now."

Before Xia Feifei could finish speaking, Chu Ge hurriedly interjected. Although he was lying through his teeth, it was much better than letting this awkwardness continue.

Xia Feifei turned to look at Chu Ge, and at an angle where Luo Suyun couldn't see, she flashed a mischievous smile.

The smile seemed to say, "Do you really take me for a three-year-old? This thing is face cream? It's a miracle you could even come up with such a tale."

This really didn't look like face cream; it looked a bit like a mix of tears and snot, but also like...

Just as Chu Ge and Luo Suyun suspected, Xia Feifei indeed overthought it. However, she didn't plan to expose Chu Ge. He said it was face cream, so face cream it was.

"Oh, this is face cream, huh? This texture is really... unique."

Xia Feifei chuckled, pinching it between two fingers of her right hand, bringing it to her nose for a gentle sniff, a look of "sudden realization" on her face, while winking at Chu Ge.

"Hmm, it's because it's so unique that it's hard to come by. I didn't expect I'd manage to get it."

Chu Ge continued to play dumb, spouting nonsense without changing color. Indeed, this was not something just anyone could get — only Luo Suyun could produce it. It was her tears and snot mixed together.

"Sister Luo, have you tried the effect of this face cream? How is it? Is it any good?"

With her playful spirit rising, Xia Feifei smiled at Chu Ge, then turned her focus back to Luo Suyun. Since the topic was "cosmetics" and there was no one else around, she changed her address from "Director Luo" to the more affectionate "Sister Luo."

Seeing the smiling Xia Feifei, Luo Suyun couldn't tell if she truly didn't know or was pretending not to know what this stuff really was. She felt completely speechless internally. She couldn't exactly tell Xia Feifei that it was her snot and tears, could she?

However, since she was asked, Luo Suyun could only force a smile and say, "I've only heard about this brand from others before, didn't Manager Chu just bring me a bottle? I haven't tried it yet, so I don't know how good it is."

Xia Feifei suppressed a smile, turning her gaze toward Chu Ge, "Manager Chu, could I trouble you to get me a bottle too? This face cream feels like it might be quite nice."

"Well..."

Facing Xia Feifei's mischievous look, the lines on Chu Ge's forehead deepened, thinking to himself, haven't you had enough fun? Why are you getting addicted to teasing?

"Manager Chu, I'm asking so earnestly, can you help me out here?"

Xia Feifei's gaze was exceptionally sincere, as if little stars might pop out, as if to say, "You know, we came from the same place. You helped Luo Suyun, you can't favor her and not help me, right?"

"Let's talk later, shall we?"

Chu Ge was truly on the verge of being defeated by Xia Feifei. He turned to Luo Suyun and said, "Director Luo, is there anything wrong with Manager Xia's procurement form?"

The subtext was, "Hey sister, quickly look over this, sign it, and let's get this troublemaker appeased, okay? Is she toying with you for fun?"

Luo Suyun caught on, glanced over the procurement form, confirmed there was nothing amiss, and swiftly signed her name.

"Thank you, Director Luo. I won't disturb your and Manager Chu's work anymore."

Xia Feifei took the procurement form, and talking about official matters, she reverted to using their company titles. But if one listened closely, they'd notice she slightly emphasized the words "disturb" and "work."

After speaking, Xia Feifei twisted her waist and turned towards the door.

Chu Ge let out a sigh of relief, but unfortunately, just as he was halfway through it, Xia Feifei, standing next to him, paused and said with a grin, "Manager Chu, remember to get me a bottle of face cream too, okay?"

"We'll see, we'll see."

Xia Feifei giggled, "Then I'll take it as a yes."

After saying that, she didn't bother with Chu Ge's increasingly conflicted expression and continued on her way.

However, just as Xia Feifei reached the door, she muttered to herself, "Hmm, I can't waste what's on my hand, I'll go try it out right away."

Although her voice wasn't loud, the office was so small that it was enough for Chu Ge and Luo Suyun to hear. The corners of their mouths twitched slightly, both simultaneously imagining what it would look like if Xia Feifei really applied that stuff on her face as face cream.

Luo Suyun opened her mouth, wanting to warn Xia Feifei, but after hesitating several times, the words ultimately failed to come out.

As Xia Feifei's figure disappeared from the room and the door clicked shut behind her, Luo Suyun felt relieved, exhaling a long breath.

In just those brief few minutes, her mood had been quite tumultuous, but now that Xia Feifei had finally left, her tense nerves relaxed, even forgetting the issue she wanted to remind Xia Feifei about just seconds ago.

However, just as she slouched back into the chair, she sat upright again, looking anxiously at Chu Ge.

"Chu Ge, what are you still doing sitting there? Go check it out quickly. If Xia Feifei really put that stuff on her face, it'll be quite a spectacle."

Chu Ge pulled out a cigarette, lit it with a click, and spread his hands, a bit helpless but also amused, "Don't worry. She won't do it. Do you really think she doesn't know what that is?"

"You mean..." Luo Suyun was stunned.

Chu Ge exhaled some smoke and nodded, "Yeah, she definitely knows. I think she's just deliberately teasing us."

A trace of speechlessness crossed Luo Suyun's face, "Teasing us with snot and tears? No way, right?"

Before Luo Suyun could finish her sentence, Chu Ge already knew what she was worried about. He shook his head with a smile, "Relax, she's just a big kid who finds it amusing to mess with us."

Chu Ge said this intentionally. Actually, he thought Xia Feifei must have misunderstood earlier. If she really knew that was snot and tears, why would she touch it with her hands? It's so gross! But to put Luo Suyun's mind at ease, he could only say it this way.

Luo Suyun's face showed even more confusion, "How can you be so sure?"

"Because we used to work in the same office. Not only were we colleagues, but we were also very good friends. Even her coming to work here was because I brought her in, and I even saved her once, so she's one of our own."

Knowing that Luo Suyun was tense about this issue, Chu Ge did not tease her and straightforwardly explained the reason.

"I see..."

This time, Luo Suyun was completely reassured, but she immediately realized another problem.

She glanced at Chu Ge with feigned annoyance, "You rascal, did you recruit all our company's pretty girls?"

Chu Ge grinned but said nothing — although nothing was going on between him and Xia Feifei, he felt there was no need to explain things like this.

Luo Suyun's expression turned playful, clearly intent on not letting go of this topic.

"By the way, have you heard of Jinkai Villa?"

Not wanting to get caught up in such a topic with Luo Suyun, as women tend to gossip more about this kind of thing and it might go on forever, Chu Ge casually picked a topic to divert the conversation.

"Jinkai... Villa?"

As Chu Ge mentioned this sentence quite casually, Luo Suyun's body shuddered lightly.

Immediately, the playful grin on her face vanished, her pupils shrank suddenly, and she furrowed her brows tightly. Her gaze towards Chu Ge was full of uncertainty, and her expression kept changing, utterly complex.

Noticing the change in Luo Suyun's expression, Chu Ge was also taken aback.

He didn't expect that just a casual question would trigger such a big reaction from Luo Suyun. Judging by her look, Luo Suyun obviously knew about Jinkai Villa, and... it wasn't just simple knowledge.

"Chu Ge... could it be... you know everything?"

While Chu Ge was deep in thought, Luo Suyun tightly bit her lip and asked tremulously.

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