CEO Husband Please Be Refrained

After Mo Beichen had lunch with Xia Weilan, they returned to Mo Corp.

That afternoon, Xia Weilan followed Mo Beichen into the conference to attend an internal meeting under Mo Beichen’s request. 

In the conference room, everyone lifted their heads subconsciously when they heard footsteps of someone coming in. They were surprised when they saw Xia Weilan.

After all, nobody expected that it’s real that the young miss of the Xia family came to work as a replacement secretary in their office for two days in a row.

Xia Weilan sensed everyone was watching her. However, she remained calm and walked to one side. She distributed the set documents that she had prepared to all the managers. She was really a well-qualified secretary.

Once she was done, she stood emotionlessly  beside Mo Beichen.

“Let’s begin!” said Mo Beichen.

“Erm, isn’t this inappropriate?” One of the managers gave an odd look at Xia Weilan.

“She’s not the company’s employee and this happens to be an internal meeting. How can we let others join the meeting?”

“Yes. Miss Xia, why don’t you take a rest at the receptionist area?” suggested another manager.

Xia Weilan received different looks from everyone. She hesitated for a while but eventually landed her gaze on Mo Beichen, waiting for him to make a decision.

“There’s no need for that. She’s my secretary today. She’ll be doing what Xu Wei is usually doing.” Mo Beichen didn’t even lift his head when he said this in a business-like manner.

After hearing his words, the two employees who disapproved just now kept their mouths shut.

The meeting was enveloped by a strange atmosphere. However, as time passed by and with Mo Beichen’s strict behavior, everyone was uptight and serious. Nobody had time to mind about Miss Xia anymore.

‘Ring~’ Xia Weilan’s phone suddenly rang in the middle of the meeting.

Everybody stopped, including Mo Beichen.

Xia Weilan was embarrassed, she didn’t even look at the caller ID and wanted to switch off her phone. Mo Beichen said unexpectedly, “Since the meeting was already interrupted, you may pick up the call.”

Everyone drew in a cold breath as they stared at Mo Beichen’s expression. Some of them thought that this was a prelude to him throwing a fit. They glanced at Xia Weilan, anticipating what’s next of her misfortune.

“I’ll talk outside.” Xia Weilan felt her heart racing. It’s really embarrassing to answer the phone in front of everyone.

“Just talk here. After that, we can continue with the meeting.” Mo Beichen said coldly with some traces of anger.

He was very curious to find out who the caller was.

“Okay.” Xia Weilan could only lower her head and look at her phone. It turned out that it was from Old Master Mo. She quickly picked up the call, “Grandpa?”

“My girl, I heard that you went to the Beichen’s company to help out. Haha, is Beichen beside you?”

Xia Weilan secretly stole a glance at Mo Beichen and saw that he was reading some document as if nothing had happened. She nodded lightly and replied, “Yes, he’s here.”

“Okay. Ask him to bring you home for dinner tonight. Grandpa will be waiting for you at the old mansion.” Old Master Mo said kindly.

“Alright.” Xia Weilan replied. She quickly said, “Grandpa, I still have work to do. I’ll talk to you later.”

Xia Weilan let out a heavy sigh after she hung up the phone and quickly turned the phone to silent mode as she let out an awkward smile.

The managers all looked at Mo Beichen, expecting him to say something or perhaps punish Xia Weilan by asking her to get out or something like that. 

But they saw Mo Beichen lifted his head and spoke as if nothing had happened. 

“Let’s continue.”

Everyone opened their eyes wide in disbelief. 

After all, the company rule strictly specified that everyone must set their phone to silence before the start of the meeting and not to mention picking up a call in the middle of a meeting.

Throughout the meeting, Xia Weilan hung her head low as she stood there in embarrassment, like a child who did something wrong.

After the meeting ended, Xia Weilan followed Mo Beichen into the president’s office.

Xia Weilan immediately apologized. “I’m sorry.”

Mo Beichen thugged his tie and sat in front of his office desk. He stared at her with his black eyes while curling his lips slightly. “Sorry about what?”

“I forgot to set my phone to silent just now. You can punish me if you wish to.” Xia Weilan stood there without confidence.

“Sit down!” Mo Beichen squinted as he said in a pleasant tone.

Although Xia Weilan couldn’t figure out why Mo Beichen made such a command, she sat down on the couch in front of her. She thought that Mo Beichen would punish her. But she never expected that when Mo Beichen finished his words, he switched on his computer and began focusing on his work without looking at her.

The room was filled with the sound of the keyboard tapping. Initially, Xia Weilan was sitting upright, but after a while, she felt exhausted and started leaning on the back of the couch and yawned.

“Go take some rest at the lounge.” Mo Beichen lifted his head from the computer and frowned when he saw her about to doze off.

Xia Weilan wiped her drool and immediately became alert. She looked at Mo Beichen and noticed that he was not looking at her. She started to wonder if she had been hallucinating. She stood up and walked toward the longue and noticed that Mo Beichen didn’t say anything. She opened the door and tip-toed inside. 

There was a desk, a closet, a bed and a bathroom inside the longue. 

Xia Weilan lied on the bed, lifting her head to face the ceiling. She took in the pleasant scent of Mo Beichen inside the room and it made her feel really at ease.

 She fell asleep without realizing.

By the time Xia Weilan woke up, it was already four thirty in the afternoon. It was thirty minutes to get off work. 

She quickly sat up and opened the door to walk out from the lounge. But Mo Beichen had already left his office. 

There was another female assistant who stood beside the door. When she saw her coming out, she quickly carried a bag of fruits and snacks inside.

“Miss Xia, this is from the president. The president is now meeting a client. He will be back in thirty minutes. The president said this is for you to snack on while waiting.”  The secretary placed the food neaty on the coffee table beside the couch in a respectful manner.

“Thanks.” Xia Weilan immediately said.

“It’s my pleasure. Miss Xia, let me know if you need anything. I’ll be outside.” The secretary looked straight ahead when she finished speaking and left the office. She closed the door lightly behind her.

Xia Weilan sat on the couch and enjoyed the food. She kept thinking and something suddenly stuck in her mind.

It was very rare for a solemn man like Mo Beichen to allow such snacks to appear in his office.

Xia Weilan was casually enjoying her food while at the same time, Xia Roulin was in a rage.

“Dad! It’s all Xia Weilan’s fault for causing me to get kicked out on the first day of the business meeting with Mo Corp!” Xia Roulin dashed into Xue Zhiqing’s office to complain in anger.