Wei Qing glanced at Chi Yu again before leaving, and the two people behind him followed.
After they left, Chi Yu turned to Song Luokui and scrutinized her, "Stay away from him in the future, he's not a good person."
Song Luokui: "You said the same thing as my brother. Let's go in."
"Okay."
The two entered the private room and ordered food.
Song Luokui also took out a business plan, "This is the plan for my new company, could you take a look at it? My brother has already helped me revise it once."
Chi Yu received it with some surprise, "Your brother looked at it before giving it to me?"
Song Luokui nodded seriously, "Yep, you two are both good at making money, double protection you know. If I make a lot of money in the future, I'll pay for the meals!"
Chi Yu extended one hand.
Song Luokui: ?
Chi Yu: "Let's pinky swear."
Song Luokui hooked her pinky finger with his and looked up at him, "How old are you?"
Chi Yu opened the business plan, "I'm afraid you'll stop paying for my meals one day if I don't do this."
Song Luokui felt a little guilty, she might indeed do that... who knows what the future holds.
Chi Yu looked at the business plan and asked, "Do you need me to recommend people for hiring?"
Song Luokui waved her hand, "No need, I'll ask my brother if needed. You just need to point out the unreasonable parts. There's no rush, let's eat first."
Chi Yu flipped through a couple of pages and set it aside, "So you agreed to come out for a meal just to have me look at your business plan?"
Song Luokui: "No, I just suddenly remembered that I still owe you many meals..." The more she treated him, the more she owed...
Song Luokui was calculating in her heart how many more meals she would have to treat him to. Next to her, Chi Yu watched her pensive profile, "Calculating how to repay me again?"
Song Luokui was still calculating, not responding, turning her head towards Chi Yu, "Huh? What did you say?"
Chi Yu saw the swinging pearl earrings and was slightly distracted, reaching out to hold the dangling pearl on her earring.
Song Luokui finally came back to her senses and looked at him, then at his hand, "Hmm?"
Chi Yu suddenly leaned in close to her. Song Luokui leaned back, but Chi Yu kept moving closer. Song Luokui couldn't lean back any further as she was already against the chair, so she extended her hands to push him away. She didn't know what was going on with this man?
When their faces were about a hand's distance apart, Chi Yu finally stopped, "I'm asking, do you still want to keep your distance from me?"
Chi Yu stared into her eyes. Song Luokui didn't dare to look into his eyes, her gaze resting on his Adam's apple, "No... no."
Chi Yu looked at her face, thinking back to Wei Qing earlier, that face of hers was too attractive, maybe she needed to be hidden away.
Song Luokui saw that he wasn't speaking or moving, and pushed him harder, "What's wrong with you?"
Chi Yu then grasped her wrist, "Why did you really come out to eat with me?"
Song Luokui didn't understand, wasn't it him who asked her out? Although she did have some thoughts in mind.
Song Luokui's eyes flickered but she didn't say anything.
Chi Yu tightened his grip on her wrist, "The business plan? Or for your brother?"
Song Luokui raised her eyelids to look at him, "Didn't you say before... to be an insider?"
Chi Yu: "Actually, I don't understand. Your brother and I are just business competitors, but you seem to think I would harm him. I consider myself a law-abiding person."
Song Luokui recalled the time she saw him coldly watching as his underlings stepped on someone who had made some unknown mistake in a private room at a club. She also heard from others in the circle that with just a casual remark from him, people could completely disappear from the circle. As a member of the Chi family, he was indeed law-abiding in public, but his private methods...
Song Luokui: "Maybe not now, but what if my brother's interests conflict with yours one day?"
Chi Yu: "So you want to get rid of me?"
Upon hearing this, Song Luokui immediately lowered her head, "Uh... no, it was just a thought, like how people might imagine themselves getting rich one day." Why did he have to keep remembering that?!
Chi Yu: "Actually, there is another way to solve all the problems."
Song Luokui looked up: "What?"
Chi Yu moved the hand grasping her wrist to her palm, "You can use your feminine wiles on me."
Song Luokui's eyes widened and she blinked a few times, "I don't understand."
Chi Yu put one hand on her shoulder, "You do understand. A beauty's charms, fleeting nights of passion, the king neglecting court affairs. Even King Zhou would have listened to what Daji said."
Song Luokui's face instantly turned red, this man...
Seeing her flushed face, Chi Yu's thoughts wandered and he unconsciously caressed her cheek, "Let me apologize first, but I can't help myself. You can push me away." Chi Yu swallowed, his fingers lightly stroking her face.
Song Luokui's heart pounded, she was stunned for a moment. They were so close that she could hear both his heartbeat and her own.
With a loud "swish" sound, Song Luokui jumped up, her chair sliding back making a screeching noise. Chi Yu's hand was still suspended in the air.
Standing up, Song Luokui covered her chest and took two steps back, "I... you..."
Chi Yu suddenly smiled: "You should be able to tell my feelings for you."
Song Luokui: ... She could indeed tell, but there was still a hint of disbelief in her heart.
Chi Yu looked at her: "So, what do you think of my suggestion?"
Song Luokui thought for two seconds then shook her head, "Not very good? I think... I should leave."
She was about to walk out of the private room, but was pulled back by Chi Yu in the next second, "Your brother is going to Honglomas, the capital of Country X next week. There might be people working against his interests there. I can help."
Song Luokui frowned and turned around: "What do you mean?"
Chi Yu: "The public security situation abroad is incomparable to that at home. It's not easy to do oil business overseas. For example, when I met you in Y Country years ago."
Song Luokui looked at him, took a deep breath, "Thank you for the information. But I..."
Chi Yu: "Am I not good enough for you?"
Song Luokui: "You're very good, but..."
Chi Yu: "But your brother won't agree? What if I can get him to agree?"
Song Luokui looked at him: "It's related to my brother but that's not the main point. This kind of thing... this kind of thing... needs a lot of consideration."
Chi Yu sighed, "Okay, let's not talk about that. Aren't you still hungry? Why don't we eat first?"
Song Luokui widened her eyes, he still had the mind for eating now?
Chi Yu looked at the table of dishes: "It would be a waste not to finish them, right?"
Song Luokui looked at the table where most of the dishes were barely touched. It did seem... So the two sat back down.
Fortunately, the dishes were being kept warm over a low flame to maintain the temperature, so eating them was still fine.
As they ate, Chi Yu suddenly said: "I don't think I've properly introduced myself."
Song Luokui was gnawing on a rib and looked at him in confusion, was an introduction still needed?
Chi Yu: "I'm Chi Yu, with 'Yu' meaning 'island' in Shan Yu, 187 cm tall."
Song Luokui: "Ah? I thought you were 185 cm."
Chi Yu paused, "Should I have someone bring a ruler to measure right now?"
Song Luokui gave him a look of disbelief.
"We're eating."
Chi Yu: "I'll take a picture at home for you. If you don't believe me, you can measure me yourself?"
