He truly admired the two bodyguards, wondering how they managed to capture such glaringly ambiguous pictures.
He figured any one of them sent over would likely cause a considerable "tsunami."
"Where are you? Why are you so slow, dawdling?" At that moment, Qin Siye was already growing impatient and sent him a message first.
"Alright, alright, I'll send it to you right away," Zhao Ze said, pacing back and forth in his office.
After replying, he exited the chat and scrolled through the few photos, undecided. Finally, he chose a picture of Shen Xi and Jian Fan with their arms linked, and sent it.
In that photo, although Shen Xi had Jian Fan's arm linked, their faces weren't visible in smiles. Perhaps the CEO wouldn't be too angry after seeing it.
However, as soon as he sent it, he looked up with a relaxed expression and saw Qin Siye standing at his office door, staring at him with sharp eyes.
Zhao Ze's skin crawled under his gaze. He instinctively hid his phone behind his back. "CEO, I've already sent it. What do you need my phone for?"
Qin Siye glanced down at his phone, remained silent, then slowly walked up to him. With a somber expression, he extended his hand. "Give me your phone."
"CEO, I've already sent you the photos. What do you need my phone for?" Zhao Ze's heart pounded wildly, but he forced an unnatural smile onto his face.
The more he acted like this, the more Qin Siye suspected he had something to hide. His voice was icy, "Hurry up. Don't make me say it a second time."
Zhao Ze couldn't refuse him, nor did he dare to. He could only hand over his phone with trembling hands.
Qin Siye quickly took it, flipped through it a few times, and his expression grew darker, condensing into frost.
Zhao Ze was filled with regret. If he had known this would happen, he wouldn't have deliberated for so long. If he had just sent any photo, he wouldn't be in this situation, with Qin Siye seeing everything.
"CEO, perhaps things aren't as they appear in the photo. Miss Shen and Assistant Jian might just be acting as a fake couple," Zhao Ze said, watching him intently, fearing he might erupt at any moment. He cautiously offered his analysis.
Qin Siye looked up and gave a faint chuckle. "Reasons?"
Their actions were so intimate, their faces so cheerful. In a strange city, acting like this, who were they trying to fool?
Upon hearing this, Zhao Ze was momentarily speechless.
If his guess about them being fake was correct, he couldn't find a reason for it at the moment.
Just as he thought Qin Siye would fly into a rage, he heard him say in a calm tone, "Delete all the photos."
He turned and left the room with a dejected back.
Zhao Ze quickly called the bodyguards, scolded them thoroughly, and asked about the state of Shen Xi and Jian Fan when they came out.
The answer he got was that the two were linked arm in arm, acting intimately, with smiles on their faces.
After hanging up, Zhao Ze sighed softly, unsure of what to do.
In the CEO's office, Qin Siye stared at the photo Zhao Ze had just sent him, a surge of bitterness rising within him.
He quickly exited the chat and tapped on Shen Xi's avatar, sending her a WeChat message.
"Shen Xi, where are you now?"
After a long wait, he received a six-word reply, devoid of any warmth: "On the way back."
Qin Siye suppressed the complex emotions churning inside him. "When will you arrive?"
"Around six o'clock," Shen Xi replied indifferently.
After a slight pause, Qin Siye typed, "I have a meeting this afternoon, it ends at four. Tell Butler Wu, and I'll pick up the children at five."
Shen Xi quickly replied, "No need to trouble yourself. Butler Wu will pick them up."
Seeing her cold tone, Qin Siye couldn't help but feel anger surge. He quickly typed on his phone screen, "Picking them up is something we agreed on beforehand. I must keep my promise."
After sending it, he threw his phone into the drawer in front of him.
At five in the afternoon, he arrived at the kindergarten punctually to pick up the children.
After parking and getting out of the car, he looked up and saw Shen Xi's car parked nearby, with Butler Wu sitting in the driver's seat.
He realized Shen Xi hadn't mentioned that he would be picking up the children. A wave of disappointment and anger welled up in his heart.
At that moment, Butler Wu also saw him and walked out of the car with a confused expression.
"Mr. Qin, what are you...?"
Qin Siye maintained his composure and asked intentionally, "I'm here to pick up Chenchen and the others. Didn't Shen Xi tell you?"