256 You are my girlfriend. (1/2)

”Are you tired?”

The man's question struck Pei Ge dumb.

Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh?! Ji Ziming is asking me if I'm tired?! It's scary!

Ji Ziming coughed awkwardly upon seeing her expression that seemed more apt for someone who had seen a ghost.

”Cough! Didn't you say you can't walk properly while wearing such high stilettos?” he coldly reminded her.

Oh, oh, oh! Turns out he's not worried about me but only wants to interrogate me!

”It is truly hard to walk in these, but we have our urgent businesses, and I can't possibly pee in my gown, right?” She was never a graceful woman, especially when faced with his 'interrogation', so she did not bother phrasing her words in a less vulgar manner and bluntly gave him this answer.

His eyebrows twitched ever so slightly at that before he nodded his head lightly.

”If there is nothing wrong with you, then follow me—” She interrupted his words with a shriek.

”Ouch!” She seemed to be in pain.

He immediately tensed up at her painful cry, but before he could say anything in comfort, she started speaking.

”CEO Ji, I seem to have squatted in the toilet for too long that I'm now having leg cramps. I'm afraid I can't continue accompanying you in this banquet with how terrible I feel. I think…” She peeked at the man, and when she saw that he did not seem angry, she mustered up her courage and suggested, ”I think I should get off work now.”

He saw the way her dark, doe eyes turned in their sockets and immediately deduced that she was lying.

However, on this rare occasion, CEO Ji, who hated being lied at, only thought that she was extremely adorable for wanting to skive off work and go home.

”Oh? You squatted for too long?” He raised an eyebrow and looked at her agreeably.

She nodded her head vigorously and said pitifully, ”Yes, CEO Ji. I'm sorry…”

Ji Ziming could not control his laughter when he saw how engrossed she was with her acting.

”The washrooms here all seem to be the sitting type. You…” With an eyebrow raised and a ghost of a smile, he softly asked, ”How did you manage to squat on the toilet seat? I am quite curious now.”

”…” She instantly froze at his probing words. She silently imagined herself squatting on the toilet seat, and ten thousand mud horses instantly galloped past her heart.

What the heck?! Sh*t! I actually treated the washrooms here as similar to the ones found in normal restaurants! Now, I've really lost all my face!

”What's wrong? Are your feet hurting?” He watched her face turn red when her lie was exposed and feigned ignorance with a chuckle.

”CEO Ji, I – I…” She worked her brain to the fullest, wanting to salvage her broken lie.

This was when she felt someone hug her waist and lift her off the ground.

”AH!” she shrieked in surprise and reflexively hugged the nearest thing to her.

She felt someone's hot breath fanning her from above and heard someone's steady heartbeat thumping beside her ear.

She raised her head in a daze and was immediately met with Ji Ziming's chiseled jawline.