The next day, there were many meetings of all sizes. Xie Rongzhuo was in meetings all day, and Shen Mi was also very busy.
Although most of the meetings had nothing to do with Shen Mi, her participation rate was as high as 90%, and she took notes seriously in every meeting.
Everyone could see that Xie Rongzhuo was guiding Shen Mi, and no one would be stupid enough to really treat her as an ordinary secretary. Reading people's expressions is a necessary skill in the workplace. Many times, Shen Mi didn't even need to ask for help, the bosses would take the initiative to give her the information.
After that, there was another video conference lasting more than an hour, with appointments, phone calls and meetings with various partners.
Shen Mi was busy until the afternoon, when the partner came to sign the contract and finally had some free time.
In the conference room, the partners were talking. Xie Rongzhuo lowered his head to look through the documents, occasionally responding a few words, but most of the time he was listening carefully.
He had an air of dignity and nobility that was very overwhelming. Others were obviously in awe of him, and spoke with cautious tentativeness.
It's hard to imagine that such an emotionally stable person would be so angry that he threw his car keys and left last night.
Shen Mi reviewed the situation in her mind. It seemed that Xie Rongzhuo's expression started to change unpredictably ever since she said "girls should avoid their fathers when they grow up".
It was probably because of that remark about him having "special interests".
Shen Mi held his forehead in regret. How could a man like Xie Rongzhuo, who exuded a cold and abstinent feeling all over his body, have such a fetish?
How did she bring that up with him
It’s true, when your heart beats, it’s always bad news.
The phone buzzed. It was Zhang Zhiqing. Shen Mi picked up the phone and walked to his workstation: "Hello."
"Mi Mi, are you still working overtime? I ordered a delicious roast chicken for you! My work card can't be swiped, so come down to the cafeteria."
Shen Mi first delivered Xie Rongzhuo's dinner to his office, sent him a WeChat message, and then went downstairs to the cafeteria to find Zhang Zhiqing.
Overtime is the norm in the financial industry, and the staff cafeteria is still full of people in the evening.
Seeing Shen Mi, Zhang Zhiqing was very aware and took the initiative to plead guilty: "Wow, I'm sorry, Mi Mi, I was wrong. I actually didn't expect my uncle would really go." She pulled Shen Mi up and said pitifully: "I saved a seat for you, sit down."
Shen Mi sat down without saying a word.
Sometimes she was very similar to Xie Rongzhuo, especially when she was silent and looked at people expressionlessly, which scared Zhang Zhiqing very much.
"Don't use that expression. Smile."
Shen Mi smiled with a fake smile: "Hee."
It was really Zhang Zhiqing who tricked her here. She wondered why Xie Rongzhuo suddenly took her to the movies.
Zhang Zhiqing lay on the table, blinking her eyes, aggrieved: "Since my uncle has gone, I definitely can't be a light bulb again, right?" She pouted: "Since this is my first offense, please forgive me this time. I will dare to do it next time."
"You are so brave." Shen Mi couldn't pretend anymore. He opened the bag on the table. The smell of roasted chicken made him drool. He tore off his gloves and started eating: "Why did you suddenly come up with the idea of bringing me and your uncle together?"
"Because I want you to be my little aunt!" Zhang Zhiqing made no secret of it: "My uncle is very rich! Don't you want to make money? Just go after Xie Rongzhuo!"
"…?"
"As the saying goes, good things should be kept within the family, so we can't let the little devils outside get away with it."
"… "
"With your intelligence and beauty, plus my Zhuge Liang-like support, if we work together from the inside and outside, I don't believe we can't take him down!"
"Are you a traitor? If your uncle finds out, you'll be a traitor."
"How can you be considered an outsider? You are my benefactor and my best sister! And when he finds out, it's hard to say who will control whom!"
Shen Mi tore off a chicken leg and gave it to Zhang Zhiqing, "But I offended him badly yesterday, and he has ignored me until now."
When Xie Rongzhuo saw her this morning, he didn't even glance at her. Although he brought her to the meeting, he treated her like air the entire time.
"Ah? My uncle is mad at you? How did you do that? Come on, tell me."
"What do you mean, how did he do that?" Shen Mi swallowed the chicken, "Doesn't he usually get angry?"
It's not that he wasn't angry, it's just that his almost indifferent attitude would make people mistakenly think that he just had a cold personality. If Xie Rongzhuo hadn't shown it very obviously, Shen Mi wouldn't have been able to tell that he was angry.
Zhang Zhiqing was extremely curious about what could have caused Xie Rongzhuo to lose control of his emotions and be unable to conceal them.
She looked gossipy: "How do you know my uncle is angry? Is he angry with you? How was he angry? Did he hold your shoulders and shake you while roaring?"
Shen Mi almost choked: "Do you think Xie Rongzhuo could do such a thing?"
Zhang Zhiqing: "It's hard to say. When a high-class girl falls in love, she is prone to going crazy."
Shen Mi: "You seem to be very experienced."
Zhang Zhiqing said proudly: "I can't say I have much experience, but I definitely know more than you do. Don't forget that I have a boyfriend."
Shen Mi told Zhang Zhiqing what happened last night.
However, the "online love" plot was omitted.
She knew that Xie Rongzhuo definitely didn't want his niece to know about this, and he didn't tell her in order to save his face.
Zhang Zhiqing was shocked: "Are you so angry that you don't even want the car?!"
Shen Mi: "Yes!"
"He asked you to disappear from his presence??"
"yes!"
"How can someone with a 36-degree temperature do something so cold!"
"that is!"
"No, no, no, that's not right. Wait a minute..." Zhang Zhiqing paused and said, "My uncle left his car to you, and then he left?"
Shen Mi: "Yeah."
"Walk on your feet?"
"What else?"
"Looking at it this way... it doesn't seem so cold." Zhang Zhiqing was a little confused, staring at Shen Mi in a daze for a few seconds, "Why do I feel like you two are arguing like a couple, and the man left the house to his wife and ran away from home?"
Shen Mi: “?”
Zhang Zhiqing suddenly felt that Xie Rongzhuo's behavior was very strange. He didn't like others touching his things, and even Zhang Zhiqing couldn't drive his car casually. Before, she had her eyes on a sports car and wanted to drive it, but Xie Rongzhuo refused after begging her for a long time.
She raised her head: "Mi Mi, is it possible that my uncle likes you?"
Shen Mi said firmly: "Impossible."
She flirted with him for so long in the game, but Xie Rongzhuo didn't respond at all! As a result, she once thought he was a female.
After knowing the gender of the girl, Shen Mi was immediately attracted to him and couldn't wait to meet him in person. She flirted with him intentionally or unintentionally with all kinds of sweet words and flirting, but what happened? Xie Rongzhuo treated her like a daughter!
Zhang Zhiqing also felt that it was unlikely. Xie Rongzhuo was not the kind of person who would be easily tempted, otherwise he would have been married long ago.
It is said that it is easy for a girl to pursue a boy. Over the years, so many beautiful girls have pursued him, but he has never dated anyone. Besides, he has only known Shen Mi for a short time, how could he fall in love so quickly
"I don't know why, but I always feel that my uncle treats you differently." Zhang Zhiqing couldn't tell what was different, "Why don't you consider him again?"
How could Shen Mi dare
Xie Rongzhuo is her bread and butter. If the negotiation fails, all her five social insurances and one housing fund, as well as her plan to buy a house, will be ruined.
"Mi Mi, you have been refusing to fall in love. Are you still upset about what Ke Zhan said?" Zhang Zhiqing said, "Don't listen to that old witch's nonsense. You are so outstanding and deserve the best. It's their family that is not worthy of you."
Zhang Zhiqing got angry when she thought about this: "Isn't it just a small company? What's the big deal? My uncle can buy his company with just a little bit of money!"
Shen Mi suddenly remembered: "By the way, this money is for you." She took out two bundles of money from her bag and put them on the table.
Zhang Zhiqing asked blankly, "Why are you giving me money?"
"Your grandfather asked Xie Rongzhuo to give it to me."
"My uncle gave it to you?" Zhang Zhiqing pushed the money over: "Then I can't accept it. If you want to return it, just give it back to him."
She said seriously, "In fact, last night wasn't all a hoax. It was indeed my uncle who promised Grandpa that he would personally treat you to a meal to thank you."
So Xie Rongzhuo was quite good to his niece, and was willing to sacrifice himself to thank Zhang Zhiqing for her kindness. Thinking of this, Ning Xinlei's words "The boss is ready to sacrifice himself for Bai Yueguang" suddenly popped up.
Shen Mi brushed his hair and said with an unnatural expression: "Let me ask you something. Does your uncle like someone?"
Seeing that Shen Mi was interested in Xie Rongzhuo, Zhang Zhiqing said excitedly: "No! Is there anything else you want to know? Ask me quickly."
Shen Mi's eyes flickered: "Then does he have that kind of white moonlight that he can never get?"
"I know he has no girlfriend in public, but I don't know of any secret crush like this."
Zhang Zhiqing tried hard to recall, and when Shen Mi was almost done with his meal, she finally remembered: "Ah, there seems to be one!"
Shen Mi suddenly raised his head and pricked up his ears to listen.
Zhang Zhiqing said: "I heard from my grandfather last time in the hospital that my uncle has someone in his heart."
No one knows a son better than his father. What Mr. Xie said is true.
Shen Mi felt a sense of loss for no apparent reason.
No wonder Xie Rongzhuo is so hard to flirt with online, it turns out he has someone in his heart.
"But I don't think it's likely." Zhang Zhiqing analyzed seriously: "My uncle is a person who will go for what he wants. Secret love won't happen to him. Unless... that girl is no longer around."
"Or maybe he's like you, with psychological trauma and unwilling to talk. The more he pursues you, the more he hides. He doesn't dare to pursue you."
Otherwise, it is impossible for such an outstanding person like Xie Rongzhuo to be humble enough to have a crush on someone.
Although she didn't want to admit it, Shen Mi did have the problem Zhang Zhiqing mentioned. There were many boys chasing after her in the past two years, but the more outstanding the boy was, the farther Shen Mi would stay away from him.
Although Shen Mi did not completely agree with what Ke Zhan's mother said, there was one thing she said that was true. With Shen Mi's background, not only would she not be able to help her other half, but she would also be entangled by her weird mother and a bunch of poor relatives, and would hold others back.
A family like that is like a bottomless pit once it starts making money. Who would dare to get involved
Moreover, she doesn't even have a home to live in, so she is really not worthy of a rich young master who has a house and a car. It would be better to give him a quick death, block him from contacting her, and stop him from having any thoughts of pursuing her.
"Sure enough." Zhang Zhiqing knew as soon as she saw Shen Mi's expression and sighed: "You still mind what Ke Zhan said."
"Mi Mi, tell me the truth, do you have feelings for my uncle? Let's not talk about what Ke Zhan's mother said, put aside your background, and don't think about anything else, just think about my uncle as a person."
Shen Mi said without hesitation: "No one will refuse Xie Rongzhuo."
"That's fine!" Zhang Zhiqing slammed the table and stood up. "With what you said, I will definitely be the traitorous Zhuge Liang!"
"No," Shen Mi suddenly regretted what he had just said, "That's not what I meant! Don't do anything rash, he's still mad at me!"
"Don't worry, I have a plan!"
*
When Shen Mi went upstairs, Xie Rongzhuo had already finished the meeting. Ten minutes ago, he sent her a message asking her to leave work first.
The door of the president's office was open. Shen Mi looked inside from his workstation. Xie Rongzhuo was working seriously with his head down. Sitting in his position, he no longer measured success by money, and seemed to be even busier.
After packing up the documents, Shen Mi turned off the computer and left work.
The sun sets early in Guangzhou, and before seven o'clock, the night has completely enveloped it. The lights of the office buildings illuminate the square, and the whole street is brightly lit. Shen Mi has a lot of cash in his bag. He doesn't want to squeeze into the subway, so he opens the taxi app and waits in line for three digits...
"Shen Mi? You're waiting for a taxi too, why don't we share one?" Ning Xinlei complained, "It seems there was a traffic accident at the intersection ahead. It's so hard to get a taxi today. I've been waiting for more than half an hour."
Shen Mi: "We don't seem to be going the same way?"
"Yes."
The time waiting for the bus was boring, and Ning Xinlei couldn't help but share gossip with Shen Mi.
"You know, the boss went to dinner with Bai Yueguang yesterday! He also gave that girl a rare leather platinum bag!!"
Shen Mi:
After all this gossip, the heroine is actually herself?
"Rich and romantic, I envy you!" Ning Xinlei didn't notice Shen Mi's expression, staring at her phone and talking to herself: "I'm a little curious, is the boss, who is so cool, also so serious in front of his girlfriend?" She looked curious: "Do you think the boss will really sacrifice himself?"
Shen Mi: “…”
I understand now, gossip cannot be trusted!
…
The square outside the community was under construction, so Shen Mi asked the driver to park the car on the side of the road and walked over.
The green belts along the way have been repaired, there are electronic eyes everywhere, the lights are bright at night, there are no more dirty and smelly ditches and questionable people, and there is a full sense of security.
This location is so good. When the square is built, a business district will be formed, and the houses nearby will definitely be in short supply. Shen Mi now lives in this house with complete appliances. After careful decoration over this period of time, it has become very warm and comfortable. She is reluctant to move out.
She has inquired and found out that as long as one is a formal employee with outstanding performance, he or she can purchase welfare housing even if he or she has been employed for less than ten years. In recent years, the company has had a small number of vacancies each year. After approval by the department leader, one only needs to sign a contract with the company.
Shen Mi stood on the balcony, looking at the wall of the building opposite.
Apart from the fact that the view from the balcony was not very nice and it was a bit dark at night, the location and price of this apartment were impeccable, so she wanted to buy it.
I found a waterproof sheet on the opposite wall, as if a hand-painted mural was being painted. It looked like it had been painted for some time, and a lot of colored ink had fallen on the ground.
Shen Mi suddenly felt a little excited, after all, she was the "audience" with the best angle.
Even the murals are trying to keep her, she is determined to get this house!
Shen Mi didn't want to use the master-disciple relationship to get in through the back door, but only Xie Rongzhuo could judge whether her performance was outstanding or not.
He was the only one who could help her approve her home purchase application, and she had no other options.
Back in the room, Shen Mi grabbed his phone and sent a message to Xie Rongzhuo.
Shen Mi: I'm home already!
Shen Mi: Are you still working overtime
Shen Mi: It’s so dark outside the house.
Shen Mi: I guess no one will buy it, how pitiful!
Shen Mi: Otherwise, just give it to me
At the same time.
In front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the office, Xie Rongzhuo put his legs on a stool, closed his laptop, took off his glasses, and raised his hand to press his brow.
Messages kept popping up on my phone.
You don't need to look to know who dares to harass him like this.
He picked up his phone and clicked on the message to check.
Ruixing Huashang was founded by Xie Rongzhuo. In order to retain high-level talents, he cooperated with real estate developers to build several buildings a few years ago, all of which were delivered last year.
In fact, he had just reviewed a list of personnel, and all employees in the President's Office were eligible to buy a house.
This also includes Shen Mi who was transferred here.
She added modal particles after every sentence and even used punctuation marks, which can be said to be very deliberate and artificial.
Just like in the game.
Xie Rongzhuo looked at his phone and smiled silently.
*
Shen Mi stared at his phone. Ten minutes passed and Xie Rongzhuo didn't reply.
Just when I was about to give up, Xie Rongzhuo's reply suddenly popped up in the chat box.
dsm: In the company.
Hmm? What do you mean?
As if he guessed that she would be confused, he sent another message.
dsm: During working hours, do business in a businesslike manner.
Shen Mi: “…”
Got it.
It’s okay, she can wait!
An hour later.
Shen Mi clicked on Xie Rongzhuo's WeChat avatar and continued to harass him: Master, are you off work yet
Xie Rongzhuo replied: No
Two hours later.
Shen Mi asked tirelessly: Master, are you off work now
Xie Rongzhuo replied immediately: Not for sale.
Shen Mi: “…”
The author has something to say:
Boss Xie, aren't you afraid of having to sleep on the floor if you tease your wife like this? !