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"It's just a piece of cake."

She opened her mouth half-frightened."I know, but I just don't like it."

Saito Hideki smiled lightly and did not continue on this topic.

Lan Lin looked at him, but she wasn't stupid enough to get entangled. She just liked Saito Hideki's cold and indifferent tone. She still looked down upon a man who promised and flattered him in every possible way, especially now that their relationship was nothing. She hooked his hand, but he didn't get rid of her, so she snickered.

On the other side, Xi Wu found Zuo Yuen and said straight away: "Lend me your glasses!"

Zuo Yuen handed over the water."Why suddenly..."

"Because I met an acquaintance I didn't want to meet." Xi Wu took the water and drank it, looking at the black-rimmed glasses on Zuo Yuen's face."Look carefully, your glasses don't have prescription, right? They should be good for covering your face. Can you lend them to me? Otherwise, I'm going to get away from people. I'm sorry I can't help you during the interview."

"So heartless..." You already know how important this interview is, and you still want to avoid him?It seemed that Xi Wu had really met an acquaintance whom she really didn't want to see, and Zuo Yuen couldn't say no at all.As he muttered, he reached out and took off the glasses on his face."Here, here you go."

"Thank you." Xi Wu took it with a smile, suddenly glanced at her, and his eyes widened suddenly."Oh my God, Yu En, you are very beautiful, and your eyes are seductive...well..."

Zuo Yuen sealed her mouth with his hand."Shh, don't talk nonsense."

Xi Wu took her hand off her mouth."I'm not telling you nonsense. You are really beautiful. Tsk, those eyes will probably make a man fall in when he sees them, right?"

"Still talking!" Zuo Yuen stamped his feet."Give me my glasses! I won't lend them to you anymore!"

She stretched out her hand to grab it, but Xi Wu turned around to hide and quickly put the glasses on her face."It's too late, it already belongs to me today, unless you want your interview photos to be open, I'm serious!"

Zuo Yuen didn't stop after hearing this, but turned Xi Wu around to take a look."It looks similar. Are you sure people won't recognize it this way?"

"I will try my best to hide behind the camera. If you don't pay attention, you won't see it." Xi Wu smiled faintly and adjusted his glasses awkwardly."I have an extra pair of glasses. It really gives me a little more sense of security. No wonder you always wear glasses and you look so beautiful. Are you afraid of attracting flies?"

Zuo Yuen blushed with embarrassment."How beautiful is it? It's just that you usually think that I am ugly, so you were very surprised when you saw me. But you, what happened just now? Why did your face suddenly turn pale? Are you feeling better now?"

Xi Wu nodded, not wanting to explain anything, and smiled at her."I suddenly had chest pain just now. It's much better now. It's okay. Don't worry."

"If it's okay, then go to work. I'll trouble you today."

"Just remember to treat me to a big dinner." Xi Wu patted her with a smile on her face, but she was extremely nervous in her heart. Her heart was pounding and even her palms were sweating.

Will he recognize her?

Probably not...

She really doesn’t have to scare herself…

The signing ceremony went very smoothly. He just signed his name, took the microphone and said some scripted remarks to the media, and took photos so that everyone could go back to work. Saito Hideki was very familiar with this. Although he didn't like it, he could handle it with ease.

The exclusive interview after the cocktail party was arranged for him by Lan Lin. It is said that this business magazine is published at home and abroad, and is quite famous and credible in Taiwan and mainland China. He will agree that this interview is for the promotion and marketing mechanism of the cooperation between the two Chinese and Japanese consortiums. It is better to leave it alone than to waste it.

However, he seemed very absent-minded during the interview because his eyes were always attracted by the woman holding a camera not far away——

Big black-framed glasses, bangs that almost covered half of her face... In the blink of an eye, this woman seemed to be deliberately making herself ugly. Why?

His eye for identifying people has always been accurate. The camera, hair, height, and clothing of this woman must be the woman who was almost hit and protected in his arms just now. Although she did not raise her face for him to see, he was very sure that she did not have the black-rimmed glasses on her face just now.

So, she did it on purpose?To avoid whom?

"Mr. Saito?" Zuo Yuen couldn't wait for the other party to answer for a long time, so he had to raise his voice slightly."As for the question I just asked about your relationship with Miss Lan Lin, I wonder if it would be convenient for you to answer?"

Saito Hideki's dark eyes finally turned back to Zuo Yuen's petite face. This must be the first time he looked at her seriously, and he discovered an interesting thing, that is, there were traces of wearing glasses for a long time on both sides of her nose...

He leaned forward, lowered his voice and asked, "Did you just lend your glasses to the lady who took my photo?"

"Huh?" Zuo Yuen was startled and froze.

He gave her a charming smile."If you answer my question, I'll answer your question."

"Yes...how do you know?" This is too weird!

"Guess. Why did she want to borrow your glasses?"

Zuo Yuen smiled softly."Why is Mr. Saito interested in this?"

"If you don't want to answer my question, then answer my next question - what's her name?"

"It turns out that Mr. Saito is interested in our Xiwu?"

Saito Hideki raised his eyebrows and looked at the woman again."Xi Wu? Her name?"

"Yes." Zuo Yuen nodded."I have already answered Mr. Saito's two questions, so please keep your promise."

Saito Hideki smiled lightly and answered her readily."Miss Lan Lin and I have a purely cooperative relationship, but we don't rule out any possibility in the future. It just depends on fate."

"So, Mr. Saito and Miss Lan Lin are not boyfriend and girlfriend or engaged?"

"I just said, it's a purely cooperative relationship."

Chapter 12(2)

Zuo Yuen nodded and typed what he said into the computer, then raised his eyes and smiled."Is this an official answer? Can't you give me an exclusive report? For example, your past relationships or the type of women you like, etc. These are the gossips that everyone likes to hear?"

"If you can go out and let me talk to Miss Xi Wu alone, maybe I will consider it." There was only one woman in his past, and that was Wu Dongmo.This person named Xi Wu, in terms of hair, body shape and temperament, has the feeling of Wu Dongmo, but he is more mature than before - no matter what, he must confirm it again in person, he does not want to let go of any possibility.

"Why? Mr. Saito doesn't look like a carefree and reckless person." Zuo Yuen had to ask.

Her super sensitive intuition told her that whether it was his temperament, conversation or elegant behavior, it was difficult to associate it with the frivolousness in his words just now.Showing such active interest in a woman he met for the first time does not look like the cold and taciturn President Saito rumored to be.

Saito Hideki just pulled his lips lightly."It's okay if you don't want to help. If someone goes missing later, just don't rush to the police station to report the case."

Oh my god, he wants to kidnap?Is it true that there are rumors that the Saito family is backed by Japanese gangsters?

Zuo Yuen's eyes widened, he stood up in a hurry, turned around and suddenly shouted to a woman who was still trying hard to hide behind the camera——

"Xi Wu, run! Someone is trying to catch you! Hurry!"

Xi Wu was stunned for a moment, and a face wearing black-rimmed glasses finally came out from behind the camera.

I saw Saito Hideki's handsome face couldn't hold back a smile after a moment of surprise. It seemed that he didn't expect the woman Zuo Yuen to react like this.

"Come on, he's going to kidnap you, why are you standing there?" Zuo Yuen waved to her desperately, and seeing that she couldn't move, he had no choice but to run in front of her and pull her."Go quickly, I'll stop him!"

"Huh? Yu En..." What is the situation now?She didn't understand it at all.Xi Wu looked at the man who was getting up and walking towards her inexplicably.

"Talk to me, Miss Xiwu." Hideki Saito said straight to the point, staring at her with focused and deep black eyes."Otherwise I will really kidnap you."

Saito Hideki wants to kidnap her?

If he really wants to do this, it's too late to run away now, okay?

In the hotel room used for the interview, only Xi Wu and Saito Hideki were left. Zuo Yuen was kicked out. Xi Wu asked her to go home first, but she insisted on guarding the door.