“Ah, it’s nothing, really, nothing at all.”
Liang Rou immediately hid her phone behind her back.
She still had a bit of that old-fashioned male pride—thinking it was embarrassing if her colleagues or friends saw her being bossed around by her girlfriend.
“I just worry the Boss will suddenly assign me a task… You know how our Boss is.”
She pulled out the most understandable lie she could think of.
Xia Rui nodded thoughtfully, but didn’t move her feet to leave.
Liang Rou looked helplessly at the blonde, feisty girl in front of her.
If Xia Rui didn’t leave, she couldn’t just pick up her phone and reply to her girlfriend. Suddenly, inspiration struck.
“I drank a bit too much last night. My stomach hurts, so I need to use the bathroom!”
Without waiting for a response, she darted into the bathroom and locked the door behind her.
Liang Rou didn’t even bother to pull down her pants.
She just sat on the toilet, pulled out her phone again, and nervously opened her chat with An Luxi.
She hesitated, but in the end decided not to tell the truth.
If she told An Luxi she’d gotten drunk with colleagues and ended up sharing a bed with someone, her girlfriend would definitely be furious.
A harmless lie was better.
[Liang Rou: I’m sorry, Little Deer. I was just too tired last night. When I got home, I forgot to turn my phone’s ringer back on, so I fell asleep… I didn’t hear your calls or your messages.]
After sending the message, Liang Rou scrolled up through the chat.
[Little Deer: Rou Rou, where are you?]
[Little Deer: Please don’t scare me. Why haven’t you replied for so long?]
[Little Deer: You didn’t run into any danger after work, did you?]
[Little Deer: Please don’t scare me, okay? Hurry up and reply!]
[Little Deer: Missed call]
[Little Deer: Missed call]
[Little Deer: I changed my flight! Don’t be afraid, wait for me!]
The last message was sent at two in the morning.
Liang Rou’s eyes widened as she glanced at the current time.
8:12 AM.
Which meant An Luxi would be arriving in this city in about an hour.
That girl had driven to the airport alone in the middle of the night—far too dangerous.
All her fault.
If only she’d had a little less to drink, or just let An Luxi know before dinner, none of this would have happened.
No time to waste—she had to go.
But as her hand gripped the door handle, she remembered Xia Rui was still outside.
What should she say?
If she said she was going to the airport to pick up her girlfriend, the ever-helpful Xia Rui would definitely volunteer to come along.
What if she let something slip? How would she explain then?
Maybe she could explain everything to Xia Rui on the way and ask her to cover for her?
That seemed to be the only option…
Liang Rou took a deep breath and pushed open the bathroom door.
“Xia—”
Before she could finish calling out her name, Xia Rui interrupted her.
“Sorry, Senior.”
Xia Rui gave her an apologetic smile. “My grandfather just called and asked me to come home, so I can’t keep you company today. How about tomorrow? I’ll treat you to a meal!”
Oh.
That actually worked out perfectly—Xia Rui would go to her grandfather’s, and she could pick up her girlfriend. No need to go through all the trouble of explaining or asking Xia Rui to cover for her.
“Alright, alright, you go ahead.”
She completely ignored Xia Rui’s last sentence, and totally forgot that tomorrow was her own birthday.
Hearing this, Xia Rui immediately beamed.
She opened a cabinet and, to Liang Rou’s shock, casually hooked out a car key.
“If you want to stay at my place a while longer, that’s fine too~”
With that, Xia Rui hurried off, leaving a stunned Liang Rou replaying the image of that cabinet—stuffed full of car keys.
No way.
Was Xia Rui some rich heiress?
Then why work at their lousy company, and start at the bottom? Was she just here to “experience life” as a rich kid?
No time to think about it.
The most important thing now was to get to the airport and pick up her girlfriend.
Besides, whether Xia Rui was rich or not had nothing to do with her.
But it wouldn’t hurt to stay on Xia Rui’s good side.
The girl didn’t seem like a pushover—she’d definitely be helpful for work in the future.
“What if Xia Rui is actually our Big Boss’s daughter?”
Liang Rou pictured their Big Boss and his receding hairline, then shook her head.
“Xia Rui’s way too pretty for that.”
Saying this, she made her way down to the underground garage and hopped onto her electric scooter.
Time to go pick up An Luxi at the airport.
Xia Rui’s place was quite far from the airport, so Liang Rou didn’t dare run any red lights.
It took her over an hour to get there, and by the time she arrived, her electric scooter was nearly out of power.
She fretted that she’d have to pedal all the way home.
But there was a silver lining—An Luxi’s plane hadn’t landed yet, since her phone remained silent.
About ten minutes later, Liang Rou finally felt her phone vibrate. Sure enough, it was a message from her girlfriend.
[Little Deer: Ah… Rou Rou, you scared me to death! I thought something had happened to you—I almost called the police…]
Sigh.
This silly girl.
Liang Rou was suddenly overwhelmed with guilt.
She’d forgotten about An Luxi all because she’d been out drinking with friends.
Wait—drinking!
She quickly sniffed herself.
Thankfully, there was no trace of alcohol.
But she did notice a faint, unfamiliar scent—a light fragrance that Xia Rui always wore…
“Rou Rou!”
No time to think, Liang Rou heard a familiar voice calling her name.
She immediately broke into a smile and ran toward An Luxi.
“Idiot, you worry too much. I was the one who should’ve been worried—driving alone to the airport at night. It’s my fault for forgetting to tell you how tired I was today.”
Liang Rou hugged An Luxi tightly.
An Luxi was petite, about the same height as Liang Rou, but looked even younger.
Her jet-black hair was tied into two playful tufts at her ears, swaying gently as she moved.
Her round golden eyes were just like Liang Rou’s, but even more innocent and clear.
She always wore a neat Academy Style Dress, the skirt falling smoothly to her knees, every pleat perfectly in place.
Her voice was soft and delicate, every syllable carefully chosen—she was the very picture of a timid child.
Compared to Liang Rou, she really was like a little white rabbit.
Being hugged tightly by her girlfriend, An Luxi’s face bloomed with happiness.
But after taking a deep breath, that smile suddenly vanished.
“Rou Rou.”
An Luxi grabbed Liang Rou’s arm.
“Why do you smell like someone else’s perfume?”