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

I was startled by Zhang Tingyuan’s appearance.

He is a fresh and clean young man with a handsome face, red lips, white teeth, and a pair of sparkling peach eyes. He is also a fashion-forward person who pays attention to his appearance. His clothes are always trendy and handsome, very pleasing to the eye. He is a young man who combines talent and beauty.

But when I looked up, I saw that he looked listless. His iconic silver-gray hair lay limply on his head, his whole face was gray, his peach blossom eyes were full of red blood, and there were even two dark circles under his eyes.

Her beauty was compromised, revealing a deep sense of fatigue.

"Did you not sleep all night last night?" Seeing Yuan Tianye like this, I couldn't help but feel distressed and reached out to rub his face.

"Well, I was very worried when I couldn't find my sister. I couldn't sleep at all." Yuan Tianye's voice was very low, his nasal tone was a little heavy, and he sounded a little aggrieved.

I felt even more guilty and uneasy: "It's my fault. I had such a great time having dinner with Wu Ling last night that I opened a bottle of wine and forgot to say hello to you. I also forgot to charge my phone and didn't answer your call in time, causing you to worry for so long."

The excuses are fake, but the guilt and regret are real.

If I had known last night I shouldn’t have gotten into Zhou Hanzhi’s car, nor should I have forgotten my coat in the yard due to carelessness. This way, Xiaoye wouldn’t have been unable to sleep all night because of worrying about me.

"You and Sister Wu drank last night? Then where did you stay last night? Was it safe? Did anything happen?" Yuan Tianye immediately looked at me with concern.

"Yes, Wu Ling drank a little too much last night, so I took a taxi to send her home first, but I couldn't walk anymore, so I just stayed at her house for a night." I answered with a light cough, but I lied, so I couldn't look Yuan Tianye in the eye. I shifted my gaze to ask Wu Ling on the side, "Isn't that right, sister?"

Wu Ling had just gotten out of the car at this time. She looked at Yuan Tianye with a guilty look in her eyes. She nodded and echoed my words: "Yes, Xuxu stayed with me last night. We were both drunk, so we forgot to charge our phones and they turned off automatically. I'm sorry, Xiaoye, for making you worry about your girlfriend."

"...Okay, I'm glad you're okay." Yuan Tianye looked at me for a long time before speaking softly.

The corners of his lips pulled up slightly into a smile, but it was a little forced.

I felt uneasy and wanted to say something, but Yuan Tianye put his arm around my shoulders and smiled, changing the subject: "Sister, you rushed here at this time, you must not have eaten yet, right? Let's go eat together."

I felt guilty and sad for making him worry for so long last night, so even though I had no appetite, I still accompanied Yuan Tianye to have breakfast.

Then I half persuaded and half forced him to go back and rest. Although Ono was a little reluctant, he still went back obediently.

After sending Yuan Tianye away, I breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the company. However, as soon as I entered the office, Wu Ling found me in a hurry: "Xuxu, this is bad."

"What's wrong?" I thought it was a problem at work, so I asked immediately.

Wu Ling turned on his phone and placed it in front of me, his face pale. "Our lie has been exposed. Xiao Ye went to my house this morning. Look at this. He was still waiting at my door at 8:30."

I immediately looked down and saw a photo taken at the door of Wu Ling's home. The real time displayed on it was 8:30.

Half past eight, isn't that the time when I got through to Ono?

My fingertips touched the screen, and the photo was zoomed out, revealing a chat page, which was Yuan Tianye’s WeChat page with a series of messages on it.

"Sister Wu, is my girlfriend with you? I went to her house to look for her, but she wasn't there at all."

"I came to your house and I knocked on the door."

"Why didn't you respond? Sister Wu, you didn't go home last night, did you? Where did you take my girlfriend?"

After reading this, my heart sank. This lie was really blatant. When Xiao Ye was guarding at the door of Wu Ling's house, I told Xiao Ye that Wu Ling and I had just left home to go to work.

Just now when I was facing Xiao Ye, I said with certainty that I stayed at Wu Ling's house with her last night.

No wonder Ono's expression was so unnatural just now. Had he seen through my lie at that time?

"Xuxu, did Yuan Tianye question you just now? Were you angry?" Wu Ling was worried that Xiaoye would embarrass me.

I shook my head. “No, he never mentioned it again.”

Ono knew that I was lying, but he didn't expose me or ask any further questions.

For a moment, I felt mixed emotions. Ono was such a smart person, he must have guessed the truth at that time.

He chose to suppress the truth, hide it in his heart, and cooperate with my lies.

"If you didn't mention it, it means that the matter is over and it's fine." Wu Ling breathed a sigh of relief and patted my shoulder. "Xuxu, don't think too much about it. Even if these are lies, they are white lies. You didn't do anything to let Yuan Tianye down last night."

In fact, how could I not think about it? I still felt guilty, deeply guilty.

Although Ono and I were just pretending to be a couple, Ono's concern and care for me were genuine, but I lied to him. The lie might have been well-intentioned, but a lie is a lie, and anyone who feels deceived will definitely be sad.

I connected my phone to the charging cable and turned it on quickly, wanting to send a message to Xiaoye.

I originally thought that the phone might take a while to turn on, however, as soon as I pressed the power button, it turned on. When I saw the battery level display in the upper right corner, I couldn't help but frown.

The battery level indicator in the upper right corner shows that my phone still has 59 percent battery.

I just charged it, less than a minute ago. There is no way that the battery can be charged to 59% in such a short time. There is only one possibility.

I looked up at Wu Ling: "When you washed my coat this morning, my phone was turned off?"

"Yes, normally if a mobile phone is in standby mode, the screen will light up when you touch it with your finger. I took a look and the phone was turned off." Wu Ling immediately turned to look at my phone and was also surprised. "Hey, your phone has power, so why is it turned off?"

My phone had power at the beginning. It didn't shut down automatically due to running out of power, but was turned off manually by someone.

So, who deliberately turned off my phone?

When was my cell phone turned off?

Wu Ling and I looked at each other, his expression changed quickly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "It's that bastard Zeng Zhi again!"

In fact, before she said it, I had guessed that the person who quietly turned off my phone should be Zeng Zhi.

But when did he turn off my phone?