By the time Xu Ye got out of the shower.
Chen Qingqing had already sent him several messages.
Xu Ye held the hair dryer in one hand and his phone in the other, reading what she'd just sent.
Chen Qingqing: "I called it. Jiang Yu really is about to start dating."
Chen Qingqing: "Last night I got up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, and she was still under the covers chatting with him on her phone."
Chen Qingqing: "Shen Xinyi and Qin Zhiwei were like that at the start, and so were Zhang Ruowei and Zhao Ming."
Chen Qingqing: "Give it a little while and Jiang Yu will probably bring her boyfriend to meet us."
Chen Qingqing: "Oh, right, where were you this morning? Why weren't you at the company?"
Xu Ye scrolled to the last message and read it. He fired back, "How do you know I wasn't at the company this morning?"
Chen Qingqing: "Oops~"
Chen Qingqing: "That slipped out."
Xu Ye: "You'd better come clean."
Chen Qingqing: "Um."
Chen Qingqing: "It's not a big deal."
Chen Qingqing: "I just have someone on the inside at your company. I know your every move there."
Xu Ye: "Who'd you buy off?"
Chen Qingqing: "Not telling."
Xu Ye: "Is it Zhang Xiaoyan?"
Chen Qingqing: "No."
Xu Ye: "Give it up. I've known forever. You think a little trick like that gets past me?"
Chen Qingqing: "Then you tell me. What were you doing this morning?"
Xu Ye: "I went to an event at a company I invested in a while back."
Chen Qingqing: "Oh, okay."
Xu Ye: "I'll come over around five-thirty tomorrow. We haven't eaten together in forever. Get your roommates to come, and I'll let Qin Zhiwei and Zhao Ming know too."
Chen Qingqing: "Should I say it's your treat?"
Xu Ye: "Say it's our treat, and Zhao Ming's paying."
Chen Qingqing: "/thumbsup/thumbsup/thumbsup."
Chen Qingqing told her roommates right away. The moment Zhang Ruowei heard there'd be a group dinner, she couldn't resist teasing. "Jiang Yu, bring your boyfriend tomorrow. Let us all…