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  • Returning

    Chapter 75: Shameless

    “When are you going to stop sulking?”

    “I’m not sulking, I’m being serious. I’m just trying to get close to Vice-president Xue so I can seduce him.”

    Wang Qi was speechless. He exchanged glances with Xia Nan and Qin Yi, who were standing opposite of him, helplessly.

    The whole company knew about what had happened in the morning. Although they didn’t dare to spread it outside, it didn’t stop them from running to Wang Qi for insider information on the secret relationship between Xue Ziang and Zhao Yu. 

    Of course, she didn’t have to hide it from Xia Nan or Qin Yi. Just like everyone else who knew about the fight, they believed that Zhao Yu was just sulking because Xue Ziang didn’t want to coax her.

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    As she slowly brought a green vegetable into her mouth, Zhao Yu couldn’t help but laugh at the irony of things.

    Everything she had said about wanting to become Xue Zhan’s assistant so she could seduce him was true. However, even though she said it so clearly, no one believed her.

    Even the two Xue men thought that she was sulking and had only kissed Xue Zhan in order to spite Xue Ziang.

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    ***

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    No personnel changes were made; she was still Xue Ziang’s assistant, but the work she did was for Xue Zhan, and her desk was also moved to his office. To an outsider, this might seem like a trial period before she could officially become Xue Zhan’s assistant.

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    As for those who knew the inside story? Of course, they all believed that she would not stay long on their floor, as Xue Ziang would soon coax her back once her anger subsided.

    Speaking of the devil, Xue Ziang came to visit again, followed by two takeout boys who were carrying bags of food.

    “Please, everyone. Enjoy,” he said with a wave of his hand, looking as grandiose as always.

    Everyone knew that he was here for Zhao Yu and they were just riding on her coattails, so they quietly took away their share of “afternoon tea” and withdrew to their respective positions, where they then pretended to be invisible.

    Her favorite dessert was placed on the desk. Without looking up, Zhao Yu continued to type away on her keyboard. 

    Xue Ziang stared down at her for a few moments, then he grit his teeth and suddenly laughed.

    After a while, several people in uniform came out of the elevator carrying a sofa. Xue Ziang pointed to the reception room and said, “Put it there.”

    Zhao Yu recognized the sofa as one from Xue Ziang’s office. Was he going to move his office to this floor?

    Seeing her finally show a reaction, he raised an eyebrow and announced, “From today on, this will be my office.”

    Wang Qi and others were immediately frightened. They could tell from his  expression and the number of moving people who had appeared that he wasn’t joking.

    Xue Zhan’s office occupied only half of the floor. The area outside was spacious and had several unused reception rooms of all sizes, so it was no problem to take one out for Xue Ziang to use. 

    However, all of the employees were only thinking one thing: This couple really… knows how to play.

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    Zhao Yu didn’t expect Xue Ziang to use this move. Or rather, she hadn’t expected him to be able to calm himself down after all she’d done and continue playing this game with her. It seemed that his tolerance was higher than she thought?

    “Are you crazy?” she glared at him and snapped, “What do you want?”

    He shrugged, his expression still unperturbed. “Changing the work environment. The scenery from the top floor is beautiful.”

    She sneered and chose to keep silent. 

    He continued to order the moving people around, and by the time Xue Zhan returned to the company, the new office was completely arranged.

    Xue Zhan’s expression turned dark. “Who let you mess around like this?”

    Xue Ziang looked at him innocently. “I already asked Grandpa, and he said yes. Sorry, uncle. Chairman’s order, you have no right to interfere.”

    In response, Xue Zhan glanced at Zhao Yu and then entered the office without saying another word.

    Xue Ziang whistled proudly and walked toward the door of his new office. When he reached the door, he turned back, smiled, and said, “It looks like your desk faces mine, Assistant Zhao. What a coincidence.”

    After work, Zhao Yu was getting ready to leave when he suddenly blocked her way. “Let’s eat together.”

    She responded coldly and blankly, “I have plans.”

    He didn’t force her and just smiled. “Then, let’s eat lunch together tomorrow?”

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    “I have plans tomorrow too.”

    “Then tomorrow night.”

    “I have plans.”

    “Then the day after tomorrow, and if that doesn’t work, what about the next day? If that doesn’t work either, the next next day?”

    Zhao Yu: …

    She admitted that she didn’t know Xue Ziang as well as she thought she did.

    ***

    After leaving the company, she drove back to Ji Sui’s place. He’d given her a key so she could enter easily, but surprisingly, he was still home earlier than her.

    “I almost thought you weren’t going to come back.” Ji Sui walked out wearing an apron and smiled by saying very naturally, “Dinner will be ready soon.”

    After living together for the past two days, this was already a normal occurrence.  Without saying much, Zhao Yu followed him into the kitchen to help.

    After dinner, the two sat side by side on the sofa to chat.

    “Did today go… okay?” he asked.

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    She nodded, and then shook her head.

    “He still refuses to break up with you? And won’t let you quit?”

    “No.” After a moment, she hesitated to say, “if I said that I don’t actually want to quit, would you look down on me?”

    Ji Sui asked confusedly, “Why don’t you want to quit? Because… of him?”

    She shook her head. “I am different from you. You grew up in the Zhuang family, and you have shares in a large corporation. You don’t have to worry about your career at all, but I… I have been in Huayan for three years. My career is dependent on time and experience. I can quit and start over at a new company, but… This job is one of the only things I have. I don’t want to let it go just like that.”

    “Then, if you stay in Huacan, will you be affected by… him?”

    She shook her head. “Today, I applied to change my position, and I made it clear to him. I may occasionally see him in the company in the future, but I have nothing to do with him before. I just… I feel like such a coward. I should just resign and leave, but when I got to the company today, I hesitated again.”

    Seeing her start to tear up, he quickly tried to console her, “This is your own choice. You have the right to make any choice you want, as long as you’ve thought through it.”

    He patted her shoulder. When he saw her shrink back a little, he suddenly remembered the wound she had inflicted on herself.


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