The Beautiful CEO's Close Bodyguard-Chapter 1402 - 1415

Mu Bingtong nervously knocked on the manager’s door. After pushing it open, she saw the manager was searching for something with his back to her.

"Who told you to..." The manager turned around angrily when he heard the noise, but his expression instantly changed from stormy to clear when he saw Mu Bingtong.

"Oh, Mu Bingtong, feeling better from your cold? Come, come, have a seat, have a seat."

Mu Bingtong was suddenly pulled to a chair by the manager, still not able to calm down from his enthusiasm.

What’s up with the manager? Suddenly, he was like a different person with her. Before, he looked like he’d eat her alive, but now he’s so polite.

"Manager, is there something you need from me?" Mu Bingtong was momentarily unable to accept the manager’s intense gaze, which made her feel uneasy.

"Mu Bingtong, why didn’t you tell me earlier that you have such an amazing friend?" The manager patted Mu Bingtong’s hand, scaring her into scooting to the side.

Realizing his abruptness, the manager turned around and sat back at his boss’s seat, still looking at Mu Bingtong with a harmonious expression.

"The Chu Group, heard of it?" The manager took out a contract.

"Heard... heard of it." Mu Bingtong was startled inside, Chu...

"Their CEO personally came to our company yesterday and proposed a collaboration," the manager said, deliberately glancing at Mu Bingtong.

She was briefly stunned upon hearing about the collaboration, which the manager caught.

The manager’s mouth curled into an ambiguous smile, "I’ve arranged a dinner tonight, you’re coming with me."

Upon hearing about the dinner, Mu Bingtong quickly stood up, "Manager, I... I’m afraid I can’t, I can’t drink, nor can I speak well, it’s better if Sister Zhang goes."

Mu Bingtong finally understood why Secretary Zhang’s eyes were filled with jealousy when she looked at her. If it were any other company or if he hadn’t said that to her that night, she might not have defied the manager’s order. But now, she’d rather not go.

"What? You don’t want to be made permanent?" The manager’s face immediately turned stern when he heard she wouldn’t go, looking at her with displeasure, even his tone changed instantly.

Mu Bingtong sighed inwardly, this is the true face of the boss.

"Of course I want to, but I’m really afraid I’ll mess things up," Mu Bingtong started with confidence, but ended in a voice only she could hear, "then it won’t be about being made permanent, but about packing up and leaving."

"What did you say?!" The manager obviously didn’t hear her last words.

"You may go now. I’m not discussing this with you, just informing you. After work, go home, change clothes, and head directly to this place." With that, the manager placed a note with an address written on it on the table.

Mu Bingtong sighed silently, unwillingly picking up the note and clutching it in her hand, "Then I’ll go back to work first."

She turned and walked out of the office. Her colleagues, who had been eavesdropping at the door for a while, were taken aback when the door suddenly opened and waved awkwardly at Mu Bingtong before quickly dispersing.

Mu Bingtong merely gave them a cold glance and ignored their strange looks, turning to leave the work area...

What exactly happened yesterday? Mu Bingtong wondered, but she didn’t know who to ask. Unconsciously, she found herself at the tea room.

Li Xing stood silently behind Mu Bingtong, watching her look both frustrated and anxious until she turned around to leave, bumping right into him.

"Ouch."

"Are you alright?" Li Xing rushed forward to steady Mu Bingtong, asking with concern.

"I’m fine, I’m fine, sorry, it was my mistake." Mu Bingtong rubbed her forehead, looking down at her toes.

"Stop lowering your head, anymore and you’ll fall to the ground."

Li Xing teased.

"No way!" Mu Bingtong was amused by Li Xing’s comment.

"I’ve been standing behind you for a while, just saw you pacing out with a heavy heart, what’s up? Facing something unhappy?"

Mu Bingtong looked at Li Xing, wondering if he knew what happened yesterday.

"Did something happen yesterday?" Mu Bingtong suddenly leaned closer to Li Xing and asked.

Li Xing leaned back as Mu Bingtong approached, "No, nothing happened."

Li Xing raised three fingers in the air.

Mu Bingtong chuckled, "I didn’t make you swear!"

Li Xing looked at his fingers, chuckled awkwardly, withdrew them and continued, "Yesterday nothing major happened, really. The CEO of the Chu Group came personally to our company and proposed collaboration, that’s probably the only big deal?"

Li Xing looked admiringly at the ceiling. If she didn’t know Li Xing had a girlfriend, she would have thought he had a crush on that CEO.

"However, when he was leaving, he glanced around and asked the manager if you were working here!"

"Asked about me?" Mu Bingtong almost confirmed that person was Chu Ge, truly a case of enemies meeting in a narrow path.

Li Xing kept on chattering, "You wouldn’t believe how the women in our company acted starstruck seeing the CEO, eyes practically shooting hearts, just shy of throwing themselves into his arms."

"But, when they heard the CEO ask about you, everyone started speculating about your relationship." Li Xing said thoughtfully.

"We have no relationship!" Distracted, Mu Bingtong was startled by Li Xing’s words about their relationship and quickly and loudly denied it.

"You scared me!" Li Xing patted his chest, looking at Mu Bingtong, "I didn’t even say you had anything, look how excited you got, scared my Northern accent right out."

Li Xing gave Mu Bingtong a sidelong glance in his Dongbei dialect, "Seriously, this really woke me up."

After Li Xing left, Mu Bingtong fidgeted at the tea room counter, what to do, what to do!

Mu Bingtong, who usually felt the seconds tick by slowly, felt time passed unusually fast for the first time, as the second hand crossed the twelve o’clock mark, the end-of-day bell rang sharply, and for the first time, she didn’t want to leave work.

"Mu Bingtong, it’s the end of the day," colleagues cheerfully greeted her.

"Alright, alright, I’m leaving soon." Mu Bingtong forced a polite smile, waving at the ones greeting her.

She took out the crumpled paper with the address written on it, smoothing it on the table, staring at the words for a good minute.

After a minute, she stood up defiantly as if facing a heroic sacrifice, picked up the note. It’s just a meal, who doesn’t know how to eat! She walked home with determination on her face.

Once home, looking at the packed wardrobe, she instantly deflated like a punctured balloon, lying on the bed limp.

"Don’t forget, dress appropriately, remember, it must be appropriate!" The manager’s words obviously meant for her to dress a bit sexier, but where did she have sexy clothes?