Seeing Li Kexin's very serious expression, Ye Chen also adopted a "serious" demeanor. After thinking for a moment, Ye Chen nodded sincerely.
"No, how could I have seen anything?"
Li Kexin was stunned for a moment, then said angrily,
"If you didn't see anything, why are you nodding?"
Ye Chen shook his head and corrected himself,
"My mistake. I meant, yes, I saw."
Seeing this, the anger Li Kexin had been harboring all night suddenly burst out.
"I... I'll bite you to death!"
Ye Chen raised his right hand and gently pressed it against Li Kexin's forehead. No matter how Li Kexin punched and kicked, she couldn't get close to Ye Chen. Li Kexin, after trying hard for a while, gave up.
"When we were in school, you bullied me, and even after graduation, you still bully me..." she grumbled.
Hearing this, Ye Chen sneered a few times, then let go of her and said,
"Actually, that was an accident, not bullying."
Li Kexin said angrily,
"You took all the advantage, and I was the one who suffered. Isn't that bullying?"
Ye Chen coughed a few times and said,
"Didn't you look back at me in the bathroom? Now we're even."
"You!"
Li Kexin was furious. How could anyone talk to a girl like this? He didn't know what kindness or consideration meant at all. How could Li Kexin not be angry? But soon, Li Kexin became melancholic. She and Ye Chen weren't boyfriend and girlfriend; no matter how inconsiderate Ye Chen was, it seemed, in a way, reasonable.
After a long exhalation, Li Kexin said,
"Forget it. Let's just pretend nothing happened."
Ye Chen nodded with a smile and said,
"Alright, nothing happened. Well then, I'm leaving."
Hearing this, Li Kexin's two slender eyebrows suddenly knitted together. Obviously, Ye Chen's free and easy words had stimulated her a little.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
Ye Chen looked at Li Kexin suspiciously and asked,
"Is something wrong?"
Li Kexin bit her lip and said,
"Can you do me a favor?"
"What kind of favor?"
Ye Chen asked in surprise. Li Kexin hesitated for a moment and said,
"I'm going to see a client. Can you take me there, okay?"
Ye Chen was stunned for a moment and asked,
"What client makes you so nervous?"
No matter how carefree Li Kexin's personality usually was, it didn't mean she was stupid. For her to suddenly say this to Ye Chen, it was obvious she genuinely needed help; otherwise, it would be impossible for her to suddenly ask him this. Li Kexin said,
"One of the company's major clients asked me to go talk about a deal..."
"The meeting location isn't at their company?"
Ye Chen frowned and asked. Li Kexin nodded but said nothing.Ye Chen glanced at Li Kexin and asked,
"Is the company sending you alone?"
Li Kexin nodded again and said,
"The manager asked me to have a good talk, to gain some experience, and try to sign the contract."
"Where is the meeting?" Ye Chen asked.
Li Kexin said, "At a KTV..."
Ye Chen squinted his eyes when he heard this.
"Resign. There's no need to do this job."
A company's big client asking an employee to go discuss business was one thing. But for a young woman, especially one who hadn't even graduated for half a year, to be sent to a KTV to talk business—that was utter nonsense in Ye Chen's view. If it were someone else, Ye Chen definitely wouldn't care, but Li Kexin was different; no matter what, she was his classmate. Ye Chen would naturally stand on Li Kexin's side. In the big dyeing vat of society, there were truly too many dirty people and dirty things. However, Ye Chen hadn't expected Li Kexin to encounter such a situation.
Li Kexin glanced at Ye Chen at this moment and said,
"Resigning means resigning, but I want to get this month's salary and bonus. I can't let them take advantage of me."
Ye Chen was stunned for a moment, and then he understood the hidden meaning in Li Kexin's words. She wanted him to go over with her to deal with that sleazy client, delay things until the end of the month so she could get her salary and bonus, and then resign. After regaining his senses, Ye Chen couldn't help but smile and said,
"Are you stupid? You should resign now. If your company dares not pay you the remuneration you deserve, I will help you get it. Why go through all that trouble? Is this the main office?"
The law expressly stipulates that employees are free to resign and can do so at any time. And the company must pay the corresponding remuneration; otherwise, one can sue the company. But many working people either don't know this or, if they do, don't want to go through the hassle.
Li Kexin was stunned when she heard this. She hadn't expected Ye Chen to say that. After regaining her senses, a warm feeling suddenly emerged from her heart.
"Thank you."
Ye Chen gave Li Kexin a roll of his eyes and said,
"What's there to thank me for? Go ahead and resign."
Li Kexin was stunned again when she heard this. Thoughts drifted back to two years ago. At that time, the scene on the playground, what Ye Chen had said then, flashed through her mind again. After regaining her senses, Li Kexin's face flushed, she nodded, and replied,
"Yes." Ye Chen was still the same Ye Chen.
Just like two years ago, Ye Chen, who had clearly been in the wrong but had apologized with such confidence, later took off his T-shirt to block her from view, returning to school shirtless. Although, at the time, it was all Ye Chen's fault, and Li Kexin had been so angry that she didn't even speak to him for two years, a seed had still been planted in her heart. Although the seed was insignificant, it had always existed. Today, the seeds seemed to have received rain and dew, and suddenly they began to take root and sprout.
After Li Kexin finished speaking, she handed the bag of clothes back to Ye Chen. At this moment, a slightly unhappy voice came over.
"Xinxin, didn't you say you were just going to pick up a package? Is this the 'package' you were talking about?"