Unable to swagger over to Zuo Baixuan, he grabbed the receptionist next to him and asked, "What happened?"
While the receptionist answered quietly, Luan Yennan was also replying to Si Ruxin: "I can arrange for the person in charge of the 'Internet of Things' project to introduce it to you."
Just then, the person in charge came down from the elevator.
The person in charge was somewhat confused, but still followed Luan Yenan's instructions and stood next to her, looking at Si Ruxin. However, he felt a little embarrassed by the high slit of the beautiful woman's cheongsam.
I've only seen two stunningly beautiful women like this in the company: the boss and his wife. But the boss and his wife would never wear clothes like this to the company.
He hesitated, wondering whether he should take the initiative to introduce himself.
Si Ruxin didn't even glance at him, but kept staring at Luan Yenan.
Even the bodyguards behind her were watching the person in charge warily, causing the person in charge to subconsciously take a step back.
Si Ruxin smiled and said, "President Luan, I don't actually need a specific project plan. Although our Si family is in the logistics business, I'm just a designer and don't know anything about these things."
These words struck not only Luan Yenan but also the surrounding employees as problematic.
If you don't understand these things, what are you doing here?
If you don't understand these things, what did your Si family send you here for?
Zuo Baixuan also frowned.
Si Ruxin's expression remained unchanged, with a smile on her face. She gently waved her fan, and a breeze caressed her face, blowing the stray hairs at her temples.
"Our Si family is interested in your project, so we'd like to assess your company's scale and development prospects. As long as you have the capability, we're willing to cooperate. Similarly, we'd like to invite you to Jiangcheng to see if we can collaborate. Look, I've been waiting for you here for so long today, and I've already said all this. Now, could you show me around the company?"
Instead of giving a direct answer, Luan Yenan turned to Zuo Baixuan and said, "Wife, why don't you come with me to entertain the guests?"
Zuo Baixuan refused, saying, "No, I didn't come this morning. I still have a lot of work to catch up on."
Jiang Lingdan watched from the sidelines, feeling frustrated but unable to voice her opinion directly.
Did his previous assists succeed or not? Why does this friend still have no sense of crisis about his wife?
Luan Yenan's gaze lingered on Zuo Baixuan for a while.
My emotions were churning inside.
Even if he wasn't interested in Si Ruxin, this person's intentions towards him were practically obvious.
Surprisingly, Zuo Baixuan still didn't care at all.
Is this comfortable feeling I've been experiencing these past two days confined to the home? It seems like as soon as I step outside, everything goes back to normal.
This made Luan Yenan somewhat dissatisfied. She wanted to pinch Zuo Baixuan's face in front of everyone and make her answer again while she looked at her.
But reason prevailed over her once again.
Zuo Baixuan's refusal was so thorough that there was no reason for me to insist in front of so many people.
Zuo Baixuan quickly avoided eye contact, and even turned and went into the company after answering.
The other employees also felt a little awkward standing at the elevator entrance, and took advantage of the moment when Zuo Baixuan left to follow her inside one by one.
Jiang Lingdan had no choice but to go to the elevator and rescue Chen Huanyu: "Let's go, senior."
As Chen Huanyu stepped out of the elevator, her gaze, hidden under her hood, drifted briefly towards Si Ruxin before glancing at Luan Yenan.
Luan Yenan nodded to the unidentifiable, without saying anything else.
Chen Huanyu then looked away and followed Jiang Lingdan into the company.
Luan Yenan turned to look at Si Ruxin, who half-covered her face with a round fan and said with a half-smile, "No wonder President Luan likes your wife so much. She's so career-minded."
“Yes, this company can’t function without her.” Luan Yennan didn’t bother to figure out what Si Ruxin meant by saying that, and just went along with it.
Whether it's true or false is for her to judge.
Si Ruxin slowed down her fan-waving speed by half a beat, but continued to sway it as she took two steps closer to Luan Yenan.
Luan Yenan, however, took two steps ahead at the same pace, neither too fast nor too slow.
Si Ruxin frowned and slowed her pace by two steps.
Luan Yenan's pace also slowed down.
Was it intentional?
Si Ruxin raised an eyebrow. She decided not to try to get closer and just followed along slowly, so as not to get too tired from walking in high heels today.
Luan Yenan led Si Ruxin into the company and casually introduced her briefly.
But his gaze was fixed on something not far away.
At a glance, Kan Yanghui handed a bag of candy to Zuo Baixuan, saying with concern, "Zuo Baixuan, yesterday... were you alright? You don't look too well today."
This attitude inexplicably reminds one of a puppy trying to please someone.
Although it was among a group of colleagues, after handing it to Zuo Baixuan, it was also passed on to other people.
Luan Yenan squinted, his narrow eyes concealing a murderous intent.
She was also unhappy that he called her by her first name.
There's nothing wrong with this in itself; the two people had known each other online for a long time and had always addressed each other by their real names.
However, most of the people in the company have changed their way of addressing Zuo Baixuan to "team leader" or "boss's wife," but he is the only one who has kept his old habit, as if he is hiding some unfounded old feelings in the old address.
Zuo Baixuan took only one candy from his candy bag and nodded gratefully: "I probably slept too late last night. I did eat breakfast this morning... so my complexion shouldn't be too bad, right? Cough, never mind, it's not important. Everyone, get ready, we're having a meeting soon."
Zuo Baixuan noticed the teasing gazes around her and quickly changed the subject.
Both she and Luan Yenan arrived late today.
For a newlywed couple, the implications of going to bed late last night and waking up late today are self-evident.
We can't say any more of that.
Zuo Baixuan stopped in time, but the others wouldn't let her go.
Another member of the group said with a smile, "Boss lady, don't listen to Xiao Kan's nonsense. You look perfectly fine. You must have had a good rest."
Zuo Baixuan remained silent and simply waved to everyone.
After all, she was the boss's wife and the team leader, and her influence in the company was greater than that of all the other managers combined. After a few light laughs, everyone fell silent.
"Hello, Mr. Luan, you're still entertaining guests. Can you please stop being so distracted? It's really making me sad," Si Ruxin interrupted Luan Yennan's reverie.
Luan Yenan replied as if nothing had happened: "You should have already been to the restaurant and lounge at noon."
"No, I didn't have a proper lunch either. I would be even happier if you could treat me to a dessert right now," Si Ruxin said, pushing her luck.
“Okay,” Luan Yenan replied.
Si Ruxin was somewhat surprised.
Luan Yenan said directly to the finance department, "Order afternoon tea, one for everyone, and bring one to the restaurant. I need to have a chat with Miss Si."
“Yes, boss!” the finance officer replied.
From the other end of the office, across several panes of glass, Zuo Baixuan felt a strange unease.
If Zuo Baixuan's heart was already shrouded in dark clouds when she first saw through Si Ruxin's intentions, then now a torrential rain, accompanied by lightning and thunder, was falling.
Luan Yenan's pheromones have become increasingly weak since the day she received two inhibitor injections during her susceptible period, and are now almost undetectable.
However, since Luan Yenan's canines had bitten the gland, a mark was still left on Zuo Baixuan's gland. Although the pheromones couldn't even form a temporary mark, an inseparable connection was formed between the two.
Even in the weakest state, when others can sense the pressure of pheromones, she can perceive the flow of pheromones.
Just as perceptive as the most normal Alpha and Omega couple.
Once an Omega is marked by an Alpha, it cannot find another Alpha. An Alpha can mark many Omegas, but this does not mean that an Omega is not "unique" to an Alpha.
A tagged Omega will be more sensitive to Alpha pheromones.
A normal Omega can immediately detect evidence of an Alpha's extramarital affair through changes in pheromones.
In addition, Omegas can also detect changes in other Omegas who are interested in their spouse, and the higher the compatibility, the more obvious the effect.
For example, right now, even if Zuo Baixuan didn't want to, she could clearly see that Si Ruxin's faint pheromones were drifting towards Luan Yenan.
This could practically be seen as a declaration of war against Zuo Baixuan, but Zuo Baixuan was still somewhat confused about what role she should play.
Zuo Baixuan could sense it, and so could Luan Yenan.
The fact that other Omegas' pheromones were interested in him did not give Luan Yenan any sense of superiority as an Alpha.
This, on the contrary, made her dissatisfied with the premise that pheromones attract each other between Alphas and Omegas once again.
She could sense subtle changes in the pheromones hidden beneath the barrier.
Same as this morning.
She hated the feeling of being bothered.
She only wants to mark Zuo Baixuan!
It would be best to have Zuo Baixuan mark her as well, even though she knows that under the current conditions, Alphas cannot be marked by Omegas, she still wants to lock the two of them together.
At this moment, Luan Yenan could only get rid of this unpleasant situation physically. She intentionally distanced herself from Si Ruxin, and even when she went to the cafeteria, she pretended that she had something to deal with and asked the receptionist to take her down first, while she simply stood outside the elevator.
Jiang Lingdan watched everything unfold before her, glancing at Luan Yenan for a while, then at Zuo Baixuan, who was holding a brief group meeting in the adjacent conference room, and shook her head with a tsk tsk.
Chen Huanyu sat down next to Jiang Lingdan and pulled down her hood.
Although Luan Yenan arranged a separate office for her, she ultimately chose to take over the snack spot next to Jiang Lingdan.
"It seems Luan Yenan was right." Chen Huanyu also tried to record these lessons learned and sighed softly.
"What? Really? What did Luan Yenan tell you?" Jiang Lingdan leaned close to Chen Huanyu and asked in a low voice that only the two of them could hear.
Chen Huanyu's ears burned all the way to the base of her ears.
"She said Zuo Baixuan doesn't like her." Chen Huanyu lowered her voice, making her sweet, childlike voice sound even more childish.
"Huh?" Jiang Lingdan couldn't suppress her voice.
The colleague in the front row turned his head strangely and saw Jiang Lingdan hooking her arm around Chen Huanyu, their faces almost touching, while Chen Huanyu's face was flushed.
Jiang Lingdan apologized and said nothing had happened.
The colleague could only say that he was indeed used to it.
As if to teach the naive Chen Huanyu a lesson, Jiang Lingdan whispered in her ear, "Don't listen to their nonsense. Those two are complete idiots who don't understand feelings at all. From now on, you have to listen to them in reverse. Just look at Xiao Zuo'er, she's so absent-minded, pretending not to care, but she cares terribly. Those two are really something, all my efforts to help her get back together have been for nothing..."