She was fired after she refused to be the CEO's dog licker.

Aunt Xu's "eh" made my heart, which had just relaxed, rise to my throat again.

My intuition told me that she still found something unusual.

Perhaps, it was Zhou Hanzhi’s familiar back, or perhaps, it was my unnatural reaction and performance today.

"Xixi, wait a moment." Aunt Xu called Lin Xixi's name, her tone somewhat anxious.

Lin Xixi just stood firm in the elevator and turned to look at Aunt Lin. Zhou Hanzhi, who had been standing next to her without saying anything, suddenly spoke up and answered Aunt Xu's question, "What's wrong, Aunt Xu?"

I was standing in the corner of the elevator. From my angle, I could see that Zhou Hanzhi nodded slightly and looked at Aunt Xu quietly. The tone of his words was very light, but it didn't sound like a question, but more like... a threat.

The reason I made this judgment is because I saw Aunt Xu's expression change next. She was stunned at first, and then a trace of panic appeared on her face. She quickly pursed her lips and shook her head vigorously, saying in a panic and nervous tone: "No, nothing, I, I won't waste your time, I'll go and get busy first."

It was the first time I saw Aunt Xu move so quickly. She turned around, picked up the bucket, and walked away in a hurry, as if if she walked a little slower, someone would grab her neck and hang her on the beam.

Zhou Hanzhi pressed the floor button with his slender fingers, and the elevator slowly closed.

I heard Lin Xixi mutter in a puzzled tone: "Aunt Xu, why was she acting so strange just now?"

No one responded to her words. Even Zhou Hanzhi, who had just managed to say something, closed his mouth and remained silent again.

The elevator was narrow, and with four of us standing in it, it seemed even more cramped. Because of the silence, the air gradually became dull.

It's so stuffy that it makes you breathless.

Zhou Hanzhi and Lin Xixi were standing in front of me. The elevator rose slowly and the numbers on the small screen jumped slowly. My eyes unconsciously shifted to Zhou Hanzhi, looking at his tall body, broad and strong back, and the sharp and fierce aura throughout his body.

My thoughts drifted away unconsciously, to this time last night, when he ambushed me outside the elevator, then took me into the elevator when I was unprepared, pressed me in the corner of the elevator, and even kissed me deeply despite the camera in the elevator... Wait, camera?

I suddenly raised my head and looked at the black camera that was now pointed at me.

At this moment, Lin Xixi suddenly turned her head and looked at Zhou Hanzhi with a slight smile: "Oh, by the way, Hanzhi, do you know that Sister Nanxu has a boyfriend? We met by chance in the elevator last night, and Sister Nanxu admitted that she has a boyfriend now, and they have a very good relationship, very sweet."

"Really?" Zhou Hanzhi spoke again. He and Lin Xixi turned to look at me, raised their eyebrows slightly, with a hint of doubt in their eyes, "When did Manager Meng have a boyfriend? Who is he? What does he do?"

The light from the elevator ceiling shone down, casting flickering shadows on Zhou Hanzhi's face. His deep eyes were sharp, piercing, and scrutinizing.

Those dark eyes fixed on my face and never moved away.

Before I could withdraw my thoughts from what happened in the elevator last night, my eyes suddenly met those scrutinizing eyes again. I felt panicked and couldn't say anything for a moment.

How could I have a boyfriend? The so-called boyfriend was just a cover-up for what happened in the elevator last night.

But, if Zhou Hanzhi knew that I called him my boyfriend, what would he think of me?

He would think that I did it on purpose, that even though we had been separated for a long time, I still wanted to continue to pester him and lick him, and even used more despicable means, such as announcing to others that he was my boyfriend, in order to destroy his relationship with Lin Xixi.

He would mock me, ridicule me, say that I had no shame, and that not only did I trick someone into having sex with me, but I also wanted to go even further and steal her status as his girlfriend.

I can't explain this, at least not to Zhou Hanzhi at this moment. I also can't admit that I have a boyfriend, at least not let Zhou Hanzhi know that my so-called "boyfriend" is him.

"So what if you have a boyfriend? Can't you have one? This isn't a big deal, right? Why are Mr. Zhou and Manager Lin so excited and asking so many questions?" Yuan Tianye, who was standing next to me, spoke up. He put his arm around my shoulders and pulled me into his arms, then raised his chin towards the two people in front of him, "Why, are Mr. Zhou and Manager Lin going to give me and my sister gifts?"

Ono was deliberately trying to smooth things over for me, so he deliberately stated that he was my boyfriend.

But this time, Ono made the wrong choice...

"Is Sister Nanxu's boyfriend Director Yuan?" Lin Xixi showed some doubts on her face, and then frowned, "But Sister Nanxu said last night that it wasn't you. Aunt Xu also said that she saw the man's back. It wasn't you, nor Professor Yan, nor that fat Mr. Zhang Liu. He was a tall and steady man."

Zhou Hanzhi's brows furrowed even tighter, and the scrutiny in his eyes became sharper. His gaze was cast on Yuan Tianye's arm around me, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

It makes people feel dangerous.

"Am I not tall? Am I not steady enough? Of course I am your sister's tall and steady boyfriend." Yuan Tianye didn't care about Lin Xixi's question at all. He hugged me tighter as if he was doing it on purpose for Zhou Hanzhi to see. "It's just that your sister likes to keep a low profile and wants to keep in touch privately first, so she didn't admit it publicly. But in fact, look at our relationship, isn't it obvious enough?"

My lips moved, but still no words came out.

Lin Xixi's eyes turned to the top of Yuan Tianye's head: "But Director Yuan's hair color is very prominent. Aunt Xu also said last night that she saw the man at the elevator entrance. He had black hair, not Director Yuan's silver-gray hair."

Yuan Tianye frowned and stopped talking.

I was extremely nervous, my nails dug deeply into my palms, but I didn't feel any pain at all.

There was only one thought in my mind: I was exposed.

Lin Xixi said that Aunt Xu saw my "boyfriend" at the elevator entrance. He had black hair, was tall, and calm.

And last night, the dark-haired, tall, calm person who entangled with me in the elevator and brushed past Aunt Xu was only Zhou Hanzhi.

Zhou Hanzhi must have guessed that the "boyfriend" I was talking about was him.

He must be despising me in his heart and resenting me for being so bold as to try to destroy the relationship between him and Lin Xixi.

"At the elevator entrance?" Sure enough, Zhou Hanzhi's lips moved, the corners of his lips slightly curled up, revealing a light smile. He was asking Lin Xixi, but his eyes were always fixed on my face. "So, Aunt Xu saw Manager Meng's boyfriend at the elevator entrance last night?"