Fated Love With the Billionaire
Chapter 222: It’s Really Haunted

Chapter 222: Chapter 222: It’s Really Haunted

Chen Ningxi’s face was made especially translucent by her white shirt, her light makeup simple, her eyes clear, conveying the calm and elegance of a knowledgeable woman who cultivated both inner and outer qualities.

She only said three words, "I don’t feel."

Pan Cheng chuckled, slowly twisted open the bottle cap, and drank the remaining water, "When will you be able to inspect my place?"

Chen Ningxi said, "No surprises, it should be a little after two."

Pan Cheng nodded, "I’ll wait for you at the factory."

As he left, Tian Quan came back carrying a plastic bag, and opened it in front of Chen Ningxi, asking, "Manager Chen, what do you like to eat?"

Chen Ningxi took out a Zhongjie ice cream of taro flavor, tore open the packaging, and placed it back into the bag. Tian Quan tore open a pineapple-flavored one and looked toward the street corner, muttering,

"Why hasn’t Liu Shaojun come back yet, did he fall in?"

Just as he finished speaking, Liu Shaojun appeared from the alley.

When he got closer, Tian Quan handed both ice creams to Liu Shaojun, "If you didn’t come back, I was going to send a rescue team to fish you out."

Liu Shaojun explained, "Don’t mention it, I searched everywhere and finally found a toilet."

Tian Quan said, "I told you to hold on a bit longer, there’s a factory ahead, and they have restrooms."

Liu Shaojun, with an ice cream in his mouth, let the coolness alleviate the thirst in his throat, "People have urgent needs, you know."

"I feel like I saw Pan Cheng earlier," Tian Quan said.

Chen Ningxi said, "It was him, his factory is on our inspection list today."

Liu Shaojun turned around, "...Which one?"

Chen Ningxi said, "Huaxing Pipe Industry."

Liu Shaojun was chewing his ice cream and mumbled, which Tian Quan didn’t hear clearly, but Chen Ningxi, who was closer, did.

— What the hell!

After finishing the ice cream, the chill in their hearts gone, the three got into the car and continued to the next factory.

They arrived at Pan Cheng’s Huaxing Pipe Industry right at three o’clock, and the engineering vehicle parked at the entrance. After Chen Ningxi and the others identified themselves, the security guard let the engineering vehicle in.

A Lincoln Navigator was parked in front of the building, right next to the electricity engineering vehicle.

Before Chen Ningxi and the others could get out of the car, the person in charge of engineering, Pan Xiaohui, came out of the two-story office building.

He was wearing a classic gold label BOY tracksuit and a pair of white McQueen shoes, with a buzz cut and a round face, his skin not very white, bearing some resemblance to Pan Cheng, with a look that was quite popular in the village as a spirited young man.

Chen Ningxi handed him the inspection notice and asked him to sign it after reading it. After obtaining Pan Xiaohui’s consent, she opened the recorder to film the entire inspection process.

The inspection process was smooth, and no electricity theft behaviors were found. Just as they were about to leave, Pan Cheng came down from the second floor and walked up to Chen Ningxi, saying,

"Manager Chen, my nephew may look unserious, but he’s reliable when it comes to work, right?"

Chen Ningxi said, "The factory’s electrical equipment and circuits are regularly maintained, and no issues were found."

For people she didn’t know, she wouldn’t give too many subjective opinions.

Pan Xiaohui said, "That’s how it should be. I dare not slack off when it comes to electricity. If something goes wrong, it could cost lives."

Chen Ningxi recognized Pan Xiaohui’s cautiousness about electricity usage.

Chen Ningxi said, "Safety in production requires this kind of vigilance. We’ll be leaving now."

Pan Cheng got the car door for Chen Ningxi. The latter glanced at him, and Pan Cheng smiled, saying, "If I asked you to stay for dinner, you wouldn’t have the time. Hurry to the next place."

Every word was normal, yet coming from his mouth, it carried an inexplicable sense of ambiguity.

Pan Xiaohui’s eyes wandered between the two, seemingly knowing something, and he chuckled.

Throughout the entire process, Chen Ningxi showed no unnecessary expressions, maintaining a serious demeanor, and closed the door firmly.

"Let’s go."

The engineering vehicle turned around and headed for the factory gate, and Pan Cheng stood there watching them leave. Pan Xiaohui shuffled over, grinning as he glanced at Pan Cheng and then at the receding engineering vehicle.

"Mr. Cheng, are you two ’together’?"

No need to specify what "together" meant.

Pan Cheng gave him an amused look, "You figured it out again."

Pan Xiaohui said, "The thing is, there are too many women involved with you. I don’t dare to call her randomly for fear of causing trouble for you."

Pan Cheng jokingly called him "you rascal," and his gaze drifted back to the nearly vanished vehicle, saying, "Call this one whatever you like."

"Really?" Pan Xiaohui raised an eyebrow, "Manager Guo knows about her too?"

Pan Cheng clasped his hands behind his back and started walking back, "He knows."

"Mr. Cheng, you really are something. You’ve got women all figured out by this point in your life." In his heart, Pan Xiaohui genuinely admired his uncle for this; no woman ever made a fuss with him.

Pan Xiaohui curiously asked, "How long have you two been together?"

Pan Cheng said, "Just a few days."

Pan Xiaohui said, "It’s good. She’s in the electricity sector, wealthy, and she oversees us. Plus, she’s pretty. She can’t be that old, can she?"

Pan Cheng climbed the steps, "Twenty-seven."

"You’re really something," Pan Xiaohui gave him a thumbs-up.

In Pan Xiaohui’s mind, the "together" between Pan Cheng and Chen Ningxi meant they already had a physical relationship.

Therefore, today’s conversation also planted a bomb for later.

Pan Xiaohui had many mischievous friends, and the affair between Pan Cheng and Chen Ningxi quickly became known to them. He even boasted that for any electricity-related issues within the Danjiang jurisdiction, they could find him since the manager of Danjiang Electricity was his aunt.

Chen Ningxi returned to the office, feeling something was off today.

She reached out to Cheng Qiaobei to ask what time he was finishing work, and the moment she sent the message on WeChat, a call came in.

"Back already?" Cheng Qiaobei asked.

Chen Ningxi said, "Just got to the office. And you? Are you still working overtime today?"

Cheng Qiaobei said, "Just finished a meeting. I’m done. I’ll come pick you up."

After hanging up, Chen Ningxi quickly tidied her office, locked the door, and went downstairs to wait for him at the entrance.

After more than ten minutes, Cheng Qiaobei’s Cayenne stopped in front of her. Chen Ningxi opened the passenger door and got in.

Recalling the "little smelly" incident from before, Chen Ningxi proactively said, "Today’s inspections were all at factories, not farms."

Cheng Qiaobei started the car and laughed, "So, are you telling me you smell good?"

Chen Ningxi said, "Not quite ’good’, I was out in the sun all day and I’m all sweaty. But definitely not as smelly as that day."

She only heard him laugh without saying a word.

Chen Ningxi knew he was probably reminiscing about that amusing incident.

"Stop thinking about it," Chen Ningxi recalled the little girl in the elevator who said she stunk, "and stop laughing."

Cheng Qiaobei nodded, "Okay, okay, I won’t laugh."

Chen Ningxi said, "Let me tell you something serious."

Cheng Qiaobei said, "Go ahead."

"I went to inspect a factory today, and it turned out to be Pan Cheng’s." Chen Ningxi just finished when Cheng Qiaobei chuckled, "He really just lingers around, doesn’t he?"

"I find it kind of annoying too." It was what Chen Ningxi truly felt.

Cheng Qiaobei asked, "How many days till it’s over?"

Chen Ningxi said, "Two days."

Cheng Qiaobei snickered, "HaHa... Got quite a bit of business. No more of his factories left, right?"

Chen Ningxi said, "That’s hard to say. I’ll double-check tomorrow."

Cheng Qiaobei found Pan Cheng increasingly vexing, "No need to check, just treat him like air."