Night Fire Lingering

Chapter 245 I am your first man

Jiang Xing's job at Gu's Group is unique. She was parachuted into the legal department and sits in a position that connects with the president's secretary's office. Her daily work is not very related to the group's projects. She is more involved in legal training and handover work with the president's secretary's office, as well as personal work arranged by Gu Yanci in the department.

Therefore, Jiang Xing was not surprised when he was summoned by the president's office.

"Mr. Gu, I—"

Jiang Xing followed the secretary-general and knocked on the door of the small conference room in the president's office. When he saw who was inside, the words he was about to say stopped abruptly.

Lou Qi leaned back in his leather swivel chair, turned around, and leisurely examined her: "Dr. Jiang."

Jiang Xing opened his mouth but didn't speak, looking at the secretary-general beside him with a puzzled expression.

"President Gu said there's a private project he's working on with Young Master Lou. Lawyer Jiang, you don't know about it either?" The secretary-general wasn't aware of the details either. The boss had already said it was a private project, so how could she possibly ask?

Jiang Xing: "...I understand, thank you."

It must have been Gu Yanci who abused his power for personal gain by letting Lou Qi get the place! Why didn't he consider this possibility back then!

The secretary-general breathed a sigh of relief and very considerately closed the meeting room door.

Lou Qi patted the empty seat next to him and said to Jiang Xing, "Sit down."

Jiang Xing stood by the door, holding his work notebook, looking at Lou Qi with a blank expression.

Lou Qi wasn't angry. He asked good-naturedly, "Looks like you weren't tired last night. You can still stand up."

As he spoke, his gaze fell on Jiang Xing's slender neck.

Jiang Xing restrained herself from subconsciously adjusting her collar.

She went out of her way to buy a high-necked lace long-sleeved top before coming to the company today, just so that wearing a high neck and long sleeves would look normal in the hot summer and prevent her colleagues from seeing the marks on her arms, collarbone and neck.

"Young Master Lou, perhaps you have some work-related matters that you need to discuss with me?" Jiang Xing's unspoken message was: If you have something important to say, say it quickly; if not, get lost!

"Dr. Jiang, I have a question I'd like to ask you."

Lou Qi clasped his hands together naturally, exuding a lazy, noble air, like a gentle and charming young nobleman. No one could tell that he was a ruthless character who could single-handedly seize control of the Lou family.

Whether it was because of the phantom pain she felt upon seeing the person in front of her, or because she had been standing for a long time, Jiang Xing felt even more sore and weak in the legs. She sat down in the nearest seat, about half a table away from Lou Qi.

Upon seeing this, Lou Qi raised an eyebrow, walked around most of the table, and sat down in the empty seat next to Jiang Xing.

Jiang Xing was immediately speechless.

"What do you want to ask?" Her gaze towards the man held a hint of exasperation and impatience.

Lou Qi glanced at her from the waist down, his eyes not quite clear, and asked, "Were you injured last night?"

"No!" Jiang Xing felt that this person was wasting her time asking random questions during her work hours, which was a waste of her life!

I'd rather read the law at my desk!

Lou Qi raised an eyebrow, clearly satisfied with the answer.

"Since you weren't injured, Dr. Jiang, last night—" Lou Qi paused before continuing, "was it your first time?"

Jiang Xing frowned immediately and subconsciously got up to leave, but the man grabbed her wrist first, preventing her from taking a single step back.

"Let go!" Jiang Xing felt as if his wrist was being burned, but he couldn't break free from the hot clamps no matter what he did.

Lou Qi said, "Answer me, Jiang Xing."

Jiang Xing closed her eyes briefly, then opened them again. The anger in her eyes had completely disappeared, and she calmly looked down at Lou Qi, who was sitting there.

"Is this your first time, Mr. Lou?" she asked back.

Lou Qi was stunned, never expecting her to ask that question.

“No.” His throat was inexplicably dry. “Jiang Xing, I’m already twenty-seven.”

How many virgins can a 27-year-old have?

Lou Qi didn't think there was anything wrong with being a veteran at his age, but when Jiang Xing asked him that question, he inexplicably felt embarrassed, as if he were admitting to the mistakes he had made.

"That's it." Jiang Xing shrugged. "It's not your first time, so why do you care if it's my first time or not?"

Lou Qi was caught off guard and Jiang Xing broke free of his wrist.

His skill had left a red mark on her fair right wrist.

Lou Qi thought of last night, when he had also held her wrist, except that he had held both of her hands together and controlled them above her head... She looked incredibly handsome.

"Lou Qi!" Noticing Lou Qi's arrogant gaze, Jiang Xing shouted angrily.

Lou Qi chuckled, in a good mood, and said, "Since you weren't injured, what's the blood on the sheets? Little PhD, you're academically gifted, but not very good at lying."

Jiang Xing looked at him coldly, as if he were a thug: "Did you deliberately come to cause trouble for me during my work hours?"

Lou Qi shook his head: "I'll come and make you take responsibility."

"?" Jiang Xing gave him a 'Are you crazy?' look. "Young Master Lou, to be fair, if I took your precious first time, I would take responsibility for you—unfortunately, you are not."

Lou Qi was left speechless by her retorts, and for the first time regretted the absurd days he had lived in the past few years.

He readily agreed, saying, "This is your first time, so I'll take responsibility for you."

Jiang Xing glared at Lou Qi for several seconds, annoyed, and asked, "Young Master Lou, may I ask if you went to university?"

Lou Qi was baffled by the question: "Graduated from a top-tier university."

Back then, Lou Qi was busy outwitting and outmaneuvering the old and young members of the Lou family. He only took a few moments to learn a little bit, just so he wouldn't look so illiterate.

Jiang Xing couldn't understand it at all and asked seriously, "Then you must have taken the college entrance exam, right? Did you fail Chinese? Is your comprehension so bad? Can't you tell I don't need you to take responsibility? Have you studied biology? It's just a membrane, it's not important to the human body at all. Are you a feudal remnant who cares so much?"

Lou Qi's eyes lit up uncontrollably for a moment as he asked with delight, "Is this how you top students curse?"

Jiang Xing: "..." Are you sick?!

Lou Qi's smile widened as he grasped Jiang Xingguo's hand.

He stood up, leaned down to look Jiang Xing in the eye, and said with great certainty, "So, I am your first man."