Speaking of which, Tang Ao left the president's office and was walking towards the administrative department, his cell phone rang.

He glanced at the caller ID and pressed the answer button.

"Boss, I called Aqiang just now. He heard that you are in the East China Sea and will book a plane ticket immediately. It is estimated that it will be in three hours." Xu Liang's voice came.

"It's eight-thirty now, and he's here at 11:30, just in time for lunch." Tang Ao said.

"Well. It's almost the same. Why don't you make some lunch and have a good gathering in the evening." Xu Liang suggested.

"Okay." Tang Ao agreed readily.

"You are busy with yours. I will pick up Aqiang later, and then we will find a place to eat. Then call you and you can go there directly." Xu Liang said.

"Yes. Please contact us by phone at that time." Tang Ao said.

Then, the phone hangs up.

Tang Ao walked to the door of the administrative department, but did not go in, so he turned around and went to the smoking area.

There are no people in the smoking area.

He lit a cigarette and took a deep breath.

For him, smoking is the best way to relieve emotions and stress.

He finished smoking a cigarette and was about to go out.

As a result, someone walked in at this time.

It was not the only one who came in.

Tang Ao looked at it and found that there were six people. But he knew one.

This person is Hou Xiaokai.

When Hou Xiaokai saw him, his face changed.

"Boy! Why don't you even say hello when you see Director Hou?" said one of the men. The man was also an employee of the sales department, named Wang Junchen.

Tang Ao didn't say anything.

"Young man, don't think you are Mr. Su's driver, so you can walk sideways in the company. For the company, the sales department is the most important. Director Hou is the top leader of the sales department. Even in front of the chairman, he is very important." Another colleague who seems to be 50 years old reminded.

"Is that so? In my opinion, the sales department is the same as other departments. Without other departments, the sales department can't do anything." Tang Ao glanced at him and said lightly.

"Call me! Are you challenging Director Hou! Do you believe it or not, I will cut you down?" Wang Junchen said as he began to roll up his sleeves.

Tang Ao didn't say anything.

"What are you shouting here? Get out of here!" Hou Xiaokai scolded Wang Junchen with a blue face.

Wang Junchen originally wanted to flatter, but he didn't expect to slap the horse on the leg this time.

"Director Hou, I..." Wang Junchen also wanted to explain to himself.

"I told you to get out! Did you hear it?" Hou Xiaokai's tone suddenly increased by octave.

When Wang Junchen saw Hou Xiaokai getting angry, he was so scared that he left quickly.

Seeing this, the remaining colleagues didn't bother to smoke here, said hello to Hou Xiaokai and left quickly.

For a moment, only Tang Ao and Hou Xiaokai remained in the smoking area.

Hou Xiaokai took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Tang Ao.

Tang Ao glanced at him and took it.

"Brother Tang, they just said nonsense, don't take it to heart." Hou Xiaokai said with a smile.

"It's okay. I know they are also flattering you." Tang Ao smiled slightly and said.

"Yes! I am their direct leader. They always try every means to please me, and I have no choice." Hou Xiaokai said.

"It's understandable." Tang Ao said.

"That... Brother Tang, ask presumptuously, what is your relationship with Mr. Gong?" Hou Xiaokai asked carefully.

"He is my younger brother." Tang Ao replied.

When Hou Xiaokai heard this answer, he was so scared that he dared not speak.

"You seem to be afraid of him." Tang Ao said when he saw his reaction.

"Yes! The Gong family is one of the four major families in Donghai City, rich and powerful. I accidentally offended Mr. Gong before, but he beat him up." Hou Xiaokai said with lingering fear.

"No wonder you are so afraid of snakes. It turns out that you are bitten by a snake once, but you are afraid of the ropes for ten years." Tang Ao smiled slightly and said.

"Who said no? I don't know that Mr. Gong is your younger brother, otherwise I wouldn't dare to cause trouble for you even if I had ten courage. You have a lot of me, so don't be as good as me." Hou Xiaokai said.

"If Mr. Gong is not my little brother, are you going to cause trouble for me?" Tang Ao asked with a smile.

"No! I won't cause trouble for others." Hou Xiaokai waved his hand quickly.

"Do you like Lu Xueqi?" Tang Ao asked.

Hou Xiaokai didn't say anything and nodded. He originally wanted to say he didn't like it, but he knew that Tang Ao would definitely not believe it, so he just told the truth.

"I think Lu Xueqi doesn't seem to be interested in you." Tang Ao said.

"Yes! I have been chasing her for a long time, but she has not agreed." Hou Xiaokai said.

"Since she doesn't agree, why don't you change your target? Why do you need to hang yourself on her tree?" Tang Ao smiled.

"I just like her type. Brother Tang, I think she seems to be interested in you." Hou Xiaokai hesitated for a moment and said.

"Is there any? Why didn't I feel it?" Tang Ao shrugged and said.

"You may not think about that, so you didn't feel it. If she was bored with you, she would never drive you to work." Hou Xiaokai said.

"She and I are colleagues. Isn't it normal for her to take me to work along the way?" Tang Ao asked in confusion.

"It's not normal. You have known her for too short time, and you may not know what kind of person she is. Anyway, my colleague and I have never seen her bring her to work on the road." Hou Xiaokai said.

"Maybe she brought her colleagues, but you didn't see them. Or maybe she had never met a colleague in need." Tang Ao guessed.

"No. My car broke down halfway last time, and I was waiting on the side of the road to stop a taxi. As a result, she drove me past, but she didn't stop." Hou Xiaokai said.

"Did she not see you? Or maybe she is calling?" Tang Ao continued to guess.

"Not only did she see me, she also said hello to me. I wanted to ask her to take me to the company, but she flashed directly from me." Hou Xiaokai said.

After listening to what Hou Xiaokai said, Tang Ao didn't say anything.

To be honest, he didn't know if Lu Xueqi had a good impression of him.

At first, he was doing the other party a favor and pretending to be the other party’s boyfriend. Later, Lu Xueqi said that her parents were coming and wanted to ask him to pretend to be the other party’s boyfriend again, so he agreed.

In his opinion, he and Lu Xueqi are just an ordinary colleague relationship.

As for the other things, he really didn't see them.

Maybe Hou Xiaokai and the others didn’t know that they were helping Lu Xueqi, so they thought so.

Of course, it was impossible for him to tell Hou Xiaokai that he had helped Lu Xueqi. After all, for a girl, asking her colleague to pretend to be her boyfriend is not a glorious thing.

Seeing that Tang Ao didn't say anything, Hou Xiaokai thought the other party had already agreed.

It seems that he will really stay away from Lu Xueqi in the future. Otherwise, he wouldn't even know how he died. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!