Chapter 267 - 152: A Strong Odor Needs No Concealment

Chapter 267: Chapter 152: A Strong Odor Needs No Concealment

"Did you miss me today?"

Chen Mo asked suddenly, holding the graceful figure snuggled in his arms.

It might seem childish to ask this every day, but it was an effective tactic against someone like Xia Shiqing.

Asking her daily forced her to confront her own feelings.

If he did it enough, she wouldn’t be able to keep up her stubborn facade.

Chen Mo wanted her words to be as honest as her body already was.

"I did today."

A hint of languor touched Xia Shiqing’s cool, stunningly beautiful face as she nodded lightly.

"What about tomorrow?"

"I don’t know about tomorrow."

"Then I’ll ask you again tomorrow."

"..."

After resting for a bit, the two of them went to make dinner.

However, Chen Mo took out the cream puffs he had bought that afternoon.

’Something this delicious is the perfect reward. She should have a few more.’

...

「The next morning.」

After his disciplined cardio session, Chen Mo drove Xia Shiqing to work.

In the Xihe Underground Garage, after a sweet goodbye kiss from Chen Mo, Xia Shiqing headed to work carrying the Hermes bag he had given her yesterday.

Meanwhile, Pan Kejia, parked in the space directly opposite, watched the lovey-dovey couple with a resentful look on her face.

That’s right, she had arrived a while ago but hadn’t gone up yet.

She was sitting in her car, waiting for Chen Mo.

And as it happened, she saw their sweet goodbye kiss, which made her heart ache with jealousy.

Seeing Xia Shiqing head up, Chen Mo retrieved a shopping bag from the frunk and walked over to Pan Kejia’s car.

"No need to be so jealous. Come to the back seat. I have a gift for you to help neutralize that sourness."

Chen Mo could practically smell the jealousy through the car door. He shook his head with a small smile, opened the rear door, and got in.

Soon after, Pan Kejia got out of the driver’s seat and sat down in the back.

"Is this a purse?"

Pan Kejia’s eyes lit up the moment she saw the Hermes logo on the shopping bag.

"Why don’t you open it and see for yourself?"

Chen Mo smiled and handed the shopping bag directly to her.

Full of anticipation, Pan Kejia unwrapped the packaging and saw a black bag from the Hermes Kelly collection inside.

She knew the value of this bag: over 170,000 yuan.

"Thanks, Daddy! Mwah mwah!"

Seeing that Chen Mo had given her such an expensive bag, she was so happy that she immediately leaned over and gave him a few kisses on the cheek.

She had been looking forward to this since getting off work yesterday, and as expected, Chen Mo didn’t disappoint.

"That bag she was just carrying... you didn’t give that to her too, did you?"

Pan Kejia suddenly thought of the Hermes bag Xia Shiqing had been holding, then looked at the one in her own hands.

Except for being black, her bag seemed to be the exact same model as Xia Shiqing’s.

They were both from the Hermes Kelly collection.

"Yep. Same model as yours."

Chen Mo shrugged and nodded.

"Ah! Then I have to go upstairs!"

Hearing this, Pan Kejia exclaimed in alarm. She couldn’t sit still for a second longer and was about to get out of the car with her new bag.

’Chen Mo gave us both bags, so how can I let Xia Shiqing be the first one to show hers off at the office?’

’Having the same bag isn’t a disaster, but it’s embarrassing to be the last one to show it off.’

As for what happened yesterday, she had to admit defeat to Xia Shiqing.

But in everything else, she still refused to lose to her.

"What’s the rush? We still haven’t discussed our import investment."

Chen Mo knew she would try to run. He grabbed her soft, fair wrist and pulled her slender body into his arms.

"Boss Chen, can we make today’s investment meeting a quick one? I’m in a hurry..."

Knowing she couldn’t escape, Pan Kejia lifted her charming face, looked at Chen Mo with a plaintive gaze, and pleaded.

Whenever Chen Mo started one of these "import investment meetings," he would go on and on, seemingly unable to stop.

He would endlessly instill his "investment philosophies and assets" into her, and the meetings would last far too long.

Normally, it would be fine, but today she was truly in a rush.

If she went up too late, the ship would have already sailed.

What would be the point of showing off then?

"No problem, but that depends on how well you listen."

"If you open yourself up and earnestly accept the investment philosophies and assets I’m instilling in you, then the meeting can end sooner, can’t it?"

Chen Mo raised an eyebrow. He would do his part, but it was up to Pan Kejia to be serious about it.

"I’ll definitely accept it earnestly."

Pan Kejia, only wanting to get upstairs sooner, nodded repeatedly.

...

Today’s investment meeting ended exceptionally early.

After the meeting was over, Chen Mo drove out of the Xihe Underground Garage.

Meanwhile, Pan Kejia, carrying the Hermes bag from Chen Mo, trotted toward the elevator on her long, fair legs.

She chugged from a water bottle as she went.

The meeting had involved a lot of talking—a lot of mouth movement—and she was thirsty.

When she got to the office, she headed for her own office, which she’d gotten after her promotion to supervisor.

But she didn’t go in right away. Instead, under the pretext of discussing work, she strolled back and forth around her old cubicle area with the bag in hand.

"Wow, Kejia... I mean, Supervisor Pan, is that a Hermes Kelly bag? It’s gorgeous!"

Finally, a female colleague noticed the bag she was carrying and couldn’t help but praise it with envy.

She had started by habitually calling her Kejia, but then remembered the other woman was Supervisor Pan now and shouldn’t be addressed so informally.

The colleague’s words drew everyone else’s attention, and they all looked over.

"My boyfriend gave it to me. I told him I didn’t want it, but he insisted."

"What can you do? That’s just how men are when they’re madly in love."

Since Chen Mo wasn’t around, Pan Kejia put on an act, a look of helpless resignation on her charming face.

"That bag costs over 170,000 yuan. I’m so jealous of Supervisor Pan."

"Supervisor Pan is young, beautiful, and comes from a wealthy family. What man wouldn’t fall at her feet?"

"Hermes is a must-have for a rich woman. Minister Xia was just carrying a Hermes Kelly, too—the same model as Supervisor Pan’s."

"Minister Xia’s white one was beautiful, too. Why couldn’t I have been born a great beauty? Then someone might give me a Hermes..."

"Do all guys have the same taste? I feel like every time Minister Xia’s and Supervisor Pan’s boyfriends give them gifts, they’re always the same."