The Only One With a Mouth in the CEO Novel - Chapter 78: I'm Your Ex-Boyfriend

Chapter 78: I’m Your Ex-Boyfriend

After Yan Rong came over to exchange a few words, he turned around and continued with his work.

This left Ye Jin and Gu Chenxi sitting together.

Ye Jin turned her head, looking at him with full skepticism: President Gu?

Hmm?

Gu Chenxi responded.

Ye Jin had long noticed that Gu Chenxi tended to speak more when he was in a good mood.

Right now, this man was clearly in high spirits.

Thus, Ye Jin grew even more suspicious: What did you just do?

Gu Chenxi’s voice remained unhurried: What could I, an ex-boyfriend, possibly do?

Ye Jin:

That was clearly a misunderstanding. Ye Jin tried hard to distance herself from the matter, lowering her voice as she said, Can we please stop bringing this up?

Gu Chenxi smiled faintly, but his words were merciless: No.

When minds don’t meet, half a sentence is too many.

Ye Jin said with a stern face: You’ve successfully killed the conversation.

Gu Chenxi actually enjoyed chatting with her very much, but after being silent for too long, he’d habitually run out of words.

So he said: What would you like me to say? Baby.

Ye Jin: Don’t call me baby.

Assistant General Manager Ye, Assistant Ye, Little Ye, Jin Jin. Gu Chenxi listed several of her titles in one breath, his voice deep and soft, as if he’d recited them thousands of times with practiced intimacy.

Gu Chenxi: Which one do you prefer me to call you?

Ye Jin:

She silently rubbed her ears.

Why did it sound perfectly normal when others said these things, but the moment they came from Gu Chenxi’s mouth, they all took on a different flavor?

Ye Jin: President Gu, maybe you should just stop talking.

She declined politely: I think the practice of silent meditation suits you better.

Gu Chenxi got rebuffed, but instead chuckled, the sound emanating from his nasal cavity carrying a peculiar sense of intimacy.

He truly didn’t continue speaking after that.

For this bidding conference, their main purpose was to show their level of importance, not to participate in decision-making.

So after the bidding began, Ye Jin immersed herself fully in listening with the intention of learning, completely shutting Gu Chenxi out of her world.

She focused intently for a long time.

The mind map on her laptop gradually grew more detailed.

Ye Jin breathed a sigh of relief, rotating her neck left and right, but feeling it still wasn’t relieved, she raised her hand to massage it.

Suddenly, a hand took over hers, slowly pressing against her stiff muscles.

Ye Jin enjoyed it for one second.

Then, with a mental twang, a string inside her tightened.

She turned her head and discovered it was indeed Gu Chenxi.

Is the pressure okay? he asked.

Ye Jin quickly removed his hand.

Hehe, no need to trouble President Gu. Ye Jin smiled carefully and politely, saying, I’d like to live a few more years.

Having a billionaire big boss massage the back of her neck? How precious would that neck have to be?

Gu Chenxi let her push his hand away without resistance, but meaningfully remarked: We’ve already kissed.

Wasn’t massaging her neck just a natural follow-up?

Ye Jin:

Gu Chenxi has gone mad.

He definitely wasn’t like this before.

Who exactly are you?Ye Jin stared at him for two seconds, seriously threatening: ‘I don’t care who you are, but get off our cold and imposing President Gu right now.’

With Gu Chenxi’s changes being so drastic, aside from being possessed by a ghost, Ye Jin couldn’t think of any other explanation.

Gu Chenxi was amused, letting out two low chuckles.

Then he followed her script, introducing himself in a deep voice: I’m your ex-boyfriend.

Is this guy never going to let it go?
But soon, Ye Jin calmed down and thought it through carefully.

Gu Chenxi’s sudden change seemed to have started from the moment he claimed the identity of her ex-boyfriend.

It was even more terrifying than being possessed by a ghost.

And the most crucial point was that Ye Jin found herself utterly helpless against him.

After the bidding companies took turns presenting their proposals and submitting their bidding documents, the process moved into the detailed evaluation stage.

Several familiar faces came over to greet them.

Ye Jin stood beside Gu Chenxi, helping him handle the social interactions.

After exchanging a few words, a young executive from the opposite side gossiped, Are the two of you about to tie the knot? Don’t forget to invite me for a celebratory drink when the time comes.

Ye Jin: ?

Which two were about to tie the knot?

It took Ye Jin a moment to realize the young executive was referring to her and Gu Chenxi.

Now there was no doubt about it.

Before the bidding meeting began, Gu Chenxi must have pulled some strings behind her back without her knowledge.

She couldn’t just take this lying down.

Nor could she let Gu Chenxi allow others to misunderstand their relationship.

Director Liu, could we speak privately? Ye Jin smiled, ready to stir up trouble.

Of course.

So Ye Jin led Director Liu a short distance away.

The young executive didn’t understand what Ye Jin was up to and glanced at Gu Chenxi in confusion, only to find that the latter showed no displeasure at being excluded from the conversation. Instead, he was calmly watching them.

Ye Jin walked until they were out of Gu Chenxi’s earshot before stopping, then whispered something to the young executive.

Gu Chenxi watched with a detached gaze.

After Ye Jin briefly said a few words, the young executive suddenly looked at him in shock, then showed an extremely apologetic expression.

The young executive then nodded at Gu Chenxi and hurried away without even saying goodbye.

Ye Jin finally revealed a smile, deliberately pursing her lips, looking quite pleased with herself.

Gu Chenxi didn’t need to think hard to know she hadn’t said anything good about him.

He didn’t probe too deeply, calmly putting his hand in his pocket and playing with the small ring inside, waiting for her to return to his side with a triumphant expression.

President Gu.

Having just pulled off her mischief, she now looked particularly vibrant.

Ye Jin smiled and said, You have a video conference in half an hour. Let’s head back to the hotel first.

Mm.

Gu Chenxi was in a good mood too.

He put down the ring he was fiddling with and returned to the hotel with her.

[No way
The system protested strongly: [I won’t allow you to make that kind of video.
Ye Jin: Oh, it’s not that serious!

The system was furious: [Don’t you know exactly what rumors you’ve been spreading about the male lead behind his back?!
If it were just ordinary rumors, the system might have tolerated it.

The system could hardly bring itself to say it: [You actually you actually spread rumors that the male lead is impotent!
Ye Jin: He started it!

Besides impotence, she couldn’t think of any other excuse to clarify their relationship.

The system persuaded: [Then just date him for a while to keep him stable. I’ll send you back to your original world after the mission ends.
That would be too irresponsible.

She didn’t want to truly become a heartbreaker.

The system: [Is what you’re doing now any more responsible?
Ye Jin: I’ll post it online in Another World. He’ll never know.

Ye Jin noticed the system’s attitude softening, so she changed her approach to continue persuading it. Ugh, I’m just so frustrated. I’ve been driven crazy by Gu Chenxi these past few days. You have to let me find some way to vent.

The system was already familiar with her tactics: I know how terrifying you get when you’re anxious.

Ye Jin snorted, Good that you know.

The system was truly afraid of her, so it compromised and granted her access to the work records.

Ye Jin entered the scene from that time.

Only when she viewed it from a third-person perspective did she realize Gu Chenxi had been playing with her hair all along.

No wonder the passersby had those expressions.

Ye Jin gritted her teeth in anger.

Then she started editing the video.

She began cutting from Yan Rong’s entrance: she was discussing work with Yan Rong, but Gu Chenxi was secretly playing with her hair.

Ye Jin brought up her persona of being a single parent.

But behind her, Gu Chenxi wore an expression of happy acceptance.

Ye Jin specifically gave Yan Rong a close-up: his shocked, cracked expression, truly never expecting the boss to act like this.

But that wasn’t all.

In the next scene, a young executive asked if they were getting married soon. Ye Jin pulled the executive aside and said, It’s not what you think.

Ye Jin seriously spread rumors, saying, Actually, I’m a divorced single mom raising a two-year-old daughter who’s very lively and adorable. President Gu really likes my daughter too and wants to raise her under his name. He even said he could never have one himself.

The young executive immediately looked shocked.

Ye Jin deliberately lowered her voice, So please don’t bring up such painful matters in front of President Gu anymore. I’m afraid it’ll upset him.

Impotence—what a profound pain for a man.

Only then did the young executive realize what a huge mistake he’d made. He immediately apologized to Gu Chenxi from afar and hurried away.

Spreading rumors was just too fun.

While editing the video, Ye Jin couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

The laughter became somewhat uncontrollable; even her hands trembled as she edited.

Finally, with remarkable perseverance, she finished editing the video. After checking it several times, she directly posted it.

[Hahahahaha, is it appropriate to say this?
[So sweet at the beginning, so hilarious later.
[The gold standard for the only communicative couple in CEO novels keeps rising.
[You two are truly a mudslide in the CEO and assistant world.
[One person exhausts all efforts in romance, the other goes all out in stirring up drama.
[If you disagree so much, why not just fight it out?
[Take it to the bed to fight 😊
[Agreed!
Netizens were clearly not as easily fooled as Director Liu; they all knew Ye Jin was spreading rumors.

Ye Jin scrolled for a long time but couldn’t find any comments discussing Gu Chenxi’s impotence.

So she simply gave up.

It didn’t matter—what was most important now was her own happiness.

Ye Jin’s business trip lasted three days in total.

During these three days, though she wasn’t at Vastness, she still assigned new tasks to Shu Lingxi every day.

Shu Lingxi’s adaptation speed gradually increased.

But Ye Jin’s pace was even faster. As soon as Shu Lingxi adapted to one task, Ye Jin immediately threw the next one at her, showing no mercy in giving her time to catch her breath.

Jinjin, good morning.

On the fourth day, as soon as Ye Jin arrived at her workstation, Shu Lingxi popped her head out to greet her.

Her mental state was still quite good, though the dark circles under her eyes were noticeably prominent, clearly indicating very little sleep.

Ye Jin: Morning.

Have I reached the passing grade yet? Shu Lingxi asked eagerly.

Of course, Ye Jin praised generously. You’ve made great progress recently.

That’s wonderful.

Shu Lingxi bounced with excitement before continuing in an even more expectant tone, Then can you tell me about that phone call the other day, Jinjin?

Ye Jin: …

She never realized before how gossipy she was.

Shu Lingxi had already started asking: When did you start dating?

It’s all in the past.

Since she had promised to tell her, Ye Jin couldn’t go back on her word.

She selectively recounted to Shu Lingxi: We were in an online relationship. After chatting for a while, I discovered he was someone I knew in real life, and I had no feelings for him at all. So after clearing up the misunderstanding, we broke up peacefully.

Shu Lingxi showed a strange expression and asked, Jinjin, do you have some misunderstanding about the term ‘peaceful breakup’?

That phone conversation they had the other day couldn’t possibly be described as a peaceful breakup by any means.

Ye Jin frowned in confusion. But the day we broke up was quite harmonious.

She couldn’t figure it out herself.

Clearly, Gu Chenxi had agreed at the time, so why did he keep pestering her?

Shu Lingxi listened intently and asked, So he cried when you broke up? And you comforted him?

Ye Jin nodded: Yes.

He had been clinging tightly to her waist at the time – what else could she do but comfort him?

Oh, how sweet.

Shu Lingxi couldn’t help but smile.

Just thinking about it gave Ye Jin a headache, so she decided to end the topic: No more talking, get back to work quickly.

Okay~

She retreated, but soon popped up again.

Shu Lingxi held up one finger, carefully pleading, Can I ask one last question?

Ye Jin: Go ahead.

Shu Lingxi: Why didn’t you like him?

The young girl clearly had the expression of someone who couldn’t get enough of sweet gossip, so straightforward that Ye Jin didn’t need to guess her meaning.

And once this gossip door was opened, she would definitely keep pestering her with questions.

Ye Jin was completely unable to resist her acting cute.

So she needed to eliminate all of the girl’s future curiosity.

Ye Jin crooked her finger at her, and Shu Lingxi immediately leaned in closer.

She whispered something briefly in her ear.

The young girl immediately widened her eyes in shock and looked at her.

Ye Jin returned her gaze with confirmation…

The candy she had been savoring suddenly lost its flavor.

Shu Lingxi changed her tune and denied: Jinjin, you really shouldn’t be with him.

Alright, get back to work now.

Ye Jin curled her lips triumphantly.

That reason worked so well.

Why had she never thought of it before?

Since Gu Chenxi started acting possessed, Ye Jin became even more reluctant to see him.

Fortunately, the three days of preparation had been effective, allowing Shu Lingxi to become proficient with part of her work at Vastness.

The daily task of confirming schedules and work with Gu Chenxi now fell to Shu Lingxi.

Jinjin, I’m going now.

Shu Lingxi held the documents, nervously bidding farewell to Ye Jin.

Ye Jin comforted her: Don’t worry, you’re doing great, and I’ve already reviewed everything – there are no issues.

Shu Lingxi: Mm!

Then she mustered her courage and pushed open the door to Gu Chenxi’s office.

To be honest, not everyone could handle being Gu Chenxi’s assistant – at least half the people in the President’s Office didn’t dare to push open that door.

Shu Lingxi emerged after about twenty minutes inside, carrying some documents.

She let out a heavy sigh of relief, her expression relatively relaxed.

It seemed she hadn’t been given a hard time.

But just two steps after Shu Lingxi walked away, the office door suddenly reopened.

Gu Chenxi stood framed in the doorway, dressed in a gray sharkskin-patterned suit with one hand in his pocket. Though he made no sound, he effortlessly captured everyone’s attention.

His attire today was slightly more flamboyant than usual.

Beneath his suit jacket was a matching vest, paired with a black shirt and silver-white tie that drew all visual focus to his impeccably sculpted face.

He looked less like a CEO and more like a male model.

But no one dared voice this thought aloud, keeping it to themselves while maintaining vigilant attention, awaiting their boss’s next instructions.

Ye Jin.

Gu Chenxi suddenly spoke up in front of everyone.

He called out Ye Jin’s name specifically, his gaze fixed on her as he said, Come in.

Ye Jin:…

Couldn’t he have just sent a message if he needed something? Why did he have to call her name so publicly?

Shu Lingxi instinctively shot Ye Jin a sympathetic look, silently conveying through her eyes: I didn’t make any mistakes earlier, and I have no idea what’s up with President Gu either.

But…

That voice sounded somewhat familiar.

Shu Lingxi couldn’t help but lower her head in contemplation.

Meanwhile, Ye Jin quickly strode into the office.

Gu Chenxi casually closed the door behind her, cutting off the prying eyes from outside.

President Gu. Ye Jin maintained a strained smile. What can I do for you?

But Gu Chenxi had no intention of discussing work matters, asking in a low voice, Avoiding me?

Not at all.

She just didn’t want to see him—could that really be considered avoidance?

That description made her sound too cowardly.

Gu Chenxi: Switch back.

He meant transferring Shu Lingxi’s reporting duties back to her.

It wasn’t entirely unacceptable.

Ye Jin bargained, Then could you please not call my name in public?

Although Gu Chenxi had been speaking regularly, most of his conversations were with her alone, so few others were aware.

Thus, in the eyes of all President’s Office staff, their boss remained the perpetually silent pseudo-mute.

Now he’d suddenly spoken to her in front of so many people.

And called her by name.

It was really hard for people not to get the wrong idea.

Gu Chenxi mimicked her bargaining tone: Then let me call you baby.

Ye Jin: No.

Hearing this, Gu Chenxi relaxed his shoulders in a helpless shrug and returned to his seat.

Then there was nothing more to discuss.

Ye Jin followed him and persuaded, President Gu, wouldn’t it be better if you maintained that silent and reserved image?

Gu Chenxi opened his fountain pen, lowering his eyes as he replied, No.

Don’t you want the whole company to find out? Ye Jin leaned on his desk with her hands. Is this something to be proud of?

If this ridiculous relationship were exposed, it would undoubtedly become gossip fodder for everyone in the company.

Gu Chenxi lazily lifted his gaze: Who would dare say I’m not respectable?
Ye Jin counted to three in her heart, then tilted her head and slowly said, Xi—Xi?

Gu Chenxi’s movements abruptly halted.

It worked quite well.

Ye Jin curved the corner of her lips, then called out more fluently, Xixi.

She deliberately lowered her voice, making her tone deep and melodious, Xixi, baby, you don’t mind if I call you that, do you?

Gu Chenxi completely froze.

Do you mean that I can also call you by your nickname Xixi in public from now on? Ye Jin turned her head to look seriously at his face and asked softly, Hmm? Baby.

Gu Chenxi’s expression visibly stiffened.

His ears were bright red, and the flush continued to spread outward. He pressed his lips together repeatedly, trying to restrain himself, but he couldn’t stop the blood from rushing to his face.

He looked utterly flustered.

Ye Jin continued to ask in a low voice, And you don’t mind facing your employees looking like this, do you?

Her words were like a demon’s whisper, stirring up his embarrassment, unease, and all his hidden desires.

Scorching blood surged through his entire body.

The intensity in his chest was almost unbearable, to the point that his fingertips trembled slightly.

Goal achieved.

Ye Jin suddenly sneered, straightened up, and said, If you’re fine with others seeing you like this, then I don’t mind either.

Let them perish together, then.

If we’re going to face social humiliation, let’s face it together.
…She’d forgotten—he was the boss.

The boss who could launch a Literary Inquisition within the company.

Ye Jin continued persuading him using his own logic: Doesn’t this affect your dignity and image as the boss?

Gu Chenxi acted as if he hadn’t heard, opening a contract and signing it, clearly having already ended their conversation.

Ye Jin clenched her fists.

In that case, don’t blame her for pulling out her ultimate move.