Chapter 58 - New Number, Who is This?

Xi Long's face turned solemn as he tried to recollect his day. There weren't many spots he had gone to and the faster he found out where he dropped it the better. Getting up from his chair he took a quick look around the office and used his flashlight to check under the furniture. Finding absolutely nothing he went back to his desk and sat on the edge of the table while picking up his work phone. Pressing down on the star symbol it started ringing as it automatically connected to Shufen.

"Boss."

"Come to my office."

"Coming." Hanging up the phone he closed his eyes to control his irritation and waited for his secretary to come. Hearing a knock on the office door, he pressed the buzzer under the table to let him in.

As soon as Lei Shufen entered the office he could already tell that something was wrong. It had seemed that his Boss's mood kept switching quickly and he could not keep up. He was happy with his lady boss and then cold when he delivered the news of finding his enemy and was neutral at the office. Now it was freezing cold, the air in the office was stiffling and he knew something had happened. Standing near Xi Long he waited for him to reopen his eyes and speak to him. After years of working for him he was accustomed to his behaviour, it wasn't him ignoring him but just him collecting his thoughts or controlling his anger. He was willing to stand here for hours if he did not have to face his boss' anger.

Oblivious to Shufen's worries he reopened his eyes and addressed him. "I need you to call in and have everywhere I went to be secretly checked. I dropped my chip and I need to find it immediately. Keep it low key, we don't want to alert anyone."

"Yes. Will do immediately." After taking that order Shufen immediately left to contact their people to do a survey of the areas. They had only been to two spots before the office but it could have dropped in the car too. He could understand why his boss was so mad the chip was something that could not be replaced. Its usually secure but it must have not been transferred to the jacket correctly, either way it was his job to find it.

After making some calls, Shufen went out to the car and personally checked the floors. Finding nothing he went back into the office to wait for a response. Each response he heard made his heart drop, none of the men he sent could find anything. After the last man phoned back he prepared to break the news to his boss. 'Huhu why must I do this, I need a vacation.'

Knocking on the door he waited for the buzzer before entering. Avoiding Xi Long's eyes he quickly informed him that there was no news of the chip before he could ask. Shufen's heart started pounding as he glanced at his boss, his eyes were glaring at the desk.

"Where the F.U.C.K do you think it could be?"

Making a silent prayer he spoke up again, "Boss....boss we've checked everywhere. Do you think....by chance.... it may be at the lady boss's house?"

"Her house...?" Xi Long's face lit up as he realized that he had not considered his kitten's house. He felt irritated that he had taken so much time to think about where he could have dropped it and completely forgot staying over at her house in a moment of anger. 'Since meeting her seems like I've truly given up on a lot...including my brains.'

"Yes Boss, I have a feeling it might be there. If not we can do a more extensive search. Would you like to go over there now?"

"No. There's too much work to leave right now, I'll see if she has it another way. Thanks, you can go back to work."

"Okay." Surprise quickly fleeted across Shufen's face as he saw his boss's expression change so quickly. By the look in his eyes it was nothing good, he hoped the lady boss would be okay with whatever he was planning. 'Good luck, Lady Boss you have my support!'

As soon as Shufen left the room Xi Long leaned back into his chair with a glint in his eye. A smirk eased onto his face as he thought about his Kitten. 'Guess fate really can't keep us apart for long huh.' He knew he loved spending time with her but these opportunties kept arising for them to meet again so quickly. Slipping his hand into his pocket he took out his phone. Opening a new chat he typed "Kitten" into his contact list and created a new text.

"Hey." Closing his phone his smirk deepened as he imagined her reaction, he wishes he could see her face but he could settle for text version. He wanted to make a more risky text but it would be no fun if she knew it was him from the getgo. There was no way she would not respond because he had sneaked into her phone and stole her number. He couldn't just spend a night with someone and not have their number, now could he?

'Kitten...hurry up and respond.'

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Ying Yue was halfway through her wings when she heard a beep from her phone. Ignoring it she continued eating her food she smiled in joy at how good the food was. The crispy skin crackled as she bit into it with the juice of the spice dripped onto the plate. She took quick breaths as she bit too far into the chicken and burnt the tip of her tongue from the cheese. Finishing up the piece she kept the rest aside for later and put everything away before washing up. She began walking to the bathroom to get a shower but before she could enter she felt a nudging feeling.

Walking back to the living room she picked up her phone and unlocked it. It was her burner phone and often got notifications but it was odd to get one now. Going to her main screen she saw a 1 at the top right corner of her messages icon. 'A text message...from who?'

Opening it up she sees an unknown number with a messaging saying "hey." 'Hey? Hey who? Who has this number???' Curiousity took over and she decided to respond. If it was a mistake or a wrong number then fine, if it was someone else she would have to break the sim and discard the phone immediately.

Choosing a generic response she finally clicked send.

"New number who's this?"