Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife
Chapter 100 Mrs. Xiao Trapped (6)

Chapter 100: Chapter 100 Mrs. Xiao Trapped (6)

Fang Yongxing stood with his hands on his hips, pacing back and forth in the hallway like a spinning top that couldn’t stop.

Tang Qingzhong said, "Strange, how did they know we were coming here?"

"Who did you tell?" Fang Yongxing asked him.

Tang Qingzhong denied it, "Team leader, the three of us had lunch and I didn’t speak a word with anyone else. It was only decided at noon that we would come here, wasn’t it?"

At this time, Gu Nuan inserted, "The other party did not receive this message before coming to work, but after starting their shift. This indicates that our movements were leaked while we were on our way."

Listening to her, it was quite obvious that her reasoning held some truth.

Fang Yongxing touched his chin in surprise: Could it be that someone was following them by car?

Raising his eyes again, he asked Gu Nuan, "What are your thoughts?"

Gu Nuan knew this was her chance, but wasn’t thinking about using this opportunity to shine; she said seriously, "Team leader, you must have noticed when you got out of the car."

Tang Qingzhong, wiping sweat with a handkerchief, looked at them in surprise. What had they discovered that he had not seen?

Fang Yongxing rubbed the stubble at the corner of his mouth, giving Gu Nuan a slight smile, though it was unclear whether it was in appreciation. He simply said, "No wonder you could endear yourself to Director Chen."

Her observational skills were extraordinary, and she was constantly watching her immediate superiors, quickly and accurately grasping their thoughts. This was not something a common newcomer could accomplish.

In other words, the critical Fang Yongxing believed that Gu Nuan’s bootlicking skills were polished to perfection. Such a newcomer was extraordinary and not easily likable.

As for Gu Nuan, she simply understated, "You’re mistaken, team leader. I’m just a ’deaf’ person. Apart from paying more attention to people’s eyes and expressions, I have no other way."

Fang Yongxing apparently hadn’t anticipated her reply and seemed suddenly aware of her deep-rooted deficiency. His harsh expression vanished instantly, and his tone noticeably softened as he addressed her, "Let’s go, we’ll go downstairs and ask around."

Having said that, he was the first to turn and walk down the stairs.

Tang Qingzhong quietly asked Gu Nuan behind him, "What did the team leader see, and who is he going to ask?"

Gu Nuan explained to him what happened, "When we got out of the car, the team leader noticed an elderly person across the street pushing a baby stroller. As they reached the corner ahead, they noticeably turned back, as if deliberately avoiding something. The direction of that street, I checked on Baidu Maps, leads to the Mingyue Plaza construction site."

If even common folk shunned Mingyue Plaza, how could business be done?!

Tang Qingzhong was astonished, and then started cursing, "Who are they, failing to do business, unable to do anything other than talk, unable to beat us so they fabricate rumors to slander us? A bunch of animals unworthy of being called humans."

Since they were in someone else’s office building, Fang Yongxing turned back and looked at him, reprimanding, "What are you doing? If juniors can guess it, how come you can’t?"

Hearing this, Tang Qingzhong fell silent. Indeed, this was one of the suspicions they had held previously.

Gu Nuan also harbored this doubt; otherwise, she wouldn’t have been as quick as Fang Yongxing to notice the locals’ aberrant behavior.

The three of them followed the staircase down and saw that the elevator which had been under repair was now fixed.

Fang Yongxing, clearly more cautious now, went over and stopped the elevator technician who was ready to leave, asking, "What was wrong with the elevator?"

"Oh, someone called, saying the elevator seemed to be making noises. The property management panicked and immediately sealed off the elevator. We came to check and found there was really no problem at all."