Mr.CEO Looks Exactly the Same as My Son!-Chapter 961: The Two Most Annoying Words—“But” (No Explanation)

Beichen Jue’s slightly aged hand picked up the chopsticks, his face carrying a satisfied smile as he ate a few bites of noodles, "Still far from my level back in the day, you have to keep trying."

With that, he lowered his head and continued eating.

After the bowl of noodles was finished, he smacked his lips as if still unsatisfied, "Barely counts as passable."

Beichen Rui smiled, "Grandpa, stay here tonight; I’ll cook a few dishes myself, and we can all have a family meal together."

The old man waved his hand to refuse, "Eating is for sure, but staying over, forget it, I’m still more used to the old house."

Knowing he couldn’t persuade him, Beichen Rui didn’t say more, just lightly pressed his lips and stayed silent.

After staying for dinner, despite Beichen Rui and Ye Xinluo’s efforts to keep him, the old man insisted on returning to the old house.

...

The afternoon of the agreed meeting with Ye Xinluo.

Parked by the roadside in front of the café was a Bentley.

In the back seat, Beichen Rui leaned leisurely against the seatback, with a laptop on his lap showing the café’s surveillance footage.

"Rui, it’s almost two o’clock; logically, the person who’s meeting with sister-in-law should have arrived early, so why haven’t they shown up at this point?" Mo Han sat in the driver’s seat, staring directly at the café entrance.

"No rush, let’s wait a bit more."

He had said he’d come personally not to meet that person but to watch from the shadows and see who it was.

At 2:10, everything was usual inside the café.

At 2:20, some people came for afternoon tea, but no suspicious person was detected.

At 2:30, the appointed time arrived, and still no movement, Beichen Rui’s brows furrowed more deeply.

"Rui, what’s going on? The time and place were settled, and now it’s a no-show?" Mo Han’s mouth twitched; he let go of company matters to keep an eye out here, only for it to be futile?

Beichen Rui remained silent.

"Could it really be someone pulling a prank? If that’s the case, they’re quite skilled! The phone numbers were untraceable, not the first time they’ve done this!" Mo Han said indignantly.

"Unlikely."

There was always a sense that something was amiss.

Having set a meeting and now not showing up, maybe they’ve realized something; this rather proves that the other party isn’t simple.

Quickly filtering through faces in his mind, he ultimately locked onto someone.

Closing the laptop, he lowered the car window, gazing deeply at the café entrance before raising the window again, "Go and check Xu Yi’s situation."

Mo Han was startled, "You suspect..."

The rest was left unsaid.

"Yes." Beichen Rui nodded. If it’s not, that would be best, but if it really is him...

A hint of coldness flashed in his eyes, quickly replaced within a second.

"Let’s go home; I need to prepare some food for Xinluo." He looked at the time and spoke up. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Mo Han: "..."

What about the seriousness? What about the investigation? The tone shift was too quick!

"Rui, can I take the afternoon off?"

He added in his heart, really just wanting to mooch a meal at his place...

He just wanted to rest now, and didn’t want to think about anything else; even looking at documents gave him a headache.

"Sure."

Beichen Rui happily agreed, but then in the next second, changed the tone, "But you have to work overtime tomorrow."

Damn it... The word "but" is the most annoying, no explanation needed!

Because Beichen Rui didn’t drive himself, after unhappily taking him back, he returned to work at the company with a long face...