ps, the author solemnly declares: This story is purely fictional. Please do not take it personally. Any resemblance is purely coincidental!!

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Chen Yingxiong instructed Dekula to handle the matter, so he didn't need to worry about it. He just needed to wait for the final result.

However, he suddenly thought… if Dekula went to handle this matter directly, wouldn't that Ice Queen really think that her direct superior had fallen into the latrine?

Of course, Dekula wasn't as stupid as Chen Yingxiong thought. He flashed back to say hello to Vera, telling her that he was going to Beijing for a few days, and that she would temporarily handle the matter of fighting to the death with the Moscow media.

Vera wondered why her boss suddenly decided to go to Beijing after returning from the bathroom.

"Well, Yingxiong has gotten into a bit of trouble in China, and I'm going to help him deal with it."

Vera covered her forehead. Her boss was really not an easy person to deal with. "I should go!" This kind of thing should have been her responsibility in the first place.

Dekula thought about it. This was also an opportunity to train Vera.

So he asked, "Are you really going?"

Vera nodded.

"But I don't think you like your boss very much…"

"This is work. My job." Vera's expression remained unchanged.

Dekula smiled, wondering what kind of wonderful expression Chen Yingxiong would have when he saw that it wasn't him who appeared in front of him, but this girl who gave him a headache.

He nodded: "Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you. Later, I'll send you the background information and the Chinese media's reports and comments on this matter. You should prepare and leave tomorrow."

"Okay."

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Dekula must have regretted not coming along, because when Chen Yingxiong saw Vera with a serious expression at the door of his hotel room in Beijing, his performance… was simply wonderful!

When Chen Yingxiong opened the door and saw Vera in front of him, he was stunned for a moment. Then he whistled: "Quite similar."

Vera didn't understand why Chen Yingxiong said that. "Boss?"

Chen Yingxiong nodded: "Yes, the voice is exactly the same. But you can't fool me, change back!"

Vera was confused: "Change back to what? Boss?"

"Take off your disguise and change back to your original appearance. Your acting is good, but in front of me, it's all fleeting clouds."

"Acting? Disguise? I'm sorry, I don't understand, boss." Vera looked very cute with a puzzled expression.

Chen Yingxiong was hit by this expression, and his heart beat violently a few times, so much that he could even hear his own heartbeat.

But when he realized that he was having impulses towards a non-human who was sometimes male and sometimes female, his flirtatious heart immediately stopped stirring.

At the same time, he secretly thought: Damn it! If I'm seduced by a transvestite, I might as well jump off this twenty-story building!

He suddenly felt bored and had no interest in continuing to joke around with Dekula. He waved his hand, signaling the other party to come in, while turning around and walking back: "Okay, stop playing around, I remember you weren't the kind of person who liked to make these kinds of jokes…"

He expected that when he turned around, he would see Dekula standing in front of him with a smile.

But to his disappointment, when he turned around, it was still Vera with a frown and a confused expression.

Chen Yingxiong clicked his tongue: "Okay, if you insist on talking to me in this image, that's fine… but I didn't expect you to have such a fetish."

Vera felt that her boss had become more and more frivolous since they last met. He hadn't said a single serious word that she could understand since he opened the door.

But work is work, and personal matters are personal. She kept them separate.

Despite being unwilling to have her boss flirt with her, she still sat down and discussed business with Chen Yingxiong.

"I'm here to help you deal with the trouble you're facing, boss."

"Yes, yes. Did you contact CCTV?" Normally, it should be a pleasant thing for a beautiful woman to discuss things with him face-to-face, but when Chen Yingxiong thought that this "beauty" was Dekula in disguise, he felt disgusted, so he had no patience. His eyes didn't know where to land.

In Vera's eyes, his appearance was naturally extremely frivolous.

"Before I came to Beijing, I called them. They said they needed to discuss it and asked me to wait for their reply," Vera replied.

Chen Yingxiong scoffed. "What's there to discuss? A good gimmick delivered to their door, they couldn't find it even with a lantern!"

Just then, his phone rang.

Chen Yingxiong took it out and saw that the caller ID was… Mr. Aurora?!

Chen Yingxiong looked up at Vera in surprise. "Are you calling me?"

He completely didn't understand what was wrong with Dekula today. First, he insisted on using Vera's image to talk to him, and then he called him face-to-face. Was this guy's brain broken?

Vera was even more surprised than Chen Yingxiong—she felt that her boss must have been severely stimulated by this recent incident, to the point that he was having mental breakdowns and even hallucinations. It seemed that being kicked out of the national team had a great impact on him… Thinking about it, it made sense. At the Olympic Games held in his own country, he was unable to represent his country and win glory because of this incident. What a sad thing that was…

"I didn't call your phone, boss," Vera shook her head, her eyes already filled with a hint of sympathy.

Chen Yingxiong didn't notice the change in Vera's attitude towards him. He muttered, "Strange…" Then he answered the phone.

"Did Vera get to you, Yingxiong?"

Dekula's first sentence stunned Chen Yingxiong.

"Huh?" He held the phone and looked up at Vera with a surprised expression.

"Huh what?"

"So the person sitting in front of me is the real Vera?"

"You didn't mistake her for me, did you?" Dekula also realized what had happened. "Don't you think about it, if she were really me, would it take her a whole day to get to Beijing?"

"Damn it!"

Not caring that there was a lady sitting in front of him, Chen Yingxiong cursed directly. But it didn't matter, with Vera's level of Chinese, she might not be able to accurately understand what "damn it" meant in Chinese.

He realized that the person sitting in front of him was the real Vera, not Dekula disguised… He should have known, when did Dekula become so bored?

But he had made a big joke because of it.

He wondered if Vera had figured it out…

After ending the call, Chen Yingxiong looked at Vera again, this time with a smile on his face. "Ah… Miss Vera, have you found a place to stay in Beijing?"

"I booked it before I came, but not at this hotel." Vera reported a hotel name. Seeing the expression on Chen Yingxiong's face change from cloudy to clear, she was even more convinced that Chen Yingxiong was definitely stimulated.

"Very good, cancel the room at that hotel, and I'll book one for you here." Chen Yingxiong nodded.

"Ah?" Vera was a little surprised.

"I think we need to stay together to better deal with this trouble. You obviously don't know the distance between that hotel and this hotel, and you definitely don't know how serious the traffic jams in Beijing are. I don't want to waste valuable time on unnecessary congestion and waiting. I don't have many days left of my vacation, so I have to get this matter settled before going to Italy."

After speaking, without waiting for Vera to object, he directly called Dekula: "Help me cancel Vera's room, and then book another one for her here, preferably next door, uh-huh. That's it."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Yingxiong crossed his fingers and placed them on his lower abdomen, then looked at the Ice Queen with a smile. He thought of Vera's cute expression that had made his heart beat faster before. After knowing that the person in front of him was the real Vera, his mood quickly warmed up, and he began to have the mood to appreciate the cuteness of this Ice Queen.

His excuses were very high-sounding, but in reality, there were more selfish considerations. Who wouldn't want to be next door to a beautiful woman?

Even though this beautiful woman had never given Chen Yingxiong a good look before, Chen Yingxiong had one advantage: he was relatively forgetful. If people didn't give him a good look, he would forget about it after a while.

Vera was a little unhappy that her boss had arranged for her to stay next door to him without permission, but she couldn't do anything about it. After all, the reasons Chen Yingxiong gave sounded quite reasonable. She definitely wasn't as familiar with Beijing as a real Chinese person. She wondered if it was really as he said.

Arriving here, unfamiliar with the place, she suddenly felt deep down that she was "a fish on the chopping block," and that she could only be at Chen Yingxiong's mercy and couldn't do anything…

Just as this feeling grew stronger, Chen Yingxiong spoke again: "Okay, let's just talk about these work matters. Miss Vera, is this your first time in Beijing?"

Vera nodded.

"In that case, I'll treat you tonight. I'll take you to eat authentic Peking duck, which is a world-famous delicacy!"

"This…"

Seeing that Vera seemed to habitually want to refuse, Chen Yingxiong pointed to her mouth and said, "Do you have any other arrangements in Beijing?"

Vera was an honest person and not good at lying. She shook her head: "No."

Chen Yingxiong smiled happily: "Isn't that the end of it? Listen to my arrangements tonight!"

Vera frowned slightly.

Seeing that Vera was a little worried, Chen Yingxiong waved his hand: "Don't worry, I won't sell you!"

Helplessly, Vera had to agree.

"Okay, boss, I'll listen to your arrangements tonight…"

The happy Chen Yingxiong looked Vera up and down—suit, trousers, and shirt, a very professional attire. He remembered that every time he saw Vera, she was dressed like this. He didn't like it at all, and even hated this kind of outfit. Although that kind of office lady was a type that many people liked, Chen Yingxiong was tired of seeing it…

He frowned and said, "Don't you have any other clothes?"

"I have another set…"

"No, I mean, besides this type, do you have anything else?"

"I'm here to work, not to attend a ball or banquet, boss…" Vera explained weakly.

Chen Yingxiong snapped his fingers: "You're right, but nighttime is not working time. Let's go now, I'll take you to buy some decent clothes. Look at what you're wearing!"

After speaking, without waiting for Vera to object, Chen Yingxiong got up and walked towards the door.

When he reached the door, he turned back to look at Vera, who was sitting on the sofa without moving.

"Let's go!" He waved his hand.

"But boss…"

"Didn't you say you would listen to my arrangements tonight?"

Looking at Chen Yingxiong's taken-for-granted expression, Vera sighed and stood up from the sofa.

As she walked towards Chen Yingxiong, she suddenly had the feeling that she had boarded a pirate ship…