[BL] Transmigrating into the Reborn Male Lead's Ex-Boyfriend

Ch16 - Looking for Friends

After the pool party, Song Xuanhe and Xiao Yuanmu’s relationship had become a little bit abstruse.

The two of them lived under the same roof, worked at the same company—they met frequently. Outside, they were each other’s nominal lovers, but when they met with each other, Song Xuanhe’s attitude was always indifferent and irreverent. Meanwhile, Xiao Yuanmu was no longer as detached as he was before. Although he still didn’t speak much, everyday, he would stand at the company doors with a distant expression at lunch and after work. It was like he was silently declaring his possession of the other.

This behaviour, which was neither eager nor aloof, made Song Xuanhe feel a bit helpless.

Right now, it was time for lunch again. Song Xuanhe kicked the footstool, a bit agitated, scaring the assistant, who had just finished his report, into trembling. The assistant thought that there was something wrong in his report just now and promptly turned around, saying, “Young Mr. Song, if you aren’t satisfied with this plan, if you think that it’s not good, I will immediately have them come up with a new one.”

Song Xuanhe was startled. Suddenly, a smile appeared on his face. He hooked his finger and said to the assistant, “Right. Immediately gather everyone for a meeting in the small conference room. Prepare lunch for all attendees while you’re at it.”

The assistant nodded and left the office in haste.

Song Xuanhe called via the company’s internal line and had his secretary go tell Xiao Yuanmu that he would be in a meeting, so they would not be eating together. When Song Xuanhe looked at his empty office, he suddenly felt that he was especially wise.

When the meeting was over, it was already 12:30. Because he had silenced his phone for the meeting, Song Xuanhe discovered that he had two missed calls upon entering his office. One was from Xiao Yuanmu, and the other was from an unknown number.

He skipped past Xiao Yuanmu’s name and called back the unknown number.

The other party received the call very quickly and went straight to business: “Mr. Song, the person you’ve asked us to keep an eye on has moved. Recently, she’s gone to Zijing villa. It seems that she has bumped into that person.”

The corner of Song Xuanhe’s lips rose. He was already in a fairly good mood, but it just got better. He said, “Carefully watch over it.”

“Are you really going to treat me like this over that man?” Song Jiani’s tears fell. She walked over to Song Xuanhe’s desk and sobbed, “I just wanted Lu Chao to teach him a lesson, that’s all. Song Xuanhe, you and I have grown up together. It was me who was by your side all this time. You’re going to fire me because of that b*tch you’ve just met?”

Song Xuanhe frowned. With a stern expression, he said, “You should know that you’re getting fired because you messed up at work. This has nothing to do with Xiao Yuanmu.”

“How could this not have anything to do with him?!” Song Jiani’s body trembled, albeit it was unknown whether it was from anger or from crying. She walked around the desk, headed towards Song Xuanhe, and interrogated him, “Before, you would only say a few things if I made a mistake. And before Xiao Yuanmu came, you have never treated me so coldly before, let alone try to fire me. Everything is because of him. It couldn’t be that you actually like him that much?! Because of him, you dislike me now?”

Song Xuanhe used his toe to push his chair back a bit. The perfume on her body made his nose uncomfortable. Because he was getting agitated, his tone became impatient, “I’ve always disliked you. It has nothing to do with Xiao Yuanmu. Also, since you’ve been fired, don’t stay here at the company….”