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Ye Xunhuan, after leaving the Public Relations Department, swaggered towards Qiu Ruoxi’s office with a sly grin on his face!

He was eager to see how Xu Mingzhe would spar with this soft-rice man once he arrived!

Of course, the most important thing for now, he thought, was to scope out the situation, since as his grandson had said, "Know thy self, know thy enemy. A hundred battles, a hundred victories!"

Ye Xunhuan felt that his grandson’s name really suited him well; he was truly a grandson, an expert in scheming.

If that guy could have lived to this day, Ye Xunhuan felt that he might just light some incense, kowtow a few times, and perhaps even sacrifice a chicken in worship of him!

After all, he was quite a grandson himself, and not exactly a good person either.

Although aware that someone was in Qiu Ruoxi’s office, Ye Xunhuan, as usual, did not knock on the door but instead pushed it open and entered!

As soon as he entered the office, Ye Xunhuan saw Qiu Ruoxi and the soft-rice man sitting together, chatting and laughing, completely lacking her usual iron lady demeanor.

This caused a wave of displeasure in Ye Xunhuan’s heart. Why did she have a cold, icy expression when talking to him yet was all smiles with this soft-rice man? He was definitely not convinced.

At the same time, he wondered, could Qiu Ruoxi be so shallow?

The moment Ye Xunhuan pushed the door open, Qiu Ruoxi and the soft-rice man simultaneously turned their heads to look towards the entrance.

Upon seeing Ye Xunhuan, Qiu Ruoxi was slightly startled.

What is this guy doing here?

"Sorry about that, Manager Qiu, I didn’t know you had a guest!" Ye Xunhuan said with an embarrassed smile, "Or else, I would have knocked from outside."

A wave of speechlessness washed over Qiu Ruoxi.

"Ruoxi, is he someone from your company?" the soft-rice man asked, looking at Qiu Ruoxi.

Qiu Ruoxi nodded. "Mhm!"

"Aren’t you always very strict with your subordinates? Yet this one just barges in without knocking." The soft-rice man remarked in a measured tone, "Seems quite rude!"

"What does my politeness have to do with you? Manager Qiu hasn’t said a word yet!" Ye Xunhuan immediately spoke out with some displeasure, "And who the hell are you!"

"Ye Xunhuan..."

"Look, Manager Qiu, I really hate it when people say I lack manners. I’m known for my politeness within ten miles around here!" Ye Xunhuan huffed, "Besides, didn’t you say before that I no longer needed to knock when visiting your office?"

"What’s he to go pointing fingers at me, saying I lack manners?"

"You’re polite? You bring a huge bouquet of roses to someone while they’re working!" Ye Xunhuan said dismissively, "Don’t you know this can disrupt someone else’s work, and if you disturb them, they might have to work overtime?"

Ye Xunhuan, like a machine gun, began to speak nonstop.

Qiu Ruoxi’s face was full of black lines as she looked at Ye Xunhuan; this guy’s mouth was getting sharper by the day. She now thought that assigning Ye Xunhuan to the Supervision Department was an utter waste of his talent!

He should be sent to the Sales Department or even the Public Relations Department!

Only there could his talent for talking be fully utilized!

"What do you know, blabbering **** about!"

The soft-rice man, upon hearing Ye Xunhuan’s words, though his face remained calm, showed no signs of emotional disturbance, but his eyes flickered with dark shadows.

However, the soft-rice man was in excellent control.

"Enough, Ye Xunhuan!" Qiu Ruoxi snapped, "After all, he is my guest..."

"If it wasn’t for the fact that he’s your guest, I would have taken a chunk out of him already!" Ye Xunhuan retorted, curling his lip, "Don’t act all high-and-mighty just because you’re a guest!"

"Sir, I was rather abrupt before, and for that, I am truly sorry." The soft rice man said with an apologetic smile to Ye Xunhuan, "I hope you can forgive my presumption!"

As the soft rice man’s words reached his ears and he saw the man’s full-faced apology, Ye Xunhuan was clear in his mind that he had encountered a sly BOY!

Moreover, he was that kind of man whose emotions were invisible and never showed on his face!

Such men are definitely not easy to deal with, Ye Xunhuan was certain of that!

"I’m not a petty person either, so I forgive you!" Ye Xunhuan said in a very magnanimous manner, "As a guest next time, you should be aware of your place, not act as if you own the place when you’re merely visiting!"

"That would mean you’re trying to upstage the host!"

"Yes, yes, it was my mistake," soft rice man said with an air of eagerness to learn!

The more the soft rice man acted like this, the worse Ye Xunhuan felt inside, could this guy be a brother of Yue Buqun?

Otherwise, why would he be so hypocritical?

Clearly filled with rage inside, but with no ripple on his face, everything seemed as calm as water!

This made Ye Xunhuan feel like he threw a punch but hit cotton, with it all being damned absorbed.

When Qiu Ruoxi saw the soft rice man looking so eager to learn, her good impression of him increased greatly!

"Ye Xunhuan, what did you want to see me about?" Qiu Ruoxi asked with a blank face, very much like a tough lady!

"Miss Qiu, this is the car repair invoice. Please take a look, and if there’s no problem, you can transfer the money later!" Ye Xunhuan said as he handed the invoice to Qiu Ruoxi!

Qiu Ruoxi slowly took the invoice from Ye Xunhuan’s hand.

And at that moment, Ye Xunhuan said to the soft rice man, "Hey, bro, what’s your name?"

Caught off-guard by Ye Xunhuan’s question, the soft rice man was taken aback, but then he replied, "Qi Shijie!"

"Ride Shit Festival?" Ye Xunhuan was stunned, "Man, I’m asking for your name, not about any ’Ride Shit Festival’!"

"Besides, does Huaxia have a festival called ’Ride Shit’?" Ye Xunhuan said with a perplexed face.

There are indeed too many festivals in Huaxia, but as far as Ye Xunhuan was aware, there didn’t seem to be a ’Ride Shit Festival’!

"No, I mean my name is Qi Shijie!"

"You’re called what?"

"Qi Shijie!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Xunhuan couldn’t help but burst into laughter, "Ride Shit Festival? ’Ride’ as in horse riding, ’Shit’ as in cockroach, ’Festival’ like in the holidays?"

When Qiu Ruoxi heard Ye Xunhuan’s separated explanation, for some reason she felt like laughing, but she had to restrain herself!

Even though Qi Shijie had great composure, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly upon hearing Ye Xunhuan’s words.

How could he not see that Ye Xunhuan was saying this deliberately!

Indeed, that was precisely the case; Ye Xunhuan had figured it out long ago but had deliberately said it that way to irritate Qi Shijie more!

He had recognized it was Qi Shijie earlier, but the homophone resemblance to ’Ride Shit Festival’ was too striking.

"It’s ’Qi’ as in Qi Lianshan, ’Shi’ as in the world, and ’Jie’ as in outstanding!"

Upon hearing Qi Shijie’s words, an understanding flashed across Ye Xunhuan’s face, "Oh, I see now!"

"And here I thought it was about riding on shit to see the world!"