286th Break: Paranoia 

Meng Xing lowered his eyes to hide the pain in them. He knows that Ji Lin is hesitating whether to tell him or not his problems and Meng Xing feels hurt by it. But, Meng Xing doesn't want to add to Ji Lin's worries right now, whatever they might be, so he could only try to suppress the pain that he feels for being not fully trusted by Ji Lin. That Ji Lin has some reservations about him, which is why he can't fully gain the other's trust. 

"So… why did you come?" he asked as he picked up his cup and sipped his tea while trying to suppress his emotions, especially since his employees are still outside. Even though they are outside, does he as their boss not know how gossipy his employees are? Especially since they are an intelligence organization, so naturally his employees would know how to find ways to gather information! Even if he is their boss!