Chapter 220: No Contact

Editor: Millman97

There was no reproach in his question, if anything, Xinghe could hear layers of concern.

"You mean the thing where I was chased out of the lab?"

"Yes, didn鈥檛 I tell you to come to me if anything happens?"

Obviously she didn鈥檛, because he heard this from someone else.

To his credit, he rushed back from his outstation meeting overseas the moment he heard wind of this.

He had business meetings planned for the rest of the week but he bought an immediate ticket and flew back, abandoning them all.

Xinghe admitted flatly, "I was just considering contacting you."

He happened to be faster than she imagined.

Mubai gave a wide grin and suddenly pulled on her arm, saying, "Come on, get in. We鈥檒l find some place more comfortable to talk this over."

Xinghe stood her ground. "This place is as good as any."

She tried to pull her arm back on reflex but that only made Mubai hold on to her tighter. "But I just came down from the plane. I haven鈥檛 had anything since morning, so please let us discuss this over dinner."

"..."

Xinghe pulled her arm back with more force this time. She said calmly, "Even so, there鈥檚 no need to get physical."

After that, she climbed into his car without making a fuss. Mubai smiled wordlessly, a bright smile that lit up his face.

After he got in, he asked Xinghe, "So, what type of cuisine are you in the mood for?"

"It鈥檚 your dinner." Not mine.

"I don鈥檛 mind, we鈥檒l have what you鈥檙e in the mood for."

"I鈥檓 in the mood to get this over with, so let鈥檚 skip dinner."

Mubai was silent before telling his driver, "Go to the nearest restaurant."

The nearest restaurant near the Purple Jade Villas was, unsurprisingly, an upmarket restaurant that specialized in western food.

Before long, they arrived.

This was the first time Xinghe had dined with Mubai alone.

Mubai considered it a date while Xinghe thought of it as a business meeting.

After they made their own, Xinghe went straight to the point, "You can get me back into the lab?"

Mubai posed his own question, "I heard Ruobing completed the design my grandmother is satisfied with."

"The design is mine, she stole it from me. However, the design she has is faulty," Xinghe revealed.

"Do you have the proof? Because you can sue."

Xinghe smiled mysteriously, "There鈥檚 no need. She will trip on her mistake eventually."

That piqued Mubai鈥檚 interest. "What do you mean? What鈥檚 your plan?"

"It doesn鈥檛 concern you. You haven鈥檛 answered my question yet," Xinghe pulled him back to the reason why they were even sharing dinner at the restaurant.

Mubai confessed, "Grandmother has made her decree. Ruobing is to return to the lab. Even I can鈥檛 do anything about that. Unless you pull out the evidence, she鈥檚 staying."

"There鈥檚 no evidence, at least none that they will believe. Since, you can鈥檛 do anything about this either then I will go search for a new lab to complete the research. Enjoy your dinner, I鈥檒l be taking my leave," Xinghe concluded before standing up to leave.

Mubai鈥檚 strong hands reached out to pull her...

Xinghe was taken aback by the sudden contact. She turned and looked coolly at him.

Mubai鈥檚 eyes zeroed in on her. "The food鈥檚 not even here yet. Why the hurry?"

"I came here to talk business with you, not to have dinner. Since the talk is over, naturally there鈥檚 no reason for me to stay," Xinghe argued crisply and soundly.

She wasn鈥檛 playing hard to get because she never had the interest to come for dinner with him in the first place.

For her, Mubai was nothing more than a business partner. Since there was no business left to discuss, there was no need for either one of them to overstay their welcome.

For some reason, Mubai felt used. He was kicked to the side because Xinghe was done with him...